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

Chapter 180

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'm alright now." Yun Xiyue was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. At first, she thought it really was the vengeful ghost of Eunuch Liu, but when she saw the man's shadow, she knew it was just a charade.

"You dislike me?" The woman struggled to get out of his arms, seemingly disliking his touch, which made Murong Yu feel uncomfortable.

Yun Xiyue was stunned for a moment, then looked up at him with innocent eyes, "No... I just didn't want to offend Your Majesty."

"Is this the only offense you've committed against me?"

Yun Xiyue subconsciously recalled the day she threw herself into his arms when she was delirious, and pretended not to understand, "Your Majesty, why are you at Baohua Temple?"

"I suspected someone would try to harm you, but I didn't expect there would actually be someone so fearless." A cold glint flashed in Murong Yu's eyes as he looked up at her. "What exactly is the grudge between you and Eunuch Liu?"

The things that Madam Li and Madam Shen did were all concealed by the Shen family.

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Does Your Majesty still remember last year when news came from the border that Shen Yue had colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country?"

"Yes, because the identity of the Southern Qiang princess was discovered, many people secretly impeached Shen Yue. However, because Lin Bao'er is the Southern Qiang princess who was lost for many years, she met Shen Yue when she lost her memory, and the two had three children in five years."

"Later, she joined the army with Shen Yue. She was skilled in martial arts, proficient in military strategy, and good at fighting. She became Shen Yue's capable assistant. The couple worked together and made many contributions in battle."

"Her identity was only discovered by the envoy from the Southern Qiang Kingdom who came to negotiate peace after the Great Xia achieved victory," Murong Yu recalled.

"Some people also pleaded for Shen Yue and Lin Bao'er, because when Lin Bao'er lost her memory, she was indeed fighting on the side of Da Xia, killing many Nan Qiang soldiers and fighting alongside the Da Xia soldiers. The soldiers in the camp did not want them to be punished because of their identity as the Nan Qiang princess, so they jointly wrote a letter to prove that the Nan Qiang princess was not a spy."

Yun Xiyue sneered, "So His Majesty has no intention of punishing the Shen family?"

Murong Yu said, "Because there were too many voices, the Southern Qiang Kingdom finally proposed a marriage alliance. The people in the court thought it was feasible. Otherwise, if the Shen family were dealt with at this time, it would chill the soldiers' hearts."

"If they were to punish them, they would have surrounded the Shen family before Shen Yue returned to the capital. The Shen family knows that the court will not punish them because both Shen Yue and Lin Bao'er have military merits, and Lin Bao'er was married to Shen Yue as a princess for a political marriage."

Therefore, Li and his family deliberately sent her to the palace to be humiliated in order to ruin her reputation, make room for Lin Bao'er, and also take the opportunity to scheme for her dowry and control her father.

Yun Xiyue sneered, "But the Shen family used this as an excuse to drug me and send me to the palace to be humiliated by Eunuch Liu, hoping to get rid of Shen Yue's crime of treason."

"absurd!"

Murong Yu angrily rebuked her, and immediately understood why she had appeared in the Imperial Garden that day. She had been drugged with a strong aphrodisiac, which was why she had run out in a panic and collapsed into his arms in a daze.

Seeing her red eyes, looking like she was about to cry.

Murong Yu suddenly felt a pang of heartache. "You've been wronged. I will seek justice for you."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. However, I would like to take revenge on my enemies myself."

"At the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet that day, Li and her accomplices used the same trick again, but I discovered they had switched the body with Shen Yue's. Li then seized the opportunity to kill Eunuch Liu, all to prevent the matter from being exposed."

"Now that Eunuch Liu is dead, there is no way to verify the facts."

Yun Xiyue originally wanted to force Eunuch Liu to tell the truth and expose the hypocrisy of the Shen family, but Li Shi was a ruthless person who killed Eunuch Liu in public.

Because Shen Yue was violated by him, it could be said that she did this in a fit of anger because of her daughter.

No one blamed her; they only thought she was a good mother.

Given what Eunuch Liu did, no one would think there was anything wrong with it.

Murong Yu raised his hand and patted her head. "It's all in the past. Eunuch Liu is dead. That person is not his ghost."

"Your Majesty, the person has escaped." At this moment, Eunuch Fu reported from outside.

Murong Yu looked displeased. "Immediately, he can't have gone far. The fact that he can come and go freely in the palace shows that he is someone from the palace."