Chapter 534 - Will the Two Maidservants Remain? (1/2)

This incident finally escalated. Yu Mingyong caused a new incident after the previous one in King Xuan’s Manor. This time it was Minister Lian’s Manor. He not only caused trouble but also beat Lian An. However, this time was different from the previous ones. Yu Mingyong felt that he was on the right side, so when he saw a team of soldiers appearing, he consciously dragged Lian An who was covered in bruises and asked the government to hold justice for him.

Looking at Lian An who panted like a dog due to beating, and then at the large crowd in front of him, the soldiers really couldn’t figure out who was the wronged person, but in fact, they had to deal with the matter. The gate of Lian’s Manor was crooked because of their fight.

With such a big incident and the fact that Minister Lian of the first-rank was still beaten up like that, the whole court’s decency was lost. Emperor Zongwen was furious and immediately called Lian An into the Qianqing Palace. He scolded Lian An and also smashed a full stack of memorials to the throne on Lian An’s head. Lian An couldn’t even say a word because of the smash. He knelt there tremblingly, so scared that he almost fainted, but he claimed that he was wronged.

As things went to this point, it wasn’t Lian An who lost face alone, and the entire dynasty official was disgraced. Emperor Zongwen had to take care of it, and Consort Zhao said that Lian An took in the He brothers, which was equivalent to saving them. Besides, Second Miss He who was said to have connections with Yu Mingyong and Lian An had disappeared again.

This was hard to convict. Consort Yu also came to the Emperor every day and cried to complain that her younger brother was being fooled.

In the end, Emperor Zongwen ordered to demote Lian An from the minister of Ministry of Works to a.s.sistant minister. The poorly performing brothers of the He family were expelled from the capital. Yu Mingyong won Emperor Zongwen’s reward this time. He ordered the dissolution of his engagement with Second Miss He and gave him a good marriage, which made Consort Yu smile happily.

She was clear to her younger brother’s matter. She didn’t expect him to marry a girl from a good family. She felt as if her head could be lifted higher.

Of course, thinking of it must be Consort Zhao’s idea to marry He Yuxiu to her younger brother, she was full of hatred. Consort Zhao even dared to make a loose woman marry her younger brother and caused her younger brother to be cuckolded. How could Consort Yu not hate her? She would never spare Consort Zhao.

She thought cruelly in the palace, and Madam Lian was venting her anger outside the palace. She had almost smashed everything in the house. In fact, she had already returned that day. She originally wanted to spend the night on the mountain, but after a while, someone came to report to her that Minister Lian got into trouble.

Hurrying down the mountain, she saw Yu Mingyong clamoring to block Lian An there. Then seeing He Yuxiu’s seductive face, she understood. Sitting in the carriage, she felt as if everything turned dark before her eyes. If it wasn’t for several older maids to pull her, she wouldn’t have contained the urge to rush over and beat him.

“Lian An, I’m working hard for this family, but you, you did this kind of thing avoiding me. Don’t think I don’t know what you and Consort Zhao did. After so many years, the woman has been fine, but I didn’t expect you still miss her and don’t take me seriously.”

Madam Lian was so mad that she snarled like a crazy.

“Dear, dear, don’t say that, don’t say that. It can cause death.” Lian An was so frightened that he felt cold. He hurried over to pull Madam Lian, trying to cover her mouth. “Can this be said? It will cause decapitation.”

“You adulterers will be beheaded. It has nothing to do with me,” Madam Lian shouted and shook off Lian An’s hand. “Don’t think I don’t know, He Yuxiu’s eyes are particularly like hers, and you like Ming Yu and Ming Xia because they look like her. Okay, I will go to the palace now to see the Emperor and ask him to complete your bitter couple. I will ask to quit.”

For so many years, she had been carefully supporting Lian An, and self-disciplined. And instead of being arrogant, she was gentle to people. It was for his sake. She didn’t expect Lian An, who said that he had nothing to do with He Suzhao, to still miss that woman.

How could this not make Madam Lian hate?

“Dear, dear, you can’t really say that. You are killing me. Even if you don’t consider for me, consider for our son, do you want our son to be beheaded, Dear? It was really an accident this time. It was the woman who seduced me. A servant told me that He Yuxiu was found, and I went to have a look. Then I had a meal there, but when I woke up, I was in bed with her… I really don’t know anything. I just wanted to take her here to see her father and uncle.”

Lian An acted, pointed to the sky, and promised, “Dear, 10 years ago, I still have her in my heart, but now, dear, don’t you see it? I only have you and our son in my heart!”

This matter had finally pa.s.sed now. Lian An hadn’t been relieved yet, and if the relations.h.i.+p between Consort Zhao and him was exposed, he would definitely be killed.

As Lian An looked guilty, begged for mercy, and talked about their son, Madam Lian’s anger slowed down a bit. If Lian An really had a relations.h.i.+p with Consort Zhao in the palace, he would be sentenced to death. If the Emperor was furious, he might even sentence the entire Lian family to death. Thinking of their dear son, Madam Lian felt bitter and hateful.

Immediately she fell to the chair beside her and cried, “Lian An, why did I just fall in love with you, a useless man? When you went to a brothel, you were attracted to that kind of a person. Later, you stopped seeing her, life returned to peace. But you are involved with the He family. If I had known this, I should have listened to my father’s advice to refuse to marry you, in case my son is involved.”