TFWYH – Chapter 554 Grand Tutor Apologizes

The emperor didn’t want to deal with him and turned to look at Wan Zhenxiang. “Are you going to defy my decree as well?”

“I wouldn’t dare!” Wan Zhenxiang suppressed the shock in his heart and hurried forward to draft the edict.

No matter how Huangfu Yi and Gu Hengcang pleaded, it was useless. The emperor was as steady as a rock, determined to strip Huangfu Rongsheng of everything.

Huangfu Yi and Gu Hengcang couldn’t understand it—Huangfu Rongsheng had committed plenty of offenses before, and the emperor had always turned a blind eye. Why was he so furious today?

Only Grand Tutor Yi, who knew the truth, quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his heart filled with unease and regret.

This is bad…

In a moment of impulsiveness, he had only thought about getting revenge on Gu Hengcang—but the emperor had taken it seriously.

In the past, the emperor would never have punished Huangfu Rongsheng this severely.

But now, it was obvious—he was clearing the way for Ling Yu!

Grand Tutor Yi knew well how much the emperor longed for an outstanding successor to whom he could entrust the empire.

But he hadn’t expected the emperor to be this desperate for an heir!

The Shadow Lord hadn’t even returned yet, Ling Yu’s identity was still unclear, and yet the emperor was already so eager to cripple Huangfu Rongsheng.

If one day the emperor discovered that Ling Yu had nothing to do with him, how disappointed and furious would he be?

At that time, not only would he himself suffer, but Ling Yu—such an outstanding scholar—would also be implicated.

At this moment, Grand Tutor Yi’s heart was full of regret.

He had succeeded in taking revenge on Gu Hengcang, but at the cost of everything—and he would even drag innocent people down with him.

He let out a bitter laugh and looked at Ling Yu apologetically.

Sensing his gaze, Ling Yu looked up, his brows slightly furrowed.

It seemed… something had happened that he didn’t know about.

Once the imperial edict was issued, Huangfu Rongsheng was completely ruined.

He cried miserably, while Huangfu Yi seemed to age more than ten years in an instant.

He had no descendants left!

Even if he managed to seize the throne, what would be the point?

Only Huangfu Xiao had a faint smile at the corner of his lips, unable to hide his delight.

Huangfu Yi was finally finished. A prince who couldn’t produce a son, a prince without heirs—what could he possibly use to compete?

However…

The ease with which the Second Prince had been crippled this time owed much to that scholar Ling Yu and County Lady Wengnai.

What Huangfu Xiao couldn’t understand was this: he had killed Consort Li’s two children—there was no way she would ever forgive him.

Yet County Lady Wengnai, as Consort Li’s adopted daughter, had instead helped him bring down the Second Prince.

Could it be…

Consort Li had sided with the Third Prince?

Heh…

At this thought, Huangfu Xiao smiled meaningfully.

What was the Third Prince worth anyway? Consort Li had clearly backed the wrong side.

…

After dealing with Huangfu Rongsheng’s matter, the emperor looked exhausted. He instructed Wan Zhenxiang to send the Director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau back and grant him additional rewards as consolation, while he himself headed to the harem.

Seeing that there was nothing left for them to do, Ling Yu and Tang Wan left together.

However, halfway along the way, Grand Tutor Yi called out to Ling Yu and pulled him aside to speak to him in private.

Tang Wan didn’t hear what they said. She only saw the apologetic expression on Grand Tutor Yi’s face, and her own handsome husband…

Well…

How should she put it?

His expression looked a bit strange.

A kind of strangeness she couldn’t quite describe.

How could Ling Yu not feel strange?

All the things he hadn’t been able to figure out—he now understood them all.

He hadn’t expected that in this lifetime, Grand Tutor Yi would be so… reckless!

Without a shred of evidence, he had dared to go to the emperor and spout nonsense.

And the key point was—the emperor had actually believed him and even sent people to investigate Ling Yu!