Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 320 Gu Granny

Nan Zhao Kingdom.

At the moment when Concubine Shu's Gu King died, there was movement in a hidden courtyard in the Nanzhao royal family.

A middle-aged woman in black was busy in the yard. There were many bottles and jars in the yard, and she checked them carefully one by one.

Suddenly, a sharp scream came from her bedroom. The sound was so shrill that the woman's face changed suddenly. She stood up and ran to the bedroom.

The screaming continued, and the woman ran to a large jar on the table and opened the lid of the jar.

A bug as big as a small egg had its head raised up. It was a black bug, and the screaming sound came from its mouth.

"Oh no, something happened to the princess."

The woman hurriedly closed the lid of the large jar and walked towards the front yard of the palace.

Emperor Nan Zhao was reviewing memorials in the imperial study when his personal eunuch came in to report that Grandma Gu wanted to see him regarding something important.

"Xuan."

Emperor Nan Zhao was about fifty years old and looked like a scholar.

But everyone in the entire Nanzhao Kingdom knew that the Emperor of Nanzhao was an emperor with an iron fist.

Haven’t you seen that there were so many princes in the royal family back then, but now there are only a few left.

Granny Gu walked in and went straight to Emperor Nan Zhao.

"Your Majesty, the princess...something happened."

She lowered her head and spoke softly to Emperor Nan Zhao.

Emperor Nan Zhao stood up suddenly.

"what happened?"

"The Gu King I gave to the princess is dead, which means the princess's identity has been exposed."

Granny Gu said worriedly.

"What about Jing'er? Is Jing'er in danger?"

Emperor Nan Zhao asked anxiously.

Granny Gu knew what Emperor Nan Zhao meant. Emperor Nan Zhao had only one biological sister, and that was Concubine Shu of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The two siblings have been dependent on each other in this palace since they were young, so naturally they have a deep relationship.

Emperor Nan Zhao had been on the throne for so many years, but he had no other children except two princesses.

Emperor Nan Zhao cherished the hard-earned throne very much. He was unwilling to make the son of his other surviving brother the crown prince, so Xuanyuan Jing, who had his bloodline, was his only choice.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. We have people with His Highness. As long as something happens to the Gu King, he will be able to sense it and will take His Highness back to Nanzhao."

Granny Gu had visited the Great Xia Dynasty once a few years earlier and had arranged everything.

"That's good."

Emperor Nan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

"What about Xue'er? What about Xue'er?"

Emperor Nan Zhao thought of his sister again. Concubine Shu’s name in Nan Zhao was Song Xue.

"The situation is unclear right now. We don't know whether the princess is dead or alive. We have to wait until His Highness arrives and find out clearly before we can make any plans."

Grandma Gu also knew that this was a serious matter, but they could do nothing now and could only wait for Xuanyuan Jing to come.

"We should send someone to investigate. If Xue'er has fallen into Xuanyuan Hao's hands, we must find a way to rescue her."

Emperor Nan Zhao paced around the room anxiously. His sister had sacrificed so much for him, and he couldn't just ignore her situation.

"it is good."

Grandma Gu agreed and went out. It seemed that Emperor Nan Zhao trusted her very much, and the power in her hands was extraordinary.

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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Huang Ye took a nap in the Yangxin Palace for a while before dawn. She asked Hongdou to go back and inform Ludou that the breakfast prepared by her had been delivered.

The breakfast was nothing but the wontons that the emperor specifically ordered.

The emperor felt that as a patient, it was not excessive to ask Ning Yuxuan to send him some food.

Eunuch Yu ran errands himself and brought back a lot of wontons. Huang Ye was also hungry, so he sat face to face with the emperor at the table, each with a bowl, eating and chatting.

Eunuch Yu wanted to call all the painters in the palace and ask them to paint the heartwarming scene before their eyes to see how harmoniously the emperor and the empress got along.

As for the fact that Concubine Ye is not the empress yet, Eunuch Yu has selectively forgotten it. In his heart, Concubine Ye is the empress, and no one dares to object.

After dinner, the two of them washed up and Huang Ye prepared to return to Ning Yuxuan.

The emperor just said that in order to convince the public, he will announce her promotion to imperial concubine at the morning court tomorrow. She should have nothing to do here today.

The emperor did not attend court today. Just now during the meal, Eunuch Yu stopped Xiao Yinzi from reporting. Now that he saw that the emperor had finished breakfast, he hurried over to report.

The King of Qing...ran away.

It turned out that the Emperor sent people to the Prince of Qing's Mansion to invite Prince Qing into the palace because of what happened to Concubine Shu, and he must be asked to come to the palace to explain the matter clearly.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to invite them early in the morning, and the people in the palace went to report to Prince Qing. As a result, Prince Qing and the princess were not in the palace, and no one knew when they left.

"It should be that when Concubine Shu was in trouble, someone around Prince Qing sensed it and notified him to run away."

Although Huang Ye didn't know much about the poisonous insects in Nanzhao Kingdom.

However, as a prince with Nanzhao blood, it is not uncommon for Prince Qing to have a poisonous insect that can give warnings.

"Send someone out immediately and bring him back no matter what."

The emperor had a gloomy face. He didn't expect that something would go wrong here. If the Prince of Qing ran to Nanzhao, things would be troublesome.

"I have already notified them."

Eunuch Yu knew that the matter was of great importance, so he gave the order as soon as he received the news.

Although he felt a little upset, he knew that the emperor would not blame him.

"And Concubine Xu, she made such a big mistake this time, I wonder what the emperor's rules are?"

Eunuch Yu asked.

If he were to say, they should just take advantage of this incident to kill Concubine Xu, so that she wouldn't come out and harm others in the future.

Huang Ye looked at the emperor.

"How do you think Concubine Xu should be punished?"

The emperor threw this question to Huang Ye.

"My concubine..."

"Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth?"

Huang Ye scratched her head embarrassedly. Xu Rou...she didn't want her to die so easily.

"Oh."

The emperor became interested.

"How to say?"

"To be honest, I hate Concubine Xu. I wish she would die."

Huang Ye smiled embarrassedly.

After all, it is not a good thing to let the emperor know that she has evil intentions.

"But... although we wanted to catch her in the act before, we didn't catch anything at that time..."

Huang Ye spoke for Xu Rou.

"Arresting someone without any evidence will cause people to question the Emperor's impartiality, and the Queen Mother will also question that..."

Huang Ye reminded the emperor that Xu Rou's identity was not just a concubine in the harem.

The emperor knew what Huang Ye said, she just wanted to ask Huang Ye what he thought about this matter.

He knew that Huang Shuye and Xu Rou were sworn enemies, and Xu Rou had always wanted to kill her.

"I think we should let her go this time. She was also bewitched by someone, and she doesn't want anything to happen to the emperor."

Huang Ye tried her best to speak for Xu Rou. Xu Rou's life belonged to her and no one could take Xu Rou away from her, not even the emperor.

The emperor didn't expect that Huang Shuye was so sensible and broad-minded. Isn't this kind of temperament exactly what his harem needs?

"Ye Jieyu, how about I hand over this harem to you to manage from now on?"