Chapter 907 - Chapter 907: Chapter 907-Hastily Settling Things
Chapter 907: Chapter 907-Hastily Settling Things
The Emperor had personally contributed to the conspiracy theory, and Xie Jiu was convinced.
He also understood why he couldn’t leave Xie Xian.
Xie Xian was like the reins of a horse. The Emperor was running with too much force, and when he let himself loose, there was still a restraint. If it was Er ‘er alone, no one would care about the Emperor’s family.
Moreover, even if they wanted to interfere, the emperor might not listen.
This was the difference.
“Noble Consort Chu did not make things difficult for you, did she?” Xie Jiu asked gently.
At this moment, Wang Shierniang was still immersed in the atmosphere of ‘a wife is inferior to a concubine, a concubine is inferior to a steal’. She did not accept Xie Jiu’s goodwill and rolled her eyes without hiding it.
“Our Xie family and the Chu family are considered to be on good terms. It’s just to attack the Empress and not to the extent of offending our Xie family.”
Xie Jiu nodded.
“Don’t worry about defending the Empress. If you can, don’t get involved in the matters of the Palace. Our emperor is a fickle person. No one knows when he will go somewhere else.”
“If your body isn’t feeling well recently, don’t go.”
“I’m alright, but sometimes when I look at the Empress, I really feel injustice for her.” You don’t know, ever since she lost her son, she’s been like a demon. She keeps asking me for folk prescriptions to see if there’s any that can make her pregnant.”She didn’t even want to say that the Emperor didn’t even go to the Jiaofang Palace anymore. If you could get pregnant, then it would be a big deal.
As soon as she said that, she realized that Xie Jiu was implying something.
“Are you saying that I should pretend to be sick?” I didn’t realize it until later.
Xie Jiu coughed.” It’s not that bad. What I mean is that you don’t have to force yourself.” If you want to go, go.”
“Oh.” Twelfth Madam Wang believed it.
“.. Wait for me to go and talk to Mother. She must have waited for me for a day.”She got up and went to find her mother-in-law to gossip. She was so energetic that Xie Jiu looked a little jealous.
Which madam didn’t try her best to stick to her husband?
However, this wife of his was so unconventional. She was so intimate with her mother-in-law that she could not stop talking.
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Things were going in the direction that Xie Jiu had predicted.
Not long after, the news of Xie Xian setting up a trap to kill Xie Ning spread on the streets. It slowly seeped through. At first, it was scattered among a few people, and slowly, people found out. One spread to ten, ten spread to a hundred, and by New Year’s Eve, even Cai Wei had gotten wind of it.
Mother Xie flew into a rage and ordered Madam Wang to be severely punished. Whoever spread the news would be sold immediately.
Third Master Xie was also shocked this time. He didn’t care if there was no silver here. He first went to Mother Xie and then to Xie Xian’s family to explain. It had nothing to do with him.
“Ah Lang, you believe in Third Uncle, right?”
“Third Uncle said he believed you, so he definitely believed you. Now, I don’t know where this rumor came from. It’s simply too crazy. If you ask me, maybe this person deliberately let me hear it that day and wanted me to make a fuss!”
Third Master Xie put on a righteous face.” But I didn’t expect our Xie family to be so loyal and trust each other. We’re like an iron plate that can’t be pierced by a needle or poured by oil!”
Xie Xian smiled.” Third Uncle, you don’t have to explain. How can I not know what kind of person Third Uncle is?”
“Third Uncle is a man of character. As long as he doesn’t enter your eyes, he will definitely face you head-on and never do such a despicable thing. They would talk about people behind their backs and even frame them.”
Third Master Xie grabbed Xie Xian’s hand. He was so excited.
He was impulsive, but he was definitely not stupid.
He could tell what was good for him and what was good for the Xie family.
He was happy that he had received his nephew’s approval.
“Ah Lang, Third Uncle is content with your words!”He said,”Let me know which sinister villain is trying to harm our Xie family behind our backs. I’ll skin that person alive!””
Xie Xianmo, Third Master Xie might not be able to dig out the identity of the mastermind behind him.
As this matter continued to ferment, the Xie family did not have a good New Year. They forced themselves to pretend to be happy, but in fact, they were extremely disgusted.
Wang Fu’s men did not find the person who spread the news. The servants of the Xie residence were very tight-lipped, especially in Rong An Hall.
As for what Xiao Baoxin said, it spread like wildfire and was later verified by Third Master Xie. It was purely a scam to pour dirty water on him in an attempt to fight poison with poison to protect her husband.
There were not even one or two people who had spread the news.
They had found two servants who were gossiping about the Xie family, and that was the news that had been poured into the Xie family from outside.
As servants of the Xie family, they did not know about the rumors of the Xie family unless it was spread by the outside world…
Madam Wang’s thunderous methods did not manage to find anything. In a fit of anger, she beat the two manservants twenty times each. It was not as serious as selling them, but it was a warning to the servants.
It was obvious now that there was no traitor from within. It was purely rumors from the outside.
It was worth discussing why the rumors outside had a nose and eyes.
Xiao Baoxin rubbed her fists. If it wasn’t for the difference between men and women and the wide range of suspects, she would have touched the suspects with her hands. She wanted to harm her husband behind his back.
She had nowhere to vent her temper, so she added an hour of saber techniques every day and contracted the firewood of the entire Xie residence.
This caused the group of servants in the kitchen to tremble, afraid that their jobs would be snatched away and their rice bowls would fall into their hands.
He had finally made it through this year.
The matter continued to ferment, and there were already censors who had submitted a memorial to Taiji Palace.
Emperor Yong Ping was so angry that he flipped the table. He had been doing things unsmoothly these days.
The death of the councilor of Gaoliang couldn’t be in vain. She had to give an explanation to the world. In the end, the chief justice handled the case hastily and pushed the murder case to that crazy maid.
The confession was complete, but he had been tortured by the Gaoliang County Madam to the point that he had gone mad and stabbed to death.
This was not enough. He had to dig out her intestines.
If it wasn’t for the fact that others had seen her, she would have continued to remove her limbs…
As for the maid who had gone mad, how did she get these confessions? It was all thanks to the other maids that the murder case was closed.
Was the emperor satisfied?
Of course not.
But there was no other way.
From the chief steward to the maidservants and manservants in the residence of the councilor of Gaoliang, they were all personally arranged by the Jiaofang Palace and handed over to the Ministry of Rites for verification. If they were to investigate seriously, the middle palace would not be able to escape suspicion.
The involvement of the mother of a country was the biggest stain on the royal family.
In the end, Emperor Yong Ping could only remove the position of the Minister of Rites and take responsibility for it.
It didn’t matter who killed him. Emperor Yong Ping only understood that no one was on his side, including Empress Xiao, whom he once thought was in the same boat. Everyone had their own schemes behind their backs, and everyone had set him up.