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

Chapter 404

But the Yun family didn't seem to care.

She married the woman, paid the money, and didn't resent the emperor. She even sacrificed her son and daughter's marriages for the money, and in the end, people still called her an unlucky person.

"If it were you, you'd probably be running around cursing in the streets by now," Murong Yu said with disdain, looking at the group of ministers.

The ministers' faces turned a deep purplish-red.

Seeing that the officials in the court were wavering, Prime Minister Pei was furious. He felt that the emperor was too cunning. He never mentioned these things, and he thought that the emperor was doing it on purpose.

I never imagined he did it on purpose, holding back until today to say it.

With just a few words, the Yun family's status and stature were elevated.

General Xiao is a highly respected figure; he would never lie.

The Xiao family was heavily in debt in the past because he insisted on providing an extra pension for the wounded and dead soldiers.

The imperial court could not afford it and refused to allocate funds.

The Xiao family will post the notice themselves.

However, the Xiao family had limited funds and was a family that knew nothing about business but fighting wars. They kept losing money in their attempts to make a profit and eventually lost everything.

They struggled on until they could no longer hold on.

Murong Yu then came up with this idea.

Putting everything else aside, it is true that the Yun family helped the Xiao family.

Two million taels were used to pay off the Xiao family's debts, which in effect meant that the Xiao family was also taking responsibility for the imperial treasury's debts.

Murong Yu then asked, "Whoever can be as loyal to the emperor and love the country as the Yun family, I will also give his daughter the position of empress."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed repeatedly. No one present could possibly demonstrate the strength to produce two million taels of silver.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, he looked embarrassed.

Murong Yu sneered, "You ministers always claim to be loyal to the emperor and love your country, and that you would give your life for the Great Xia and for me."

"Why is it that when the Great Xia needs you, when the imperial court needs you, you all become mute?"

The whole hall was silent.

The emperor, seated on the dragon throne, continued to sneer, "All you ever think about is how to gain power for yourself, all you ever do is keep an eye on my harem. My beloved ministers, how about we let you all take turns sitting on this throne?"

"I can learn and apply what I've learned right away, and see how my beloved ministers are good rulers."

Everyone knelt there, not daring to move or even breathe.

"Humph!"

Dare to criticize him? Dare to say that Ah Yue is an unlucky person?

They're all tired of living!

Murong Yu got up and left without saying goodbye to the court or telling them to get up.

He just kept kneeling like that.

Until someone couldn't take it anymore and fainted, General Xiao asked Prince Qin to go to the Imperial Study to ask how much longer the Emperor would have to kneel before his anger subsided.

A moment later, Eunuch Fu came running over and said, "After the court session is over..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Old General, our Emperor really holds grudges!"

General Xiao was fiercely protective of his own, and immediately launched into a tirade against them, "You bunch of spineless cowards, you can't even move after kneeling a couple of times. If you were to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy, the entire army would be wiped out!"

Everyone:......

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Yunxi Yue entered the palace, but before she could even go to the Imperial Study, the Empress Dowager summoned her to Funing Palace.

Murong Yu was assassinated.

She already knew that the Empress Dowager had summoned her because of this matter.

She knelt down as soon as she entered and begged for forgiveness.

But the Empress Dowager did not scold her as expected. "Get up! The Emperor's assassination was an accident. You cannot be entirely blamed."

Yun Xiyue was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the Empress Dowager. Her expression remained stern and indifferent, just as it always was.

However, she was assassinated while the emperor was escorting her back to her residence.

The Empress Dowager didn't reprimand her? And even said it wasn't her fault?

Yun Xiyue strongly suspected that she was a fake empress dowager.

"Your Yun family donated two million taels to the military?" the Empress Dowager asked.

Yun Xiyue replied, "Yes."

The marriage was originally arranged with the Xiao family to help the Qin family cover this debt.

But the Qin family simply couldn't produce the money, so killing them wouldn't have made a difference.

Murong Yu came up with this idea, but in the end, the Yun family had to bear the burden. Yun Xiyue knew about it from the beginning.