The Sickly Emperor Is Only Immune to Me-Chapter 75 - 0 Longing for Luxury

Chapter 75: Chapter 075 Longing for Luxury

Sang Yan returned to the side hall of Qingning Palace.

There she saw Sang Ruoshui.

Whenever this person appeared, nothing good ever followed.

She wondered what trouble had arisen this time.

With that thought, she asked, “Why have you come?”

Sang Ruoshui’s eyes were red and swollen as if she had suffered a grievance. Her words, too, carried self-pity, “Can’t I come? Aren’t we biological sisters? Do I not even have the right to come here?”

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Here we go, moral coercion once again.

“You know that’s not what I mean.”

With a helpless expression, Sang Yan assessed her sister’s pitiful state, then changed the subject, “What happened to you?”

Upon hearing this, Sang Ruoshui burst into plaintive sobs.

Sang Yan’s head ached from her crying, “Enough, why are you crying? If there’s an issue, just say it.”

Through tears, Sang Ruoshui said, “Sister, our father has had an accident.”

Sang Yan: “…”

Wasn’t the original host’s father eradicating locusts in Wuzhou?

What could have gone wrong?

Hadn’t he managed the task well?

“What happened? Be clear,” she urged.

Sang Ruoshui continued, “I just received a letter from home, Father was assassinated in Wuzhou, and his life hangs in the balance.”

Sang Yan was shocked, “How is that possible? When did this happen? Who is the assassin?”

Sang Ruoshui shook her head, “I don’t know. But the Emperor must know.”

Sang Yan immediately sent someone to summon the Emperor.

When He Ying arrived and saw the tearful Sang Ruoshui, he knew that the news of Sang Kun’s assassination had leaked.

His expression changed swiftly, and he said coldly, “Princess Consort Sang, this is Qingning Palace. You must be careful with your words here.”

Sang Yan knew he was blaming her, and she did not speak up for Sang Ruoshui, only saying, “Emperor, Ruoshui told me that my father was assassinated. What now?”

He Ying motioned for Sang Ruoshui to leave, then honestly replied, “He’s still unconscious.”

“How serious is it?”

“The wound is off-center from the heart, he should be out of danger.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

“If I had told you, you would have been worried about him, and that pains me.”

In reality, his concern was one thing, but his not wanting her to be concerned about others was true.

Even if it was about her father, he did not want her to keep him constantly in her heart.

Unaware of his true feelings, Sang Yan was moved and said, “I am delighted that the Emperor is considerate of me, but as a son or daughter, it is improper for me to appear cheerful when my father lies injured and unconscious.”

Although she was not truly Sang Kun’s daughter, she was indeed bearing his daughter’s identity.

While she might not be extremely anxious, she still had to go through the necessary motions on the surface.

Seeing her soften, He Ying admitted his mistake, “It is my fault.”

Sang Yan wasn’t concerned with right or wrong, but asked again, “Have you discovered the reason?”

“Still investigating. I have assigned Xie Sui to oversee it. His territory is very close to Wuzhou. He is astute and has strong methods. He should produce results quickly. Rest assured, anyone who dares to harm him, I will not let slide.”

“Justice has its own path, let’s wait until the facts are clear.”

She held off on making judgments without knowing the full story.

They could only wait for the investigation’s outcome.

They waited for three days.

Xie Sui escorted the awakened Sang Kun back to the capital and reported on the case.

Sang Yan saw him in Qingning Palace.

He looked nothing like Xie Jinhua. Xie Jinhua was plump and adorable, while Xie Sui had a slender figure with long limbs, and his face was long and thin. His skin was abnormally pale. In fact, he was not unsightly, but at first glance, he had a somewhat eerie appearance.

He knelt down to report on the case, “I have found out that while Sang Kun was eradicating locusts in Wuzhou, he bought five thousand ducks from a merchant but intentionally drove down the price and owed the merchant a lot of money. That merchant was already living on borrowed funds, relying on this business to make a comeback. But when his dreams shattered and his wife died in childbirth, in a moment of resentment, he hired an assassin.”

He Ying sat on the Dragon Couch, tapping his forehead with a finger, and asked, “What did Sang Kun say?”

Xie Sui replied, “Sang Kun has personally admitted to his dereliction of duty.”

“What about the merchant?”

“He has committed suicide out of fear of his crimes.”

“And the murderer?”

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“This subject has drawn a portrait and will surely capture him.”

There seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary.

Sang Yan listened quietly from the side, feeling that it all seemed too coincidental.

Was it just so that the merchant wanted to revive his fortunes with this batch of ducks?

Just so his wife died in difficult childbirth, leaving him in despair?

Just so he committed suicide out of fear of his crimes?

Amidst these thoughts, she heard the Emperor’s question, “Do you also believe that this case should be concluded this way?”

Xie Sui shook his head, “This subject believes there are unknown details within.”

He Ying smiled with satisfaction, “Let’s hear it.”

He and Sang Yan had come to the same conclusion, feeling it was overly coincidental.

Xie Sui then said, “For a common merchant to hire someone to kill a minister of the court is extremely bold, and ordinary murderers would not dare to take such a job. Granted, under the lure of heavy gold, there will be those who dare, but if the merchant had heavy gold, why would he think to revive himself with just that sum? Therefore, there must be someone else behind this case.”

He Ying nodded in approval, “Knowing this, the key to this case lies with the murderer. Conduct a secret investigation. You may leave.”

“Yes.”

Xie Sui stood up, preparing to take his leave, but then he thought of something and knelt down again, “Emperor, I have heard that my sister has been granted permission to leave the palace.”

He Ying responded indifferently, “Hmm.”

Xie Sui became anxious, “Has my sister not served well?”

He Ying shook his head, “No.”

Xie Sui’s expression relaxed slightly, but then he looked disappointed, “Then why would the Emperor release her from the palace? In my domain, I have not forgotten the Emperor’s grace in selecting and employing me. Thus, I sent my sister into the palace to bear a royal heir for the Emperor—”

“Minister Xie—”

He Ying interrupted him, then countered with a question, “I have but one heart; it can only be given to one person. Knowing this, do you still wish your sister to remain in the palace?”

Xie Sui did wish it.

He came from poverty and had often suffered from hunger and cold. It was the Emperor who conquered Min State, saved him from starvation, and even gave him a chance to be an official.

He was the Emperor and also his lifesaver.

But now he was high-ranking and rich as the ocean.

All he could do was to bring his sister to the palace, for him who had long been without a royal heir, to bear one.

“The Emperor’s heart lies with the land, how could my sister dare to covet the Emperor’s heart?”

He did not need his sister to win the Emperor’s heart.

His sister’s mission was to bear a royal heir.

He Ying didn’t know what to say, blocked by his words.

Sang Yan watched all this, then spoke out, “Mr. Xie, your sister indeed never coveted the Emperor’s heart. Precisely for this reason, she deserves freedom. She does not belong in the harem.”

Xie Sui knew a thing or two about the affairs of the Imperial Palace and was also aware of Sang Yan’s status, so he said, “You are the one who has won the Emperor’s heart, are you not? Having obtained the Emperor’s favor, you should be grateful, not so spiteful as this.”

He thought, just like the other ministers, that the Emperor’s sending away of a concubine from the palace was due to Sang Yan.

In the end, Sang Yan still took the blame.

“Please reconsider, Emperor.”

Xie Sui bowed deeply, saying earnestly, “I ask the Emperor to retain the concubine, that she may bear numerous royal heirs.”

Sang Yan, because Xie Jinhua appreciated him to some extent, now saw him urging progeny, just as those old-fashioned and boring ministers, and said no more.

He Ying was even more impatient, about to become angry—

Pei Muyang approached him, whispered, “Emperor, Ms. Xie has arrived.”

He Ying said coldly, “Let her in.”

In a short while,

Xie Jinhua entered.

Her eyes were red, and her face bore fresh tear tracks. Kneeling beside Xie Sui, she began with a pitiful plea, “Brother, I want to go home. Brother, don’t keep me here.”