She quickened her pace and stepped forward, opening the door as she spoke, "You daring Yun Meiren, how dare you..."
When she pushed open the door and saw the man taking off Yunmei's clothes, her words caught in her throat, and everyone else was stunned.
Zishu Tang hadn't expected his concubines to rush in at this time. His face instantly darkened, and he shouted at the head concubine, Consort Li, "How dare you! Who gave you permission to come in without permission?"
Consort Li was stunned and immediately backed away, closing the door behind her.
When facing the other concubines, everyone's expression was extremely complicated.
“Sister Lifei…” one of the concubines, Wanyi, asked with some worry, “Will His Majesty blame us?”
Consort Li's mind finally cleared a little: "Aren't we leaving yet?"
After saying that, he led them away quickly.
The others also realized what was happening and quickened their pace, not daring to linger.
…
Everyone arrived at Consort Li's palace together. Consort Li's hand was trembling as she drank water, whether from anger, shock, or fright, it was hard to tell.
After a long while, she finally came to her senses, gripping the cup tightly in her hand. In the end, she angrily smashed the cup on the ground: "That Yun Meiren! I told her that she never came to the sisters' gatherings. It turns out that she was actually seducing His Majesty while we were having our gatherings."
No wonder she was the only concubine with a prince, no wonder she never attended the events.
They could understand why Wan Ge didn't have children. After all, the Chang family was too powerful. If she had another prince, the emperor would worry about becoming a puppet, or even not a puppet at all, and might be abandoned.
Perhaps the emperor has already taken action against the concubine, preventing her from conceiving. So even if he favors her daily, there won't be any problem.
But what they had no idea was that Wan Ge and Zi Shutang had never even held hands in private, so how could they possibly have a child?
On the one hand, Zishutang wanted to appear honest, but on the other hand, he was worried that Wange might actually be pregnant, so he decided to simply avoid her. Besides, he still needed to use her, and he was afraid that if he really got too entangled with her, she wouldn't want to get involved.
What they didn't know was that Wan Ge was particularly favored in their eyes, but she had no children for various reasons. However, the emperor still entrusted his only child to her to raise.
"Don't be angry, Sister Lifei. We'll teach her a lesson."
At this moment, another concubine whispered, "But... since His Majesty likes her so much, why doesn't he... promote her rank... and do it secretly while we were setting up the ceremony..."
She was too embarrassed to admit that she had done such a thing in secret.
Even if there were truly innocent people in this deep palace, their edges would have long been smoothed out. Which of the high-ranking concubines now is a fool?
One of the concubines slammed her hand on the table and said somewhat unwillingly, "What else could it be? I'm just afraid that the Imperial Concubine is a sitting duck, and His Majesty's favorite is someone else."
"Yes! Keep her well hidden, and any assassination attempts will only target Consort Gui. His beloved is completely safe." Of course, besides assassinations, there's also palace intrigue, but it's an open secret, so there's no need to spell it out.
Who would have thought! After all this time, they were actually jealous of the wrong person, letting His Majesty's beloved live such a smooth and successful life.
The thought that Zishutang would do such a thing for a woman makes me angry.
…
Perhaps because Zishu Tang had something to hide, even though Consort Li and her group broke into Yunmei's palace, they were not punished in any way.
However, he probably realized that some things could no longer be hidden, so Yunmei was suddenly promoted from a beauty to Consort Yun, but she was moved into a palace prepared for the Empress.
Upon learning this news, Prime Minister Chang slammed his fist on the table. He knew that the emperor had reservations about the Chang family, which was why he had never made his daughter empress.
However, there was no empress; in the harem, one's own daughter was still the most important.
But now that he's doing this, doesn't it reveal his true intentions? The empress in his heart is Yunmei, the daughter of a mere county magistrate, yet he dares to ride roughshod over her daughter?
It's one thing for a perfectly good Crown Princess to become a Noble Consort, but now he's making it so obvious what he wants to do.
…
Zishu Tang looked at the pile of resignation memorials and was immediately furious. Very well! They actually dared to threaten him.
Zishu Tang had actually guessed that after the matter was exposed, the civil and military officials in the court would definitely have grievances, not just the Prime Minister's residence.
After all, besides the Prime Minister's residence, many ministers' daughters were also sent to the palace, so if he favored Yunmei, he would inevitably be impeached.
But to his surprise, they resigned their posts as soon as they arrived. Zishu Tang slammed his hand on the table: "Outrageous! I am the emperor, how can I be coerced by them! They dare to threaten me with their resignations, aren't they afraid I'll chop off their heads?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." The eunuch standing to the side quickly knelt on the ground, looking at the furious Zishu Tang in front of him, not knowing how to speak, and could only ask him to calm down.
Zishu Tang took a deep breath. How could he not be angry in this situation?
"Go and summon the Imperial Concubine." Zishu Tang didn't understand why things had developed this way, but he didn't have enough power, and the force behind him was his only trump card, which he couldn't reveal yet.
Aside from the power he has cultivated in private, the power he has built in the court is simply not enough!
Although he is now the emperor, he has only been on the throne for less than three years. It's certainly not going to be quick for him to rejuvenate the court.
He had been intentionally cultivating his own power base since the scientific expeditions began, but now only one round of expeditions had been completed, and the individuals selected were not particularly important; they were still in the process of being promoted.
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