EBE Chapter 202: Failure
Chapter 202: Failure
When Empress Dowager Jiang and a group of concubines arrived at the Zhangqian Palace, the door of the palace had been unlocked. A group of palace servants were waiting outside, led by the young eunuch who brought Gu Jin to see Emperor Hui'an.
When the young eunuch saw people coming, he looked terrified and knelt down to pay homage to Empress Dowager Jiang and others.
"Why are you outside here instead of serving His Majesty in the palace?" Empress Dowager Jiang asked knowingly.
The young eunuch just hung his head and trembled, refusing to speak.
Empress Dowager Jiang curled her lips coldly and was about to lead people into the palace.
Liu Ren had been through a lot, and he could tell what was wrong with the place. He stepped forward and said, "If your majesty is in the palace, maybe taking a nap, it's hard to tell. Let me go in and take a look first."
Queen Zhao thought it made sense, and said, "Mother, if His Majesty is resting, it would be inappropriate for us to barge in like this. It would be better for Eunuch Liu to go in and pass the message first."
Empress Dowager Jiang only glanced at Empress Zhao coldly and said in a calm voice: "I came here to visit you just because I heard that Your Majesty was not feeling well. I have a deep mother-son relationship with Your Majesty, so why would I care about these complicated matters?
Come, open the palace door!"
Queen Zhao was already afraid of Queen Mother Jiang, so upon hearing this, she dared not speak and quietly stepped aside.
Liu Ren was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but he was just a servant and dared not disobey the order of Empress Dowager Jiang. Just at this moment, he saw two figures in the distance and immediately said as if he saw a savior: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, the young prince!"
Looking at the two people coming side by side, Empress Dowager Jiang narrowed her eyes, with a cold light in her eyes.
"Why are Lord Xie and the young prince not drinking at the banquet, but coming to the Zhangqian Palace?"
Xie Ran's brows were cold and his voice was silent. "Your Majesty has summoned me for something, and I will obey your orders."
"Your Majesty summoned you?" Empress Dowager Jiang raised her voice, "Why would His Majesty summon you two for no reason? Besides, today's palace banquet was originally held for Marquis Xie. If Your Majesty has anything to say, you can tell him at the table. I'm afraid Marquis Xie has another reason for coming here."
Empress Dowager Jiang did not leave any chance for Xie Ran and Gu Jin to survive. She naturally knew the situation inside better than anyone else. Once the door of this palace was opened, everyone would see how licentious and immoral Emperor Hui'an was. How could Xie Ran, whose wife was taken away by someone else, ever serve him obediently again!
"Then why did the Empress Dowager come here? You have mobilized such a large number of people. Those who know you may think you are here to visit His Majesty, while those who don't may think you are here to catch someone adultering!" Li Ziheng had no scruples and showed little respect even to the Empress Dowager Jiang.
Queen Mother Jiang narrowed her cold eyes, and there was an indescribable chill in her tone, "The young prince is not young anymore, but he still doesn't know etiquette and respect for superiors and subordinates. It seems that An Guo's temper is too soft now."
Li Ziheng smiled nonchalantly, with an ambiguous cold light in his eyes, "Grandmother said that temper and bloodiness are used to deal with those evil people. There is no need to use harsh tactics when dealing with our own people."
Empress Dowager Jiang's eyes darkened. She had been in a high position for many years and no one had ever dared to speak to her like this. This kid from the Li family was really as annoying as his grandmother!
Empress Dowager Jiang did not want to pay any more attention to the two of them and said coldly, "Why don't you open the palace door!"
"Yes!"
The young eunuch lying on the ground immediately stood up and tried to open the palace door. Liu Ren grabbed the young eunuch's waist in a hurry.
"Liu Ren! How dare you!" Empress Dowager Jiang said angrily. She pointed at Liu Ren and ordered the guards behind her, "Liu Ren is a traitor. Capture him for me!"
Liu Ren knew that he was impulsive, but it was his instinctive reaction.
He didn't know what the situation was like inside the palace, but he knew that once the door was opened, His Majesty would be stuck in the mud, and he couldn't just watch His Majesty's painstaking efforts go to waste!
As the two were arguing, the door of the hall was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice. There was a glimmer of excitement in the eyes of Empress Dowager Jiang, but when she saw the figure walking out, her eyes widened in disbelief.
Chen Anan! Why is he here?