There's not much to do, just a few minor things, like meals not being served on time or the food not being the best...
At first, they were very cautious, but when they realized that the Emperor hadn't noticed and the Empress hadn't pursued the matter, they started to speculate.
Perhaps the Empress has long since fallen out of favor, or perhaps the Imperial Concubine will become the Empress in the future...
Actually, this matter was very easy to handle. As long as the Empress showed the demeanor that an Empress should have, everything else would be fine. But she didn't.
The first time she was treated like this, she began to wait, waiting for the emperor to find out, waiting for the emperor to come to her rescue...
Even the emperor couldn't have imagined that an empress could end up like this.
The empress felt that if the emperor hadn't noticed, it meant he didn't care about her.
They've started imagining all sorts of things again.
Her mind was even more broken after imagining it, and she started to give up, thinking that since the emperor wanted her dead, she might as well die.
To put it bluntly, she's obsessed with love, and she's constantly daydreaming about love. If she had any sense at all, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
"Your Majesty...I know I was wrong."
They've realized it, and now all they can do is admit their mistake.
They immediately knelt down in a flurry.
"You know you were wrong?"
Mo Yan looked at them indifferently, then took a sip of tea. It tasted good, but it was just stale tea.
"Then accept your punishment. Tell me, what are your punishments?"
Imperial Kitchen Steward: "..."
The steward of the Imperial Household Department: "..."
"A six-month salary deduction?" one of them asked Mo Yan cautiously.
"You..." Mo Yan laughed immediately, "You really dare to say that? Why don't you just say no punishment at all? Think carefully, should you punish one person, the whole family, or the whole clan? You need to think it through."
"And whether you did this alone, or someone asked you to do it, or you did it together, you'd better explain it clearly to this princess, otherwise, this princess wouldn't mind sending you to the desert to talk."
Mo Yan thought it might be because she had been too good-tempered lately and hadn't drawn blood, so they weren't afraid.
"Is it because there's no bloodshed that you're not afraid of me?"
Mo Yan's words made them tremble with fear.
Mo Yan looked at the people from the Imperial Kitchen and the Imperial Household Department behind them. She knew that more than one person had come to summon them.
Mo Yan looked at a child and asked, "What do you think they should be punished for?"
"Those who embezzle their master's property and enrich themselves will have their families confiscated, their clans exterminated, and be exiled thousands of miles away."
Exile doesn't mean simply throwing you into a place and that's it; it's not like that.
The so-called exile is to send your whole family to a place thousands of miles away. It is a place specifically for exile. The people there are all criminals. They work every day without wages or food. All they have is work, work, work. Of course, they will be given some food.
People who are used to a life of ease walk thousands of miles to do those chores, and their bodies tremble.
"I'm only giving you one chance. If you don't speak, then..."
"Your servant will speak!"
Soon, some people broke down. They knew very well that if they didn't speak up, their families would be wiped out. How could they forget that the Princess was intolerant of any wrongdoing? If anyone dared to lay a hand on the Imperial Kitchen or the Imperial Household Department, they would surely die a horrible death.
But they never expected that after so many years, the princess would be able to return.
Finally, they confessed that they were planted in the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Kitchen by the Consort. They admitted that they not only served the Empress with inferior goods and failed to serve her properly, but also revealed many other things.
Some of them even had evidence. Looking at those things, Mo Yan smiled.
"Hmm, his attitude in admitting his guilt is good. Confiscate his property and exile him."
Everyone: ? ? ? ? ? Why exile them?
Those people were dragged away, while the rest returned to their posts trembling.
They absolutely cannot be bribed in the future. The princess is too terrifying, sob sob...
After dealing with them, Mo Yan had them dragged away, and now the Empress could slowly emerge.
To put it bluntly, she wasn't seriously ill; it was all in her head.
To put it bluntly, she was desperately giving herself psychological suggestions.
The emperor doesn't love me, I'm going to die. My life has become like this, I don't want to live anymore. If I die, the emperor will finally look at me...
As it turns out, no amount of mental preparation worked.
The imperial concubine remained arrogant and domineering, but the emperor did come to see her. Every time he showed concern for her, she would cry and look at him with eyes that said, "You have wronged me, you have let me down."
As the saying goes, you might feel guilty once or twice, but if it happens too often, everyone will be able to tell that you did it on purpose.
The emperor also said, "You are the empress, whatever you do is right."
The message was so clear, yet she still couldn't stand up for herself. What could the emperor do?
He must feel bad too, okay?
He thought to himself that he hadn't done anything wrong. When he married the empress when he was young, he asked her, "Are you willing to marry me?"
At that time, their marriage was arranged by their father, but he still thought he should ask the girl if she was willing to marry him.
After asking, the girl said she was willing, and he thought that was great.
To say he loved someone a lot wouldn't be accurate; he was taught how to govern the world from a young age. He also had to outwit and outmaneuver those people alongside his sister, making every step difficult.
It's precisely because the journey is so difficult that I hope to relax when I get home.
Later, when he had a concubine, he went to tell her, "You are the one I care about the most. You should act like the principal wife."
Later, when he became emperor, he still gave her the utmost respect.
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