Feng Changye turned his head when he heard the voice and looked over there with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"Song Anhua? Who is that?"
Aren’t these the only concubines he has?
How come there is more?
He had no impression of any of them.
Zhu Wuhuan also turned his head to look over, and recognized who she was at a glance.
She lowered her voice and said, "That day, when my mother returned to the palace unconscious, she used her cunning trickery to accuse me of not caring about her. Your Majesty kicked her out and demoted her from Concubine to Talented Lady and sent her to Shoukang Palace to serve my mother—"
Feng Changye nodded, "I remember now."
On that day, Shoukang Palace was sealed, the Empress Dowager was imprisoned, and all the people who had served in Shoukang Palace left.
Naturally, this talented lady Song also left, and no one knew where she had been spending the past few days.
Seeing that she was dressed like a palace maid, could it be that she was mistaken for a palace maid and was doing menial work?
Seeing that the guards had stopped her with swords drawn not far away, Feng Changye signaled the guards to let her go and let her come over.
So Lady Song came running over crying, and knelt down and kowtowed.
"Long live the emperor!"
After kowtowed and paid her respects, she looked up at Feng Changye and said, "Your Majesty, please have mercy and send this concubine out of the palace as well!"
Feng Changye glared at her coldly, "You can leave the palace, but I will not confer upon you the title of Xiangjun. You should pack your bags and get out of the palace on your own."
Concubine Song opened her eyes wide and looked at Feng Changye in disbelief. She subconsciously said, "Your Majesty, I entered the palace to be your concubine with a clean record back then..."
Feng Changye scoffed, "A woman who maliciously slandered the Queen and sowed discord between me and her husband, you still want me to be lenient with you?"
Song Cairen subconsciously looked at Zhu Wuhuan.
Didn't she just have a little bit of an idea that day? Why did they put such a big accusation on her?
Besides, she had been demoted from Jieyushi to Cairen, and had been made a palace maid sweeping fallen leaves for such a long time. She had already paid the price!
She must not leave the palace in disgrace!
Others are all county ladies, she wants one too!
She glanced at the civil and military officials with a veiled look in her eyes, then kowtowed to Feng Changye and begged for mercy. "I was ignorant at the time, but I now know I was wrong! I beg Your Majesty to forgive me for the many years of hard work my second uncle has put in for Daning!"
Feng Changye frowned. Your last name is Song, right?
Could the second uncle she mentioned be the former Minister of War?
Tsk, his own niece is not a good person, and his own daughter Song Anqiao is not a good person either. He was right to cripple that old man surnamed Song!
He curled his lips and chuckled, "Minister of War, step out."
A burly middle-aged man in his thirties stepped forward in response.
He lifted his robe and knelt, "Your Majesty, I am Zhao Tongjie, the Minister of War, and I respectfully listen to the Emperor's order—"
Hearing this unfamiliar voice, Song Cairen turned around in disbelief.
She was stunned when she saw a completely unfamiliar face.
The Minister of War is this guy named Zhao, so what about her second uncle?
Feng Changye looked at Zhao Tongjie and said, "Tell her where the former Minister of War went."
Zhao Tongjie replied respectfully, "The former Minister of War has a flawed personal ethics and is unfit to be a senior official in the court. The Emperor has recently suspended him from his post and is keeping him under observation. If he can reflect on himself, he will be reappointed in a year."
Song Cairen's face turned pale. "Leave it for further investigation?"
Who doesn't know that this is just nice talk?
If a minister is suspended for a year, he will fade out of the court during this year and basically have no chance of reinstatement!
Her only hope is her second uncle, the Minister of War. Now that her second uncle has been suspended, who else can help her?
Her eyes swept across Zhu Wuhuan, and suddenly her eyes lit up!
She still has her cousin's face to rely on!
She kowtowed again and begged Zhu Wuhuan, "Your Majesty, I was bewildered that day and went against you. I have paid the price and I have repented. Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of my cousin Song Anqiao, plead for me!"
As soon as she said this, everyone looked at her with extreme pity.
well.
Isn't this another case of calling for the wrong reinforcements...
It's both funny and ridiculous.
Zhu Wuhuan glanced at her, then sideways at Suqiu, "Suqiu."
Su Qiu leaned forward and coldly addressed Concubine Song, "Concubine Song has lived in the inner palace for so long that she's unaware of what Song Anqiao did. Let me tell you. Back then, the Zhu family faced the imminent execution of their entire family. Less than half a day later, Song Anqiao immediately lied about being pregnant, obtained a divorce letter, and severed all ties with the Zhu family... And even after the Zhu family survived the disaster, she showed no remorse and shamelessly continued to return to the Zhu family, feigning pregnancy... Her shameless behavior was exposed by the Empress, and later, the Emperor personally decreed that if she wanted to return to the Zhu family, she could only do so as a concubine."
After hearing this, Song Cairen collapsed to the ground.
It’s over…
Her second uncle couldn't help her, her cousin couldn't help her either, and she herself had caused the emperor to dislike her. Was she really going to be kicked out of the palace in disgrace?
What should she do after getting out?
All the other concubines were granted the title of Xiangjun, but she was not. Everyone would speculate why she was the only one disliked by the emperor, and whether there was something wrong with her...
By then, she will be drowned in saliva!
Going back is hell and it is hell, and staying in the palace is also hell and it is hell!
She has had enough of being ordered around like a maid these days. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life living in this swamp with no future in sight!
No……
Is this the end of her life?
She should have been a high and mighty concubine, so how did her life become like this?
Suddenly realizing that her future was hopeless, Song Cairen, who was extremely confused and in pain, looked at Zhu Wuhuan again. She was stunned for a moment, and then hatred suddenly burst out of her eyes!
It’s all the fault of that bitch Zhu Wuhuan!
She was originally a concubine, but was demoted to a talented lady because of Zhu Wuhuan's actions!
Her cousin was originally the second daughter-in-law of the Zhu family. It was Zhu Wuhuan who interfered and made the emperor personally order to bring her cousin back to the Zhu family as a concubine!
Even her second uncle was suspended from his post. It might have been Zhu Wuhuan who whispered in his ear that the emperor suspended the minister just because of the four words "lack of personal morality"!
She has no one to rely on now. No matter what choice she makes, her future is doomed to be bleak. This is all thanks to that bitch Zhu Wuhuan!
Since Zhu Wuhuan harmed her, she would also drag Zhu Wuhuan down with her!
So she suddenly raised her hand and pointed at Zhu Wuhuan, shouting!
"Your Majesty, my second uncle has a flawed personal ethics, and you suspended him from his post. But what about the Empress? She angered the Empress Dowager so much that she fainted in Shoukang Palace. She is equally immoral!"
She took the risk and shouted loudly to all the civil and military officials while no one was reacting -
"My Lords, I was serving the Empress Dowager in Shoukang Palace that day. You may not know this, but on the day the Empress Dowager fainted from anger, the Emperor suddenly dismissed all the palace servants who served her. From then on, Shoukang Palace was under martial law, and no one was allowed to enter or leave! I have reason to suspect that the Empress Dowager had angered her to death that day, and the Emperor was covering up for her!"
(A little advance notice: General Zhu's 800-mile express report will be back tomorrow. The domineering father will be online soon, holding a large army to support his daughter and grandson!)
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