The Fengyi Palace, which was once very glorious, has become rather deserted recently.
Emperor Jian'an handed over the power of the palace to Concubine Chen Shu and Concubine Wan to jointly manage. The Queen's Fengyi Palace has been deserted recently and is extremely quiet.
When Concubine Wan came in with the palace maids, Queen Wang was sitting quietly by the window pruning branches.
Still wearing the phoenix robe, Concubine Wan looked at the Empress, but she felt something was missing. The Empress, once so graceful and elegant, now seemed to be shrouded in a lingering air of decadence.
"What are you doing here? Are you here to laugh at me?" The Queen sneered, "Even if I've fallen on hard times, I'm still the Queen."
As soon as the queen opened her mouth, Concubine Wan felt that the former queen had returned.
"You think you've won, but you don't know that in the eyes of some people, you're just a pawn, a joke."
The queen didn't even open her eyelids and kept fiddling with the branches in her hands.
Concubine Wan sat down opposite her and said, "I came here today to tell you something. Please ask everyone who is not involved to leave."
The queen raised her head and looked at Concubine Wan. After a moment, she pursed her lips slightly, waved her hand, and asked all the palace people to leave.
After a while, Concubine Wan finished speaking, and Queen Wang put down the knife she was using to cut the flower branches. "Wan Qin'er, do you know what you are talking about? Prince Duan is your son now!"
Doesn't she understand the principle that when one prospers, all prosper, and when one suffers, all suffer?
Concubine Wan Guifei gently fiddled with her fingertips. "Only one Anyang came out of my belly. I didn't want the other one that much at the time."
Since Xiao Minghuan dared to do things in the palace behind her back without any consideration for her, why should she take that "rebellious son" to heart?
The queen looked at her for a moment and suddenly laughed.
The Queen did not doubt Concubine Wan's words. After all, no one would take risks with such a thing. She also could not imagine what Wan Qin'er had in mind by revealing to her that Xiao Minghuan was the mastermind behind the incident.
The Queen chuckled, "I've been your rival for many years, and you've actually acted more openly and honestly than Concubine Chen Shu. So, I might as well share some news with you."
"Our Majesty is a devoted lover who has protected his beloved for many years."
The Queen brought out Concubine Lai and stated that it was Prince Rui who deliberately set a trap for her that day.
Even Concubine Wan took a long time to react before she pieced together the new truth.
Xiao Minghuan learned about the affair between Prince An and Concubine Min, and then set a trap for Prince Rui to make him take action. However, Prince Rui took advantage of the Queen who had been keeping an eye on him?
The Queen looked at Concubine Wan's expression and saw that she was not angry. She knew that Concubine Wan was never an emotional person, and she laughed at her own stupidity again.
After Wan Guifei figured it out, she sighed and said, "I was wrong this time. I thought it was Concubine Chen Shufei fighting with you, but I didn't expect..." There are many inside stories behind it, and it's so exciting.
This news, which was known to both of them, made her, the imperial concubine, look like a person who was out of touch with the news.
The Queen snorted coldly, "As for Concubine Chen Shu and Prince Shun, I cannot guarantee that she is clean."
Anyway, except for her and Prince An, everyone else is a beneficiary.
The setting sun fell in front of the window, and both of them were covered with a layer of golden light.
"After all these years, I never thought that today would be the day we'd be most in harmony with each other."
"The celebration party has started, it's time for you to go."
Looking through the window at Concubine Wan's departing back, the Queen withdrew her gaze.
After the celebration banquet, Princess Anyang left the palace with Wan Jinlan.
Previously, in the Empress Dowager's palace, Anyang had obtained the Empress Dowager's permission to stay in the mansion for a few days and could return after Wan Zhijing got married.
The next day, Xiao Minghuan brought his concubine, Concubine Wan, to the palace to pay his respects to Concubine Wan.
It is called a greeting, but in fact it is an apology.
This morning, the eunuch was sent to Prince Duan's Mansion, and Xiao Minghuan knew that something bad was going to happen.
Although he was not very close to Concubine Wan, they now had a consensus and were on the same side. If he wanted to do anything, he should inform her and share some important information.
Xiao Minghuan originally thought that the imperial concubine was angry about this, but after the eunuch finished speaking tremblingly, Xiao Minghuan froze on the spot.
He turned to look at Wan Qiuyu, his expression full of disbelief, "Why did you set up a scheme to harm Anyang and Wan Jinlan?"
Wan Qiuyu looked flustered. She hadn't expected Concubine Wan to find out. "Your Highness, it wasn't me. He must have accepted bribes from others and deliberately framed me. I have no reason to harm them both."
The eunuch knelt down, kowtowed, and said in fear, "Your Highness, please check carefully. The concubine said that she would take care of my mother and take her to another manor for her upbringing. That's why I agreed to work for her."
"Your Highness, I deserve to die, but my mother is innocent. The Imperial Concubine also said that she would not do anything to my mother..."
Xiao Minghuan's face turned pale and he signaled the servant to drag the man away.
He then dismissed the other servants in the room. After the door was closed, he suppressed his anger and said, "You now have no grudges against Anyang and Wan Jinlan, but I don't know what happened in your dream."
"Wan, if you hadn't done that, what happened that day would have been flawless, and no one would have been able to trace it back to me."
Xiao Minghuan pinched Wan Qiuyu's chin, looking angry, and gritted his teeth and said, "How could there be someone as stupid as you?"
"One day, when you and I are in power, whatever you desire, I will reward you generously as long as I can. What are you doing now? Holding me back?"
"Why would there be someone as stupid as you?"
Xiao Minghuan looked angry and disgusted.
Wan Qiuyu didn't dare to say that she didn't do it.
"Follow me into the palace and apologize to my mother."
The Duke's Mansion and Concubine Wan may not be close to him, but as long as they do not break up, the Duke's Mansion and the Wan family are his backing, and he can stand more firmly in the court.
After the two entered the palace, as expected, they were both reprimanded.
Xiao Minghuan admitted his mistake sincerely, and Wan Qiuyu was forced to kneel in Yongfu Palace for an hour.
"I'm not your biological mother, so it's understandable that you didn't inform me before you acted. After all, you and I aren't that close."
Xiao Minghuan lowered her head with an unpleasant expression. Her words were very clear, and it was obvious that the imperial concubine was extremely angry this time.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was short-sighted and unilaterally jealous of my third sister. I envied her for having the love of her father, mother, grandmother, and grandfather in the mansion. That's why I did this and implicated Princess Anyang."
"This is all my fault. It has nothing to do with our prince. I hope Your Majesty will not harbor any grudges against our prince. Your Majesty deserves whatever punishment you give me!"
Wan Qiuyu had no grudge against Anyang, but in her previous life, Anyang married to Beirong for the second time and was related to Wan Jinlan. How could she not bear a grudge?
Concubine Wan threw the teacup in her hand to Wan Qiuyu's feet.
"Although you are a concubine's daughter, you are also from the same clan as me. How do you want me to punish you?"
Su Xin comforted her, "Don't be angry, Madam. If you get sick from anger, only the princess will feel sorry for you. It's not worth getting angry over people who don't share your beliefs."
Concubine Wan looked at the two people below and said coldly: "Get lost, you are not welcome to my Yongfu Palace in the future."
As soon as Concubine Wan finished speaking, she fainted.
Su Xin was horrified. "Call the imperial physician! Hurry up and call the imperial physician! The queen has fainted from the anger of Prince Duan."
When Xiao Minghuan and Wan Qiuyu left the palace, they looked extremely ugly.
Concubine Wan fainted, and the palace maids of Yongfu Palace called for the imperial physician in a grand manner. The two were invited out by the palace maids of Yongfu Palace.
Wan Qiuyu's knees were swollen from kneeling and he felt a dull pain when he walked.
After getting on the carriage, Wan Qiuyu rubbed his knees and said, "Your Highness, the Queen did it on purpose."
"It won't be long before everyone in and outside the palace knows that it was His Highness who made the Empress sick. Then someone will accuse His Highness of being unfilial in the court."
Xiao Minghuan pounded his fist on the bicycle frame. "She wants to cut ties with me."
He opened the curtain and said to the coachman, "Let's go to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion."
"Your Highness, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Minghuan let out a sigh: "Go apologize to Princess Anyang and Wan Jinlan. You will suffer some injustice."
Seeing Xiao Minghuan's attitude, Wan Qiuyu blamed herself and said, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Your Highness wouldn't be in this situation."
Xiao Minghuan held her hand tightly, frowned, and said nothing.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
