Xie Yanci was having dinner with Wei Shuyi. Today, she had specially prepared some home-cooked dishes in the small kitchen. They were spicy, which whetted his appetite and he ate too much without realizing it.
"Your Majesty, would you like to go for a walk outside? Otherwise, it will be uncomfortable here."
She tapped his chest with her index finger and stood up first.
Of course, the emperor would not refuse the invitation of the beauty, so he took the palace servants and left Lin'an Palace and walked out along the palace road.
Wei Shuyi deliberately rushed towards the Yonghe Palace: "Your Majesty, there is something I forgot to tell you."
"What is it?"
"When I locked myself up in Sangyuxuan, the servants of the Imperial Household Department thought I would never be able to get out of poverty, and the things they sent me were not attentive. Under the scorching sun, they only allowed me a few pieces of broken ice, so I couldn't sleep well at night. If it weren't for Zhen Chang's help, I would probably have fallen ill."
Xie Yanci had heard this story from Chu Mu and couldn't help but praise her, "Zhen Changzai is the Bai family's legitimate daughter and has always had a good reputation in the capital. She never flatters the powerful and looks down on the weak. You two have similar personalities, so I expected you to get along well."
"So, I helped her deal with a difficult matter two days ago, as a way of repaying her."
Thinking of the spoiled Concubine Xu in Yonghe Palace, he probably understood: "Is Zhen Changzai being bullied by others?"
"Alas, did the Emperor grant Concubine Xu a place to practice dancing? Seeing it was located in the middle of the east and west side halls, Concubine Zhen borrowed it temporarily. Unexpectedly, she was pointed at and called a bitch. Fortunately, I arrived in time, otherwise, who knows what would have happened!"
Xie Yanci frowned: "Xu is a concubine after all, how can she be so willful and capricious in her words and actions?!"
As he was speaking, he heard a commotion ahead.
Eunuch Yang decisively rushed to the front to observe whether there were any suspicious people.
The guards also looked around vigilantly, fearing that an assassin would appear and endanger the emperor's life.
Wei Shuyi approached Xie Yanci with a hint of trepidation: "Your Majesty, I heard the noise coming from Yonghe Palace. Is there anything wrong? Sister Zhen has a calm personality and doesn't like to argue with others. What if she is punished..."
"Come with me and take a look!"
He quickened his pace, and just as he reached the palace gate, he saw a disheveled musician rushing out!
Fortunately, Eunuch Yang was quick-witted and kicked the man in the knee, so as not to disturb the emperor.
"What are you doing?! You're so flustered, your hair is messy, how disgraceful!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, help me!"
Not asking for forgiveness, but asking for help?
Xie Yanci looked at the Yonghe Palace plaque in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"I am a musician from the Changyin Pavilion, ordered to play music for Concubine Xu. I was doing nothing when she suddenly rushed over and tried to pull at my clothes several times, as if she was drunk... I was terrified, afraid that the Emperor would find out and misunderstand me, so I ran away in a hurry. But Concubine Xu chased me relentlessly, even if she fell and injured herself, she was determined to capture me..."
"presumptuous!"
Xie Yanci had seen Lady Xu drunk before. Her already charming face would be tinged with a layer of crimson, as gorgeous as a peach blossom, bewitching and captivating.
It was also common for her to take advantage of the alcohol to touch him.
But tonight, why did she do this to the palace maid? Did she treat him as if he were dead?!
The musician kowtowed repeatedly to explain, "Your Majesty, I am just an ordinary palace maid. I have no connection with Concubine Xu. Please investigate this matter clearly!"
"I will make my own decision!"
Wei Shuyi signaled Eunuch Yang to pull the musician aside and said, "Your Majesty, please let me go in and take a look at the situation. It would be bad if Sister Xu got drunk and smashed things, and hurt you."
"Then I will never let you take risks!"
Xie Yanci was in a very bad mood. He strode towards the east side hall and happened to see Concubine Xu limping and scolding the palace maid.
"How many times have I told you! Don't follow me! The emperor has run away, what should I do? It's all your fault!"
When he was so angry, he picked up a stone and threw it at Huayan!
Before the emperor could speak, another cold and serious voice sounded, stopping him immediately -
"stop!"
"Who's meddling in my business again? Are you annoying?!"
Lady Xu's hairpins were shaking, and she pointed angrily at the woman who came out from behind the bushes.
The person who came was Zhen Changzai.
She reached out and pulled Huayan, whose forehead was bleeding, behind her. She didn't shy away, "Why would Miss Xu bother to embarrass someone in your own palace? You were drunk and grabbed the musician, and your personal maid tried to stop you, so why did you hit her?"
"You're usually so arrogant, how come you're so blind now?!" Lady Xu pointed in the direction the musicians had fled, angrily saying, "Are you so jealous of me being so intimate with him that you're trying so hard to embarrass me?!"
Zhen Changzai sighed: "But Master Xu, you really have the wrong person. That is not the emperor, but just a palace maid from Changyin Pavilion."
"Nonsense! I will definitely teach you a lesson today! I will let you know..."
Concubine Xu raised her right hand without knowing the truth, and there was obviously a small stone hidden in her palm, intending to hurt Concubine Zhen.
Xie Yanci's movements were even faster: the pebbles became his weapons, and the internal energy stimulated by anger made him hit the man's body with those stones!
"ah!"
Zhen Changzai did not wait for the person in front of her to commit the crime, but watched her fall, covering her body in pain, not daring to get up.
"Xu, you are so arrogant! I had no idea that the huge Yonghe Palace had become your territory of tyranny! You maliciously injured a palace maid and even wanted to attack my woman. What crime should you be punished for?!"
Lady Xu's consciousness gradually became clear due to the evening breeze.
She stood there in a daze, carefully looking up along the dragon boots, panicking: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty, didn't you just leave? Why are you back again?!"
Xie Yanci thought she was just playing dumb, and he was even more unhappy. "When did you come to the dinner I had at Sangyuxuan tonight? You're not going to tell me that everything I did was because I drank too much, are you?"
"Wine, wine? I'm not drunk. I originally wanted to practice dancing, so I didn't drink at all!"
Concubine Xu's mind was in a mess, and what she muttered to herself also reminded the emperor of other things.
He looked coldly at the area in front of the main hall. "I ordered this place to be built, but I didn't mention your name or say it belonged exclusively to you. You've become enemies with Zhen Changzai over such a trivial matter. I really misjudged you!"
"No, that's not the case..."
"Yang Mingrui! Drag this shameless thing back and don't pollute my eyes!"
Eunuch Yang waved his hand, and immediately a young eunuch came out, covered Concubine Xu's mouth, and dragged her away.
He turned and looked at the silent Zhen Changzai: "Yu'er, I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."
"I am not wronged."
"From today on, you are a sixth-rank noble lady of Yonghe Palace. You no longer need to bow to her. Do you understand?"
"Your Majesty, thank you for your grace!"
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