flstandardbreds Chapter 113 Who gave you permission to take sides without authorization?
Chapter 113 Who gave you permission to take sides without authorization?
After a moment's thought, Xue Huaiyu glanced at Wen Yichuan and Pei Wenyu, then looked at them and said slowly, "What happened tonight is quite strange. Was it the work of the Grand Commandant, the Prime Minister, or someone else? We must investigate this thoroughly and give me and Consort De a satisfactory explanation!"
He paused for a moment, then said, "I'll leave this matter to the Imperial Guard General; you'll be in charge of handling it!" After saying that, he looked at Pei Wenyu.
Pei Wenyu respectfully replied, "Yes! Your subject obeys!"
Just then, the Empress Dowager and Wen Yanxi arrived in a hurry.
Upon seeing the Emperor, the Empress Dowager immediately adopted a concerned expression and inquired, "I heard that Your Majesty and Consort De were assassinated, so I came here specifically to check on the situation. These villains are incredibly audacious. Is Your Majesty injured?"
"Your Majesty, I am unharmed," Xue Huaiyu replied.
"I just overheard someone outside the door saying that the Wen family is involved in this matter. This is absolutely nonsense! Our Wen family would never do such a treasonous thing. Someone must be maliciously framing us!" the Empress Dowager said angrily.
"Your Majesty, I have entrusted this matter to the Imperial Guard General, who is also the grandson of General Pei. He will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly and give me, Consort De, and the Wen family an explanation," Xue Huaiyu replied.
The Empress Dowager then noticed Pei Wenyu beside her, her eyes filled with scrutiny, and slowly said, "In that case, General Pei must investigate thoroughly. If anyone is found to have deliberately slandered the Wen family, I will not let them off lightly!"
"Your humble servant obeys the decree!" Pei Wenyu replied with a faint smile.
The Empress Dowager turned to look at Chen Xianlin again, glanced at her, and said, "Consort De must have been frightened tonight, go back and rest early!"
"Yes!" Chen Xianlin bowed and replied.
The Empress Dowager nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Xue Huaiyu and said, "Your Majesty must have been frightened tonight. I will not disturb you any longer. Your Majesty should rest early!"
The Empress Dowager then led Wen Yanxi away.
The news of tonight's assassination attempt also reached the ears of the Prime Minister, the Grand Commandant, and Zheng Luoqi.
The Grand Commandant never expected that the Prime Minister would also send people to carry out assassination and frame-up, and he almost got himself accused by the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister also learned of this matter. Fortunately, there was also 'evidence' left at the scene by the assassin sent by the Grand Commandant. Although this evidence was also planted by his own people, it is estimated that the Emperor will take this opportunity to suppress both sides. This time, the Emperor has benefited.
When Zheng Luoqi received the message, she had already guessed that Pei Wenyu wouldn't make a move. She didn't expect that the old Grand Commandant would actually do it. Fortunately, she had taken precautions and had Pei Wenyu inform the Emperor in advance that the Grand Commandant would send someone to assassinate and frame the Prime Minister's Mansion, so that the Prime Minister's Mansion wouldn't suffer too much loss. This time, it was the Emperor who benefited.
Zheng Luoqi felt that this assassination attempt would not end there unless a scapegoat appeared, since assassinating the emperor was a serious matter.
Zheng Luoqi had a flash of inspiration and wrote down her plan, sending it to the Prime Minister's residence as quickly as possible. Zheng Yuxiang also received Zheng Luoqi's letter and immediately set about sending people to carry it out.
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Several days later, Pei Wenyu received a letter from someone in the Pei family. The letter said that recently, Madam Pei, as well as the young ladies and gentlemen, had been targeted by assassins in the middle of the night for some unknown reason, and the number of guards in the Pei family had increased.
The letter also mentioned that Madam Pei, Pei Wenyu's mother, was very unsettled because of the recent assassination attempts on their property, and Pei Wenyu's cousins were also quite frightened.
Upon receiving the letter from the Pei family, Pei Wenyu immediately knew who had done it. He gripped the letter tightly, his eyes bloodshot, his anger finding no outlet but to slam his fist on the table.
"Damn it, damn it!" Pei Wenyu's anger instantly spread throughout his body. He roared furiously.
Immediately, Pei Wenyu tore the letter sent by the Pei family into pieces.
That night, while Pei Wenyu was resting, a sharp arrow flew through the window and embedded itself firmly in the window of Pei Wenyu's room. Pei Wenyu went forward and tore off the letter tied to the arrow.
"A small lesson learned. If you misbehave next time, it won't be as simple as just being frightened! Even General Pei can't protect you!"
Pei Wenyu was even angrier and tore the letter up in anger once again.
Suddenly, Pei Wenyu's heart raced, his chest tightened and he felt like he couldn't breathe. Then he remembered that the poison had taken effect. The pain in his chest was so intense that he couldn't breathe. Pei Wenyu felt like he was about to collapse and suddenly fell to the ground with a 'thud'.
But at this moment, he was conscious. Pei Wenyu slowly crawled to the head of the bed, found the antidote Zheng Luoqi had given him, took one pill, and the antidote slowly spread in his body, relieving the pain. He soon recovered.
Pei Wenyu gasped for breath, inwardly cursing Zheng Luoqi to pieces.
When news of the assassination of the Pei family reached General Pei's ears, he was furious.
General Pei said angrily, "I have guarded the frontier for many years, and the Northern Rong have not dared to invade for many years, yet I cannot protect my own family? What exactly happened? How could someone assassinate me out of the blue?"
"I have served in the court for many years. Which of those important officials dares not to give me face? Even the Prime Minister has to give me some respect!" General Pei said after calming down from his anger.
"But this assassination attempt resulted in no casualties, which is clearly a warning to my Pei family. As for who it is and why someone would want to warn my Pei family, my Pei family has never participated in politics, so we have been living peacefully for many years. This time, I'm afraid it's not that simple."
"Wen Yu is in the capital. Has any news come through? Do you know who did it?" General Pei felt that this assassination was not so simple.
“Young Master Pei is indeed in the capital, but…” the soldier hesitated, unsure whether to speak.
General Pei hated people who hesitated the most. With a single glance, the soldier immediately spoke up: "Young Master Pei is now a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Guards!"
"What?" General Pei was incredulous. So the Pei family had been keeping the fact that Pei Wenyu had become the commander of the Royal Guard a secret from him all along?
For so long, if it weren't for the assassination attempt, were you planning to keep it from him until he returned to the capital?
General Pei said angrily, "Didn't I tell them never to get involved in politics or take sides? Did they just ignore my words?"
General Pei was truly enraged. He wanted to know if this was Pei Wenyu's own idea, whether he knew the consequences of taking sides on his own, and whether he was risking the lives of his entire family to play along.
General Pei still sided with the royal family. It wasn't that the royal family was bad, but he felt that Xue Huaiyu was incapable of shouldering the responsibility. To put it bluntly, he was just a puppet emperor. This was an open secret among the court officials. Even if Xue Huaiyu had ambitions and wanted to be a good emperor, so what?
He doesn't yet have enough power to make my Pei family follow him.