C242 (1/2)
After Mu Rousang found out about this, she stayed at home uneasily, but on this day, Yang Zixuan returned only when he was close to his son's age.
He called his wife and opened the door. Seeing that the lights were still on, he asked, ”Has Young Mistress ever slept?”
”No, he said he was waiting for Young Master to come back!” The old gatekeeper respectfully replied.
”Got it!” He waved the woman off and walked down the corridor to the main house.
Xia Hua and Xia He were guarding the door and were immediately overjoyed when they saw Yang Zixuan return.
”Young mistress, Young Master is back!”
”Understood, Xia Hua, go and bring up the supper. Zixuan will definitely be starving!”
Mu Rousang's gentle voice came out, causing Yang Zixuan's heart to feel warm, he felt that in this world, only his own wife would feel at ease.
”My wife, why haven't you slept yet?”
With Xia He's help, Yang Zixuan took off the thick cloak, and then opened the curtain to enter the second room.
Mu Rousang was currently dressed in a thin jacket, with her hair draped over her head, she laid on the Rohan's bed and when she saw him casually throw away her words book, she laughed: ”I'll be waiting for you then!”
”Hmm, your husband understands. It's too cold to sleep alone in a bed!” Yang Zixuan replied in a bad mood as he received two white balls as gifts to Mu Rousang.
”Why did you come back so late today?” Seeing his exhausted face, Mu Rousang immediately gave way and asked him to also lie down.
Yang Zixuan naturally would not say what he had done in the dark, he only said that the yamen's matters were too busy.
He then continued, ”In the past few days, Yang Juan Er has been subject to impeachment, and the crown prince has given the order for her to copy the scriptures in the Deqing Palace, a hundred times a day.”
”Ugh!” How tragic! ” These subjects really know how to pick their time to add insult to injury, but Mu Rousang was smiling so hard that her eyes curved.
”Sigh, it is indeed miserable. However, I am not returning late today because of her!” Yang Zixuan rubbed his glabella, thinking about how he should explain it to Mu Rousang.
”Is it about Big Brother? Today, Grandmother called me over and told me about Big Brother's trouble, but I refused. Why did he fall for it? Mu Rousang really didn't like Matriarch Yang's way of handling things.
Yang Zixuan reached out and embraced her, stroking her smooth and shiny black hair, then chuckled: ”My wife treats me the best, however, you don't have to take it to heart. Grandmother only has two grandchildren, so naturally she wouldn't be willing to see anything happen to either of them, so it's only natural that she would say such a thing.”
Saying that, he thought back to what happened today in the imperial court. He sighed: Yesterday, I impeached Big Brother, but now, I was suppressed by the crown prince. However, many people in the imperial court knew about Yang Zizhi's matter, and some of them even tried to force him to buy and sell evidence, but all of them came to the old emperor's side.
With that thought in mind, Mu Rousang knew that it involved the matter of seizing the chair. Su Ruirui's mother was now in the imperial court, so he was afraid that he would not let go of the chance to bite the crown prince back.
”Brother, he was the one who ordered me to do that. There was such a big mistake, I'm afraid I hate the Crown Princess.”
Yang Zixuan sighed, ”I'm afraid that our palace will not be peaceful any longer. Today, after the Emperor found out about this, he shouted at the officials that he should report this matter to him and ordered the eunuchs to bring over the memorials. However, that eunuch returned empty-handed.”
Mu Rousang, who was still in his embrace, raised her head and asked with her small face: ”Did something happen?”
”Hmm. The Palace of Hua-Yang, where the Crown Prince is usually checking his reports, is on fire.” Yang Zixuan's eyes flashed. At that time, he was extremely shocked to hear this.
”Ah?” How can this be? Someone's going to destroy those papers? ”Then does the Emperor not have any other methods, such as secret guards or something like that?”
However, Mu Rousang did not believe that this emperor did not have any tricks up his sleeve.
”Sigh, but the Emperor is old now!” Yang Zixuan had to point out the most important point.
He continued, ”The eunuch replied that in the middle of the night, the crown prince was still busy reading the memorials. He did not expect that the paper was turned over in such a rush that it knocked over the nine-pronged candlestick on the table, causing seven out of ten of the memorials! When the young eunuch was ordered to go, the crown prince was in the midst of making people repair the main hall. However, everyone's eyes were focused on Big Brother's matters, which was why they were able to keep him hidden for a day.
”Ah, but …” Mu Rousang exclaimed as a warm hand gently covered her mouth.
”Caution!” Yang Zixuan shook his head.
”Then when the current emperor finds out …” Mu Rousang felt that this was truly the time for the wind and rain to turn misty!
Yang Zixuan moved his body and found a more comfortable position to lie down in, then he said: ”This is also the reason why I came back late. I followed my superior to the palace today, and the emperor is already in a bad situation, after hearing that the emperor had to know, I did not know what to think, and only left a few of my subjects at the palace.
When Mu Rousang heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Yang Zixuan had already said that the Emperor was in trouble, and the actions of the crown prince had most likely angered him.