MTL - On the Day the Scumbag Got Married, I Lay Flat and Became His Sister-in-law-Chapter 221 imperial favor
Chapter 221 Emperor's Preference
Because of the sudden arrival of Emperor Cheng De, the tense atmosphere eased a lot. Everyone had their own concerns, and they were in harmony for a while, until the shopkeeper and assistants of Jixianglou were brought into the hall.
"Who are these people?" Emperor Chengde asked when he saw the people in Jixianglou.
The queen mother told the whole story.
Emperor Cheng De fixed his eyes on Gu Xiyan's face when he heard the words.
If Gu Yatou can really extort hundreds of thousands of taels from Yongjia, it is Gu Yatou's ability.
The Queen Mother looked at the people present and asked, "Have all the staff from Jixianglou come?"
"Return to the Queen Mother's words, it's all here." It was Wu Tong who answered.
There are more than 20 people here today, including cooks, cleaners, and waiters.
The queen mother picked a fatter cook to ask: "What is the relationship between Gu Xiyan and Jixiang Tower?! The emperor is also here. If you lie, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. I will answer after thinking about it."
The fat cook knelt down on the ground and replied: "Miss Gu sometimes comes to Jixianglou to eat, and the grass people only see Miss Gu a few times in a year or so, and they are not familiar with Miss Gu."
He is indeed not familiar with Ms. Gu, anyway, every time he looks back at her, he is taken up to the third floor by shopkeeper Wu. He is usually busy in the kitchen, how many times will he have the opportunity to see Miss Gu?
The queen mother frowned, and then asked the other guys, they all got the same answer.
"Shopkeeper Wu, what is your relationship with Gu Xiyan?" The Queen Mother simply called Wu Tong out for questioning.
Wu Tong is frank: "Caomin not only regards Miss Gu as a distinguished guest of Jixianglou, but also as a friend. Miss Gu is generous and righteous, and she is also a noble daughter of Wanqing Houfu. Caomin intends to make friends with Miss Gu."
"That's it?!" The Queen Mother didn't believe Wu Tong's words.
Wu Tong answered truthfully: "This is the case at present, but it may not be so in the future. Ms. Gu once asked Cao Min if she would like to sell Jixiang Building to her, but Cao Min did not agree at the time."
Princess Duanqing's eyes lit up when she heard this, "Since Gu Xiyan wants to buy Jixianglou, doesn't she have the motive to frame Yongjia?"
When Zhou Mu heard this, he stood up and spoke: "I was there at the time, and I was also a witness. At that time, Xiyan saw me and said that she wanted to take a picture of a dish for me. Yan said that this dish was good, and wanted to use this dish to congratulate me on my official fortune. I don't want Xiyan to bid, but Princess Yongjia also bid at the same time. Facts have proved that Princess Yongjia is much richer than Xiyan, and the atmosphere at that time There, there were crowds of onlookers, and everyone was booing, and the bid reached 70,000 taels without knowing it. Later, Princess Yongjia didn't give Xi Yan another chance to bid, and shouted to 100,000 taels in one breath. The dish was sold at a price of 100,000 taels. There were many witnesses at the scene, and no one had ever forced Princess Yongjia to bid. Didn’t you come here to blame Xiyan?!”
Speaking of this, Zhou Mu said to Emperor Chengde: "Your Majesty, don't say that Xiyan has nothing to do with Jixianglou. Even if Jixianglou belongs to Xiyan, it was Princess Yongjia who first harbored ill will towards Xiyan and followed Xiyan everywhere. This is the final result of Yan Zuo's rush to shoot, please give me your majesty's order."
Emperor Cheng De liked to see Zhou Mu talking eloquently, with a kind smile on his face: "You speak nicely, please say more, I love to listen."
Everyone present:…
Gu Xiyan lowered her head, a smile flashed across her beautiful eyes.
His Majesty's preference for Zhou Mu was so obvious that she couldn't help but laugh.
Zhou Mu glanced at Emperor Chengde helplessly, and continued: "I think that regardless of whether Xiyan has anything to do with Jixiang Tower, the situation at that time was caused by Princess Yongjia first. This shows that evil people can't do good things." If you want to blame, you can only blame Princess Yongjia for being too vicious..."
Princess Duanqing was so angry that she shot the case: "Presumptuous! How dare you say that Yongjia is vicious in front of this palace?"
"His Royal Highness dares to take the case in front of the imperial court, I will return the word 'presumptuous' to Her Royal Highness." Zhou Mu's posture was loose, and he opened his thin lips lightly, neither humble nor overbearing.
Princess Duanqing's complexion changed slightly, and only then did she remember that Emperor Chengde was also present.
Emperor Cheng De turned the jade finger on his thumb and glanced at Princess Duanqing.
His glance made Princess Duanqing's palms sweat.
She knew that Brother Huang had always treated her kindly. Although they were not biological siblings, she also knew how ruthless Brother Huang was when he was ruthless.
Back then, the imperial brother liked Yu Shu so much, but on the third day after Yu Shu's mother and son both died, the imperial brother went to court as if nothing had happened, and he didn't look sad at all.
Later, when the emperor's brother came to the throne, he used the most ruthless means to wipe out the three princes' party. At that time, blood flowed like a river, but thinking about it now makes her shudder.
Princess Duanqing hurriedly got up and apologized: "My sister lost her composure in a moment of impatience, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Cheng De waved his sleeves to indicate that nothing happened.
"In my opinion, it's not a big deal. If Xiyan can take hundreds of thousands of taels from Yongjia with just one mouth this time, it can only show Xiyan's ability. If Xiyan really has such an ability, Zimo can't marry her." She's a lucky one."
As soon as Emperor Chengde said this, everyone present had different expressions.
From the inside and outside of what Emperor Chengde said, even though Gu Xiyan was in charge of this incident, Emperor Chengde did not think that Gu Xiyan did something wrong, but would appreciate Gu Xiyan even more. Is that what it means? ?
The reverse meaning of these words, doesn’t it mean that Princess Yongjia will enter the game, and Princess Yongjia is stupid?
Princess Duanqing was so angry that she clenched her fists tightly, but she didn't dare to say a word.
"Okay, everyone in Jixianglou retreats." As soon as Emperor Chengde opened his golden mouth, everyone in Jixianglou retreated one by one.
Zhou Mu quietly moved closer to Gu Xiyan, Gu Xiyan turned to look at him, meeting his comforting eyes.
"I have no objection to the revelation of the Jixianglou incident. It's just a waste of money to eliminate disasters, but the disfigurement of Yongjia, we can't just let it go!" Princess Duanqing said in a deep voice, her cold gaze fell on Gu Xiyan's. On the face: "Gu Xiyan, tell me the truth, did you secretly murder Yongjia?!"
Gu Xiyan raised her eyebrows lightly, with confusion in her eyes: "Your Highness's words are wrong. Minnv is a lonely and helpless weak woman, how can she have the ability to attack a noble person like Yongjia Princess? Your Highness thinks highly of Minnv. Furthermore , there is no personal or physical evidence, His Highness wants to frame the girl with empty words, even if His Highness comes from the royal family, the girl must fight with reason!"
Princess Duanqing was dumbfounded for a moment. If she had evidence, she would just take Gu Xiyan down, why would she spend time talking nonsense with her?
Zhou Mu answered coolly from the side: "Perhaps God also can't understand that Princess Yongjia is too vicious, so he punished Princess Yongjia in this way. Her Royal Highness, Princess Yongjia is the biological mother of Princess Yongjia, shouldn't she be punished by herself?" Looking for the reason?"
(end of this chapter)
