After Ruan Ningyun was forcibly sent back to the Regent's Palace, Mrs. Ruan felt angry no matter how she thought about it.
Her husband is the brother of the current empress dowager, and Ruan Ningyun is the cousin of the current regent. It would not be an exaggeration for her to be the principal wife, but she is only a concubine, and they have not consummated the marriage yet.
How could she gain a firm foothold without consummating the marriage? How could she, as a mother, brag about it everywhere if she didn’t gain a firm foothold? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She was so angry that she couldn’t sleep all night and planned to go to the palace early the next morning.
But before she left, Ruan Anbang came back.
"This is outrageous!" Ruan Anbang came in with a sullen face.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"He's not attending court again today! The emperor was injured before, but today he said he summoned a palace maid to sleep with him last night, so he won't be attending court!" Ruan Anbang said angrily, "This is disrupting the government! This is simply disrupting the government!"
"I was saying, he spent his whole day eating, drinking and having fun, how could he be a diligent emperor? It's only been a short time, and his true colors have been revealed!" Mrs. Ruan said disdainfully.
After she finished speaking, she suddenly had an idea and thought of a good thing.
It’s actually not a bad thing that Chu Youyang doesn’t care about state affairs. If this continues, the ministers will be unhappy, the people will be unhappy, and the two Empress Dowagers will definitely be unhappy too.
It doesn’t matter if you are not satisfied, the emperor can be replaced.
The most suitable and only candidate now is the Regent.
If Chu Younan became the emperor, Ruan Ningxiang would not be just a concubine, but an imperial concubine! Thinking of this, she was more eager to have Ruan Ningxiang and Chu Younan consummate their marriage.
"I'm going to the palace to meet the Queen Mother," said Mrs. Ruan.
Ruan Anbang waved his hand casually.
However, Mrs. Ruan's journey into the palace was not smooth. As soon as she went out, she saw the Prime Minister's wife coming.
"Mrs. Ruan, are you going out? Then it's really unfortunate that I came here." Mrs. Jiang said.
"I was just about to go to the palace." Madam Ruan said with a fake smile, "Why didn't Madam Jiang send me an invitation? It seems I can't entertain you today."
As a relative of Empress Dowager Yao, Madam Ruan has always been well-connected in the capital, but the Prime Minister's wife is not very popular with her. Today is the first time she has visited the Ruan family.
Mrs. Jiang said, "I came here for something. A few words will do."
"Oh, then you tell me."
Mrs. Jiang came closer and whispered a few words in her ear.
Mrs. Ruan almost fainted from anger.
Mrs. Jiang came today with good intentions. She told Mrs. Ruan that she heard some rumors about the two sisters of the Ruan family yesterday. The fact that Ruan Ningyun and the Regent had not consummated their marriage yet had somehow spread. That was not all. The worst thing was that the news that Ruan Ningxiang had been molested had also spread.
The servants of the Ruan family are really good at talking. In just one night, the rumor spread all over the city! She has to take care of the affairs of these two daughters!
So she thanked Mrs. Jiang and turned back to Ruan Ningxiang's yard.
Ruan Ningxiang was hit hard by the palm strike and broke two ribs. She was recuperating when she saw Madam Ruan coming in, shouting, "Get up! Come with me to the palace!"
The blow to the mind is stronger than the blow to the body.
At this moment, Ruan Ningxiang felt as if she had suffered a double critical hit.
Her ribs were broken! She was hanged!
They didn't even let her rest for a day, and they just let her go into the palace? ! "Mom, I'm in pain..." Ruan Ningxiang looked weak.
But Madam Ruan seemed not to have heard it, and ordered the servants, "Hurry up and put makeup on the second young lady! Make her look good!"
Ruan Ningxiang was almost dragged up by her. She was really hit hard both physically and mentally!
After a lot of trouble, Ruan Ningxiang was dressed up. Madam Ruan then said fiercely: "Listen to me, the second young lady is fine. If anyone dares to gossip about her, I will beat her to death!"
Ruan Ningxiang seemed to understand what she was going to do.
This was to clear her name, so as long as she was still alive, she had to follow Madam Ruan into the palace! After all this trouble, it was already noon when the two of them entered the palace.
It is easy to enter the palace, but it is not easy to meet Empress Dowager Yao. It is said that Empress Dowager Yao and Empress Dowager Mei were both worried because the emperor did not attend court, so they all went to the Yangxin Palace.
It was all in vain!
"How about...we wait for a while?" Mrs. Ruan asked.
Ruan Ningxiang endured the pain and nodded.
But by lunchtime, Queen Mother Yao still hadn't returned.
She didn't come back because Empress Dowager Yao went to see Empress Dowager Mei.
Both of them were almost pissed off by Chu Youyang.
They heard that Chu Youyang would not attend court, so they went to look for him together. However, not only did they not see Chu Youyang, they also heard unbearable noises coming from the bedroom.
"How disgraceful!" Queen Mother Yao shouted angrily.
Empress Dowager Mei also frowned, "I said that this child is really not suitable to be the emperor, or..."
"But even if he abdicates, he has to be willing, otherwise wouldn't that be usurping the throne?" Queen Mother Yao looked worried.
She really didn't expect that Chu Youyang would become more and more absurd. It would be better to let Chu Younan be the emperor. She had to find a chance to discuss it with Chu Younan.
What they both didn't expect was that Chu Youyang was currently staying in the palace, eating and drinking happily.
"Keep shouting!" Chu Youyang ordered while drinking.
The little palace maid's face turned red as she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty... my voice is really not working anymore..."
"Come on, have a drink to moisten your body, and then continue!"
The little palace maid dared not refuse the wine bestowed by the emperor, but she really wanted to go out to work, as the job of "serving in the bedroom" was too tiring for her throat.
After drinking wine and eating meat, the little palace maid screamed intermittently for a while, but that was not all, she was not idle at night.
The news spread throughout the palace that the emperor was very fond of this palace maid and would probably give her a position soon.
This matter has become a big deal and Chu Younan can no longer sit still.
He entered the palace early the next morning, bringing Su Bei with him.
The two empresses dowagers stayed at Empress Dowager Mei's place last night because they had important matters to discuss. The Ruan mother and daughter waited in vain for a whole day, and came again today, but again came to nothing.
How could people have the time to deal with them? They can't even discuss national affairs.
When Empress Dowager Mei saw Chu Younan, she said, "Youyang is really not suitable to be the emperor. Why don't you come instead?"
"There must be a reason why he suddenly behaved like this. I'll go take a look first." Chu Younan said, and turned to Su Bei, "You go to the Queen and see what she says."
Su Bei was also very puzzled by this sudden incident and always felt that there was something fishy going on.
The two men went their separate ways while the two queen dowagers continued their discussion.
Chu Younan arrived at the Yangxin Palace. As soon as he entered the outer room of the bedroom, he heard the little palace maid inside calling out in a hoarse voice.
He almost wanted to kick the door open, rush in, and beat Chu Youyang up.
But beyond this voice, he also heard some of Chu Youyang's thoughts.
So is the Tathagata.
He turned around and walked out silently.
To go to Renshou Palace, he had to pass by Cining Palace. On the way, he met the mother and daughter of the Ruan family.
To be exact, the Ruan mother and daughter waited for Queen Mother Yao but couldn't get enough of her, and when they heard that he had entered the palace, they came specially to find him.