I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1213 Su Chang'an has become a 'jealous woman'!

Su Chang'an rarely came to the Imperial Study. Firstly, he didn't have the opportunity, and secondly, what would he do here, since it would be a bother to his wife?

Lady Sun, the head of the Shanggong Bureau, stood quietly outside the hall, her face showing annoyance. When she saw Feng Chun bringing the Empress, she quickly stepped forward, cupped her hands and bowed, and then hurriedly invited Su Chang'an into the hall.

The Imperial Study is connected to the main hall for the morning court session. Right now, the people in this hall are all different, and there are undercurrents of unrest.

The emperor was furious.
The fact that the reigning empress was furious made it extremely difficult to predict the consequences.

Inside the main hall, most of the officials of the fourth rank and above were kneeling, while the rest stood with their heads bowed.

Many people breathed a sigh of relief upon noticing Su Chang'an's arrival.

Su Chang'an noticed that Su Wenqing, Mu Xu, and other senior officials were also standing, but Li Jiulang, Zhang Gu (Minister of Revenue), Wei Jiu (Minister of Rites), and Mao Xiaoxian (Vice Minister of War) were all kneeling.
Even Prince An stood in the center of the hall, bowing his head.

At first glance, all one could see were purple court robes.

This made the kneeling officials in green and light scarlet court robes, their foreheads pressed to the ground, stand out conspicuously.

Su Chang'an looked at them, and many of them were also looking at Su Chang'an.

The Empress has finally arrived.

But if the Empress arrives, will it calm His Majesty's anger?
Su Chang'an withdrew his gaze. On the way here, he had heard Feng Chun give him a general overview of the matter. It was quite serious, and Xia Fengxiang's anger was understandable.

Moreover, it wasn't just one incident; it was a chain of several.

Su Chang'an walked through the passageway connecting the main hall and the imperial study. Looking at the tightly closed windows, he saw palace servants standing on both sides, sweating profusely but still not daring to move.

Normally, the palace servants would have opened the windows long ago.

But clearly, seeing the Empress's anger today, they didn't dare to move an inch.

Su Chang'an whispered to Aunt Sun to open all the windows and let the palace servants who were suffering from the heat rest.

Aunt Sun nodded immediately.

Given the current situation, even she wouldn't dare to tell His Majesty about this matter; only the Empress could.

Upon arriving at the Imperial Study, Su Chang'an saw Xia Fengxiang sitting on the dragon-shaped steps in the very center of the room.

In front of her, a man and a woman dressed as non-Han people knelt on the ground, not daring to move, their foreheads pressed to the ground, and they dared not look up.

Yan Yunxiao stood on one side of the dragon-shaped bed.

Li Xizhi and Aliya stood on either side of the two Hu people.

Upon seeing Su Chang'an, Xia Fengxiang frowned, but she wasn't surprised. She had assumed that Feng Chun's sudden departure was to go find Su Chang'an.

Seeing Xia Fengxiang's unpleasant expression, Su Chang'an couldn't help but laugh. To be honest, it was the first time he had seen his wife with this expression, and it was quite cute.

Xia Fengxiang became even more annoyed when he saw Su Chang'an smile!

"Miss."

Yan Yunxiao and the others bowed to Su Chang'an.

The two Hu people sensed that someone was coming, but upon hearing this address, their hearts immediately skipped a beat.

I wanted to look up, but I didn't dare.

However, the Hu man immediately turned his palms up and changed his way of bowing.

The posture of Zoroastrian believers praying for blessings.

"You all go out first," Xia Fengxiang said, looking at Su Chang'an.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately bowed.

As Ajali and Li Xizhi stood up to leave with two Hu people, they saw Su Chang'an standing there in a red dress.

The Hu man looked bewildered, but the next moment, he moved his lips and knelt down to bow to Su Chang'an again.

Ajali did not stop them.

In the eyes of some Zoroastrian believers, the Empress was already a god of fire incarnate. However, this matter was relatively insignificant in the capital, as believers had all returned to the Western Regions or gone elsewhere to spread the word.

These two foreigners were merchants from the Central Asian region who had come to the capital.

This is a good thing for the Great Xia, and there is no need to stop it. Besides, these two Hu people have not committed any crimes, so there is no need for any special treatment.

When only Su Chang'an and Xia Fengxiang remained in the Imperial Study.
Su Chang'an sat down next to Xia Fengxiang and pinched Xia Fengxiang's cheek: "If you keep making that face, what if our baby is born with the same expression?"

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Chang'an: "Why aren't you staying in Lingqi Pavilion? What are you doing here?"

Su Chang'an took out a lychee fritter from his sleeve.

After seeing this, Xia Fengxiang took the food and started eating, saying, "Did Feng Chun tell you?"

Su Chang'an nodded.

Xia Fengxiang glanced at the memorial on the steps: "Take a look."

When Su Chang'an went to get the memorial, he also brought a soft cushion for his wife to lean on.

Xia Fengxiang said, "The officials in Jiangnan, seeing that we hadn't killed enough people there, got greedy. They actually used cheap, low-quality rice seeds soaked in water to exchange for high-quality grain and sold it to Yan and Liaozhou. Then they transported this grain through Luzhou and Xiangzhou, and even went so far as to take a detour through Lingnan to sell it to Yizhou. When they were discovered, in order to destroy the evidence, they dumped all the grain from fifteen ships into the river. They even chased after Gu Gangmin. A dignified sixth-rank official, he had to disguise himself as a beggar to enter Jiangling to save his life!"

boom!
As he spoke, Xia Fengxiang grew angrier and angrier. He grabbed the teacup that Su Chang'an had placed to the side, which was meant for Xia Fengxiang, and smashed it on the ground. He roared, "These are the people selected by your Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Personnel, and Ministry of War!"

In the main hall, the usual conversations inside the imperial study could not be heard, but the emperor's furious roar was clearly audible to everyone. Zhang Gu, Mao Xiaoxian, and the others immediately lowered their heads.

Those men in red and green official robes trembled even more.

"There's fighting in the north and west. Yang Guofu, Qian Long, and others are desperately gathering military rations. Moreover, the areas of Liaozhou and Yan are waiting for seeds to be planted so that the first harvest can be done in the fall. As a result, they've had to dump all the grain from fifteen ships! Fifteen ships!"

Xia Fengxiang was indeed furious. He held the lychee pancake he had only taken two bites of in his hand and looked toward the passageway leading to the main hall!
Su Chang'an quickly reached out to help him catch his breath.

The memorial clearly states that it was 80,000 taels of silver.

Gu Gangmin, also known as the second son of the Gu family, is Gu Chiyu's second uncle and the son of Master Gu.

The memorial clearly states that the officials who committed this act deceived their superiors and subordinates, using the pretext of forcibly collecting taxes and the names of the Emperor and Empress to seize high-quality grain from the homes of ordinary people and wealthy farmers. They then colluded with some grain merchants to send the waterlogged rice to ships bound for Yan and Liaozhou, and sold this grain using merchant ships and trade routes from the Western Regions.

The largest sellers were wealthy merchants from Yizhou.

After the Jiangnan incident, Xia Fengxiang appointed him as the prefect of Jiangling, where the Ouyang family had previously been based.

This led to the discovery of the incident. As a result, the prefect was assassinated during the salvage operation and fled to Jiangling.

No wonder Xia Fengxiang was angry.

Or rather, this is already considered to be a good-tempered person.

If emperors throughout history had known about this, they would have killed the perpetrators long ago.

Su Chang'an reached out and pressed on Xia Fengxiang's back to help him catch his breath, without saying a word.

Xia Fengxiang looked at Su Chang'an, took a deep breath, shook his head at Su Chang'an to indicate that he was fine, and then said, "Do you remember Xu Zuiyin's son, the one Li Heng left in Jiangnan to help manage the Dianjiangchun shop there?"

Su Chang'an nodded; he remembered her name was Xu Lezhi.

Xia Fengxiang took out a booklet. "Those two Hu merchants came to Quyang to do business. Xu Lezhi learned about them from them after they met."

Su Chang'an took the booklet.

But after reading the first few expressions, he paused, realizing, "Yizhou is still using Hu merchants to purchase weapons."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Su Chang'an looked at the very detailed account.

Xia Fengxiang said, "Xu Lezhi risked his life to find out, and was rescued by the Shence Prefecture. This method is not the work of the King of Shu. He wouldn't leave such a loose end. Besides, Luzhou is not an impregnable fortress. It's not surprising that Uncle Eleven couldn't find out because he kept it hidden. Those two Hu merchants helped Xu Lezhi investigate and made great contributions. Moreover, Zhao Wuxu's letter mentioned that after he led his men to bombard the Zoroastrian headquarters, many of the Zoroastrian troops who were supposed to ambush them disappeared in the desert without a trace. Now it seems they might have taken the Tuyuhun route and were heading into Yizhou. Isn't that An Lushan in Yizhou?"

Su Chang'an looked at the accounts in his hand and could tell that he was in a hurry, because some of them were purchased at very high prices, even from people in the martial arts world, and they were disguised as martial arts people, security escorts, caravan mercenaries, etc. Some of them even said that they were purchased from Duanbing Mountain, but were refused by Duanbing Mountain. However, some people in Duanbing Mountain still stole them, but after being discovered, they were killed by the people of Duanbing Mountain.

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Fengxiang: "With grain, weapons, and Zoroastrian troops, they finally couldn't hold back anymore?"

Xia Fengxiang nodded.

When the topic came up, Xia Fengxiang's mood was clearly much better than when he was feeling distressed about the fifteen ships of grain.

Xia Fengxiang said, "Zhu Huang, Wen Daoji, and Xia Tingyu are here. Although they are worried about the situation in Yizhou, the latest news from Yizhou will be sent over soon, so there is no rush to make a decision now. Moreover, those Jianghu remnants who wanted to enter the no-man's-land have all been killed by Yu Taohua and others."

Xia Fengxiang then handed another letter to Su Chang'an, saying, "Wan'er is fine, but Yuan Ruxi is still unconscious, though she's on her way back."

Su Chang'an took the letter; it contained only a few lines of text.

After eating the lychee in his hand, Xia Fengxiang continued, "I was going to tell you this when I got back, but since you're here, I'll let you know. Although you didn't show it, I know you've been worried about Wan'er."

As they spoke, Xia Fengxiang took out two more slips of paper and handed them to Su Chang'an: "We found out, but the details are still under investigation."

Su Chang'an took it and opened it; there was only one line of text.

"The Emperor and Empress are destined to have no heir. Xia Yaomo, son of Prince An; Xia Yuanyuan, daughter of Prince Chu; and, if Prince Shu is unharmed, Xia Tingyu, Xia Ruoyun, and others will be the future crown princes of our Great Xia."

Su Chang'an was taken aback when he saw this, then looked at Xia Fengxiang with a strange expression.

Xia Fengxiang gestured for Su Chang'an to look at the second picture.

Su Chang'an opened it, and there was still only one line of text.

'Su Chang'an forbids His Majesty from taking concubines into the harem, and strictly forbids anyone else from contacting His Majesty, severing the imperial bloodline—a jealous woman! Where does the word "virtuous" come from!'

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Fengxiang: "Those people who said we couldn't have children have started spreading rumors like this?"

Xia Fengxiang was about to speak when he frowned and touched his stomach.

Su Chang'an's expression froze, and a rare look of anxiety appeared on his face as he looked towards the door of the Imperial Study: "Aunt Yan! Quickly find Mr. Mo and Mr. Zhang to enter the palace!"

Xia Fengxiang frowned: "I'm fine! It just hurt for a moment."

Su Chang'an, supporting Xia Fengxiang, frowned and said, "Whether it's serious or not is up to the doctor to decide, and a little pain is a minor matter."

After saying that, Su Chang'an added, "You decide on everything else, but don't argue with me about this!"

Seeing Su Chang'an's suddenly serious expression, Xia Fengxiang didn't say anything more, but just nodded obediently.

However, the officials in the main hall outside were all looking at each other.

Especially watching the departing figure of the Commander of Yan University.

How many people in the Great Xia Dynasty could be addressed as Mr. Zhang or Mr. Mo by the Empress?
Naturally, only Zhang Wenjing and Mo Jingchun, these two contemporary miracle doctors, are capable of such treatment.

But the Empress summoned these two to the palace, and her tone was urgent.
Does this mean something has happened to His Majesty?
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P.S.: It's so hot! Everyone, please take care of yourselves! I'm so exhausted from the heat, and the house is incredibly damp, it's about to explode!
(End of this chapter)