Chapter 41 Knocking
Xuanyuan Ling asked Concubine Yu in a stern voice: "What's going on?"
Concubine Yu was shocked. She never thought that Xuanyuan Ling would be so strict for a few servants, and she was really being plotted against!
Concubine Yu still felt aggrieved, and said, "Your Majesty, it is because Concubine Shen deliberately fainted at the gate of the Queen's palace in order to ruin my reputation."
"What?"
Xuanyuan Ling's brows were furrowed.
Concubine Yu hurriedly said, "I have also sent someone to call the imperial physician, and he is already waiting outside. Although I punished Concubine Shen to kneel, she did not faint earlier or later, but on the day when the Empress Fengyi Palace was gated. There must be something fishy here, and I did not punish her for no reason."
Concubine Yu said with great heartache: "I fell down in the Imperial Garden that day because I stepped on a pearl left by Concubine Shen in the Imperial Garden. I punished the people around Concubine Shen because they knew that Concubine Shen's bracelet was broken but did not look for it diligently. This is why I suffered such a disaster. Please investigate it clearly, Your Majesty."
Concubine Yu said, "Also, I punished her to copy scriptures. That was to commemorate my destined child. Concubine Shen said today that she was not feeling well and did not want to copy scriptures, so I called her to my palace. Although I asked her to kneel, I never punished her. I asked the imperial physician to feel her pulse and we would know. If she was fine at the beginning, then what she did today was deliberately to cause me to punish her. She wanted to use the power of the Queen to avenge me for asking her to copy scriptures these days."
Xuanyuan Ling narrowed his eyes and said, "Send someone to show it to Concubine Shen."
The Queen was shocked when she heard this, and the Emperor believed Concubine Yu.
The imperial physician brought by Concubine Yu went in to check Concubine Shen's pulse.
After a while, the doctor came out and reported to Xuanyuan Ling: "Your Excellency is a little weak, and the bruises on your legs are caused by kneeling as punishment. There will be no root cause of illness. It is just due to fatigue. There is no other problem."
The queen frowned when she heard this.
Xuanyuan Ling laughed when he heard this: "There are so many talented people in my harem, one by one, huh?"
Concubine Yu was domineering and bullied Noble Lady Shen, but Noble Lady Shen was not a pushover either, and she plotted against Concubine Yu until she fell into the hands of the Queen.
What a good show.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
At this time, the Queen and Concubine Yu both knelt down.
Xuanyuan Ling sneered: "Concubine Yu..."
Concubine Yu already regretted it in her heart. She didn't expect the emperor to be so angry. But now it was too late to turn back. She could only endure it: "I am here."
"If you are not calm, don't copy scriptures for others. Copy more scriptures by yourself to calm your mind. I see that you are not stable. If it happens again, I will not be at ease if the second prince and the third princess stay with you."
Concubine Yu was stunned for a moment: "Your Majesty?" Is he going to take the second prince and the third princess away and not let her raise them herself?
She suddenly kowtowed to Xuanyuan Ling, without any trace of her usual arrogance and domineering attitude: "I won't do it again next time. I will definitely educate the Second Prince and the Third Princess well and will never let the Emperor down."
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her and remembered that although she had a domineering personality, she treated children very well. After all, she had given birth to two children and had recently suffered the pain of losing a son, so this matter was also calculated.
He didn't really mean what he said just now, but he just wanted to scare Concubine Yu and make her behave herself. He hated mothers who used their children to scheme against each other, and Concubine Yu's care for her child softened his heart.
Xuanyuan Ling reached out to help her.
Concubine Yu's eyes were red: "Your Majesty..."
"Get up."
Concubine Yu's lips trembled a little: "Yes."
Xuanyuan Ling said: "Go back."
Concubine Yu did not dare to stay. She walked outside and her heart still felt cold when she thought of Xuanyuan Ling's words just now. She really felt cold. Although Xuanyuan Ling did not dote on her as much as before during this period, she never thought that one day he would actually propose to send the second prince and the third princess away.
Concubine Yu was terrified. She only now recalled whether she had really made him angry. She had originally thought that Concubine Shen was pretending to faint this time, and she would definitely not forgive her. She also thought of Shen Qing as well. Last time, Shen Qing was also pretending and was deceived. She even wanted to attack Shen Qing.
But now that Xuanyuan Ling said this, she really didn't dare to have any more thoughts.
At least, in the short term, she shouldn't make any more moves, even though Xuanyuan Ling was just trying to scare her.
But she didn't dare take risks with her child.
In Fengyi Palace, Xuanyuan Ling turned his head expressionlessly: "Empress..."
The queen's heart skipped a beat: "I am here."
"The queen can't even handle such a small matter, which is a dereliction of duty."
The Queen's dereliction of duty is a very serious crime.
"I acknowledge my guilt." The Queen didn't dare to speak too loudly for fear of angering Xuanyuan Ling.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her coldly: "The harem is getting more and more chaotic. There were fewer people in the past, but now this new person has only been here for a few months, and things keep coming back and forth. The queen has always been very strict about rules, but how can the harem be managed like this? Is it normal for the concubines to scheme against each other? Or is it that the top beam is not straight, and the bottom beam is crooked?"
The queen's heart almost jumped out of her chest.
Ever since Xuanyuan Ling said that he would not investigate that day, the Queen has never felt at ease.
The emperor has not come, so she has been deceiving herself. After all, there is no evidence. Concubine Yu suspects her, but there is nothing she can do. Even if the emperor has doubts about her, he has to consider the face of the royal family. Nothing will happen.
But now that Xuanyuan Ling said that the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked, the queen is having difficulty breathing.
Her voice was extremely dry: "It is my fault."
"It's a good thing that the Queen values rules. If you understand the rules, you will know more about what to do and what not to do. I don't want to see you do things that you shouldn't do again. The Queen should take today's incident as a warning. I don't want to see you do that again in the future."
The queen said in a hoarse voice: "I understand, your concubine."
Xuanyuan Ling then left.
The queen smiled bitterly as she watched Xuanyuan Ling leave. Jinzhi stepped forward and helped the queen up with concern: "Your Majesty."
"I'm fine." The Queen said, "Your Majesty just frightened me like he frightened Concubine Yu just now. Having these words makes me feel more at ease than if Your Majesty did nothing..."
Yes, it is better to say it out loud than not to say it out loud, but saying it out loud will hurt the relationship between husband and wife. The queen pursed her lips, feeling very uncomfortable in her heart.
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