The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Chapter 159: The Marquis Enters the Palace and Happy Events Continue

On the way back, Lan Ying was puzzled.

She seemed to feel that she was being plotted against, but she had no evidence.

Xue Zhiyi, who was walking in front, had brisk steps and was in a very good mood.

Xue Zhiyi was of course in a good mood, because she knew that Concubine Song would no longer pretend to be unwell in order to get close to her.

After all, Concubine Song soon found out how comfortable it would be to be pregnant with an auspicious baby.

Your Majesty believes in celestial phenomena and auspicious signs, and the favors and rewards you give to Concubine Song will only be greater than before.

Lady Song was reluctant to give up such wealth and glory.

But she was pregnant with good fortune, yet so fragile, suffering from all kinds of diseases, and complaining of discomfort all day long. It was really abnormal.

Even if it is to prove that this child is a good omen, Concubine Song should live in peace for some time from now on.

The apology gift she prepared was not a purse at all, but a tray with koi fish as the symbol of blessing.

As for the interlayer of the purse, she had already sewed in the fish food that Chuizhu got from the Beast Garden, which would not be noticeable if one just looked at the purse.

But when that smell dissolves in the water, it will surely attract the koi in the water.

After they entered the gate of Jianzhang Palace, the two young eunuchs left as they had other errands to do.

Lan Ying then chased after him: "Xue Zhiyi, stop!"

Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"

"What do you want to do?" Lan Ying asked her.

Xue Zhiyi just raised the corner of his mouth: "I didn't do anything, but you have been targeting me all along, and have tried to harm me several times."

"Nothing?" Lan Ying sneered: "Then why are you so happy?"

Xue Zhiyi was in a good mood and wanted to piss her off even more.

So Xue Zhiyi smiled with an ambiguous meaning and said, "I'm happy, of course..."

She lowered her voice and said, "Of course it's because Marquis Lin'an is going to enter the palace."

After saying that, she turned and went to the west wing.

As expected, this sentence touched Lan Ying's sore spot. She chased after him in a rage: "Xue Zhiyi! You are so shameless! You are a restless vixen. When you were still a lady in the Shangshu Mansion, you were engaged to Prince Gong. Now that the engagement is broken, you want to seduce the Marquis of Lin'an. You are dreaming! Don't you see what your status is? You are not even worthy of being the Marquis of Lin'an's concubine! And you are still embroidering purses for others..."

Xue Zhiyi ignored Lan Ying's shouting and cursing and just went to his room.

But just as I turned a corner, I bumped into someone head-on.

Xue Zhiyi's head almost hit the man's chest.

She held her head and saw the person in front of her dressed in red. He had a pair of handsome and bright phoenix eyes. She was a little dazed by the collision.

After seeing the person in front of him clearly, Xue Zhiyi bowed and said, "Meetings, Marquis Lin'an."

But Huo Wuyou stared at Xue Zhiyi blankly: "...What purse?"

Xue Zhiyi: “…”

How come he happened to hear this?

Xue Zhiyi said nothing, brushed past him and went straight to his room.

But Huo Wuyou ignored Lan Ying who was just in the middle of scolding him and turned around to chase after him: "You want to give me a purse? Let me see it!"

……

Huo Wuyou chased Xue Zhiyi all the way to the door of the room, but saw Xue Zhiyi enter the room and locked him outside with a slam.

"Why are you so angry with me for no reason?"

Just as he finished speaking, the window beside him opened and Xue Zhiyi was leaning against the window. He asked him, "I wonder if the Marquis has any important instructions when he comes to the palace?"

Seeing that she was not upset, Huo Wuyou smiled gently, moved closer, leaned against the window sill and said, "Of course it's a serious matter."

He said in a deep voice: "The news you need has been found."

"Oh?" In other words, the result of the treatment of the Xue family came out.

After casually glancing around and making sure that no one was around, Huo Wuyou said, "As expected, Xue Zhentong and Lu Minchun's crime of fraud is irrefutable. They will be executed immediately according to the law."

But he sighed, and looked at Xue Zhiyi with a more serious expression: "But last night, he was assassinated in prison."

"What?" Xue Zhiyi was startled, then she sneered: "Prince Gong is very straightforward in dealing with his useless chess pieces."

"Do you also think it was Gu Shichong's doing?" Huo Wuyou asked her back.

Xue Zhiyi did not show any sorrow for his father's death. He just raised his eyebrows and said, "He has been in Prince Gong's party for so many years. Now he cannot escape death. Prince Gong is afraid that he will be desperate and blurt out something. Prince Gong must silence Xue Zhentong before he can say anything."

Seeing that Xue Zhiyi was not sad, Huo Wuyou also breathed a sigh of relief: "As for the rest of the Xue family, Xue Tingsheng is lucky enough to be still alive. He was sentenced to tattooing his face and exile 3,000 miles away. He will be on his way in a few days. As for the rest of the Xue and Lu families, they have all been demoted to official slaves."

Xue Zhiyi's eyes moved slightly at this result, and the huge rock pressing on her heart suddenly disappeared. She thought that what the Xue family owed her was paid off.

"Where are Xue Tingliu and the Rong family?" Xue Zhiyi asked.

Speaking of this, Huo Wuyou's face suddenly turned cold. Seeing this, Xue Zhiyi asked him, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Last time I learned from Yang Gui that Xue Tingliu is an absolute beast. If Yang Gui had not arrived in time, who knows what the consequences would have been.

Putting aside his thoughts for the moment, he just smiled: "Hu Bai's identity is indeed the wanted criminal who has been on the run for many years, but the Rong family and Xue Tingliu are indeed unaware of it, but their crime of harboring a fugitive is confirmed. After all, Lu Yan is also a fugitive."

He sighed quietly, "Rong County Magistrate is a coward. He couldn't stand the interrogation and honestly told us where they buried Lu Yan's body. He confessed everything."

Xue Zhiyi understood.

In the past, the emperor would allow Lu Minchun to let Lu Yan escape in order to save his face, because the family killed by Lu Yan were just ordinary people, and even if they all died, it would not harm the emperor's interests in the slightest.

But this time, the imperial examination fraud involved the foundation of the country and the interests of all the scholars in Dayong, so the emperor had to choose to give up Lu Minchun.

In this way, there is no need to cover up Lu Yan's identity as a fugitive.

On the contrary, exposing the fact that Lu Minchun assisted Lu Yan in escaping in a lively manner, handling it with great fanfare, and announcing it to the world would make people in the world feel that Your Majesty cares about the suffering of the people and is fair and selfless. Even if someone is the son of a powerful person, he cannot disregard the law and harm civilians.

Who would think that Lu Yan was able to escape from the Dali Temple successfully with the emperor's tacit approval?

Our wise and mighty Majesty must have been deceived by the people below!

Naturally, Xue Zhiyi did not reveal this idea to Huo Wuyou this time.

She asked, "How did your majesty deal with it?"

Huo Wuyou lowered his eyes slightly: "This case is less serious than the previous one. Only the Rong family's property was confiscated, Rong County Magistrate was dismissed and imprisoned, and the rest of the family members were not implicated. But Xue Tingliu was not so lucky."

"Dead?" Xue Zhiyi asked back.

"Not really." Huo Wuyou said, "His reputation is definitely gone. Not only that, Xue Tingliu is also a member of the Xue family. Due to Xue Zhentong's influence, he was also demoted to a slave and will never be allowed to enter the government again."

Huo Wuyou thought bitterly: I must take this opportunity to at least cripple one of his legs.

"Anything else?" Xue Zhiyi asked him.

Seeing Huo Wuyou in a daze, she called out again, "Marquis of Lin'an?"

Huo Wuyou came back to his senses: "Who else?"

Xue Zhiyi reminded him: "Where is Fu Rongxin?"