Fucha suddenly let out a cold laugh, her eyes darkening as she said in a low voice, "I will definitely get out of here. Even if I don't get his pity, I will make him remember me..."
Uya was puzzled and was about to ask something when a eunuch pushed open the door and entered. Uya was startled and turned around to walk to Fucha's side.
Empress Fucha stood up, staring at the imperial edict in the eunuch's hand, and felt a surge of joy.
The eunuch, in a shrill voice, said to Lady Fucha and Lady Wuya, "Receive the imperial decree, Your Highness..."
Empress Fucha and Empress Wuya knelt on the ground, heads bowed, listening intently. The eunuch opened the imperial edict and read aloud: "Empress Fucha has recently been obedient to palace rules and has been reflecting on her mistakes behind closed doors. Considering her reformation, I hereby grant her release from the Cold Palace and bestow upon her the title of Consort. This is my decree..."
With tears of joy in her eyes, Lady Fucha accepted the imperial decree with great excitement and expressed her gratitude. The eunuch's tone softened considerably as he smiled at Lady Fucha and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness! Your Highness, the Emperor still remembers your goodness, which is why you have regained his favor."
Uya was stunned for a long time. When she realized she hadn't heard her name, she panicked and grabbed Fucha, who was standing next to her, crying and pleading, "How could this be? Why didn't the Emperor let me out?" Fucha saw that Uya was almost crazy and couldn't shake off Uya's tightly gripped hand, so she could only wink at Uya.
Uya calmed down, slowly loosened her grip, and cast an expectant look at Fucha.
Fucha nodded slightly, and Wuya breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, there was no use in throwing a tantrum. It would be better to find a way to get out. Seeing that Fucha had agreed, Wuya decided to hold back her anger.
Yikun Palace.
Consort Nian was so angry when she learned that the Fourth Prince had released Lady Fucha from the Cold Palace that she lost her appetite. She thought that the Fourth Prince would give her an explanation no matter what, but after waiting for two or three days, the Fourth Prince did not come to Yikun Palace, and she was disheartened.
Consort Nian went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation on her own initiative. She couldn't accept the Fourth Prince's arrangement. The fact that Lady Fucha hadn't been executed was already a deep pain for Consort Nian. Before, when she was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, the Fourth Prince had never even inquired about her well-being, and Consort Nian was powerless to do anything about it, no matter how angry she was. But now that the Fourth Prince had actually released her, Consort Nian felt deeply humiliated. She disregarded all decorum and only wanted to find the Fourth Prince and demand an explanation.
The eunuchs outside the door couldn't stop him, and the Fourth Prince heard Consort Nian's voice from inside the room, so he had no choice but to have someone invite Consort Nian in.
As soon as Consort Nian entered, she burst into tears, collapsing to the ground and sobbing so loudly it shook the heavens and the earth.
The Fourth Prince was restless and uneasy, but he did not want to lash out at Consort Nian. He understood Consort Nian's feelings at this moment, but he had no way to explain them.
Consort Nian looked at the Fourth Prince with tears streaming down her face and asked, word by word, "Your Majesty, I don't understand. It's a principle that even ordinary people know that murder should be punished with one's life. Fucha poisoned my son but did not receive the punishment she deserved. Now she can even be released from the Cold Palace. How am I supposed to feel about this?"
The Fourth Prince listened to Consort Nian's account with his eyes closed, his face tense and silent. Consort Nian, unwilling to give up, continued, "Hongsheng was also the Emperor's child. His death was all Fucha's fault. How can the Emperor forget all this? I beg Your Majesty to retract your decree and not release her..."
Fourth Master knew his purpose in doing this; what Lanqin could tolerate, Nian Shi could not. Fourth Master increasingly felt that Lanqin had sacrificed so much for him.
When Lady Nian saw that the Fourth Master was unmoved by her crying and pleading, she knew that no matter how much she begged, she could not move him.
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