My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

Chapter 169: Even the Marquis's wife can be used, I am also afraid that the emperor is in dange

After settling Concubine Lan, Su Muxi and the others prepared to leave the palace first, but the emperor issued an order that no one could leave. The young eunuch delivered the order, and Concubine Lan was frightened, so she asked the marquis' wife to accompany her, and the third-day bath banquet would be held as usual tomorrow.

Su Muxi would definitely stay to accompany Madam Hou, and Xiao Yunjin would not leave. "I will stay to take care of Prince Jin."

Prince Jin's injuries made it difficult to move, and he was very weak as he had just recovered from the poison, so he was placed in Yuhua Palace to rest. My mother believed that no one could refute my request in the palace.

The emperor also stayed in Yuhua Palace under the pretext of worrying about his son.

Just as Concubine Lan was settled, Prince Jin was also carried over. A bunch of people came in a noisy manner, including the Queen Mother, the Empress, and concubines from various palaces. Some came to visit Concubine Lan, and some said they were concerned about Prince Jin's health.

Tomorrow is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, but the ground of Yuhua Palace is covered with blood. The eunuchs and palace maids have called over a group of people to wash away the bloodstains in the courtyard of Yuhua Palace.

After the outside was cleaned, the emperor dismissed everyone on the grounds that the injured and sick needed to rest, and Yuhua Palace finally became completely quiet.

Naturally, Concubine Lan's health after giving birth made it impossible for her to serve the emperor. The emperor was alone in the room, and the marquis's wife was also in a separate room, and their rooms were next to each other.

He Yuncheng was sleeping in the room. Because Xiao Yunjin said he would stay to take care of Prince Jin, all the rooms were arranged next to He Yuncheng, and Su Muxi and Xiao Yunjin lived there alone.

Xiao Yunjin had some time alone with Su Muxi. He wanted to talk to her, but was stopped by Su Muxi's words, "I'm going to sleep with my mother. You go and watch Prince Jin!"

Madam Hou is my biological mother, I am more worried than you. Xiao Yunjin felt depressed and pulled her into his arms, hugged her tightly, and let her go before Su Muxi made a move. "That's good, Xi'er is really a good daughter-in-law, mother will definitely be happy."

Su Muxi was instantly enveloped by a warm chest, and before she could react, the person had already left. Then she heard Xiao Yunjin say, "This is my mother's first time in the palace, so she must be very uncomfortable. It's good that you can accompany her, Madam. Thank you for thinking of me."

Su Muxi lowered her raised arm and wanted to elbow him, but Xiao Yunjin was as slippery as a loach and he kept hiding from her. Su Muxi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and walked out of the room.

They were in the west hall and the marquis' wife was in the east hall. Su Muxi had to cross the entire courtyard to find the marquis' wife. The more Su Muxi thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. Xiao Yunjin's body was hot and trembling slightly. It couldn't be that he was just excited about hugging her. Su Muxi thought that there might be something wrong with Xiao Yunjin's body.

She didn't know it before, but ever since she was poisoned by Chi Lie, she knew that the scorching smell on Xiao Yunjin's body, like the scorching sun, was caused by Chi Lie.

Chi Lie is a poison and also an antidote, depending on how people take it. Her poisoning at that time was related to Xiao Yunjin, or to He Yuncheng. No wonder she always felt that something was wrong with Xiao Yunjin that time in the inn. Thinking that the person she met at that time should be He Yuncheng, the Chi Lie in her body was probably planted by He Yuncheng at that time.

Xiao Yunjin has a heart-eating poison in his body, so he probably took Chilie to get rid of the poison.

Mr. Chengnan’s letter did not give much information about the heart-eating insect. He just said that being infected with the heart-eating insect would feel like being eaten by thousands of insects and would be extremely painful.

Su Muxi decided that she would meet Mr. Chengnan after the third day of the New Year's Eve banquet tomorrow.

However, after two incense sticks of time, the emperor entered the marquis's room. The two single men and women really didn't care about any taboos at all.

When Su Muxi arrived, he only heard the Marquis's wife say "let go" with suppressed anger.

Su Muxi knocked on the door without thinking, "Mom, I'm coming in." Then she pushed the door open and walked in.

Both people in the room were standing. The marquis's wife lowered her eyes and twirled her Buddhist beads in a disorderly rhythm. It was obvious that she had not yet calmed down.

The emperor stood on the other side with a serious look in his eyes. When he looked at Su Muxi, his gaze was as cold as ice, as if to say, you asked for a reward from me, and now you are ruining my good deeds.

"Is Princess Anping free? The assassin in the palace has not been caught yet. How come you, the commander of the border defense camp, are not alert at all?"

The Imperial Guards are guarding the Imperial City. What does it have to do with my border defense camp? Su Muxi seemed not to notice the strange atmosphere inside. She clasped her fists and saluted the emperor. "Your Majesty, I have not taken office as the commander of the border defense camp yet, so I can't take charge for the time being."

The emperor's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he endured for a long time before saying, "Come with me."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Su Muxi saw the Marquis's wife looking at him, nodded to her, indicating that he was fine, and followed the emperor to the next room.

The emperor strode in front, entered the room, sat down on the brocade couch, and said in a deep voice: "Close the door."

Su Muxi closed the door obediently, then knelt in front of the emperor and prepared to be taught a lesson.

The emperor was so angry that he laughed, "You are really capable. First you negotiated with me, and now you openly contradict me. I think you are tired of living."

The emperor became more and more angry as he spoke. He picked up the teacup on the table and threw it over. He didn't hit anyone, but the tea splashed all over him. Su Muxi knelt straight and didn't move at all. "Your humble servant is terrified."

"Fearful," the emperor snorted coldly, "I don't think you have any fear at all. You used Deputy General Lin to force He Yuncheng to write a letter of divorce, and now you are protecting the people in Yong'an Marquis' Mansion. Why do you think I am easier to fool?"

The more the emperor spoke, the more upset he felt. After all, He Yuncheng was his son and a prince. He just slept with a woman, but Su Muxi forced him to write a divorce letter and even brought it to him to threaten him.

He Yuncheng is also very stupid. When the marriage was granted, he wrote a letter of guarantee to marry only Su Muxi for the rest of his life. It has only been such a short time and he has already violated the taboo.

At that time, he thought that He Yuncheng followed him and was a lovesick man, but now he was completely slapped in the face.

Su Muxi knelt on the ground, cursing in her heart. It would be no good to be involved with Xiao Yunjin. She originally just wanted to take it one step at a time, but He Yuncheng's background made her realize that she still had a chance to act. She first used the suspicion of Xiao Yunjin as an example, and said that He Yuncheng's affair with Lin Jiaorui was to win over power for Xiao Yunjin.

Xiao Yunjin came back alive with enormous power, 150,000 elite soldiers under his command, and his contributions in assisting the northwest, which was too great a threat to the throne.

It can be seen from the fact that the emperor pushed Xiao Yunjin to the hands of Prince Huaiyang that even if the emperor loved Xiao Yunjin, it was impossible for him to let Xiao Yunjin inherit the throne. After all, in the emperor's eyes, Xiao Yunjin was the son of Marquis Yong'an.

He Yuncheng was the emperor's biological son and was replaced when he was young, which meant he was eliminated at birth. The emperor would never let him succeed to the throne. As long as she could lead the matter to the point where He Yuncheng was suspicious of his identity, the emperor would never allow her to be tied to He Yuncheng.

The emperor is suspicious, and it would be impossible for He Yuncheng to get up with just a little bit, and today's assassination just gave Su Muxi a reason.

"I have no intention of offending the emperor's majesty, but today, the other party was clearly well prepared. The Marquis's wife has never attended a palace banquet since her marriage."

Su Muxi hesitated at this point, and finally closed her eyes, "Even the Marquis's wife can be used. I was afraid that the emperor would be in danger, so I forced my way in."

Su Muxi knelt on the ground and kowtowed, not even caring about the broken teacup piercing his skin, "I beg the emperor to forgive me."