Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 374 Poisoning (1)
’Bang’—a memorial was slammed heavily onto the bright yellow desk, and Dugu Han’s face darkened, the veins standing out on his hand as he placed it on the document. Behind him, Eunuch Shi shivered and carefully raised his eyes to glance at the emperor seated on his throne.
"Hmph, more trouble caused than help provided," he spat out bitterly.
Eunuch Shi stood to one side, his beady eyes swiveling, catching sight of a little eunuch bringing tea, and promptly intercepted it, stepping forward with the warm tea, "Your Majesty, the spring is dry, have some tea to cool your fire."
Dugu Han glanced sideways at Eunuch Shi and took the tea to moisten his mouth, "Summon Zhuifeng."
"Yes." Eunuch Shi bowed and left, his mind wandering about whose memorial it actually was.
Zhuifeng hurried over, and upon seeing the emperor’s grim expression, lowered his head and parted his sensual thin lips, "Your Majesty."
"Mm." Dugu Han looked up while holding the desk, then turned his head to cast a sidelong glance at Eunuch Shi, who got the message. With a flick of his duster, all the palace maids and eunuchs were dismissed, including Eunuch Shi himself. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"Go inform Shangguan Rui that Dugu Chen has petitioned for an edict, under the accusation of plotting to assassinate the Princely Heir and the Commandery Princess, to have my permission to execute his nine familial clans." Though it was a pity to lose a strong arm, there was no help for it, as Dugu Chen had a witness in his hands.
Zhuifeng lifted his eyelids slightly and bowed respectfully before retiring to the entrance of the palace, then turned to leave.
After a few days, all of the five great families of the Capital City and the six great Hidden Clans knew that the Shangguan Hidden Clan had been annihilated, with no one left alive. Xiu Aotian from the Xiu Family felt a chill down his spine and a wave of relief wash over him. If he hadn’t aligned with the Enchanting King before, the Xiu Family might have been completely wiped out by now.
"Master, it’s all been taken care of. All the weak children under ten have drunk ’Oblivion Water’ and have been secretly sent to the sealed lands." Hua Wuying, garbed in a light cyan robe, tightly wrapped around his sturdy body, his moist thin lips opening and closing as he slightly lowered his head, eyes fixated on the thief-bright green tiles beneath him.
Dugu Chen looked outside the window, knowing that if this had happened in the past, he would have spared no one, well aware of the principle to eradicate trouble at its root. However, having become the father of two children had softened his heart towards children a great deal.
’Oblivion Water,’ as the name suggests, makes one forget all past events, hence the reason for sending them to his own sealed lands to begin new lives in a new environment.
"Yes, go ahead," he waved a dismissive hand, feeling a headache as he looked outside, though he had dealt with one of his main opponents, for who knew what he would do next?
Raising his head to gaze at the curved moon in the sky, his thoughts drifted far away, ’Mother, you told your child not to harm his brother, and the child obeys, but why does elder brother keep trying to hurt me...’
Closing his eyes, the wind outside gently blew, lifting his ink-black hair and softly brushing across his cheek, feeling as if a pair of loving hands were caressing his face, warm and comforting.
Feng Xuxu played with the two little ones on the bed, now poking the Little Crown Prince’s cheeks, now touching the Commandery Princess’s hand, watching them smile foolishly with their little mouths agape, her own heart softened a great deal.
The moment Dugu Chen entered the room, he saw this warm scene, all three of them laughing foolishly, accompanied by the sound of giggles.
Feng Xuxu, lying on the bed, lifted her eyelids and saw the silly figure standing there, and waved him over with a flushed face full of excitement, "Why stand there like a fool? Hurry over and see, our son and daughter have gained weight."
Shedding his robe and wearing only his undergarments, he took off his shoes and climbed onto the high bed. He looked at the two babes lying there, extended his large palm to pinch his son’s chubby cheek, and leaned down to kiss his daughter, nodding repeatedly, "Yes, they’ve gained quite a bit of weight over this half month. I must reward the wet nurses handsomely."
