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

Chapter 403

Murong Yu smiled and said, "Then come see me tomorrow."

"it is good."

Yun Xiyue immediately agreed, lest he pester her again.

He lingered for a while before letting her go.

Yun Xiyue was very worried about his safety.

"Your Majesty, please be careful on your journey. I have arrived home. Have the Dragon Shadow Guards escort you back to the palace."

The Yun family has people he arranged to protect him secretly.

Yun Xiyue knew this, so these people could now escort him.

Murong Yu's mood improved even more. "Mm."

Then she stopped throwing a tantrum.

Leng Yan accompanied them out of the palace to escort them.

There's really no need to worry.

However, an accident still occurred; he was assassinated on his way back.

Although Murong Yu was not injured, the incident alarmed the entire court and the Empress Dowager.

As a result, everyone condemned Yun Xiyue, considering her an unlucky person and declaring that the engagement should be called off immediately.

Murong Yu roared in court, "Shut up! I've been assassinated countless times over the years, what does that have to do with A-Yue? Are you all too busy to keep an eye on one woman?"

"If you dare to say again that the future empress is an omen of bad luck, I will twist your heads off!"

The entire court of civil and military officials knelt down in fear.

"Emperor calm down!"

"We believe that Your Majesty should prioritize national affairs and should not risk your life for a woman."

Murong Yu looked at the person who was speaking; it was from the Zhang family.

He sneered, "How is it risking my life to escort my fiancée out of the palace?"

"The affairs of the state should be the priority. When has I not worried about the affairs of the state, or not put the affairs of the state first?"

He refused to marry the empress, and people said that.

Now that he wants to marry her, he's criticizing her.

In short, everything has to be done according to their wishes.

But it's absolutely impossible.

"I think you're all just jealous of me and can't stand to see me living a good life."

The ministers were ashamed.

"You all say A-Yue is bad, but who won those 30,000 warhorses? The Southern Qiang envoys even trampled on the face of Great Xia back then. What have you bunch of good-for-nothings done? You're not even as good as a woman."

"A year ago, the snow disaster nearly killed countless people. It was A-Yue who reminded me to make preparations and helped the Yun family find a way to raise supplies for disaster relief, thus preventing the fields from being littered with corpses. Years of war have left the national treasury empty, and it was the Yun family who contributed two million taels of silver to solve the immediate crisis."

"When I was troubled by the affairs of the state, what did you so-called loyal ministers do for me and for the Great Xia?"

"You all know you're living off the imperial court's salary!" Murong Yu angrily berated everyone. "Prime Minister Pei is thinking about how to get me to make your daughter empress."

"Grand Tutor Zhou is the same, and so are you...you...you...you're always staring at the real harem."

They called out everyone's names one by one and even had someone keep track of the expenses so they could calculate the total later.

Everyone was surprised when they heard about all the things the Yun family had done.

Few people knew about the two million taels of military pay.

The court was almost unable to pay its officials' salaries, but the emperor found a way to make up for it without making things difficult for any of them.

The other three families, on the other hand, have plenty of money.

They might not help the court solve this problem, yet they demand the status of imperial merchants and want to enjoy the court's benefits.

"Your Majesty, did the Yun family really provide two million taels of military pay?" Grand Tutor Zhou asked.

Murong Yu snorted, "Ask the Prince of Qin and General Xiao about this."

Everyone looked at them.

The King of Qin and General Xiao nodded.

General Xiao was specially invited to court today, "and some of the pensions were also given unconditionally by the Yun family."

"The Yun family originally did not want to marry off their daughter."

Even the position of empress was not favored by the Yun family.

They do not seek any reward.

The marriage alliance with the Xiao family was arranged by the Emperor, and Yun Xiaohan was unwilling to marry his granddaughter.