Chapter 40 Noble Lady Shen strikes back
Concubine Shen was brought before Concubine Yu. Concubine Yu saw that there was nothing good about Concubine Shen, so she looked down at Concubine Shen.
Shen Guiren bowed and said, "Greetings to Concubine Yu."
Concubine Yu did not shout, but asked casually: "I heard that you are not feeling well?"
Concubine Shen said, “Yes.”
"What's wrong with you? I see that your hands are fine and your complexion is good. You just don't want to copy the sutras. Now you are trying to make excuses!" Concubine Yu snorted coldly: "I asked you to copy the sutras to atone for your sins? What? Do you dare to object?"
"I dare not." Concubine Shen lowered her head to the ground.
Concubine Yu said: "Since you dare not, then copy it. You were lazy in copying the scriptures in your own palace. Now I am watching you, so copy it here!"
Concubine Shen's eyes were red.
Concubine Yu narrowed her eyes when she saw her pitiful appearance: "Noble Lady Shen! Are you unwilling?"
Concubine Shen said tremblingly: "I am willing."
"To show your piety, you should kneel down and copy it."
Concubine Yu was drinking tea there, staring at Concubine Shen out of boredom. Concubine Shen was kneeling and copying scriptures. After copying the scriptures for a while, she coughed twice, but did not dare to cough loudly, and her body was shaky.
Concubine Yu had seen Shen Qing like this before, and now she suddenly frowned when she saw it.
These two people are so weak?
Concubine Yu narrowed her eyes and said nothing at the moment, thinking to herself, would Concubine Shen also faint soon?
Wen Qiu saw Shen Qing faint with his own eyes. Now seeing Shen Guiren's appearance, he also thought of Shen Qing.
Look, the master and servant thought of the same thing.
Concubine Shen looked more and more haggard, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore. The brush in her hand fell to the ground. When she tried to pick it up again, her fingers were shaking. She couldn't even pick up the brush, let alone write.
Concubine Yu's eyes turned slightly and she suddenly said, "Forget it, let's stop here today."
Then he gave Wen Qiu a look.
Wen Qiu was just thinking about this when he realized, "I will escort Concubine Shen out."
Concubine Shen stood up tremblingly and walked out of Zhongyu Palace.
Wen Qiu sent her out but did not leave. After thinking about it, he followed her. He saw Concubine Shen walking towards Fengyi Palace. Suddenly, she fainted in front of the gate of Fengyi Palace!
Before Wen Qiu could react, he had already fallen to the ground. The palace maiden at the gate of Fengyi Palace screamed and ran to help him up.
Wen Qiu immediately returned to Zhong Yu Palace to report.
Upon hearing the report, Concubine Yu slammed the table and said, "She's just pretending!"
"That's what I think too!"
Concubine Yu was wondering if the person would faint. But if Concubine Shen fainted, at least he fainted in Zhongyu Palace. This Concubine Shen was really amazing. She fainted in front of the gate of Fengyi Palace!
Concubine Shen fainted at the gate of Fengyi Palace. That was no small matter; it was the Queen's business.
When the queen got the news, she immediately called in the imperial physician. Soon, the maid from Concubine Shen's palace also arrived. The maid looked pale and seemed to have no energy left. She looked so pitiful.
The queen frowned as soon as she saw him: "What's going on? What happened to your noble lady?"
The maid knelt down and kowtowed to the queen: "Please, Queen, please make the decision. This servant and I, the noble lady, are about to be forced to live by Concubine Yu."
"What?" The Queen looked incredulous. "What happened? Tell me in detail."
The palace maid lifted up her clothes, revealing the horrifying marks of deep and shallow whippings on her arms.
The Queen couldn't help but frown: "Was this done by Concubine Yu?"
"I dare not deliberately criticize Concubine Yu, but a few days ago, you punished Concubine Yu by making her kneel and copy scriptures, but I was able to stand it. Now I am not feeling well and cannot stand such torture. Please, Queen, please help me!"
The Queen's face immediately darkened. "In the past, Concubine Yu was just a little domineering and her words were a little harsh. I tolerated her because she was the biological mother of the Second Prince and the Third Princess. But today she wants to kill someone. This cannot be tolerated. Someone, bring Concubine Yu here and ask her to explain herself. I want to see what reasons she has to torture Concubine Shen like this!"
"No need, I came here by myself!" As soon as the queen finished speaking, Concubine Yu walked in.
She looked at the palace maid who was still kneeling on the ground and kicked her: "You plotted against me! You are so bold!"
The palace maid was kicked by Concubine Yu and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
The Queen was furious: "Concubine Yu! How dare you be so presumptuous in front of me! You think I can't control you, right? In that case, I will go and ask the Emperor to come!"
Concubine Yu was also shocked, but she was not afraid at the moment and she smiled coldly.
Xuanyuan Ling had always disliked matters concerning the harem, and now it was the Queen who asked him to do so. He immediately became angry: "As the head of the six palaces, can't the Queen make the decision on even such a small matter?"
Jinzhi knelt on the ground, bit her lower lip and said, "This is about Concubine Yu. After all, Concubine Yu is the biological mother of the prince and princess. If the queen makes the decision on her own, it may hurt the prince and princess's reputation. That's why I asked the emperor to go there."
The Queen had no children, so she couldn't control Concubine Yu, otherwise she wouldn't have allowed a concubine to climb over her head.
Xuanyuan Ling hated the queen for being not only vicious but also useless, and he didn't want to give her a child. Now that this kind of thing had happened, he had no choice but to go even if he was impatient.
But I was also angry in my heart. Concubine Yu! Concubine Yu again!
The emperor went to Fengyi Palace.
Everyone in Fengyi Palace knelt down.
The queen immediately pleaded guilty: "I am incompetent, please punish me, Your Majesty."
Xuanyuan Ling couldn't blame her at this moment: "Get up."
The Queen got up.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't even look at Concubine Yu.
This made Concubine Yu's face stiffen and then turn pale, and she clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand.
"How is Noble Shen?"
The Queen said, "She hasn't woken up yet. I see her face is pale, her lips are white, and her knees are blue and purple. I don't know how long she has been punished to be like this. And..."
The queen called over the maids around Concubine Shen. Now there was more than one of them. Concubine Shen had four servants serving her, and they were all here.
They rolled up their sleeves one by one and exposed themselves in front of Xuanyuan Ling.
All four of them were beaten and bruised.
Xuanyuan Ling's face suddenly turned ugly.
It is not that there are no punishments for servants in the palace, but Concubine Yu has a domineering temper. She has always punished others by making them kneel, but now she is so vicious that she beats people all over their bodies. It is really cruel.
He had just felt disgusted that he had married a queen who would murder pregnant women, and now this Concubine Yu had caught up with him.
Moreover, Concubine Yu is different from the Queen. The Queen has never been favored by Xuanyuan Ling, but Concubine Yu has been favored by Xuanyuan Ling.
Just like with Concubine Wang back then, he felt disgusted for having favored Concubine Wang. Now that he had to look at Concubine Yu, he felt even more disgusted.
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