The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 673: Loving My Wife

Emperor Xiao's cold tone and serious rebuke made Xiao Yue's heart panic.

She had always felt that she had done nothing wrong regarding the flower-viewing banquet, and she felt justified even when facing Empress Shi. But now, facing Emperor Xiao, she couldn't help but feel guilty.

After being in Beiyang Palace for so long, although Xiao Yue still retains many of his previous ideas and habits, his awe and fear of imperial power have been clearly cultivated.

She was afraid of the nominal father in front of her, and the power of life and death in his hands.

Everything in the past made her dare only to test the emperor on a small scale. Once she found that she had touched his boundaries, she would immediately begin to feel fear.

Xiao Yue lowered her head, took a deep breath, and tried her best to calm herself down.

"Father, I know that I handled the flower viewing banquet inappropriately, but that was because my sixth and eighth sisters teamed up to frame me. I don't want to make things awkward, but I don't have my mother to protect me, so I can only protect myself when things get bad..."

"Enough!" Emperor Xiao said coldly, "Your mother's early death is not a weapon for you to pretend to be pitiful and wronged. Moreover, Lin'er has always been gentle. Although Lan'er has a quick temper, she is definitely not someone who deliberately targets her sisters. On the contrary, you dressed elegantly and gorgeously that day, completely disregarding your status. Now you are talking about being targeted. If this nonsense spreads, people who don't know will think that the relationship between the royal sisters is not harmonious. Xiao Yue, you were outstanding in talent and brought glory to Beiyang before. I am very pleased, but I didn't expect that you would become like this now."

Emperor Xiao's tone and expression were filled with disappointment, and the rebukes he uttered were majestic and cold.

The words that Xiao Yue hadn't finished saying were stuck in her throat like rough grains of sand, making her throat sore.

Emperor Xiao's disappointed look on him made her feel uncomfortable all over. Her heart was pounding and she even began to regret coming to the imperial study today.

"Father, my daughter, my daughter..." Xiao Yue thought quickly in her heart, trying to find a reason to defend herself.

But this time, Emperor Xiao still did not give her the chance to finish her words and spoke directly.

"I still have political affairs to discuss. You should go back to your bedroom and reflect on yourself. If you can't even figure these things out, don't come to me again in the future to avoid making me upset!"

Xiao Yue's face turned pale and blue, and in the end, she could only grit her teeth and respond, then left the imperial study.

Before leaving, Xiao Yue glanced at Shen Yanxi and Pei Zhaozhi who were standing beside her. Thinking that everything that had just happened was heard by them, she felt even more embarrassed.

There is no impenetrable wall in the imperial palace. The news that Xiao Yue was scolded in the imperial study quickly spread in the harem.

When Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu found out, they felt that Xiao Yue was even more stupid and ridiculed her behind her back.

As for Queen Shi, she still looked like a bystander, not caring about anything.

Ever since the incident with Concubine Cheng, Empress Shi obviously didn't care as much about many affairs in the harem as before.

The relationship between the emperor and the empress also became more subtle. On the surface, everything seemed to be the same as before, but in reality, there was coldness and alienation.

Too many emotions are hidden beneath the deep palace walls. No matter how sad or resentful they are in the middle of the night, when the first ray of sunlight falls on the palace road, everyone puts on their masks again and resumes their dignified, decent and luxurious royal appearance.

As an outsider in the palace, Xiao Yue was ultimately unable to fully adapt to everything within the palace walls. After being scolded by Emperor Xiao, he found that he had no way out and could only leave everything to fate.

The discussion about the marriage seemed to have died down temporarily after Xiao Yue was reprimanded.

Jiang Suining and her colleagues were on duty as usual, doing their jobs and arranging various upcoming banquets.

On the first day of March, the Xilin envoy officially entered the imperial city, and Shen Yanxi was ordered to welcome him.

This time, the Xilin Kingdom sent the ninth prince Murong Yu to lead the envoy team.

Beiyang does not have much information about Murong Yu. They only know that he had lived among the people in his early years and was later recognized by the Xilin royal family. However, since being recognized, he has been highly regarded in just a few years.

In the teahouse facing the street, Lin Ziqing leaned back in his chair and shook his head leisurely, "The information the royal family has is not as much as that of my Tianyin Pavilion."

Jiang Mushi sat opposite Lin Ziqing, looking at his cocky look, and urged him, "Then don't keep us in suspense. Tell us quickly, what do you know about the Ninth Prince of Xilin?"

Jiang Suining was not on duty today and was also sitting in the teahouse. Hearing this, he also looked at Lin Ziqing.

Tianyin Pavilion now has more and more branches, and has even opened branches to the border between the two countries. It also has many channels for getting insider information. In some aspects, the court's news is indeed not as well-informed as Tianyin Pavilion.

Lin Ziqing sat up straight and leaned forward. "It is true that the Ninth Prince of Xilin once lived among the common people, but he was not an ordinary citizen, but the son of an official."

"Son of an official?" Jiang Mushi was stunned. "What does this mean? Could it be that Emperor Xilin also has a hobby of asking his officials to help him raise his son?"

Lin Ziqing lowered his voice, "It is true that I do have a hobby, but it is not a hobby for me to help raise my son, but a hobby for my wife!"

I heard that Murong Yu's mother was extremely beautiful and was known as the most beautiful woman in Xilin when she was young. Later, she married her childhood sweetheart, Zhan Wenyao, with whom she had been engaged since childhood.

Zhan Wenyao was born into a family of officials and scholars. After passing the imperial examination, he was highly regarded by the Emperor of Xilin.

He thought that he would have a smooth career in the future, but he did not expect that at a palace banquet, Emperor Xilin took a fancy to Murong Yu's mother who followed her husband into the palace for the banquet, and forcibly took possession of her that night.

In order to appease his subjects, the Emperor of Xilin directly promoted Zhan Wenyao twice. Facing the imperial power, the Zhan family could only swallow their anger and thought that the matter would be over, but not long after, Murong Yu's mother became pregnant with him.

Jiang Mushi frowned, "Did the Zhan family report this to Emperor Xilin?"

"No, I heard that Zhan Wenyao and his wife had a very good relationship, and Zhan Wenyao loved his wife especially. In order to cover up what happened, he announced to the public that the child was from the Zhan family and named him Zhan Yu. Outsiders did not suspect anything. Until Zhan Yu was thirteen years old, Zhan Wenyao was suspected of treason and was ordered to be executed along with his entire family. In order to save Zhan Yu's life, Zhan Wenyao and his wife told everything and revealed Zhan Yu's identity as a prince."