Chapter 988: Clash (1)
Cui Pingan’s body was already fragile, and even though he was rescued from the icy lake water in time, he still fell critically ill and nearly died.
At that time, Old Lady Cui was furious. She sent her card to the palace to request an audience with the Empress Dowager, asking her to see justice done and punish the murderer who plotted against her grandson severely.
The murderer was related to the Imperial Family, but the fact that she attacked an innocent child of only four years old is indisputable. Such a ruthless person would not be let go by the Cui family, and any person with a bit of conscience condemned the act in private.
In the past, Princess Fuyun had come between Old Master Cui San and his wife, causing the legitimate wife to become a concubine, and then she died in a difficult childbirth. These two matters had also caused a stir among the public, putting the Imperial Family in a rather unflattering light.
Just as these two incidents had been forgotten by the public, Old Master Cui San’s only heir nearly died at the hands of someone from the Imperial Family. Emperor Huian knew that the Cui family would not let the matter rest. He did not want the issue to escalate to the court and tarnish the Imperial Family’s reputation any further. Unable to tolerate such a reputation-damaging criminal, it wasn’t long before he personally issued an imperial edict to severely punish the murderer.
Princess Fuyun was implicated and received a severe warning from the Empress Dowager, quelling the rage of the Cui family, and thus the matter came to a close.
After Cui Pingan had recovered a little, Old Lady Cui sent him to a villa in Southern Yuan City. Firstly, because the climate there was pleasant and conducive to his recuperation, and secondly, it kept him away from Princess Fuyun, who could no longer find excuses to harass him.
If Cui Pingan weren’t already eighteen and of marriageable age, Old Lady Cui wouldn’t have called him back to Jing City. Little did anyone expect, what was supposed to be a happy occasion turned into the situation they faced now.