blueteamnovel Chapter 543 - 403 Rouge is Poisonous
Chapter 543 - 403 Rouge is Poisonous
Chapter 543: Chapter 403 Rouge is Poisonous
“Second son, come in quickly.”
Father Zhou pulled Zhou Yi into the room and took the central seat, while he himself sat to one side.
The plump Mother Zhou stood with her hands on her hips behind Father Zhou, her cold gaze sweeping over the other women as if she wanted to rip the mouths off these vixens.
Zhou Yi, accustomed to reading faces in the palace, guessed the family affairs without a word and purposefully asked.
“Father, who are these women? I don’t believe I’ve met them before.”
“They...”
...
Father Zhou’s face turned slightly red as he said, “I felt the Zhou family’s incense was thinning, so I married a few more concubines to bear children. Second son, just call them ‘aunties’.”
Zhou Yi nodded slightly and stood up to help Mother Zhou sit to his left, expressing his concern.
“Mother, the Imperial Physician said that being overweight is bad for the heart, so you must watch your diet!”
“Ah, ah, ah.”
Mother Zhou, in her excitement, spoke incoherently, feeling that her second son, whom she hadn’t seen in ten years, was tenfold, a hundredfold better than her husband and eldest son at home, and that now she had support in the family.
Anyone who dared gossip would be sold off!
With just a few words, Zhou Yi won over his mother, isolated his father, and quietly took control of the family’s power.
Such tactics were much smarter than causing a big fuss and suppressing others with authority!
As they were talking and enjoying their tea,
footsteps approached from outside. Looking up, he saw two men walking side by side into the inner quarters.
The younger one had a familiar face and was likely his elder brother at home. The other, a middle-aged man with a goatee, his eyes gleaming upon seeing Zhou Yi, but bowed to Father Zhou instead.
“Son greets foster father!”
“Get up, get up.”
Father Zhou hurried forward to help the man up, introducing him, “Second son, this is my sworn son, the Magistrate of Wannian County, Tian Xu.”
Zhou Yi put down his teacup without standing, and said with a half-smile,
“So it’s Brother Tian. Our family stays long in the palace, and I haven’t had the chance to meet you properly. I fear I have missed the proprieties.”
“I dare not! I dare not!”
Tian Xu bowed and said, “Eunuch Zhou oversees two bureaus and holds a third-rank position. According to the rituals of the National Dynasty, it should be I who actively seek an audience.”
Zhou Yi spoke with a shade of sarcasm, “Brother Tian understands rituals as well? It’s my parents who know the rules of the Zhou estate; those unaware might think we are related to the emperor’s kin!”
“Mercy, my lord.”
Tian Xu fell to his knees in fright and stammered, “This estate has a long history, originally belonging to Lord Wang, the former scholar of the previous dynasty. After Lord Wang retired and returned to his hometown, he entrusted it to a moneylender for sale.”
“I purchased this estate and offered it to my foster father. In my haste, I failed to clean up any overstepping decorum, and I beg for your leniency!”
“I see.”
Zhou Yi was thoroughly pleased, he spread them out in the courtyard, admiring each piece and occasionally letting out bizarre laughter.
“Hehehe!”
The spies secretly watching were already accustomed to such behavior, as all the internal attendants in the palace were similarly greedy!
...
In the second year of the Orthodox era.
In July.
The Orthodox Emperor made his way to Yaohua Palace.
The Noble Consort prepared with great care, attending to him diligently, but midway through.
The Orthodox Emperor passed out, and upon careful examination by the Imperial Physician, it was found that it wasn’t due to physical weakness, but rather the rouge was poisoned!
...
In charge of Yangxin Hall.
Zhou Yi was leisurely sipping his tea.
Eunuch Yuan burst in, urging him hurriedly,
“His Majesty summons you, it is urgent, hurry, Eunuch Zhou.”
The two of them activated their True Qi and flitted through the palace, quickly arriving at Yangxin Hall.
Upon entering.
Zhou Yi kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, shouting “Long live His Majesty,” then waited quietly for the Emperor to speak, but there was no response.
The Orthodox Emperor, still not over his shock and anger, had an iron-blue face and said in a cold voice,
“I entrusted you with the safety of the palace. Yet last night, there was an attempt at poisoning. Is this how you repay My trust?”
“Poisoning!”
Zhou Yi was so startled that he looked up with a pale face, and thumped his head on the floor, saying, “Your Majesty, I deserve to die, I deserve to die...”
The Orthodox Emperor scrutinized Zhou Yi carefully, his expression seeming genuine, and his anger abated slightly.
In charge of Yangxin Hall.
Zhou Yi was leisurely sipping his tea.
Eunuch Yuan burst in, urging him hurriedly,
“His Majesty summons you, it is urgent, hurry, Eunuch Zhou.”
The two of them activated their True Qi and flitted through the palace, quickly arriving at Yangxin Hall.
Upon entering.
Zhou Yi kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, shouting “Long live His Majesty,” then waited quietly for the Emperor to speak, but there was no response.
The Orthodox Emperor, still not over his shock and anger, had an iron-blue face and said in a cold voice,
“I entrusted you with the safety of the palace. Yet last night, there was an attempt at poisoning. Is this how you repay My trust?”