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

Chapter 430

Indeed, Prime Minister Pei and others have come to the Imperial Study to persuade him.

The Empress Dowager summoned Yun Xiyue.

"Your Majesty, I did not send anyone to assassinate Zeng Rou."

The Empress Dowager said, "Now the evidence is conclusive, do you still want to deny it?"

"The Emperor wants to protect you, so he doesn't allow the civil and military officials to impeach you, and he hasn't made any evidence public. But the Zeng family has requested that the wedding be postponed until after the war is over before a decision is made."

Yun Xiyue paused, "Since the evidence is conclusive, why not make it public? I can confront that person."

“If you are upright, you fear no slander!”

The Empress Dowager's eyes blazed with anger. "Shut up! You're just causing trouble for the Emperor!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down! I believe Miss Yun is innocent. Even if I spoke ill of her at first, she is broad-minded and should not blame me." Zeng Rou also entered the palace and tried to persuade the Empress Dowager.

Yun Shang laughed and said, "General Zeng, are you saying that I hired someone to kill you because I was retaliating against you over a trivial matter?"

“I didn’t say that,” Zeng Rou said with a helpless expression.

"It was my brother who captured the fleeing assassin on his way back to the capital. He only found out it was you after interrogating him..."

Yun Xiyue asked, "What about the assassin?"

"His Majesty said that this matter will be investigated and interrogated after the war ends."

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Then let's talk about it after the war is over. Is there a problem?"

"General Zeng, could it be that you staged this whole thing to stop my wedding with the Emperor?"

Zeng Rou's eyes flickered slightly. "No. My elder brother has always doted on me since I was a child and can't bear to see me suffer. Besides, with something like this happening, the entire court feels that the matter of establishing an empress needs to be handled with caution."

"The Empress is the mother of the nation, and her virtue cannot be compromised. Investigating thoroughly is for your own good. Besides, if Miss Yun is truly upright and has nothing to fear, what harm is there in postponing the wedding?"

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "This matter is not up to me; you should ask the Emperor."

If it were useful to seek out the Emperor, would they need to seek out her?

Seeing that she wouldn't listen to any of her pleas, the Empress Dowager ordered her to immediately go and tell the Emperor that the wedding was postponed.

"Alright!" Yun Xiyue smiled faintly, curtsied, and took her leave.

"Empress Dowager, will she really tell the Emperor?" Zeng Rou asked, frowning.

I think Yunxi Yue is cunning and might not necessarily do as I say.

The Empress Dowager then sent Granny Su along.

But when they arrived at the Imperial Study, Granny Su couldn't get in at all.

Prime Minister Pei, Grand Tutor Zhou, General Xiao, and others had just left.

Murong Yu leaned back on the dragon throne, his brows furrowed with weariness. "A-Yue... why are you here?"

"The Empress Dowager and Zeng Rou are looking for me." Yun Xiyue stepped forward and rubbed his temples. "Headache?"

"Well, there are some."

Murong Yu was somewhat irritated. "Some people just don't let us have our way."

"Then the wedding will be postponed?" Yun Xiyue asked gently.

Murong Yu grasped her hand. "Is this your wish, or did Mother force you?"

"The Empress Dowager is indeed pressuring me, but I also feel that we should postpone it. The three kingdoms are attacking Great Xia together, which is no small matter. It requires His Majesty to personally lead the expedition."

“If you insist on going your own way, it will discourage the soldiers. After all, the Zeng family holds military power and has a very high prestige in the army. At this time, we should follow the Zeng family’s wishes.”

"Their desire to postpone the wedding is simply to secure the empress position for Zeng Rou."

Murong Yu chuckled, "A-Yue, you're really smart."

"Because their thoughts are written all over their faces."

Yunxi Yue didn't even bother to guess; such a thing hadn't happened in her previous life.

The Zeng family's pressure on Murong Yu will only make him hate Zeng Rou more; they themselves don't seem to understand this.

Forget about being an empress, she won't even get the rank of a concubine.

"I just don't want them to succeed. The Zeng family is getting more and more greedy, wanting both military power and the Empress's position. Why don't they just tell the Emperor to let someone from their family take the position?"

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "The greater the power, the easier it is to corrupt one's mind."

"I'm not in a hurry to postpone the wedding."

Murong Yu grabbed her waist tightly, "But I'm in a hurry!"

Yunxi Yue: "......"

"Why is Your Majesty in such a hurry? I'm not going to run away."

who knows?

Murong Yu always felt that her heart was not with him at all.

"Stay and keep me company tonight."

Yun Xiyue didn't want this to happen. "I'll stay and have dinner with you, but I need to go home."

It's still early.

Murong Yu then picked her up and carried her to the warm couch in the side hall.

"I will personally lead the expedition in a few days."