Minister Yao was imprisoned for corruption and his family's property was confiscated.
As the news spread, the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Rites became more serious in their work.
The heads of the two ministries ordered that the list of people sent abroad to give lectures must be carefully checked and absolutely no mistakes should be made.
Yao Zhaoyi was panicked.
She never expected that her father would suddenly collapse.
"Master, the Yao family sent a message asking you to find a way to plead with His Majesty." The personal maid reported.
Yao Zhaoyi was panicked and afraid. "I go to His Majesty to plead for mercy? I can't even see His Majesty! His Majesty has punished my father now. If I go to plead with him again, what if he takes his anger out on me as well?"
"The Yao family..."
"It's over...it's all over..." Yao Zhaoyi muttered to herself in despair.
Yao Zhaoyi didn't dare to go to the emperor to plead for mercy.
Anyway, as long as the concubine is not personally involved, she will not be implicated if her house is raided.
After all, she was still a Zhaoyi and could live out her old age in the palace. She didn't dare to go to the emperor at this moment.
Yao Zhaoyi hid in the palace for a few days until the Yao family case came to an end and the emperor no longer thought of her. Only then did she feel relieved.
Although I lost my family, I was lucky enough not to be implicated.
She had been wondering these days, why did something happen to the Yao family all of a sudden? Was it because of a mistake in the list of people to be sent abroad?
In the height of summer in June, the heat is overwhelming.
Yao Zhaoyi was bored in the house for a few days and felt even more irritable:
"Aren't you going to get ice? What took you so long?"
At this moment, a palace maid came in crying, knelt down and said, "Master, I bumped into Concubine Shun on the way back with the ice box. Concubine Shun asked me to invite you over..."
Yao Zhaoyi was shocked. She had never taken Shunfei seriously before, but she couldn't afford to offend her now.
"How do you walk?" Yao Zhaoyi asked angrily.
The maid said aggrievedly, "The servants were very careful in carrying the ice box..."
It is not possible to say directly that Concubine Shun bumped into them on purpose, all we can say is that they had already avoided her.
Yao Zhaoyi pretended not to hear and slapped her in the face, "You are so careless. Come with me to apologize to Concubine Shun."
Royal Garden Path.
Concubine Shun was sitting in the pavilion, with two palace maids fanning her.
A palace maid was kneeling on one side, next to her was a box of ice that had just been taken from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
When Yao Zhaoyi saw this, she immediately bowed with a smile:
"I pay my respects to Concubine Shun! It's all my fault that my maids were careless and bumped into Concubine Shun. I will give each of them twenty slaps. I wonder if Concubine Shun will calm down?"
"I have no control over how you deal with your palace maids. But how are you going to apologize to me for failing to discipline the palace maids?" Concubine Shun glanced at her sideways.
A few days ago, Yao Zhaoyi suggested a talent show...
At that time, Concubine Shun was afraid of the Yao family's family background and only dared to say a few words behind their backs. Now that the Yao family has fallen, she is no longer afraid.
"My concubine... My concubine..." Yao Zhaoyi was furious and didn't know what to say. When had she ever been treated like this?
Even though she had a low position in the past, because of her family background, high-ranking concubines like Concubine Shun did not dare to offend her.
"The weather is so hot, Yao Zhaoyi, are you afraid of the heat?" Concubine Shun said with a half-smile.
Yao Zhaoyi understood instantly and could only say aggrievedly, "I am not afraid of the heat. I am willing to give Xia Bing to Concubine Shun as an apology."
"Now you are sensible. Why didn't you know before that words can cause trouble?" Concubine Shun stood up contentedly and went back with the palace servants carrying the ice box.
Yao Zhaoyi looked at her smug look and angrily slapped the two palace maids several times.
"Useless things, you made me have to apologize to her for you!"
She knew very well that Concubine Shun was deliberately looking for an excuse to step on her.
Trouble comes from the mouth...
This reminded her.
Or maybe her father was not investigated for dereliction of duty, but because he offended certain people by proposing the talent show.
Ning Wanyin!
It was her! She was the one who spoke ill of her father in front of the emperor, causing her family to fall into this state.
She will never let herself go.
Concubine Shun came to bully her today just to please Ning Wanyin and act nice in front of her, right?
Yao Zhaoyi was very afraid of Ning Wanyin in her heart.
But she couldn't just sit there and wait for death.
Now, there is someone in the harem who can compete with Ning Wanyin.
Rong Fei Fu Jiaoyi!
When Xiao Yunyao, Wen Shutang and Xue Jinshu were still around, no one had expected that the person who would eventually assist in managing the six palaces would be Fu Jiaoyi, who had the worst family background.
Yao Zhaoyi originally looked down on her, but now she decided to join Rong Fei!
Rong Fei raised the third prince, so she must have been at odds with the Imperial Noble Consort.
Moreover, after she assisted in managing the six palaces, she held on to the power tightly in her hands. Unlike the previous Concubine Kang who only obeyed Ning Wanyin's orders, it was obvious that she was on the same path as Wen Shutang and was competing with Ning Wanyin.
After thinking it over, Yao Zhaoyi came out of the Imperial Garden and went to Mingde Palace to file a complaint.
"Empress Rong, my maid bumped into Empress Shun, and I can only use ice to apologize... I am afraid that this mere gift of ice will not be enough to appease Empress Shun, and I am very worried..." Yao Zhaoyi looked aggrieved.
Fu Jiaoyi immediately understood that Concubine Shun was looking for an excuse to snatch the ice from Concubine Yao.
I remember that Yao had also snatched Xu Zhaoyi's charcoal...
She had an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
but……
She would naturally not condone the situation where the superiors found excuses to bully the inferiors, and said:
"I will go to Changchun Palace to visit and have a good talk with Concubine Shun about this matter. The weather is hot, you still have to use this ice, don't get too hot."
This means that they want to pressure Concubine Shun to get the ice back.
Seeing this, Yao Zhaoyi was completely relieved.
As expected, Fu Jiaoyi and Ning Wanyin don't get along.
Otherwise, why would she stand up for herself and deal with Concubine Shun?
Shun Fei's pregnancy was saved by Ning Wanyin, and she had always been close to Ning Wanyin. Fu Jiaoyi dared to deal with Shun Fei, which obviously did not give Ning Wanyin face.
Yao Zhaoyi's eyes rolled around: "Empress Rong, I feel that Empress Shun is so domineering, it is very likely that the Imperial Noble Consort is behind it..."
She wanted to take advantage of Concubine Shun's theft to drag Ning Wanyin into the water.
Fu Jiaoyi's eyes fell directly on her face, "What did you say?"
"The Imperial Concubine must be dissatisfied with my proposal for a beauty contest, so she is teaching me a lesson. I am really innocent... I just thought that everyone was as virtuous and fair as the Imperial Concubine Rong, but I didn't expect that some people were... narrow-minded..." Yao Zhaoyi praised one and put down another. She was like this in front of Wen Shutang at the beginning.
Stepping on Ning Wanyin and praising Wen Shutang.
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