The Prince of Rui watched Hua Yueye leave. His face grew even paler. How on earth did that imperial robe end up in the box? As far as he was concerned, he would never have taken out such a thing. It seemed that someone was framing him.
Thinking of this, the Prince of Rui felt a deep sense of indignation. In his life, he had never been so schemed against.
After returning, he immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Gao Quan's mansion.
After reading it, Gao Quan sneered and slapped the table hard. "This Hua Yueye is really something. He actually dared to depose the Regent. Has he really grown too powerful?"
"Come on! It's time we got the emperor back to the palace," Gao Quan said. Then, using some despicable means, he sent people to spread the news among the common people that Hua Yueye had left the palace. There was no one in charge in the court, and the whole country was in chaos.
A few days ago, something had happened to the Prince of Rui's mansion. The Regent had been demoted overnight. Many common people had started to talk about it. Now, hearing this news, they felt something was even more wrong. For a while, rumors were flying everywhere.
Su Qingwen was cracking melon seeds when she heard this from a young maid. She couldn't help rolling her eyes. "These gossiping people are really boring. They even care about such things. Are they so idle every day?"
"Your Majesty, people's words are terrifying. We don't know who spread this news. It seems we'll be back in the palace soon," the maid said with a twitch of her lips.
"Okay," Su Qingwen said indifferently. Anyway, she had had enough fun and it was time to go back and have a good rest.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Hua Yueye sent someone to deliver an imperial edict, saying that they should return to the palace immediately.
Sitting in the comfortable sedan chair, Su Qingwen closed her eyes and couldn't help dozing off. Hua Yueye glanced at her and said helplessly, "You're really carefree. We don't know what kind of situation we'll face when we get back."
"Really?" Su Qingwen asked, raising her eyebrows in surprise. "What could happen? You've only been away for less than a month. Can those people really turn the world upside down? Don't worry."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Yueye couldn't help smiling bitterly. "We were forced to come back this time. You should be careful."
Su Qingwen was stunned for a moment. She bit her lip secretly and swallowed hard.
About two hours later, the large group finally returned to the palace. They were all exhausted from the long journey. All Su Qingwen wanted to do now was to take a hot bath and wash away all her fatigue.
However, to her surprise, as soon as they arrived at Hua Yueye's palace, they saw an "annoying person" - Gao Quan.
The man stood straight at the palace gate, his face ashen and his brows knitted together. When he saw Hua Yueye, there was a look of disdain in his eyes. Then he stepped forward and bowed. "Welcome back, Your Majesty."
"Get up," Hua Yueye said. No matter how much he disliked this person, he still had to maintain a good appearance. He nodded slightly and helped the man up. "Why are you here, Eunuch Gao?"
"I just wanted to welcome Your Majesty back," Gao Quan sneered, smiling falsely. Then he changed his expression and said seriously, "A lot of things have happened in the palace during Your Majesty's absence. First, there has been unrest in the harem. Two concubines had a fight."
"Um," Hua Yueye's expression remained unchanged as he continued to listen.
"Second, there are rumors among the common people that Your Majesty should not have deposed the Regent," Gao Quan squinted his eyes and glanced at Hua Yueye's face.
"Third, the behavior of forming cliques in the court has become more and more prevalent. It's really excessive."
Hearing this, Su Qingwen's eyes showed a hint of surprise. If that was the case, there were so many problems in the court. How could Hua Yueye cope?
Gao Quan sneered to himself. With so many things to deal with, Hua Yueye would surely be overwhelmed. In the end, he would definitely ask the Regent for help. In that case, it was only a matter of time before the Regent's power was restored.
"I see," Hua Yueye replied calmly, as if the things Gao Quan had said were nothing to him.
"Your Majesty, now that you're back, you'd better deal with these things as soon as possible. Otherwise, there will be complaints!" Seeing Hua Yueye's attitude, Gao Quan's face turned extremely ugly.
"Eunuch Gao, as the chief eunuch, you should be able to handle such things. Why do you have to leave them all to me?" Hua Yueye said with a half - smile.
"You..." Gao Quan was infuriated. Hua Yueye dared to turn the tables on him. His face turned blue with anger. He stared at Hua Yueye fiercely and then slapped his sleeve. "Your Majesty, as the Son of Heaven, it's your duty to do all these things. Why are you shirking your responsibility? If you can't do it well, just abdicate quickly."
"Back then, I could help you ascend to the throne, and now I can also pull you down," Gao Quan sneered and then strode away.
"This is just too much," Su Qingwen couldn't stand it anymore. She widened her eyes and rushed in front of Hua Yueye. "I said, this is clearly a blatant threat. What are you going to do now?"
"Wait," Hua Yueye sat down calmly and said, "Now that I'm back, you take care of the affairs in the harem. As for the court, I'll just see what tricks they can play."
Needless to say, all these things were caused by Gao Quan. Even if he wanted to solve them, it would probably take a lot of effort.
"Okay," Su Qingwen was slightly stunned. Asking her to manage the harem didn't seem like a wise decision.
After all, she didn't know anything about it. Maybe Concubine Ka and Concubine Fei would stir up trouble.
[System: Host, have you forgotten? You can now activate the protagonist aura mode and adjust your main battlefield to the mode of Empresses in the Palace. You'll surely be invincible.]
The system's reminder was like a wake - up call. Su Qingwen nodded quickly and immediately agreed. "Okay, I'll take care of the harem. I'll surely manage them all obediently."
"Good," Hua Yueye nodded slightly, lowered his head and rubbed his temples, then waved his hand. "You must be tired today. Go back and have a good rest."
"Um," Su Qingwen nodded and quickly left Hua Yueye's palace.
She was walking along the road when suddenly a young girl in a pink palace dress bumped into her. It was clearly the girl who had bumped into someone first, but unexpectedly, she shifted all the blame onto Su Qingwen.
"Hey, who are you? Why are you so blind? How dare you bump into me? I'm the newly - entered Noble Lady Chen. If you hurt me, you'll lose your head!" the girl scolded aggressively with her hands on her hips.