Yan Nangui sent someone out of the palace to tell Lan Xiangyi the whole story and put her mind at ease.
Outside the palace, the Qu family learned of this matter, and Lord Qu submitted three memorials in succession to apologize.
Shu Chengfeng replied to each of them, roughly saying that although you have not taught your daughter well, I forgive you and I will still use you. Do a good job.
Lord Qu was finally relieved. He could no longer rely on his daughter, so he could only focus on his work.
If she does a good job, her daughter might still have a chance to be promoted.
In the inner palace, it was naturally time to settle accounts with Yan Nangui.
In Linhua Palace, the current situation for Lady Qu is already quite difficult.
Consort Yi had never had a good temper, and this time she cursed even more harshly: "What kind of fragrant or foul things are sent to me? If you behave yourself in the future, that's fine. But if you still don't behave yourself, don't even think about taking another step out of here!"
"What's Consort Yi angry about? Well, I'll stand up for you." Yan Nangui said with a smile.
"Consort Chen has arrived." Consort Yi knew this day would come, so she wasn't surprised.
“Yes, receiving such a generous gift, it’s not my rule not to reciprocate, don’t you think, Lady Qu?” Yan Nangui said, looking at Lady Qu, who was already trembling.
The marks from being slapped on the face were still obvious, and it was clear that no medicine had been applied.
"I...I just...just..."
"Just what? Just that I can't serve you in bed for the time being? Nothing at all? After all these years, do you think I, Yan Nangui, am someone who would suffer a loss?" Yan Nangui sneered.
"No, my father is still an official of the imperial court. Even His Majesty hasn't ordered me to do anything. You can't...you can't..."
“I can. Why can’t I?” Yan Nangui smiled. “Look, don’t you like dragon bones? I specially brought you five pots, how about that? Is that too many? Is it enough?”
"No, too much of this will be fatal, you can't...you can't kill me..." Qu Yunu tried to run away.
He was pulled back by Shuanzi.
"Kill you? No, I won't kill you. You're right, your father is still useful. How can I go against His Majesty? Don't worry, I won't use up all five basins in one go. We'll take it slow. If it's good, we'll do it again. After five times, I won't be angry anymore."
She struggled to leave, but no matter what she did, she couldn't escape.
Several eunuchs, wearing special gloves, kneaded the dragon bone, extracting a large bowl of juice.
It was forcibly poured into Qu Yunu's mouth.
Consort Yi frowned as she watched, thinking to herself that Yan Nangui was indeed ruthless and direct in his actions.
She shook her head and refused to drink, and a lot of it got splashed on her face and neck.
Finally, all the mashed paste was pressed onto her face.
When they let go, her face and neck were visibly red.
Both hands were already red.
"Yan Nan Gui, you are so vicious, do you think His Majesty would like you? You only have yourself because of your father! Otherwise, what makes you, a second-marriage woman who can't even have children, so special? What makes you special? Do you think His Majesty truly loves you? Huh? Do you think His Majesty is sincere?"
"Of course His Majesty is sincere. If His Majesty treats me so well, what is sincerity? It is my father's honor to guard the border for Dayan. Even if His Majesty treats me better because of my father, it is my honor."
Yan Nangui looked down at her: "Or rather, even if His Majesty isn't sincere, he's still so good to me. Doesn't that make you even angrier and more upset?"
"You...you vicious woman! You are a vicious woman! You will not have a good end. I am your tomorrow. You...no, you will definitely be worse than me. You are too cruel. You are cruel to everyone. You will never have a good end!" Qu Yunu cursed angrily.
"Is that so? So what if I'm ruthless to everyone in the world? I'll only be devoted to His Majesty. If His Majesty wants me dead someday, I'll be willing." Yan Nangui said calmly, "Chanyi, do you remember these words? When you see His Majesty later, you must tell him everything. There's nothing I can't say to anyone. I, Yan Nangui, am ruthless, but I'm ruthless in a completely open and aboveboard way."
After saying that, she looked at Qu Yunu, whose face and mouth had already begun to swell: "Since you say I'm cruel, then I'll be cruel to the end. You don't need to call the imperial physician."
After saying that, she turned and left.
As for the four pots of dragon bones, they were placed in the corner of the yard.
Shuanzi smiled and said, "Your Highness, just leave these things for now. They'll be used up soon."
Consort Yi smiled and curtsied, saying, "Respectfully seeing off Consort Chen."
After the wild geese flew south, Consort Yi looked at the kneeling Lady Qu and said, "How pitiful."
"Heh, I'm pitiful, but aren't you? You're already married to two princesses, and you've only gotten the rank of Consort. Back in the palace, you were both Lady-in-Waiting. She became a Consort as soon as she entered the palace, and what about you? Even if you want to be promoted, His Majesty will have to create a new Consort. Consort, what is a Consort? It's someone who isn't a Consort!"
"So what? I admit my family background is inferior to hers. It's only right that my status is lower than hers now. But even if you hadn't been convicted, how long would it have taken you to climb from Jieyu to Consort? You think so highly of yourself, how could you have suddenly fallen out of favor?"
“Miscarriage? You’re not the only one who’s had a miscarriage in the palace. I’ve had one too. Consort Xiangxian had a miscarriage. Consort Ye had a miscarriage.”
"You always thought you fell out of favor after your miscarriage, but who knew you had already fallen out of favor before you got pregnant? It was only because you were pregnant that His Majesty had to deal with you. You didn't even realize it. Otherwise, how could you have fallen out of favor just because of a miscarriage?"
Consort Yi's mouth was naturally sharp and unforgiving.
It's just that it's not usually shown.
At this moment, Qu Yunu was so speechless that she almost couldn't catch her breath.
She really couldn't get up; her throat was completely swollen, and she was having great difficulty breathing.
But seeing that she wouldn't die, Consort Yi stopped caring about her.
She was slowly helped back by her own maid. Her two personal maids had been dealt with, and the ones who came in to replace them were naturally not as attentive.
Yan Nangui has already gone to find the emperor.
He stated bluntly, "I fed her one dragon bone plant, and there are four more."
The emperor remained silent for a long time.
He only flicked her forehead before continuing to review the memorials.
Honestly, His Majesty had nothing to say.
What are you saying? That you're being insolent? If I say that, won't this woman make a scene?
So you're saying you did the right thing? He can't be that muddleheaded, can he?
All we could do was remain silent.
He felt uneasy in silence, with the woman staring at him expectantly.
Shu Chengfeng sighed and put down his pen: "Anything else?"
Yan Nangui was waiting for this line. With a wave of his hand, Chanyi stepped forward and began to imitate Qu Yunu's words.
Shu Chengfeng couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this.
He waved his hand and laughed, "Get out of here, all of you."
For a moment, only the two of them remained in the study.
"So...you're just beating around the bush to tell me this, right? You've already made it clear yourself, aren't you honored that your father treats you well? What? You're not honored now?"
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