My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty

Chapter 154 The Female Emperor's Suppression, Lady's Unusual Behavior

The higher one's status, the greater the challenges.

Trying to compete with the female Emperor, Princess Ming Yue was still too inexperienced! She suddenly didn't feel like giving Mu Yuyan a shoulder massage anymore. Thinking about the embarrassing scene of being publicly checked, she sat on a small stool nearby, on the verge of tears.

At this moment, Liu Yexi walked in from outside the hall, bowed to the female Emperor and Princess Ming Yue, and presented an imperial decree on the dragon case.

"Your Majesty, please review it. If there are no issues, I will send someone to deliver the decree to the Young Master," Liu Yexi said.

Mu Yuyan smiled and didn't open the decree, saying, "No need, Yexi handles things well, and I trust him."

Let Liu Yexi take the decree back.

Because Mu Yuyan noticed that after hearing the term "Young Master," Ming Yue was sneakily glancing over, although she might have been afraid to ask who it was.

"Understood!"

Liu Yexi took the decree and sent someone out of the palace to the Gu Residence.

...

An hour later, at the Gu Residence!

After handling state affairs, Mu Yuyan walked back home from the palace. The palace used to be her home when she was young, and later, it became Princess Jiaqing's residence as she grew into a young lady. After being raised by Gu Lan, it became just an office.

Upon entering, Old Yang had just come out of the study. Seeing Mu Yuyan, he hurriedly approached and whispered, "Madam, please go and persuade the Young Master..."

"What happened?"

"The Young Master intends to resist the imperial decree!"

Old Yang looked nervous. He held traditional beliefs, and in his eyes, no matter how high one's cultivation was, they should still listen to the court and the Emperor's words!

"Um..." Mu Yuyan was prepared, pursed her lips, and asked softly, "Is the Master inside now?"

"Yes!"

"Then I'll go and persuade him. Don't worry, Old Yang."

Mu Yuyan smiled, then entered the room and walked slowly to Gu Lan's side.

Gu Lan, sitting with his legs crossed, looked helpless. The hastily written imperial decree from Liu Yexi lay on the table.

Seeing her husband in this state, Mu Yuyan couldn't help but find it amusing. She gently picked up the imperial decree, pretending to be surprised.

"Master Gu, why did Her Majesty issue another decree within a day? She seems to value you a lot!"

"Isn't she overestimating you too much?"

Gu Lan: "…"

Two imperial decrees within twenty-four hours... Yuyan, my mentality is crumbling!

"Her Majesty is definitely abnormal. What does this interrogation have to do with me, a scholarly person? I'm only into the classics of the Spring and Autumn Annals...," Gu Lan complained.

Yesterday, entering the palace, Gu Lan could feel that the female Emperor had a definite purpose in mind for him. But what purpose... None of the previous speculations seemed to be correct!

Gu Lan was puzzled. "Why does Her Majesty delegate everything to me? Why doesn't she just catch someone and interrogate them thoroughly?"

Your days of being interrogated are far from over, Master Gu. You're too shallow in your thinking...

Mu Yuyan, with a dark side in her heart, still maintained a gentle tone. "Master Gu, don't think so badly of our Great Jing's Emperor. Perhaps she really... has a special liking for you?"

"Sigh!"

After a moment of silence, Gu Lan, with his fingers pinching his wife's fair and tender little hand, suddenly remembered something. He furrowed his brows, turned his head, and looked at his wife who was smiling secretly!

Mu Yuyan instantly suppressed her laughter!

"What's wrong, Master Gu?"

Gu Lan looked at her delicate and rosy face, slightly puzzled, and asked, "My lady, why do you always speak up for that woman?"

She was a little jealous!

If Gu Lan got close to some beautiful women, she would use all her tricks to punish him at night, although she would remain stubborn and arrogant, never admitting to any jealousy.

But when it came to the female Emperor's affairs!

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She would act out of character?

The female Emperor had already made her intentions clear to her, and she wasn't jealous... but she was still speaking up for a "potential enemy"?

Hearing Gu Lan's suspicious tone, Mu Yuyan unconsciously withdrew her hand, her beautiful eyes evading, "Because I believe in the Great Jing Court, believe in Your Majesty... Just think, if she were really debauched and incompetent, how could she appoint wise ministers to govern the Great Jing properly? Moreover, how could she only bring you this far?"

"Oh my, can it get more outrageous?"

Hearing the latter half of the sentence, Gu Lan was shocked.

"If it were me, I'd just take you into the palace and force you," Mu Yuyan said, her face blushing.

However, in the warm sunlight, it wasn't so obvious.

Although this statement sounded very shameful, it was indeed the best excuse now!

Seeing that Gu Lan still had some doubts, Mu Yuyan bit her lip and hurriedly advised, "Anyway, with your strength, I think... cough, even if Her Majesty wants... wants to be forceful, she can't, right?"

"...That's true."

After a while, Gu Lan temporarily buried his doubts in his heart, nodded, and picked up the yellow silk decree again. Standing up, he said seriously:

"However, I did want to handle the case of these sexual offenders... even if Her Majesty had no intention, I still need to take care of it!"

For him, eliminating those sexual offenders might be a piece of cake. But for the young ladies of the entire capital, it was eliminating a huge disaster! Especially since they had caused trouble at his doorstep. They had a way to meet their end!

"Yuyan, then I'll go to the Imperial Announcements Bureau to take a look."

"Alright, I'll be downstairs, waiting for you to come back for a meal."

...

Imperial Announcements Bureau, the dungeon!

Reality is often more brutal than imagination!

In less than three days, the families of those victimized girls had already surrounded this place, crying and clamoring for the officials to find their daughters!

"My poor child! She's so young, and she died in the hands of thieves inexplicably!"

"This is a tragedy! How could there be such evil thieves in our Great Jing Capital? Lord Wei, do you think our daughter can come back!?"

"..."

Most of them were elderly men and women.

Having raised their daughters for most of their lives, now suddenly abducted, with slim chances of survival, they couldn't help but cry out in despair, heartbroken!

"Please calm down, everyone. Your daughters... are just missing. The officials are interrogating the culprit, and once there are results, we will definitely inform everyone!"

Wei Zhi was surrounded by a group of people and hadn't rested his eyes for a day and night. With Liu Yexi's order, the special envoys of the Imperial Announcements Bureau had been sent to catch the thieves, and his Imperial Guards had to maintain order in the capital day and night!

After capturing the thief last night, that King Realm criminal resisted the interrogation and hadn't revealed any useful information until now!

These old people were pitiful, but he had to deceive them. He dared not say that the search for those girls had yielded no results and that they probably had already perished...

"Lord Wei, go rest for a while. I'll watch over here for you."

One subordinate saw that Wei Zhi's energy was fast dwindling and kindly suggested.

Wei Zhi looked pained. Looking over the crowd towards the direction of the imperial city, he shook his head, "No need! Just now, an edict came from the palace. Later, an envoy will come to interrogate the criminal... Envoys usually don't speak kindly. I'm afraid they won't like dealing with these poor old folks."

These elderly people were desperate to save their daughters, so they were inevitably a bit agitated! Once they clashed with an official with a bad temper, the situation would be difficult to control!

"Alright..."

The subordinate understood Wei Zhi's concerns and stopped advising.

Wei Zhi continued to look towards the imperial city. At this moment, a familiar figure in green walked into view, making him slightly stunned!

"Brother Gu?" Wei Zhi frowned. The place was chaotic, and there was no way to attend to this fellow townsman. Why would he come here?

He gave Gu Lan a look, indicating for him not to come over and join in the commotion.

However...

Upon seeing him, Gu Lan greeted him and waved his hand, his handsome face beaming with a brilliant smile.

At the same time, dazzlingly displayed in his hand was the golden decree, shining brightly and bewilderingly into Wei Zhi's eyes...