AWB Chapter 138: Empress Xu is inferior but does not allow her concubine to be inferior
Chapter 138: Empress Xu is inferior but does not allow her concubine to be inferior
"What did you say?"
The emperor began to tremble. He wondered if he had heard something wrong.
Even Yan Wan was shocked by these words.
Yanwan only secretly let Li Xin find out that Ruyi celebrated Li Jingui's birthday, but she didn't expect that Ruyi dared to ascend the throne.
"Jia, what did Imperial Concubine Jia say? Why can't I understand?"
Yan Wan stuttered what the emperor wanted to ask and stared at Jin Yuyan.
Jin Yuyan didn't even dare to raise her head after saying such outrageous words.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember that the Empress was kept in the cold palace for three years?"
The Emperor's silence was deafening.
Jin Yuyan continued:
"The Empress lived like the Emperor during her three years in the cold palace. All the concubines in the cold palace called the Empress the Emperor.
Every day, I would pay my respects to the Empress, and I would always say, "I pay my respects to the Emperor."!"
"How could Concubine Jia hear such words? Didn't the Empress suffer a lot in the cold palace during those years? How could Concubine Jia say such things?"
Yanwan didn't know the whole story, but she cooperated with Jin Yuyan in the performance.
Jin Yuyan kowtowed three times to the emperor and said with great fear:
"This, this is actually all thanks to the Emperor. The Empress was in the cold palace for three years, and the Emperor not only let Ling Yunche take care of her, but also allowed the Empress to find ways to improve her food.
It is true that she is respectable even in the cold palace."
The past came flooding back.
The emperor had never expected that he would find ways to protect Ruyi. Not only did Ruyi eat well in the cold palace and have someone to protect her, but she also became the emperor.
"But Your Majesty, I don't think the Queen did it on purpose. After all, those old concubines are all crazy.
I said such treasonous words and reported it to the Queen Mother.
I have sneaked to the Old Summer Palace. I am afraid that the Empress will not forgive me."
Jin Yuyan accidentally heard a eunuch delivering food to the cold palace say that Ruyi in the cold palace would become the emperor. It happened that she happened to catch Ruyi dealing with her, so she exaggerated the story.
But she also knew that the concubine in the cold palace was just a crazy woman. These words could be used to anger the emperor, but they could not be used as evidence.
"Yes, Your Majesty, Concubine Jia also saw and said what she saw. But the Empress has always loved Your Majesty and would never have such thoughts. Your Majesty, please don't blame the Empress wrongly."
Jin Yuyan wanted to poke a thorn in the emperor's heart, so Yanwan helped Jin Yuyan to poke the thorn.
The emperor hated it so much that he wanted to accuse Ruyi of treason, but there was no fact to prove it, and it was so humiliating to let the world know that his queen was called the emperor. How could he save face?
And what kind of turmoil will happen? Ruyi has a legitimate son. What should we do? The emperor has too much to think about and endure.
"I am still here. The Queen will not do anything to you."
"Everything I heard today, just pretend I didn't hear it. I have my own plans for the Queen."
After a long period of consideration, the emperor chose to cover up everything.
He could not openly rebuke Ruyi for celebrating Li Jingui's birthday. If he did, he would be publicly announcing his relationship with Li Jingui.
It would also make the Queen Mother completely disappointed with the two of them.
Furthermore, the emperor felt that it was too reckless to ask for an identity for Li Jingui in the past for such a scandal. How could the emperor, who now has many descendants, be willing to give up his identities as Aisin-Gioro and Niuhulu and admit that his mother was an ugly palace maid?
Although not many people know how the late emperor treated Li Jingui, there must be someone who knows that if it were to be uncovered, it would be that the late emperor raped Li Jingui and then betrayed her.
At that time, not to mention his existence as an emperor, it was a shame.
The late emperor’s glorious reputation will be ruined in an instant.
The emperor was terribly silent tonight. In the end, he did not ask Yan Wan to serve him, nor did he ask anyone else to wait on him. He was left alone.
Ruyi’s punishment of Jin Yuyan came swiftly.
When Ruyi discovered that Jin Yuyan had come to Mulan Paddock, she rushed over as soon as possible.
As soon as Ruyi arrived, she detained Jin Yuyan in the tent, saying that Jin Yuyan had come to Mulan Paddock to flatter and win favor without permission, and that her behavior was bold and despicable, and that she must not be allowed to stay.
"How does the Queen intend to punish Concubine Jia?"
The emperor rushed over as soon as possible, and when he saw Ruyi, he felt a lot of blame in his heart, but he couldn't say anything and couldn't ask anything, so he just sat aside feeling depressed.
When Ruyi saw the emperor like this, she thought that the emperor was angry about Jin Yuyan's matter, so she took the initiative to approach the emperor.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jia came to Mulan Paddock without permission, violating the rule that concubines with children cannot come. I have already made up my mind to punish Concubine Jia by making her stand on the board for two hours a day.
After all, Concubine Jia has children. We should also consider her."
Jin Yuyan was pressed to her knees by Rong Pei and the others, unable to break free. She could only yell:
"Empress, the punishment of being beaten with a stick is for palace maids who have made mistakes. I am the emperor's concubine after all. Your Majesty dares to say that you are thinking about me by doing this."
Although Ruyi seemed to be defending Jin Yuyan, she showed no mercy in punishing her.
In her heart, Ruyi thought that she had been very lenient towards Jin Yuyan.
"Empress Jia, you first pretended to be sick, then you changed into a maid's clothes and came to Mulan Paddock to curry favor with me. Isn't this despicable? Don't you deserve to be punished?"
Ruyi stared at Jin Yuyan with her eyes fixed, looking down at her, as if she wished she could crush Jin Yuyan to death with her aura.
"Empress Jia, I said something inappropriate.
Although I am a newcomer to the palace, I have never seen such a scene. My mother is very strict with her subordinates, and there has never been such a fight for favor in front of her."
Yingpin had just come in with the emperor. The emperor wanted her to sleep with him yesterday, but when Jin Yuyan came, the emperor didn't want her to sleep with him anymore.
Concubine Ke entered the palace earlier than her and told her about Jin Yuyan's past deeds. Concubine Ying began to dislike Jin Yuyan and now she was speaking for Ruyi.
Yan Wan laughed in her heart when she heard Yingpin's words.
Yan Wan smiled secretly and glanced at Jin Zhong unintentionally. Jin Zhong asked in confusion:
"Are you blaming the Queen for not keeping a strict discipline on her subjects, Concubine Ying?
Don’t dare to say such nonsense.”
Yingpin wanted to mock Jin Yuyan, but she never expected this, and explained in a panic:
"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant."
The emperor was too lazy to pay attention to Yingpin and only looked at Ruyi.
"The Queen's punishment of Concubine Jia was too harsh."
Ruyi pointed at Jin Yuyan in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jia came to Mulan Paddock without permission. You still say that I have punished her too severely for such behavior?
If I tell the sisters in the palace about her despicable behavior, I'm afraid none of them would do it. It's really a very low character."
As Ruyi said this, she didn't even want to look at Jin Yuyan, as if something dirty had polluted her eyes.
Jin Yuyan sneered.
"The Queen said that I have low moral character.
So when the Empress Dowager punished the Empress to observe mourning in her residence, how did the Empress come out?
Didn't the Queen sneak into the palace by exchanging clothes with Concubine Yu?"
"Empress Xu is inferior, but will you allow me to be inferior?"