Bai Yue was a female official, not a servant, so it was most appropriate for her to escort Sun Yun out of the palace.
Emperor Mingde gave the Empress some face, after all, he still needed the Empress's help to get through the current crisis, so he did not stop her and reluctantly let Sun Yun leave.
After Sun Yun left, Emperor Mingde and the Empress went to Cining Palace to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager, but that's not mentioned here.
After returning from paying their respects, Emperor Mingde and Empress Mingde each heard a different legend.
Although Emperor Mingde had drunk the hangover soup, he was still slightly drunk. The moonlight was just right, and Liang Yunsi followed behind him at a leisurely pace. He walked in front, looking like a disappointed and down-on-his-luck person. Suddenly, they heard people talking about something ahead. Liang Yunsi originally wanted to reprimand them, but Emperor Mingde stopped him.
All that could be heard was, "Miss Sun is truly blessed. The Emperor wants to make her an Imperial Noble Consort, and the Crown Prince is also deeply in love with her."
"That's right. But she's beautiful, so it's normal for the Emperor and the Crown Prince to like her. Who do you think Miss Sun likes more, the Emperor or the Crown Prince?"
The people talking were all young palace maids, young girls in the throes of first love. Their words were full of youthful exuberance. There's nothing wrong with liking someone; true love is invincible.
“Naturally, it’s the Crown Prince. The Emperor is getting old and is failing in certain aspects. Besides, His Highness the Crown Prince is young. If you follow His Highness the Crown Prince, you can become the Empress. If you follow the Emperor, you can only become a concubine.”
Anger flashed across Emperor Mingde's face. He wasn't good enough? But then he immediately remembered Sun Yun's words that she wouldn't be a concubine. So he thought to himself that Sun Yun valued the Crown Prince more. He sneered inwardly, "Want to be Empress? He will never agree to that!"
The Empress heard similar discussions, but the content was different. On the way back to Fengqi Palace, someone behind the rockery said, "Miss Sun must be in great pain. She is torn between her father and her son."
"Ah, who can disagree? Great fortune can also be a trouble. If you follow the Emperor, you'll hurt the Crown Prince's feelings, but if you follow the Crown Prince, you'll have to consider the Emperor. It's difficult."
"Beauty is a curse! The Crown Prince and the Emperor will eventually fall out because of Miss Sun. Alas..."
Upon hearing these words, the Empress turned ashen with anger. Returning to Fengqi Palace, she recalled Lu Fushou's report, summoned the young eunuch, and learned that it was indeed the Crown Prince who had sent him to protect Sun Yun. She became even angrier.
If Sun Yun enters the palace, whether she becomes the emperor's woman or the crown prince's woman, neither side seems likely to let it go easily. Throughout history, there have been many fathers who snatch their sons' women, and many sons who marry their fathers' beautiful concubines. She cannot take the risk!
Make sure Sun Yun stays away from those two men!
"Draft a list of eligible men in the capital," the Empress ordered.
Soon, the list arrived, and the Empress handed it to Lu Fushou, saying, "Let Miss Sun choose one she likes."
The list was sent to the Sun residence. Sun Yun looked at it, pondered for a moment, and thought, "Is this some kind of decision that anyone can make about my life's most important matter? Emperor Mingde has taken a liking to me; does that mean I have no choice but to hastily marry myself off to avoid trouble? That would be a gross underestimation of me!"
"I am not allowed to discuss marriage as the mourning period is not yet over."
"This servant will certainly deliver it." Lu Fushou dared not be presumptuous in front of Sun Yun. If it were before, he would have dared to say more, but now he dared not say a word. Who was Sun Yun? She was the head of the family. Unlike the person in charge of household affairs, she was a person who was qualified to sit with Xie Yun, Qiu Tangshi and others to discuss important matters.
While the Empress was making her move, Yide was not far behind. She first attempted to hang herself, crying and shouting that she would prove her innocence with her death. Then she sent someone to inform Emperor Mingde. When Emperor Mingde arrived, there were already marks on her neck from the strangulation, and she had already fainted. The imperial physicians shook their heads.
Emperor Mingde only focused on Yide's romantic scandals and paid little attention to anything else. This shows how much Yide meant to him. First love is so sacred, so inviolable, and so precious in his heart. He could be ruthless to anyone else, but he was much more tolerant of Yide.
"Imperial physicians! If you cannot save him, you will all come to me dead!" Emperor Mingde roared in fury.
Only a few skilled imperial physicians remained, while the rest went to war with the army. At this time, all the imperial physicians of the Imperial Hospital gathered at Weiyang Palace. They used all their skills, from soups and acupuncture needles to their best techniques, and spent the whole night to save Yide from the brink of death.
When Yi De woke up and found that he was still alive as expected, he immediately got up and tried to bang his head against the wall. "I have no face to see anyone, no face to see Zi Yi, what's the point of me living? Let me die, let me die!"
The palace maids and eunuchs hurriedly stopped her, crying and shouting, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't do this! If you go, wouldn't it be a tragedy for your loved ones and a joy for your enemies?"
"No one will believe me, no one will believe me. Rather than live in pain, I'd rather go back, I'd rather go back..." She was heartbroken and cried her heart out, her face streaked with tears, looking utterly pitiful.
When Emperor Mingde saw this, his heart softened, but he did not hug Yide. He felt inexplicably dirty. "Aqing, don't be silly. I will definitely give you justice. Don't worry."
Yi De had already given up on Emperor Mingde, but now seeing that he wouldn't even touch her, her already broken heart died again. "Zi Yi, I'm sorry. Because of me, you've been the subject of so much criticism. Don't come to my palace anymore. Go to your other sisters' palaces instead..."
Most people talk about opening up to free speech and humbly listening to others' suggestions, boldly proclaiming, "If there's anything I've done wrong, please point it out, and I'll definitely correct it." But these are just slogans; they don't face their own failures. Emperor Mingde was one of these people. If someone said he was being cuckolded, did he really believe he had been cuckolded?
No, no, no, at first I did feel like I was being cuckolded, and I was angry and thought it was all Yi De's fault. But as soon as someone subtly diverted my attention, I immediately hypnotized myself into thinking that I was definitely being framed because I doted on Yi De.
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