Having suffered a verbal defeat, Concubine Rong was unwilling to give up but was powerless to do anything. She could only watch the Empress Dowager asking Bai Yuzhi about her well-being.
"Empress, how is our Hu An doing recently?"
"Is the food fragrant?"
"I always hear people say that the emperor brought little Hu'an to the court. How much suffering must our Hu'an have endured, having to get up so early every day."
Anyway, the Queen Mother and Emperor Qin Huan doted on Hu An to no end, so much so that the person Hu An feared the most in the entire palace was actually Bai Yuzhi.
Bai Yuzhi responded to the Queen Mother's words one by one, and finally promised the Queen Mother to let Hu'an come to Shoukang Palace to accompany her this afternoon. Only then did the Queen Mother reluctantly let him go.
On the way back to Zichen Palace, Bai Yuzhi was with Rong Fei. It happened that neither of them had a sedan chair today, so they had to travel together.
Bai Yuzhi was originally walking far ahead, but Rong Fei insisted on causing trouble.
"Her Majesty the Queen."
Bai Yuzhi did not stop walking forward. Now Jintai was serving Hu'an. Bai Yuzhi only brought Yinting with him when he traveled. Yinting held Bai Yuzhi's hand, and the master and servant walked very fast.
"Empress!"
Rong Fei caught up breathlessly. She was indeed much older than Bai Yuzhi. She was over 30 years old now, and it was not surprising that her physical strength was not as good as Bai Yuzhi's.
"If Concubine Rong has anything to say, please tell me. I still have to go to the front court to pick up the Crown Prince."
"I don't have anything else to say," Rong Fei said with a very strange expression, "I just heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been very fond of catching butterflies in the Imperial Garden recently."
Bai Yuzhi thought that Concubine Rong was going to say something like Hu'an had lost his ambition because he was the prince's plaything, but that was not the case.
Concubine Rong spoke in a sinister tone, her voice weak and light: "Your Highness, I am kindly reminding you that there are many rockeries and water in this imperial garden. Your Highness must keep an eye on the Crown Prince. If he accidentally falls into something while playing, it will be disastrous."
After saying this, she stared at Bai Yuzhi's face closely, as if she still wanted to see Bai Yuzhi's angry expression.
It was this face that pulled her down from the position of the most beautiful woman in the six palaces and kept it firmly on her head.
Bai Yuzhi glanced at Rong Fei with sidelong eyes. Rong Fei's current behavior was just like she had lost her mind. It was not that she didn't want to look at her straight in the eye, but she was afraid that this dementia would be contagious to her.
But not looking at her is one thing, and not allowing her to utter such curse-like words and get away with it is another.
"Rong Fei, do you still think I'm the same Concubine Heng from back then? Do you have to swallow your anger even if you've suffered a loss?"
After she finished speaking, Bai Yuzhi didn't hesitate for a moment and slapped Rong Fei in the face with great force and smoothness. This slap almost exhausted all her strength and knocked the defenseless Rong Fei to the ground.
"Fei Rong, you have committed treason and spoken foul language. This is my decree: twenty slaps on the face."
Bai Yuzhi looked at Concubine Rong, who was lying on the ground with a face full of resentment, and raised her hand nonchalantly: "You are so shameless. I shouldn't have hit you myself."
"My hand hurts from the shock."
Everyone in the palace knows that both the queen and her son are noble. Concubine Rong was once in glory a few years ago, but now she is a thing of the past. As soon as Bai Yuzhi gave the order, servants came up, controlled Zixing who was beside Concubine Rong, and started to execute her.
Hearing the sound of the slap behind him, Bai Yuzhi finally felt relieved.
Yin Ting said worriedly, "My Lady, if you punish Concubine Rong, will His Majesty...?"
Bai Yuzhi pretended to be deep and said, "You don't understand. This is a plan between me and His Majesty."
In fact, there was no plan at all. Bai Yuzhi just felt that Rong Fei's words were unpleasant and she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't teach her a lesson.
Yinting nodded, not quite understanding. After returning to the Purple Palace, Emperor Qin Huan and Hu An had already returned from court. Bai Yuzhi told Hu An that the Empress Dowager missed him, so the child ran away to Shoukang Palace by himself. Jin Tai followed him closely, so Bai Yuzhi had nothing to worry about.
"Your Majesty, I haven't had breakfast yet. Coincidentally, I haven't had any either. Hu'an must have eaten at the Queen Mother's place. Your Majesty, please allow me and you to eat alone today."
Emperor Qin Huan laughed and said, "Look at my queen, she's already a queen mother, yet she's still jealous of her son."
That being said, Emperor Qin Huan still benefited from it.
After all, a woman of white jade is a rare beauty in the world. To have such a beauty fall in love with you, even as a king, you would be proud.
It’s a pity that Bai Yuzhi is actually an emotionless “robot” that only completes tasks.
After breakfast, Emperor Qin Huan went to the imperial study to handle government affairs. Bai Yuzhi remembered what Concubine Rong said after the morning and evening visits and decided to go to the imperial garden.
She didn't believe that Concubine Rong had really changed her temperament and become brainless. She must have her reasons for what she said. Why did she suddenly mention the imperial garden and the water in the rockery?
In the imperial garden, Wei Zhaoyi and Meng Jieyu walked together. Ever since Bai Yuzhi became pregnant with Hu'an, the others had not been able to see Emperor Qin Huan at all. Over time, the concubines except Rong Fei accepted their fate, just like these two.
They were the few high-ranking officials in the palace besides Concubine Rong, and they had no conflicts of their own. After seeing that they had no hope of being favored, they gradually became friends, and it also helped them relieve their loneliness.
When they saw Bai Yuzhi coming, they both bowed.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
"Stand up, I have nothing to do, so I came out for a walk. Please do as you please."
It was said to be casual, but these two people were under Bai Yuzhi, and if Bai Yuzhi didn't leave, they had no choice but to accompany him. They couldn't help but think of the time when Her Royal Highness the Queen, who gave birth to the prince, was still a little beauty. They also felt a little sad when they thought of the time when they had received gifts from Bai Yuzhi.
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