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After Princess Ning'an finished speaking, she returned to Bixia Palace with a calm demeanor.
Once Eunuch Wei was certain that she was far away, he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made his way back to Huaqing Palace.
It had been so long. He wondered how the fish bladder in His Majesty's mouth was? Did it absorb the medicine? Or did it sprinkle and was swallowed?
Eunuch Wei approached the dragon bed, dismissed the attending palace servants, then opened the Emperor's mouth and carefully removed the fish bladder in it.
The medicine was still inside.
Eunuch Wei felt a wave of relief.
"I need to deal with this quickly..." Eunuch Wei walked out holding the fish bladder, feeling like he had forgotten something, but couldn't remember it for the moment.
The immobilized Emperor: My underpants! There's still something in my underpants!
There was no impenetrable wall in the world.
The news of Empress Dowager Zhuang colluding with Minister Xing to harm the Emperor quickly spread throughout the capital.
Both officials and commoners never expected the mastermind behind the scenes to be Empress Dowager Zhuang.
However, upon careful reflection of Empress Dowager Zhuang's control over court affairs over the years and her suppression of the Emperor, it seemed not so difficult to accept her as the mastermind.
Voices calling for the downfall of Empress Dowager Zhuang rose among the people, yet the Zhuang Family remained silent during this critical time. contemporary romance
Grand Preceptor Zhuang also claimed illness and refrained from attending court sessions.
This further damaged Empress Dowager Zhuang's reputation and situation.
"Grandfather!"
An Junwang stormed into Grand Preceptor Zhuang's courtyard, and the guards at the door couldn't stop him.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang was practicing calligraphy in his study. When he heard his grandson's voice, he didn't even lift his eyelids. He dipped the tip of his brush in ink and said, "Shouldn't you be on duty in the cabinet at this hour?"
An Junwang had gone to the cabinet, but he immediately returned upon hearing the news.
Thanks to his status, no one in the cabinet dared to stop him.
He approached the desk and looked at Grand Preceptor Zhuang, who was immersed in calligraphy, and understood that he hadn't been truly ill these days, he had just been intentionally avoiding going to court.
"Haven’t you heard about Grandaunt?" He asked.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang didn't look at him and simply wrote the character for "mountain" with his brush, replying, "This isn't something you should worry about."
An Junwang looked directly at Grand Preceptor Zhuang, "If it's not something I should worry about, then what about grandfather? Shouldn't you be worried? With such a significant matter involving Empress Dowager Zhuang, shouldn't you step forward to defend her reputation and actively seek evidence to clear her name from the Central Judicial Office and Ministry of Justice?"
Grand Preceptor Zhuang's brush paused, and he glanced at him, "How do you know it's a slander?"
An Junwang said solemnly, "Empress Dowager Zhuang wouldn't do such a thing. If she wanted the Emperor's life, she wouldn't have waited until now. Grandfather, you know Empress Dowager Zhuang's methods better than I do."
"So what?" Grand Preceptor Zhuang asked.
An Junwang looked deeply at Grand Preceptor Zhuang, "Grandfather... are you intending to just stand by and watch?”
Grand Preceptor Zhuang neither admitted nor denied, "I’m doing this for the sake of the Zhuang Family."
An Junwang sneered, "For the Zhuang Family? For what of the Zhuang Family? Without the protection of Empress Dowager Zhuang, can the Zhuang Family still be the same as before?"
Grand Preceptor Zhuang slammed the brush on the table, "Do you think Empress Dowager Zhuang is still the same as before? She has long since distanced herself from the Zhuang Family!"
An Junwang clenched his fists, deeply anguished, "So, grandfather will just stand by and watch? She is your sister!”
“After she was sold off by her biological father to seek glory and sent to that treacherous palace, after she lost her only family, licked her wounds alone, endured so many years of suffering and yet still dedicated herself to the Zhuang Family, is this how you finally abandon her?”
“You only remember the year she distanced herself from the Zhuang Family, but forget the decades the Zhuang Family has consumed her flesh and blood!"
"Enough!" Grand Preceptor Zhuang snapped.
An Junwang wasn't intimidated by Grand Preceptor Zhuang's anger. He looked at the man he had respected for so many years with disappointment and said, "Grandfather, when I was eight, you sent me as a hostage prince to the State of Chen. Empress Dowager Zhuang tried her best to stop it. She said to you, 'Zhuang Family has me, that's enough. Don't sacrifice more people.'”
“How did you explain it to me, grandfather? You said, 'Empress Dowager Zhuang is carrying the Zhuang Family alone, it's too tough on her. Not everything should be borne by Empress Dowager Zhuang alone...' So I went!”
“I endured humiliation in the State of Chen for those years, but I have never regretted it! But now, I regret it. Grandfather, you're not doing this for Empress Dowager Zhuang or the Zhuang Family, you're doing it for yourself."
These words struck at the heart, but Grand Preceptor Zhuang was past the age of fighting with his juniors. He suppressed his anger and continued writing a few characters, saying, "Heng’er, you are my most outstanding grandson and the future heir of the Zhuang Family. I hope you can recognize your identity."
"Identity, heh."
An Junwang smiled self-mockingly. He didn't say anything more to Grand Preceptor Zhuang because he understood his grandfather's meaning.
It was useless to say more, he'd better save his energy.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang stopped him, "Where are you going?"
An Junwang turned back and said in a cold voice, "Since grandfather doesn't care about Empress Dowager Zhuang, then I'll go save her myself. I'll go clear Empress Dowager Zhuang's name!"
Grand Preceptor Zhuang threatened, "If you take a step out of the Zhuang Family, don't bother coming back to see me."
An Junwang squeezed his fingers, hesitated, then stepped over the threshold.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang said sternly, "I mean it. Zhuang Yuheng, your identity was given by me, your power and status were given by me. Without me, without the identity of Zhuang Family's legitimate grandson, you are nothing in the capital. Think carefully. Leaving the mansion today might be easy, but it won't be so easy to come back another day!"
An Junwang, upon hearing this, indeed withdrew the foot he was about to step out.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang raised an eyebrow satisfactorily, "You won't need to go to the cabinet these days. Stay at home..."
Before he could finish the words "and rest," An Junwang flipped up the hem of his clothes and knelt heavily on the ground.
He supported himself with both hands, knocking his head heavily with a loud sound, and with just one knock, he made his forehead red. He said, “This grandson thanks grandfather for his upbringing.”
Grand Preceptor Zhuang was stunned.
An Junwang, with reddened eyes, kowtowed a second time, "This grandson thanks grandfather for his guidance and favor."
Blood veins appeared on his forehead, and tears shimmered in his eyes.
Grand Preceptor Zhuang's expression changed, and he exclaimed, "Zhuang Yuheng!"
An Junwang didn't stop. He knocked his head heavily for the third time, his hot tears dripping onto the cold floor, "Lastly, this grandson thanks grandfather for your deep affection! Yuheng is unfilial!"
With those words, he stood up with his blood-stained forehead, choked back his tears, turned around without looking back, and ran into the night.
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