Chapter 450 Polite Rejection
The eldest prince looked puzzled.
His reaction made Concubine Mi even more angry. "Your Highness, are you so cruel? Your mother is in the palace and can't take care of the outside world. Shouldn't Your Highness take care of the Mi family? Your maternal grandparents have been bullied so badly. It's obvious that those people don't even take you, the eldest prince, seriously. Can you really bear to leave them alone?"
The eldest prince was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "Mother Mi, I understand this matter. The Shuntian Prefecture Governor's judgment was flawless. The evidence is irrefutable. If the Governor doesn't even have this level of ability to judge a case, he won't be able to hold this position for long. So, Mother Mi, you must have misunderstood something. Actually, this is nothing. Mother Mi, you can relax. The Mi family hasn't suffered any losses as a result of this. Mother Mi, it wouldn't be a bad idea to teach them more and encourage them to be more humble and low-key in the future."
"Also, Mother Mi, the Mi family is not my son's maternal family. Please don't say such things again. It won't be good if others hear it."
The eldest prince was extremely tired.
How could he not have known this before? His mother was so stubborn and difficult to deal with.
Concubine Mi opened her eyes wide, staring at the eldest prince in disbelief with an expression as if she had been stabbed by a knife. "You, you, you are like this. Who taught you? Ah? Who taught you? Who really..."
It's really hateful.
The eldest prince lowered his eyes, suppressing his impatience: "No one taught me these principles, but I still understand them."
These words were more powerful than the previous ones, and made Concubine Mi feel as if her heart was stabbed hard.
"Okay, okay, I won't argue with you about this! I just want to ask you one question: if the Mi family is being bullied, will you do anything? And who the hell is that Hu Ling—is that his name? How dare he tease the Mi family's concubine? He's so lawless!"
"Brother Hu would never do that!" The eldest prince defended Hu Ling without hesitation: "When I was in Lingnan, I lived in the Zhao family for a while. Brother Hu treated me very well and took great care of me. I dare not say anything about others, but Brother Hu is definitely not like that."
Concubine Mi was even more furious. "What Brother Hu? He's just a servant. Even though he's adopted by the Zhao family, he still has lowly blood in his bones. How can you call him Brother? Humph, he treats you well, but that's just because he values your status! You little kid, you've been fooled by him! Just for such a lowly person, you don't even care about the Mi family?"
The eldest prince said: "Princess Mi, when I was stranded in Lingnan, I was just a sickly person. Ordinary people would only look down on me. No one knew my identity."
Concubine Mi: "Are you trying to piss me off to death?"
He contradicted her in every word!
Concubine Mi couldn't help but feel disgusted, thinking that it would be great if she could give birth to another prince.
The eldest prince shut his mouth wisely.
He fell silent. Concubine Mi was still dissatisfied and insisted on forcing him to help the Mi family vent their anger. If they lost, how could she and the Mi family still have any face? How could they nourish their newly rising ambitions?
Only by suppressing the Zhao family and letting everyone open their eyes and take a good look, will they understand that the Mi family is powerful, and will they gather around the Mi family and be used by the Mi family.
As a royal concubine, she carries more weight!
This battle is of vital importance to her and the Mi family.
One can imagine the eagerness and longing in Concubine Mi's heart.
When hard tactics failed, Concubine Mi covered her face and wept, tears streaming down her face. She desperately pressed the eldest prince, even resorting to desperate begging. Just this once, just this once, she begged him to agree to save face for her and the Mi family.
As for the Zhao family, what did this have to do with them? Hu Ling wasn't a proper member of the Zhao family, so what was the point of just punishing him?
Could it be that a mere slave who had turned over a new leaf due to good luck was more important than the Mi family?
Could it be that the eldest prince couldn't even see through such a simple truth?
The eldest prince was indeed unable to see through things. What he couldn't see through was Concubine Mi.
If he was the one who was wronged, he might have agreed to Mi Fei's tearful and persistent pleading.
But why should he sacrifice the Zhao family, who had been so kind to him, and Brother Hu, who had been so good to him? They didn't deserve to be treated this way.
His mother's nonchalant attitude also chilled him to the bone.
The eldest prince could not stand Concubine Mi's relentless nagging and tears, so he simply slipped away and escaped from Concubine Mi's palace in a miserable state.
After he escaped, Concubine Mi wiped the tears from her eyes vigorously. Her eyes were red. She bit her lip and said gloomily, "The Zhao family and I are really in conflict!"
If we don’t get rid of the Zhao family, it will be too disgusting!
A hint of murderous intent and coldness flashed across Concubine Mi's eyes. The Zhao family was here, trying to block her way!
Concubine Mi was in a great headache. She had already boasted in front of her family. What should she do now?
I had no choice but to go find the emperor.
Concubine Mi actually went to the Qianqing Palace specifically for this matter.
As a result, not only did he fail to gain the emperor's sympathy, but he was scolded instead.
"The Shuntian prefect doesn't have the guts to make an arbitrary judgment. Even if he did, he wouldn't mess around with the Zhao and Mi families. Since he dared to pronounce a judgment, it must be based on irrefutable evidence. Just for such a trivial matter, you actually ran to me to complain, Concubine Mi, how could you be so ignorant?"
Concubine Mi's knees weakened and she knelt down immediately, "I acknowledge my guilt."
It's true that the Emperor shouldn't be bothered with matters concerning a concubine. But isn't there anything else she can do? She should at least give it a try, right?
Now that it's proven wrong, I'm completely embarrassed.
Concubine Mi left the Palace of Heavenly Purity in a state of embarrassment.
I was so angry that I didn't have the face to go out and see people for several days.
The Mi family was originally full of confidence and complacency, waiting for the retrial and verdict of the case. They even thought about how to humiliate and ridicule the Zhao family when they came to apologize.
Unexpectedly, I waited and waited, but nothing came.
Mrs. Mi wanted to go into the palace again to inquire, but Concubine Mi finally passed on the news and told them to let it go.
"Forget it? What does that mean!"
"Why should we just let it go? The Zhao family is going too far!"
"If we let it go this time, what will happen in the future? Who will still take our family seriously? I'm afraid the Queen has gone crazy!"
The entire Mi family was furious.
Madam Komi has just entered the palace, so it is not a good idea for her to go now. If she doesn't take it easy, it will be too much. The Queen will issue an imperial decree to forbid her from entering the palace, which would be disastrous.
Since even the imperial concubine in the palace has said so, the Mi family actually knows very well that this matter cannot be changed.
Otherwise, the Imperial Concubine would not have said that.
(End of this chapter)
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