"His Highness the Ninth Prince sent the Princess of Gu Shu back to the country and is currently staying in the southern border. A few days ago, I received a letter from him saying that His Highness the Eighth Prince, who has been stationed in the southern border, is going to have a wedding. It is said that His Highness the Eighth Prince personally selected a number of gifts from the south and asked His Highness the Ninth Prince to bring them back to the capital on his way back. They are the betrothal gifts for the third young lady of the Lu family." As he spoke, Feng Yuheng stood up and bowed to Concubine Yuan Shu, saying, "I really want to congratulate Her Majesty Concubine Shu!"
As soon as these words were spoken, a message was conveyed directly, which was that the Eighth Prince was going to marry into the Lu family!
But why is this?
Concubine Yuan Shu was stunned, and so were the people present. However, compared to their own surprise, the Lu family was overjoyed. Lu Yan was so excited that she tightly grasped Ge's arm and kept asking, "Is this true? Mother, is this true?"
Ge didn't understand. This was an unexpected surprise for the Lu family, but this good news came from Feng Yuheng. Could it be trusted? She whispered to Lu Song, "Master, didn't you go to see Concubine Shu this morning? Did you hear her mention it?"
Lu Song shook his head and sighed, "Not only did she not mention it, but Concubine Shu is very opposed to this marriage. Our Lu family has come to this point, what qualifications do we have to talk about helping the Eighth Prince? What can we do to help? Concubine Shu has clearly told me that it is impossible for the two families to get married, but I don't know why now...ah!" He was suddenly stunned, as if he suddenly realized something, and said, "I know, our Lu family's incident happened only in the past two months, and Concubine Shu had already sent a letter to the Eighth Prince, mentioning the marriage between the two families. Later, when the Lu family got into trouble, even if she sent a letter again, it was already winter, and it would take two or three months for the letter to reach the South Realm. And the Ninth Prince sent the letter back, which should be after Concubine Yuan Shu sent the letter for the first time. In this way, the Eighth Prince should not know much about our Lu family's affairs, or... before the Ninth Prince sent the letter, the news had not yet reached the South Realm."
But after thinking about it again, he was not very optimistic. "It has not been passed on, it will be passed on sooner or later. In my opinion, this marriage will not be successful."
Lu Yan didn't care about that and just said, "Why can't it be done? Since Princess Ji'an said it in front of me, it means that this thing can be done, and it must be done!" She said it firmly, with her eyes wide open, and she told Lu Song, "The marriage between the Lu family and the eighth prince was brought by the letter from the ninth prince. Father, now Princess Ji'an has said it in front of so many people. Tell me, can this spilled water be taken back again?"
Lu Song was stunned, "You mean..."
"My daughter means to - take advantage of the situation."
Lu Song's eyes lit up, and he exchanged glances with the Ge family. The three of them instantly reached a consensus. So Lu Song stood up, bowed respectfully to Concubine Yuan Shu, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Concubine Shu. I am not talented, but I will definitely not humiliate His Highness the Eighth Prince."
"Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!" Concubine Yuan Shu was anxious. She stood up suddenly. She didn't bother to fight with Feng Yuheng. She pointed at Lu Song and said, "Who said that the Eighth Prince wants to marry someone from your Lu family? I absolutely don't agree! Besides, the marriage of the princes must be granted by the emperor. How can you arrange a marriage just because you say so?"
Lu Song said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, this marriage was not proposed by me, it was..." He looked at Feng Yuheng, "It was Master Ji who said it!"
Concubine Yuan Shu was so angry that she didn't know who to vent her anger on. She turned her head and glared at Feng Yuheng, "What nonsense are you talking about? You are just a princess, and I am a concubine! I am the biological mother of the prince! How dare you make up rumors about me!"
Feng Yuheng blinked, and took two steps as if he was very scared. Finally, he simply walked to the middle of the field and knelt down in front of Emperor Tianwu. "Father, you have to make the decision for Ah Heng!"
Concubine Yuan Shu almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Make the decision? She should be the one to ask the emperor to make the decision, right? So she also knelt in front of Emperor Tianwu and said the same thing: "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me!"
Emperor Tianwu glanced down and said nothing, but winked at Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan was helpless, thinking that you, the emperor, would push a eunuch like me out whenever something happened, how generous! But he still had to listen to Tianwu's words, and after examining Tianwu's emotions and expressions, he soon knew what he should say, so he said to the two people in a shrill voice: "There should be a first come first served rule when asking the emperor to make a decision. Princess Ji'an asked first, so Concubine Shu will kneel aside and wait." With one sentence, Concubine Yuan Shu was pushed aside, and she knelt again and waited.
The servant came to help Concubine Shu walk a few steps to the side, and reminded her: "Your Majesty cannot stand or sit, you must kneel and wait."
Concubine Yuan Shu was so angry that her liver ached, but there was nothing she could do. Zhang Yuan represented the emperor, and everyone understood this. She could only kneel here and watch Feng Yuheng say one sentence after another: "Father, Ah Heng is just a princess, but today she has offended the Concubine Shu. What should I do? She is just a princess, and the Concubine Shu is the head of a palace and the biological mother of the prince. If she keeps biting Ah Heng, will Ah Heng still be alive?"
She was crying while speaking these words. Yes, she was crying. Feng Yuheng "acted against her conscience" and squeezed out a few tears. It seemed that Tianwu was heartbroken.
"Good boy, get up and talk quickly, the ground is cold." He leaned forward and pretended to help himself. Zhang Yuan was so scared that he quickly held him down, then trotted all the way to Feng Yuheng and helped him up.
Feng Yuheng was still wiping away tears, but the audience rolled their eyes one by one, thinking, Princess Ji'an, you are really good at acting! A mere princess? You are not young anymore, okay? Offending Concubine Shu? Are you afraid that she will give you a hard time? When have you ever been afraid of offending someone? Among the people you have offended, is a little Concubine Shu still a big deal? Do you really take a little Concubine Shu seriously? When you were against the Imperial Concubine, you were not so scared!
But people are just complaining in their hearts. Most of the people sitting here are still close to Feng Yuheng. Only a small number of people are fawning on Concubine Shu and counting on the Eighth Prince. But what can they say about the emperor's attitude now? Concubine Shu, you have been wronged, everyone knows this, but who dares to help you?
Feng Yuheng wiped her tears twice with a handkerchief in a serious manner, then raised her head and said to Tianwu, "Father, the Concubine Shu just said that about Ah Heng, and Ah Heng was really scared, but...but that news was not made up by Ah Heng! It was His Highness the Ninth Prince who sent a letter back to the capital, and you, Father, have also read that letter, which was the one Ah Heng brought into the palace the day before yesterday."
Tianwu nodded, "Ah Heng is right. A letter from Ming'er was sent back the other day, and it did mention that he intends to marry the third daughter of the Lu family as his concubine. Concubine Shu, come here, come here, repeat what you just said to me again!"
Concubine Yuan Shu was shocked, and the shock swept through her body again. She never expected that the matter that Feng Yuheng mentioned was actually known to Emperor Tianwu! So the person who was kept in the dark now... was only her?
Looking up at Emperor Tianwu tremblingly, Concubine Yuan Shu had no idea what to say. She had already thought that Feng Yuheng must be talking nonsense, and there was no way such news could be reported back, or that she and Xuan Tianming had teamed up to do this. But now looking at Tianwu's attitude, regardless of whether it was deliberately created by others, it seemed that Tianwu did not object? From the look of it, he seemed quite happy? This...
"Your Majesty." Concubine Yuan Shu still wanted to make a final effort, "Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince has been stationed at the border for many years and has no contact with the daughter of the Lu family. How could he marry her all of a sudden? There must be some misunderstanding here."
Tianwu waved his hands, "Let's not talk about this for now. I am just making the decision for Ah Heng. What did you threaten her with just now? She is just a little princess? You are a noble concubine? Well, since you have such an idea in your mind, I will make the decision for Ah Heng today!"
When these words came out, everyone was stunned. People didn't understand, how would Emperor Tianwu decide for Feng Yuheng? Concubine Shu said that she was just a princess, could she be promoted to a princess? But even if she became a princess, she couldn't compare to the empress in the palace!
As people were guessing, they heard Emperor Tianwu speak, "Shufei Yuanshi, you are unable to govern the people with virtue and your words are not kind. Now you are demoted to concubine and your title Shu is taken away. You are only called Yuanpin."
Suddenly, an oral decree came down, and Concubine Yuan Shu became Concubine Yuan, and even the title of "Shu" was gone, which made people shocked. But Concubine was also the head of a palace after all, and Concubine Yuan was still above Feng Yuheng, a county lord!
Obviously, Yuanpin herself thought so too. She looked at Feng Yuheng coldly and said sternly, "Even if you are a concubine, you should still respect me."
Feng Yuheng pretended to take two steps back, patting her chest in fear, and then she heard Emperor Tianwu say, "Oh, a concubine can't do it either, then let the noble lady do it!"
Everyone gasped. Without the position of the head of a palace, even if she was a noble lady, she was still the emperor's woman, but her status was too low. Feng Yuheng was a princess, and her status was also prominent. If she wanted to go against a small noble lady, then this noble lady Yuan would really have no tricks at all.
The former Concubine Yuan Shu, now the Noble Lady Yuan, suddenly fell to the ground, from heaven to earth, and was instantly reduced to her original form. Noble Lady, that was her title when she first entered the palace! She worked hard for decades, and finally gave birth to a son for the emperor and earned a concubine position for herself, but in this instant, she lost everything. Why...
She cried and begged Tianwu: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. Please have mercy on me and don't demote me to a noble! Your Majesty!"
She pleaded loudly, which annoyed the queen. "Since we arrived at the hunting ground today, you have been crying all the time. I have told you many times that today is not the time to shed tears. Who are you crying for?"
Yuan Guiren really wanted to say that Feng Yuheng also cried, but she didn't have the courage to do so now. She only hoped that Tianwu would change his mind and return the position of concubine to her. She didn't care about anything else.
But Tianwu obviously had no intention of changing his mind. She howled for a long time but got no response. At this moment, Feng Yuheng's voice sounded again: "Father, in your opinion, the marriage between the Eighth Prince and Miss Lu..."
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