Can I get to the other side?.

Chapter 403: Zhen Mi’s ruthlessness, confessing her crime to the emperor?
Zhen Mansion, backyard.

The weather was very sunny today, and Zhen Mi came out of her room for a rare moment, walking in the yard to bask in the sun.

"I haven't seen such good weather for a long time."

Zhen Mi closed her eyes and felt the warm sunshine, she took a deep breath of the cool air, and a look of comfort appeared on her fair face.

The weather has not been sunny since the beginning of winter. Looking at the gloomy weather outside every day, Zhen Mi feels that her mood has become much gloomier.

And because she was pregnant, everyone in the Zhen family took great care of her during this period of time, and took very thoughtful care of her.

But such days are really boring.

Originally, she thought that life in the palace was boring, but after returning home, she missed the palace a little.

At least in the palace there were other concubines with whom she could chat and talk, and she could also see Liu Xie, but at home she spent her days reading and sleeping, and she was not even allowed to leave her bedroom.

"My dear, it's much colder when the sun melts than when it snows. You should go back to your bedroom first, and don't catch a cold outside."

"The doctor told you not to catch a cold."

The maid following behind Zhen Mi said nervously that she was ordered to take care of Zhen Mi's daily life, and she could not afford the responsibility if anything went wrong.

"I'll go back after basking in the sun for a while."

Zhen Mi had long been accustomed to the nagging of the maid, and continued to squinting her eyes in the sun, speaking without turning her head.

However, at this moment a familiar voice came from behind her.

"Little sister, you are willful again."

Zhen Mi opened her eyes upon hearing this and said helplessly, "I just came out for a walk. I'm almost suffocating staying in the house."

The person who walked into the backyard was Zhen Yi. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "What are you talking about? Don't say such unlucky words."

"Since you are pregnant with the dragon heir, you should put the dragon heir first. You should be careful about your body. How can you still act like a child?"

Hearing her brother's serious admonition, Zhen Mi had no way to refute, so she could only change the subject and ask: "Brother, did you meet His Majesty in Yecheng this time? What was His Majesty's reaction when he learned that I was pregnant with the dragon heir?"

Zhen Mi really wanted to tell Liu Xie the good news in person, but she had to take good care of her pregnancy for the time being and could not travel the long distance back to Yecheng for the safety of the heir.

"Your Majesty is very pleased."

Zhen Yi replied casually, "His Majesty told you to stay at home and take care of your pregnancy. He will send someone to take you back after the birth of the dragon heir."

Hearing this, Zhen Mi couldn't help feeling a little sad.

She is less than three months pregnant now, and there is still a long time before she gives birth to the dragon heir; plus she needs to recuperate after giving birth, so she will have to wait at least a year before returning to the palace.

But for the kids, it's all worth it.

Zhen Mi collected all these thoughts and then asked curiously, "Why did my brother come back from Yecheng so soon?"

Wuji County is not far from Yecheng, and it takes nearly a month to go back and forth, which means that Zhen Yi returned after only staying in Yecheng for a few days.

Her mother's funeral has been completed. Logically speaking, Zhen Yi, as the head of the Zhen family, should stay in Yecheng to handle all the affairs of the Zhen family.

"Something happened."

Zhen Yi's expression froze for a moment, and after hesitating for a while, he finally said, "This matter...maybe I need your help, little sister."

"Want me to help?"

Zhen Mi was stunned for a moment, then she became alert instantly, frowned and asked, "Brother, have you done anything against the laws of the court again?"

Considering the current power of the Zhen family, for Zhen Yi, the head of the Zhen family, to ask her for help, there must be some big trouble.

Zhen Yi said unhappily, "What do you mean, little sister? When have I ever done anything that violated the laws of the court? Is this how I am in your eyes?"

"Whether you have done it or not, you know it yourself."

Zhen Mi did not argue with him, but returned to her indifferent attitude and said calmly: "Brother, don't hide it anymore, just speak frankly if you have something to say."

Although she didn't pay attention to how the Zhen family developed on a daily basis, she knew that they had done many shady things behind the scenes.

Otherwise, how could the Zhen family have grown into the behemoth it is today in just a few years?
However, she has always adopted the attitude of "out of sight, out of mind" towards such things, because Zhen's is her family after all, and she is a member of the Zhen's clan.

But now that her brother has come to her and asked for her help, she has no choice but to ask.

"Ugh."

Zhen Yi sighed deeply, and after dismissing all the servants and maids in the courtyard, he said, "Although you are pregnant with the heir, you will give birth later than Concubine Lu."

"So the elders in the clan are worried. If Concubine Lu gives birth to a prince, the position of empress and crown prince might be taken by the Lu family first. So the clan is discussing ways to help you take the position of empress."

"In this way, even if you don't give birth to a prince this time, as long as you are the queen, you can still be the crown prince if you give birth to a prince in the future."

Zhen Mi was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then asked, "What method have you come up with to help me seize the throne?"

She keenly realized that this was where the problem lay.

The problem lies in this so-called "method".

Zhen Yi knew that he had to tell the truth, so he said directly: "Your Majesty once promised me that he would enthrone you as the queen, but he has not fulfilled his promise yet."

"The clan hopes that His Majesty can fulfill his promise as soon as possible, so we thought of doing some work but not putting in any effort, so that His Majesty will know our Zhen family's attitude and importance."

"It just so happened that His Majesty had asked me to prepare a batch of supplies for disaster relief, and the clan had withheld these supplies for a while..."

Hearing this, Zhen Mi was extremely shocked.

She looked at Zhen Yi with disbelief and said angrily: "How dare you do such a rebellious thing? Are you crazy?"

"Your Majesty was coerced by Dong Zhuo, Guo and Li, and Yuan Shao in his early years. What you hate most is being blackmailed!"

"You are really bold!"

After entering the palace for so many years, Zhen Mi, as Liu Xie's bedside companion, was very clear about Liu Xie's preferences and personality. He was the typical person who would give in to soft words but not hard ones.

At that time, Yuan Shao clamored in the hall, thinking that Liu Xie would not dare to exterminate the Yuan family, but what was the result?

The three clans of Yuan were wiped out, heads rolled down and blood flowed like a river!
Isn’t it enough to have such precedents?

Zhen Mi looked angry and stared at Zhen Yi with a sharp gaze. She said in a stiff tone: "Brother, if you don't want our Zhen family to bear the wrath of His Majesty, then hand over this batch of disaster relief supplies as soon as possible!"

"In this case, Your Majesty may not pursue this too much for the sake of my contribution and the dragon heir in my belly."

"If I hand it in late, and too many people who were affected by the disaster freeze to death or starve to death, it will be useless even if I kneel down and die in front of Your Majesty!"

She couldn't imagine how her clan dared to withhold even the disaster relief supplies. This touched upon the emperor's two major taboos!
"late."

Zhen Yi had a bitter look on his face, and he gritted his teeth and said, "My original intention was just to temporarily withhold it, but who knew those idiots in the tribe would resell this batch of supplies while I was away."

"Now, His Majesty has sent an imperial envoy to Wuji County to check the accounts. Such a huge deficit... cannot be filled at all." It's not that their Zhen family can't come up with this batch of supplies, but raising materials cannot be done in a short time. It took a full two months to raise this batch of supplies.

Now that the audit team has arrived in Wuji County, how can they have enough time to raise supplies to fill the gaps?

"You, you..."

After hearing this, Zhen Mi was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She didn't know what to say.

How can these people in the tribe be so bold!
Zhen Yi no longer concealed his purpose and said, "The trouble caused by our clan this time is too big. Only you, my little sister, can save our Zhen family."

"As long as you are willing to ask the imperial envoy to extend the time, the clan will be able to replenish these supplies!"

Now Zhen Mi's coming forward is the only way to save the Zhen family.

Zhen Mi was the emperor's favorite concubine, and she was pregnant with the emperor's heir. If the imperial envoy was threatened with this a little, what would he dare to say?
What's more, it's just a grace period, not a ban on checking the accounts. As long as he agrees, he can get a big favor from the Zhen family and the emperor's favorite concubine.

Any normal person would not choose to refuse.

"Absolutely impossible!"

Zhen Mi refused Zhen Yi's request without hesitation and said coldly, "Brother, do you think His Majesty is so easy to fool?"

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"Besides, since my brother asked me to come forward, it means that he has already contacted the imperial envoy in advance, and the other party must have rejected any good intentions shown by me, Zhen."

"That is to say, this imperial envoy is determined to conduct an audit, and the success or failure of this audit is directly related to his future career as an official."

"Will he break the trust that Your Majesty has placed in him just for the sake of my favor?"

"It will be useless for me to plead for mercy. Instead, it will let His Majesty know that I want to protect Zhen. Then His Majesty will hate both Zhen and me."

"Brother, why are you so confused?"

Although Zhen Mi would sometimes be blinded by love, most of the time she was extremely calm and rational.

Especially now that she is pregnant and has a child, she has to consider herself and the future of her unborn child even more.

Family is no longer everything to her.

Zhen Yi said unwillingly: "All this is just your guess, little sister. Do you really want to sit back and watch the family suffer a disaster?"

"If it is proven that our Zhen family resold disaster relief supplies, then other families will not miss the opportunity to take advantage of our misfortune. Everything that our Zhen family has worked so hard to develop to this day will be in vain!"

"Without the support of your family, how can you be favored by the emperor for a long time in the future? How can you compete for the position of queen?"

"I have never asked you for anything, but this time, for the sake of our family, you must help me!"

What the Zhen family has been doing over the years is not just reselling disaster relief supplies. If these other things were to be uncovered, the Zhen family would be really finished!
Looking at Zhen Yi's pleading face, Zhen Mi's beautiful eyes flashed with hesitation and struggle, but in the end she hardened her heart and refused: "Brother, I can't help you."

"If you believe me, then I will confess to the imperial envoy all the crimes I have committed, and then I will return to Yecheng and plead guilty to His Majesty."

"Your Majesty is a man who cherishes old friendships. I, Zhen, was the first one to serve Your Majesty. As long as my brother sincerely pleads guilty, Your Majesty will not punish me too severely."

Zhen Mi's expression and tone were extremely sincere.

This is advice that comes from her heart.

She understood Liu Xie. Although he appeared cold and ruthless, he actually cherished the old times very much, especially those who had been with him since he was in obscurity.

For example, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others are now all favored ministers of the emperor. Liu Xie's favor to them is incomparable to that of other ministers.

The same goes for her as a concubine.

The number of times Liu Xie stayed in her palace far exceeded that of other concubines; even the number of times he stayed in the palaces of other concubines combined was not as many as hers.

And most of the time he would come very late, and would not do anything except sleep in her bed, and would often leave quietly before she woke up.

It can be seen that the emperor was not just greedy for her beauty and body, but truly regarded her as a trustworthy partner.

This is a treatment that no other concubine in the palace has.

"That's ridiculous!"

Zhen Yi was furious when he heard this, and said with a sullen face: "If I take the initiative to confess my crime to His Majesty, wouldn't that be confessing myself?"

"The reason why the family went through so much trouble was to secure the position of queen for you, but you are so selfish that you won't even show up!"

"Forget it! I don't need your help, I'll figure it out myself!"

After saying this, Zhen Yi turned around and left the courtyard angrily, without giving Zhen Mi any chance to explain herself.

Watching his departing back, Zhen Mi felt a wave of grievance rising in her heart, her eyes slowly turned red, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Um……"

Zhen Mi sniffed, raised her sleeve to wipe her tears, turned around and walked back to her own little house.

But what she didn't know was that after leaving the courtyard, Zhen Yi walked away reluctantly and then turned around again, looking at the courtyard with a complicated expression.

"Little sister, you have grown up."

Zhen Yi said softly, his eyes filled with relief.

At first, he did hope that Zhen Mi would come forward to intercede for him, but after hearing what Zhen Mi said later, he realized that Zhen Mi was right.

The only solution now is to confess the crime to the emperor.

Zhen Yi retracted his gaze, stood up and went to the meeting room in the lobby, where all the Zhen clan elders were waiting.

Seeing Zhen Yi coming, they all stood up and started asking questions at once.

"Master, what's the situation?"

"Yes, Master, would you be willing to come forward?"

"Now I can only count on you, my noble man."

"If someone of high rank comes forward to intercede for us, the imperial envoy will definitely not dare to check the accounts, and my Zhen family will have time to raise supplies!"

"If you come forward, we won't have to raise any supplies. The emperor won't blame us."

"Yes, the noble lady is pregnant with a dragon heir."

Hearing these words, Zhen Yi's eyes flashed with gloom, and he said lightly: "The noble lady is ill, I didn't tell her these things."

"But I have decided to confess my guilt to His Majesty and admit all the crimes I, Zhen, have committed so far."

As soon as Zhen Yi said this, the hall fell silent.

Take the initiative to... confess your guilt to the emperor?

(End of this chapter)