Female Master: Why doesn’t my wife love me yet?

Chapter 242 A Strange Man Visits

He was not taken out until he admitted it.

At this moment, his body was covered in blood and his hair was disheveled. Unlike his previous docile appearance, he now looked a little crazy.

"Why are you doing this?"

The Queen's sharp eyes swept over him and she spoke in a questioning tone.

"That's because I'm deeply in love with Her Highness, but she doesn't have me in her eyes at all!"

As he spoke, he began to cry, and tears mixed with the blood on his face flowed down like a ghost.

He complained to the Queen as if he was making a complaint.

"Your Majesty, do you know that even though I have been married to the Princess for so long, she has always slept in separate rooms from me. Even on the day I returned home, I went back alone..."

The Queen interrupted him impatiently: "Her Royal Highness is very busy with official duties. As her husband, you should be considerate of her instead of being a grudge."

"Heh." A helpless and self-deprecating laugh came from Yuan Yingxue's throat. A resentful husband, yes, when did he become a resentful husband.

"You should be thankful that Imperial Physician Chang was here. The little princess' life was saved."

"Otherwise, I will never let you off easily."

Eunuch Li on the side spoke weakly: "Then your majesty, what should we do with this little palace maid?"

The little maid knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face as she said, "I never dared to have any other thoughts. I just thought of exchanging this dress for money because of its fine material. I was wrong, I was wrong!"

The Queen was so angry she had no place to vent her anger that she issued an order: "Drag her out and behead her!"

Eunuch Li took the dress and checked it for damage, but found a hint of green on the sleeve. He looked at the empress and then at Yuan Yingxue.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Stop looking around."

Eunuch Li quickly said, "Your Majesty, look, there's a hint of green on the sleeve. It seems to be the same as what Imperial Physician Chang found in the little princess' mouth."

Now there is physical evidence, and Yuan Yingxue has just personally admitted that he did it.

The Queen's face darkened and she said, "Go and bring Prime Minister Yuan to the palace. I want to ask her how she raised her son."

Most importantly, she wanted to take the opportunity to take back some power from Prime Minister Yuan.

Now Prime Minister Yuan's hands are reaching further and further, sometimes even directly over her, the emperor.

It's time to let her spit something out.

This time, Yuan Yingxue accidentally found a legitimate reason to take action against Prime Minister Yuan.

I heard that her subordinates embezzled a lot of things, so in this way, she could replace the Salt and Iron Minister with someone else.

When Yuan Yingxue heard that her mother was going to be summoned to the palace, she became a little flustered.

"Your Majesty, this is all my fault. I acted on my own initiative. It has nothing to do with my mother!"

"She's a bad parent, how can it have nothing to do with her?"

Yuan Yingxue's face was as white as paper.

He knew that his mother had always had a big plan. If he affected her plan this time, he didn't dare to think about the consequences.

……

General's Mansion.

General Gu was about to go out to train his troops when he suddenly heard a hurried knock on the door.

"Go and see who is knocking on the door. Maybe someone is asking for help?" she instructed Xia Zhi.

Almost all the people knew that General Gu was kind-hearted. If anyone could not afford to eat, they would shamelessly come to the general's mansion to ask for some leftovers.

General Gu usually would not refuse and would ask someone to prepare more food and send it over.

Therefore, this time she also thought that someone had come to the general's mansion to beg for food.

But when Xia Zhi opened the door, he saw a man who looked a little embarrassed.

He was said to be in a mess because his clothes were disheveled, but fortunately nothing was revealed. His clothes just looked dirty and messy, and his hair was tangled.

"Who are you? Why are you knocking on the door?" Xia Zhi asked expressionlessly.

The man first looked up at her, then looked inside. When he saw General Gu, his eyes became hot and he burst into tears.

"Cousin!"

Xia Zhi doubted his ears. What was this strange man called General Gu? Cousin?

The man wanted to rush in, but was blocked by Xia Zhi. However, General Gu still heard his call of "cousin".

He looked like a refugee from famine, and he exuded an unpleasant odor that made people frown.

After hearing his voice, General Gu walked towards this side.

The man took the opportunity to squeeze in, and eventually he was able to squeeze sideways into the general's mansion.

Xia Zhi stretched out his arm to stop him from getting close to General Gu. Who knew what the purpose of this man of unknown origin was.

After seeing General Gu, the man wiped his face so that she could see him clearly.

"Cousin, I'm Xiaofan, do you still remember me?"

"Xiao Fan?" General Gu repeated.

"Yes, yes, it's me." The man who called himself Xiaofan nodded quickly.

"My father's name is Gu Yi, and my mother's name is Xu Yan. Cousin, do you still remember me?"

Xu Fan looked at General Gu expectantly, waiting for him to speak.

General Gu finally remembered that the man in front of him was his cousin's son.

She looked at Xu Fan and asked, "Why are you alone? Where are your parents? And how did you become like this?"

Xu Fan cried, "My mother was killed by a carriage while she was out working. My father couldn't accept it and left too. I was the only one left at home, and later the house was occupied by someone else. I asked around along the way and only then did I know that you, aunt, were in the capital."

Xia Zhi asked, "Do you need me to send someone to find out?"

General Gu shook his head and said, "No need, I recognize him."

She didn't have many relatives and thought they were all gone, but she didn't expect that she still had a cousin.

She said with some pity: "Xiao Fan, I will let Xia Zhi take you downstairs to take a shower and change clothes."

Xu Fan nodded quickly.

Xia Zhi curled his lips and said, "Please follow me."

For some reason, she felt uncomfortable the first time she saw this man.

Not only does he have no manners at all, he's also looking around with a shifty look.

If he wasn't a relative of General Gu, Xia Zhi would have thrown him out long ago.

Xu Fan followed Xia Zhi and said in a domineering tone, "You are just a servant in my cousin's house? How much money does she pay you per month?"

Xia Zhi ignored him, and Xu Fan became more excited.

"What are you doing here, a servant? Do you believe me, I'll tell my cousin to kick you out?"

Xia Zhi turned around and said, unable to bear it any longer: "Then go and tell me now, I won't stop you."

Xu Fan hesitated for a moment. He was just talking, he had just arrived and hadn't figured out the situation yet.

Seeing this huge general's mansion and the countless servants in the yard, he puffed out his chest. This was much better than his home in the countryside.

If I could live here, I would be so happy.

Xia Zhi took him to an empty house and said to him, "Stay here first."

This is Qingfengyuan where Ji Mingzhao once lived. Now it looks a bit empty because no one has lived there for a long time.