Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1230 Headwind
This loud shout was like a muffled thunder, suddenly exploding in the corridors on both sides of the palace gate, shocking all the people at once. The people around Su Changjing immediately stepped back. He barely opened his eyes and saw a tall, even huge figure slowly walking towards them.

This hugeness, even without taking any action, has already created an invisible sense of oppression, making everyone silent.

Even Su Changjing and Shang Shoufei subconsciously held their breath and took two steps back.

The person who came over was none other than the Cavalry General Shentu Tai.

As he walked over, the originally wide corridor seemed a little narrow. The soldiers crowded on both sides retreated one after another. Only a few who were familiar with him came forward and whispered, "Brother Shentu."

"General..."

Shentu Tai raised his hand to stop them: "No need to say more."

He strode up to Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing, glanced at the two men's miserable appearance, and then said, "Sir Shang, Sir Su, the Qianniu Guard and the Xiaowei Army are the elite troops of the Twelve Guards. How can they kill each other?"

When the two heard this, they forgot that Shen Tutai had no power over them and subconsciously wanted to blame him. Su Changjing said with red eyes: "It was Shang Shoufei who provoked first."

Shang Shoufei said: "You farted!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Shen Tutai raised his hand to stop them from talking and said, "You don't have to tell me these things. If you have anything to say, you should tell the general."

Upon hearing this, Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing were stunned for a moment. When they looked up again, they saw a tall and handsome figure slowly approaching from behind Shen Tutai.

It’s Yu Wenye.

His face was expressionless and his eyes were stern. When he swept his eyes over these people, they all felt a bone-chilling chill. Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing immediately sobered up a little. Looking at the mess around them and on themselves, they knelt on the ground in a hurry and said, "Greetings, His Royal Highness the King of Qin."

Yuwen Ye walked up to the two of them with his hands behind his back and said coldly, "Great job."

Although these two people were not from his Qin Wang camp, they belonged to the Twelve Guards and were under his jurisdiction. At this moment, they dared not breathe a single breath, but Yuwen Ye did not continue to accuse or scold them. Instead, he waited for a moment before saying, "Now, go and report to the emperor. I will punish you after the emperor speaks."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing immediately heard hurried footsteps coming from behind them. Turning back, they saw Eunuch Yu walking towards them with a few young eunuchs and two attendants.

Eunuch Yu walked to the palace gate and frowned when he saw this scene, but he immediately saluted Yuwen Ye and said, "Your Highness, the King of Qin, the emperor summoned you, the general of the Left Thousand Bull Guard, and the general of the Right Xiao Guard to see him at the Liangyi Palace."

Yuwen Ye snorted coldly: "Let's go."

Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing stood up in a hurry, but Yuwen Ye stopped and said to Shentu Tai, "Take these people away first, and detain anyone who has taken action. I will ask them when I come back."

"Yes."

Shentu Tai glanced at everyone coldly, waved his hand and said, "Follow me."

As soon as he gave the order, most of the Right Guards stood up and followed him. Su Changjing immediately frowned and wanted to say something but stopped. After all, Yuwen Ye was the general of the Twelve Guards. It was within his authority to decide how to deal with the Guards. He could not stop him. He could only say to a few of his trusted men, "Go ahead."

Those people followed Shentu Tai's instructions.

Yuwen Ye then said calmly: "Let's go, the emperor is still waiting in Liangyi Palace."

Su Changjing followed silently.

They walked all the way inside. Eunuch Yu was old and his steps were heavy. Even if he tried his best to speed up, he still couldn't walk fast. Yuwen Ye was not impatient. He walked slowly half a step ahead of him and asked as he walked, "Eunuch Yu, did the emperor just find out about this?"

Eunuch Yu said, "That's right. When the news reached Liangyi Palace, the emperor was furious and immediately sent this servant to deliver the message."

Yuwen Ye frowned.

You know, although the palace is big and the palace gate is a long distance away from the Liangyi Hall, it is not as long as the distance it takes him to rush from the Qin Palace to the palace gate. What's more, he asked someone to pass a message to Shentu Tai and stopped to wait for him for a while. Logically, when they arrived, Yuwen Yuan should have called Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing over for questioning.

Seeing Yuwen Ye frowning, Eunuch Yu said softly, "The emperor has a headache, and the imperial physician has been treating him, so when the news arrived at Liangyi Palace, it took a while."

"Oh?"

When Yuwen Ye heard this, his brows furrowed even more tightly: "Why did you suddenly have a headache?"

As Eunuch Yu walked, he smiled bitterly and said, "During the past six months when His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was away on a campaign, the Emperor's condition... In short, his headaches have been much more frequent than before. Oftentimes, the servants were afraid that the court officials would come to see him."

Yuwen Ye's eyes flickered when he heard this: "Who came to see me today?"

Eunuch Yu said, "Minister Tao."

Tao He, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was the cousin of Concubine Tao Wanyin and also a colleague of Pei Xingyuan in the Ministry of Revenue.

Yuwen Ye said: "What is he doing here?"

Eunuch Yu laughed awkwardly and said, "I don't know about this."

Yuwen Ye glanced at him, but his eyes glanced at Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing who were following behind him - the previous words could be said that he was concerned about his father as a son, but if he asked more questions, it would be suspected that he was speculating on the emperor's mind. Although Eunuch Yu was close to him, he did not dare to be confused about some things.

Yuwen Ye didn't say anything more and continued walking forward. After a while, he finally arrived at the Liangyi Palace.

The doors and windows here were tightly closed. Just looking from afar, one could sense an invisible sense of oppression emanating from the tall roof and thick doorposts. Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing subconsciously held their breath. They had both calmed down a lot during this journey, and their remorse was even greater. Yuwen Ye stood calmly at the door, waiting for Eunuch Yu to come in and pass on the message. After a while, he came out and said to everyone, "Please come in."

Yuwen Ye led the two of them into the Liangyi Palace.

As soon as I entered the gate, I smelled a faint medicinal fragrance in the warm air. Although it was already past May and the weather was gradually getting warmer, all the heaters and braziers had been removed from the Qin Palace, and there was not even one left in little Yuanqian's room. However, there were five heaters in Yuwenyuan's bedroom, one in each corner of the hall, and one placed at his side, providing warmth.

Walking closer, Yuwen Ye saw that his father was wearing a heavy brocade robe and a headband on his head. Maybe it was because he had just suffered another pain, but his temples were soaked with cold sweat, his eyes were slightly blue, and his heavy breathing sounded in the silent hall like an anxious but helpless beast panting.

Yuwen Ye stepped forward, kowtowed and bowed: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father."

Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing behind him also knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your humble servants pay their respects to the emperor."

The warm air felt a little chilly at that moment, and an even colder gaze was raised to look at the three of them. Especially when seeing the miserable wounds on Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing's faces, a sound of gritting teeth rang out in the silence, and Yu Wenyuan said in a deep voice: "You are so brave that you dare to lead a group of people to fight, and under my nose!"

Shang Shoufei and Su Changjing immediately kowtowed like crazy: "This humble official deserves to die, this humble official deserves to die!"

Yu Wenyuan asked: "Who started it first?"

Su Changjing immediately said: "Your Majesty, it's someone from Zuo Qianniu Guard."

Shang Shoufei was a step slower in speaking. He was so angry that he immediately knelt straight, almost jumping up from the ground. He pointed at Su Changjing and said, "Let go - you are talking nonsense! Your Majesty, it was the Xiaowei Army who started it first!"

"It's obvious that you were the first to insult us, and then we fought back."

"You were the first to do it!"

Seeing the two people quarreling again, the noisy sound suddenly filled the entire Liangyi Hall, almost overturning the roof of the hall. Eunuch Yu couldn't help but frowned when he heard these sounds. He looked at the emperor cautiously. Sure enough, Yu Wenyuan, who was already suffering from a headache, had a splitting headache after hearing these noisy sounds. His face was livid and he slammed the table fiercely: "Shut up!"

This low shout shocked both of them into silence.

Eunuch Yu stepped forward and said, "My Lords, the Emperor asked you to come here to explain things, not to continue the fight in front of him."

The two men knelt on the ground in panic: "We are guilty."

Yuwen Yuan held the table with one hand and supported his forehead with the other. He felt as if an invisible hand holding a knife was drilling into his forehead, almost turning his insides into a ball of flesh and blood. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain. His eyes swept coldly over the two people, finally falling on Yuwen Ye's lowered eyes.

He took a deep breath and said, "King Qin, do you admit your guilt?"

"...!"

Upon hearing these words, before Yuwen Ye could react, the two people kneeling on the ground shivered at the same time and looked at each other subconsciously, but the next moment, both of them turned their faces to the other side at the same time.

However, the moment their eyes met, both of them saw the same joy in each other's eyes.

They suddenly remembered that although the two of them were actually in the prince's camp, in terms of official position, both of them belonged to the Twelve Guards and were under the command of Yuwen Ye. If the two of them committed a crime, the first person the emperor would hold accountable would be the general of the Twelve Guards.

For a moment, both of their hearts started beating wildly.

Then, they heard Yuwen Ye say solemnly: "I am not strict in my administration, please punish me, father."

Shang Shoufei knelt low on the ground, trying his best to hide the smile that he could not suppress. On the other side, although Su Changjing did not smile, his heart was beating like thunder in his chest and he also felt a burst of ecstasy.

Their biggest headache at the moment was the rising power of the King of Qin. Even if the Emperor wanted to transfer Shentu Tai and Pei Xingyuan away, it did not hurt his vital points. However, they did not expect that a melee between the two sides would drag the King of Qin into the water.

If the emperor took this opportunity to severely punish the King of Qin——

Just as the two were thinking about it, Yu Wenyuan's low voice sounded again: "You two, get out first."