hotmtlnovel Chapter 131 Return to the Palace
Chapter 131 Return to the Palace
In a few days it will be New Year's Eve.
The city of Yanjing had the heaviest snowfall of this winter.
The snow in the courtyard was already deep, and the servants of the palace had just cleared a path in the back garden for easy walking, but in a short while, it was covered with a layer of fine snow.
It has been more than half a month since Shen Yuyao returned to Yanjing.
The rumors about Princess Ning in Yanjing City became more and more exaggerated.
"Great news! The mistress of Prince Ning's Mansion is finally back!"
"That's not right. A few days ago, news came that Princess Ning was a guest of the Prince of Qin's Mansion on her way back to Yanjing. Unfortunately, the Prince of Qin's Mansion caught fire and she was burned to death!"
"What do you mean by a distinguished guest? Didn't you read the court bulletin? Princess Ning is the commander of the Black Dragon Guards, secretly sent by the Emperor to Xijing!"
"Princess Ning went all the way back to Yanjing from the capital city just to make a secret visit on behalf of the emperor."
"Not only did they find out about Prince Lu and Princess Lu, but they also made friends with various sorcerers, seeking the secret of immortality, refining elixirs and taking medicine."
"It is said that the Lu Wang couple built a large-scale garden outside Qingzhou City for pleasure, in order to make elixirs. The Lu Wang couple also secretly captured many boys, castrated them and used them as medicine. As a result, the Lu Wang ate the elixir, but he did not become immortal. Instead, he lost all his hair and blinded an eye!"
"The Ning Wang Consort found out about the evil deeds of the Lu Wang couple and secretly wrote a letter to the emperor. The emperor was furious, but because of his contribution to the epidemic prevention in Qingzhou, he only sentenced the Lu Wang to have his hair cut. The concubine Tang was not so lucky. The emperor accused her of doing evil, being arrogant and jealous, and killing innocent people. In the end, she was sentenced to beheading. The Lu Wang's main wife was awarded the first-class imperial edict by the emperor because of her meritorious service in reporting and because she was pregnant with the Lu Wang's child."
"Wow! Our Princess Ning of Yanjing is really doing a good job in getting rid of harm to the people!"
"Yes! The people of Qingzhou were treated by Princess Ning, and they are all grateful for her kindness. Many people even left their hometowns and settled in Yanjing."
"Not only Qingzhou, but also the people of Xijing have brought their families to our Yanjing, just because our Yanjing Princess Ning is so kind and righteous!"
"Xijing? What did Princess Ning do in Xijing?"
"Xijing was the vassal state of the King of Qin. After he was enfeoffed, he started to build a luxurious palace and even enclosed half of the city's land for his own palace."
"The emperor originally implemented a policy of appeasement towards the foreign tribes in Xijing, but the King of Qin listened to the slander of his favorite concubine and abducted 150 pregnant women from 18 tribes of the foreign tribes, and castrated 155 young boys."
"The King of Qin favors his concubine over his wife. The King of Qin and his concubine Deng have been making a lot of trouble in Xijing, and even dressed up as the emperor and empress at home."
"Deng abused private punishment in the palace, but he was afraid that the tortured palace servants would go to the capital to expose him, so he simply killed them all. Even Princess Ning and the little princess were almost burned to death."
"The people of Xijing were angry and resentful. After the Emperor received a secret report from Prince Ning's wife, he directly executed the Prince Qin's concubine Deng by slow slicing and sentenced the Prince Qin to confine himself to reflect on his mistakes."
"Princess Ning is truly courageous and resourceful! We are so lucky to have such a mistress in Yanjing City!"
"But I heard that our Prince Ning married her because the emperor granted him the marriage, and he didn't really love her."
"Yes, yes! After the news of the death of Prince Ning's wife in the sea of fire came back, all the noble ladies in our Yanjing City were looking forward to marrying into Prince Ning's mansion!"
"Who doesn't want to be the mistress of a city?"
"It's a pity that those noble ladies are probably crying now."
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Rumors spread.
Fortunately, rumors are just rumors and have not affected Shen Yuyao's daily life too much.
She has a relatively free time every day.
When I first returned to the palace, I just walked around and got to know the new servants.
Although the Ning Prince's Mansion is not as magnificent as the Lu Prince's Mansion and the Qin Prince's Mansion, it is really too big.
It was so big that Shen Yuyao spent about five or six days wandering around the Ning Palace, but still didn't complete the whole process.
On the day Shen Yuyao returned to Yanjing, she sent an express horse to deliver a letter to Prince Ning.
In her letter home, she said that she had luckily escaped the disaster and had now returned to Prince Ning's Mansion in Yanjing.
In her letter home, Shen Yuyao expressed her dissatisfaction with the Ning Wang Mansion.
Yesterday, she just received a letter from Prince Ning sent by carrier pigeon.
In the letter home, Xia Yu told Shen Yuyao about the rumor that he became so angry and fainted in the court when he heard the news of Shen Yuyao's death.
Actually, it’s not true!
Now that Shen Yuyao and her daughter have returned safely to Yanjing.
Xia Yu no longer had any worries. He received the imperial edict and prepared to march north with his army to attack Mobei.
The letter was eight pages long, three of which were used to explain the rumors and arrange household affairs, and the remaining five pages were all exhortations.
The first piece of advice is to let Shen Yuyao put her own safety first and not act rashly.
The second admonition was to tell Shen Yuyao not to let herself and Princess Xiaoxian suffer in anything. The palace had money and Shen Yuyao could spend it as much as she wanted.
Admonition three, let Shen Yuyao stay in Yanjing and control Xu. Because Xu is getting more and more crazy, she wants to divorce her husband!
Finally, Xia Yu left a sentence: Now and in the future, there will only be one mistress, Shen Yuyao, in the Ning Wang Mansion!
When Shen Yuyao saw this letter from home, she couldn't help but shake her head.
She suddenly felt as if she had never known Xia Yu.
Because Xia Yu made her feel like someone who had been reborn from the ashes.
Many of his temperament, personality, and even his principles of dealing with people are completely different from what he was before.
This day, I was bored.
Shen Yuyao looked at Xu Yunxuan who was sitting on the soft chair and asked, "Yunxuan, you said you came from a book, so did you know the fate of everyone long ago?"
How clear can the life of someone like Xu Yunxuan be for someone who can know other people's fate one step ahead of others?
"Yes, I know. But since the day you had a difficult delivery, everything has changed." Xu Yunxuan was also quite helpless.
She originally thought that she came from a book. In this world, she should be a gifted person. With this ability, even if she makes a living by fortune-telling, she can establish her own school and live a carefree life.
But now the special abilities that Xu Yunxuan once thought of are almost useless.
"Yeah, that's right!" Shen Yuyao suddenly remembered the treasure map. She changed the subject and asked, "Yunxuan, I remember that you found a treasure map at the little princess's birthday banquet..."
Xu Yunxuan raised her eyebrows and smiled, then turned to look at her. "Do you know where the nearest treasure is on the map?"
Shen Yuyao shook her head. Could it be that the treasure in the treasure map was fake?
Otherwise, why had Xu Yunxuan arrived in Yanjing so much earlier than her, yet she had never heard her mention anything about the treasure?
Although Shen Yuyao herself had enough food and clothing, she found that since the day the little princess was born, she had developed a fanatical love for acquiring money.
After Xu Yunxuan said this, Shen Yuyao became interested.
"where?"
Shen Yuyao stood up quickly and asked anxiously, "You're free anyway, don't you want to dig it out?"