Chapter 455 Consort Yun
"Your Majesty! Consort Yun requests an audience!" a guard announced at the door.
Consort Yun was actually the former empress.
In order to support Feng Yun's rise to power, An Mu demoted the original empress to the rank of Imperial Concubine, even though the empress had done nothing wrong.
Consort Yun's family, the "Duke's Mansion," had wholeheartedly supported Anmu's ascension to the throne, even selling out the fourth prince, Ansen, in the process.
But now, like a donkey that has served its purpose, Anmu is completely disregarding Consort Yun's feelings.
To further consolidate his imperial power, he linked the Duke's mansion with the Fourth Prince's rebellion, making him truly the number one scumbag in Country A.
Anmu felt a tiny bit guilty towards Consort Yun and didn't want to see her, lest he cause himself further distress.
So he refused without hesitation, saying, "I won't see you."
"Consort Yun said that she came to see Her Majesty the Empress and wanted to pay her respects."
If you don't agree, she'll kneel there and refuse to get up; if word gets out, it might not look good.
The guard continued to speak up, defending Consort Yun.
Although the palace was Anmu's territory, the power dynamics there were complex and the emperor couldn't control everything.
Consort Yun was once the Empress and had cultivated many of her own people.
The guards were one of them.
Anmu knew this was definitely Consort Yun's doing and prepared to continue refusing.
At this moment, Feng Yun said, "Your Majesty, I will see Consort Yun. After all, I took her place."
"Nonsense. I have always wanted you for the Empress position. I only temporarily let Consort Yun take the position because I had no other choice. Now I am just making her take it back."
I've already shown her enough respect by making her a concubine.
Anmu's tone was impatient, as if he wished he could immediately order Consort Yun to be banished to the Cold Palace.
Unfortunately, the other party didn't actually make any mistakes.
“Your Majesty, I have never asked you for anything, but in this matter, I feel that I have indeed wronged my sister, the Imperial Concubine…” Feng Yun pleaded again.
Anmu frowned, thought for a while, and then reluctantly said, "Alright, I'll listen to you then."
Then, Anmu said to the guards, "Let Consort Yun in."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Also, search her body before she comes in, and make sure she's not carrying any dangerous items," Anmu ordered coldly.
Clearly, he encountered this kind of thing frequently and seemed very experienced.
"Yes!" the guard replied again, then took his leave.
Three minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard.
Xia Yue and the others looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in her early thirties walking in, led by a guard.
The woman looked haggard, without any makeup, dressed simply, and wore only a simple wooden hairpin on her head; she was completely unrecognizable as a noble concubine.
"Greetings, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"
Upon seeing An Mu, Consort Yun first performed a respectful kneeling bow.
"Get up," Anmu replied casually.
Consort Yun did not rise, but instead bowed again in the direction of Feng Yun, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress."
"Don't be like this, get up quickly. I... I'm not the Empress yet, just call me Feng Yun." Feng Yun was a little flustered.
Although she had agreed to be Anmu's empress, she was still not used to aristocratic etiquette.
Moreover, the coronation ceremony has not yet been held, and there are many people in the court who oppose her as the new empress.
Thinking about all this, Feng Yun felt uneasy again.
"Your Majesty the Empress is of noble birth and deserves my bow," Consort Yun replied respectfully.
Anmu immediately rebuked, "Alright, get up when I tell you to. Why are you scheming like this?"
"Your Majesty's words are truly laughable. I was merely following the rules, and that's called being scheming? What about you, who act so unconventionally?" Consort Yun mocked coldly.
Upon hearing this, An Mu's expression instantly turned extremely ugly.
Xia Yue watched the show from the sidelines, and she felt a growing admiration for this Consort Yun.
To remain so calm after being demoted from Empress to Imperial Concubine, this woman is truly ruthless.
No wonder she was able to become Anmu's empress.
"Alright, didn't you come here to greet Yun'er? Now that you've already done so, you can leave."
"I have important guests to attend to, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense." Anmu immediately began to dismiss him.
Consort Yun was unwilling to leave. She even looked at Xia Yue and the others, finally focusing her gaze on Xia Yue.
"I have never met with distinguished guests with Your Majesty before. Please allow me to accompany you this time."
Is this the Empress's daughter from China? She looks just like the Empress.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on having such a fine son and daughter at such a young age! Your lineage is well-established."
Consort Yun's arrival was indeed ill-intentioned; after the formalities, came the irony.
Xia Yue frowned and retorted coldly, "Feng Yun is my mother, but An Mu has nothing to do with me. Don't try to link me to him."
Consort Yun was slightly taken aback, not expecting Xia Yue to be so averse to An Mu. Then, as if she had thought of something, she smiled and apologized, "I see. I was being presumptuous. I'm sorry."
"Alright, you can leave now. Don't get in my way." An Mu's patience with Consort Yun had reached its limit.
Consort Yun was the same.
She stated her purpose directly, "I have another matter to ask of Your Majesty today."
"Speak!" Anmu frowned.
"Your Majesty despises me, and I am willing to abdicate in favor of the Empress. However, my family, the Duke's Mansion, is innocent. I beg Your Majesty to spare the Duke's Mansion!" Consort Yun knelt on the ground with a "plop."
Anmu knew that this woman's motives were not so simple.
"The Duke's Mansion conspired with the Fourth Prince to rebel back then, playing both sides, deceiving me on one hand and the Fourth Prince on the other."
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