HCB Chapter 243 A Dirty Heart
Chapter 243 A Dirty Heart
Shen Zhiyi didn't believe in superstition.
During her years of schooling, she saw many pretty girls, but she really didn't see many handsome guys.
It's so rare to see a handsome guy, but he's either already taken or he's come out of the closet.
As a result, she's still single, though she doesn't really want to be in a relationship.
[My goodness, digging deeper, there's definitely something fishy going on.]
Upon hearing this, the county magistrate of Cai County, who was about to leave, stopped.
He turned back.
[The male concubine's birth mother was actually the eldest daughter of the wife of the Prefect of Yunzhou.]
The county magistrate of Cai County turned pale.
What the heck? What did he just hear?
The wife of the Prefect of Yunzhou had difficulty conceiving, and the children in her household were all born to his concubines. Over time, she gradually discovered that the Prefect of Yunzhou would drown the girls.
[Later, when the wife of the Prefect of Yunzhou became pregnant, she discovered she had given birth to a girl. Fearing her child would drown, she immediately sent her personal maid with the child to the countryside, where she was entrusted to a farmer.]
She couldn't bear to be too far from her child, nor did she dare keep the child by her side, so she left the child in the nearby countryside, so she could take some time each month to visit the child from afar.
Shen Zhiyi sighed deeply.
【This is it.】
She glanced at the county magistrate of Cai County, who had somehow returned, as if he were a dead man.
[Regarding the case of the Prefect of Yunzhou, it seems the punishment was the execution of three generations of his family. Would the Magistrate of Cai County be included in that sentence?]
The county magistrate of Cai County was so frightened that he jumped up and down on the spot.
What is he? He's nothing.
He wanted to divorce the male concubine that very night, and he didn't want the maid anymore either.
May those two illicit lovers die together, but please don't drag his whole family down with them.
Oh no, how did he suddenly get involved with the Prefect of Yunzhou?
He would have been happy before.
He's trying to hide now.
Seeing the county magistrate of Cai County rushing back in such a hurry, the group couldn't help but laugh.
Shen Zhiyi thought everyone found the other person's back view funny.
The county magistrate of Cai County, who rushed back immediately, gave the male concubine and the maid a sum of money.
"You all need to leave quickly. From now on, we have no relationship whatsoever."
Goodbye.
As he spoke, the magistrate of Cai County quickly closed the door.
*
"Have the candidates for Prefect and Chief Clerk of Yunzhou been selected?"
Before getting into his carriage, the old emperor asked the newly appointed Minister of Personnel a question.
"The selection has been made; Your Majesty, please take a look."
The old emperor took the memorial handed to him by the newly appointed Minister of Personnel and glanced at it.
"Okay, these two will do."
It will take some time before those two take office, and the old emperor and others have already left the territory of Yunzhou.
After traveling for a long time, the group finally arrived in Luozhou.
Luozhou has imperial tombs, and the Empress Dowager lived here, making this place much more prosperous than the other places I've visited before.
The Empress Dowager's residence was naturally quite large.
Because the old emperor launched a surprise attack, the empress dowager was unaware of it.
When the maid saw the old emperor arrive, she hurriedly went to find the empress dowager.
[Empress Dowager, open the door! I know you're inside; your son is coming.]
The Eighth Princess nervously pressed close to Shen Zhiyi and whispered, "I've heard that Grandmother is a very strict person."
"You know I'm a woman too?"
No wonder the Eighth Princess was so unguarded around me from the very beginning!!!
The Eighth Princess was speechless for a moment.
Lately, Shen Zhiyi has been asking everyone she meets on the street, "Do you know I'm a woman?"
It seems that her attempt to disguise herself as a man was a major failure and severely damaged her self-confidence.
The Eighth Princess said helplessly, "You've always been a woman, haven't you? I was quite surprised to find a female official here!"
Then the Eighth Princess lowered her voice and said, "Shen Lang, you don't know, there were many female officials during the reign of the previous empress, but unfortunately the empress's reign lasted only ten years, and it was all two hundred years ago."
"so!"
The Eighth Princess's tone became excited: "That's why I admire Shen Lang so much, for becoming the first female official in Daye."
Shen Zhiyi pursed her lips, somewhat doubting herself.
So, they always thought I was a female official?
[Wait, did I tell them I'm a guy?]
【its not right! 】
The hearts of those around him tightened.
[What was wrong again? I forgot. I think I did publicly state that I was a man.]
The people around shook their heads violently.
you have not!
Whether it exists or not, it doesn't exist.
The Eighth Princess was afraid that Shen Zhiyi would come up with something wrong, so she grabbed his arm tightly and tried to talk about something else.
"Shen Lang, when my grandmother comes, please don't be afraid."
【Fear?】
You probably won't be able to see your grandmother today.
Soon, the maid who delivered the message came over.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has gone to the Imperial Mausoleum and will not return until tomorrow morning."
The Empress Dowager is too busy having an affair with her young lover and cuckolding her deceased husband to have any time to see her son.
The old emperor rubbed his aching temples.
If he remembers correctly, his mother had only recently recovered from her illness!
"Send men to bring the Empress Dowager back."
Why would someone go to an imperial tomb while sick? Isn't that just playing with your health?
It would be a miracle if they could even be brought back.
The old emperor was silent.
That being said, we still have to accept the assignment.
Holy crap, this pretty boy!!!
Shen Zhiyi was stunned.
I don't know what I saw, but I stopped thinking to myself how utterly failed I was at dressing up as a man.
This pretty boy made the Empress Dowager faint!
The old emperor, who was drinking water, spat out the tea in his mouth.
The courtiers standing silently to the side wished they could bury their heads in the ground; they didn't hear a word of what they thought was outrageous.
The Eighth Princess lowered her head, her ears were red, but her big eyes showed curiosity and...envy.
If they weren't careful not to let Shen Zhiyi discover that they could hear her thoughts.
She couldn't wait to ask Shen Zhiyi where that pretty boy was from, when the Empress Dowager would usually get tired of her male concubines, and whether that pretty boy had any brothers.
In short, if the Empress Dowager gets tired of him, she'll just take this pretty boy.
They can actually knock you out directly.
That must be incredibly impressive!
Why did this pretty boy knock the Empress Dowager unconscious?
Everyone: What? He was knocked unconscious?
Everyone looked at each other.
Wow, you've got a real heart.
Bah, it's clearly your heart.
The Eighth Princess was heartbroken.
It turns out he was knocked unconscious, not knocked out by a collision.
Sigh, I thought I had gained another high-quality resource.
After a while.
and many more.
The Empress Dowager has been knocked unconscious!
What's going on? That pretty boy actually dared to knock the Empress Dowager unconscious.
The old emperor gradually came to his senses.
Wait, his mother???
His breathing quickened, his mind went blank for a moment, and his eyes instantly filled with murderous intent.
What's that pretty boy doing?
I thought they were going to kill the Empress Dowager.
Everyone's hearts tightened.
[Thankfully not. Looks like he's not an enemy of the royal family. So what's this pretty boy up to?]