boyutpedia Chapter 365 The Emperor's Rebuke
Chapter 365 The Emperor's Rebuke
Emperor Wen Jin's personal eunuch was arranged to drink tea in the flower hall. After the people from the Marquis' Mansion arrived, they went to the front hall.
I didn't expect that as soon as I walked in, I was frightened by the appearance of the old marquis and old Mrs. Kang.
The old marquis had a cloth wrapped around his face, and the exposed parts of his face were bruised and swollen. Although old Mrs. Kang didn't have any cloth wrapped around her face, her cheeks were swollen and her whole face looked like a big steamed bun that had been beaten up, with blue and purple patches, which was very horrifying to look at.
Seeing them like this, he thought it was no need to think too much, they must have been beaten by the old princess.
Alas! How pitiful!
He sighed in his heart, then flicked his whisk and spoke directly:
"The Emperor has issued an oral order to reprimand all members of the Marquis of Chengping Mansion. They are not to provoke Prince Yi again. Otherwise, the Marquis' title will be stripped, and they will be demoted to commoners and exiled to the border town to do hard labor. This is the Emperor's order!"
what?
The old marquis, old Kang and others were all dumbfounded. They knelt on the ground in a daze, with bewildered faces.
They were beaten by the old prince, but the emperor not only did not blame the old prince, but instead sent people to the marquis's mansion to reprimand them. He also said that if they angered Prince Yi again, the marquis's title would be stripped away, and he would not demote them to commoners, but directly reduce them to commoners.
The old marquis suddenly felt aggrieved, but he didn't even dare to appeal.
Old Kang's body trembled even more. She was angry and panicked. When the emperor said such things, did he already think of stripping the marquis of his title?
How could that be possible? Her son was to inherit the title. Even though the eldest son, Su Zhiyi, was no longer favored by the emperor, her second son, Su Zhiwen, could pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar. It was reasonable for him to inherit the title.
The two brothers Su Zhiyi and Su Zhiwen were also shocked!
I never thought that the emperor would know about the old prince's visit to the Marquis' Mansion. Did the emperor know that the old prince took away Li's dowry? I think he must know, but the emperor did not mention it, but scolded the Marquis' Mansion instead.
Liu looked around and saw that no one moved, so she continued to kneel. This time, the one who angered the old prince was not someone from their first house, but old Kang. If she hadn't been greedy, she wouldn't have ended up like this. Not only did they lose the money, but the emperor also sent someone to scold them.
Xiao Kang was panicked, but also felt very lucky. Fortunately, the emperor only sent eunuchs to reprimand the Marquisate this time, instead of directly taking away the title of the Marquisate. In this way, the second son still had the hope of inheriting the title.
Jiang and Su Qingwan were much calmer; they were just a little surprised by the emperor's arrangement.
"Old Marquis, it's time for you to listen to my instructions. I have to go back to the palace to serve the emperor, and I can't delay."
The eunuch looked down at the old marquis with contempt in his eyes.
Marquis Chengping is a confused person. If he had not married the daughter of Prince Yi's mansion, their Marquis Chengping's mansion would have lost its title long ago.
If they had behaved themselves, not made such a big noise, and kept the emperor from noticing them, it would have been fine. But unfortunately, the Marquis's Mansion had an unruly Second Young Miss who seduced two princes under the emperor's nose. Now the old Marquis has also angered the old Prince. Such a Marquis's family will lose their title sooner or later.
The old marquis was urged to kowtow and said, "Thank you, Lord!"
Old Kang and others also kowtowed. Even though they were unwilling, they could not go against the emperor's will.
"Old Marquis, from now on you must properly control the people in the mansion and never cause any trouble again."
The chief eunuch said one more sentence before leading his men back to the palace.
The old marquis and old lady Kang were helped up. Su Qingwan only felt that the old marquis seemed to be several years older and more haggard than before.
"We were bullied by the people in the palace. How could the emperor still scold us?" Old Kang couldn't help it and started crying again with tears streaming down her face.
The old marquis' eyes were gloomy, but his face was injured, so it was hard to tell what his expression was. He said, "Be careful next time, don't anger the old prince."
The others agreed one after another, and Su Zhiwen snorted disdainfully, "The emperor is using us to show off to outsiders, otherwise why would he scold us for no reason!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked over.
"What do you mean?" the old marquis asked.
"Father, don't care what he means. The emperor has issued an oral order. Let's stop here."
Su Zhiwen yawned again before he finished his sentence. "I'll go back and rest for a while."
After he finished speaking, he left without saying anything to Xiaokang.
Now the opera troupe invited by Su Qingwan is still staying in the Marquis' Mansion, so he did not go back to the second house, but went to find the opera singer himself.
Jiang also planned to take Su Qingwan away, so she said to the old marquis and the two ladies, "Old marquis, Madam Kang, Qingwan and I will go back too."
"Third sister-in-law, why are you in such a hurry to leave? It's just to pick some fabrics for winter clothes, why are you in such a hurry? Winter is almost here, but we haven't made new clothes yet."
Liu still remembered that when the mother and daughter of the third room just returned to the Marquis' Mansion, they bullied others with the matter of making new clothes.
Upon hearing this, the old marquis and old Kang looked at Jiang with dissatisfaction. She had previously said that the mansion was short of money, so she deliberately sent a group of maids and servants out of the mansion. Although the old marquis's people were not moved, the food was much worse than before.
In the past, the meals in the Marquis' Mansion were a combination of meat and vegetables and were very rich. What the master could not finish could be given as a reward to the servants. But now they only have two dishes per meal, and they are all vegetarian. The old Marquis will have one more meat dish, but it is still a lot worse than before.
As for cakes and candied fruits, she had never seen them again. In Old Kang's opinion, what she ate was not as good as what the maids in her own courtyard used to eat. But she asked Madam Xu to ask Jiang, but Jiang said that they were already living on a tight budget, and if they didn't tighten their belts, they would probably spend all their money before this month.
Nanny Xu was blocked, and old Mrs. Kang felt pain all over her body. She had no way to cause trouble for Mrs. Jiang, so she could only endure it.
But look at what Jiang is doing today?
She actually took the trouble to choose fabrics and make new clothes for herself. This is totally outrageous!
She was in charge of the household expenses of the Marquis' Mansion, so was she wasting the money like this?
Old Kang suspected that Jiang had embezzled public funds, and immediately wanted to take back the right to manage the household expenses.
Xiao Kang knew what was going on with the fabrics. Nanny Ji told her that they were given to the Third House by someone from the palace. She had planned to go to the Third House to take a look and get some benefits, but she didn't expect someone from the palace to come and interrupt her.
"Fourth sister, are you going to make new clothes?"
Su Lihan didn't know where the fabric came from. She only knew that she hadn't made winter clothes this year. Now that Jiang wanted to make clothes for Su Qingwan, she couldn't leave out her own, after all, she was also the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's Mansion.
Su Qingwan smiled slightly, her eyes swept across everyone's thoughtful faces, and laughed: "Yes! Everyone in our third room has to make winter clothes!"