"I understand. You may leave now."
After seeing Zhao Ziyi off, the emperor sat alone in his throne.
The ever-burning lamp before the desk illuminated the hall as if it were daytime, yet it could never illuminate a certain corner of his heart…
Weiyang Palace.
Having unexpectedly experienced a turmoil, Jian Yang is truly exhausted.
After the imperial physician finished treating her poisoning, she went to bed early.
Half-asleep, she felt another figure appear beside her bed.
All the bad memories of the day flooded her mind. Learning from her mistakes, she grabbed the hairpin hidden under her pillow without even opening her eyes, determined to fight the thief to the death!
She just didn't believe it.
Could it be that the scoundrel's head is harder than her hairpin?
The emperor noticed her unusual behavior and chuckled, "Is this how the Empress treats her savior?"
That sound...
Why does he look so much like a dog emperor?
Jian Yang tentatively opened her eyes, only to meet the emperor's slightly worried gaze. She quickly hid the hairpin back inside.
"Your Majesty, what brings you here? You didn't even tell me beforehand!"
"It's alright. I just came to check if the Empress was alright. After all, I was the one who saved her, so I should take full responsibility."
Jian Yang wanted to complain.
Why is this emperor spouting so much nonsense lately?
Who taught you?
They kept saying they were saved by him...
No, could this guy have come here on purpose to blackmail her?
Jian Yang felt a headache coming on, and had a premonition that she would probably be unable to escape the words "life-saving grace" for a long time to come.
"Your Majesty is absolutely right, but you are too busy with official duties to worry about me any longer."
"Your Majesty, do not underestimate yourself!" the Emperor said, moving a few steps closer to her.
The candlelight flickered.
"There is another matter that I need to discuss with the Empress. It concerns the Prime Minister's residence, and the Empress should be aware of it."
"The Wang family?"
Without him saying anything, Jian Yang had already guessed the general idea.
She was an empress who came from the Prime Minister's residence, and Lady Wang was the mistress of the household, so this matter was really difficult to handle.
“Indeed, not many people know about this matter, and we are in need of manpower right now. I think it is appropriate to confine her to her quarters, but not to punish her severely. If things get too ugly, it may endanger the Empress herself.”
She naturally understood the principles the emperor was talking about.
But she was unwilling to accept it.
Why should she bear the consequences of others' mistakes?
She is clearly the biggest victim!
But, what can you do when she comes from the Prime Minister's residence?
In this situation, we can only swallow our pride and bear it.
"Let's do as His Majesty says."
"It's good that the Empress understands."
The next morning, the emperor's edict was delivered to the prime minister's residence—
Lady Wang colluded with a traitor, intending to murder the Empress. Considering it was her first offense and her remorse, she was ordered to stay in her residence for a year, spending her days chanting scriptures and praying for the Empress to atone for her past mistakes!
While this was the case internally, externally he only claimed that he was recuperating from illness.
Upon hearing this, Wang felt as if struck by lightning!
She was confined to her residence for several days, and then she cried for several days in the mansion.
Jian Fei's spirits only improved after she was sent back to the mansion.
He immediately ran to Prime Minister Jian, causing him great distress.
"Master! You must do justice for my daughter and me! Fei'er's condition has worsened, and I'm confined to the house. This is clearly an attempt to force us to our deaths!"
"You're really being ridiculous! Everything is arranged by His Majesty right now. Do you intend to disobey the imperial decree?"
"Besides, with all the foolish things you've done, if it weren't for Her Majesty the Empress and me mediating, you would have died hundreds of times over! What more do you want?"
Upon hearing this, Wang realized she was in the wrong, and her momentum instantly weakened by half.
"Even if I have made a thousand mistakes, Fei'er is still innocent!"
"Now that she's been banished from the palace, it will be difficult for her to remarry. And now she's lost her status as the second young lady of the Prime Minister's mansion. What are we going to do?"
Yes, from the day she was rescued, Jian Fei was no longer the second young lady of the Prime Minister's mansion.
Instead, she was the newly adopted daughter of Prime Minister Jian and Lady Wang!
They had been living with distant relatives for a while, and were only recently brought back to live with us.
This explanation was something the emperor and Jian Yang had come up with together.
This was all to leave Jian Fei with a good reputation.
Although nothing happened during the few days of confinement, Jian Fei is, after all, a young woman, and if word got out, it would inevitably cause gossip. This way, it's better for both of them.
"How dare you say that? The Emperor is only thinking of the Jian family. Fei'er can't stay in the palace because she's incompetent. Do you really intend to keep her in the Prime Minister's residence for the rest of her life?!"
Prime Minister Jian spent his entire life scheming in order to rise to a higher position.
Second only to the emperor, above all others.
Even his children's marriages can be used as bargaining chips.
If Jian Yang is like this, then Jian Fei cannot escape it either.
Jian Fei, who had been eavesdropping for a long time, finally couldn't hold back any longer and dragged her ailing body out. "Father, what do you mean by this? Don't you want your daughter anymore? Although Fei'er is not as promising as her elder sister, Fei'er is also genuinely thinking of Father. You can't abandon your daughter!" "Alright! If you don't resort to any crooked tricks in the future, I can still try to find Fei'er a decent marriage."
"If you can't, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"
Prime Minister Jian angrily rebuked him, then slammed the door and left home, not returning all night.
Seeing this, Jian Fei panicked even more, crying out in grief and indignation, "Mother! You must save your daughter! Now you are the only one I can rely on. I can't just marry anyone. If my former sisters find out, they will laugh at me!"
"Don't worry, Fei'er, your mother will definitely protect you."
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