The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 883 Sixty percent off

Even if it were His Highness the Crown Prince, she didn't think that her mistress could always rely on him.

In some situations, the young lady ultimately has to face things on her own.

Before today, she might have had some questions about this conclusion, but now that she sees her mistress suffering so much, she feels even more strongly that her mistress's insistence on not marrying into the Eastern Palace was absolutely the right thing to do.

Li Shou did not report the assassination attempt to Emperor Zong, but he could not let it go unpunished.

At this critical juncture, it became clear who did it. It turned out that he had left several civil officials under Li Heng's command untouched. After Ji Kuan escorted Meng Shisan and Huang Jing back to the Meng residence, he hurried to the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.

Under the personal leadership of Master Huo, the task of dealing with those civil officials began.

No sooner had Li Shou left the Court of Imperial Sacrifices than the Junior Grand Chamberlain Qu arrived, stepping into Grand Chamberlain Huo's office: "Your Highness..."

"You're a step too late." Huo Zhanshi sat upright behind his desk, picked up his brush and wrote, taking a moment to reply to Qu Shaozhanshi, "His Highness has gone to Wenhua Hall."

The Junior Chamberlain of the District didn't really intend to find Li Shou. He addressed him respectfully as he entered, regardless of whether Li Shou was present or not. He walked to the desk and asked, "What brings Your Highness here?"

"I have a task for you to handle immediately." Master Huo intended to have Junior Master Qu assist him, so when Junior Master Qu asked, he immediately replied, "You know those civil officials scattered throughout the Six Ministries who serve under the Second Prince, right?"

"I know." He knew more than he knew; the Junior Chamberlain had been watching for a long time and knew them like the back of his hand. After answering, he realized what he was doing and asked, "Which ones does Your Highness want to deal with?"

"Those few."

"Which ones?"

"Those few."

"What...do it all?"

Qu Shaozhanshi finally understood, and Huo Zhanshi grunted without even looking up. He immediately felt overwhelmed and turned to leave.

But just as he took a step, he was stopped by Huo Zhanshi: "I was going to have someone call you, but you came here by following my scent. In that case, why are you leaving?"

He chuckled and turned around.

"His Highness has given two days." Seeing that he had stopped the young master of the district, Master Huo did not say anything more, but threw out the key point in one sentence: "Forty-eight hours from the moment His Highness stepped into this office."

The smile on the young master's face immediately turned into a wry smile: "The time is too tight..."

"If you know it's urgent, get started right away."

"So what are you doing...?"

"After I finish writing these six memorials, you must personally deliver them to the Zeng residence."

"Not send him to the Censorate?"

Huo Zhanshi paused slightly, raised his eyes and said, "As for cleaning, there are public and private aspects. Publicly, we should follow the normal procedures, but the normal procedures are too slow. His Highness has given us a short deadline, so we can't follow the normal procedures. Therefore, we can only rely on private matters. Privately, the Left Censor-in-Chief Zeng is Miss Meng's maternal grandfather, and Miss Meng is His Highness's maternal cousin. They are all relatives. It is not difficult for Lord Zeng to set aside the opinions of the public and go through the fastest procedures for His Highness."

The young master of the district understood: "After those six positions become vacant..."

"The Heavenly Official has his own arrangements," Huo Zhanshi said slowly.

"Your Excellency is right." Now, the Junior Chamberlain finally understood why His Highness the Crown Prince favored the sickly young lady from the Meng family. With a grandfather who was an official and a maternal grandfather who was the head of the Censorate, she was a perfect match for His Highness. It's just that... he wondered if her frail body would be able to give birth to the Crown Prince smoothly.

Thinking about it, the young master of the district couldn't help but sigh.

This drew a glance from Huo Zhanshi, but only a glance, before he buried himself in writing his memorial exposing evil deeds.

Qu Shaozhanshi left the Zhanshi Mansion at the appointed time to go to the yamen, delivering six memorials to the Zeng residence. He simply delivered them without leaving any words.

Zeng Kui only saw a row of memorials neatly arranged in the study of Hebai Courtyard after he returned to his residence from the Censorate after leaving the yamen.

When Zeng Lingsong returned to the mansion, he was stopped by an old servant of Zeng Kui at the second gate before he even reached the backyard. The servant invited him to the study in Hebai Courtyard.

Zeng Kuan had read through all the memorials: "Take a look."

Zeng Lingsong was somewhat bewildered when he saw the thick stack of folded documents and took them, finding them quite heavy. "Father, where did these folded documents come from? Why are there so many?"

"Huo, the Grand Master of Ceremonies, had the Junior Grand Master of Ceremonies personally deliver these memorials. He didn't leave any instructions, but his intentions were quite clear." As the head of the Censorate, Zeng Kui had spent most of his life impeaching officials. What else could these memorials mean when they were delivered to him?

Zeng Lingsong read each book carefully, taking more than 15 minutes to finish. He didn't utter a word after finishing.

Zeng Kui looked at his eldest son, who was deep in thought, and did not urge him. He slowly drank his tea and waited patiently.

"Father..." After a moment, Zeng Lingsong, increasingly confused, spoke up, "These six memorials, each exposing the evil deeds of six officials in one ministry, could lead to dismissal or even death. Each one is well-founded and supported by evidence, all of which is currently in the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. His Highness the Crown Prince has been planning this for a long time, yet he has brought them out at this critical juncture, demanding that Father impeach these six civil officials distributed across the six ministries. Could it be that they are all..."

Zeng Ku nodded: "They are all people planted in the Six Ministries by the Second Prince."

"Then Your Highness will clean it up now..."

"Today at the Censorate, I heard that His Highness went out of the palace incognito and was assassinated."

Just as Zeng Kuang finished speaking, before Zeng Lingsong could say anything, Zeng Chongqi's voice came from outside the study: "Grandfather! Father!"

Zeng Lingsong was interrupted as he looked towards the door and saw Zeng Chongqi enter. He frowned and scolded, "What kind of behavior is this, shouting and yelling like that!"

"Yaoyao is in trouble!" Zeng Chongqi rushed to the study in Hebai Courtyard to tell Zeng Kui and Zeng Lingsong this important matter.

Zeng Lingsong was about to say a few more words of reprimand, but when he heard that Meng Shisan was in trouble, he stopped abruptly. He then heard Zeng Kui ask Zeng Chongqi, "What happened?"

He nodded twice and asked, "What happened?"

"His Highness has left the palace incognito today..."

"Your grandfather and I already know about the assassination attempt on Your Highness."

Zeng Chongqi was interrupted by Zeng Lingsong. Hearing what Zeng Lingsong was about to say, which his father and grandfather already knew, he quickly changed the subject: "This is a misconception! The arrow was indeed aimed at His Highness today, but Yaoyao rushed in front of him to shield him. As a result, His Highness was unharmed, but Yaoyao was poisoned by the arrow. Fortunately, Master Huang cured Yaoyao, but then she developed a high fever. To this day, Yaoyao's fever has not subsided!"

It took Zeng Lingsong a while to recover: "The poison, the poison is gone, good... You said Yaoyao had a high fever that wouldn't go down... How long had she had the fever?"

A persistent high fever can easily damage the brain!

My niece is already sickly; if she gets brain damage from the fever, what will happen?
Thinking of this, Zeng's face involuntarily appeared in his mind, and he felt extremely sorry for his younger sister who died young.