Yan Nangui had always been quite respectful to the Empress Dowager; after all, she was Shu Chengfeng's mother. But today she was already a bit irritable and had a terrible temper.
The Empress Dowager was still so unreasonable, and Yan Nangui's bad temper flared up immediately.
She stood up and said, "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager has lived for decades, yet you are so unreasonable. Even if I am in charge of the harem, am I supposed to follow them around and watch over them every day? When something happens, it's not my place to ask a question and I get a scolding from Your Majesty. Is it because of this matter or because I am in charge of the harem? If Your Majesty is not satisfied, just tell His Majesty to find someone else to manage it. Consort Xiangxian is also in charge, so why does Your Majesty only see me?"
"You! How dare you!" the Empress Dowager roared.
"Am I being presumptuous, or is the Empress Dowager meddling too much? What is it about Consort Li, a mere consort, that makes the Empress Dowager value her so much? Even if she is pregnant with the Emperor's child, so what? Consort Sang came from Baiye Kingdom for a political marriage. Over the years, she has served His Majesty without ever making a mistake. The Empress Dowager doesn't even consider diplomatic relations. Before the matter has even been investigated, she made her kneel there. Is that a good look?"
"Now that the Empress Dowager thinks I have offended you, you should be more reasonable in your actions."
"Yan Shi! I think you've gone mad! I am the Empress Dowager! How dare you! How dare you... Guards, drag this vile woman away and beat her! Slap her in the face!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down." Song Liangcai hurriedly knelt down: "At this moment, the matter of Consort Li is more important. There are so many ladies here. Your Majesty, it would be best if you went back to rest first."
“Yes, Your Majesty, please calm down. Consort Duanyi acted rashly in the heat of the moment, all for His Majesty’s sake,” said Granny Fei.
The Empress Dowager was furious and was not about to let it go.
Consort He said, "Aunt, please calm down. It wouldn't look good if His Majesty came later and saw this mess."
Ultimately, no one dared to listen to the Empress Dowager and slap the Consort.
Are you crazy?
"You! You all! You've all rebelled! Rebelled!" This time, the Empress Dowager was truly furious.
Yan Nangui rolled her eyes: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I misspoke and said the wrong thing. I apologize."
Don't let him faint from anger, that would be embarrassing.
It was a way out, and the Empress Dowager didn't want to take it, but Aunt Fei and Song Liangcai helped, coaxed, and persuaded her until she was finally helped away.
"Call Consort Sang up."
As he spoke, Yan Nangui went inside.
When the imperial physician saw her, he paid his respects and then gave a detailed report of the situation, saying that she wouldn't miscarry, but she had experienced bleeding. It was quite serious.
Li Xiaoyi's face was covered in tears: "Sang Jieyu pushed me, it was just a few words of argument, and then..."
Sang Jieyu remained silent in the outer room.
"Alright, if you still want to keep the child, calm down. I will investigate who is at fault," Yan Nangui said calmly.
Li Xiaoyi dared not speak.
She's a fiery woman, but it depends on who she's dealing with. Against Consort Duanyi, she's just a mild pepper.
Seeing her silence, Yan Nangui glanced at her a few times and said, "Take good care of yourself. If you don't cherish yourself, don't cry if you miscarry."
He left after saying that.
Consort Xiangxian outside said, "I don't know what happened this time either. Consort Sang is not saying anything either."
"Since Consort Sang is silent and Consort Li cannot explain herself, let's just give them both equal punishment. Consort Li is currently focused on her pregnancy, so she should bear the consequences of her suffering herself. Consort Sang will be fined three months' wages and confined to her quarters for a month. Do you accept this?" Yan Nangui asked.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. I have no objections." She had nothing to say.
She did give him a push.
But it's not with the intention of causing the other person to miscarry.
It's just that Li Xiaoyi's words were so unpleasant that she got angry and anxious, and acted on her own.
I didn't even remember she was pregnant when I was pushing her.
“You two should try to avoid getting together so often in the future. This time is fine, but if she gets into trouble again, I’ll have no choice but to come to you,” Yan Nangui said.
Sang Jieyu quickly said she didn't know.
She knew in her heart that Consort Duanyi was helping her.
Otherwise, no matter what the reason, if they push it away, they push it away, and they might be severely punished.
Knowing that everything was alright here, Shu Chengfeng simply sent Eunuch Liu to check on things and bring some rewards, and that was it.
Knowing that Sang Jieyu had been punished, he stopped interfering.
It's impossible that Consort Sang intentionally harmed Li Xiaoyi. After all, there are so many children in the palace; even if someone wanted to harm someone, it wouldn't be Li Xiaoyi's turn.
As for vying for favor, that's the same; it's not Li Xiaoyi's turn.
Regardless, there's a palace banquet tonight to welcome Yan Lingyun.
The Empress Dowager did not come; she only said that she was not feeling well.
However, it wasn't a very big banquet, so if she didn't come, she didn't come. His Majesty knew that she was competing with Yan Nangui.
Shu Chengfeng is much calmer now; he understands everything but doesn't feel anything anymore.
Just thinking that Tang'er had always been respectful to the Empress Dowager over the years, she couldn't hold back today.
However, he trusted Yan Nangui's sense of propriety in handling matters.
I used to think she was too intense, but now I have more and more faith in her sense of proportion.
Especially towards the Empress Dowager.
Actually, it's good that the Empress Dowager was criticized a bit. It's not that her son is so unfilial, but the Empress Dowager is often too confused, and she becomes more and more confused as she gets older. Criticizing her a few times can make her a little more cautious.
If there's anyone who can restrain the Empress Dowager, it's only Yan Nangui.
The palace banquet came to a perfect end.
The next morning, Yan Nangui took the Seventh Princess out of the palace.
The Yan family was already waiting.
A line of people knelt at the entrance, with Shuanzi supporting General Yan, and everyone else helping the elders to their feet.
After not seeing them for several years, my second uncle and aunt had aged considerably, looking even more weathered than Yan Lingyun, who was stationed at the border.
Once inside, there was another round of greetings.
Yan Nangui smiled and said, "There's no need for that. Today we'll only discuss seniority, not the relationship between ruler and subject. The Seventh Princess was too young to be brought along before, but today she can formally pay her respects."
The seventh princess came out and shyly met her maternal grandfather, uncle, aunt, and so on.
Lady Yin gave birth to three sons. They are the eldest grandson, the second grandson, and the fourth son of this generation.
Because of the brothers Yan Nanxu and Yan Nanji, and the ranking of children.
So Yan Nanji's family consists of the third and fifth sons, and the eldest granddaughter.
It's rare that neither of these brothers has a concubine. Yan Nanxu didn't have one from the beginning, and as for Yan Nanji, he originally did, but they were both dismissed.
Over the years, he still had two concubines by his side, but they had no children.
Judging from how well Yang has given birth, she must have already suppressed her concubines.
The children born to the Yin family grew up on the frontier and were all mischievous.
Where had anyone ever seen such a beautiful little sister as the Seventh Princess? Their eyes widened in amazement, and they surrounded her with questions. Before long, they were dragging her out to play.
Madam Yin was a little embarrassed, but Yan Nangui had no objections. The Seventh Princess was originally a bit shy, but with her cousins around, she became much more comfortable.
When Meng Junxian, who was standing next to Yan Jinsi, saw the Seventh Princess, his expression was still quite complicated.
For a moment I thought, this was actually that woman's child?
Then I thought, if I hadn't gone through so much trouble back then, maybe it would have been his.
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