Hearing Consort Yi speak several times, Yelü Yanyun finally understood.
"Your Majesty, I was just saying that. Please don't take it to heart. If Your Majesty doesn't like these cats and dogs, I simply won't bring them next time I come to pay my respects!" She immediately began to fawn over them, probably because she was used to being a princess in the Northern Frontier! She still acts like she's the boss!
"That's right! That beast disturbed my and the Emperor's rest last night. He really is a troublemaker! Your Lihua Terrace is quite far, so you don't need to come to pay your respects here anymore!" Lu Shiyi hated this kind of person the most. It was clearly her fault, she had benefited, yet she still acted arrogantly and made sarcastic remarks! This was truly intolerable!
Upon hearing this, Yelü Yanyun immediately knelt down. "Your Highness, Consort Yi, I know I was wrong! I will take the cat back immediately! Please forgive me! I just came from the northern frontier and am unfamiliar with many things in the palace..."
"Not very familiar with it, huh? Someone, find an old nanny to teach it properly. Let's start with a month of teaching and see how it goes!" Lu Shiyi started making arrangements before she could even finish speaking.
Seeing that Yelü Yanyun was kneeling on the ground and had not yet expressed her gratitude, she immediately retorted, "Is Your Highness not quite satisfied with my arrangements? Hmm? Your Highness?"
"Thank you, thank you, Consort Yi!" Yelü Yanyun quickly withdrew.
"What is this? She punished me, and I have to thank her? What the hell? I really have to thank her, speechless!" He complained as he walked back to the palace.
Yelü Yanyun had left, but Lu Shiyi had to deal with the concubines who were still there, awkwardly trying to find some trivial topics to talk about.
Suddenly, a gagging sound broke the awkward silence—it was Jiang Meiren!
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Someone, fetch the imperial physician!"
Upon hearing this, Consort Jiang immediately knelt down. "There's no need to trouble Consort Yi. I'm just feeling unwell. I ate something bad and my stomach is a little upset. I'm sorry for making you ladies laugh."
"Is that really the case?" Lu Shiyi asked with concern.
"That's right, Your Majesty!"
Since that's the case, Lu Shiyi didn't want to get involved. Hearing that Consort Mu had just given birth, she specially selected soft fabric and sent it to the Imperial Household Department to make clothes. Before leaving, she told Qiao Siyu to remember to pick it up.
We chatted for a while longer before it finally came to an end.
Qiao Siyu's mind was filled with thoughts of that bastard Yelü Yanyun, and she had long forgotten about getting the clothes. She kept walking towards her Yongshou Palace when she suddenly heard a different sound. She and Fulu Siyue both seemed to hear someone crying.
"Is that a woman crying?"
"It seems to be coming from that bamboo grove over there!"
"Right, you heard it too?"
Perhaps bored in the palace, the two actually walked in that direction, wanting to find out what was going on.
"General, I'm useless and can't help you, but the matter of the child can't be kept a secret, General!"
"What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you to get rid of it? Didn't you take the medicine I gave you?"
"General, I can't bear to part with this child. It's our first child!"
Upon hearing these words, Qiao Siyu assumed that a palace maid was having an affair with a general of the Imperial Guard, and asked Fu Lu with a smile, "This can't be someone from your or my palace, can it?"
"What are you saying? The maids in my palace are all newcomers, only fifteen years old, they're all still very young!"
After saying that, the two continued to gossip.
"You're the Emperor's concubine! Are you going to give birth to this child? Then we'll both be blamed! Our entire family will be dragged down with us! My Xu family is a family with a lot of reputation!"
The Xu family! The general! The emperor's concubines!
"Ah!" Fu Lusi immediately couldn't help but shout, as if the melon in front of her was too big for her to swallow!
"Who!" Xu Yuanzhang immediately drew his sword and pressed it against Qiao Siyu's neck!
When Jiang Jinhua came out and saw the two empresses, she knew they already knew the truth, and immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please help me! I really don't want to stay in the palace anymore! General Xu, please leave, I'll take care of things here!"
Xu Yuanzhang didn't hesitate at all, completely disregarding Jiang Jinhua's life or death, and simply fled as if he were running away.
"This... he just left like that? And you're even pleading for him? My God, are you out of your mind? You expect someone like that to take responsibility for you? My beauty, my beauty, I truly feel sorry for you. Do you think there's anything trustworthy about a man like that? Look at him, when he heard you were pregnant, his first instinct was to find medicine for you to drink and abort the child. Instead of taking you away or asking the Emperor to spare your life." Fu Lu Siyue understood perfectly.
There were many men like this when I was in the military. They would go around swindling women. Many pregnant women would come to the barracks to confront their fathers. It was obvious that these men had no intention of taking responsibility; they just wanted to exploit those pitiful women.
Clearly, Jiang Meiren was unaware of this; at this moment, her mind was still completely focused on General Xu.
"I've been talking to you for so long, give me a reply! Say something!" Fu Lu Si Yue was impatient and wanted to get to the bottom of things as soon as possible, so that Jiang Meiren could explain everything to him.
"Sister, sister, don't be angry. This isn't a place to stay. Nobody wants to leave. Come with us to Yongshou Palace and explain the whole story to us. Otherwise, we won't be able to help you later." At this crucial moment, Qiao Siyu's thinking was remarkably clear. What if they continued talking here and someone else overheard? Those with ulterior motives might just cause Jiang Meiren to lose her life because of it.
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