by Ning er
Seeing Yun Yi Yi's infuriated look, the old madam who had calmed down at this moment, pulling along Yun Yi Yi's small hands as she slowly comforted, “You are too honest, lass. With such temper like yours, they might take us as a laughing stock now. Even if they wanted to bully us, they only had a few days left to do that! Wait until your brother becomes this year's top scholar, at most we could move out of xiangfu, and follow behind your older brother as we enter the Imperial Top Scorer fu. When that time comes whoever you wanted to meet, it will be up to you, right? There's no need to annoy this little hoof Yun Qian Meng for the time being, especially now that her status is completely different, even your uncle has to tolerate her behavior like that, there's no need for you to provoke her, what if it contradicting your older brother, would it not mean that you will forever be under her control? Why don't you endure for the time being, then slowly take your revenge on Yun Qian Meng in the future! Besides, those who came today were just low-rank officials, there's no need to take them into great consideration, and flattened down our own status!”
Hearing the last statement from the old madam, the anger in Yun Yi Yi's heart had slowly dissipated away, unlike her conflicting mind a while ago.
Looking at the situation, Rui Mama immediately filled up the teacup with a slightly cold tea and gave it to Yun Yi Yi, enabling her to reduce and eliminate her fury.
After Hua yiniang and the others left Bai Shun Tang, they did not directly return to their respective courtyards, instead under the encouragement of Hua yiniang, a few of them even arrived at Qi Luo Yuan asking an audience with Yun Qian Meng.
But, during the moment when Hua yiniang and her people had stepped inside of Bai Shun Tang, Liu Han Yu then had assigned people to come to Qi Luo Yuan and report to Yun Qian Meng. As a result, before Hua yiniang and her people could not even take a step inside the gates of Qi Luo Yuan, they were already being blocked off by Mi Mama and her people.
Although a group of people still harbored anger in their hearts, yet they would not dare to behave rudely in front of Mi Mama, they could only leave Qi Luo Yuan in a crestfallen manner.
“Xiaojie, that Hua yiniang is becoming more and more presumptuous!” Mu Chun and others were accompanying Yun Qian Meng as they stood in the attic, witnessing every details of the incident with their own eyes.
No matter how hard Hua yiniang tried to behave respectfully in front of Mi Mama, but the expression she had when she was leading a few yiniangs as they stammered inside Qi Luo Yuan, was already being clearly seen by the few people in the attic.
“She was actually harboring evil thoughts! But, the person inside Bai Shun Tang was actually the one fanning the flames! Or else based on Hua yiniang's courage, she wouldn't dare to take the risk of trying to break inside Qi Luo Yuan!” The moment when Hua yiniang stepped inside of Bai Shun Tang, she became the main target of the old madam, as long as she could make her feel ugly and uncomfortable, even for the powerless person, the old madam wouldn't simply let her off.
And besides, Hua yiniang was Yun Xuan Zhi's concubine, so the old madam would naturally want to see Yun Xuan Zhi's rear courtyard to set into flames.
But, whether it was the old madam's little trick or Hua yiniang's little thoughts, it was all the same in Yun Qian Meng's eyes.
What made her feel worried right now was actually two additional things; the first one was, whether or not Chu Fei Yang had successfully discovered the treatment for the smallpox; and the other one was, the currently strange and unpredictable imperial examinations.
Chapter 117: Part 2 The Grand Wedding (I): Xiangfu is Investigated | Chu Wang Fei
And during this time the streets within the capital were full of Chen Wang's city defense troops. The Rong fu was being secretly monitored by Chen Wang's guards, truly making other people feel uneasy, as if something huge was going to take place.
But, the bigger the possibility that something huge was going to happen, the preceding few more days seemed to be more quiet and peaceful, just like the surface of the sea before the storm without any trace of waves, but when the actual storm swept through, it would bring devastating blows.
Inside the Imperial Palace during this time, the Empress Dowager and the Empress were both worriedly staring at Emperor Yu Qian who had already taken the antidote. All of them were anxiously waiting for Emperor Yu Qian to regain consciousness.
“How long would His Majesty still remain unconscious?” Still not seeing Emperor Yu Qian woken up, the Empress suddenly felt a bit flustered as she questioned the imperial physician who was standing beside the dragon throne.
“Please don't worry, Your Highness. Let's wait for another quarter of an hour, His Majesty will certainly wake up. But His Majesty hasn't had a decent meal for a very long time, among the royal meals for the past few days, he only had porridge as an appropriate meal, once His Majesty has his appetite back, we shall gradually add some meaty diet.” While the imperial physician was taking Emperor Yu Qian's pulse, he replied to the Empress' inquiries, he also mentioned all the details about the Emperor Yu Qian's diet, what he shall eat and the appropriate time to consume it after he waken up.
After hearing those words, the Empress Dowager nodded her head, after which she spoke steadily “Having you beside His Majesty to tend to his needs, we evidently feel quite assured. For His Majesty's diet and health for the next few days, you will be the one in charge. You must make His Majesty recover as soon as possible!”
While they were exchanging words, Emperor Yu Qian's both eyes which had not been opened for almost a month, gradually opened…...
“Your Majesty……” The few people guarding beside the dragon throne simultaneously cried out in surprise, the Empress and the Empress Dowager were both overwhelmed with tears of joy. The Empress Dowager's eyes werebrimming with specks of glistening teardrops, her both hands could not help but take the other hand of Emperor Yu Qian, with smile on her face she said, “Your Majesty, you are finally awake!”
Emperor Yu Qian glanced at the few persons before him. When he felt the burning sensation enveloping his body had already faded away, he knew for sure that his serious illness had already recovered, then facing the Empress Dowager he forced out a weak smile, yet before he could utter anything, he discovered that his throat was very much sore and dry, unexpectedly unable to speak a word.
“Empress Dowager, His Majesty's body is curently still extremely weak. Nubi shall boil some decoction for recuperation after a while.” That imperial physician carefully checked Emperor Yu Qian's pulse, then he slightly felt reassured, afterwhich he took a teacup handed over to him by some palace maid, using silver spoon to scoop up the warm water inside, then putting it beside Emperor Yu Qian's mouth.
However, the pain inside Emperor Yu Qian's throat was too difficult to bear as if it was set under fire, this time being offered the warm water, he immediately drank it, the motion was done several times. In a short amount of time, the Emperor consumed all the warm water in the imperial physician's hands.
“Why are you here, Mother?” Resting for a long while, feeling his throat getting better, Emperor Yu Qian then slowly spoke, his gaze shifted from the Empress Dowager to the Empress' tearstickened face, then he glanced at the imperial physician at the side, one by one he observed their expressions, as if they had already aged ten years.
“Your Majesty, do you know that you have been poisoned for almost a month now, today you've finally woken up after consuming the antidote! I shall certainly be guarding by your side together with the Empress, now that you have already regained back your consciousness, it seemed that the huge problem in my heart had already been settled.” Upon speaking, the tears in the Empress Dowager's eyes trailed down on her face, looking towards Emperor Yu Qian in distress.
“You must have been worried, Mother. But, being unconscious for almost a month, how about the major events in the royal court……” This time Emperor Yu Qian's mind was still somehow unstable, yet his heart was anxiously wprried about the things in the r
oyal court, particularly when he learned that he had been unconscious for a month, his pale face seemed to become even more anxious.
The Empress Dowager just patted his hand, smiled and said “Your Majesty you not need to worry, we have Chu Xiang and Chen Wang in the royal court, things have been handled properly. Once you get well, I shall instruct them to come over and personally report all the things that happened during the past few days.”
While speaking, the Empress Dowager signaled the palace maids to help prop up Emperor Yu Qian, then she personally took the bowl of porridge from the Empress' hands, one by one she carefully feed Emperor Yu Qian.
Since Emperor Yu Qian had woken up, a few chancellors stayed behind Yang Xin Palace to report all the things that had occurred to Emperor Yu Qian.
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, Yun Qian Meng received another letter from Chu Fei Yang. Right at the top of the letter, all the major symptoms and experiences during the testing period were recorded. Finished reading the letter, before Yun Qian Meng could lift up her brush to write the letter of reply, yet she caught sight of Liu Han Yu, who seemed to be usually calm, came rushing in with a flustered face…...
“Xiaojie, xiaojie, it's not good, something bad happened……” While running inside the inner room, Liu Han Yu was yelling very loudly, her eyes looked terrified.
Yun Qian Meng immediately put away the letter then faced Liu Han Yu, seeing her slightly messy hair bun as a result of taking a dash, the beaded hairpin on her head jingled loudly. Although she had been running, yet her face was extremely pale, even at the time she was already standing in front of Yun Qian Meng, her body was still trembling faintly.
“What's going on? Why are you scared like that, yiniang?” Yun Qian Meng still remained calm, but the feeling of uneasiness had already crept up crawling inside her heart.
“Da xiaojie, something's wrong! The leader of the imperial guard, Superior Wu, had charged inside of our xiangfu leading his troops, at this moment they were searching every place! And the whole xiangfu had already been surrounded by the imperial guards, xiangye…… xiangye, he……” While speaking, Liu Han Yu's tears feel down, both lips trembling unable to speak further.
“Speak!” Yun Qian Meng suddenly shouted coldly, frightening Liu Han Yu as her body shook once again, regardless of being alarmed, she immediately continued, “Xiangye was…… has been taken by His Majesty and was being imprisoned inside the prison of Ministry of Justice…… xiaojie, what should we do now, what's really going on?”
As compared to Liu Han Yu who had not been mentally prepared, Yun Qian Meng who was trying to analyze the situation at hand seemed to be incomparably calm. Particularly, the moment when the matter that she had been worrying about had finally became evident, though Yun Qian Meng could not fully understand why the person behind this would targetting xiangfu, but with this tip of an iceberg, she would be able to find a way to comply with it.
“How about at the old madam's place?” This time during the absence of the master of xiangfu, the old madamthe head of the fu, naturally she would come out and clearly inquired about the matter.
“Nubi haven't been to Bai Shun Tang yet, thus I'm unclear about the situation there.” Liu Han Yu somehow couldn't understand why Yun Qian Meng would suddenly ask about the old madam, for a moment she was feeling troubled yet again. Now that Yun Xuan Zhi had been imprisoned, and Superior Wu had not clearly explained the matter as he resolutely intruded inside xiangfu and searched around, there were plenty of women inside xiangfu, those who got startled were not just one or two, before Liu Han Yu visited Yun Yan she had immediately come over to Qi Lui Yuan, only hoping that Yun Qian Meng would be able to come up with a plan.
But while she was still waiting for Yun Qian Meng to speak, outside the doorway of Qi Luo Yuan, a burst of orderly footsteps echoed, after which the quarreling sounds of servant girls and old women came through.
“This is our da xiaojie's courtyard, how could we permit you to search around as you wish?” the unyielding voice of Mi Mama reverberated from within the courtyard, looking towards the entrance of Qi Luo Yuan through the wooden window, a troop of imperial guards holding long swords had already intruded inside of Qi Luo Yuan, yet they were being blocked off by the servant girls and Mamas, and even though these imperial guards were emotionless, they still did not use violence against those women who even had no strength to truss a chicken. Both sides were merely just confronting each other, did not seem to have any blood shedding incident as of yet.
Hearing the quarreling voices, Liu Han Yu's face suddenly turned ugly. Her eyes could not help but shifted to the direction of courtyard where Yun Yan was staying, her both hands were pinching hard on the handkerchief in her hands uncontrollably, her heart was extremely anxious.
“Liu yiniang, you may go ahead and get back to Yun Yan's side through the minor pathway, if there's anything I will notify you.” Hearing the quarreling sounds became increasingly louder, Yun Qian Meng spoke with knitted brows.
Liu Han Yu who was actually worrying about Yun Yan's situation right now, immediately nodded her head facing Yun Qian Meng, quickly she turned around, following the minor pathway behind Qi Luo Yuan as she hurriedly ran towards Yun Yan's courtyard.
Yun Qian Meng just frowned and observed the current situation., Feeling certain that she had already hidden Chu Fei Yang's letter inside her sleeves, she immediately stood up and went down the stairs.
“What had actually happened?” A cold voice came through, immediately kept the bellowing sounds of the servant girls and old women under control.
“Da xiaojie, these people are trying to rush inside the courtyard! Yet they refused to give us the reason. We are truly angry about it, that's why we started to quarrel with them!” Mu Chun spoke with reddish eyes, during the usual days aside from Mi Mama, Mu Chun was the most protective over Yun Qian Meng, this time these people were trying to rush inside the da xiaojie's courtyard for some unknown reasons, Mu Chun definitely would not allow them to do such thing!
“Yun xiaojie, we are just following orders, please do not stop us!” This time, a member of the imperial guard coldly stated, although he was somehow surprised because of Yun Qian Meng's appearance, but he clearly knew in his heart to whom he was receiving his orders, this time he was implementing the imperial command, his solid heart would not be so easily wavered by anything.
“Following orders? Whose orders? Is there an imperial decree? Or any official documents?” Yun Qian Meng's cold gaze suddenly shot across that imperial guard, exposing an indifferent smile in the corner of her mouth, afterwhich she asked in a cold voice.
“Of course it is His Majesty's oral command!” This time, Superior Wu approached striding with quick steps coming from a distant place.
Yun Qian Meng looked around, seemed like it was already a very long time ago that she had last seen Superior Wu, now that she finally faced him again, yet she discovered Superior Wu's body was covered with a layer of murderous spirit, but the pure and noble vital energy was still present, making Yun Qian Meng slightly feel ill at ease, then she collectedly asked, “Not know why would His Majesty give such oral command? Why would he suddenly instruct the imperial guards to surround the entire xiangfu, and now with the need to search the entire xiangfu?”
When Yun Qian Meng was observing Superior Wu, he was also examining this noble young lady, seeing her calm temperament was still present, during this sudden outburst of situation, her eyes did not contain any indecisive fear, but still had her usual calmness. The scene permitting Superior Wu to secretly admire this da xiaojie of the Yun xiangfu.
If Yun Xiang had committed the crime today, then it would definitely cause harm to all the people in Yun xiangfu for no reason at all.
Seeing Yun Qian Meng like this, Superior Wu started to explain beyond all the people's expectation, “His Majesty had just given an oral command, Yun Xiang was suspected for being involved in the incident of covering up the fraud in this year's imperial examination,
thushe will be temporarily imprisoned within the Ministry of Justice. I am assigned to lead the troops to search around the entire Yun xiangfu, strict instructions were given not to allow any person to step out of the gate, anyone who disobeyed the orders will be beheaded!”
Hearing these words, all the eyes of servant girl and old women were opened wide. Their faces were deathly still, only Yun Qian Meng was the one who remained the unperturbed, though her delicate brows were slightly crunched up, but she was fully aware that if she would excessively stop them, perhaps in the future she would become the weak point where the other people would aim their targets at. With that in mind, she slightly retreated one step back, leaving a path way, afterwhich she lifted up her both eyes staring fixedly at Superior Wu, the quietly said, “I have some things left behind by my deceased mother in my own room, please search around carefully, and please do not break those things.”
Superior Wu had not expected Yun Qian Meng to be straightforward like this, just simply permitting them upon hearing that it was based on Emperor Yu Qian's oral command.
But, the words that Yun Qian Meng last spoken, only made Superior Wu feel that this woman was truly awesome, not simply reminding all the people, but to also implies that even if Yun Xuan Zhi was imprisoned inside the Ministry of Justice, Fu Guo Gongfu would still stand straight and high. In addition, during those days when the er xiaojie of Fu Guo Gong Fu had gotten married, the late emperor had also granted numerous gifts from the Palace, such kind of imperial gifts, even the leader of the imperial guards like him, would not dare to simply smash or break them, perhaps only himself would be allowed to personally search around Yun Qian Meng's chambers, or else if anything got broken, it might cost him his official post.
