Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 119 To avoid future troubles
Nowadays, no women go to brothels.

"Yes." Chunrong nodded, a hint of joking on her face. "That's why young men are required to have outstanding looks. Some are even more feminine than women."

Hearing this, Xie Jiu burst out laughing.

"If we only talk about appearance, Wu Que is indeed quite good."

Chunrong explained, "It's all his own fault. He originally wanted to trick a brother and sister whose parents had passed away into selling them at Jinming Tower, but he never imagined that he would be sold there instead. That happened just yesterday."

The people sent outside the palace to keep an eye on Wu Que brought in the news early this morning.

Xie Jiu's eyes flashed with coldness. "You reap what you sow. In the past, he didn't treat women as human beings. He trained young women into playthings to please men and gave them away as gifts. Now he should have a taste of what it feels like to be treated as a plaything."

Having said this, he paused, then the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

"The former Marquis Weiyuan has become a prostitute. I'm sure there are many people who like him and would patronize him for his former reputation. We must promote him well."

Upon hearing this, Chunrong instantly understood what Xie Jiu meant and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Your Highness is right. I will give the order right away."

After eating something simple, Xie Jiu felt much better in his stomach. Just when he was taking a break, he heard a message from outside saying that Princess Wenxi had arrived.

"Please come in quickly." Xie Jiu ordered hurriedly.

Princess Wenxi brought Qinlan into the house. When she saw her, her eyes were filled with worry. "Is Empress Xie feeling better? I was very worried. I wanted to come yesterday, but my aunt said it would disturb Empress Xie's rest."

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. I'm much better now. The imperial physician said there's nothing serious." Xie Jiu raised his hand and touched Princess Wenxi's head, asking with concern, "You went to Hongwen Garden for class today, right? How are you feeling?"

When this was mentioned, Princess Wenxi's eyes lit up.

"The lectures given by the scholars at the Hanlin Academy are different from what I usually learn, especially from what I learned with my mother. Today, I learned some politics and history. In the past, I focused more on poetry and prose."

This is also to be expected.

The lecturers arranged by Hongwenyuan are all arranged for the princes. The princes will all enter the court in the future, so naturally they have to learn history and politics.

Xie Jiu smiled, "Then Princess, do you think what you are learning now is more interesting?"

"Of course, it's much more interesting!" Princess Wenxi answered without hesitation.

Boys learn a wider range of content, and girls’ teachers will not teach them as much or in such depth, after all, they don’t have to take imperial examinations.

Now the princes and princesses are studying together in Hongwen Garden. This must be what Zhao Xingjin instructed, and they are taught in the same way as before.

"As long as you like it." Seeing that she was happy, Xie Jiu's smile became even more pronounced.

However, Princess Wenxi suddenly thought of something, and her expression changed immediately. She immediately explained, "I'm not saying that Madam Xie's lessons are boring. Madam Xie taught me very well in the past."

"I know!"

Seeing the little girl's nervous look, Xie Jiu reached out and rubbed her face helplessly.

"Wenxi, there's no need to explain this. I know everything. If I don't have time to go to Changle Palace in the future, you can come to Ninghua Palace to find me, okay? Empress Xie will be bored living alone, so Wenxi, just think of yourself as accompanying Empress Xie, okay?"

Such an intimate gesture made Princess Wenxi a little shy, especially since Xie Jiu still called her by her name, instead of calling her Princess or Your Highness as before.

The little girl smiled with a red face and nodded obediently.

It was more than half an hour after we saw Princess Wenxi off.

Talking was quite tiring, so Xie Jiu leaned on the small couch by the window to rest, chatting with Chunrong and Qingfang.

"Concubine Yi has gone to Luoying Palace now. I heard that she seems to have gone crazy. She cried and laughed and sang nursery rhymes all night long. She fainted this morning. The person who delivered food was scared and thought she was dead." Qingfang was talking about the news outside.

Chunrong arranged the wireframe in her hand and corrected, "There is no Concubine Yi now, only Concubine Zhang. She deserves it. Our Concubine has never harmed her. I don't know why she has the vicious idea of ​​taking someone's life." It is difficult to understand when you think about it. After all, although there are conflicts between Xie Jiu and Zhang, it has not escalated to this point.

Xie Jiu was fiddling with the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed, as if thinking about something.

"This matter is definitely related to Zhang Cainv, but now that I think about it calmly, there are indeed some unreasonable aspects. For example, the palace maid named Du Juan beside Concubine Wei works for Zhang Cainv, but she seems to have had little contact with her."

Upon hearing this, Chunrong's subordinate paused, "Zhang wants to frame Concubine Wei, so her dealings with Dujuan are very secretive."

"If she has no relationship with Dujuan, then she was not the one who framed Concubine Wei. Why should she admit it in front of the emperor?" Qingfang said.

What the two said made sense. After listening to them, Xie Jiu felt that he was probably overthinking it, so he nodded slightly.

But Qingfang saw that she seemed to be still thinking about this matter, so she suggested.

"If Concubine Jieyu feels suspicious, why don't you let me go to Luoying Palace to take a look? Once I see her, I might find something."

This reminded Xie Jiu.

Then he said, "I'll go myself. I'm actually very curious as to why she hates me so much and wants to kill me so brutally."

"The Concubine is still weak and it is not suitable for her to go out. I am also afraid that Zhang will suddenly get angry and hurt others. I will go there for the Concubine." Qingfang hurriedly persuaded.

Xie Jiu shook his head, "No, I'll go meet her in person."

Zhao Xingjin only confined Zhang to her house but did not forbid her from visiting. It would not be against the rules for Xie Jiu to go and see her.

Seeing Xie Jiu's determination, the two of them had no choice but to stop trying to persuade him.

He immediately packed up and went to Luoying Palace.

At that time, inside the Weiyang Palace.

"Your Majesty, something bad has happened!" Hongmei trotted into the palace. "The people in Ninghua Palace said that Concubine Xie has left the palace and seems to be heading to Luoying Palace."

The queen was trimming a pot of chrysanthemums that had just been delivered from the flower room. When she heard this, her eyes darkened.

He used the copper scissors to cut one of the flowers in half without hesitation.

"Take a shortcut and rush over immediately. Make sure to kill Xie before she sees Concubine Yi to prevent future trouble."

"Yes, I have already asked someone to do it!" Hongmei nodded.

Having been with the Queen for so long, these palace maids are still very efficient in their work.

The queen let out a long sigh and frowned, "This Xie family is really difficult to deal with."

Obviously, Xie Jiu suddenly wanted to go to Luoying Palace to meet someone, he must have some doubts in his mind.

"Don't worry, your majesty. A dead person can't spit out anything." Tingyun soothed in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the queen narrowed her eyes, dropped the copper scissors in her hand, walked to the basin prepared beside her, and washed her hands carefully.

On the other side, about a quarter of an hour later, Xie Jiu arrived outside Luoying Palace.

The gatekeeper was an elderly maid. When she saw her, she naturally did not dare to stop her and hurriedly led the way.

When they arrived at the palace gate, it was closed. No one answered after calling several times. The nanny's face immediately turned dark. She walked up to him without any hesitation and kicked the door open.

And at the moment the door opened, a corpse lying in a pool of blood caught everyone's eye.

“Ah—!” The old woman screamed in fear and fell to the ground, her face pale. “Someone, someone, Zhang Cainu is dead!”