The next day, in the Imperial Study.
Rong Yuan felt a headache coming on when he looked at Li Wanyue kneeling below. He had just invited Xiao Jiu down from the mountain and was only happy for a few days, but Li Wanyue started causing trouble again. Couldn't she just calm down? Was he being too good to her?
Li Wanyue, kneeling below, looked aggrieved: "Your Majesty, you must do justice for our Mian'er! We thought the Princess of Tianzhu was a healthy and well-educated woman, but we never expected that she would be unable to conceive. What should we do? Mian'er is a prince, and he cannot have a princess who cannot bear children."
Rong Yuan continued flipping through the memorials, not wanting to pay her any attention.
Li Wanyue ignored the Emperor's expression and continued to complain.
“Your Majesty, you can’t blame Wan Yue for this. Look how long Mian’er and the princess have been married, and her belly still hasn’t shown any signs of pregnancy. Wan Yue was anxious, so she asked the imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to take her pulse. Unexpectedly, it was a problem with her body. How can this be?”
Rong Yuan was annoyed by her noise, so he closed the memorial and tossed it aside.
"What kind of talk is that? What do you mean by 'infertile'? Haven't Mian'er already told you the specifics? Besides, you can't just slander a princess of a country like that. Do you have any concrete evidence?"
When Li Wanyue heard the Emperor ask her for evidence, she was interrupted by the Emperor just as she was about to speak.
Rong Yuan glanced at her: "The imperial physician you mentioned doesn't count as evidence. Oh, no, to be precise, the imperial physician you threatened doesn't count as evidence. Do you have anything else to say?"
Li Wanyue protested, "Your Majesty, those imperial physicians can all testify that I did not threaten them."
"Hmph, do you think your little tricks will work in front of me? You even threatened to wipe out the entire family of the imperial physician if he didn't do as you said. Who gave you the guts to do that? You really have the audacity of a leopard. Even I don't dare to casually say I'll wipe out someone's entire family, but you dare to do it right off the bat. Who gave you the guts, your Li family?"
After Rong Yuan finished speaking, he thought about which palace in the palace was the farthest from him and had the worst conditions. He decided to have Li Wanyue move there today so that she wouldn't have to see it and be bothered by it.
Li Wanyue began wiping away tears again: "Your Majesty, please don't listen to the imperial physicians' nonsense. How could I dare to say such things? Besides, I was only thinking of Mian'er. Look, they've been married for so long and there's still no sign of pregnancy. It's no wonder I'm overthinking things. If the imperial physicians hadn't said that, how could I have wronged the princess of Tianzhu?"
Rong Yuan looked at her sarcastically: "How about we bring the Third Prince, the Princess, and the imperial physicians who examined the Princess over here so they can confront you face to face before you give up? Do you think I won't send someone to investigate the truth and just let you cause trouble these past few days?"
Seeing that the Emperor was serious, Li Wanyue became somewhat frightened. After all, she had indeed said such things, but ultimately it was due to her own selfish motives. Her Li family was in decline, and she had hoped that her daughter-in-law's influence would help her rise to a higher position. However, she hadn't expected this princess to be so useless. Not only was her belly not showing any signs of pregnancy, but she also seemed unable to help Mian'er, let alone her.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong. I was just too anxious. I won't do it again." Li Wanyue has learned her lesson now. She won't argue with the Emperor anymore; she'll just think of other ways.
Rong Yuan didn't believe her at all. If it weren't for the fact that she had given birth to a prince, he would have banished her to the Cold Palace long ago for her constant trouble-making. Although there's no difference now, at least he wouldn't have embarrassed the third prince like that.
Rong Yuan suddenly remembered that a concubine had been killed in Liuyun Palace, and no one had lived there since. He suggested that Li Wanyue move there, since that palace was located at the far west of the palace, the farthest from him, which would save him some trouble.
"Get out of here."
Upon hearing the Emperor's roar, Li Wanyue quickly got up, turned around, and left.
After Li Wanyue left, Rong Yuan asked Hong Fu to draft an imperial edict.
"Li Wanyue has been demoted from Consort to Noble Lady and moved to Liuyun Palace. From now on, unless there is any major event in the palace, Noble Lady Li will not need to leave the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Upon hearing this, Hong Fu thought, "What's the difference between this and being in the Cold Palace?" But it's no wonder, since the Emperor had finally been happy these past few days because of the Ninth Prince, and now the Third Prince's mother was causing trouble. The Emperor was already being very lenient by not killing her.
Alas, I hope the Third Prince can understand His Majesty's good intentions.
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