Xiao Yao shouted for Xiao An to come in and told her in detail what happened that day.
After listening, Song Wangyue already had a seven or eight percent guess in her heart that the matter must have been moved by Consort Shu and the Wu family.
“Master, the palace ……”
The steward’s voice rang out in the courtyard, and before he could finish his words, he heard an exasperated voice following closely, “Song Wan Yue, come out here.”
The voice was shrill and thin, and it sounded like a eunuch.
Duke Ding looked at Song Wangyue.
Song Wan Yue explained in a low voice, “It’s the eunuch who went to the military camp with me. I heard that big brother had been poisoned and rushed back, leaving him behind.”
Duke Ding understood, and walked out unhurriedly.
Not only was he the Duke of State, he was also Consort Xian’s father, and everyone in the palace knew how favoured Consort Xian was, and the young eunuch naturally knew it too, so when he saw him, he immediately gathered his temper and bowed, “Greetings, Duke of State.”
“Eunuch excuse me, Yue’er is anxious about Si’er, I hope you will forgive me.”
Forgive me, my ass, he didn’t know how he was going to deliver his message when he got back.
The eunuch cursed in his heart but didn’t dare to show it on the surface, “Your Excellency, please forgive me, the Emperor has announced Song Wan Yue to go to the palace, please let her out quickly.”
The moment the eunuch saw him, he immediately changed his face, “Song Wan Yue, I told you on the way to the military camp that you would meet the emperor after you came out, how dare you disobey the holy orders.”
“When did the eunuch say that? How come I didn’t hear it?”
Song Wan Yue was puzzled.
The little eunuch choked, “You ……”
“Yue’er ……”
Duke Ding reprimanded her falsely, “How can you speak to the eunuch like that, whether the eunuch said it or not, it is wrong for you to leave him behind.”
Song Wangyue looked like a good girl, “Yue’er knows she’s wrong.”
The young eunuch was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood, and with a flip of his sleeve, he ignored even Eunuch Ding and turned around to leave.
Song Wan Yue “hurriedly” followed him.
The first time I saw him, I was so happy.
“My daughter has seen Your Majesty.”
“Song Wangyue ……”
The emperor pressed, “How do you explain the matter of the pills?”
“In reply to Your Majesty’s words, my daughter just went to the barracks, saw the condition of those soldiers, and also took back a few pills, my daughter can guarantee with her life that the quality of my daughter’s pills this time is a bit poorer, but it will never ……”
“The quality of the pills is not good enough?
“No, no.”
“If not, then explain to me why the quality is worse?”
“My daughter, my daughter ……”
“Hmm?”
“Your Majesty redeems you.”
“You have let me down too much, it was because I trusted you that I asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to buy your pills, yet you have used the second best and concealed it with Song Si. If the soldiers hadn’t fallen, I don’t know how long I would have been fooled by you!”
“Your Majesty redeems yourself, my daughter is willing to accept the punishment.”
“It is a capital offence to deceive me, but for the sake of your donation of one million dollars for the soldiers at the border, I will spare you once and forgive you the capital offence. In addition, Song Si, as a minister of the Ministry of the Treasury, has deceived his superiors and deceived his subordinates, so he will be removed from his official position and will never be allowed to enter the government again! .
The young eunuch waiting at the door saw this and was so happy that he deliberately dragged his feet and took Song Wan Yue out of the palace slowly.
There were countless eunuchs on the way, and word soon reached Consort Xiao and Consort Zou’s ears. At this juncture, Song Wan Yue was punished by the emperor, which was not a good thing for the second prince.
She instructed the eunuch in charge, “Go to the Second Prince’s residence and tell him the news.”
The eunuch in charge left the palace and went to the Second Prince’s residence. After hearing this, the Second Prince instructed his secret guard, “Go tell Miss Song to meet at the usual place in a quarter of an hour.”
He believed that Song Wangyue was not the kind of person who was greedy for money and would not use second best for good, there must be a hidden agenda in between.
Song Wan Yue’s carriage was halfway down the street when a stone was thrown into the carriage with the sound of the wind. Song Wan Yue didn’t even blink, she bent down to pick it up and unfolded it, read the contents on it, told the carriage driver to turn the horse around, made a few turns in the street to make sure no one was following, and then let the carriage driver go to the mansion.
The second prince was already waiting there, and when he saw Song Wan Yue, he asked eagerly, “What is going on?”
Song Wan Yue smiled bitterly, “It was Consort Shu and Wu Jin who moved, Aunt Zhang, whom Duke Qi favored at first, is from Qingping County, and it just so happens that the herbs I use to make the pills are all imported from the Zhang family pharmacy, so ……”
Song Wan Yue did not say specifically, the second prince also understood, he had always thought that it was the eldest prince who did the trick, and had been looking for an opportunity to deal with him in the past few days, but he did not expect it to be Consort Shu and the Wu family.
“Concubine Shu can’t stay.”
If Concubine Shu had stayed honestly in the cold palace, he wouldn’t have minded keeping her alive, after all, she was also someone who had been favoured by her father for many years and had no more sons, so she was not to be feared. But if Consort Shu had set her eyes on Song Wan Yue, he could not let anyone live any longer.
“Not only Concubine Shu, but the Wu family can’t stay either, my elder brother should also be under the hands of the Wu family.”
The second prince walked around the house a few times.
If the Wu family were an ordinary family, it would be easy to make them disappear, but the Wu family was not an ordinary family, and once the Wu family was exterminated, Father would be the first to be furious.
“The Wu family can hold off for a little while, until I deal with Concubine Shu.”
Song Wan Yue gratefully got up and gave a big salute, “Many thanks to Your Highness.”
The Second Prince falsely supported her, “You and I are in the same boat, why do you need to be polite, rest well in these few days and wait for my news.”
After Song Wangyue left, the Second Prince stayed for a while longer before he came out of the mansion and went directly to the palace.
Seeing him, Consort Rou was delighted, the Second Prince had not been in the palace for a month, “Why are you free to visit Mother Consort today?”
“I missed my mother consort, so I came into the palace to see you.”
Consort Zuo was so pleased by these words that she was overwhelmed with joy, “You, you only know how to make your mother happy.”
Mother and son spoke for a while before Consort Zuo dismissed all the attendants, her face still wearing a soft smile, “Is there something wrong?”
“Concubine Shu cannot stay, Mother must find a way to get rid of her as soon as possible.”
The smile on Concubine Soft’s face did not change, “She did the pills?”
“Not only the pill, even Song Si was done by the Wu family, if we don’t get rid of her, there’s no telling what other crazy things she’ll do later, Mother Consort, now that we’re seventy percent sure, we can’t ruin it in her hands.”
Consort Zuo lifted her tea jar and flicked the tea leaves with the lid, “Leave this matter to Mother Consort, you must find a way to make Song Si wake up quickly, so that the Song family and the Ding Guo Gong House can be completely at your disposal.”
The Second Prince nodded, “My son will take note of it.”