Chapter 415: Chapter 285: Is the Ye Family’s Mother and Daughter’s Background Really Powerful?
As the most honorable person throughout all of Daxia, Emperor Xia has been quite troubled recently.
Since the incident involving Ye Huangyu occurred, all kinds of riffraff have emerged. Just yesterday, someone came saying Ye Huangyu was utterly disloyal and should be executed.
Today, someone else claimed Ye Huangyu was a model for women in the military, a shining example of female excellence, and deserved to be rewarded.
In the court, the completely different voices of two factions have caused Emperor Xia to hesitate, still indecisive to this day.
"Is there someone else seeking an audience with Your Majesty?" Marquis Guanwu wondered, puzzled about who else might be coming, seeming also to have come for an audience.
The old gentleman didn’t finish presenting his memorial to the emperor, nor did he want to go home to face his constantly frowning wife and son who was mad as a hound, so he simply walked into the side hall with hands behind his back.
Upon entering, Marquis Guanwu was taken aback.
Oh my, it seems all the important figures of Xia Capital have gathered here.
Look at those who are sitting—from Marquis Gu Cangtian to General Lan Yingwu of the Army, even the usually reclusive Marquis Qinghai and Heir Qinghai from Xia Capital.
On the other side, sitting were the Old Marquis from Hong Residence, Heir Hong, and Duke An among others.
Both sides, seated respectively on the left and the right, symbolized two factions, both eyeing each other fiercely, staring down the opposing side.
With Lan Yingwu here, Marquis Guanwu could understand; after all, Ye Huangyu belonged to the faction of commoners. But what about Marquis Gu Cangtian and Marquis Qinghai, and even the old Marquis from Hong Residence participating?
Marquis Gu Cangtian has been reclusive for many years, rarely seen in the political arena.
As for Marquis Qinghai, he is also famously a middle power in the country.
And then there’s Old Marquis Hong, a figure as elusive as a dragon only showing its head.
Since when does a discarded woman from Hong Residence deserve the Old Marquis Hong’s personal intervention?
Marquis Guanwu had inquired about this; a major reason Ye Huangyu was expelled from Hong Residence was that Old Marquis Hong did not consent.
"Are all the gentlemen here?" Marquis Guanwu stepped forward, looking at the seats on both sides and not sure where to sit, simply dragged a chair and sat in the middle.
"Lord Marquis, you are here for...?" Even Noble Marquis, upon seeing Marquis Gu Cangtian, had to be exceedingly polite.
"I am here for my disciple," Gu Cangtian said coolly, his gaze towards Marquis Guanwu carrying some irritation.
Gu Cangtian had high hopes for his newly accepted female disciple and had originally sent her to the Tiger Wolf Army, hoping that under Nie Fengxing’s strict military methods, Ye Huangyu would receive some tough training.
Who would have known, that Nie Fengxing, who appeared decent on the surface, turned out to be a thorough ingrate, his disciple not even left with bones after meeting him.
Feeling the irritation from Marquis Gu Cangtian without understanding its origin, Marquis Guanwu was somewhat puzzled.
Unable to bear it any longer, Lan Yingwu intervened.
"Ye Huangyu is Marquis’s disciple."
Ye Huangyu was actually Gu Cangtian’s disciple?
Not only was Marquis Guanwu shocked, even Old Marquis Hong was taken aback.
Especially Old Marquis Hong, who had been adversaries with Marquis Gu Cangtian for many years. Knowing the identity of Ye Huangyu and still taking her as a disciple was clearly a move against him personally.
"The many people under heaven, yet the Marquis, in his later years, actually took in a ’good’ disciple," Marquis Hong said sarcastically.
Had I known earlier that Ye Huangyu would be such a worry, causing Marquis Mansion to suffer such disgrace, I would not have allowed her to leave Hong Residence alive.
"I am indeed very satisfied with this disciple. The mainland is vast, yet there are few who can achieve great things later in life and break through to the Reincarnation Second Realm," Marquis Wu said intentionally to annoy Marquis Hong.
In every word and line, he constantly reminded Marquis Hong that their Hong Residence had misjudged. Ye Huangyu, with such talent and destiny, was dismissed by Hong Residence with a mere letter of divorce.
"Gu Cangtian! Don’t think that in the Imperial Palace, I wouldn’t dare to lay hands on you!" Marquis Hong slammed the table and stood up, with a bang, a fine yellow pearwood table was destroyed.
"Let’s compare then, Hong Qingyun, if anything happens to my disciple, believe it or not, I will flatten your Hong Residence." Marquis Wu slapped down, with a snap, a palace celadon white jade dragon-patterned teacup next to his hand shattered.
The two Reincarnation Fifth Path experts simultaneously released their Primordial Power, and for a moment, the entire side hall crackled and popped, valuable and worthless items alike shattered to the ground.
Lan Yingwu and Heir Hong quickly held back their master and father respectively, these two great powers of Daxia had not fought for many years, yet unexpectedly, upon meeting this time, they were about to exchange blows.
If the two really started to fight, not just the Imperial Palace, but even most of the Xia Capital would suffer.
After learning that Ye Huangyu was Gu Cangtian’s disciple, Marquis Nie, who previously had an extremely negative opinion of Ye Huangyu, quietly started to see her in a new light.
Especially after learning that Ye Huangyu is a Martial Artist of the Reincarnation Realm.
Nie Fengxing’s harsh words about becoming a eunuch still echoed in his ears.
From what Marquis Nie knew of his wayward son, he could indeed say and do such things; in the past, he left for Xixia for over a decade because of his angry words and really didn’t come back.
Just because of this, his wife was quite annoyed with him.
Ah, if only Ye Huangyu was not the divorced woman of the Hong Residence, Marquis Nie’s face was full of worry.
"What are Marquis Qinghai and the Princely Heir here for?" Marquis Guanwu did not want to offend either Marquis Wu or Marquis Hong, so he simply started chatting with Marquis Qinghai and his son.
"We are also here on someone’s behalf, for Ye Huangyu," said Marquis Qinghai and Heir Qinghai, causing Marquis Guanwu to pause in surprise.
"General Ye’s family has some business dealings with my young son; we two, father and son, have come here on someone’s behalf to plead," the Marquis Qinghai and his son were not particularly interested in whether Ye Huangyu was the divorced woman of the Hong Residence.
The two of them were not politicians; they were businessmen.
Two days ago, Heir Qinghai received a letter from the Xixia Plain.
The letter was written by Ye Lingyue, who candidly revealed her and Ye Huangyu’s identities in it. She was willing to give up part of the exclusive rights to Beiqing Cloud Silk on the condition that Marquis Qinghai and his son could press Emperor Xia to pardon Ye Huangyu.
Although Heir Qinghai had long known that Ye Lingyue was capable, he never expected that she could obtain the exclusive rights to something as precious as Beiqing Cloud Silk.
Combining this with the rapid rise of Ye Lingyue’s influence recently, it was quite sensible for Marquis Qinghai and his son to naturally stand on Ye Lingyue’s side.
Hiss—
Upon hearing this, Marquis Guanwu was continuously amazed.
Wasn’t it said that Ye Huangyu was just a helpless divorced woman? Suddenly, she became the disciple of Marquis Wu and then she had a powerful commercial family supporting her from behind.
For a moment, Marquis Guanwu was hesitant and uncertain.
As they were discussing, the door to the imperial study suddenly opened, and someone walked out.