The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket!-Chapter 1191 - 1014: Leaving with Tail Between Legs

The incident at Gu Jian’s birthday banquet was soon reported to His Majesty by the Jinling Guard.

Qianqing Palace.

His Majesty leaned on the daybed, casually playing with a pair of gatepost walnuts, while at his feet, Consort An sat on a brocaded stool, dutifully helping His Majesty massage his legs.

"On the birthday of the Duke of the Auxiliary Nation, my mother and third brother personally visited to offer congratulations... There might have been some small misunderstanding... Princess Consort Xiao is a woman of strong temperament, who actually suffered a shock to her pregnancy, frightening my mother to the point of disturbance for several days..."

His Majesty, with his eyes closed, listened to Consort An trivializing the issue of her uncle’s birthday banquet, intentionally or unintentionally speaking ill of Xiao Yeyang’s wife.

If it weren’t for the fact that he had already learned about the whole affair from the Jinling Guard, he might have really been misled by Consort An to think the fault lay with Xiao Yeyang and his wife.

Consort An, while cautiously speaking, watched His Majesty’s expression. If her mother hadn’t so grievously offended the Xiao Yeyang couple, she indeed wouldn’t want to be enemies with the Prince Residence of Ping.

Not to mention the Prince of Ping — though without actual power, he is nonetheless His Majesty’s own brother. Looking across the whole of Beijing, which of the imperial kin and nobility have it better than him?

Then there’s Xiao Yeyang. Although Xiliang is the poorest among the provinces of Daxia, it is a strategic border location. Now that he is in charge of the affairs in Xiliang, he indeed has both power and status.

This father and son truly have a much higher starting point than the others.

Even though Xiao Yeyang married a woman from a humble background, he still somehow involves a figure like the Duke of the Auxiliary Nation.

This whole family, each and every one of them is not easy to provoke, but her mother just had to offend them.

At this moment, Consort An somewhat regretted sending the Old Madam An to Xiliang. They hadn’t even secured the duke’s title yet, but had already made a formidable enemy.

"Your Majesty, you know, my mother, being advanced in age, is most respectful of propriety. Princess Consort Xiao... has never been under the control of her mother-in-law, and inevitably acts unruly. Upon seeing this, my mother must have been unable to restrain herself from giving advice."

"Your Majesty, if Princess Consort Xiao takes offence at my mother, I hope you would say a few words for her. Don’t let Princess Consort Xiao take it to heart, my mother is advanced in age."

His Majesty opened his eyes: "Since you are so concerned about the Old Madam An, why not send someone to bring her back to Beijing?"

Consort An’s heart tightened, and with a forced smile said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? My mother went to Xiliang to take care of Moqing... "

His Majesty interrupted Consort An: "Didn’t you just say your mother is old? Having an elderly mother go take care of your grandson, you really are ’filial’."

Consort An’s face turned pale: "Your Majesty, I..."

When His Majesty saw Eunuch An come in, knowing he had matters to report, he stood up: "Enough, you may withdraw."

Consort An wanted to explain further, but seeing that His Majesty was clearly getting impatient, she swallowed her words, performed a curtsy, and prepared to leave.

Just as Consort An turned around, His Majesty said something.

"When you first arranged for your third brother to go to Xiliang, it was to help me govern it. Now it’s been less than a year since he went to Xiliang, and he has barely made any achievements, but he has already started accusing his superiors. This habit is not good at all."

Consort An’s face went white, and just as she was about to kneel to admit fault, a eunuch came up to report that the Crown Prince and others had arrived.

Seeing this, Consort An could not stay any longer and had to perform a curtsey and exit the Qianqing Palace.

As she left the palace, she immediately encountered the Crown Prince and others.

Consort An looked at the Crown Prince and gave an imperceptible shake of her head before quickly walking away.

The Crown Prince’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as he entered the hall with his brothers.

Upon entering, His Majesty was reading a letter just sent by the Jinling Guard, learning about the An Family’s secret search for the Wei Family’s treasure trove, his gaze abruptly turned to the Crown Prince.

This eldest son of his is getting bolder and bolder by the day!

The Crown Prince, feeling the weight of the look, was just about to speak when His Majesty’s gaze shifted away once again.

Because of this episode, the Crown Prince was somewhat distracted while reporting on his duties and ended up misspeaking, for which he was harshly reprimanded by His Majesty.

The other princes, having witnessed this, were very careful when reporting on their duties.

In the end, the Crown Prince left with a sullen face.

In stark contrast was the fourth Prince, who had once again received imperial commendation today, causing envy among the other princes.

When it comes to capability, the fourth Prince is indeed competent, but whether he is significantly better than the other princes is questionable.

People were baffled as to why the Emperor had been constantly praising the fourth Prince in recent times.

Fortuitously, the fourth Prince had a hearing impairment and was ineligible for succession; otherwise, the rest of the princes would have become restless by now.

On his way out of the palace, the Crown Prince silently pondered the Emperor’s attitude towards him.

Thinking of how Consort An had shaken her head at him before leaving, the Crown Prince’s eyes darkened—could this be related to Xiao Yeyang and his wife?

The Crown Prince felt both angry and disgusted about the fallout between his maternal grandmother and Xiao Yeyang’s family.

His grandmother had gone to Xiliang to help Mo Qing secure the Duke’s title, yet she managed to infuriate the Duke’s only apprentice to the point of endangering her pregnancy. Had she not been his senior, he would have truly wished to curse someone!

Now it seemed that Mo Qing was likely out of the running for the Duke’s title.

The affairs of Xiliang also concerned the other princes; they couldn’t help it, as they too had sent their sons there.

They had all been informed about the row between the An Family and Xiao Yeyang and his wife.

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Seeing that his irritating brothers were laughing at him, the Crown Prince scoffed, "Don’t be so pleased with yourselves. If my Mo Qing can’t get the Duke’s title, do you think your sons stand a chance?"

"Hmph!"

"Don’t forget, Princess Consort Xiao is due to give birth to a second child soon, and with her relationship to the Duke, if she has another boy, tell me, do any of you still stand a chance?"

The faces of the princes all changed involuntarily.

The second Prince laughed, "Xiao Yeyang has only been with his legitimate wife till now. Even if they have a second child, that would just make two children. Would they be willing to adopt one out?"

"Big brother, we understand that you’re not feeling good, but you can’t deny us hope just because your son lost his chance."

The Crown Prince sneered, "Believe it or not, that’s up to you. We should have realized this when Xiao Yeyang refused to let our sons stay in his Prince Residence."

With that, he strode away briskly.

The remaining princes looked troubled; deep down, they actually believed what the Crown Prince had said.

The only unaffected one was the fourth Prince, who had never coveted the Duke’s title and had vaguely sensed something amiss.

The change in the Emperor’s attitude towards him seemed to date from when his brothers started sending their sons to Xiliang.

The Emperor disliked anyone scheming against the Duke!

Especially those who cloaked their covetousness for the Duke’s title in the pretense of filial piety.

In the following days, the Emperor’s attitude towards the Crown Prince was not very favorable, which made the Crown Prince rather nervous.

Uncertainty was often the most frightening; he didn’t know what he had done wrong and had no opportunity to correct it.

In mid-December, an urgent missive was handed up.

During the morning court, the Emperor, with an angry face, flung the missive at the Crown Prince’s face.

The Crown Prince quickly picked up the missive and after reading its content, he collapsed to the ground, trembling with rage.

He hadn’t expected his third uncle to be so foolish as to secretly excavate the Wei Family’s hidden treasures, only to be caught red-handed!

That very day, the Emperor ordered An Zhihang to be stripped of his position and sent back to Beijing.

The An Family had only been in Xiliang for less than a year, and now they had to leave, disgraced.

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