Long Live the Empress

The doctor gave the fainted old lady an injection. She slowly woke up and struggled to get up.

Aunt Zhang beside her quickly supported the old lady and said, "Old lady, someone has come from the palace and said they are here to bring a reward to the young lady!"

The old lady couldn't lie down any longer, so she quickly tidied her appearance and walked out of the door tremblingly with the help of Nanny Zhang.

When the old lady arrived at the government hall, the chief eunuch had already left, leaving only a room full of rewards.

Yue Hanwen stared at Yue Jinghao, but Yue Jinghao was drinking tea leisurely.

"What's going on? Has the eunuch left?" The old lady asked the chief eunuch as soon as she entered the room, fearing that the people in the mansion would neglect the distinguished guest.

Yue Jinghao also reached out to help the old lady sit down, "Grandma, the father-in-law put down the reward and left, and the granddaughter also thanked him, so you can rest assured!"

When the old lady heard that she had given the eunuch a thank-you gift, she felt relieved. "Jing'er did a very good job! Since it was given to you by the emperor, take it back to your courtyard!"

Yue Jinghao picked up the jade headpiece and held it in front of the old lady with both hands, "Grandma, my granddaughter is not worthy of such fine jade. Only when you wear it can it show its nobility!"

The old lady saw that the jade was emerald green and had the best water quality, so she quickly told Aunt Zhang to take it, "Jing'er is so thoughtful! You can take the rest back and use the woven yarn to make a few clothes! As for the gold, go to the Artisan Pavilion to make a few headpieces. Jing'er looks best with gold!"

Agate responded quickly, and his movements were so quick that it seemed as if he was afraid that the old lady would go back on her word!

The old lady also took a sip of tea and looked at Yue Hanwen, "Tell me, what kind of trouble did Tianhong get into that made the emperor personally order him to be punished?"

Yue Hanwen couldn't open his mouth. He could only look at Yue Jinghao while breathing heavily, unable to utter a word.

"Jing'er, you speak!" Seeing that Yue Hanwen didn't say anything, the old lady had no choice but to ask Yue Jing.

Yue Jinghao was also very depressed, "Grandma, I don't know what happened to your granddaughter!"

"You don't know? If you didn't know, how could Hong'er say that you framed him on purpose?" No matter how useless Yue Tianhong was, he was still Yue Hanwen's only son. In the final analysis, he was still biased towards Yue Tianhong.

This made the old lady confused, "How did Jing'er frame him?"

Yue Jinghao started to cry when she heard this. Her little appearance was so adorable. After the old lady persuaded her for a while, Yue Jinghao stopped crying. "Grandma, someone from the palace came to tell me about brother Hong today. I was a little worried, so I went to the palace gate to wait for news. Grandma, I have already reported this to you!"

The old lady nodded, knowing that Yue Jinghao had indeed come to tell her so, and motioned for Yue Jinghao to continue.

Yue Jinghao wiped her tears. "But my granddaughter waited for less than a cup of tea before a palace servant came to call me to see the emperor. As soon as I entered the palace, Brother Hong and Su Dusi said that I had framed them... Woohoo... How could a weak woman like me frame them..."

"Su Dusi? Is that Su's brother Su Zhiwei? How come Tianhong's injury has something to do with him?" The old lady never liked Su. When she heard that her brother was involved, she immediately became unhappy.

"My granddaughter doesn't know either. It's just that the Ninth Prince had Brother Hong's clothes stripped off and sent him to be examined..." Yue Jinghao looked ignorant, but the old lady was not so calm, "What are you examining? Could it be that Cheng Tianhong stole something from the palace? That's impossible. As the son of the prime minister, Tianhong must have seen all kinds of good things... Then what happened?"

Yue Hanwen felt very depressed when he heard this, but he couldn't explain it to the old lady. He could only hold his forehead with his hand and try to calm himself down.

Su Hongfu stood behind Yue Hanwen and patted his back to help him calm down.

"Later, after the palace maid checked, she said that there was nothing wrong with the matter. The emperor got angry and rewarded Brother Hong with fifty strokes of the cane..." Yue Jinghao looked at the old lady secretly and said timidly.

"Did he really steal something from the palace? This... If the evidence is solid, then Tian Hong deserves it!" The old lady said angrily, Tian Hong, oh Tian Hong, you really disappoint me! "What does that have to do with Su Zhiwei? Could it be that he stole it too?"

Yue Jinghao shook her head. "The emperor said that Su Dusi had bad conduct, so he demoted him to the seventh rank of captain..."

"Improper conduct?..." The old lady muttered to herself as she pondered over these four words. She really couldn't figure out what Su Zhiwei had done. "Since they were the ones who did something wrong, they deserve to be punished and demoted! Then how did Jing'er get the reward?"

Yue Jing bit her lower lip embarrassedly, "The Ninth Prince said that those who have been wronged should be comforted, so the Emperor rewarded his granddaughter with those things..."