Granny Cheng came secretly. If she dares to accuse her, Su Wenyuan will dare to admit it. Let's see who's in bigger trouble.
The Empress would never risk upsetting the Emperor for her sake.
Granny Cheng was being beaten and her mind wasn't quite clear; she hadn't yet processed what Su Wenyuan was saying.
"It's almost time," Su Wenyuan said, stopping the guards and telling them to leave.
"Oh dear, what's wrong with you all? You can't even aim properly when you hit someone. This is Granny Cheng from the palace." Su Wenyuan walked forward, feigning surprise, as if she had just recognized Granny Cheng.
Now, not only was Granny Cheng stunned, but even the guards beside her were dumbfounded.
Ye Shan reacted quickly and cooperated, saying, "Who would have thought that Granny Cheng would come over at night? The guards thought she was a thief and were in a hurry to arrest her to gain merit, so they beat Granny Cheng like this. I'm really sorry."
Su Wenyuan said regretfully, "This is really outrageous. You guys hurry up and help Granny Cheng back. I don't know what she's doing at Prince Chen's residence so late at night. Remember to find an imperial physician to take a look at her when we get back."
Su Wenyuan beckoned to the palace maids that Granny Cheng had brought out of the palace and asked them to come forward and take the person away.
When Granny Cheng was being beaten, none of them dared to step forward.
They overheard the entire conversation between the two.
I don't know what Su Wenyuan is up to, but Granny Cheng still has to help her up quickly, she looks like she's badly injured.
"Don't think you can get away with it by pretending you didn't recognize me! All the people from the palace saw it; you were the one who hit me for no reason." Granny Cheng was agitated and on the verge of collapse.
What kind of mess is this? Sheng Jingyu didn't even get to see him, and he even got beaten up.
Su Wenyuan sneered, "I'm pretending for the Empress's sake. Get lost, or we'll keep hitting you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several young palace maids hurriedly ran outside.
Ignoring the old woman Cheng who had just been helped up, he angered her so much that she started cursing.
After being scolded, the palace maid dared not not return, and in the end, several people practically carried Granny Cheng away.
Su Wenyuan pouted and said, "Go to sleep!"
If it weren't for Granny Cheng's sarcastic remarks about Sheng Jingyu, she wouldn't have come out to hit her.
She was really tired and fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed without saying a word.
While she was asleep, Sheng Jingyu could openly look at her.
Sheng Jingyu's face lit up with joy; she was happy just thinking about what the woman had done for her that day.
Inside the palace, the Empress anxiously awaited the return of Granny Cheng.
No one else could help with Sheng Ziyan's matter except Sheng Jingyu.
Logically speaking, Sheng Jingyu should have taken action after receiving the news, and Granny Cheng should have returned by now, but the timing is clearly wrong.
She never imagined that Granny Cheng would end up being carried back by someone.
His face was bruised and swollen, his body was covered in footprints, tears streamed down his face, and he was extremely aggrieved.
"Who did this? You were caught by the guards when you left the palace? No way! They dared to hurt you on my orders!" The Empress hurriedly went to Granny Cheng to ask.
Granny Cheng couldn't stop her tears; she had never suffered such injustice in her entire life.
She also mocked Consort Wan and several other concubines in the palace, after all, they were the Empress's personal attendants and had the Empress's support.
Even Consort Wan had to find out her mistakes before punishing her.
Su Wenyuan, on the other hand, started hitting me without warning, even though she hadn't found anything wrong with me. That's unreasonable!
"Su Wenyuan did it?" The Empress had a pretty good idea of what was going on.
The palace maid next to him lowered her head, which was taken as acquiescence.
Granny Cheng cried so hard she couldn't explain herself, so the Empress could only ask the palace maids.
The palace maid did not hide anything and told the whole story from beginning to end. The empress was so angry that she trembled and her face instantly turned pale.
She was already anxious enough when Sheng Ziyan got into trouble, and now Su Wenyuan has made her angry again.
"Imperial Physician! Quickly, summon the Imperial Physician!" Granny Cheng noticed the Empress's abnormality in time and ordered someone to fetch the Imperial Physician.
When the imperial physician arrived, the Empress had already recovered. She waved her hand to indicate that she did not need to have her pulse taken, and then pointed to Granny Cheng.
The imperial physician didn't say much. After examining Granny Cheng, he prescribed some medicine to reduce the swelling.
The guards weren't completely reckless; they didn't kill them. Their arms and legs were fine, but the flesh wounds needed proper care.
"Granny Cheng is old and tripped while walking. I'd appreciate it if you could come at this hour," the Empress explained in a low voice.
The imperial physician wasn't blind, but he wasn't stupid either. If the empress said it was a fall, then it was a fall.
Granny Cheng looked up in shock, wondering why the Empress wasn't telling the truth and holding Su Wenyuan accountable.
After the imperial physician left, the Empress immediately explained, "It is against the rules for me to secretly send you out of the palace. Ziyan is still imprisoned. If I make another mistake, I will have no way to plead for Ziyan."
If she hadn't been beaten, Granny Cheng would have figured this out herself.
She was a little slow to process what she had just been told, but after the Empress reminded her, she realized that this was the only way to handle the situation.
No wonder Su Wenyuan acted so recklessly; she had already planned a countermeasure.
The Empress then asked, "Are you sure that Su Wenyuan was the one who obstructed things tonight, and not Jingyu's intention?"
"I'm sure!" Granny Cheng said decisively.
She harbored no hostility towards Sheng Jingyu, but she was very hostile towards Su Wenyuan.
With prejudice in mind, all the bad things were blamed on Su Wenyuan.
"The prince may know about this matter and know that I went, but he ignored me for no other reason than Su Wenyuan forbidding it. Your Highness, you don't know, the prince is completely infatuated with her."
"She also said that she would not only stop him today, but also tomorrow. What will the Seventh Prince do?" Granny Cheng did not forget the Seventh Prince.
The Empress closed her eyes and said, "The Emperor won't do anything tonight. Let's talk about it at dawn. I can't interfere in matters outside the palace anyway. Go and talk to Zixi and see if he can help his brother."
Sheng Ziyan and Sheng Zixi, these two brothers have somewhat different personalities, but they are about the same level of being useless.
Without Sheng Jingyu, most of the Empress's schemes would not have come to fruition over the years.
Granny Cheng suffered in silence, and those palace maids never wanted to go to Prince Chen's residence again.
They were terrified by Su Wenyuan's temper, which led her to hit people at the drop of a hat.
The Empress didn't sleep all night, thinking not only of Sheng Ziyan, but also of Sheng Jingyu.
Sheng Jingyu has lost control, but he hasn't sided with the Crown Prince. What is he after now?
Just to please Su Wenyuan? He doesn't even consider the future?
Or did he discover something and realize he couldn't be relied upon?
The more the Empress thought about it, the more alarmed she became, unsure which idea was right.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has already gone to the morning court session. Shall we send some food to the Seventh Prince?" a palace maid asked as she stepped forward.
"Go, I will go myself!" The Empress hurriedly stood up, but stumbled again and almost fell.
Neither of these princes were very capable, but the Empress loved them dearly. Because Sheng Jingyu had been so prominent during those years, overshadowing their brilliance, the Empress had resented Sheng Jingyu for many years.
Even now, seeing him blind makes me angry. I'm just waiting for one of the two princes to ascend the throne and for him to be no longer needed before I deal with him.
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