How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 176 Your Highness, save me!
Apart from the Duke of Jin, no one else expected the Emperor to suddenly launch an attack.

The Empress summoned the Crown Prince. "Tell me," she said, "would your father make that woman Empress?"

"No." His father had no time for such things. He had just been holding it in for too long and it all just exploded at once.

"you sure?"

"determine."

“But your father not only gave her a house, but also manpower, and he even killed several ministers because of her.”

"Those ministers all deserved their punishment."

"Then why didn't your father punish them before?"

"Father probably didn't put in so much effort to investigate them before."

"Then why are they investigating again now?"

The Crown Prince had a slight headache. "Mother, have you forgotten about Prince An?"

Empress: "..." Isn't the matter of Prince An all in the past?

The Crown Prince looked at the Empress earnestly and said, "Mother, Father is in a bad mood, so please don't make things worse."

“I…I’m doing this all for you. If that woman gives birth to a son for your father, he might pass the throne to him.”

Even if that woman didn't give his father a son, his father wouldn't pass the throne to him. He and his son are both deposed.

The Crown Prince lowered his head. "Mother, do you also want to be like Han Pingjin?"

"I……"

"Mother, as I said, Father is in a very bad mood," the Crown Prince emphasized again. The Crown Prince felt that his father could turn into a tyrant at any moment.

Why is your father in a bad mood?

"Please don't ask about that. In short, don't go and provoke my father. And don't let my uncles cause trouble for my father. I am your own son, I would never harm you."

The Emperor executed several high-ranking officials today, and the Empress was somewhat frightened. "Alright. Your father really won't let that woman become Empress?"

"No. Father just wants a change of pace."

"Ok."

The Crown Prince spoke with the Empress for a while and then came out.

After coming out, the Crown Prince wanted to comfort the Emperor, but he was also afraid that the Emperor would feel even worse if he saw him.

In the end, the Crown Prince returned to the Eastern Palace.

Granny Tian was busy when the gatekeeper suddenly told her that Princess Fukang had arrived. Granny Tian was taken aback. "Who did you say has arrived?"

"Princess Fukang".

"How many people did she bring?" Granny Tian thought Princess Fukang had come to cause trouble.

"Two maids, two old women, two coachmen, and four guards."

"Gone?"

"Gone."

Granny Tian was relieved. "Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, third daughter-in-law, come with me, let's see what that old princess is up to?"

Zhao: "Okay."

Zhang: "Mother, should we call Gousheng along?"

Ms. Xu: "Yes. Let's call Gousheng over."

Granny Tian glared at Zhang and Xu. "Don't rely on Gousheng for everything. Gousheng still has a long way to go before he gets married."

Zhang: I don't want to either, but I feel like we can't handle it.

Ms. Xu: Oh right, she's forgotten that her daughter is a girl.

Granny Tian and her three daughters-in-law walked for quite a while before reaching the door. Granny Tian thought to herself: "A big house must be quite tiring."

Princess Fukang immediately approached Granny Tian and took her hand. "Hello, elder sister. I've come to apologize to Gousheng and Miss Dong. Are Gousheng and Miss Dong here?"

Granny Tian: You're not here to cause trouble? Zhao: Gousheng can make a small fortune again.

Zhang: She said, "Let's call Gousheng over."

Madam Xu: My goodness! The princess apologized to her daughter? How could her daughter be so capable?

Granny Tian was stunned for a while before saying, "They are both children, you don't need to apologize to them."

She didn't want to either. But if she didn't appease that vixen, her husband would have to go to his new post. That wasn't going to his new post; it was going to his death.

"Wouldn't that make me look like I'm abusing my age? Are they both home?"

“They often go out, so I don’t know if they’re home or not. Second daughter-in-law, why don’t you go and check on them?”

"Okay," Zhang replied and left.

As Xiao Gou Sheng and Dong Lao Qi were discussing what to do next, Zhang Shi came over. Zhang Shi recounted what had just happened. "Do you two want to see her? If not, I'll say you're not home."

The little dog was a bit surprised. She hadn't apologized even after the Emperor's last words. "Go ahead and see her. She's the Emperor's aunt; the Emperor may disregard her, but we can't."

When Princess Fukang saw Xiaogousheng and Dong Laoqi arrive, she immediately took Xiaogousheng's hand and said that she was old and confused, and that she had been provoked by someone and had gone to cause trouble for them. "I have prepared some small gifts for you today, please don't find them offensive."

Princess Fukang had her apology gifts placed on the table.

The little dog raised an eyebrow. This apology was no small matter. The last incident didn't warrant such a heavy apology. "Your Highness, is there something else?"

“There is something else.” Princess Fukang recounted her husband’s situation. “Could you please plead with the Emperor on my behalf? My husband is old; he can’t possibly make it in three months.”

The little dog rolled its eyes inwardly. Now that it knows it's getting old, why didn't it know to enjoy its retirement when it was causing trouble?
“Your Highness, you think too highly of us. We don’t even have the qualifications to enter the palace. However, since you think so highly of us, I have an idea for you: go and ask the Dowager Consort for help.”

Princess Fukang believed that Dong Laoqi would definitely be able to enter the palace, but this was something that couldn't be discussed openly. "Thank you for your suggestion. However, as soon as the Dowager Consort returned, she began to devote herself to Buddhism behind closed doors. I didn't see her when I went to see her last time."

"Times have changed. Last time you were planning to visit the Dowager Consort to catch up, weren't you?"

"……yes."

"Your Majesty the Dowager should see you this time."

"This……"

"Time waits for no one, and we don't know when we'll be able to see the Emperor again. Why don't you try visiting the Dowager Consort? It won't take much time."

"Then...then I'll give it a try. If the Empress Dowager doesn't want to see me, I'll come back to bother you again."

"Row."

After seeing Princess Fukang off, Granny Tian asked curiously, "Will the Imperial Concubine see her?"

"Probably." Little Dog Sheng thought the Emperor probably just wanted to keep the imperial clan in line. The Emperor wouldn't simultaneously confront both the imperial clan and his ministers.

"Will the Emperor retract the imperial edict?"

"No. His Majesty's word is law."

Granny Tian thought about it and agreed. "Will the Emperor give her husband a few more months?"

"No. The Emperor probably wants her son to go."

"Huh? Let her son go?"

"Yes. Children have to pay for their parents' debts."

That's true. "Then is she willing to let her son go?"

"If you don't want to, then you'll have to go, my lord. In any case, the Emperor won't take back the imperial edict."

"Why would she waste her good life on all this trouble?"

"Who says it's not?"

On the other side, just as Xiao Gou Sheng had guessed, Consort Tao let Princess Fukang in.

Princess Fukang burst into tears the moment she saw Consort Tao. "Your Highness, please save me!"

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