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Chapter 44 Have You Think of the Consequences?
Chapter 44 Have You Think of the Consequences?
"Turn around!" He whispered.
Yuan Qingling put her chin on the bed, smiled but shed tears. "Welcome to escape from death."
"Don't you want me to die?" Yu Wenhao looked at her wonderful face, the bruises on her forehead, and
the swelling in her eyes. Tears washed over her dirty face, and two streaks of white appeared.
She had never thought that a few days ago, they were still against to each other.
"Yes, I really want you to die." Yuan Qingling wiped away her tears, revealing a bit of childishness. "But
you didn't die in front of my eyes. I am a doctor. It is my dereliction of duty to kill a patient in front of
me."
Yu Wenhao looked at her and smiled slowly.
Gu Si watched from the side and smiled as if he had been relieved of a heavy burden. After that, he
gave Yuan Qingling a complicated look.
In fact, this princess was not that annoying.
Yu Wenhao calmed down and felt the Violet God Pill in his elixir field slowly rising.
He looked at Gu Si and asked, "What poison did the retired emperor use?"
Gu Si took a step forward and said, "Actually, I'm not sure. I only know that last night, the retired
emperor suddenly vomited blood and fainted. The imperial physician diagnosed that he was poisoned."
Yu Wenhao looked at Yuan Qingling. "Will the medicine you gave the retired emperor cause you to
vomit blood and faint?"
Yuan Qingling said, "Impossible."
"Then wait for my father's investigation. There must be a result." Yu Wenhao said.
"I would like to beg Your Majesty to let me see the retired emperor." Yuan Qingling said...
Gu Si shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. The Emperor will arrange it. I think Prince
Rui will help."
Lord Yuan, who was waiting outside, had already cursed her daughter, Yuan Qingling, a hundred times
in her heart. He had tried her best to help her marry into the King's Manor. However, He did not expect
that before the good news was brought up, the bad news would be found first.
He was sure that Yuan Qingling had done something wrong, which made the Emperor very angry.
Otherwise, the Emperor would not have summoned him to the imperial palace early in the morning and
let him wait for two hours.
Finally, Mu Ru came out and said, “Lord Yuan, His Majesty has called you in."
Lord Yuan's legs went limp and he almost knelt down.
He staggered in, knelt down, and waited quietly, his head, forehead, and face almost sticking to the
ground. "Your Majesty!"
"Yuanqing family, don't be so polite!" Said Emperor Mingyuan.
When he heard the Emperor's kind tone, he was relaxed. He slowly stood up and waited for the
Emperor's orders.
Emperor Mingyuan said with a smile, "It's no big deal for me to send you to the imperial palace. Could
everything be fine in the mansion?"
Yuan Balong's heart was once again hanging in his throat. The retired emperor was seriously ill and
was busy with court affairs. How could he have the leisure to send him to the imperial palace to ask if
my family was well?
He must have other intentions.
It must be that unfilial daughter. I don't know what happened.
His lips trembled. "Your Majesty, everything is fine in my family."
"That's good. Let's go back."
Lord Yuan was dumbfounded.
He went out of the royal workroom and asked someone to inquire about it. He only found out that the
Emperor had sent Yuan Qingling to the imperial palace early in the morning and there was no news
about her.
He was furious. She did cause trouble!
Back in the mansion, he vented his anger on Madam Yuan. "Look at your good daughter. She was sent
to be the principal wife by our hard efforts. What did she report to our family? Today, His Majesty was in
a good mood and did not blame me. Otherwise, I am afraid that I will lose my official position now."
Madam Yuan had no right to do anything about it. When she heard husband scolding her daughter, she
also secretly hated and said. "We will let her live on her own. Let's leave her alone."
"It's none of your business. Don't give silver currency to her if she asks for money in the future." He
remembered that he had once given her silver currency to manage the military branch. The silver
currency, which was sending out, was no return. He felt a faint pain in his heart.
Madam Yuan hurriedly replied. "I understand."
He drank a cup of tea quietly. However, he was deep in thought. Since Prince Wenhao did not dote on
Yuan Qingling, it would be useless even if she had the position of a consort. It seemed that he had to
help her daughter find a good husband.
He had served as the assistant minister of the military branch for many years. He could not wait any
longer when he saw that the position of minister had been replaced by three other people.
Now that the Chu family had released the news, there were already many people in the court who had
kept up the Chu family. Prince Wenqing had a high chance of becoming Crown Prince. If he curried
favor with the Chu family, he might be able to get some silver currency.
"How much silver currency can we use now?" Thinking of this, he asked his wife.
"Just about 20,000 taels." Madam Yuan said.
"Give me three thousand taels of silver later. I'll come over the Chu family."
Madam Yuan was stunned for a moment. "The Chu family? I'm afraid it's not appropriate. After all, Chu
Mingcui, the eldest daughter of the Chu family, was going to marry Prince Wenhao. If Yuan Qingling Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!
ruined her plan, the Chu family would hate us. How can they pay attention to us?"
Madam Yuan did not forget Madam Chu's contemptuous gaze.
"What does a woman know? Take it if you want." Lord Yuan angered.
Madam Yuan did not dare to make a sound and went to the bookkeeping room to get the silver
currency and give it to Lord Yuan.
The Chu family's current father-in-law was the Master Chu and also the father-in-law of Emperor
Mingyuan.
Over the years, most of the ministers of the military branch were his men.
Lord Yuan had finally seen through the situation. If he wanted to be the Minister of military branch, he
had to make friends with the Chu family first.
With the three thousand taels of bank notes in his hand, he brought up a gift and headed straight for
Chu House's main entrance.
It was very lively in Chu House today. The carriage outside stopped on the ground. He inquired about it
and found out that Princess Wenqing was going back home.
He was delighted. Since Princess Wenqing was here, he should apologize to her first. It was said that
Princess Wenqing was tolerant and generous. If he apologized to her, she probably could not bear to
hate the Lord Yuan's Mansion anymore.
He went up and waited, but the gatekeeper who went in and came out with the news that it was a
family banquet and the family didn't receive guests. He was angry and humiliated, so he had to leave in
disgrace.
In the study room of Chu House.
Master Chu sat on the chair. Chu Mingcui lit a tobacco pouch for him and sent the servants out. Only
the grandfather and grandson speak in the study room.
"Grandfather, why Lord Yuan is waiting at the door?" Chu Mingcui sat down and asked.
"What else can happen?" Master Chu spat out a smoke ring and glanced at Chu Mingcui indifferently.
"I'm afraid it's because of Princess Chu."
"Yuan Qingling?" Chu Mingcui laughed. "I'm afraid it's useless to beg anyone. She is suspected of
poisoning the retired emperor. Even if there is no evidence, the emperor will not spare her."
Master Chu looked at her unhappily. "You just don't listen to my advice. There's no need for you to
offend anyone now. Princess Chu is not a problem, and neither is Prince Wenhao. Why are you
avoiding them? If you do something wrong, you will directly harm Prince Wenqing. The loss outweighs
the gain."
However, Chu Mingcui said calmly, "Grandfather, don't worry. Aunt told His Majesty about this. I heard
that Yuan Qingling has admitted to treating the retired emperor privately. She can't escape the charge."
Master Chu knocked on the table and coughed. He was even more displeased. "Your biggest mistake
is to let your aunt get involved in this matter. Have you ever thought about it? If Yuan Qingling were to
clear the charges and the incident of the retired emperor's poisoning had nothing to do with her, then
she would become a meritorious subject to the retired emperor's rescue. Furthermore, the emperor
would also develop a grudge against your aunt because of this."