Chapter 049 Sister's Return
Hong Liangdi greeted Li Tingting all the time in her heart.
Why did she have to deal with the one from the Xia family? She originally thought she was just a concubine's daughter, but she didn't know that she was protected by Concubine Ying. Isn't this asking for trouble for her?
She had just deliberately wanted to hit Xia Lu, so she deliberately increased her strength, but who knew...
No wonder the usually mindful concubine Ying would teach her a lesson, it was all Li Tingting’s fault, she set a trap for her without understanding the situation!!!
Xia Lu hurriedly bowed, with a mist in her eyes.
Concubine Ying didn't mention who pushed whom, but that doesn't matter. What matters is who shouldn't get hurt.
After everyone left, only Hong Liangdi and the four palace maids she brought with her continued to kneel, with Lingli standing aside.
At this time, Hong Liangdi winked at the palace maid behind her.
The palace maid suddenly cried out.
"Miss Lingli, I really want to go to the toilet. I can't hold it anymore. Can you please help me?"
"Go ahead." Lingli said readily.
The maid ran away as if she had received a special treatment.
The corners of her clever mouth curled up slightly.
The Empress had instructed that if any servants walked away, they should be allowed to leave, as Concubine Hong Liang must have sent someone to invite the Emperor.
The Emperor would certainly know about this, but he could pretend that he didn't know. However, since Concubine Hong Liangdi asked him to do so, the Emperor could no longer pretend. So, in order to correct the atmosphere in the harem, the Emperor would definitely punish Concubine Hong Liangdi and reward the Empress.
Sure enough, the palace maid did not come back until Hong Liangdi had knelt for two hours. However, news came from the palace that Hong Liangdi's servants went to ask the emperor to save Hong Liangdi. As a result, the emperor said that the rules of the harem must not be broken. Since Concubine Ying punished Hong Liangdi, it meant that Hong Liangdi deserved to be punished. The emperor would punish Hong Liangdi further and remove her green card for one month.
That night, the emperor went to Concubine Ying's palace and stayed overnight.
But Concubine Ying was not touched, so naturally no one knew about it except Concubine Ying, and naturally no one thought there was anything wrong.
Concubine Ying has been pregnant for nearly four months. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, they still had some contact with her. As long as the movements were gentle, it was not a big deal.
So Concubine Ying simply thought that the emperor had favored Hong Liangdi too much and needed to rest. However, when he didn't touch her for several times, Concubine Ying realized that something was wrong. Of course, this is a story for later.
Concubine Ying deliberately brought up the incident of Xia Lu being beaten.
The emperor turned over Xia Lu's green card the next day.
However, he still didn't touch Xia Lu.
Xia Lu suddenly started to think of something.
It was five days later that Xia Xue heard about what happened in the palace.
Chu Zhenxuan gave an insider in her palace directly to Xia Xue and asked him to report directly to Xia Xue.
Xia Xue applied to enter the palace.
Xia Lu's eyes were filled with tears.
Xia Xue sighed and pulled Xia Lu into her arms. "Since it's your choice, don't regret it. As long as you can keep your heart, you can live well anywhere."
Xia Lu cried even harder after hearing this. "I thought the emperor liked me a little bit, but in the end, he just took me to his bedroom and chatted with me for a while. It seemed that he was just trying to make up for Hong Liangdi beating me."
Xia Xue patted her on the back and said, "Xia Lu, you must always remember that the emperor loves everyone in this palace, and yet he loves no one. He can sacrifice any concubine at any time to balance the relationship between the court officials. Any one."
Xia Lu's eyes slowly became empty. "Is it possible that the Emperor cannot have true love?"
"In his position, if he had true feelings, it would be like telling everyone that he had a soft spot. Those princes who were eyeing the throne, and those countries who were eyeing Da'an, would gnaw at his soft spot until they replaced him. So in order to survive, the emperor did not allow himself to have true feelings. And if the concubines in the palace had true feelings, they would be close to death."
Although Xia Xue had said these words more than once, Xia Lu still felt unwilling to accept it when it really happened.
"Which side of your face did Hong Liangdi hit you on?"
"Here." Xia Lu touched the right side of her face. "The Concubine Ying has already helped my sister teach Concubine Hong Liang."
Xia Xue touched Xia Lu's face, "You have to remember, Concubine Ying only owes us one favor, not countless. She has no relationship with us, and has no reason or obligation to protect you. This time Concubine Ying stepped forward in a high profile, on the one hand because Chu Zhenxuan made a great contribution at the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. Concubine Ying helped you, which not only showed her fairness in managing the harem, but also sold a favor to the emperor. She helped you again and returned a little favor to us. This is a three-pronged approach, why not do it?"
Xia Lu nodded, not quite understanding.
Xia Xue touched her head and thought, Sister will tell you with facts how to return this slap in the face from the person who truly loves you!
For several days in a row, the emperor flipped through the green cards of different concubines, including several new beauties.
But without exception, the emperor did not touch any of them. It is said that when he favored Li Pingting, the emperor was very excited, but somehow he suddenly couldn't do it.
Yang Junyi was also very upset. He felt that there was something wrong with him.
Ever since he banned Hong Liangdi from sleeping with him, every time he favored someone else, he had to think of Hong Liangdi in his mind in order to regain his masculinity. But even so, at the last moment, his body instinctively distinguished that the person was not Hong Liangdi.
This has made him lose face among his concubines recently.
Because the newcomers had no experience, they thought the emperor was dissatisfied with them. Li Pingting even boldly guessed that the emperor was not capable enough.
So the next day, when Concubine Ying went to pay her respects, everyone was listless and had their own thoughts.
On this day, there was a rumor in the palace that the barbarians were good at raping men, especially women raping men. The men who were raped could only touch her, and if they touched other women, they would become impotent.
Although the rumor did not directly name anyone, the people in the harem could not help but match the name based on the emperor's visit to their palaces. All the concubines who were named but chatted until dawn all thought of Hong Liangdi.
Ever since Concubine Ying reprimanded Hong Liangdi and the Emperor imposed additional punishment, Hong Liangdi has become much more restrained. At least she insists on paying her respects to Concubine Ying every day.
But suddenly this morning, everyone looked at her with hostility.
Hong Liangdi was also a little scared and didn't know what was going on.
Concubine Ying had not arrived yet, and Concubine Rong was leisurely drinking tea in the main seat.
"Empress Rong, if someone in the palace secretly uses forbidden drugs or forbidden techniques, what crime will they be charged with?" Finally, someone couldn't help but speak.
Concubine Rong raised her lips indifferently, "Without evidence, it's best not to talk nonsense. When there is evidence, go and report it to Concubine Ying."
"If we want to find evidence, we have to search the palace."
Concubine Rong did not respond and continued drinking her tea.
"Whose palace do you want to search?"
Concubine Ying walked in slowly, with a sullen face, and sat in the main seat.
Greetings everyone.
The concubine who had just spoken looked at Hong Liangdi with indignation and said nothing more.
Concubine Ying straightened her body, "There have been some bad rumors in the palace recently, which have made people panic, but this matter is groundless after all. As the role models of the harem, we must not listen to rumors. If I hear something I shouldn't hear from you again, I will not let you off lightly! Do you understand?"
Everyone answered clearly, but their eyes all turned to Hong Liang Di at the same time.