The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Prince Di didn't understand why the eldest son of the Ling family wanted to go to the capital of Zhongyue with a group of Ling family servants. Logically speaking, the third son of the Ling family wrote a letter asking the Ling family to send gifts to Princess Ye to express his gratitude, and there was no need to mobilize the Ling family to go there in person to deliver the gifts.

Although King Di couldn't figure it out, he didn't ask any more questions. He had been stationed in the Northern Territory for many years and had some friendship with the eldest son of the Ling family and some other members of the Ling family, so he wouldn't ask them any more questions. Besides, it wasn't a big deal for the eldest son of the Ling family to go to Zhongyue Capital. Maybe he was just going to bring back the third son of the Ling family who almost died of illness outside.

The post station in Yangguzhou City was very large, with guards inside and outside. When Prince Di arrived at the post station, he had no intention of resting at all, and immediately went to see the eldest son of the Ling family.

If he hadn't bothered to go back and look for the Nantai team, he and the Ling family's eldest son and his party would have arrived in the capital long ago. In the end, he was still a little delayed in returning to the capital.

A quarter of an hour later, the guards outside the post station received the order and began to line up, and then all returned to the post station.

Another quarter of an hour later, a group of carriages and horses set out from the post station in a mighty procession.

Behind them, there were several men in black following them. They were the Cold Shadow Guards left behind by the Night King to monitor King Di and his entourage.

The Di King's team, the Ling family's team, and the imperial court's team set out on their journey back to the capital.

On the way, King Di did not forget to write a letter back to the capital. Their group was large in number, and they were escorting a lot of things, so they could not travel as fast as a single secret guard.

Therefore, he had to write a letter in advance, explaining several matters concerning his encounter with the Lord of the Underworld with Zhao Guang and others, so that his father in the palace would know in advance, be mentally prepared, and make some countermeasures.

On the return journey, King Di no longer rode on horseback, but sat in a carriage. The new scars on his face from being whipped were still so prominent, and he didn't want people to see his wounds.

A prince who was a military commander was actually beaten and injured. If others saw it, he would be really embarrassed!

Prince Di huddled in a corner of the carriage, recalling the news about the capital that he had heard in the northern border, as well as the news about the capital that he had heard from the people of Zhongyue along the way. The corners of his bitter lips, which had been bending downward, suddenly curved upward.

Uncle Ye, huh? I haven't seen you for a long time. How is Uncle Ye doing now? Uncle Ye, whom I always looked up to, is he still as majestic as before?

Yun Mujiu, is that right? I didn't expect you to marry Uncle Ye. I'm really curious about what kind of woman you are!

At this time, Ling Xingmu, who was far away from Yanggu Prefecture, didn't know that someone from the Northern Territory had come, and that the person who came was the one he least wanted to see...

At this time, Yun Mujiu didn't know why the thank-you gift from the Northern Realm that Ling Xingmu promised to send her hadn't arrived yet, and the leader of the team escorting the gift turned out to be the eldest son of the Northern Realm Governor...

She also didn't know that King Di, who had never met her before, had developed extremely complicated feelings for her for some reason and was waiting to return to Beijing to meet her...

In the capital, the topic about the Netherworld became increasingly popular, but people only received the news that the Netherworld had twice wiped out the Nantai spies. They had no idea about the specific follow-up situation.

In fact, their limited knowledge is also the result of being under the control of the Night King. First, objectively speaking, news from the far north has not been transmitted back to the capital in the south so quickly. Second, the Night King does not intend to let everyone know all the information and clues he has found, because there are always some things that cannot be known by others.

A secret is a secret. If everyone knows it, it is no longer a secret and it is not fun anymore.

Everyone knew some things, but also didn't know much, so they were all guessing and analyzing things related to the spies.

At the same time, the Yamen began to try a number of guilty officials including Xu Houshan. Under pressure from officials from the Night King faction, the people in the Yamen quickly gave a series of verdicts.

Starting today, officials have begun to be punished one after another.

Officials who committed particularly serious crimes were sentenced to death, and their execution would take place on a chosen day in front of the largest vegetable market in the capital.

Some officials even received a special punishment: they were caned in public at the gate of the government office to serve as a warning to others. However, after the beating, they still had to go to jail, and they also received other punishments.

As for some officials, such as Xu Houshan, who committed serious crimes, they were exiled after two days.

Inside the largest prison cell in the capital, a fat figure huddled in a corner.

The cell was dark, the environment was damp, and the air was filled with the smell of dead rats.

The figure moved, and a weak voice sounded. "If I had known this would happen, I... I wouldn't have taken this job. I was a good junior official in the Dali Temple, but I ended up being a useless person."

"Hmph! Xu Houshan, people like you only say such nonsense when they are about to die." Someone continued the prisoner's words with a look of disdain on his face.

Xu Houshan glanced at the fat jailer who was speaking, and quickly lowered his head, his eyes no longer showing the arrogance of the past. He was abandoned by the emperor and others. He dealt with Prince Ye and Princess Ye for the emperor, but in the end, he was the first person sacrificed by the emperor.

Xu Houshan wanted to cry but had no tears. A trace of unwillingness flashed across his cloudy little eyes, and then a look of complete regret appeared.

He shouldn't have gone against Princess Ye! He was arrogant before, but Princess Ye was infinitely more arrogant than him. He should never have gone against Princess Ye. In the past year, no one had gotten away with Princess Ye.

The fat jailer stood in front of Xu Houshan's cell door, warned Xu Houshan to be honest, and then walked away with the tattered wooden barrel containing the food.

Xu Houshan's face was twisted due to the pain in his body, and then he fell into thought, recalling some old memories.

Twelve years ago, Yun Mujiu was probably still an eight-year-old girl. Yun Boliang, who was the prime minister at the time, brought almost all the people in the Yun Mansion back to his hometown to worship their ancestors, leaving only Yun Mujiu and a few maids who looked after the mansion.

Not long after Yun Boliang came back, Yun Mujiu came to the government office and said she wanted to sue her stepmother Ye for beating her. He was completely disdainful and not only scolded Yun Mujiu, but also went to Yun Boliang and Ye to sue Yun Mujiu. At that time, Yun Boliang and his wife were furious, and Ye's eyes were full of resentment.

Later, he heard that Yun Mujiu had not left the house for a long time. It seemed that he accidentally hit his head and was recuperating in the house.

When he went to the Yun Mansion to visit Yun Boliang, Yun Mujiu seemed not to know him and had no impression of him at all.

He was secretly happy that Yun Mujiu had been hit on the head and turned into a fool...