The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

What Wei Song said made sense. Gao Yang had committed such immoral and vicious crimes in the past that countless people hated her, both openly and secretly. After Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu finally abolished this hateful eldest princess, countless people applauded in secret, and countless people wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on Gao Yang.

Therefore, Jingzhao Prefecture speculated that the man in black this time should be Gao Yang's enemy.

Gao Yang had many enemies, including rival factions in the court, business rivals, and other ladies who were bullied and oppressed by her.

But Yun Mujiu frowned and thought of a more special enemy.

She thought carefully and said, "I think I may have guessed who killed Gao Yang."

Wei Bai and Wei Song asked in unison, "Who is it?"

Yun Mujiu said, "Someone who cares about Princess Huiyang."

Wei Song didn't react and asked, "Why?"

Yun Mujiu sighed softly and said quietly, "We recently discovered that Gao Yang killed the twelve-year-old Princess Huiyang out of jealousy. And the mastermind behind the beating of Gao Yang must have been avenging Princess Huiyang."

At the very least, before Gao Yang was sentenced to death, that person could intervene temporarily to vent the anger of the poor Princess Huiyang.

Ling Xingmu, are you right?

...

In the palace, the emperor suddenly vomited blood and fainted, and was rescued by Doctor Shi before he regained consciousness.

Faced with requests from the Empress, Imperial Concubine Yu, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Fourth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Prince, he only allowed the Seventh Prince Ye Chufeng to enter the palace to visit.

Ye Chufeng didn't get to serve the emperor for long before he was called away by the awakened emperor. Then, thinking of Ye Xiaohan's increasingly irresistible rise, the emperor gritted his teeth and ordered the morning court to begin immediately.

In the morning court, he first discussed the war and allocated funds from the national treasury to the Zhongyue armies in the East and West Borders in preparation for the border war that might break out soon. He also felt regretful and annoyed that he had not been able to snatch the five million taels of gold from Ye Xiaohan and Yun Mujiu.

He then discussed some follow-up work related to the national drought. Ye Xiaohan had handled all the drought response matters in an orderly manner. If he, as the ruler of a country, couldn't show his people some improvement, his prestige among the people of Zhongyue would plummet.

When he thought of the miserable situation of Prince Sen of Nantai at the Moonlit Banquet, he ordered his men to keep a close eye on the people of Nantai, and at the same time continue to investigate whether Prince Sen had done other shameful and dirty things when he came to Zhongyue.

The Beihan Divine Doctor team and the Beihan envoys led by Bei Manji were all defeated by Yun Mujiu and could not raise their heads. The Nantai envoys led by Wanyan Gu also felt a mixture of fear and respect for Ye Xiaohan, especially Wanyan Sen, whose eyes were filled with horror when he saw Ye Xiaohan, as if he had seen a ghost.

In other words, the Night King and his wife had successfully captured the envoys from both Beihan and Nantai. This made the Emperor even more panicked, and he sought to discuss with his ministers in the court, secretly seeking a way to deal with the Night King and his wife.

The Seventh Prince Ye Chufeng stood upright by the side, silent.

The fourth prince Ye Chuduan and the eighth prince Ye Chuxiang had no talent and just stood there staring at each other.

The Fifth Prince, Ye Chuhe, had just recovered, and his first appearance at court caused quite a stir. However, since it was his first time at such a formal meeting, he didn't make any big moves, simply standing there silently, a gentle smile plastered on his face.

For some reason, the Third Prince, Ye Chudi, became particularly concerned when discussing matters related to the Night King. He excitedly shared his opinions with the emperor on the dais, such as how to treat the Golden Guards. He also suggested that the emperor relax, believing that the huge amount of gold compensation paid by the Beihan Imperial Family would eventually fall into the hands of the Golden Guards' owners.

Who controls the Golden Guard now? Isn't it the Emperor?

The emperor understood what the third prince meant and his brows immediately relaxed.

At this moment, a eunuch outside the palace loudly reported: "His Royal Highness the Night King has arrived!"

To everyone's surprise, Ye Xiaohan actually attended the morning court again. When everyone thought of Ye Xiaohan's recent majestic behavior, they were terrified.

Ye Xiaohan suddenly came to attend the meeting, not for any reason, but just for a group of officials from other provinces who had just arrived in the capital.

Together with several of his subordinates present at the scene, he presented a number of memorials with evidence of crimes, which were about accusing and exposing those useless officials who were in office but doing nothing and neglecting their duties.

Among those accused were the male relatives of those who had provoked Yun Mujiu's female relatives at the Moonlit Banquet. The list also included the prefect of a large state in the southern border of Zhongyue, Tan Yuande, and other such brazen officials.

Everyone was stunned and surprised, and the evidence presented by Ye Xiaohan was solid.

The emperor frowned, praised a few words, and then gritted his teeth and said that he would punish the relevant people impartially.

"Then I would like to thank the emperor on behalf of the people of Zhongyue." Ye Xiaohan said calmly, and there was no excitement in his tone to defeat those officials from other provinces, as if those people were just unimportant things like dust in his eyes.

When Ye Xiaohan and other ministers left the court, the emperor stared at Ye Xiaohan's tall and cold back, and was so angry that his chest seemed to be spitting fire.

"Damn it! He's actually been prepared for this! Since when did he make this move to eliminate some important officials from other provinces?"

The emperor didn't dare to think further, for fear that when he thought of the cruel reality that Ye Xiaohan had already recovered and had already made plans to deal with all matters, he would not be able to withstand the series of blows brought to him by Ye Xiaohan!

...

Outside the hall, King Di looked at King Ye's departing back and opened his mouth, but he didn't dare to step forward and talk to him.

He vaguely felt that Uncle Ye seemed to have noticed his intentions towards Yun Mujiu. If that was the case, considering how much Uncle Ye valued Yun Mujiu now, he was afraid that Uncle Ye would remember him.

Prince Di stood there with a frown on his face, recalling the scene at the Moonlit Banquet where he took the initiative to talk to Yun Mujiu.

“Aunt Ye Huang, don’t you remember seeing me when you were a child?”

"I don't remember." The beautiful woman was very calm, and then she warned in a cold tone: "No matter whether I knew or was familiar with the Third Prince in the past, I just hope that the Third Prince will not come to disturb my life! Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"

He was frightened by Yun Mujiu's cold scolding and didn't dare to go forward and talk to him.

However, Yun Mujiu could still remember his childhood playtime with Ye Chufeng, the son of a musician, but why couldn't he remember him?