Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 109

"The Emperor has arrived!" Just then, a sharp voice rang out from outside.

"See the Emperor."

Everyone rose and knelt to greet him. Murong Yu, dressed in a purple dragon robe, possessed the bearing of a dragon and the grace of a phoenix. His long, narrow phoenix eyes, thin lips, and a smile played on his lips, accompanied by a deep, resonant voice.

It exudes an aura of danger.

"Flat body."

The man stood there, handsome and upright.

Shen Ling and Zhou Zhilan couldn't help but fall in love at first glance, their adoring gazes following him.

As Murong Yu walked by, Yun Xiyue felt a chill and instinctively wanted to get away from him.

"Mother." The man walked up to the Empress Dowager and helped her to sit down.

When the Empress Dowager saw her son, she showed a kind and gentle expression, completely unlike her previous harsh words.

"What brings Your Majesty here to visit me?"

Murong Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have not come to pay my respects to you recently. I am unfilial and will definitely come to visit you more often when I have time."

The Empress Dowager was very pleased, and her smile became even more amiable. "I am happy that my son cares about me. But the affairs of state are more important."

"Hmm, it's quite lively here today, Mother." Murong Yu narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping over the women present, lingering on Yun Xiyue for a while.

"Your Majesty's arrival is just in time. I'm almost confused about this matter." The Empress Dowager ordered someone to explain the whole story.

It means to hand it over to the emperor to handle.

Upon hearing this, Murong Yu stared sharply at the eunuch, "Take him away and interrogate him carefully to find out who the mastermind is."

"Emperor..." The Empress Dowager hesitated.

"Mother, someone has extended their reach into Funing Palace. This matter cannot be tolerated. This person must be found and severely punished." Murong Yu held the Empress Dowager's hand as if to comfort her.

A royal guard entered, and the young eunuch kowtowed in fear, "Your Majesty, spare my life! I was just confused for a moment... Someone slipped me gold bars, but I don't know who it was..."

"Drag him away." Murong Yu picked up his teacup, his eyes cold and icy.

"Your Majesty, spare my life! This servant didn't see the person clearly, but the other party said he was from the Marquis of Anjun's residence and asked this servant to send silver to Imperial Physician Song, saying it was the Empress Dowager's order..." The little eunuch was afraid of being tortured, so he quickly confessed.

The Empress Dowager angrily exclaimed, "How dare you, the Shen family!"

Shen Zhoushi panicked and knelt down with a pale face. "Your Majesty, please calm down. We would never dare to do such a thing. Someone must be impersonating us to slander our Shen family."

"Since you are not satisfied with Physician Song's examination results, then please invite another physician to examine you." Murong Yu did not want to listen to her excuses and signaled for someone to bring two physicians.

After examining her, both imperial physicians agreed with Physician Song, saying, "Your Majesty, the wounds on Miss Shen's face were not caused by the poison in this bottle of rouge. If Miss Shen really used this bottle of rouge, she would not only be disfigured, but would also die from poisoning."

Yun Xiyue smiled slightly, "Seven or eight days have passed, Shen Ling, and you're still alright. Shouldn't you explain yourself properly?"

"Your Majesty... I don't know anything. It was my cousin... the rouge powder was a gift from my cousin." Shen Ling was so nervous that she could barely speak, kneeling on the ground and pointing at Zhou Zhilan.

Zhou Zhilan cursed the useless woman in her heart and quickly said, "Your Majesty, I bought the rouge powder from the Beauty Hall to give to my cousin, but I didn't touch it. I just had the maid deliver it to my cousin. I don't know how many people passed through it in between. So I don't know what happened."

Yun Xiyue gave a cold laugh, but remained silent.

"Miss Yun, what are you laughing at?" Murong Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at her with a smile.

Yun Xiyue cleared her throat. "Your Majesty, I just found it funny how Miss Zhou and Miss Shen talked. That day, they brought people to smash my shop and accused my Beauty Hall of selling poisonous rouge. That's how I explained it, but they wouldn't listen and thought I was just making excuses. Now that they're in front of Your Majesty, they're using my words to exonerate themselves."

Don't you think it's hilarious?

Murong Yu gave Zhou Zhilan a cold look. "Is that so?"

“Your Majesty…” Zhou Zhilan’s eyes were slightly red as she looked at him with a wronged expression.