The lord trembled with rage, gritting his teeth and glaring ahead.
The eunuch quickly ran over, grabbed the two gossiping palace maids, and leaned against the wall, panting heavily. He had clearly frightened the two maids quite a bit.
"What's wrong, Father-in-law? Why are you in such a hurry?"
The father-in-law pressed, "Tell me quickly, where did you get the news you were discussing last time?"
Upon hearing this, the two exchanged a glance: "Which one are you referring to, Father-in-law?"
The eunuch's lips twitched: "It's about the Empress!"
The two women were stunned and somewhat dumbfounded. When they heard that if they didn't tell the truth, their lord would kill them, they had no choice but to tell the truth.
The father-in-law was speechless: "Where have you been? How could you hear about this from so far away?"
"That's just serving food. We're familiar with the people there, so naturally we'll talk to each other about anything."
The father-in-law waved his hand helplessly: "You really have a way with things. Go do what you're supposed to do."
"Yes." After saying that, the two palace maids left as if they were fleeing.
Then the father-in-law eagerly ran to the kitchen.
The people there still only told the truth after being threatened.
"No way, how come you heard about this from so far away?"
“We have to go out every day to pick up vegetables and deliver kitchen waste, so naturally we heard about it.”
The father-in-law gritted his teeth and slapped his thigh: "What are we going to do?"
"If you ask me, we should let His Majesty investigate. We don't want the Empress's reputation to be ruined by rumors."
His father-in-law rolled his eyes at him: "Do you even need to tell me that?"
After saying that, the eunuch picked up a bowl of water, gulped it down, let out a satisfied "ha!", and left, heading towards the palace gate.
However, after asking around for a long time, it turned out that the source was still in the inner palace.
The eunuch collapsed to the ground, exhausted. The man squatted down beside him and said, "I reckon the whole palace already knows about this. This is going to be a difficult situation."
The eunuch rolled his eyes at him: "Isn't it all because of your gossipy mouths? It's even reached the Emperor's ears."
"If he didn't even know about this, how embarrassing would that be? If this were true, the Empress would probably have already resolved the matter herself, and the Emperor would have been unfairly accused."
"Go away, go away, you don't need to worry about this." After saying that, the eunuch stood up: "Let His Majesty handle it himself."
After saying that, the father-in-law prepared to leave.
When they returned, the lord was still angry.
The father-in-law knelt on the ground, trembling, head bowed, waiting for his master to ask him questions.
"Is it that hard to ask? Why did it take so long? Tell me, where did it originate?"
"Your Majesty, I have failed in my duty and have not found the source, because...because..." The eunuch hesitated and dared not continue.
"Because of what?!" the lord roared.
The shout startled the eunuch, who lay on the ground saying, "The whole palace knows about this now."
Upon hearing this, the lord was stunned. He thought it was just a palace maid on duty who had seen it and couldn't help but tell everyone. He never expected that the whole palace already knew, and they didn't even know where it came from.
"I understand. You may leave."
"Yes." The father-in-law got up and staggered out as if he were drunk.
The lord did not mention the matter again throughout the entire day.
This relieved the father-in-law.
"The whole palace is in an uproar right now, and our emperor still doesn't have a way to resolve this," Yuan Ruo complained.
By this time, the Regent's Palace had already learned of the latest developments through its spies in the palace.
"At most, he'll try to calm things down, and then over time, everyone will forget about it. But he's still too naive."
"So what's our next step?" Yuan Ruo asked.
"You'll know tomorrow, and there will definitely be a result tomorrow."
Yuan Ruo raised an eyebrow: "Since Your Highness has said so, then there must be a way, so I don't need to worry too much."
Yi Zexuan glanced at him and chuckled, "You're getting more and more shameless. No matter how worried you are, do you think you can interfere yourself?"
Yuan Ru crossed her arms in front of her heart, tilted her head back and snorted: "Then Your Highness should not underestimate me."
"Then I'll give you a chance to practice."
Yuan Ruo was a little embarrassed, scratched her head and said, "This matter is urgent, so I'd better not cause any more trouble. I'll show my skills when I have another chance."
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