Chapter 138: The Empress's Carriage Visits the Prime Minister's Manor
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Tie Fan had come merely to demand some compensation, never expecting Ling Yuan to strike back with such cutting words.
Was he being completely taken advantage of?
“I have not yet settled accounts with you, yet you came looking for me first. Do you truly think I am some harmless fool who can be easily deceived?” After tossing out the rhetorical question, Ling Yuan suddenly raised his voice toward the outside. “Throw Tie Fan out. If he cannot produce one million taels within three days, I will send assassins to pay his household a visit!”
The instant he finished speaking, several men stepped forward and seized Tie Fan. No matter that Tie Fan was a military commander, and even the Protector-General of the Empire—before so many assassins, he was so thoroughly cowed that he had no chance to fight back.
Tie Fan was near tears. How could anyone behave like this?
Was Yun Zui even human? She had gotten him into such a miserable predicament!
Ling Yuan, meanwhile, remained frowning. Yun Zui had actually managed to escape, and none of their people had known a thing about it. Just how unfathomable was she?
Naturally, Ling Yuan did not believe in gods or ghosts. What he had just done was nothing more than a sly act of extortion.
Poor Tie Fan had once again been made the scapegoat.
Of all the things he should never have done, opposing Yun Zui was at the top of the list. Otherwise, he would still have been steadily climbing the ranks in peace.
As the saying went, every creature had its natural nemesis. Once a person encountered the one destined to bring about their downfall, the result was bound to be devastating.
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Tie Fan felt utterly wretched. Every time he came looking for trouble, he ended up getting beaten down instead!
He shouted loudly about the injustice of it all, but was nonetheless dragged away without mercy.
After casually having dinner at Prince Nie's residence, Yun Zui leisurely made her way toward the Chancellor's Estate.
She had declined the carriage Chi Mie had arranged and chosen to walk instead. After all, walking off a meal was good for digestion.
She had eaten far too much and felt rather full.
The 007s who had been separated from her immediately returned to her side upon receiving word that Yun Zui had appeared.
Yun Zui, however, assumed they had been secretly following her all along, unaware that they had actually lost contact with her for some time.
By now, night had fallen over the streets. There were scarcely any pedestrians, and each step Yun Zui took echoed with a faint sound beneath the stillness.
Everything was quiet in a somewhat frightening way.
The people at the Chancellor's Estate all knew that Yun Zui had been taken away by Chi Mie. Since it was already late and she still had not returned, their imaginations began to run wild.
Of course, no matter how close Yun Zui's relationship with Chi Mie might be, the members of the Yun family would continue opposing her to the bitter end.
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The servants, however, did not see things that way.
At first, they had indeed looked down on Yun Zui, despising her and treating her with neglect. But they had no personal grudge against her.
They had merely been sycophants. Now that Yun Zui had won Chi Mie's favor—and word had spread that the State Preceptor Xikong had publicly declared her to be someone sent back to life by the late emperor—their attitude had changed.
With two great figures protecting Yun Zui at the same time, her standing in the servants' eyes rose several levels in an instant.
Thus, when Yun Zui returned to the estate, the servants who saw her became extraordinarily obsequious.
Yun Zui was somewhat surprised, but she soon understood. They were simply currying favor with the powerful.
At first, they had seen that she was out of favor and easy to bully, so they had joined in mocking and mistreating her. Now that she had risen again, they naturally began treating her with courtesy.
Yun Zui detested people like that, so she ignored them.
She had intended to return quietly to the estate and then enjoy a quiet, comfortable sleep. She had not expected that Yun Yao, the emperor's favored consort, would arrive at the Chancellor's Estate in her imperial carriage that very day.
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