Chapter 1311 The daughter of a wealthy family and the poor boy!

On March 25th, at 1 p.m., Murong Qingwu was sitting lazily on a chair. On the bed not far away, the chubby little Jingyan was playing with a rattle in his hand with a look of joy. Looking at her son's adorable appearance, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but smile.

While Murong Qingwu was enjoying this rare parent-child time, Aunt Cao, who was serving beside her, came over and whispered in Murong Qingwu's ear:

"My Lady, there's news from your family that Master Wu is planning to let Miss Xinyun participate in the beauty pageant!"

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Murong Qingwu's face froze immediately. After a moment, she frowned and said seriously:
"Didn't I tell him not to let Xinyun participate in the palace's selection?"

Facing Murong Qingwu's words, Aunt Cao also spoke helplessly:
"I have brought your message to the Fifth Master, but he said that An Miaoyi is very powerful in the palace, and you, the Imperial Concubine, cannot handle the situation alone, so he wants Miss Xinyun to come to the palace to help you, and he also said that sisters working together can achieve great things!

Murong Qingwu couldn't help but sneer when he heard this!
Murong Qingwu didn't believe a word of her fifth uncle Murong Xiu's rhetoric about sisters working together to achieve great success. In her opinion, her fifth uncle had seen Daqian gradually stabilized, so he couldn't bear to be lonely and wanted to come out again!

But unfortunately, Murong Xiu had no ability and no reputation. The highest position he held was the fifth-rank Imperial Academy reader. He was also unwilling to start from scratch, so he could only sacrifice his daughter's happiness and sell her off in order to earn himself the title of father-in-law of the emperor...
Her father Murong Yuliang was the second child in the Murong family. He and his uncle Murong Lun were born from the same father and mother, so the two brothers had a very good relationship.
However, my fifth uncle Murong Xiu was born out of wedlock, so his status in the family was not very high, and he did not enjoy many of the family's political resources. He only relied on his family background to get a fifth-rank position as a reader in the Hanlin Academy in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After the fall of the Southern Tour court, Murong Lun returned to the Luoan court to serve as the Minister of Personnel, and then asked Murong Xiu to return to his hometown to be in charge of the Murong family's clan school. In this way, Murong Xiu was able to survive when Shangguan Changgong massacred the Murong family in Luoan, and finally came to Yijing.

Although Murong Xiu does not hold any official position in the Daqian Dynasty at present, as the fifth master of the Murong family, he is also one of the current leaders of the Murong family in Yijing.

When Murong Qingwu was unable to give birth to a son, he took the initiative to suggest that his youngest daughter Murong Xinyun enter the palace to help Murong Qingwu share the pressure. This incident brought a lot of pressure to Murong Qingwu at the time, causing Murong Qingwu to suffer from insomnia for several nights.

In fact, Murong Qingwu did not have any bad impression towards her cousin Murong Xinyun. In her impression, Xinyun was still the little sister who asked Murong Qingwu to teach her lessons in the family. Deep down, Murong Qingwu still liked her sister very much.

The reason why Murong Qingwu didn't want Murong Xinyun to enter the palace was entirely because of Ye Mingsheng's habit. She knew that once Murong Xinyun entered the palace, with Ye Mingsheng's personality, it would be difficult for him to let her and Xinyun go.
Now she could barely accept being with Ying Er. If she was with other people, especially her cousin, Murong Qingwu really couldn’t accept it. She even felt sick at the thought. However, it was difficult for her to refuse Ye Mingsheng····················
It was for this reason that Murong Qingwu hoped that Murong Xinyun would not enter the palace. Originally, Murong Qingwu thought that if she gave birth to Jingyan, Murong Xiu would give up this idea.

But now it seems that Murong Xiu has never given up this idea and always wants to re-enter the officialdom!
Murong Qingwu knew that in the eyes of her fifth uncle, she did not allow Xinyun to enter the palace because he was worried that Xinyun would compete for his favor. Murong Qingwu was helpless about this. She really wanted to tell her family about her concerns, but this matter involved Ye Mingsheng's hobby, so Murong Qingwu could only keep her mouth shut and let Murong Xiu think that she was worried about competing for his favor.

Seeing Murong Qingwu's helpless expression, Madam Cao hesitated for a moment and said:
"My Lady, I heard a rumor about Miss Xinyun in Murong's house!"

Seeing Madam Cao's mysterious look, Murong Qingwu also became a little excited and ordered:

"Tell me!"

"I heard that Miss Xinyun has a special relationship with Steward Wang's son!"

"Butler Wang? Wang Xide?"

"Yes, it's Wang Shun, the son of Wang Xide, the housekeeper!"

After hearing this, Murong Qingwu hesitated for a moment and asked:
"How far has their relationship developed?"

"It is said that the Fifth Master wanted to kill Wang Shun, but Miss Xinyun went on a hunger strike and forced the Fifth Master to let Wang Shun go!"

Murong Qingwu's expression suddenly became a little surprised when these words came out. She never thought that her sister Xinyun would actually fall in love with a poor boy like in the play...
Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but recall her time when she was still waiting to be married. Although she didn't fall in love with the housekeeper's son like Murong Xinyun, she had read many stories about talented men and beautiful women and longed for a passionate love. Unfortunately, stories about talented men and beautiful women mostly happened in novels and operas rather than in real life.

In the end, Murong Qingwu still didn't wait for the perfect lover of her dreams, so she could only succumb to reality and marry a more realistic choice!

So seeing that Murong Xinyun was willing to risk her life for love, Murong Qingwu still had some respect for her in her heart. She asked herself that she might not be able to do the same if they were in a different position!

And when Murong Qingwu thought about Murong Xinyun, who was so selfless for love, not being able to get married with her lover, but being forced to enter the palace and marry a middle-aged man she had never met, and this man was her brother-in-law, she felt uncomfortable no matter how she thought about it. She really didn't want to see this scene!
At this time, Madam Cao didn't know what Murong Qingwu was thinking. Seeing Murong Qingwu's complexion, she couldn't help but offer a suggestion:

"My Lady, this news has been blocked by the Fifth Master in the family, and not many people know about it. If we spread this news, Miss Xinyun will definitely not be able to enter the palace!"

Hearing this, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but look at Nanny Cao. Facing the gaze of her master, Nanny Cao, who had just made a suggestion, seemed a little at a loss. She didn't know why Murong Qingwu was looking at her like that. She didn't dare to look at Murong Qingwu and could only lower her head respectfully.

At this moment, Murong Qingwu's cold voice came to Cao Ma's ears.

“From now on, you must completely forget about this matter. If you spread the news, I will never forgive you…”

Hearing Murong Qingwu's words, Nanny Cao, who was already at a loss, was even more at a loss. She didn't know what had offended Murong Qingwu with her suggestion that would satisfy her wish of not letting Murong Xinyun enter the palace. However, feeling the coldness in Murong Qingwu's words, she could only respond in a low voice:

"This servant will follow the Imperial Concubine's orders!"

"Go down!"

"Yes!" After Madam Cao left, Murong Qingwu shook her head helplessly. As a noble concubine in the deep palace, she knew very well that once the affair between Murong Xinyun and Wang Shun was publicized, Murong Xinyun would never be able to enter the palace!

Although doing so could prevent Murong Xinyun from entering the palace, it would very likely harm Murong Xinyun's life!

Murong Qingwu knew too well what it meant to be scared of what people said. Once this matter was made public, Murong Xinyun's reputation would be ruined. Even though there were many young men in Yijing who wanted to pursue Murong Xinyun, once this matter was made public, these people would probably scatter like birds and beasts.

This incident would be like a huge stain that would follow Murong Xinyun for the rest of her life, making it very difficult for her to marry a suitable husband!

Just like An Miaoyi back then, she did nothing wrong but was labeled as the reincarnation of Baosi, making it difficult for her to get married again. However, An Miaoyi had good vision and dared to take the gamble and marry Ye Mingsheng, directly changing her fate and becoming the queen of Daqian...
Murong Qingwu felt that her cousin's luck was not as good as An Miaoyi's, so as Murong Xinyun's cousin, although she did not want Murong Xinyun to enter the palace, she also did not want to ruin her cousin's life for her own selfish interests!

After all, we all have the surname Murong and blood is thicker than water!
Thinking of this, Murong Qingwu secretly sighed in her heart. She knew that at this moment her fifth uncle Murong Xiu had probably made up his mind and was determined to sell his daughter in exchange for the status of father-in-law of the emperor!

No matter how earnestly I try to persuade her with kind words, she probably won't listen. She might even become more convinced that I am worried that Xinyun will enter the palace to compete for my favor!
Murong Qingwu had no good solution for this. If it was someone else, she might use some unconventional means to make the other party give up and not insist on going her own way!
But when facing her relatives, Murong Qingwu really felt helpless and at a loss as to what to do!
Now Murong Qingwu can only place her hopes on An Miaoyi who is in charge of this talent show!
An Miaoyi had always been wary of someone taking away her position as empress, and worried that her son Jingyan would take away her son Jingren's position as crown prince, so whether in the deep palace or in the court, she never stopped suppressing her mother and her son's family.

So Murong Qingwu felt that if there were two people in the palace who didn’t want to see Murong Xinyun enter the palace, one was herself and the other was An Miaoyi. If An Miaoyi didn’t let Murong Xinyun enter the palace, then her fifth uncle wouldn’t be able to blame herself...
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Just when Murong Qingwu was thinking about how to prevent her cousin from entering the palace, Wang Xuecheng from the General Coordination Office hurried to Ye Mingsheng's study.

At this time, Ye Mingsheng had almost finished today's work and was preparing to go back for dinner, but when he heard that Wang Xuecheng had something important to report, Ye Mingsheng stayed.

After the greeting, Wang Xuecheng immediately reported to Ye Mingsheng:

"Your Majesty, Liu Yushi of the Censorate has been murdered!"

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard this. Although he was a little surprised that someone dared to kill the censor, there were dozens of censors in the Censorate, and Liu was a big surname. If Ye Mingsheng remembered correctly, there were two or three censors in the Censorate with the surname Liu.

"Are you talking about that Imperial Censor Liu?"

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng hadn't reacted yet, Wang Xuecheng couldn't help but say in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, it's Liu Xinjie, the Imperial Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate!"

After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng was startled at first, then asked angrily:

"Wang Xuecheng, what did you say? Liu Xinjie was killed?"

Feeling the anger in Ye Mingsheng's words, Wang Xuecheng nodded seriously and said:
"Last night at about 3:30 pm, Censor Liu was assassinated near his home!"

Listening to Wang Xuecheng's words, Ye Mingsheng asked in a deep voice:

"Did you catch the murderer?"

Wang Xuecheng continued:
“After learning that it was Censor Liu Xinjie who was murdered, the patrol battalion immediately launched a manhunt. After our Coordination Office received the news, we also immediately began a manhunt. We found the murderer at noon today. The murderer wanted to escape, but after being surrounded by us, he chose to commit suicide…”

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he heard about Liu Xinjie's death. When he heard about Liu Xinjie's death, Ye Mingsheng felt that this was not a case of murder for money, but an intentional murder. Now the murderer's suicide undoubtedly further confirmed Ye Mingsheng's thoughts.

"What does your Coordination Office think about this matter?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Wang Xuecheng took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"In reply to your Majesty, our Coordination Office believes that this was a premeditated murder. The murderer was most likely instructed by someone to assassinate Censor Liu Xinjie!"

"As for who is the mastermind behind this, our Coordination Office needs further investigation!"

Hearing Wang Xuecheng say this, Ye Mingsheng asked directly:
"How long will it take for your Coordination Office to investigate this matter thoroughly?"

Wang Xuecheng also felt a little pressure from Ye Mingsheng's words. He thought quickly and replied:

"Ten days!"

"Okay! It will only take ten days! I will leave this matter to your coordination office to be fully responsible for it!"

Listening to Ye Mingsheng's words, Wang Xuecheng felt a huge pressure coming at him. He knew that the time had come to prove the value of his coordination office, so he said solemnly:

“Your Majesty’s imperial decree will be obeyed by your minister Wang Xuecheng! In ten days, I will carry out the imperial decree and get to the bottom of this matter, and bring the mastermind behind the scenes to justice…”

(End of this chapter)