TFWYH – Chapter 300 Sowing Discord

The emperor sighed, thought it over carefully, and then said, “Wushuang, I recall that you keep a hai dongqing.”

Ji Wushuang immediately understood the emperor’s meaning and said at once, “This minister will have the hai dongqing deliver a message to the Prefect of Weng City and have him rush here at top speed!”

The emperor nodded. “Mm. Go.”

Having received his orders, Ji Wushuang quickly withdrew.

Su Qing, however, was still worried. “Your Majesty, is the Prefect of Weng City one of your men?”

The emperor smiled, nodded, then shook his head. “You—don’t worry about such things. I will save that girl.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Su Qing took the initiative to nestle into the emperor’s arms. Her eyes were full of coldness, yet her tone was incomparably gentle. “This concubine is useless and couldn’t protect her own children. Now I have only Wan-niang under my knee. Wan-niang is well-behaved—after marrying into the Ling family, she has attended to her husband and raised children. More than once, this concubine hinted and even plainly suggested that she divorce and remarry, so I could find her a young master from a high-ranking household, but she refused every time. It seems her husband must be an outstanding man; otherwise Wan-niang wouldn’t be so attached to him, nor would he have attracted Lord Wei’s attention.”

Hearing this, the emperor was utterly speechless.

That dog Wei Gao—he had really disgraced himself to the extreme.

He had seemed like a decent man before. How had he turned into this now?

That man was someone else’s husband. If the man had been willing to marry, that would be one thing, but he looked down on Wei Gao’s daughter—yet Wei Gao still insisted on using his power to force the issue.

What next?

Would he even force them into the bridal chamber afterward?

At the thought, the emperor’s face darkened.

Disgraceful!

Truly damn disgraceful!

Even he felt ashamed on Wei Gao’s behalf.

Someone this disgraceful had to be severely punished!

Sensing the chill radiating from him, Su Qing lowered her eyes. Her long lashes concealed the cold gleam within.

Wei Gao—how dare you harm my daughter. If I don’t utterly ruin you, my surname isn’t Su!

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Originally, the emperor and Su Qing had planned to set out that very day, but Tang Wan’s matter delayed them.

Before long, Ling Yue came to seek help. Su Qing did not appear; instead, Lady Su received her.

Lady Su clearly stated that nothing would happen to Tang Wan and told her to set her mind at ease.

Ling Yue was no fool. Hearing this, she knew Su Qing had already intervened. She therefore took her leave and waited calmly at home for news.

Three days later, the hai dongqing flew back. After Ji Wushuang confirmed that Prefect Yi was already rushing this way at full speed, he informed the emperor and Su Qing.

The prefectural examination was over, and the emperor needed to return to the capital to handle state affairs.

They had already been delayed; they could not afford to delay any longer.

Thus, the emperor decided to go ahead with Su Qing first and have Ji Wushuang handle Tang Wan’s matter before catching up later.

Ordinarily, an imperial bodyguard could not leave the emperor’s side, but seeing that Su Qing was so worried she could neither eat nor sleep, the emperor made this decision.

First, because he genuinely liked Tang Wan; second, because of the matter of glass; third, to put Su Qing’s mind at ease—after all, she had just endured a great calamity, and he could not bear to let her remain anxious.

As for the fourth reason—there were Dragon Shadow Guards protecting him in secret, so his safety was absolutely assured!

On the fourth day, the emperor left Xiangxi Town with the reluctant Su Qing.

At the same time, Yuan’er also received the news and had Ye Yi spur his horse to go find Ling Yu.

Ling Yu still did not know that Tang Wan was already deeply mired in prison. He merely missed that eccentric woman quite a bit and subconsciously quickened his pace home.

About halfway along the journey, Prefect Yi’s party caught up with him.

Seeing Prefect Yi’s group riding at full speed, Ling Yu felt puzzled, not knowing what had happened.

As the top scorer of the prefectural examination, Ling Yu’s name was well known to Prefect Yi.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they continued to hurry on.

It was not until the seventh day that Ye Yi finally met up with Ling Yu.

Only then did Ling Yu learn what had happened to Tang Wan, and his expression instantly darkened.