Chapter 445 - 12.53
"Thus, Zhen, Emperor Xianliang, will personally bestow the marriage you’ve truly wanted, Lady Xi Yue."
Empress Dowager Aixi and Lady Xi Yue were expecting Emperor Xianliang to bestow the marriage between himself and Xi Yue, but the next sentence came like thunder crashing down on a clear sky.
"Lady Xi Yue from Xi Family, I bestow a marriage between you and Fu Shipeng, Young Master from Marquis Fu Family. He has a good record, he is also a good scholar. You should be a perfect mistress to manage his Fu house," Huang Shu said.
With this, Bai Yunyu only affirmed with a slight nod. Bai Yunyu knew about Fu Shipeng and his ability. So after Huang Shu suggested Fu Shipeng, he thought it would be good to match Xi Yue. They were both from honorable family and was almost equal.
With the Xi family dominating the government and the Fu family dominating the economy and trade.
However, it was Huang Shu who had malicious intentions. He still couldn’t accept how his mother and Xi Yue slandered and humiliated Yunyu in the banquet, so he set up a plan to punish Xi Yue and slowly whittle down Empress Dowager Aixi’s power.
This was his first step because only he had the memory of Fu Shipeng in the previous timeline.
True, he was a good scholar and a good official from an honorable family. But he was secretly promiscuous and had an affair with many women until he caught a sexually transmitted disease. He was caught when there were increasing reports of so many ger men and women caught the disease from him, including his wife in the previous timeline. In the end, he was punished by the ministry and got castrated.
As much as Huang Shu wanted to be a good-natured holy mother like his wife, Bai Yunyu. He was still malicious at heart. If he couldn’t lay his hand on Xi Yue and punish her for intentionally humiliating Yunyu in front of all nobles and officials.