Chapter 38 Princess Rongyang
Seeing Xiao Fufeng getting angry, Mei Yingzhu and Shen Wan stood aside, gloating and enjoying the fun.
"Shuwei, I'm not saying anything to you, but how can you talk back to someone as precious as the princess? Why don't you kowtow to the princess and apologize? Then call Doctor Yun to come with the princess back to the palace to do her job." Mei Yingzhu smiled and covered her mouth.
Just now, she was scolded by the second princess because of Shen Shuwei, and now it is Shen Shuwei's turn to have a taste of the bitterness herself.
Chen Wan also looked at her coldly, "Cousin, just now my mother and I tried to persuade you kindly, but you didn't listen. This will anger the princess, and she might even ask one of her ladies-in-waiting to slap you in the face. That won't sound good if people get around to it. Who knows what others will think, thinking you're rude and uneducated. Not only will you offend the princess, but you might even bring shame upon our eldest wife's reputation."
It seems that the damage to the reputation of the Pingchang Marquis's Mansion is entirely the fault of Chen Shuwei.
Chen Shuwei looked directly into Xiao Fufeng's eyes without fear. "The current emperor governs the country with benevolence and filial piety, and everyone knows this. Once, a loyal minister made offensive remarks to Your Majesty, but not only did Your Majesty not blame him, you even pardoned him. The princess is Your Majesty's own child, yet she broke into a minister's home and beat his family for no reason. If this matter were to become public, how would Your Majesty feel about her?"
"Are you asking all the officials to submit a memorial to Your Majesty, criticizing His Majesty for not managing his household properly?"
Shen Shuwei dragged Xiao Fufeng into the fire by bringing up the current emperor and the officials. If she really wanted to do this today, she would make the matter public. If this matter became a big deal, His Majesty would be accused of claiming benevolence and filial piety, but in reality, his own daughter went to the homes of ministers and beat and scolded their families. How could the emperor face such shame?
Xiao Fufeng naturally understood the meaning behind Shen Shuwei's words, and his face turned red and white.
Her biological mother was of humble origin, and she and her brother had no maternal family to support them. Therefore, in front of the emperor, the three of them were submissive and flattering, for fear of angering him.
She naturally knew that it was not a good time to punish Shen Shuwei, but she just couldn't bear it in her heart. How could the daughter of a mere minister come up with so many sophistry?
She insisted on making her look good today!
"You, go and make her kneel down and slap her in the face!" Xiao Fufeng looked at her with resentment. He turned around and pointed at the female official who was accompanying him, then raised his chin and looked at Chen Shuwei arrogantly.
"What if this gets out? I will tell my father that it was you who acted inappropriately and angered me, and that's why I'm punishing you with a small punishment and a big warning. Everyone present today will bear witness to my words and deeds."
She looked at Mei Yingzhu and Shen Wan, who nodded in understanding. "I can testify for the princess that even if Shen Shuwei spoke inappropriately, the princess was only teaching her the rules. How can that be considered a punishment?"
"So do your servants."
Seeing the female official pressing down on Shen Shuwei's shoulders and forcing her to kneel down, a vicious light flashed in Xiao Fufeng's eyes.
She couldn't wait to see the woman's face swollen after being beaten. It would be best if there were scars on her face to see if she would still have the nerve to go out.
"What a sharp-tongued rhetoric! I had no idea there were such things in the world that confuse right and wrong!" A cold shout came from behind the crowd.
Hearing the familiar voice, Xiao Fufeng's back stiffened. Turning his head, he saw the expressionless and majestic Princess Rongyang. One step behind her was Chen Zhang, who was watching the scene in front of him with a frown on his face.
He and the eldest princess had just listened to the whole process outside. He tried to rush in several times but was stopped by the eldest princess's men. Naturally, he looked unhappy when he saw those people.
What princess? She's a bully. And those two people from the first wife's house are birds of a feather. He'll deal with them sooner or later.
"Aunt...Aunt." Xiao Fufeng bowed his head and saluted, biting his lower lip to hide the resentment in his eyes.
Why did my aunt suddenly appear here? Is she here for Doctor Yun too?
She had been afraid of her aunt since she was little. When she was young, she stabbed a palace maid in the face with a needle. Rong Yang caught her and severely punished her on the spot. Afterwards, she wanted to go to her father and cry and beg him to intervene, but she didn't expect that before she even entered the Yangxin Palace, a eunuch came out and delivered an order, ordering her to return home and reflect on her mistakes.
From then on, she saw that Princess Rongyang always acted cautiously.
When Mei Yingzhu and Shen Wan heard Xiao Fufeng call her "Aunt", they hurriedly bowed and saluted, not even daring to raise their heads.
Rong Yang walked in with a cold face, followed by a large group of people, including guards from the General's Mansion and maids from her own mansion.
"I've been to the palace so many times and always run into your biological mother, Concubine Rou, who always praises you in front of the Emperor." Rong Yang looked at Xiao Fufeng with a half-smile. "Today, I realize that your gentleness and obedience are all just an act in front of the Emperor. Behind the scenes, you're such a savage and vicious person!"
Rong Yang now sat firmly on the chair brought by the maid, and slapped the armrest hard, which made Xiao Fufeng tremble. He no longer had the same majestic look as before.
"Aunt, Fufeng doesn't dare. She was the one who offended me first, and I lost my temper and—"
"How dare you quibble! I've been listening outside for a long time. Every word Miss Shen said makes sense. Which one offended you?" Rong Yang interrupted her coldly, "It's obvious that you're bullying me by taking advantage of your power. When you couldn't snatch me away, you resorted to violence. Is this how Concubine Rou taught you the rules?"
"I will go to the palace and have a proper discussion with my brother. A princess of the royal family is acting like a gangster. If this gets out, you will bring disgrace to the royal family!"
Rong Yang's words became more serious than the last. Not only did she want to report this matter to the emperor, she even planned to punish Concubine Rou.
Xiao Fufeng's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
Compared with her younger sister Princess Rongyang, who married into the General's Mansion to secure military power for her father, she and her mother were nothing.
She was finished. Not only would the image of a well-behaved daughter that she had painstakingly created in front of her father be torn apart, but even her mother would be implicated.
My mother was not favored to begin with. She only had some face in front of my father because of my royal brother. Otherwise, she would not have been a concubine for so many years.
Thinking of this, Xiao Fufeng raised his head and looked at Chen Shuwei viciously.
It's all her! She must have used some trick to lure the princess here to plot against me!
A mere daughter of an assistant minister dared to let her suffer such a great loss. She will not let her go, and she will not let any of the Shen family go.
At this time, Shen Zhang walked quietly to Shen Shuwei and gave her a reassuring look.
Chen Shuwei also looked at him in confusion. Didn't he ask his second brother to deliver Chen Heng's policy paper to Xiao Chifeng at the General's Mansion so that Xiao Chifeng could take it to the Prince Consort and Princess Rongyang? Why did his second brother bring the princess home instead?
This was something Shen Shuwei and Shen Heng had just discussed. The court was currently turbulent, with several princes feuding endlessly. The Shen family did not want to be involved in any of the princes' fights for the throne. Furthermore, Shen Zhang had joined the ranks of the veteran general who defended the country. Shen Heng's flood control proposal was of great significance and could only be presented to Princess Rongyang. Presenting it directly to the emperor would only lead to trouble, attracting the princes' scramble for his favor.
After Princess Rongyang had finished beating up Xiao Fufeng, she sent a few maids to take her back to the palace to see the emperor and began to deal with Mei Yingzhu and Shen Wan.
She was intentionally trying to save face for the Shen family, so she would not hold back.
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