The Legitimate Daughter Empress - C199

Chapter 198 – Su Fei

The matters of the Empress Leng caused everyone to panic. Other than the Imperial Consort Leng, no one dared to bring up the matter of the Empress Leng in front of the Emperor Ming, but the latter still sensed it.

During the night, Emperor Ming was still in the imperial study, reviewing memorials when he heard faint swishing sounds coming from outside.

He put down the imperial report in his hand and walked to the window to check it out, but he did not find anyone. Just as he was about to close the window, he heard a few eunuchs whispering outside.

“You don’t even dare to come out at night. Have you heard what happened in Empress Leng?”

One of the eunuchs whispered as he held a lantern.

“Of course, it’s that Empress Leng whose legs were crippled by Emperor Ming and was thrown into the Ten Thousand Beast Pit at the end. Although I’ve already heard about him after I entered the palace at night, I heard that someone saw the Ten Thousand Beast Pit two days ago.”

“Hush, lower your voice. The Emperor’s study is still lit up!” I don’t know if the emperor has heard, but after this incident, the people of the imperial harem were all panic-stricken, worried that the Empress Leng would take revenge. ”

“Even if it’s revenge, it won’t be ours.”

Another eunuch interrupted.

“Your words are bold, it would be terrible if the emperor heard them.”

“That’s true. I won’t say anymore, go back and rest. I won’t go out too much at night.”

A few eunuchs left the imperial study in a fluster. Hearing these discussions, Emperor Ming clenched his teeth, and at the same time scratched a mark on the window with his fingernail.

“Someone, come.” Emperor Ming slammed the window shut.

“What orders does the Emperor have?” The eunuch attending the imperial study quickly rushed to Emperor Ming’s side. Seeing that Emperor Ming’s face was gloomy, and that he was extremely displeased, he could not help but feel uncertain in his heart.

“To the Ten Thousand Beast Pit.”

“Your majesty, it’s very late. Should we return tomorrow?” Young Eunuch trembled when he heard the words “Ten Thousand Beast Pit”.

“What is it? “Is it up to you to decide where I want to go?” Emperor Ming saw that the eunuch’s reaction was the same as the eunuchs’. Now, he understood even more clearly why Imperial Consort Leng proposed to destroy Empress Leng’s tomb.

“Your servant didn’t mean that, Your Majesty. Please forgive me.” Young Eunuch was so scared that he knelt down on both knees.

The Emperor’s temper is not to be trifled with.

“Start!”

Emperor Ming did not believe the rumors, he wanted to see if the rumors were true, and whether that woman’s soul truly appeared in the Ten Thousand Beast Pit.

The Ten Thousand Beast Pit was located in a palace located at the westernmost area of the palace, some distance away from the residences of the palace. There were many guards guarding the entrance to the Ten Thousand Beast Pit.

Emperor Ming’s overnight visit to the Ten Thousand Beast Pit inevitably surprised the guards.

“Could the Emperor have come at this time because of the Empress Leng?” The two guards whispered to each other.

“Possibly. The Emperor probably doesn’t believe what we saw last time.”

“Hurry up and shut up. If the emperor knows that it was us who spread it, it’s even possible for us to behead him.”

Emperor Ming walked in, and stood on top of the Ten Thousand Beast Pit to look at the tombstone, and sighed deeply.

“Empress Leng, oh Empress Leng, are you not satisfied that we set up a tombstone for you? And you came out to disturb the palace. Do you really want me to tear you down? ”

Emperor Ming stood there for more than two hours before he finally left the Ten Thousand Beast Pit. Before he left, he called for the leader of the guards to guard this place.

“Investigate carefully who saw what was spread around that day, and kill anyone who finds out!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The leader quickly knelt down.

The two guards who had been discussing were scared to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat. No matter what, the leader would have to find one or two scapegoats this time.

No one in the Emperor Ming did not know of his savage palace. As long as he was not satisfied, he was dead for sure, and no one dared to go against his will.

On the second day after Emperor Ming came to open the Ten Thousand Beast Pit, the two guards still could not escape death.

However, the death of the guards still failed to pacify the palace from its fear of the rumors spread by the Empress Leng.

The Palace was especially afraid. Imperial Consort Leng stayed in the Palace all day without leaving her house, but because of this, the Palace was actually quite peaceful.

“Feverfew, do you feel that the harem has been too peaceful these past few days?”

“Miss, this is all thanks to Empress Leng, I heard that Imperial Consort Leng doesn’t dare to go out of the palace. I think she is afraid that the spirits of the Empress Leng would pester her, and that she would commit countless evil deeds, so she is now afraid of revenge. ” The Imperial Consort Leng would usually make things difficult for the young miss on purpose, and it deserved it.

“She’s scared too?” Qin Luofei sneered.

“Miss, have you been well? Do you want to go out and relax? ”

“It’s much better now, let’s go and take a look at Big Sister Consort Shu’s place! It’s been a while since I went to see big sister Consort Shu, I wonder how she is doing now? ”

Qin Luofei brought Daihua to the Wind Hall.

A strange atmosphere enveloped the entire palace, making it seem exceptionally desolate.

However, this made Qin Luofei happy. It seemed like the Emperor Ming should have some sort of plan of action.

When Qin Luofei saw the Consort Shu playing alone in the imperial garden, she did not seem to be in a good mood.

“Big Sister Consort Shu, what’s wrong with you? “Seems like you’re not in a good mood?” Qin Luofei walked over and slowly sat down.

“Recently, my mood has been inexplicably depressed. I wonder why?” Consort Shu said slowly.

“Do you want to let Imperial Physician Lin see it? A few days ago, I was also sick in bed and took his medicine to recover. ”

“Have you heard of the war at the border? The situation is not looking good.” It was unknown where Consort Shu got the news from, but she actually started to worry about national affairs.

Qin Luofei was silent for a moment before she said, “I haven’t heard that sister was in a bad mood because of this matter?”

“Not really.” Consort Shu became silent and did not continue speaking.

In the morning assembly, all the officials reported the war at the border.

This matter came too suddenly, so Emperor Ming could only withdraw first before making his decision.

The first thing Emperor Ming did was find the Ling Wang to discuss on this matter. The only person he could trust right now was him.

“Your Majesty, the war at the borders is not to be expected. We must dispatch generals to pacify the war.” The Ling Wang said.

“Of course I know to send the general, I just don’t know who to send.”

“This one.” The Ling Wang was also stuck there. It hadn’t been long since the Emperor Ming had been repositioned and currently, everyone had to be careful with their selection process.

“I think that the General Su is feasible. What do you think, royal brother?”

“General Su?” Ling Wang was surprised that Emperor Ming thought of him.

General Su was a relative of the Consort Shu. He was an unremarkable general in the past, but the Ling Wang didn’t know why the Emperor had set his eyes on him.

The Emperor Ming nodded and said: “Mn, I have the intention to send the General Su to the Fringe.”

“Your Majesty has already decided. This subject has no objections.” The Ling Wang had always wondered why the Emperor Ming would choose the General Su over the other Great Generals. Could it be that his goal was to scatter the generals’ power?

This way, he could avoid having a general wield too much military power and have a chance to rebel on another day.

“Then it’s decided, royal brother, if there’s anything you need to keep an eye on at the border, you can come and discuss it with me in private.”

Su Mansion very quickly received the title of Emperor Ming, in order for the Su Family to do their best for him.

The Emperor Ming even conferred the title of Imperial Concubine Su as the Su Family’s daughter, Su Xin. In the future, the General Su would be responsible for matters at the border.

The Su Family, which had suddenly gained the attention of the Emperor, was surprised and delighted. However, it was unknown whether they would be able to make it back alive from this journey to the General Su. Within a few days of the General Su going to the border, the Bright Moon Hall in the palace was decorated with lanterns and decorations.

“Miss, do you want to go to Bright Moon Hall to take a look?” Sunflower was very curious about this Su Fei.

“What’s there to look at? This isn’t the first time I’ve seen it.” Qin Luofei swayed on the swing.

It was rare that the Empress Leng would not come out to cause trouble, thus she had a few days of leisure time to herself.

“Alright then, but I heard that Su Fei Fei is as beautiful as a fairy. She’s also a good dancer, and her calligraphy and painting skills are excellent.”

“Aren’t all imperial concubines of the imperial harem as beautiful as flowers?” She did not have any feelings for her new concubines who had just entered the palace, and only hoped that they wouldn’t be like the Imperial Consort Leng.

The reason why Emperor Ming had been bestowing the title of concubine at this time was because he wanted to cheer the Imperial Palace on. With regards to the matters of the Empress Leng, it had always been upsetting to people’s hearts, so when Su Fei entered the palace, he specially instructed her to be magnanimous in order to suppress the heavy atmosphere in the palace.

“Your majesty, Su Fei has already entered the palace and is waiting for your majesty in Bright Moon Hall.” Young Eunuch stepped forward and reported in a low voice.

“Alright, take off the Bright Moon Hall.”

Emperor Ming only brought these two close eunuchs to Bright Moon Hall.

Seeing the Bright Moon Hall decorated with lanterns, he felt extremely happy and slightly nodded his head.

What strange things had happened in the palace recently?

“Give each of Bright Moon Hall Palace’s female eunuchs a red packet, sticky and happy.” Emperor Ming was suddenly concerned about these trivial things, causing his father-in-law who was standing by the side to be surprised.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” The young eunuch went down to prepare the red packet, causing the people of Bright Moon Hall to receive the reward for nothing.

Emperor Ming walked into the Bright Moon Hall and waved his hand to signal the palace maids who were serving the palace to leave.

“I do want to see how beautiful Su Fei is.”

A petite woman dressed in a bright red palace uniform came out to welcome him.

“Chenqie pays respects to Your Majesty.”

Her small hands continuously held onto the red kernels in her hands, and her red shoes also uneasily rubbed against the red carpet on the ground.

Su Xin did not hear a reply for a long time, and his heart became even more flustered.

The sudden bestowing of the title by the emperor caused Su Xin to be completely unprepared in his heart, and he didn’t know what the emperor meant by that.

“Love Consort, rise.” Emperor Ming helped Su Fei up.

Su Fei raised her head and looked at the flirtatious girl in front of her.

Her lips were red and her teeth were white. Her fair skin looked as if it would burst upon contact. Her big watery eyes were sparkling.

She kept her head lowered in silence, seemingly unwilling to enter the palace as a concubine.

Emperor Ming seemed to have guessed Su Fei’s thoughts.

“He became mute just by looking at Zhen?” Emperor Ming was a little displeased. Who in the harem didn’t want to be favored by him? But the Su Fei in front of him was so disrespectful to him.

“Your majesty.” Su Fei slowly stood up and accidentally stepped on the dress train and almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Emperor Ming knew how to help her up in time. However, when Emperor Ming touched her small hand, she quickly pulled her hand away.

“Are you that afraid of me?” Emperor Ming asked.

Su Fei’er pursed her lips without saying a word. She hadn’t expected that she would be conferred such a title. Actually, she didn’t like this life of hers. However, the emperor’s imperial edict couldn’t be disobeyed. Helpless, they could only comply with it.

“Are you dumb? Didn’t you hear what I said! ” No one dared to disobey Emperor Ming’s orders, but this Su Fei who had just entered the palace did not know the rules.

“Your – Your Imperial Majesty, please calm your anger.” Su Fei said hesitantly.

“Serving me to sleep.” Emperor Ming opened his hands, gesturing for her to help him take off his clothes.

However, Su Fei stood there without moving, an extremely reluctant expression on her face.

“Deaf?” Emperor Ming scolded once again.

Su Fei thought of what her mother had told her before she entered the palace. She had to be careful in the palace and serve the emperor well until the Su Mansion was at peace. If the emperor was displeased, not to mention her suffering alone, the entire family would suffer. She gritted her teeth and could only obey this strange man in front of her.