Empress with no Virtue Chapter 46

Empress with No Virtue – Chapter 46

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 ~ LAMLAM1990

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Ji Wu Jiu ordered for Kun Ning Palace to be thoroughly searched, but the results was, there was nothing out of the ordinary. He didn’t understand what is wrong, and asked Ye Zhen Zhen “Did you and Su Yue touched sothing else together sowhere?”

Ye Zhen Zhen pondered for a while and shook her head “Nope”

Ji Wu Jiu then turned and ask Su Yue, “In Kun Ning Palace, are there people who are in the sa condition as you guys?”

This ti Su Feng who was standing at the side answered “ Replying to your majesty, I also have those symptoms but it is lighter than Su Yue, the rest of the people also don’t have.”

“If you are also like this, because you also enters the room of the empress, just that Su Yue enters the room more frequently, that also ans” Ji Wu Jiu turned to Ye Zhen Zhen to conclude “if soone really poisoned you, they must have placed it in your room”

Ye Zhen Zhen nodded “that is what I am thinking too, but Wang You Cai and the rest already flipped through my room, but they still didn’t find anything suspicious”

While they are still in discussion, from outside Doctor Tie has arrived to help check on the empress. It has been over a day since Ye Zhen Zhen stayed over at Gan Qing Palace, she felt that she has gained back so energy, her head much clearer as well. Incidentally that was what Doctor Tie concluded “Niang Niang, you are much better now, after 2 more days you would be fine” He also checked Su Yue, and said the sa thing.

Although they are getting better, they still cannot return to Kun Ning Palace.

Doctor Tie made a new prescription and passed to Su Yue. Then bringing his dical case, he started to leave, upon reaching the door, he turned back “I am sorry for asking, but is the incense burning in the fragrance pot Hai Li Xiang wood?”

Ji Wu Jiu answered “ Yes it is, you recognize it as well?”

“Kun Ning Palace is using this as well?”

“Correct’

Doctor Tie brushes his beard and murmured “So that is what happened”.

“Did you manage to notice sothing?”

“Replying to your majesty, this Hai Li Xiang wood is the specialty from Nan Yang, the imperial clinic has so, but because it has no dical qualities, no one really payed attention to it. But there is sothing special about it, only the local people there knows about it, the people in the capital that knows about it is very rare. I also heard it only from a friend that ca from Lu Song ntioning it”

“O? What is it?”

Doctor Tie did not answer, but instead asked “If I am not wrong, I rember that there is a pot of Narcissus, is it still there?”

Su Yue answered “Yes it is still there, still in bloom”

“That is it!. Hai Li Xiang woo, when it is burn will have a reaction when t with the fragrance of the Narcissus flower, and they will form a type of poison, if a person slls it for long, the body will start showing tiredness, and the pulse will not show it as poison, but more to being shocked. The empress with her current state now, most probably it was because of the combination of the narcissus and Hai Li Xiang wood.”

His words made all the people surprised.

After heavily awarding Doctor Tie, Ji Wu Jiu asked everyone else to leave, and pulled Ye Zhen Zhen into his arms, sighed and said “Zhen Zhen, you have suffered” This ti around a feeling of guilt is starting to build up in him, because the Hai Li Xiang was passed to her from him, she didn’t want it initially, but he advised her to take it.

Not to ntion, recently he understood sothing. In his inner palace, all the won appears to be weak and gentle, but actually in their hearts they are all cruel and cunning, with endless sches. In comparison with Ye Zhen Zhen who looks like she is very cunning, and far from being gentle and weak, Ye Zhen Zhen is the real kind person here. Although being sched by others for so many tis, she still did not harm anyone’s life, not that she can’t but she doesn’t want to. Xu Cai Ren was evil, she could have thoroughly get rid of her, but in the end she only let her lose her hair only.

Suddenly Ji Wu Jiu felt really bad for Ye Zhen Zhen. Actually this woman, really does not suit to live in the palace.

Then, Ye Zhen Zhen said “Your Majesty, this ti even you are implicated into the plan”.

That’s right, Hai Li Xiang was obtained from the Empress dowager by Ji Wu Jiu himself, and also he was the one that gift the wood to Ye Zhen Zhen. He has used it for a few days, and thought that it was just a nice slling scent, but would never have thought that he has already fallen into the trap.

“Mother, oh mother, why are you forcing ” Ji Wu Jiu could not help but sighed, softly caressing Ye Zhen Zhen’s face, “Zhen Zhen, this ti I have made you suffer, I will compensate you”

“No” Ye Zhen Zhen shook her head “Your majesty, I think that this case is not as simple as that”

“o?”

“This unique point of Hai Li Xiang is too secretive, even in the whole imperial clinic, only Doctor Tie knows about it, if so how would the empress dowager know about it? This is too suspicious. Second, to be able to calculate each step to such sharpness, to involve both you and , and also to use the thod of “only the willing will be hooked”, that made suffer but still can only keep it to my self… to be straightforward “Ye Zhen Zhen looked up at Ji Wu Jiu “this type of sche, the empress dowager might not be able to do”

What she said is already very kind, to be honest, the empress dowager will never be able to plan sothing like this.

That is why, this case although the empress dowager is involved, but there should be soone smarter behind it.

Ji Wu Jiu is a very intelligent person, he did not think of it earlier because he was too anxious, now hearing Ye Zhen Zhen saying so, he ca to a quick realization, and after so thoughts he said “This type of thing, only people from Lu Song will know”.

“In the palace, is there soone that grew up in Lu Song?”

“Yes”, the year I was coronated, Lu Song sent in 12 beautiful ladies, I kept 2, and the rest distributed to the ministers.”

Upon hearing what he said, Ye Zhen Zhen understood the root of the problem “Who is the two person that was kept?”

“….”

Ye Zhen Zhen was rather speechless at the mont, he cannot even rember his own won.

Actually, we can’t really bla Ji Wu Jiu on this matter, the pretty ladies that was sent to the palace by other tribes or nations are not little, normally he will just keep one or two of them as a good will, and place them in the palace. He is not a pervert, and does not really bother too much about won or give much thought about them. Furthermore, he rembered the two ladies from Lu Song are tanned and skinny, not his type at all, so he did not visit them before.

So, Ji Wu Jiu called Feng You De in.

“Your Majesty, both of the ladies surna is also called An, got the title of Xuan Shi, one of them few years back because of missing her hotown too much has passed away, the other one should be promoted to Cai Ren now, staying at Yao Guang Palace’s side courtyard.” Feng You De answered.

While listening Ye Zhen Zhen could not help but sighed “really a person with a sad life”

Ji Wu Jiu imdiately got soone to bring An Cai Ren over, with a serious face he said “If you do not want to take on the bla of harming the empress and to receive the punishnt of dying without your whole body, you better answer truthfully; About Hai Li Xiang, who have you ntioned it to before?”

An Cai Ren, did not know what happened, but it scared her till she kneeled on the floor, not daring to speak, taking a look at Ji Wu Jiu and then Ye Zhen Zhen.

Ye Zhen Zhen instead said “Soone place Hai Li Xiang and Narcissus together to harm , I know it wasn’t you. All you have to do is to tell and the emperor, if there is anyone that knows about this. If you don’t tell, I may not be able to protect you as well”

“Replying to your majesty, it is…..it is.. Xian Concubine” An Cai Ren knew that she was implicated into sothing serious, so she said while tearing “I have stayed in Yao Guang Palace for a long ti, and not close with anyone else, normally there is no one that visits as well. After Xian Concubine entered the palace, she has visited twice, and chatted with , so I have ntioned about the specialty of my hotown. I am sure that about Hai Li Xiang, I have only ntioned it to Xian Concubine only.”

Ye Zhen Zhen smiled, “This Xian Concubine really knows how to be a good person” In the inner palace, no matter who, she has managed to make them all happy, making everyone praise her virtue.

Ji Wu Jiu’s face turned angry “Indeed it was her”

Ye Zhen Zhen let Su Yue bring An Cai Ren back to her place, and made sure that she will not ntion this to anyone else. After that she looked at Ji Wu Jiu, and saw that he was not having a good expression, a little tired, and a little disappointed. Ye Zhen Zhen can understand his current feelings, Xian Concubine was originally a person that is easily liked by others, and also Fang Xiu Qing’s daughter, and normally she portrays the ‘I am not involved with the matters of life, living the life of a fairy’. To find out that she is an equally cunning and scheming woman, most n would not be able to take it.

Ji Wu Jiu turned towards Ye Zhen Zhen’s gaze “Zhen Zhen, this ti around, no matter how you want to treat her, I will also help you”

“What can I do to her?” Ye Zhen Zhen ask back. This trap, that was planned by Xian Concubine is really too clever, with no loopholes, it was a trap that requires people to willingly jump in, this way she has already remove herself from being implicated earlier on, not leaving behind any evidence. Also, even if she were to punish, there is still the empress dowager blocking, she won’t be able to do anything much.

Ye Zhen Zhen cannot help but praise Xian Concubine, such a perfect trap, she acknowledges that even she might not be able to think of such a plan. It is just that no matter how much she calculated, she missed out that Ye Zhen Zhen was a person that are not afraid of ghosts, and also would not know that Doctor Tie will know about the unique trait of the Hai Li Xiang.

No matter what, this ti around Xian Concubine has managed to extract herself out from being implicated, and for Ye Zhen Zhen , she has no choice but to take on the suffering herself.

Although Ye Zhen Zhen has decided to let it go, Ji Wu Jiu thinks otherwise. n holds their pride high, as an emperor, his pride is sothing that should not be touched. This ti round, even his mother tead up with his small wife to harm his main wife, not only nearly killing Ye Zhen Zhen, and also made him lose his face infront of his woman, he will not tolerate it!

To say soone is guilty, one must first have evidence, he is the emperor, is there anything that he cannot do? If you want to compare who is better at scheming, even the two old farts, Fang Xiu Qing and Ye Xiu Ming cannot compared to him, why would he be afraid of two won that has lived in the inner palace so far?

So what if the empress dowager is my birth mother? I cannot do anything to you, but I can make you feel disgusted. You have used all types of tricks to harm the empress, wasn’t it just because her surna is Ye.

The next day, when Ye Mu Fang was going to return to Shan Dong, the emperor was suddenly leading a group of guards to send him off grandly, shocking Ye Mu Fang a little, the rest of the people, no need to say much, were definitely shocked and surprised as well. One should understand in the 6 main ministries, the ministry of works is the least powerful, not like the ministry of personnel, controlling the man power in the court, not like the ministry of finance taking care of the nation’s money issues, nor like the ministry of defense controlling the army, also cannot be compared with the ministry of rites who always have to et with the royal family, that allows them the chance to please the emperor. All in all the ministry of works is a powerless and poor departnt. Ye Mu Fang was thrown there by his grandfather, because Ye family wants to extend their powers there, as well as he himself is highly interested in the job, so even if it was not an easy job, he is still very willing.

Ji Wu Jiu praised the people from the ministry of works right there, making a few of the ministers cried on the spot.

Not only that, Ji Wu Jiu also sent 12 of his personal guards to Ye Mu Fang, claiming that they are to ensure Ye Mu Fang will not drop a single hair. Most people when they heard this part, they also rolled their eyes inside their heart, not only he was just a person who repairs the river, he is also Ye Xiu Ming’s grandson who would bother to harm him?

After sending off Ye Mu Fang, Ji Wu Jiu went to Ye Manor on his way, to pay respects to his own teacher and to greet him a happy new year, and also gift him many things. Ye Xiu Ming was not comfortable with Ji Wu Jiu suddenly visiting him, and in his mind there were only negative thoughts, which in the end caused him to think: Is he finally going to end us…..

Ji Wu Jiu did not realise that his act of kindness has given a bad feel to Ye Xiu Ming. Anyway, he was satisfied when he left Ye Manor, and returned to the palace.

Indeed the empress dowager got to know about this very quickly. Ji Wu Jiu was in Ci Ning Palace, looking at her reaction calmly, while thinking that this will not end this matter, he needs a plan that will, stop her from further scheming.

As for Xian Concubine, hehe…….

That day, the empress getting shocked till she can’t get out of bed was spread throughout the entire palace. The empress thought that Ji Wu Jiu went to Ye Family because Ye Zhen Zhen was sick, so her mood was not too bad, but very quickly she found out, that it wasn’t the case. Because, he actually wants Xian Concubine to go to Jing Xiang Monastery to pray for Ye Zhen Zhen for a period of ti.

To pray at a monastery, isn’t that being a nun, although still allowed to keep her hair, but it is still becoming a nun. Out of the blue to send a concubine to the monastery, what if she were not given the opportunity to ever co back?

The empress dowager was thoroughly angered, but could not really argue with Ji Wu Jiu, because Xian Concubine normally created the character of virtue and gentleness, this ti it matches perfectly, the emperor wants to get a concubine that can get close to the gods to help pray for the empress, if she was not chosen, who else would be good enough?

No matter what, one is an empress, another just a concubine, if anything were to happen to the empress, if the concubine is required to do sothing, then they would have to do it.

This ti, Xian Concubine really got scared, she did not know that Ji Wu Jiu will be so heartless. As per the character that she has established, it was not right for her to reject him, but can only quietly tear up in front of Ji Wu Jiu, portraying a “I am not willing to part with you” expression of heartbreak, not saying if she will go or not go, and was only hoping that Ji Wu Jiu will suddenly soften his heart and retract his edict.

Ji Wu Jiu does look like he has soften his heart, he said “I advise you to go there to hide yourself first, according to the empress, her wish was to let you shave your hair as well, in order to show your sincerity to the gods”.

Xian Concubine is well aware that the empress has a weird interest in making people lose their hair, so without further ado, she imdiately packed her things and went to Jing Xiang Monastery.

Note: Not sure if you guys are satisfied with the outco, but personally, I am very much satisfied. Ahahahahahaha, (she did not lose her hair btw ~)