northernbook Chapter 1253 Nothing happened
Chapter 1253 Nothing happened
"Since Ayao can drink this medicinal soup, can Brother Qi let the second and first instructors in the kitchen go first?"
"My lord, you're too kind. If you find Xing Er useful, just give him orders." After Feng Qi finished speaking, he clapped his hands twice, and the door to the room opened directly, with a man in black kneeling on the ground in the outer room.
"master."
“These days, you will be by the side of Consort Lu, and the Empress’s medicinal meals will be in your care.”
"Good master."
"My lord, you can just give him your orders," Feng Qi said with a smile.
Xingchen narrowed her eyes slightly as she glanced at the person kneeling outside. This person...
At this moment, Chen Jingshu, Nanfeng, and Cui Yiyang entered the house. They were stunned for a moment when they saw the man in black kneeling inside, but they still went straight in.
"My lady, are you awake? You were perfectly fine at the Ministry of Justice today. How could you have fainted?"
Feng Qi, the eldest prince, and even Xing Chen all stood up and silently made way for the three of them, retreating to the screen at the junction of the inner and outer rooms.
Su Yueyao looked up at Chen Jingshu and the others who rushed in with worried expressions, and said with a smile, "I'm fine, I just fainted because I was a little tired."
"Don't worry, have you finished dealing with everything outside?"
"After finishing their work, all the members of the Zheng and Xiao families were put in jail. The Li family's third branch and the Feng family, who were involved with them, were also arrested in accordance with the law."
"Especially when His Majesty learned that they had also hired someone to assassinate us, he demanded a thorough investigation and that all those involved be severely punished."
"My lady, this time we will suppress all the risky noble families. You don't need to worry about the outside world. Just take good care of your health."
After listening, Su Yueyao nodded and praised with a smile, "Jing Shu, you guys are amazing! Does this mean I can walk around Fengdu with my head held high from now on?"
Hearing Su Yueyao's words, Chen Jingshu smiled and said, "My wife, even if we don't do these things, you can already walk sideways. No matter which family it is, as long as my wife is willing to extend an olive branch, they are all willing to stand on your side."
"The reason why the Zheng and Xiao families went to such lengths to frame Minghe and weaken our power is largely because we have absolute hatred for both the Zheng and Xiao families."
"The wife will have no further involvement with them."
"They also know that we will suppress them again when we have the time, so they are trying to strike first by using the silver mine."
"They just didn't expect us to investigate so quickly, nor did they expect His Majesty to completely trust that the Lady is on our side."
After hearing this, Su Yueyao thought for a moment with mixed feelings and asked, "If I don't accept the olive branch from any aristocratic family, will they end up treating us like the Zheng and Xiao families did?"
"Perhaps before, but not now. With the complete annihilation of the Zheng and Xiao families, any powerful families that want to be our enemies in the future should think twice."
"They're probably thinking about how not to offend us now, so that when Tian Tian ascends the throne in the future, they can preserve the glory of their family."
"My lady, don't think about these trivial things. With us here, they can't hurt you. Just do as you please. If you don't want to get married, then don't. If you don't want to arrange engagements for the children, then don't. If you take a fancy to someone in the future, just marry him. We'll take care of everything for you," Chen Jingshu said casually.
Su Yueyao's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, and she was just beginning to feel moved when Chen Jingshu continued:
"Speaking of which, my lady, when I escorted the Zheng and Xiao families to the Ministry of Justice prison today, I overheard the guards inside casually discussing whether my lady and Minister Wenren had close contact and whether she was practically the next matriarch of the Wenren family?" Chen Jingshu suddenly changed the subject and asked with a smile.
Immediately, everyone in the room looked at Su Yueyao, even Xingchen, who was talking to Xing Er behind the screen, looked over.
Su Yueyao met their gazes and, without thinking, retorted, "What intimate contact? What lord of the Wenren family? We are completely innocent, nothing has happened."
"No? That's good. Tomorrow I'll send someone to the Ministry of Justice prison and have Vice Minister Wenren properly manage his subordinates. Spreading rumors about women is punishable by immediate arrest. I suppose they also want to make a move on the Phoenix Feather Guard?"
"The guards claimed with absolute certainty that when the mistress went to see Minghe, she hugged Wenren Shilang and there was some kind of physical contact between them!"
"Is Jing Shu really like that? The Phoenix Feather Guard will indeed be going there tomorrow," Nanfeng replied.
Su Yueyao recalled the unintentional touch between herself and Minister Wenren, and coughed awkwardly, "That was an accident. The guards misunderstood. Minister Wenren and I are completely innocent. The guard is Minister Wenren's man, so he wouldn't spread rumors."
“Jing Shu, Nan Feng, you don’t need to ask them specifically, and you certainly can’t arrest him and put him in the Phoenix Feather Guard. After all, he just helped me save Ming He. If we arrest him, wouldn’t that be a clear indication to others that I have a guilty conscience?”
Upon hearing Su Yueyao's explanation, Chen Jingshu's lips twitched slightly. Surprised? What kind of surprise could make Wenren Qichi cooperate with his wife and embrace her? His martial arts skills were already quite high in his youth...
"My lady, do you think this Minister Wenren has any martial arts skills? Was your accident intentional?" Chen Jingshu couldn't help but ask.
"How would I know if he knows martial arts? I've never seen him fight, but judging from his calm and collected demeanor as a young master from a noble family, he must know some!"
Chen Jingshu glanced at Su Yueyao with a complicated expression. It seemed that in her eyes, there were only handsome young men from noble families, and she couldn't see anything beyond their appearance.
Yang Qianxun looked outside and said, "Jing Shu, you and Nanfeng, Yiyang have just returned. There's nothing much going on with the mistress, so you should all get some rest too! There are still a lot of things to take care of later."
"Indeed, there are many things to deal with. His Majesty intends to send Gongyang to deal with the silver mines in the western suburbs. His Majesty's private troops will guard them."
"Let Gongyang handle this? Isn't Gongyang just an imperial censor?"
“That area borders the Gongyang family almost to the west. The Gongyang family manages most of the farms and land there, so it is the most suitable person to put Gongyang in charge.”
"Alright! Looks like the ram's got a lot to do now."
Upon hearing this, Xingchen leaned against the screen and said, "Only a small section of that silver mine was left unmined. The minerals are not plentiful. When Gongyang finishes his work and returns, it will be just in time for my wife to recover and give birth to his child."
"..."
Hearing this, Su Yueyao fell silent. Lately, all she had heard was that she should take good care of herself and recover. She had forgotten that she had originally planned to have a baby with Gongyang Chengyan and Yan Xi as soon as she was fully recovered from childbirth.
She wants to give birth as soon as possible so she can leave home. She also wants to go to Dongli Kingdom and take Yunsheng and Chengyan with her to Xiangshan!