Chapter 32 I punish Concubine Jiang because she doesn't know people well
Wen Yao looked at the cloak, her mind slightly confused, and her expression relaxed a lot: "Is it true... Then why didn't Your Majesty punish her to vent my anger?"
Qing Rui smiled and said, "Your Excellency, you don't know that our Majesty is the most merciful and nostalgic. Even if a servant who has been with you for a long time makes a mistake, he will not be willing to kill him. After all, Concubine Jiang came from the Qiandi Mansion, so it must be you, the master. Otherwise, who can make His Majesty have the heart to punish her like this?"
Wen Yao also recalled the gentleness and indulgence on His Majesty's face when he mentioned Concubine Jiang before.
At that time, he said that Concubine Jiang served well and could tolerate even small mistakes, but today in the rain, when he said he was going to punish Concubine Jiang, there was only annoyance on his face.
Sure enough, in His Majesty's heart, my position has surpassed Concubine Jiang.
"My dear, Eunuch Cheng from the Palace of Heavenly Purity has arrived."
The palace maid reported outside.
Wen Yao suddenly came back to her senses and met Qingrui's teasing gaze. She couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips. She winked at Baoqin to lower her pants skirt to cover her knees and legs, and then let the person in immediately.
After Cheng Shouzhong entered the palace, he bowed with a smile and presented a crystal clear glass jar with both hands: "Lady Wen, His Majesty is concerned about your injury, so he asked me to bring you the White Jade Beauty Cream. This is a tribute from the Western Regions, a very rare thing that can heal wounds and make your skin smooth and smooth like jade. There is only this one jar in the palace now."
Wen Yao quickly asked Qing Rui to take the things and asked, "Why didn't His Majesty come?"
Cheng Shouzhong sighed, "Your Majesty was wearing thin clothes when he went to question Concubine Jiang today, and he didn't ride in a sedan chair, so his clothes got wet in the rain. After he arrived at Changle Palace, Concubine Jiang contradicted him, and the argument lasted for half an hour. As a result, he caught a cold and fell ill. Now the Empress is taking care of him."
Wen Yao immediately became anxious and could not sit still: "I want to go to the Palace of Heavenly Purity. It's because of me that His Majesty caught a cold!"
As soon as she stood up, she felt pain in her knees. If Baoqin hadn't supported her in time, she would have almost fallen down.
"Oh, my Lord, what are you doing?" Cheng Shouzhong seemed to be extremely frightened and slapped himself twice, "It's all my fault for talking too much! His Majesty didn't allow me to tell you these things. He just wanted you to recover from your injuries. It was my fault for speaking out of turn. Your Majesty, please have pity on me and pretend you didn't know. If you go over now, His Majesty will chop off my head!"
Wen Yao did not pity the servant's life, but when she saw the ointment and thought of the scars on her face, she felt ashamed to see Pei Yan.
She turned cold and said to Cheng Shouzhong: "Then I will go tomorrow. You must serve His Majesty well, otherwise I will take your head first!"
Cheng Shouzhong: ...
"Yes, yes, thank you for your understanding!"
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Even though Wen Yao did not go to complain, Empress Dowager Wen still learned the news of her niece being beaten from Concubine Xue Shu who came to pay her respects the next day.
Queen Mother Wen was almost mad to death. She threw the teacup beside her and trembled all over as she said, "What a rebellion! What a rebellion! Concubine Jiang is thinking that Your Majesty will favor her and is planning to climb over my head!"
Concubine Xue Shu advised with a sad face: "Don't let your majesty get sick from being angry. His Majesty has already reprimanded Concubine Jiang and punished her by confining her to her room."
"Just because you beat my Yao'er, is your house arrest enough?" Empress Dowager Wen became even more furious. She said to Wei Ma, "Go! Bring Concubine Jiang to me. Then go and call Yao'er here as well. In front of me, I will punish her the same way she punished Yao'er!"
Nanny Wei went down as she was told. Concubine Xue stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I failed to persuade Concubine Jiang to punish Sister Wen yesterday. I feel guilty and came to report this to you. I will return to the palace now. Otherwise, if Concubine Jiang comes and sees me, she will definitely hold a grudge and seek revenge. I am fine with that, but I am afraid that Yi'er will be implicated by me."
Queen Mother Wen tried to calm down, looked at her and said, "Good child, I know you are kind-hearted, you can go back, I am not dead yet, if Concubine Jiang dares to embarrass you because of this matter, just come to me and make the decision!"
Concubine Xue Shu was instantly filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Empress Dowager. Yi'er and I will rely on your care."
Empress Dowager Wen looked at the gentle and sensible Concubine Xue and thought that her son was blind. He ignored so many good-tempered concubines and chose the most vicious one!
I'm afraid that Pei Yi's poisoning before was also related to Concubine Jiang!
Nanny Wei had been gone for a long time and did not bring Concubine Jiang with her, but she did bring Pei Yan and Wen Yao with her.
The two men entered the hall, and each one, more frail than the other, bowed to her.
"Mother."
"aunt."
Empress Dowager Wen didn't react for a moment.
She first looked at her son. His complexion was very bad, his thin lips were pale, and he was wearing very thick clothes. Although he stood very steadily when he bent, because of his fragile expression, Empress Dowager Wen felt that he would fall at any time.
She looked at her niece again.
There were no slap marks on Wen Yao's face. It seemed that no matter how domineering Concubine Jiang was, she would not dare to hit her niece hard. But she didn't know if she was sick, but she looked weak and powerless.
The two young people together cannot match the spirit of this old woman.
Queen Mother Wen sat up straight and asked with some stammering: "You, what happened to you?"
Pei Yan coughed weakly twice before answering softly, "I caught a cold due to my negligence. I don't want to trouble my mother to worry."
Wen Yao looked at him and pursed her lips, feeling both bitter and happy in her heart.
Her Majesty was clearly ill because of her, but because she was afraid that her aunt would blame her, she chose to endure it...
"Where's Yao'er?"
Hearing her aunt asking her again, Wen Yao subconsciously wanted to tell the truth that it was because she was punished to kneel in the rain yesterday and her knees were cold and painful all night. However, when she met Pei Yan's gentle eyes, she immediately swallowed the words back.
On the way here just now, His Majesty had explained to her clearly that Concubine Jiang was jealous by nature and had gone mad and acted presumptuously when she was held accountable yesterday. He had already seen through Concubine Jiang's true nature and would never meet her again, but due to their age difference, he still hoped that he could let it go this time and let Concubine Jiang go.
Wen Yao was naturally unwilling in her heart, but His Majesty did not force her. He just said that she was already sensible enough and it was normal for her to not want to tolerate it anymore.
Looking at His Majesty's weak and bitter smile, Wen Yao finally compromised.
As long as Your Majesty can completely let go of Concubine Jiang and only favor her from now on, this will not matter.
Wen Yao thought of this, knelt down, looked at Queen Mother Wen and said: "I am fine, aunt, don't blame Concubine Jiang for what happened yesterday. It was because I said the wrong thing first that angered her. Your Majesty has already vented his anger for me. Please don't pursue her anymore, otherwise I will kneel down for a long time."
Queen Mother Wen was stunned for a moment, and then she almost jumped up in anger: "I did this for you, and you are threatening me!"
"Mother, calm down."
Pei Yan's breath was a little weak, and he knelt down as well, speaking gently: "Noble Lady Wen is not threatening mother, she is just too sensible, I feel distressed when I see her, as for Concubine Jiang, I punished her severely yesterday, if mother thinks it is too light, I will demote her rank again until mother calms down."
Empress Dowager Wen felt distressed when she saw her son's pitiful appearance, but this matter was not only about her niece being wronged, but also concerned the reputation of the Wen family.
While she ordered Wei Ma to let Pei Yan sit, she still had a stern face: "Come on, she was confined and demoted, are you unwilling to touch your sweetheart even a finger? I tell you, she hit not only Yao'er's face, but also my face and the face of the entire Wen family! If you don't hit back, I will pack up my things today and take Yao'er back to the Wen family!"
Pei Yan helped Wen Yao up first, then sat down, and smiled helplessly: "Mother, it was not Concubine Jiang who ordered the beating of Concubine Wen."
Queen Mother Wen was stunned. "What? When Concubine Shu came here just now, she clearly told me that it was Concubine Jiang who did it, and you also said that you punished her. Why are you saying it wasn't her now? Are you lying to me to protect Concubine Jiang?"
"I punished Concubine Jiang because, firstly, she was not good at judging people and allowed Concubine Miao to bully Concubine Wen. Secondly, she showed no remorse when I held her accountable yesterday and even contradicted me."
Pei Yan coughed twice more, looking exhausted. "It was Miao Zhaoyi who ordered the punishment of Concubine Wen. I have no objection to whatever the Queen Mother wants to do with her."
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