Chapter 172 The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Such a major event must be reported to the Emperor immediately by the Queen.

The anger displayed by the Queen was four parts real and six parts exaggerated, so when she showed it, it was 100% real.

The Queen naturally couldn't help but be angry when she was so blatantly ignored. However, for her, this was also an opportunity!

Relying on her relationship with the Fu family and the support of the empress dowager, Concubine Lian has never treated her well since she entered the palace. She is always weird, picky, and full of hidden meanings.

However, these things were neither small nor big, and she could not do anything to Lian Jieyu because of them, because these things could not do anything to Lian Jieyu. At most, she could just give her a mild reprimand, or put her under house arrest or make her copy Buddhist scriptures, that's all.

If it happens too many times, not only will the empress dowager be unhappy, the emperor will also be impatient, and she, as the queen, will also suffer no good results. She is afraid that she will be known as intolerant, narrow-minded, and without magnanimity.

Those who cross the line are always much easier to deal with than those who hover around the edge and frantically test the waters!

Therefore, even though the Queen hated Concubine Lian to the core in the past, she remained dignified and elegant, with a gentle smile, and treated Concubine Lian very gently without any targeting.

The queen did gain a good reputation for being wise and generous because of this, but the feeling of forbearance was really too painful.

The reason why she was willing to help Xu Lanshan openly or secretly when Xu Lanshan's status was still low and other concubines always bullied and made things difficult for her intentionally or unintentionally, and was willing to show kindness to Xu Lanshan, was also because Xu Lanshan had made Lian Jieyu suffer many times.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend!

Xu Lanshan made Lian Jieyu so angry that she was about to go crazy, and she kept making mistakes. This was equivalent to taking revenge for her, so of course she was happy!

She has been waiting, waiting for Concubine Lian to get into trouble.

What a bad luck! She can find my mistake and hit me with it!

Today...the wait has finally come!

How could she be fit to serve the Emperor? How could she remain in the Emperor's harem? If she wasn't punished, where would the palace rules be? Where would the dignity of the imperial family be? How could she be justified to the world?

How will the people of the world view the royal family and the emperor when they openly protect such a cruel and vicious concubine?

There is no way the emperor would do anything for her!

"...Your Majesty, I thought I had always been kind and righteous to Concubine Lian! She is young and has been pampered since she was a child, so it is inevitable that she has a bit of a temper. I have never argued with her, but instead always gave her advice and guidance, hoping that one day she would reform herself, get along well with the other concubines, and serve Your Majesty well. Unexpectedly... my efforts were completely in vain. She did not accept my kindness at all. Not only did she not change, but she became even worse and more unreasonable! Today, she actually... did such a cruel thing, causing two lives. I, I dare not make a decision on my own, so I have to report to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to make the decision!"

"I have failed to discipline you properly, Your Majesty, and I ask you to punish me!"

The queen choked up as she spoke, and she placed her hands on the ground and kowtowed heavily, her body trembling slightly, as if she was extremely guilty and sad.

Naturally, the news from the harem did not spread to Ganyuan Palace any faster than to Fengwu Palace.

The empress acted decisively and quickly, and Emperor Yuan Yong was unaware of this until she came to report.

After hearing what the Queen said, Emperor Yuan Yong was a little slow to react. After a while, he raised his eyebrows in surprise: "What did you say? What did Concubine Lian do? Did she kill someone? Two? What did she do? Who did she kill? Tell me!"

Emperor Yuan Yong shouted harshly, his face changed drastically, and his heart instantly tightened into a ball.

The Queen was also shocked by his reaction, and then secretly delighted. The greater the Emperor's reaction, the more unlucky Concubine Lian would be. This was a good thing!

The Queen quickly responded with a heartbroken tone, "I never expected that Concubine Lian would actually..."

"Who did she kill? Tell me now!"

The Queen was even more frightened and stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do. She didn't understand why the Emperor was so furious.

"Hurry up and tell me!"

"Ah, yes, two palace maids—"

"Two palace maids..." Emperor Yuan Yong's heart finally recovered slowly. He felt a chill in his heart and broke out in a cold sweat. "Two palace maids..."

The queen looked at him and suddenly had an epiphany.

Your Majesty, did you mistakenly think that Concubine Lian had killed Concubine Chen? That's why you're so panicked...

The queen suddenly felt like laughing.

Although she felt sad in her heart, she really wanted to laugh.

The queen sneered inwardly as her lowered eyelids hid the sarcasm deep within her eyes. She never thought that the emperor was such a lovesick man!

It was a pity, really. Why didn't Concubine Lian kill Concubine Chen? She had gotten herself into trouble by beating two palace maids to death, and she suddenly felt sorry for her.

Emperor Yuan Yong looked at the Empress and said, "How could Concubine Lian be like this when she was fine? Tell me what happened in detail!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The empress naturally knew everything about this matter, and she had been preparing what to say on the way here. When Emperor Yuan Yong asked about it, the empress calmly and silently reported Concubine Lian to the emperor. Seeing that the emperor's face was getting uglier and uglier, the empress finally felt relieved.

After all, the least threatening person in this palace is Concubine Chen.

Even if she was crowned a concubine, even if she was pregnant, so what? Even if she gave birth to a prince, it still meant nothing!

The Dawen Dynasty paid great attention to family background. There had indeed been palace maids who were favored in the past, but they were very rare and their status was extremely low. Except for Xu Lanshan, those people could not even earn the title of noble.

As for palace maids, they have neither knowledge nor talent, nor family background. Even though they are somewhat beautiful, the thing that the palace lacks the least is beauty.

Each successive batch of beauties is younger and more beautiful than the other. No matter how beautiful a palace maid is, how many years of good times can she have?

Therefore, although the Queen was annoyed with Xu Lanshan, she obviously valued the opportunity to overthrow Concubine Lian more.

People like Lian Jieyu are the most feared!

This time I have to get rid of her!

Getting rid of her means getting rid of a big worry.

"Outrageous!" Emperor Yuan Yong roared in anger, "She's really only getting worse and worse, showing no improvement at all! Now she's even dared to cause a death. What does she think this palace is? I decree that Concubine Lian be demoted to a commoner and banished to the cold palace, where she will never be allowed to leave, no matter the chance of pardon! Dong Zhi, order Minister Lin of Rites to come to the palace and reprimand Duke Cheng'en for his poor parenting. He will be punished with three years of service, dismissed from all official duties, and ordered to return home to reflect on his mistakes for three months."