Chapter 408: The Suffering of the Witch Concubine

Chapter 408: The Suffering of the Witch Concubine

"This is His Majesty and the Imperial Grand Princess!" Zhen Yuan introduced.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!" Everyone immediately turned and knelt down: "Please do not punish the City Lord, he saved us, he took us in, he is a good man!"

"Punish? Why punish?" Xiao Yin looked at the group and asked.

Ruo Xi Baby looked at her uncle and nodded: "Good, they don't have any evil aura, they are quite pure, and these people also have some martial skills."

Xiao Yin understood, he walked over, looked at what these people were eating, and said: "Is it any different from what you have in Xi Yue?"

"Your Majesty!" Everyone was stunned, then they quickly kowtowed: "We really didn't mean to deceive, please show us mercy!"

"Tell me, what's really going on?" Xiao Yin asked.

Eunuch Gao looked at the food and said: "You don't use our Great Wei chopsticks, and there are so many left-handed people, it's clear, you are all from Xi Yue!"

"Yes, we are all from Xi Yue, but Your Majesty, we really haven't done anything bad, we were just doing normal business, we just saved a few Great Wei soldiers, and then we were expelled by Xi Yue!"

"We were originally selling herbs, the Great Wei soldiers were severely injured, they just fell beside us, how could we not save them? Although we are from Xi Yue, we really couldn't stand that scene!"

"Rise, I believe you!" Xiao Yin said.

"Ah? Your Majesty, you truly believe us?" Several Xi Yue people looked at the handsome and tall emperor, not daring to believe.

"Isn't it said that the Great Wei Emperor is very cruel and decisive in killing, how..."

"How, you don't want to stand up, do you have to have our Majesty punish you severely?" Eunuch Gao was amused, he laughed and said: "Alright, you, hurry up and stand up, our Emperor is much better than those in Xi Yue... oh, can your Xi Yue Emperor compare with our Great Wei Emperor?"

"This..." Several people looked at the eight or nine-year-old boy standing beside the emperor and said: "How does he look so much like the Seventh Prince?"

"This is your Seventh Prince, as for your Third Prince and Fourth Prince, can they even be called human?" Eunuch Gao scolded.

Several Xi Yue people shook their heads and sighed.

"Seventh Prince, you should go see the Witch Concubine, it is said that she is very miserable, as for how miserable, we don't know!"

"Yes, we only heard that the concubines in the Xi Yue harem are all tormenting the Witch Concubine!"

"He promised me, as long as I become a hostage, he would protect my mother, and keep her safe!" Mo Jingyu clenched his fists, his voice trembling.

"Promise you, so what? You can't see, they still torment her, it's really despicable!"

"I heard, they made the blind Witch Concubine dance in the snow and wind all night, if she rested they would whip her feet, they also made her drink boiling water, after drinking, they made her sing..."

"Stop talking!" Xiao Yin immediately stopped them.

His voice was full of anger, his eyes sharp, looking at these people.

"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down!"

"Your Majesty, we commoners mean no harm, we just think it's too tragic, too tragic!"

"Alright, you stay here, if you know anything else, tell the City Lord!" Xiao Yin finished speaking, turned and left: "Let's go, Jingyu!"

"Brother!" Ruo Xi Baby reached out.

Jingyu picked up the little girl in his arms, gently patting her.

Little Ruo Xi's tiny hand was pressed firmly against Brother Jingyu's back, absorbing the Purple Dragon's aura.

If the Purple Dragon's aura grows too strong, Brother Jingyu might turn dark.

"Your Majesty, please don't blame these Western Mountain herb merchants. They aren’t heinous villains; they’ve always been good people!" Zhen Yuan said.

Eunuch Gao shot Zhen Yuan a look, telling him to shut up.

The Emperor, Little Jingyu, and even the Little Princess were all furious.

"Explain the situation with these Western Mountain herb merchants," the Emperor said coldly after returning to the city lord's residence and sitting down.

Zhen Yuan immediately replied, "The Western Mountain specializes in growing and selling herbs. There are many herb merchants there, but they’re also the poorest. Among scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, merchants are the least valued and suffer the most. The court heavily taxes the herb merchants. As a result, they contribute the most silver but are the least regarded. The court often increases taxes, especially during wartime. Herb merchants face even greater hardships. They not only have to pay their full income but also provide herbs for treating sick and wounded soldiers. This often drives most herb merchants to bankruptcy. So, the merchants began to unite and flee together, but they were pursued and killed by the Western Mountain soldiers!"

"So, you rescued them?" the Emperor asked.

"Yes, but only because I knew they were herb merchants. Moreover, a few of them had been to our Ten Thousand Flowers City before and had some interactions with me. They are good people," Zhen Yuan explained.

Little Ruo Xi glanced at Zhen Yuan, thinking, "It seems Consort Zhen is decent too. With such a brother, her sister must be decent as well."

Xiao Yin looked at the little girl and smiled faintly.

The wife he picked couldn’t be bad, could she?!

"Definitely not like the Empress—narrow-minded and always ill!" Little Ruo Xi looked at her uncle, wondering why he was smiling.

Xiao Yin: "..."

Well, he’d been outsmarted by the little girl.

"Jingyu, do you want to save your mother?" Xiao Yin asked.

"Can I?" Mo Jingyu asked, his eyelids drooping. "I’ll go back alone. It’ll be less noticeable. I can disguise myself as a beggar and sneak past!"

"No, we’ll disguise ourselves as herb merchants and go back!" Xiao Yin said.

"We?" Mo Jingyu looked up at Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin nodded. "Yes, we!"

"Thank you," Mo Jingyu said, his eyes lighting up.

Xiao Yin nodded. "First, let’s deal with things here. We’ll talk more tonight."

Mo Jingyu nodded, then focused on taking care of the little baby.

After calming Mo Jingyu, Little Ruo Xi started planning. She had to get her uncle to take her along. She wanted to see the Western Mountain royal family and understand the strength of the Seven Colors Palace within it.

The Seven Colors Palace—she had clashed with it in her previous life. She never thought that in this world, it would still exist. She wondered if the name 'Seven Colors Palace' was just catchy or if it had lasted for centuries!