Chapter 1053: Chapter 765: Sister-in-law, Are You Well?
Just as two people in Qianqiu Palace were talking and laughing, a loud crash broke the silence in the main hall of the Yu Mansion.
A teacup fell to the ground and shattered.
Duke Wushan Yu Dingxing’s face turned pale, and he appeared somewhat panicked. Looking at the little eunuch who came from the palace to deliver the news, whose face wasn’t looking too well either and was startled by this incident, Yu Dingxing hurriedly tried to comfort him. He gave a signal to someone beside him, and immediately, a few silver notes were presented to the little eunuch, who was then respectfully escorted out.
Once the person was gone, Yu Dingxing’s expression darkened.
He coldly turned his head to look at Yu Mingyue, who was sitting to his left, remaining calm and composed after hearing everything that happened in Liangyi Hall today, and said in a deep voice, "Is this what you called foolproof?"
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Despite being calm and collected, at the moment of hearing this, a trace of undisguisable dejection flickered in her eyes.
Yu Mingyue turned her head to look at him.
Yu Dingxing continued, "Is this what you said, everything is under control?"
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Had it been any other time, Yu Mingyue would have had a thousand responses to such questioning. But today, upon just learning of the utter failure at Liangyi Hall, even though she had some preparation for a one in ten chance of failure, truly facing failure still left her inevitably dejected and despondent, and she was momentarily at a loss for words.
After a long silence, she simply asked, "Father, why this?"
"Why this?"
The more Yu Dingxing listened, the angrier he became, and he couldn’t help but clench his fists. After all, he was a martial arts practitioner with a quick temper, and over the years he hadn’t formed any bond with this daughter. Now watching her act entirely without consulting him, taking such a huge risk, only to result in such an utter failure, according to his usual strict discipline, he would have punished her.
But he ultimately held back.
Although this was the daughter he once abandoned, though his title of Duke Wushan was obtained through her influence, it was precisely because of this that Yu Dingxing couldn’t develop the proper father-daughter bond with her. Even if they’re ants on the same string, there’s an odd mindset of mutual benefit and mutual vigilance, and she seemed to feel the same; but no matter what, Yu Mingyue was after all still receiving the court’s salary as an official at Jixian Hall, making her not someone he could casually lay a hand on. Moreover, even if the Emperor changed his mind and didn’t accept her as a daughter-in-law, her connection with the Crown Prince hasn’t been severed, and the one who just came to report was sent by Han Shanggong, whose relationship with the Crown Prince they understood all too well.
That’s also why Yu Dingxing had been tolerating her.
He couldn’t lay a hand on her, yet the anger in his heart wouldn’t subside. Yu Dingxing gritted his teeth and sneered, "Who said earlier that Prince Qin’s harem would catch fire, and wouldn’t be able to attend to us?"
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"And now, what?"
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"You talked about some struggle for supremacy, but now Princess Qin and Prince Qin’s Concubine aren’t even fighting. Not only aren’t they fighting, but the two of them are even cooperating harmoniously, with a few words covering up those you planted and the things you did."
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"That’s already harsh enough; the matter of Prince Qin’s harem originally had nothing to do with us, whether the two sisters are united or affectionately gets along is irrelevant to us; but because of this now, a large part of Han Shanggong’s power has been transferred to Yu Mingli’s hands. Do you know what this means?"
The more he spoke, the worse Yu Mingyue’s complexion became.
In fact, without Yu Dingxing meticulously explaining it to her, just from the still somewhat panicked look on the little eunuch who came from the palace, she knew the gravity of the matter. Previously, as long as Yu Wenquan hadn’t granted any of his harem ladies any authority to manage the harem, and Shang Ruyi needed to rest quietly for fetal preservation, then the people and affairs in the palace remained in Han Shanggong’s hands, making them available to her knowledge and use.
But now, it has fallen into the hands of Eunuch Yu.
Up until now, Yu Mingyue hadn’t been able to gnaw down this hard bone of Eunuch Yu, not only because she couldn’t gnaw it down, she also somewhat understood that this bone couldn’t be chewed.
This is because Eunuch Yu’s background is too complex, from the very beginning he was planted in the palace by Yu Wenquan. Over the years, although he had been conscientious towards Chu Yang and Empress Dowager Jiang, he remained loyal to Yu Wenquan; and during the dangerous times of the Jiangdu Palace Rebellion, it was Yu Wenye who saved him and escorted him all the way back to Daxing.
