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

Chapter 171

"Then we won't disturb you any longer, Miss. Please take care."

After taking the items, Eunuch Fu happily returned to the Imperial Study to claim credit.

"Your Majesty, the young lady has entered the palace. I just met her in the Imperial Garden. She even gave you a sachet as a gift!"

Murong Yu put down the memorial and glanced at him, "Why would she send me a sachet out of the blue?"

That girl was trying to avoid him, so why would she give him her personal sachet?

Fu Gonggong felt uneasy under his master's gaze and dared not lie, so he could only tell the truth.

He shamelessly begged for the incense beads and sachets.

"This old servant hopes that you can alleviate the pain of longing."

Murong Yu's eyes darkened slightly, and he said, "Shut up!"

Having dared to presume to know the Emperor's thoughts, Eunuch Fu instantly realized he had committed a grave offense and knelt down in fear, saying, "This servant is guilty..."

What is she doing in the palace?

Murong Yu fiddled with the sachet, sniffing it every now and then, his expression aloof as if he had only asked casually and didn't care.

"It was the Imperial Concubine who summoned the eldest young lady to the palace."

It goes without saying what Consort Pei wanted to see Yun Xiyue for.

"These summer-cooling fragrant beads are indeed quite different. Such a fine item should be presented as tribute. Bring her to me."

Grandpa Fu was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and went to chase after him.

"Your Majesty, what brings you to me?"

She was stopped by guards before she even stepped out of the palace gate.

Then, Eunuch Fu came running up, panting, to say that the Emperor had summoned him.

Eunuch Fu took a breather. "Miss, His Majesty thinks your summer-cooling incense beads are quite good and needs you to go to the Imperial Study to discuss the matter of offering them as tribute."

Yunxi Yue secretly grinned. Was he a robber?

She has to offer up any good things she has as tribute.

Upon entering the imperial study, the man was looking at memorials on his desk. "Get up!"

"The Empress Dowager asked you to make a scar-free cream. Can you make it?"

"If I say no, will the Emperor help me?"

Upon hearing this, the man raised his eyes. "What benefit would I get from helping you?"

Yun Xiyue curled her lips, "Didn't you want me to offer summer-cooling incense beads as tribute? Each summer-cooling incense bead costs twenty taels of silver! If I offer them as tribute, my Tianxiang Pavilion can't sell them."

She doesn't mind giving him a few boxes of incense beads, but the problem is that once they become tribute items, they can't be sold. How will she make any money then?

Murong Yu laughed and said, "Are you greedy?"

"Isn't there no other way?"

Someone is making outrageous demands, asking for ten million taels of silver for just one night's sleep. Who can afford that?!

"If the Empress Dowager comes to you again, just say that the scarless cream can't be made or bought."

"If the Zhou family continues to make trouble, then let Old Madam Zhou come to me."

Yun Xiyue was taken aback. "That would be too much trouble for Your Majesty. If you get involved, it will become very complicated. I have already figured out how to handle this matter, so Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about it."

"Oh? So you're planning to make a scar-free ointment to heal Miss Zhou's face?" the man chuckled.

"Does Your Majesty really think the Scarless Cream is that miraculous? The scars on her face are very deep, and so much time has passed. If we wait half a month before using the Scarless Cream, even if it's a cream personally prepared by a divine physician, it might not be able to restore her to her original state."

Unless you used a plaster when you first got injured.

Otherwise, you can only use scar-free cream for a year, and you need to apply a lot of the cream to your face every day to eliminate the scars. You need to use a whole box of it every day.

A small box of Master's Scarless Cream costs ten thousand taels of silver.

Even if she made it herself, it couldn't be less than eight thousand taels!

If you calculate it this way, it would take at least several decades and tens of thousands of taels of silver to use it for a year. Yun Xiyue doesn't think the Zhou family can afford it. If the Zhou family can come up with this money, then the court should thoroughly investigate the source of this wealth from the noble Zhou family.

Then Murong Yu can put pressure on and manipulate the Zhou family, and properly vent the anger that has been suppressed in the court.

"If the Zhou family wants to get something for free, all they need is for the Emperor to make the decision for me."

She meant she wanted him to help her make money.

Murong Yu couldn't help but laugh, "I suddenly really want to see the Grand Tutor fly into a rage. Alright! Go ahead and do it. I'll cover for you in everything."

There was no mention of whether the summer heat-relieving incense beads should be offered as tribute.

Yun Xiyue thought that if he didn't mention it, she would pretend she didn't know, and at most bribe him with a box or two of summer-cooling incense beads.