The wicked old woman rebelled but was saved.
Shi Yan didn't understand. She wondered if her aunt had forgotten to mention it or if... there was something wrong with this nanny!
Shi Yan calmly asked, "May I ask how I should address you, Granny?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman immediately crossed her arms proudly and said, "Your Highness may call me Granny Jing!"
Furong didn't suspect that the old woman was suspicious, but when she heard the old woman call her Granny Jing, she thought of something interesting.
Granny Jing, Granny Jing!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Hearing the "pfft" of laughter, Granny Jing was a little displeased. She looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw Furong covering her mouth, trying not to laugh.
He immediately pointed at Furong and said, "What are you laughing at?!"
Then she looked at Shi Yan and said, "Your Highness Consort Duan, your maid seems to have no manners at all!"
Shi Yan asked, "Oh? Furong just laughed, how did it involve etiquette?"
Granny Jing said sarcastically, "Your Highness, look, I was just talking to you, and before you could say anything, your maid made a sound. Isn't that just a lack of manners?"
Shi Yan said, "Furong and I grew up together since childhood and are like sisters. Besides, she just laughed accidentally. Why should Granny Jing make things difficult for her?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Jing clicked her tongue repeatedly and said, "Oh my, I was just wondering how this maid could be trained like this. It turns out it was all your doing."
Shi Yan looked displeased and asked, "Granny Jing, what do you mean?"
Granny Jing said arrogantly, "Hmph, Your Highness, a servant is a servant. You say that because she grew up with you, she is like a sister to you. That's a bit disrespectful! Besides, we can't expect everyone in the palace to say that those who grew up with their masters are sisters. That would be chaos."
Before Shi Yan could retort, Granny Jing immediately said, "No wonder Empress Dowager Shi asked me to teach you. I'm afraid you haven't learned much about court etiquette in your household!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Yan's face darkened with displeasure.
Seeing this, Granny Jing felt a little guilty and quickly said, "Oh dear, Your Highness, I only meant well. If everyone were like Furong... she's called Furong, right? If everyone were like Furong, the palace would be in chaos. We should teach Furong a lesson now, so as not to embarrass Consort Duan."
Furong was very angry, but she couldn't say anything, otherwise Granny Jing would add another crime to her list. She could only grit her teeth and glare at Granny Jing.
No matter how Granny Jing intends to teach me later, I must endure it for the sake of Miss.
Shi Yan suppressed her anger and said, "Then, in Jing Mama's opinion, how should Furong be taught?"
After hearing this, Granny Jing said with satisfaction, "It is indeed the Noble Consort Duan who knows the bigger picture. Then, for the sake of the Noble Consort, let's give her thirty lashes first, so that she will remember this lesson!"
Shi Yan and Fu Rong were both shocked. A few strokes of the cane in the palace would keep someone bedridden for a week. If Fu Rong were to receive thirty strokes of the cane, wouldn't that be the death of her?
Shi Yan walked up to Furong and blocked her way, saying, "No! Hit me if you want to. Didn't you say that I raised Furong to be like this? Then it's my responsibility. Hit me if you want."
Upon hearing this, Granny Jing quickly said, "Your Highness, you said it yourself. No one forced you."
Then she addressed the other palace servants, saying, "Listen carefully, it was Consort Duan who requested it, not this servant who wanted to beat her. Be witnesses for this servant, so that His Majesty will not blame us."
Shi Yan frowned slightly, sensing something was wrong. It was as if the whole thing was a trap, and that hitting Furong was a pretense while hitting herself was the real purpose.
No one dares to hit the emperor's concubines, but if an old palace maid wants to hit a concubine's maid, all you have to do is add some crime to her name. However, if the concubine asks to be hit herself, then nothing will happen to them.
Shi Yan gritted her teeth inwardly.
I was being very careful, but I still fell for it. Who would do this to me?
She suddenly realized that besides herself, the only other person in this palace was the Empress!
Is this how the Empress intends to deal with me?
Granny Jing ordered the palace servants to approach Shi Yan. Just as the servants reached Shi Yan and were about to grab her, they heard a shout, "Stop!"
Granny Jing, Shi Yan, and the others hurriedly looked toward the source of the sound, only to see Li Yanzhang, Ji Xi, and Zi Zheng standing at the door.
Upon seeing them, Granny Jing quickly bowed and said, "This servant greets the two young masters."
Li Yanzhang walked up to Granny Jing, and suddenly with a "bang," Shi Yan watched as Li Yanzhang walked up to Granny Jing and kicked her against the wall without saying a word, before turning to her.
That was the first time Shi Yan had seen Li Yanzhang's face without a smile, and she stared blankly at him.
Ji Xi glanced at Granny Jing and said, "Did you control your strength well? Don't let her die like this, that would be too easy for her."
Li Yanzhang's nonchalant voice rang out, "Oh dear, he won't die, but all his bones must be broken!"
Ji Xi then said with relief, "In that case, everything is fine."
Li Yanzhang asked Shi Yan with a grin, "Your Highness, are you alright?"
Shi Yan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "I'm fine, but why are you all here, and..."
When Furong saw Li Yanzhang and the others arrive, she quickly looked Shi Yan up and down to make sure she was alright before she felt relieved. She then cried out, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here... Thank goodness you're alright, otherwise I wouldn't be able to pay for it even if I had several lives."
Shi Yan comforted her, saying, "Okay, okay, it's not your fault. If you really feel guilty, then eat more later."
Furong asked in confusion, "Huh?"
Upon seeing this, Shi Yan burst out laughing.
She then looked at Li Yanzhang and asked, "Can you answer my question now?"
Li Yanzhang was a little stunned when he saw Shi Yan smiling and speaking to him. Ji Xi saw this and said, "Let me do it!"
Ji Xi patted Li Yanzhang on the shoulder and said, "This Granny Jing is indeed an old woman in the palace. She entered the palace a long time ago and has always served the late Empress Dowager. Originally, she should have left the palace when the time came."
"But she told the late Empress Dowager that she was all alone and an orphan, and that she was willing to serve the late Empress Dowager for the rest of her life. She begged not to leave the palace and to stay with the Empress Dowager forever, even if it was just to relieve the Empress Dowager's boredom."
Li Yanzhang continued, "Well, then the Empress Dowager thought that Granny Jing was very filial and that she really needed someone to relieve her boredom, so she agreed. Originally, everyone thought that Granny Jing was very loyal to the Empress Dowager, but one day someone discovered that Granny Jing was having an affair with a guard from Cining Palace. Only then did they realize that Granny Jing had fallen in love with that guard at first sight and was unwilling to leave the palace for him."
Shi Yan asked in confusion, "Then why was she still in the palace later?"
Ji Xi said, "Well, after it was discovered, the guard was executed. Originally, this Granny Jing was also to be executed, but the late Empress Dowager remembered that she had been with her for a long time, so she had her locked up."
"Not long after, it was discovered that Granny Jing was pregnant. Everyone thought that Granny Jing could finally be executed, but then the Empress Dowager suddenly went crazy and insisted on protecting Granny Jing and the child in her womb. Alas!"
Furong said, "Then the late Empress Dowager was quite good too."
Li Yanzhang continued, "Later, Granny Jing gave birth to a baby girl. The late Empress Dowager had someone patiently teach the baby girl until she was a little older. Then she made the girl work until she was eighteen years old. During this time, the late Empress Dowager passed away, and the girl survived as a palace maid. The late Emperor saw that Granny Jing hadn't caused any trouble, so he released her and let her stay in the palace to work for the rest of her life."
Ji Xi continued, "Originally, they would have lived peacefully their whole lives, but the story of that girl and Granny Jing spread, and everyone cursed them. Granny Jing didn't want her daughter to suffer, so she waited until the late emperor passed away and His Majesty ascended the throne."
"Granny Jing actually dared to dream of making her daughter the emperor's concubine! After being discovered, she was taught a lesson, and it was thought that she would behave herself. However, after the emperor and empress's wedding, she went to see the emperor again and was beaten up in the end."
Li Yanzhang said, "Later she was recuperating from her injuries, so we didn't take it seriously. After all, she had been rejected twice, so she wouldn't come back again, right? Who would have thought that after Jing Mama recovered from her injuries, she would find out that you, Consort, were going to enter the palace, and she would be so audacious as to impersonate Empress Dowager Shi's people to come looking for you."
"Why?" Shi Yan asked, puzzled.
"Because according to the rules, when a new concubine enters the palace, His Majesty is supposed to go to her place at night. Granny Jing wanted to make sure that you were injured and unable to serve him, so she had her daughter serve him in your place. Once the deed was done, His Majesty would have to issue an edict to bestow a title upon her," Li Yanzhang said.
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