Chapter 660 Is the Empress Jealous?

Jiang Fenghua was too lazy to beat around the bush with him. "The trouble caused by the Emperor and Empress Dowager's reckless behavior has left people homeless because of you and your son."

"Ruan Ruan, don't be angry. Do you want me to give in to the Bai family's wishes and bring her into the palace again?" Xie Shang said deliberately.

Jiang Fenghua was genuinely angry. "You may be willing, but they aren't. Don't you realize how much trouble your actions have caused others?"

"What do you mean by 'I'm willing'? What kind of person do you take me for? I have never had any feelings for Bai Yuhan. It was only because the Empress Dowager secretly brought her into the palace..."

"Bai Yuhan has already told me everything. Your Majesty, please stop using me as a shield, and stop saying things like 'you hurt others because you love me.' I can't bear the weight of so many lives and happiness," Jiang Fenghua added.

Jiang Fenghua received the same information from Helan Yanran: the Emperor did not favor her, and his close relationship with her was only to make the Empress jealous. The Emperor wanted the Empress to care about him, and she had heard these words enough.

In fact, Helan Yanran also misunderstood. The Empress Dowager wanted her to seduce the Emperor, and the Emperor was naturally aware of this. In addition, given the relationship with the Marquis of Changping's mansion, Xie Shang had his own considerations.

However, Helan Yanran was not able to understand, and thought that Xie Shang was only trying to anger Jiang Fenghua and was sending her the wrong message.

"You are the Emperor, what kind of woman can't you have? Stop saying you only love Jiang Fenghua. You can fool yourself with those words, but don't try to fool me." She spoke calmly and slowly, then asked in a deep voice, "Xie Shang also loved Su Tingwan, didn't he? Would the Emperor hurt another woman because he loves her?"

Xie Shang was stunned. In his past life, he had deeply hurt Jiang Fenghua because of Su Tingwan. In this life, she was unhappy because of him, and he still hurt her.

"How did Zhang Jingjing get pregnant? How did Pan Nianru's child come about? What happened to Helan Yanran? And Bai Yuhan? The Emperor only lightly said that it was because of me when they were hurt. Why should the Emperor blame me for their suffering? I can't bear so many lives. I can't pretend that their deaths have nothing to do with me. I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me." She had wanted to say these words for a long time. They had been weighing on her heart for so many days, and she felt like she couldn't breathe.

“That’s not how it works,” he said.

“What is it like?” she asked.

Xie Shang said, "Regarding Bai Yuhan, it was my oversight. I thought those things were unimportant, but I never expected them to become a knot in our relationship. If I were given another chance, I would want to get to know Jiang Fenghua first, not Su Tingwan. If the Empress really dislikes me that much, I will return to Qianqing Palace first."

After saying these words, he left immediately, and the two parted on bad terms once again. He didn't even dare to stay and face Jiang Fenghua.

After Xie Shang left, the maids outside the door trembled with fear. They went into the bedchamber, closed the door, and whispered, "Why did Your Highness quarrel with the Emperor again?"

Jiang Fenghua came to her senses, walked to the dressing mirror and sat down with a relaxed air. "I didn't argue, I'm just feeling unhappy."

Hongxiu asked, "Is Your Highness jealous?"

Jiang Fenghua stared at her, "Which eye of yours saw that I was jealous?"

"If Your Highness wasn't jealous, why would you care so much about whether Miss Bai did what Consort Han did?"

Lianye stood obediently to the side, nodding vigorously in agreement that the Empress was jealous.

Jiang Fenghua hadn't really thought about it that way. When Bai Yuhan came to find her, she was initially angry that Bai Yuhan had kept this a secret from her. But after thinking it over, she realized it wasn't a big deal. Lin Yu took her out of the palace, and Bai Yuhan followed her out of the palace, which meant that she really didn't want to be Xie Shang's concubine.

Bai Yuhan then spoke about the Bai family's attitude towards her entering the palace. The Bai family probably only wanted a concubine who could climb the social ladder by entering the palace, without ever asking Bai Yuhan if she was willing to enter. In her heart, the root cause of Bai Yuhan's homelessness was Xie Shang. It was clearly his lust that made him so, otherwise how could Zhang Jingjing and Pan Nianru have gotten pregnant?

Several things combined made her feel very upset and unhappy. It wasn't jealousy, but rather that she felt they were all pitiful people, and the culprit was Xie Shang.

Jiang Fenghua asked them, "Tell me, if Jiang Fenghua hadn't lost her memory, what would she have done if she encountered Xie Shang's promiscuous and irresponsible attitude?"

The group looked at each other, and finally Lianye stepped forward. "Actually, what happened to Consort Zhang is not something Your Majesty can control. After all, the Emperor is the Emperor. He is the greatest in the world. Your Majesty shouldn't have to be unhappy with the Emperor. I heard from Granny Xi that the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor argued like this all the time. The late Emperor rarely visited the Empress Dowager's palace in his entire life. By not going to the Empress Dowager's palace, it was as if he had banished her to the cold palace, which made the Empress Dowager's temperament strange and often went crazy."

Jiang Fenghua was speechless. She wasn't the Empress Dowager; she wouldn't go crazy.

Hongxiu added, "If the Emperor makes a mistake, Your Highness can help him correct it. That's how Your Highness has always been; you never argue with the Emperor… You always accept things gladly and even help the Emperor's concubines give birth to imperial heirs."

"I didn't argue with him, I was just stating the facts." Jiang Fenghua interrupted her. Was she like this before? She was indeed quite magnanimous.

"Yes, yes, Your Highness didn't quarrel, she just told the truth." Hongxiu continued, "Granny Wang said that once a woman gets married, she has to learn how to live. Living in the palace is the same as living in an ordinary family. There are not many good men. The key is how a woman can make a man's heart be on her. That is to say, she has to make a man cherish her. Only then can life be fulfilling."

Jiang Fenghua retorted, "Granny Wang doesn't care about men, yet she knows so much about them."

The two were slightly taken aback. That's right, Granny Wang had never been married, how would she know how to live with a man?

"Only the wearer knows if the shoe fits." Jiang Fenghua continued, "Speaking of which, it's time for you two to settle down. I am your maternal family. Let Lin Feng and Cheng Feng propose marriage. I want to marry you both off together."

Hongxiu and Lianye blushed at what they were told. "Who said we're getting married? We're not getting married."

"You really won't marry me?" Jiang Fenghua asked deliberately.

At this moment, Aoxue also arrived. "Your Majesty, please proceed with their marriage! This will save Lord Lin and Steward Cheng from complaining to Your Majesty."

“They dare not complain,” Hongxiu and Lianye said in unison.

Jiang Fenghua smiled and said, "You said you wouldn't marry, but you've started to meddle with other people. If I keep you here, I'm afraid it won't be them who complain, but you who will."

"Your Highness, please go to sleep! This servant is going to keep the little princess company." Lianye hurriedly ran off.

Hongxiu and Chengfeng's relationship was not exposed, but Chengfeng always protected Hongxiu. Because of Hongxiu, Kunning Palace was also well taken care of by the Imperial Household Department. She wanted to deny it but felt that it went against her own wishes, so she said, "This servant is leaving now."

The two women fled in panic. After they left, Ao Xue went to check the door again to make sure no one was eavesdropping before closing it.