Chapter 17 Promise to behave yourself and never do anything naughty
Upon hearing that Lady Yue and Lady Fang were here, Ji Jinyou immediately poked his head towards the door curiously: [Master, what are these two ladies doing here?]
The Empress and Emperor Wen Zhao were also curious and listened quietly.
The system looked through the pages carefully for a long time: [I don’t know. It’s not in today’s plot.]
[Strange, this is not in the plot.] Ji Jinyou was confused, [A while ago, everything went according to the plot, but what happened suddenly these past two days?]
System: [I don’t know.]
Ji Jinyou sighed helplessly: [I knew you didn’t know. ]
When Emperor Wen Zhao and the Empress heard this, they thought that since neither the kid knew and the bucket knew either, they decided to just call the person in and ask.
A moment later, Yue Guiren and Fang Guiren, a pair of plastic sisters, walked in.
When they saw that the Queen and the Ninth Princess were also there, they were both stunned, but after a moment of hesitation they hurriedly greeted them.
Emperor Wen Zhao glanced at them with a hint of disdain and snorted coldly.
Normally, they were both gentle, virtuous, and kind, but he didn't expect that they were all acting. He didn't want to look at such hypocritical people who said one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes.
He should look at his little nine. As soon as Emperor Wen Zhao's eyes fell on the chubby little girl, he couldn't help but smile. His little nine was still the most popular one.
Seeing that His Majesty did not even ask to stand up, the Queen smiled and asked the two of them to stand up. Then she just looked at them quietly, waiting for them to explain their purpose.
Being stared at by the Empress with a smile on her face, the two nobles, Yuefang and Yang, felt an invisible pressure and for a moment they did not know whether they should speak or not. They looked at each other and communicated with their eyes, hoping that the other would speak, but no one was willing, so they all remained silent.
Yesterday, the two of them heard from the Ninth Princess that they had framed each other, and they had a big fight over it. At that time, they were so emotional that they wanted to kill each other.
Later, he was in a hurry to pay his respects to the Queen and was forced to stop fighting midway, but he was still holding back his anger.
I had thought that I would wait until after we had greeted each other before spreading out the cards and settling all the old accounts.
But after walking around the empress's palace and seeing so many concubines, the two men calmed down.
They all agreed that the grudges between them were minor matters, and the strange thing happening to the Ninth Princess was a major matter.
They originally planned to go to Miaoyunxuan to see the Ninth Princess and ask around to see if they could hear anything else.
For example, their future situations, or other concubines' willingness to learn more about the secrets of the emperor, so as to help them survive and develop better in this harem.
But when someone asked, it was found that after the Ninth Princess went back to Miaoyunxuan, not long after that, the Seventh and Eighth Princesses went there again. They didn't stay for long, but after leaving, they quickly sent a large pile of things over.
There are many concubines in the harem, and most of them have nothing to do. If there is any disturbance in any palace, it will spread throughout the palace in less than half a day.
The abnormal behavior of the seventy-eighth princess has drawn all the attention of the harem to Miaoyunxuan.
Everyone was secretly guessing whether the two princesses' actions were instructed by the Empress and the Royal Consort, or by His Majesty.
Could it be that the soft-hearted Rupin, who has nothing good to offer except her face, is going to be favored again?
According to the gossip they had obtained, many concubines were already ready to make a move.
Those who want to have a good relationship with Rupin plan to find an opportunity to visit her.
No matter if Rupin and her daughter become popular figures in front of His Majesty, the Empress, or the Imperial Concubine in the future, they can all be taken care of.
Of course, there were also those who wanted to step on Rupin and press her down before she got up.
After all, if Rupin's face really gained favor, most of the people in the harem would be outshined by her.
The two of them couldn't figure it out, so they didn't dare to act rashly yesterday.
Later, the two of them thought that the Ninth Princess liked to stroll around the Yu Garden every day whenever she had nothing to do, so they decided to block her on the road today and pretend to meet her by chance.
But unexpectedly, in the morning, the Seventh and Eighth Princesses appeared in Miaoyunxuan again and took the Ninth Princess away.
In this way, the two of them never found an opportunity to get close to the Ninth Princess, and they were inevitably anxious and irritated.
On the way back from the Queen, they met a palace maid named Sun who had just been named a talented person. Seeing her smiling sweetly, the two of them couldn't help but think of the days when they were also briefly favored by His Majesty, and they became more unhappy.
So, the two of them took advantage of their high positions and gave Sun Cairen a good beating and ridicule.
But after returning, the two felt a little regretful. They had just had a fight yesterday, and today they squeezed out Sun Cairen. If they were to investigate strictly according to the palace rules, they would all be wrong.
Yesterday they guessed that the seventh and eighth princesses would not go and complain, but what if they did? After all, those two are the ones who love to watch the excitement in the palace, and they might let the cat out of the bag in front of the Empress and the Royal Consort.
And there is Concubine Sun. According to Your Majesty's habit of liking new things and disliking old things, she has just been favored and will have at least a short period of good days. What if she reports them to Your Majesty again?
The more they conspired, the more uneasy they became. So they decided to come to His Majesty and apologize.
What's more, when such a major event happened in the palace, as people who knew about it, they had the obligation and responsibility to inform His Majesty, right?
They had never heard of this from anyone else, so it was very likely that they were the first to discover it. If they report it to His Majesty, they would be credited with great merit. His Majesty might let them stay just to get to know more about the situation. They couldn't expect to sleep with him, but having a meal with him would be good, as it would always help to promote their relationship.
Normally, they should report to their immediate superior, the Queen, but the two had not seen His Majesty for a long time. This was a rare opportunity, so after discussion, they decided to report to His Majesty together.
But looking at the current situation, His Majesty and the Queen seem to have already known it.
Your Majesty had a look of disgust on his face and was unwilling to even look at them for a few seconds. Could it be that he had given up on them because of this?
The Queen Mother kept looking at them with a smile. Was she making fun of them?
Also, the Queen's smile seemed cold no matter how you looked at it. Was it because they went straight to Your Majesty, bypassing her?
Being able to frame each other without being discovered by the other party shows that neither of them is stupid.
In just a moment, he understood the situation, exchanged glances for a moment, and changed his mind.
Noble Lady Fang knelt down first and said, "Your Majesty, we wanted to go to Fengyi Palace to look for you, but we heard that you came to Your Majesty's place, so we came here."
Yue Guiren followed closely and knelt down: "Yes, Your Majesty, the concubines are here to apologize and report something important to you."
These two people are good at adapting to the situation. The queen raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Then tell me."
She guessed that they were going to talk about Xiaojiu, but she was not worried because no one could say anything in front of Xiaojiu, so they could do it without any reason.
Even if she could say it, she would stop it in time and not let Xiaojiu hear it.
Although Emperor Wen Zhao was a lustful emperor, he was a very capable and good emperor in terms of government affairs and governing the country.
From being an unfavored illegitimate prince to finally ascending to the throne, he had gone through untold hardships and experienced everything and met many people.
How could he not see the little tricks in the minds of the two nobles? It's just that the piles of government affairs every day are enough to give him a headache, and he is too lazy to care about the affairs in the harem. It just so happens that the queen is here, and he is eager to have some free time.
Seeing the chubby girl sitting in the empress's arms obediently, looking very cute, he stretched out his hand and said, "Come here, Xiaojiu, come to your father."
Ji Jinyou didn't really want to go over there, but he was the emperor. If she was a one or two-year-old child, she could pretend to be ignorant.
But she is already three years old. If she says or does something inappropriate, it will bring trouble to her mother.
So, after a brief struggle, she slipped off the empress's legs, walked to Emperor Wen Zhao, raised her little head, and called him obediently, "Father."
The soft, baby-like voice made Emperor Wen Zhao's heart melt, and he reached out to hug her.
"Youyou is a big kid, sit by yourself."
Ji Jinyou pushed away Emperor Wen Zhao's hand, walked to a chair nearby, and climbed up with his two chubby hands.
The little baby, who was not even half a leg tall, said that she was a big kid, and Emperor Wen Zhao laughed out loud.
Seeing that the chubby girl had been trying hard to climb up for a long time but still failed, he laughed even louder, "My little Jiu is really amazing. She can even climb up the chair by herself. But this chair is a bit high. Do you want your father to help you?"
Ji Jinyou: "..."
She was too lazy to bother with the old emperor, so she climbed up with great effort, sat down, swung her short legs a few times, and looked quietly at the empress and others.
The eyes of several people just now were on Ji Jinyou, and seeing that she had finished climbing, they continued to talk about the matter.
But Yue Guiren and Fang Guiren found that they could not make any sound again. They took turns trying several times, but it was the same every time. They were dumbfounded.
The queen saw this and laughed. See, it just won't work.
Ji Jinyou: [Everyone, today is really strange. His Majesty just opened his mouth but didn't say anything before, and now the two nobles are also like this. Could it be that they have contracted some strange disease? ]
The system's answer is unshakable: [I don't know.]
Hearing this strange conversation again, the two nobles looked at the emperor and the empress, and concluded that they had heard it too. They secretly felt lucky that they had come on their own initiative.
The Empress looked at Emperor Wen Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, the two noble ladies may have some unspeakable secrets that cannot be explained in front of you. I will take them outside to talk."
Emperor Wen Zhao waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
The Queen took the two of them outside and saw that the Seventh and Eighth Princesses had run away at some point. She did not care and told the two to speak quickly.
The two of them knelt down again and told each other everything that had happened in the past two days, without hiding anything.
After hearing this, the queen said in a dignified manner: "If you two get along well with each other in the future and treat Sun Cairen well, I will not punish you this time. If there is a next time, I will punish you severely. Okay, you can go back now."
She was still anxious to listen to what Xiaojiu had to say.
The two men were originally very nervous, but when they saw how magnanimous the queen was, they felt relieved and made promises together, promising to behave themselves and never do anything naughty in the future.
In the past, the queen would not have believed it, but now she does. After all, with the mysterious Bucket around, no one has any secrets anymore.
This is also the reason why she did not punish the two of them. She believed that from now on, they would be much more honest.
The two nobles bowed respectfully and stood up to leave.
When the queen returned to the inner room, she saw His Majesty and Xiaojiu, each sitting on a chair, staring at each other.
The queen walked to Xiaojiu's side and just sat down when she heard Liang Quan come to report again: "Your Majesty, Madam, Sun Cairen wants to see you."