All the Gold and Jade: Princess Consort

Chapter 54: The Consort’s Concerns [The Son of Heaven, he can bestow the supreme glory on everyone, and he can also bring them down to the dust. 】

It was already late when the two returned home, and they were extremely tired after staying in the palace all day. After taking a bath, Xu Heng lay flat on the bed, and Yong Yan had already fallen asleep on the inner side of the bed.

But Xu Heng couldn't fall asleep, her mind was full of the mysterious Fourth Turkic Prince, Wumusiduoluo.

She felt that what had happened recently was not simple. She had a faint feeling that something was going on in an orderly manner, but she still couldn't grasp the clues, couldn't organize her thoughts, and could only figure it out by herself.

She turned over and rested her head on her elbow, feeling extremely bored in her heart, so she wanted to go out to get some air, but running out blindly would definitely startle the little girl who was watching the night. If you wake up, you will give up.

When Xu Heng's heart was turning a thousand times, a pair of soft hands passed through her waist. When he realized it, Yongyan had already wrapped her in his arms, and Yongyan's body was pressed against her back. Xu Heng only felt The softness of the person behind her made her tense nerves relax by more than half.

Yongyan asked: "Consort, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing," Xu Heng instinctively denied, but after thinking about it, he asked, "Princess, what do you think will happen if the emperor really wants to punish the Zhou family?"

Xu Heng turned over and put his cheek against Yongyan's. She took the opportunity to kiss Yongyan's red lips lightly, then passed behind Yongyan's neck, and embraced the pretty girl in her arms.

Yongyan was very cooperative and leaned on her shoulder, and replied: "The jade sent to Turkic was made by the Zhou family, and the Xu family's flood was also the work of the Zhou family. The Zhou family's actions today are their own fault. Ah Heng Why should you worry about that?"

Xu Heng shook his head: "I'm not worried about the Zhou family, but I feel that everything about this matter is weird."

"Weird?"

"As a century-old shop, how could the Zhou family have made such a big mistake? Leaving aside the Zhou family, has the princess ever heard that foreign envoys would bring so many soldiers? That Wumusiduoluo is just a prince, even though he has a noble status, but..."

Yongyan raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of teasing in his eyes: "You son-in-law, when have you been so concerned about these things?"

Xu Heng dodged Yong Yan's probing eyes with a guilty conscience: "Just talking casually, it's getting late, princess, let's rest."

Yongyan finally closed his eyes again, held Xu Heng's hand tightly, and murmured: "No matter what, I hope you and Ah Nuo are safe, the court has its own way to deal with it, you, be obedient and be The consort of the palace is fine."

After hearing Yongyan's words, Xu Heng nodded half-knowledgeably, but further confirmed his guess that Turkic's coming to Dawei Xingshi to ask his crimes this time is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.

She is very clear that many things seem to be calm on the surface, but in fact, there are already turbulent undercurrents in the dark.

It's just that she didn't expect that the undercurrent would come so quickly.

Within three days, Dali Temple bypassed the cabinet and directly handed over the booklet to the emperor. The booklet said that it was verified by Dali Temple that the fake jade was cast in Qingfengnian, and the stolen goods were seized. Dali Temple found the fake jade in Qingfengnian's warehouse. There are several jades, and the shopkeeper Zhou Jiyu is sent to prison to await trial, waiting for the emperor's final punishment.

This booklet was handed over to the emperor, who swiped the pen and directly wrote the word "cut". Concubine Zhou fainted from crying when she heard it.

Also because of this fake jade incident, Qingfengnian, a centuries-old jade store, was destroyed. Zhou Jiyu's elder brother Zhou Ji'an voluntarily resigned from his position as the captain of Zhechong Prefecture on the morning of the second day after Qingfengnian's accident, and returned to his hometown in Jiangnan.

In the past, the imperial concubine Zhou, who was loved by thousands of emperors, was demoted to an ordinary concubine because she repeatedly contradicted the emperor.The Zhou family, once powerful in the Great Wei Dynasty, lost all power because of this fake jade incident, which aroused infinite sighs from everyone.

The emperor seems to be using this incident to warn everyone that he is the Son of Heaven, he can bestow supreme glory on everyone, and he can also demote them to dust.

The impact of this incident is not only in the court, but the people who bought jade in Qingfengnian heard that Qingfengnian was fake, and they all brought their own jades to Yubaozhai for appraisal. Busier than the holidays.

As the current person in charge of Yubaozhai, Xu Heng stays in the shop all day and is extremely busy.

But the strange thing is that although some fake jades were found in Dali Temple in the year of Qingfeng, the jades in the hands of the common people were intact, but all of them were genuine.

Xu Heng thought for a long time, but still couldn't think of a reason, so she planned to go to the prison to meet Zhou Jiyu before he was beheaded.

The cell has always been built with its back to the sun. It has not seen the sun for many years, it is dark and damp, and there is a rotten sour smell everywhere in the cell. From time to time, there are even two or three mice stalking the market.

Xu Heng covered his mouth and nose and came to Zhou Jiyu's cell, only to see that the person in front of him was unkempt, and he was no longer the shrewd businessman in the past.

Xu Heng straightened his clothes, bowed his hands and saluted, and called out in a deep voice, "Boss Zhou."

But Zhou Jiyu sneered: "Master son-in-law is here to see if the old man is dead or not?"

Xu Heng sighed helplessly: "Uncle Zhou, Xu Heng is only here to see you off as a junior."

Zhou Jiyu was originally resentful, but when he heard Xu Heng's crisp voice of Uncle Zhou, it seemed that the anger in his heart dissipated a little.

"The Zhou family has collapsed, and the Xu family has benefited the most, but Xu Heng, remember, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, Qingfengnian collapsed, and your Yubaozhai will never be alone one day." He hadn't eaten for several days. Mouth dry and tongue a little hoarse.

"Uncle Zhou, do you know something?" Xu Heng asked.

Zhou Jiyu showed a mouthful of yellow teeth when he smiled, and his eyes were shining brightly: "You want to know?"

"Think." Xu Heng replied.