Chapter 126 So What If the Emperor's Wet Nurse?
I don't know who spread the rumor, but based on Fanghua's understanding of Kangxi, he wouldn't do something so disrespectful.
Even if he valued Sun's wet nurse, he would only make amends in her private life, and would never cause such a scandal.
If it's not the emperor, then it can only be the person in front of us.
I just don't know where she got the guts.
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace." The wet nurse, Sun, was well-versed in etiquette. She first greeted the Empress before answering her question: "Your Majesty, I have come to the palace this time to plead for mercy for my unfilial daughter at home."
The words were quite blunt; were they sure she, the Empress, wouldn't refuse?
"Oh, I wonder which wet nurse you're referring to?" Fanghua asked with a teasing expression, after all, there were two women in the harem who were related to her.
"Your Majesty is wise. Consort Cao has been taught by the palace maids since childhood, and I have no worries about her manners and etiquette. It is my niece from my own family who is troublesome and has caused Your Majesty trouble."
Seeing that she had made herself clear, Fanghua could no longer pretend to be confused. "Oh, it's Consort Sun. The wet nurse has asked the wrong person for help. After all, the punishment for her was decided by the Emperor. If the wet nurse doesn't believe me, she can ask the Emperor."
Hmph, such a thing that doesn't respect me at all, and still wants to plead for me? Does it really think it's easy to bully me, the Empress?
Granny Sun did not expect the Empress to be so disrespectful to her, and immediately refused.
She was, after all, the emperor's wet nurse; how could she dare?
“Your Majesty, this servant knows that it was my niece’s disrespect towards the Empress that angered you. Your Majesty is magnanimous, please forgive my grandson this time. If she is disrespectful again, this servant will personally escort her to Your Majesty to apologize.”
hehe.
Fanghua laughed when she heard this.
No wonder Consort Sun dared to be so arrogant; it turns out that it was her aunt who gave her the confidence.
What made Granny Sun feel that she had the right to be respected in her presence?
He even personally escorted me here to beg for forgiveness. Ha, what does it matter if a mere concubine is sentenced to death?
Are there few low-ranking concubines who die in the harem?
They really think they're something special.
"What Granny Sun said is interesting. What, does it mean that if there's a next time, I can't even discipline a servant?" Fanghua angrily put down her teacup, her gaze darkening as she looked at Granny Sun sitting beside her.
To put it nicely, she was the emperor's wet nurse; to put it bluntly, she was nothing more than a servant.
What, does this servant think he can shit on his master's head?
"Who gave you the audacity? Or does Granny Sun think that just because she's been the Emperor's wet nurse for a few years, she can sit on equal footing with the Empress Dowager?"
Fanghua's voice also became serious this time.
Although that's what Granny Sun thought, she dared not agree to it.
"This servant wouldn't dare." Granny Sun was so frightened that she fell to the ground. "This servant didn't have such intentions, Your Majesty. This servant was arrogant. Please, Your Majesty, spare Consort Sun for the sake of the Emperor."
If hard tactics don't work, try soft ones; Sun the wet nurse certainly has a good way of doing things.
No wonder she was able to change the Cao family's ruling family after marrying into the Cao family, making the second wife the head of the household.
He's a shrewd and resourceful person.
"Granny Sun, please go back. Once you enter the palace, you must abide by the palace rules. Do you really think this harem is your Sun family's domain?" Fanghua no longer held back.
She wouldn't normally see a servant who requested an audience, but if it weren't for her status as the emperor's wet nurse, she would have been thrown out of the palace long ago.
"How dare you question me? Who gave you the audacity?"
Six new concubines entered the palace, and five of them are currently serving the emperor. Only Consort Sun is still under house arrest. All of them have been promoted in rank because of their service to the emperor, and she knows that the Sun family is anxious about it.
The Sun family has done a lot of work in the inner palace, but so what? If they want to extend their reach into the inner palace, they have to see if the Empress will allow it.
Want to surpass yourself, want to highlight the specialness of your Sun family? Ha, dream on.
A lackey is a lackey; how dare he act as the master's master?
"Someone, take Granny Sun out of the palace." Fanghua should have called Granny Sun Cao Sunshi, but she insisted on calling her Granny Sun, just to remind her of her place.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I truly had no other intentions!" Granny Sun cried out, but who would listen?
As a woman, she couldn't simply see the emperor whenever she wanted.
Even if the emperor gives her face, can he bypass her, the empress?
It must be said that Fanghua could understand Granny Sun's little schemes.
She just wants to use her status as a wet nurse to support her niece.
Ha, does she really think this harem belongs to the Sun family?
"Drag him away."
And so, Granny Sun was expelled from the palace by the Empress.
When Kangxi found out, he was indeed angry, but he saw clearly that he knew which side to take between the Empress and the wet nurse.
It's been a while since he's seen the Empress; he should go and keep her company.
If Granny Sun knew that her appearance gave the Emperor an excuse to see the Empress, I wonder if she would be happy.
After getting rid of the troublemaker, Fanghua's anger remained unabated. "From now on, no one like this will be allowed into the palace. Do they really think they're the masters?"
When Fanghua got angry, the people serving her naturally responded respectfully.
After her anger subsided, Zhang Mama asked worriedly, "Your Highness, it might be difficult to explain to the Emperor how we treated Granny Sun." She didn't care much about Granny Sun, but the Emperor's attitude was very important.
What should be done if the Emperor sides with Granny Sun?
"Hmph, she's just a servant. Why would I be afraid of her? She just nursed the Emperor for a few years. By that logic, didn't the old nanny nurse me for a few years and serve me since I was a baby?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Mama immediately bowed and said, "It is my duty, Your Highness. I am not worthy of your concern."
Fanghua raised her hand, signaling Zhang Mama to get up. "Alright, I know Mama's character. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought her into the palace to serve me. That Sun Shi is truly a clueless person."
Understanding what they were afraid of, he said, "What kind of person is the Emperor? He wouldn't be so indiscriminate. The Emperor is the most fair."
That sounds a bit untrue, but there's nothing we can do about it; they've come all this way.
She had to say the nicest things.
Yes, Xiaofeng told Fanghua that Kangxi had arrived.
"This servant is just afraid that the servants will spread rumors and ruin Your Highness's reputation." Zhang Mama was shrewd; she knew her mistress well enough to know that these words were not what her mistress truly meant.
There's only one possibility for what the Empress said: the Emperor has arrived.
“My reputation is not something that a mere servant like her can ruin.”
Emperor Kangxi entered.
"That's right, the reputation of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty is not something anyone dares to tarnish."
Kangxi's voice reached everyone's ears.
Fanghua stood up to greet her.
"Greetings, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings."
"Alright, all of you, get up. I know what happened today. The Empress did a good job." The Emperor stepped forward to help the Empress up as she bowed, and then addressed the crowd.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to have wronged you. Leave this matter to me. Consort Sun's manners are so poor; she must not have studied much at home. Let her learn more about manners."
Fanghua is perfectly fine with it; she didn't even take a small promise to heart.
But Granny Sun's behavior was so infuriating that she was so disrespectful.
If you had just been a little more humble after entering the palace, would an empress have dared to hold a grudge against a mere concubine?
All I can say is that Sun, the wet nurse, overestimated herself.
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