Chapter 79: Defeat
Hongye and Luluoba have to say that they ran faster than rabbits after hearing her instructions.
"It seems that you also understand my intentions. You are worthy of being the ones who have followed me for many years."
The Queen was enjoying herself, while Qingzhi and Ziman, who were standing by to serve her, could only pretend to be quails.
When Emperor Yongping asked the empress to return to the palace to rest, Lu Jihui followed his instructions and sent a team of imperial guards to surround Fenghua Palace.
They left only after the palace banquet was over.
When the queen returned to the palace, she was busy getting herself ready and didn't care about the imperial guards.
But there was no shortage of gossipers in the palace. The news of the siege of Fenghua Palace and the Duke Xuan's Mansion had already spread among the palaces.
There were also gossipers among the palace maids and eunuchs in Fenghua Palace, so several senior palace maids such as Hongye Luluo couldn't help but overhear what was said.
"The palace banquet should have ended long ago, right? Have the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Princes returned to the Prince's Residence?"
The queen laughed enough before she remembered to ask her two sons.
She had never been a mother in her previous life. Although she gave birth to two sons in this life, both of them were taken care of by a wet nurse since birth.
She barely even hugged them, let alone worried about their lives and studies.
If I remember, I’ll ask. If I don’t remember, just pretend that these two sons don’t exist.
Anyway, just do whatever makes you happy.
"In reply to the Queen, I will return to...return to the Prince's residence."
Since Hongye and Luluo were not there, Qingzhi could only reply reluctantly.
"You've already returned, why are you still hesitating? But they've caused trouble again?"
The queen felt unhappy when she saw Qingzhi and Ziman both lowering their heads.
"To answer your Majesty, no..."
"Oh, sister, you are really good at avoiding idleness. If I were to encounter something like you, I would be devastated."
Qingzhi's words were interrupted, but he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, feeling as lucky as if he had saved his life.
"Princess Yue? Is the sun rising from the west? It's not the time to pay respects, what are you doing in my palace?"
As soon as the Queen saw Concubine Yue, she felt displeased.
There was not a single concubine in the harem that she liked.
They are all a bunch of people trying to snatch men from her. Who could like them?
"I have met my sister before."
When Concubine Yue saw the Queen looking at her, she pretended to lower her body as a gesture of greeting.
"Such a big thing happened today. I was really worried that my sister couldn't bear it, so I came to see her."
Without waiting for the Empress to give her a seat, Concubine Yue found a low stool close to the Empress and sat down, looking at her with a worried expression.
"What is it that I cannot bear?"
The Queen was puzzled. Was her conspiracy with the Imperial Master exposed?
That's impossible. Yue Fei must be here to deceive her.
All the vixens are hoping that she will step down and make room for them.
"It seems that your Fenghua Palace was surrounded by the Imperial Guards for an hour, and the news was really cut off. You didn't even know that the Duke Xuan's Mansion was almost exiled?
And Eighteenth Prince, your eldest son, who is only eight years old, has been demoted to a commoner, and you didn't hear a word about it?"
Yue Fei said this with pride, and there was a sense of venting in her voice.
It's not that she is unjust, nor is it that she is deliberately trying to drag down the Queen.
It was because the Queen was unkind to her first that she took the opportunity to vent her anger.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could the Duke Xuan be exiled? And Zhao'er, he's only eight years old. How could you be so vicious to him?"
The queen was furious and refused to believe these things even if she was beaten to death.
It must be that Concubine Yue was jealous of her for coming to the top, so she came to provoke her on purpose.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you. I'm here to remind you with good intentions. You should quickly think about how to deal with the emperor's anger. Who knows if you can still keep your position as empress."
Concubine Yue did not tell the truth, but only talked about the things that the Empress cared about the most, playing the role of taking pleasure in other people's misfortunes.
"You are pretending to be kind. You don't need to worry about my position as queen. If you have time, you should worry more about whether your father's head can be saved."
The Queen would also feel hurt when she hit someone in the foot, so she picked out the thing that irritated Concubine Yue the most to provoke her.
"You...you, if it weren't for you, would anything have happened to my father?"
Yue Fei was so angry that she even forgot the rules.
He started arguing with the empress, calling her names.
Yue Fei's father was none other than the prefect of Jingzhou and one of the main culprits in the Jingzhou flood relief silver corruption case.
Originally, she and the queen were of the same kind.
Jingzhou helped the empress with her work, and the empress also took care of them and their son in the palace.
But the Jingzhou incident caused such a big uproar that it was Crown Prince Chu Chengyi who went to investigate the truth in person.
Of course, if the Queen's plot succeeded on the day Chu Qinshu was born, Prince Huai's plan to assassinate Chu Chengyi would also have succeeded.
If no one destroys the Queen's charm over Emperor Yongping, then the Queen will definitely be able to keep the matter of Jingzhou secret.
But neither of these two things came to fruition, and the queen couldn't even take care of herself.
So Yue Fei was abandoned by her, and the alliance between the two collapsed.
"What does your father's affairs have to do with me? ... You are to get out of Fenghua Palace and go back to your Yilan Palace to be confined for one year."
The Empress was already emotionally affected by what Concubine Yue said, and she was scolded by Concubine Yue on top of that.
She was so angry that she stood up without caring about her image, put her hands on her hips and started yelling.
Finally, he summoned the chief eunuch of Fenghua Palace and several eunuchs to drag Concubine Yue and her maids out of Fenghua Palace.
"My lady, let me help you return to the palace."
Yue Fei's maid Narcissus got up from the ground and was about to help her.
"What palace are you going back to? I'm not going back to the palace. I want to see the emperor."
Yue Fei's cheeks turned red with anger and she was about to lose her mind.
She had to tell the Emperor about the lice on the Queen's head. Only when the Emperor completely disliked the Queen would she have a chance...
"Your Majesty, there are many things to do today. I'm afraid it won't be convenient for me to go see the Emperor."
Narcissus reminded that the prefect of Jingzhou would soon be escorted back to Beijing, so it would be better not to offend the emperor at this moment.
"Then help me to see Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing has the most seniority in the palace, and she will always be able to deal with the Empress."
Concubine Yue seemed to be talking to herself, but also seemed to be really instructing Narcissus to help her find Concubine Jing.
But Narcissus did not move.
Narcissus knew that Concubine Yue was so anxious about the affairs of Jingzhou that she had lost her mind.
She went to see Concubine Jing just to ask her to help rescue the prefect of Jingzhou.
"My lady, I will help you go back to the palace. Please tidy up before going to see Concubine Jing."
Narcissus was trying to persuade him while secretly sighing in her heart.
This concubine whose family background is not prominent has a very hard life in the palace.
Concubine Yue stopped talking and let Narcissus help her back to her own Yilan Palace.
"Green branches and purple vines, is what Yue Fei said true?"
After Concubine Yue was thrown out, the Queen couldn't wait to confirm the truth of her words.
"To answer your Majesty, yes... yes... it is true."
Qingzhi and Ziman knew that they couldn't keep the secret for long, and Hongye and Luluo were not coming back, so they had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Tell me, what's going on with Duke Xuan's Mansion?"
The queen sat on the couch and asked angrily.
Qingzhi rushed to tell the story of Duke Xuan's Mansion.
"What's going on with Zhao'er?"
This time, Ziman had to speak.
"They are all fools, a bunch of brainless bastards. The job I worked so hard to get for them is ruined by them just like that?"
For such a major event, the maid in the palace would never dare to lie, and the queen was really angry after hearing it.
At first, it was for the vacancies of Duke Xuan and his two sons, as well as the military power of the camp outside the capital.
She took the risk and used the Heart-Seducing Dragon three times.
Three times. If she missed even once, she would be doomed.
But her family gave up after just being threatened.
"Zhao'er, there is also my Zhao'er, you are obviously a prince, how can you be a commoner?"
At this moment, the empress showed a little bit of depravity.
Since she came to this world, even though she had no choice, she felt pressure like never before.
No one dared to respond to her words.
Everyone in Fenghua Palace lowered their heads, looking at their toes in confusion.
"Can that tunnel still be opened?"
After a full quarter of an hour of silence, the queen finally spoke again.
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