But he was only loyal to the emperor and his current duties were to investigate the people behind the voodoo.
Anything else, temporarily, wasnât his affair and belonged to the justice department.
âReporting to the emperor, in the inner palace, only Kunning palace has snow silkworm silk.â
âEmpress!â Hearing âKunning palaceâ, these three words, the emperorâs face completely darkened to the point of scaring people.
He ferociously turned around, his sharp eyes staring straight at the empress, âWhat else do you have to say to this emperor?â
âEmperor, you have to believe this subject-concubine, subject-concubine is innocent! Subject-concubine has no reason to hurt consort NIng!â The empressâ face was pale as she kneeled to the ground.
She didnât know who on earth would frame her like this!
Ever since the first time consort Ning had framed her, she had completely avoided Liuhua palace for the sake of not dragging down her sons with her.
So how could she harm consort Ning at this crucial time?
Furthermore, the moment that consort Ning wouldâve gotten hurt, her and her second prince would be the first people to be doubted, and how could she do something so dumb?
âNothing?! You dare so you donât?! Last time, Ningâer said that you wanted to harm her, but this emperor didnât believe you. Who knew that you were actually so vicious and merciless! That was this emperorâs own flesh and bone! Come and see! Look at this emperorâs son, he had only been born and then he was killed! Just like that, he died!â
He viciously pulled up the empress from the ground, only hating that he couldnât personally rip her to shreds on the spot.
The fact that he had actually slept with such a vicious shrew for all these years, his Ningâer, ah âŚ
âEmperor-father!â Xiahou Rui and Xiahou Liuyun almost immediately knelt to the ground.
Because of Lou Qingwuâs reminder, Xiahou Rui had mentally prepared himself, but Xiahou Liuyunâs face completely changed.
âEmperor-father, empress-mother could never do such a thing! Please, emperor-father, please investigate carefully!â
âWhat else is there to investigate? Last time Ningâer got hurt, you also said it was nothing to do with her. This emperor believed her, but what about now? Now, Ningâerâs dead, this emperorâs Ningâer is gone! Cui senior-maid, tell them, is this snow silkworm silk?â
The emperorâs sharp eyes turn ed towards the Cui senior-maid behind the imperial guard commander.
She was shaking as she nodded her head, âYes, yes! This is the snow silkworm silk and because itâs a tribute holy item, only Yongan palace and Kuning palace received it. Empress dowager took pity on the younger generation so she didnât leave any for herself, she had given it all to Kunning palace.â
âEmpress, what else do you have to say!â The emperor practically howled.
It was dead silent in the room as everyone all silently kneeled.
âPlease, emperor-father, think three times. THis hasnât been clearly investigated, please donât just deliver judgement like this.â
Xiahou Liuyun was becoming anxious.
Even though he normally spent his days just playing around, he really was just a 16-17 year old boy so when he was faced with this, his mind was a complete mess.
His heart was even more confused so he had no idea on what to do, but his mind did know one thing, and that was that his empress-mother definitely wouldnât do this type of thing, his empress-mother had definitely been framed!
And the Xiahou Rui behind him didnât say anything for some reason, but if you looked carefully, youâd see that his face was scarily pale.
The moment that Xiahou Rui had kneeled down, he felt his mind explode.
It hurt him so much that he was about to go crazy, he wanted to scream and howl, he wanted to violently rip everything around him to shreds.
He began to pant and pant, the fists lowered to his sides clenched even tighter âŚ
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TL note:
This emperor is so trash and my leg was cramping through like half of this. I didnât get leg cramps to write about such an awful emperor :(
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