SWDnovel Chapter 139 The Reporting Office! Zhu Yuanzhang was astonished.
Chapter 139 The Reporting Office! Zhu Yuanzhang was astonished.
Looking at the scene before him, Ma Wenxiang was both amused and exasperated: "It's a misunderstanding, a real misunderstanding."
As Su Qing'er walked away, Ma Wenxiang quickly spoke up.
But it seems it's all too late.
However, given Ma Wenxiang's behavior as the head of the six palaces, it must be said that the palace has indeed become increasingly lively recently, which is a fact.
Soon, it was lunchtime.
The meals prepared under the personal guidance of Ma Wenxiang were served in the Kunning Palace, where smoke curled from the chimneys.
Each prince seemed to have transformed into a chef in the imperial kitchen, although they were only able to do the most basic assistant work. However, in each dynasty...
Their actions are already quite commendable.
Many people in the palace were extremely grateful for Ma Wenxiang's actions, which earned them, the servants, much respect and preferential treatment.
As the saying goes, what the superiors do, the inferiors follow. Since even the princes did this, the palace staff, or rather, some of the female officials and eunuchs, naturally became much more amiable than before. This made the palace more humane and respectable, a far cry from what it used to be.
"With Your Majesty here, our harem is truly a paradise."
"Of course, Her Majesty is the head of the six palaces, comparable to His Majesty, a celestial being reincarnated."
"Don't you see how happy everyone in our harem is right now, thanks to Her Majesty's methods? They wear new clothes, eat exquisite meals, and everyone is so well-off that no one wants to leave."
"I hope we can collect more money when we go to work tomorrow, so that we can build a shrine for the Empress. May the Empress be healthy and live a long life."
At this moment, although Ma Wenxiang's reputation was limited to the court, his prestige and influence seemed to be higher than before, rather than lower, and he was more empathetic to the suffering of ordinary people.
As a result, the entire palace, including all the subordinates of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, suddenly became more gentle, which was quite eye-opening and hard to believe.
"What?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this in the Wuying Hall, he was dumbfounded. "These palace servants actually know how to support the army, love their country, and serve the nation?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively refused to believe it.
After all, he was the emperor, and few people in this world understood the evil of human nature better than him, especially during the period when he established the Ming Dynasty and fought against those villains, experiencing countless betrayals.
Even if they are brothers who have been through thick and thin together on the battlefield, what can they do?
In the end, didn't they secretly stab Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, in the back?
It was precisely because of so many betrayals that he became the suspicious founding emperor he is today.
"Investigate further. We really don't believe that all of this was done by Ma Wenxiang alone. Given the evil in human nature, could it be that this scoundrel really could solve such a major problem in the palace?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was somewhat skeptical, but the facts seemed undeniable, leaving him no choice but to believe them.
Eventually, this matter reached Ma Wenxiang's ears, and he was confronted with this scene.
He was truly in a dilemma.
This involves matters from the previous dynasty. If the real Empress Ma Xiuying were to do it, there would be nothing wrong with it. But for an imposter to get involved in these matters, isn't he just asking for the death of his entire family too slowly?
Ma Wenxiang is quite sensible.
But at that moment, a pleading voice came from inside the main hall of Kunning Palace: "Your Majesty, this servant knows she was wrong, this servant truly knows she was wrong. Please, Your Majesty, have mercy."
"Please, Your Majesty, show leniency."
The speaker was an old nanny who served in Yongshou Palace; she looked to be almost old enough to leave the palace.
But recently, as the Imperial Guards began a thorough investigation of the palace, many previously unnoticed details and strange occurrences were uncovered.
Of course, they will all be dug out again.
In just a few days, many people have already suffered.
If this continues, more people will naturally be found out, and their final fate will depend on the laws of the country, but ultimately they will all face death.
The palace servants are not the princes of the past, not the tenth prince Zhu Yan.
For them to break the law and violate the royal taboo and still live peacefully is harder than climbing to heaven.
Faced with this scene, Ma Wenxiang did not do anything merciful. He sighed helplessly and then waved his hand.
The next moment, the people inside the palace ordered the guards outside Kunning Palace to come forward.
Before long, the old nanny serving Yongshou Palace was taken away and temporarily imprisoned in the back courtyard. When the people from the Imperial Guards' headquarters came to take her over, everything was handed over to them to handle.
"Your Highness, that old nanny has just been taken away..."
After a brief silence inside Kunning Palace, Su Qing'er's voice, tinged with reluctance, rang out.
Before.
She certainly didn't even have the right to mention it, but times have changed.
As Su Qing'er watched the old nanny being led away, she suddenly thought of her family members outside the palace.
"Your Majesty, is there really no other way?"
"Even if we can't save her, there are so many years of friendship in this palace, and there's the future... I think that with Your Highness's wisdom, you will surely come up with a good idea."
Su Qing'er's pretty face flushed slightly. At this moment, she suddenly said such flattering words, which surprised even Ma Wenxiang.
No one in the palace probably knows Su Qing'er better than Ma Wenxiang and Sun Miaoran. Yet, for the sake of these palace maids, she has bowed her noble head to Ma Wenxiang.
It must be said that this little girl is kind-hearted, but unfortunately, this matter is not as easy and simple as it seems on the surface.
Those who committed offenses and violated palace rules may seem to have done nothing of great importance on the surface, but they should understand the principle that a thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole.
If we don't punish him now, or even let him go, will the rules of the palace still exist in the future?
Will these subordinates and those serving in the various palaces become even bolder in the future?
If this were to harm the prince, Ma Wenxiang would likely be unable to defend himself and would be truly brought down.
Ma Wenxiang dared not easily lose his position.