Soon, Wei Shu appeared in the Forbidden Garden again. He walked to the father and son who were playing chess and reported, "Master, I've found out. When Niu Youde was recuperating in the Green Central Garden, the Empress had indeed arranged for a fairy to contact Niu Youde in secret. She established a direct connection with Niu Youde through Star Bell."
"Hmph!" The indecisive Xiahou Ling snorted coldly and placed down a chess piece.
Xiahou Ta didn't even raise his head as he casually said, "Force her to hand over the Star Bell. Tell her not to contact the Netherworld Commander Manor directly in the future. It's improper for the Empress to be secretly involved with such a small character. Leave this matter to the people below. The people from Heaven Valley Palace are too relaxed. It's time to wake them up. "
"Yes!" Wei Shu answered. He already knew what to do.
In the Tian Mi Palace, Emei reported to Xiahou Chengyu everything that happened in the Inner Palace as usual. When it came to the matters of the Inner Palace, she specially mentioned, "The palace maid Xiao Huan had an illicit relationship with an outsider, and has already committed suicide to escape punishment."
"Xiao Huan …" Xiahou Chengyu's expression suddenly tensed up. Of course, she knew who Xiao Huan was. She was a confidant that she had secretly cultivated. However, on the surface, she tried her best to remain calm. "How could a little palace maid have the guts to have an affair with an outsider?"
"Not only did she have guts, her guts weren't small either. She ran to this servant to report, saying that Her Ladyship ordered her to secretly contact Niu Youde, saying that Niu Youde was recuperating in the Green Central Garden. She also said that she helped Her Ladyship establish a direct starbell connection with Niu Youde."
Xiahou Chengyu's heartbeat suddenly sped up. With a taut face, he scolded, "Slut, you deserve to die. You're spouting nonsense!"
E Mei: "This servant also reprimanded her in the same way, but the key point was that Steward Wei at home believed it. Steward Wei asked this servant to bring a message to Your Ladyship."
Xiahou Chengyu squeezed out a smile and said, "Oh, I wonder if Steward Wei has any brilliant ideas?"
Er Mei said calmly, "Housekeeper Wei asked Niu Niang to hand over the Star Bell that is connected to Niu Youde. He said that with Niu Youde's status, being involved with a small lieutenant will affect your reputation. In the future, let this servant handle all matters related to Niu Youde."
Xiahou Chengyu said angrily, "What Star Bell? How am I supposed to hand it over if there's nothing else? "
"This servant also said the same thing, but Butler Wei's attitude was very unyielding, to the point of being unreasonable. He told this servant to tell Her Ladyship to immediately hand it over. Otherwise, someone from the Ghost City would immediately take control of Niu Youde. Once Niu Youde's body was searched for the Star Bell with the Empress's seal, it would be hard to guarantee that nothing would happen to the flesh and blood in the Empress's belly. Moreover, he could guarantee that within three days, the Empress would become a crippled Empress. Within three days, the Empress would fall from her lofty position to the bottom of the clouds, becoming nothing. Without the protection of the Xiahou Family, Steward Wei could guarantee that there would be a large group of women in the palace that would let the Empress know what it meant to be worse than death! Housekeeper Wei wants Her Highness to believe that he has the ability to do it! "
These words made Xiahou Chengyu shudder. Of course, she knew how terrifying the resources and power that Wei Shu could mobilize were. She didn't doubt that Wei Shu could do what he said. Without the child in her belly, without the Xiahou Family's protection, and after she became a cripple, who knew how that group of sluts in the harem would torture her. Thinking of the malevolence hidden behind that beautiful face that could eat people without spitting out their bones, all the hairs on her body stood up. Her heart was filled with fear, afraid that the vicious methods she used on the other concubines would be used on her.
"Wei Shu is only a dog servant of my Xiahou Family, how dare he bully his master!" Xiahou Chengyu roared in anger.
"What Her Ladyship says is correct. This servant also feels that Steward Wei's words are too excessive. How about Her Ladyship contact the old gramps now and complain about him? "
"…" Xiahou Chengyu was rendered speechless by this one sentence. Even if she wasn't smart, she could still understand why Wei Shu would say such things. Without the old gramps' indication, would Wei Shu dare to treat her like this? The old gramps not directly contacting her was already giving her leeway. If she personally went to the old gramps and poked through this last leeway, would she be able to get any good words from him? Punish Wei Shu? Who would he punish?
Tell Qing Zhu? She didn't dare! The Xiahou Family was certain of this. In reality, the Xiahou Family didn't even dare to touch the flesh and blood in her belly. How could Qing Zhu, who could make the Xiahou Family endure silently, be someone to be trifled with? If the Xiahou Family dared to touch Qing Zhu's flesh and blood, they'd have to try it!
However, things like brains had nothing to do with one's age. Some people of the same age lived with the wind and water, while others lived lowly and unbearably. There was no such thing as how powerful one's brain was just because one had lived for many years. Some things were a combination of innate and acquired experience. She didn't have the big picture and brains, so she didn't dare to tell Qing Zhu. Once Qing Zhu reprimanded the Xiahou Family, she couldn't imagine how the Xiahou Family would deal with her. She was afraid just thinking about the consequences. At most, she would only dare to make some small moves behind his back. In the end, it was because she didn't have any power to resist or keep him in check. She also understood that Qing Zhu didn't like her.
Clang! In the end, Xiahou Chengyu still took out a Star Bell and threw it on the ground. His face paled and he closed his eyes. This humiliation would be engraved in his heart.
E Mei picked up the Star Bell and took out a jade archive. The jade archive had Niu Youde's transcendence seal on it. After comparing it with the transcendence seal on the Star Bell, she confirmed that it was indeed the Star Bell that was connected to Niu Youde. She put it away, bowed, and said, "Your servant will take her leave!"
Xiahou Chengyu didn't respond. After she left, when there was no one else in the room, Xiahou Chengyu finally opened his eyes. He clenched his fists tightly, trembling with anger. His face had turned green. He grabbed the teacup on the coffee table and wanted to smash it, but he gently lowered his raised hand. In the end, he didn't dare to smash it.
She was surrounded by people from the Xiahou Family. If she smashed the teacup and caused a commotion, it would be immediately reported to the Xiahou Family, and they would immediately know of her hatred for them. She didn't dare to let the Xiahou Family know how much she hated them. That boundless hatred could only be hidden deep within her heart. Perhaps she didn't hate them that much if they weren't a family, but because they were a family, they still treated her this way, which made her hatred grow even stronger.
It wasn't easy to get a group of people under her control. Just like that, the Xiahou Family's control was cut off. Everything had to go through someone close to her to do it. Wasn't that cut off?
Just as Xiahou Ta had said, the Xiahou Family didn't care whether she hated them or not. As long as the Xiahou Family was strong enough, Xiahou Chengyu would have to behave.
And this wasn't the end. The reorganization of the Heavenly Mi Palace had just begun.
"Beloved, you may return."
After coming out from the garden of one of the concubines, Qing Zhu waved at one of the concubines who had come to send him off.
This concubine's appearance was so beautiful that it could outshine the moon and shame the flowers. Her face was glowing, and the flush had yet to fade. She half knelt and said coquettishly, "This concubine respectfully sends off Your Majesty."
Qing Zhu grunted and strode away. Shangguan Qing, who was guarding the door, followed behind him. After walking for a distance, Shangguan Qing said softly, "Your Majesty, there's some movement in the Heavenly Mi Palace. It seems that they executed a few palace maids who didn't know the rules."
"Oh?" Qing Zhu thought for a while and suddenly sneered, "It seems that the Xiahou Family's reaction is quite fast. Don't interfere with their family's matters. Let Chengyu handle it himself. It's good to let her see how her family treats her, so that she doesn't know where she stands. The mortals in the world know that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken. If you marry a dog, you follow the dog. But what about her? She needs to understand that her child is her greatest support in this life, not some Xiahou Family. She should also learn from her mistakes and grow some brains. Otherwise, when the child is born, I will not be at ease leaving him by her side. Hmph! "
"Understood!" Shangguan Qing replied with a smile.
Meanwhile, the palace concubine stood at the door for a long time, unwilling to turn back. She watched Qing Zhu leave, as though she wanted everyone to know that Qing Zhu had just left her.
The situation within the harem was like this, but the world outside the harem was completely different. The person sent by the Heavenly Mi Palace to deliver the decree to the phantom market's headquarters was Dongfang Lie, who had just returned.
The various positions of the one hundred thousand troops had yet to be determined. This was an important matter, and it was an official decree, so he had to find someone to testify for it. Aside from Yang Zhaoqing and the others by his side, Miao Yi called all the thirty cultivators with infinite transcendence energy to make up the numbers. Yun Zhiqiu hid at the back of the hall. She didn't have an official position, so it was inconvenient for her to show herself to receive the decree.
Even though everyone had already guessed the general contents of the decree, when Dongfang Lie officially read it out in front of everyone, everyone's eyes were still filled with excitement. It was a Commander! The headquarters would be directly promoted to the Commander's Manor. How many positions would there be waiting to be filled? Everyone here would probably be able to benefit from it. They had only been here for a short period of time, and they were already going to be promoted. When they thought about it, it was worth it. It was better than being a mountain god or a land god.
One thing was for sure. Miao Yi couldn't let outsiders take up positions in the Commander's Manor. That would offend everyone below him, and it would definitely be everyone's share. However, there was one thing that everyone couldn't help but mutter to themselves. Everyone's ranks were so low. It seemed a little against the rules to let them take up some of the positions directly. It didn't seem likely that the Lord Commander would help everyone get promoted for no reason.
After listening to the decree, Miao Yi stepped forward and received it with both hands. "Your humble servant will obey your orders!"
After handing over the decree, Dongfang Lie looked at everyone present and sighed in his heart. He then smiled at Miao Yi and said, "Commander Niu, congratulations!"
"Lord Dongfang, you've worked hard." Miao Yi replied politely. He then passed the decree down for everyone to see. In fact, this was also to prove that Dongfang Lie wasn't faking the decree. His status as a Commander was officially given by the Heavenly Court.
Dongfang Lie said, "The Imperial Guard Army's recruitment mission has ended. They will be leaving immediately. The remaining matters are Commander Niu's responsibility. The Imperial Guard Army will not interfere."
"Ever since Lord Dongfang arrived, I have been busy recruiting people. I haven't had the chance to properly host you. Why don't Lord Dongfang stay for a few more days? Let me express my gratitude."
"Commander Niu is too polite. I still have to go back and report. Besides, the Commander's Manor has just been established. There are many things to do. Commander Niu also has many things to do, so I won't disturb you any longer. Let's talk about it later."
"If that's the case, I shall accept your invitation."
The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, then made a document to prove that one had delivered the decree, while the other had accepted it.
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