Aunt Feng almost broke her teeth. She didn't expect that little girl to be so good at pretending.
Wasn't she a laggard when she went to Jiangxi before? How could she still earn merit and come back? She was even canonized as a princess.
After Mu Zhiyuan found out about this, he asked her to come over quickly to find someone, preferably to take Mu Xuanyi back.
Otherwise, when this matter is made public, everyone will know that the princess and her biological father are not on good terms, and the two of them don't even live together. If this news spreads, where will he lose his face?
Unexpectedly, the other party was not willing to see her at all, and only sent a housekeeper to spread the news outside. Aunt Feng was so angry that she wanted to turn around and leave.
But he had received a death order. Mu Zhiyuan told her that a large part of the reason why Mu Xuanyi left was because of her harsh treatment, so if she could not bring Mu Xuanyi back, she should not come back.
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Mu Xuanmei is now concentrating on getting married and doesn't care about these external matters at all. She doesn't want her to be troubled in vain, so she doesn't tell her about the matter, which is why she ends up in this dilemma.
"I am her aunt, can you be accommodating and let me go in to see her and have a few words with her?" Aunt Feng returned to the carriage and sulked for a while, but she could only come with a smile and tried to
I gave money to the housekeeper, but was immediately rejected by the housekeeper.
"Madam, please come back. Our princess wants her to see no one unless the Prime Minister comes in person."
"Master has to be busy with so many things every day, how can he have time..." Aunt Feng felt that her request was really ridiculous, and before she could refuse, the housekeeper had already made her attitude clear.
"Our young lady's status is different now. As the princess, she also has many things to deal with. Madam, please don't embarrass me. Please come back."
The housekeeper here was not willing to listen to her, no matter if she offered benefits or threats. Aunt Feng had no choice but to go back and bring in reinforcements.
But when she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, she found out that Mu Zhiyuan had been called away by the emperor not long ago.
"It is said that the people from the palace are very bad-tempered. They complained about the master and made His Majesty angry..." The maid whispered the gossip to her, also with a frown on her face.
Aunt Feng's heart suddenly tightened. Mu Zhiyuan was not here, so what should she do now?
Royal study room.
"The Prime Minister is so majestic!" The emperor glanced at the kneeling Mu Zhiyuan with an angry gaze, and Mu Zhiyuan quickly lowered his head to the ground.
"I am not close to this daughter. She has liked to run outside since she was a child, and she is also very disobedient. She will not discuss anything that happens with me, and I have never known about it... Otherwise, I will never neglect Your Majesty."
He tried to explain himself, but the emperor only became more angry. He picked up the tea cup next to him and smashed it directly at him. The cup was smashed before he was alive. Some hot tea was poured on his body, leaving a deep puddle on his clothes.
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"What you said is nice, but do you know that your daughter, who said she had a bad relationship with you, always spoke for you at that time, saying that you were troubled and didn't want me to punish you?"
Over there, he was speaking for Mu Zhiyuan, but here Mu Zhiyuan was shirking responsibility. Comparing the two, it was clear whether he was superior or inferior.
Mu Zhiyuan's eyes widened in surprise: "How is that possible?"
He didn't think Mu Xuanyi had much respect for him. This was probably just a show for the emperor.
Realizing this, he quickly said: "It is my fault, please punish me."
"Don't say this is an unjust accusation. Before I asked you to come, I sent someone to investigate your whereabouts these days."
"Mu Xiang, you are so kind! You are so busy with the marriage of a concubine, but you don't care about your legitimate daughter."
The emperor usually didn't pay much attention to Mu Zhiyuan's family affairs, but now that he was investigating, the things that emerged behind him were enough to make him angry.
"That's not the case, she...she left home without authorization a long time ago, and then secretly went to Jiangxi. I never knew her whereabouts." Mu Zhiyuan was also sweating profusely. He always felt that he had hidden it well, but who
I expected that this underappreciated daughter would actually gain His Majesty's favor.
"If you said that your daughter left, what about your wife? Your wife was also taken away to live outside by her, and she has not left the capital during this period. Have you ever looked for them?" The emperor's words were unclear.
Zhiyuan was speechless.
He could only bow his head and accept the punishment. Seeing his current appearance, the emperor sighed and shook his head.
"Mu Xiang, you really disappoint me."
He still remembered that a few years ago, Mu Zhiyuan, who was a commoner, stood on the palace for the first time and how fearless he was when he saw him.
When he asked the other party on a whim what his plans would be if he really achieved fame, Mu Zhiyuan's answer was to take over his wife and daughter in his hometown so that they could live a good life.
In his description, in order to be able to support his education, his wife made a living from embroidery all year round and suffered many years of hardships with him. If he had been in high school, he would never abandon her.
The emperor was grateful that he was a good man of flesh and blood, so he kept him. Later, when he was under the emperor, he discovered his literary, Taoist and military skills, and felt that he was a useful person, so he promoted him one after another.
"It was your concern for your miserable wife that made me think you were a useful person."
"But I didn't expect that the other party was just a tool you used to fool me! I don't care about your family affairs, but you shouldn't fool me!" The emperor threw the investigated information directly at Mu Zhiyuan.
His Prime Minister's Office is not made of iron, and many things cannot withstand investigation.
Those shocking past events, as well as the way he allowed his concubines to waste time on his wife and his legitimate daughter, were all presented to the emperor one by one.
"I realize my mistake and am willing to accept all punishments from Your Majesty." Mu Zhiyuan lowered his head, his words were neither humble nor arrogant, and there was no fear.
He was naturally scared at first, but now that things have become a foregone conclusion, he feels that there is nothing to be afraid of.
The emperor's eyes fell on him for a long time, and finally he sighed heavily.
"The wood sign has no virtue and no form. He spoils his concubines and destroys his wife. He is not qualified for the position of prime minister. From now on, he will be demoted three levels in a row and fined five years' salary."
"I accept the decree and thank you for your kindness."
Just when Mu Zhiyuan was about to leave the imperial study, the emperor looked at his back and asked again.
"If you could go to high school, what would you do?"
"Once you become an official, you should devote your whole life to Your Majesty, serve the country wholeheartedly, and achieve great things."