Chapter 101: Grounded Again

Empress Dowager Wu turned around and threw the remnants of the red robe that Jiang Xinyue brought to the ground: "I punched her? You are so biased. Let's see what your good Concubine Zhen gave me first?"

Although there were some small remnants on the crimson carpet of Kunning Palace, there were more tea leaves with a strong tea fragrance.

The dried tea leaves were full in shape, and two taels were worth a hundred gold, but Empress Dowager Wu threw them to the ground without cherishing them.

Empress Dowager Wu immediately understood that it was Concubine Zhen, the cunning woman, who covered the good tea leaves with a thin layer of tea residue and tea stems. She had predicted that she would overturn the box.

Vicious! So vicious!

Jiang Xinyue twisted her body, looking like she had suffered a great injustice, and pulled Emperor Xuanwu's sleeve and acted coquettishly: "Your Majesty~I know that the Empress Dowager has a deep misunderstanding of me, so I specially asked the Empress Dowager about her preferences, and then I brought the best Dahongpao from Jiuyun Mountain, hoping to please her. I didn't expect... wuwuwu...it's my fault...it's all my fault. I'm tongue-tied and made the Empress Dowager unhappy again."

Emperor Xuanwu thought to himself: Zhenpin really can't act, let alone lie. When she looked at me, her panicked eyes, flushed cheeks, and fingers that nervously grabbed my sleeves, like a frightened kitten, her hair stood on end.

If she stayed a little longer, she would probably faint from fear.

The emperor, a straight man, couldn't see through it, but Empress Dowager Wu was so angry at the play within the play of Concubine Zhen, who was both good at singing and acting.

She also understood that the emperor allowed Concubine Zhen to come to her Kunning Palace to act wildly.

If Concubine Zhen was allowed to leave her place intact, how would the masters and servants in the harem laugh at her in the future?

"Come here, capture Concubine Zhen for me and beat her with fifty boards to teach her a lesson and stop treating others as fools."

Beating her with fifty boards, wouldn't that be the end of Jiang Xinyue's life?

Her fingertips loosened, and her whole body burrowed into the emperor's arms, seeking protection like a little bird.

The palace maids of Kunning Palace stepped forward hesitantly. Emperor Xuanwu hugged Jiang Xinyue and shouted, "Who dares?"

With the emperor protecting her so tightly, no one dared. The palace maids looked at the furious empress dowager, and then looked at the emperor who was glaring at them...

They couldn't afford to offend both sides, so they just knelt down and begged for mercy!

The palace maids knelt on the ground. Empress Dowager Wu covered her chest with one hand and pointed at Jiang Xinyue with a trembling hand, "Okay, okay, Emperor, you are really my good son. You are unwilling to punish Concubine Zhen today, right? Well, I will accompany Concubine Shu to the Jokhang Temple to apologize to the ancestors of the Shen family and let them see how this good son of mine forced his own mother."

These words were a bit serious.

Besides, Concubine Shu went to the Jokhang Temple because she was plotted against by Concubine Li. The people all thought that Concubine Shu had murdered the heir to the throne, so there was nothing wrong with her going to the Jokhang Temple to pray for Concubine Li's child.

But the Empress Dowager is different!

If she went to the Jokhang Temple, the subjects would think that the Emperor could not tolerate his own mother, who was born in the Wu family.

There was a moment of silence in the air, and Emperor Xuanwu hugged Jiang Xinyue with an ugly face: "Does your mother have to punish Concubine Zhen today?" "

I..."

"Your Majesty, please think clearly before you answer. Who does your mother care about most in this palace?"

Of course, it was herself, Concubine Shu, and the child in Concubine Shu's belly. "Are you threatening me?" "Your son is just using the same method to return

the favor to your mother." Didn't the Empress Dowager Wu also use the public opinion of the people of the world to threaten the emperor just now? Empress Dowager Wu did not believe that the emperor would harm Concubine Shu, but seeing how he protected Concubine Zhen, it seemed that the woman in his arms was the emperor's favorite woman. She did not dare to gamble, nor could she afford to. Concubine Shu was her last bargaining chip to restore the Wu family. Empress Dowager Wu pulled a long face and said reluctantly: "The death penalty can be exempted, but the living crime cannot be escaped. Concubine Zhen has been disrespectful to me and teased me many times. Emperor, please decide what to do? You must give me an explanation." The initiative returned to Emperor Xuanwu and Jiang Xinyue again, and they both breathed a sigh of relief. The seemingly embarrassed emperor exhaled heavily from his nose: "Then put her under house arrest!" "Emperor, are you fooling me? Do you think I don't know what you did during the month she was under house arrest?" What did you do? Isn't it just that the emperor provided delicious food and drinks, and sent all the good and rare things to Hexi Palace, as if he was deliberately going against Empress Dowager Wu. She removed Zhenpin's green card, but the emperor still went to Hexi Palace every day, even if he didn't stay overnight, but he went every day, which severely slapped Empress Dowager Wu in the face. The most hateful thing is that the emperor also let Zhenpin go beyond the rules and build a small kitchen in Hexi Palace. This small kitchen has been awarded to concubines by the emperor since ancient times to show his supreme favor. It is for concubines, not concubines. Concubines are not qualified to build a small kitchen, even if she was the concubine who was favored by the previous emperor, she did not have this treatment when she was a concubine. Emperor Xuanwu was silent for a moment before he said, "Then I will confine her for six months this time, until the end of the year, is that okay?" His face clearly showed the words "I advise you not to push too far", and Empress Dowager Wu was not someone who did not know how to stop when things were going well, so she took the opportunity to make a request, "Shufei cannot go to the Jokhang Temple, Emperor, you go and persuade Concubine Li Gui to change the Jokhang Temple to the Sheng'an Temple in the capital." The Jokhang Temple is far away in Jialuo, and it takes half a year to get there by carriage from the capital, and three or four months at full speed. It is located between Goguryeo and Fuso, and the people are not civilized, and are rude and rude. How can Shufei bear it? In the capital, at least her, the empress dowager, can still have a say and help her a little. The chance of returning to the palace is also high, and it is not difficult to regain favor. Jiang Xinyue glanced at the emperor cautiously. This man hated others making conditions with him. Would he compromise for her? To Jiang Xinyue's surprise, Emperor Xuanwu agreed without hesitation, but the coldness in his eyes was clearly seen by Jiang Xinyue. This is... planning not to let any emperor go to Sheng'an Temple. Empress Dowager Wu's wishful thinking may have failed. But... the devil is always stronger than the righteous, and there is still a long way to go! Who can say that one year later, who will be standing behind Emperor Xuanwu with a smile? It is already the end of May, and she has been under house arrest for six months, even at the end of the lunar year. By then, her belly will be seven or eight months, and it will not be easy to have a miscarriage.

Moreover, Jiang Xinyue was confident that she could give birth to her own child under the protection of Emperor Xuanwu.

The person who was most happy about Jiang Xinyue's house arrest was Noble Lady Ye, who felt that she had gained the emperor's favor by imitating Jiang Xinyue, and now that the real Jiang Xinyue was under house arrest, she, a Westerner, took advantage of the opportunity.