Chapter 247

Flower Knight (1)

A few days quickly passed by.

The emperor’s life got busier and busier. He seemed to have realized that the gossip couldn’t be suppressed any longer. Besides having killed a few people in the beginning, he was now completely ignoring this matter.

Zhao Yiqin was very pleased with herself as she sat in the outer palace, merrily drinking tea with a big smug smile. She then said to one of her trusted aide standing beside her,

“The king has already killed so many people. Now he’s causing a ruckus concerning this matter. The previously fearful officials who didn’t dare speak out in fear of angering him will now have no difficulty managing him. They won’t let him go easily. Hmph, that’ll make the emperor regret having killed off all those ministers before!”

“Empress Dowager is truly brilliant!” The trusted aide, who was around 50 years old, replied, “We should take advantage of the emperor’s helplessness in the current crisis and strike him while the iron is still hot! What does the Empress Dowager think we should do next?”

Zhao Yiqin narrowed her eyes thoughtfully, before she smirked, “With this unexpected scandal, we have planted a seed of doubt in both the ministers and the commoners! Next step, we simply need to find a woman!”

“What do you want a female for?” the simple trusted aide asked.

“Isn’t there a Heaven Ceremony in half a month? There will probably be countless commoners attending the scene. During the event, what do you think will happen if a woman suddenly showed up and claimed to be the previous Empress’s maid? What if she said that the Empress had an affair with the Prime Minister, before the queen became pregnant? It would be quite the marvelous show!”

Zhao Yiqin narrowed her eyes as she spoke fiercely, “It is very hard to find information against the king. I must make sure to exaggerate this as much as possible. That way, I can find a chance to seize power.”

“Empress Dowager is truly wise!” Her trusted aide said quickly, “This servant will go organize this right away!”

“Go,” Zhao Yunqin suddenly remembered something and quickly added, “Oh yeah, the Zhong and Zhou family has been searched and confiscated already. Have you found a chance to go and look for the city boundary map?”

The trusted aide shook his head, “I searched every document and couldn’t find the city boundary map.”

Zhao Yunqin was a little disappointed as she waved her hand in dismissal, “Bah, just go. That map cannot fall in someone else’s hands. Besides, it would be near impossible for anyone to collect and unite all the maps. When you leave, tell the flower knight to enter. It has been stuffy in the imperial palace due to all the deaths these past few days. I am going to enjoy myself a little.”

“As you command.”

The flower knight was Zhao Yiqin’s most pampered boytoy among all the young soldiers. Not long after, he went to Zhao Yiqin’s side as instructed.

Zhao Yiqin was fairly young, only a little older than 40 years old. She wasn’t Mo Linyuan’s actual paternal grandmother, which was why she was only nice to Mo Linyuan and Mo Shiwen in order to make moves against them.

Once the flower knight saw Zhao Yiqin, a smile immediately appeared. He had a weak and fair complexion. At first glance, he seemed to have a somewhat monk-like neatness.

However once he laughed, his appearance became more vulgar.

“Come over here.”

Zhao Yiqin hooked her finger to signal him over. With a charming smile, the flower knight swiftly walked over and gripped her hand.

“Now, let me attend to the Empress Dowager.”

Zhao Yiqin signaled with a finger, directing those in the back of the scene to remain silent.

About an hour later, this section of the imperial building suddenly caught on fire!

Arriving alongside the fire, Ye Mu brought a group of people that all charged inside. Furthermore, she commanded them to surround the entire complex.

“Empress Dowager, this isn’t good! There’s a-” The servant couldn’t finish his words before Zhao Yiqin panicked. She hadn’t finished dressing up yet before Ye Mu went inside with a ton of imperial guards following behind her.

“Empress Dowager, it’s been a while since we last saw each other.”

Ye Mu waved to dismiss the people around. As Ye Mu walked in, she noticed the disheveled Zhao Yiqin was trying to block her at the entrance door.

“How dare you!” Zhao Yiqin’s face was bright red, her eyes were even more piercing, “Who permitted you to enter? I’m the Empress Dowager! Just because the emperor favors you, doesn’t mean you can disregard the laws!”