The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 556 Dressing up
Next, the Ministry of Justice arrested all the members of the Ulanara family, and all the impeachments in the previous memorials were investigated one by one by the Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Justice came to see Yinzhen and hesitated for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I have already investigated the matter mentioned in the memorial.
Fei Yanggu sold official positions and titles in the court. Fei Yanggu and his sons oppressed the good people.

He set up gambling in Beijing and made a lot of money by using the salt business in Jiangnan.
His mansion in Jiangnan was as luxurious as the emperor's palace.

Moreover, Fei Yanggu secretly raised many soldiers, and his son was overwhelmed with pain.
He also confessed that Fei Yanggu had stationed troops and stored land in the fiefdom of the Nine Princes, intending to rebel! "

The string of beads in Yinzhen's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Some of the bouncing beads even hit the Minister of Justice in the face, but he did not dare to dodge and had to take it.

Yinzhen's anger instantly overwhelmed everything. He originally wanted to let the Ninth Prince go, but he didn't expect that his good brother would not appreciate it!
The Ulanara family was ordered by Yinzhen to have their property confiscated and be imprisoned.

Unlike in the previous life where Nian Gengyao was sentenced to death, all the men over the age of 15 in the Nian family were sent to the border and the women were made official slaves, in this life, Fei Yanggu and his two sons in the Ulanara family were all beheaded.

The head was hung at Caishikou for three months for public display. All adult men of the Ulanara family were exiled to Ningguta, while the women, the old and the young were allowed to stay in the big house in the capital, but they could no longer enjoy any offerings.

In other words, the elderly, the weak, women and children who stayed behind had to rely on their own labor to survive.

However, once the women, old and young, who were brought up in the noble families ran out of money, they could only wait for death.

Xiao Linzi came to see Nian Shilan.

"Master, everything is settled."

Nian Shilan nodded.

"Zhaopin is smart and hates the Ulanara family. Without her help,
This time it might not be so smooth. The account books and secret letters she provided,
She has done a great job. In this case, I will certainly do what I promised her."

Xiao Linzi said.

"Master is kind. Shopkeeper Wu has already properly settled Zhaopin's biological mother. Now it's up to the Emperor."

Not long after the fall of the Ulanara family, news spread in the court that Concubine Zhao was bedridden due to grief and depression and was in critical condition.

Yinzhen sat in the Yanx Palace and watched Concubine Zhao slowly walk to him, kneel down, and kowtow deeply three times.

"Have you thought about it?"

Concubine Zhao was dressed in plain clothes, her face was as white as jade, and she didn't look seriously ill at all.

She pursed her lips, raised her porcelain-white neck stubbornly, and looked at Yinzhen.

"In reply to the emperor's words, I have thought it through. The emperor knows,
The concubines did not come here to compete for favor from the beginning.

I am also grateful to the Emperor for understanding my thoughts and giving me great respect.

I am leaving now, and I will never see you again in this life. I hope the emperor will allow me to perform the ceremony."

Yinzhen sighed and said with some self-mockery.

"It would be great if you were not the daughter of the Ulanara family.
I think your mother is fine. Concubine Hua has done a good job. You can rest assured to find your mother.

But, do you really not hate me? Fei Yanggu is your father after all."

Zhaopin said.

"Why should I hate the emperor? The emperor saved me and my mother.

This is the grace of giving me a new life. As for my father.
He should never, ever, try to shake the emperor's throne.

The people of the Qing Dynasty should all have the right to punish such traitors.

It's just that I can't really choose my birth.
Being born as the daughter of the Ulanara clan, I am extremely ashamed. "

Yinzhen reached out and supported Zhaopin's arm, and Zhaopin stood up with the help of his strength.

"After this departure, there will no longer be a Zhaopin in the harem.

But there will be one more free person among the people.

You and your mother can live without worries. By the way, since you are no longer the daughter of the Ulanara clan,

What are you going to call it then?"

When Concubine Zhao saw Yinzhen asking this question, she blurted out the answer with a smile, as if she had thought about it a thousand times.

"Fang He. My mother's surname is Ji, so my name is Ji Fang He.

I have longed for the beauty of Jiangnan since I was young, and I want to visit the lotus pond and moonlight in Jiangnan.

Take a look at the local customs and practices that are different from those in Beijing.

So I named myself Fanghe for this reason."

Yinzhen was infected by Zhaopin's smile and also narrowed his eyes.

"Fang He, what a Jiangnan woman. Hearing this name,

I have a picture in front of me. The moon is shining brightly.
Visiting the lotus deep among the lotus flowers is indeed a rare elegance in the world.

However, I still want to ask, are you willing to give up the people in this palace?"

Zhaopin blinked and naturally understood what Yinzhen meant.

But she knew that she was not the type to linger in the harem, so she smiled openly.

"I am somewhat reluctant to leave Your Majesty, but I have always been very grateful to Your Majesty.
There has never been any love between a man and a woman. The emperor strictly abides by the way of a gentleman.
In these few years, I have never had any evil thoughts towards my concubines.

I am already grateful. I have heard before,
Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. But now the emperor has let the concubines leave.

I don't think the palace is as cold as the rumors say.

Moreover, Concubine Hua has taken good care of me in the past few years.

I think that Concubine Hua is the most suitable person to accompany the Emperor."

Yinzhen shook his head and smiled.

"You are such a cunning girl, you obviously don't want to stay.
But Concubine Hua is the most suitable person to accompany me.

Forget it, I will ask Su Peisheng to send you out of the palace under the cover of night.

From now on, the sky is high and the sea is vast, and you can be free and unfettered."

When Nian Shilan knew that Concubine Zhao had left the palace, she asked Li Ke to wait for her on the official road and gave her a silver note of 10,000 taels.

On the second day, a funeral was held for Concubine Zhao in the Yanx Palace. From then on, there was no more Concubine Zhao in the Forbidden City, and there was one more woman from Jiangnan named Ji Fanghe in the world.

Zhen Huan, who had been living in Guanju Tower in the Yanxi Palace, had a big dream.

Zhen Huan woke up from this dream to the sound of gongs and drums at the funeral of Concubine Zhao.

In the dream, she had a completely different experience from now.

Since Ulanara was deposed, Concubine Hua became the most noble woman in the harem.

She did not allow her concubines to come to her parents' graves every morning and evening, and only asked them to come to Yiku Palace on the first and fifteenth day of each month.

When Zhen Huan came to pay her respects to Concubine Hua, she looked at the familiar scene in her dream and suddenly felt so angry that her teeth almost broke.

In the dream, she was pregnant, but was punished to kneel in Yiku Palace under the scorching sun because of Nian Shilan's indulgence.

But dreams are just dreams after all. When Zhen Huan met Nian Shilan, she still had to pay her respects like everyone else.

She had been in the palace for ten years but still had not received any favor, and her beauty was no longer there.

However, the Zhen Huan in the dream had a love-hate relationship with Yinzhen.

She also knew that she was favored because she looked very much like Queen Chunyuan, so when she woke up she dressed herself up deliberately.

Even if she had to be someone else's substitute, Zhen Huan was willing to do so, as it was better than dying of old age in the palace.