Harem Daily Life

After Shu Fei gave the rewards, Madam Shu and her people came to express their gratitude. But at this moment, a servant came hurriedly from the door and whispered something in Madam Shu's ear. Madam Shu seemed like a completely different person and no longer showed any respect to Shu Fei and Tao Yanyan and the others.

"I didn't expect that a dignified emperor would resort to such tricks! My Shu family is his maternal grandfather's family, and we sent the Queen Mother and Concubine Shu to the royal family, but he turned his back on us. For the sake of the lives of some unruly people, he disregarded the face of his relatives and arrested his cousin! Humph, today his four beautiful concubines have entered the inner hall of my Shu family, and it will not be so easy to get out! Unless he gives my Shu family a golden medal of immunity from death, no one will have a good life today!"

Shu Fei narrowed her eyes coldly: "What happened? What do you want to do?"

Madam Shu had a gloomy face. "We just want to ask Concubine Shu to take the ladies to rest for a while at the Shu family. As long as Your Majesty releases my son and gives the Shu family a gold medal of immunity from death, and lets bygones be bygones, we will respectfully send the ladies back."

Tao Yanyan didn't know why things turned out like this!

When that bastard was arresting people, didn’t he consider the lives of the powerless women?

Why don't you wait until your own people return safely before arresting them?

Tao Yanyan's intuition was correct. After Madam Shu changed her expression, the woman who had looked at her with a fierce gaze before took a step forward, took out a dagger and pointed it at Concubine Shu.

"If Concubine Shu wants to live, quickly send someone to tell His Majesty to release my husband and father-in-law. Otherwise, don't blame me for poking a big hole in Concubine Shu's body!"

Shu Fei's face was already pale with fear: "You, you are rebelling! You openly hurt the concubines, don't you want to die?"

"Humph, the emperor made a special trip to Lincheng during his southern tour. He had planned it all along, and he wanted to investigate the Shu family in Lincheng. We were just a little greedy, and we were just teaching a few unruly people a lesson. The unruly people couldn't stand the beating and died. Their lives were worthless, but the emperor wanted to take action against the people of his ancestral family for a few unruly people! We are the empress dowager's family, and although we are a branch of the Shu family, we did our best when he ascended the throne. Only a few short years have passed, and he has turned his back on us!"

After Madam Shu finished speaking, the woman holding the dagger moved the dagger closer.

Shu Fei's face was pale, but she still maintained her royal dignity and did not beg for mercy.

Concubine Zhao and Fan Liangyi were trembling with fear. Although they usually acted arrogantly towards Tao Yanyan, now facing a group of irrational women of the Shu family, they had shrunk to one side and let their maids protect them.

Qingfeng and Mingyue also protected Tao Yanyan. Tao Yanyan clenched his fists and cursed He Linzhang, that bastard, a thousand times. He didn't even consider their safety!

Or maybe he had considered it, and just let them be baits in order to expose all the people from the Shu family in Lincheng so that he could catch them all in one fell swoop!

She glanced at Shu Fei. Shu Fei was a member of the Shu family, the empress dowager's niece, and had the highest position here. It was indeed most appropriate to use her as a threat.

She was desperately thinking of a countermeasure when she heard the woman holding the dagger urging her, "Hurry up and send someone out to deliver a letter, asking His Majesty to write an imperial decree to forgive the past, give the Shu family a gold medal to exempt them from death, and release my husband and father-in-law!"

Shu Fei looked at the people she brought with her, her eyes fell on Tao Yanyan, and then looked at Concubine Zhao: "Concubine Zhao, go find His Majesty and pass on the message."

Concubine Zhao was the daughter of the Minister of the Dali Temple. Apart from Concubine Shu, she had the highest rank. Concubine Shu didn't mind letting her go to report the news in order to save her life.

Concubine Zhao obviously also understood this truth. She looked at Concubine Shu with gratitude and left with her two maids.

The guards brought by Concubine Shu were all left in the front yard, and at this time they were in a tense situation with the Shu family in the front yard.

The head of the guards raised his sword and said, "Hurry up and let Madam Shufei and the others come out. Otherwise, don't blame us for being merciless!"

The second master of the Shu family said, "Sir, please don't be impatient. Once we get what we want and release our people, we will naturally send Madam Shu and the noble ladies out safely."

When Concubine Zhao came out, she saw that neither side was willing to give in.

"Quick, go and report to His Majesty that Concubine Shu, Fan Liangyi, and Tao Liangyi have been kidnapped by the Shu family!" Concubine Zhao was so anxious that she was running around in circles.

"Where is His Majesty? Take me to His Majesty!" Lady Zhao urged. The head of the guards had no choice but to say, "Your Majesty, please be patient. His Majesty has already gone to the Shu family. I will send someone to escort Your Majesty back to the palace first."

"No, I can't leave, they are still inside!" Concubine Zhao rarely did not retreat.

Time passed minute by minute, and He Linzhang had finished everything. When he arrived at the Shu family, the house was surrounded by the guards he brought with him.

When Lady Zhao saw the emperor, she ran over and said, "Your Majesty, you are finally here! Concubine Shu and the other three are still trapped inside. The Shu family has gone crazy and is holding a dagger against Concubine Shu. Concubine Shu sent me out to find Your Majesty. The Shu family said that they must be given a golden medal of immunity from death and that their past deeds must be forgiven. Otherwise, Concubine Shu and the others might meet with an unexpected event!"

The emperor gave Zhang Fuhai a look, and Zhang Fuhai immediately stepped forward and took Concubine Zhao away.

He Linzhang looked at the Shu family members who were resisting stubbornly, as if he were looking at a pile of dead things, with no mercy in his eyes.

"You know what you did, and you know whether you deserve to die. Who gave you the courage to act tyrannically in Lincheng, take bribes, pervert the law, and bully the people?"

No one could resist the emperor's pressure. Even the second master of the Shu family, who had been the loudest before, knelt on the ground and played the emotional card: "Your Majesty, we were wrong, we know we were wrong. Please let go of the past for the sake of our relatives. We will pay the money, the dead people, and the embezzled money. I only ask Your Majesty to spare the Shu family for the sake of the Queen Mother and the sake of our relationship!"

He Linzhang looked down at the Shu family and said, "Do you know why I haven't arrested you yet? It's because you haven't killed anyone yet. Your elder brother, your nephew, and your son have all been executed by me. If you don't want the entire Shu family to be executed, just surrender and I can show some leniency and spare your lives."

"My son! My elder brother! My dear nephew! You are all dead! Humph, our Shu family helped you ascend to the throne, is this how you repay us? Isn't it just a million taels of silver, isn't it just a few lives of lowly people, why do you have to do this, why do you have to do this!"

"Uncle, let's surrender. We can save our lives by surrendering!" At this time, several other members of the Shu family advised.

"Get lost! I only have one son. If he dies, I don't want to live anymore! If we die, we die together. Go, send someone to bring those ladies out. I want to see if the emperor doesn't care about their lives and is determined to make things difficult for the Shu family!"