Chapter 260: Concubine Zhen is tricked
The Eighth Prince's Mansion——
Deng Ran arrived at Chu Jinyan's yard, and Sheng Xian was sitting under the porch taking a nap.
"Guard Sheng, Guard Sheng..." Deng Ran called softly.
Sheng Xian opened his eyes and looked at Deng Ran in confusion: "Manager Deng, what's the matter?"
"Is Your Highness busy?" Deng Ran asked.
Sheng Xian said: "The prince is taking a nap in the afternoon and just fell asleep."
"I don't have anything important to say. I just heard about what happened in the Princess's Mansion, so I came to report to Your Highness." Deng Ran said.
Sheng Xian's sleepiness disappeared when he heard this, and he asked Deng Ran with great interest, "What's going on at the Princess's Mansion?"
In fact, you can guess it more or less.
His Highness asked Deng Ran to come to the palace to file a complaint. If the Emperor did not take any action, His Highness would probably go to the palace himself and overturn the roof of Chengqian Palace.
But guessing by yourself is not as exciting as hearing it with your own ears.
Deng Ran did not notice the gossipy enthusiasm in Sheng Xian's eyes, so he said, "Didn't His Highness ask me to go to the palace to file a complaint against Prince An? As soon as I left, Princess Huining came into the palace. Eunuch Hu said that the Emperor was furious, and Princess Huining's face was pale when she left."
"But even after the Emperor reprimanded Princess Huining, he still wasn't calmed down, so he asked Eunuch Hu to go to the Princess's residence and announce the decree that Prince An had offended our Highness, and that his title of Prince should be abolished. After his injury heals, he should be beaten with fifty lashes as an example to others."
Sheng Xian listened, and sneered in relief: "You deserve it."
You dare to have ideas about Miss Lu San, and your words are malicious and vulgar. If I don't throw you away, who else will I throw?
"I will tell Your Highness about this when you wake up," Sheng Xian said.
Deng Ran smiled and replied, "Then I will take my leave first."
Same with the Lu family.
Wu Yue stood in front of Lu Xiang and told him how Zheng Wenwu was deposed.
Lu Xiang was stunned when he heard this.
This... is scrapped?
This kind of thing never happened in my previous life.
After being stunned for a long while, Lu Xiang asked, "What did Young Master Zheng do?" to make the Eighth Prince treat him like this?
If you throw someone down from the second floor of Chunmanlou, he will be half-crippled if not dead.
"I don't know." Wu Yue shook her head: "No one outside knows."
Everyone only knew that Prince An bumped into the Eighth Prince in the restaurant and even spoke wildly to His Highness. The Eighth Prince could tolerate it and threw the man down without saying a word.
Lu Xiang stared with his eyes wide open, and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.
This spoiled son is very stubborn.
In his previous life, Lu Xiang had witnessed the emperor's favor towards Princess Huining. To be frank, Zheng Wenwu could almost be considered to be on par with the prince.
From this we can see that if it were any other prince today, even if his status as a prince was noble, he would still be reprimanded by the emperor. It would not be like what happened to Chu Jinyan, where not only was he protected, but he also stripped Zheng Wenwu of his title of prince.
However, in his previous life, Zheng Wenwu did not have any enmity with Chu Jinyan, and he even tried to please Chu Jinyan everywhere.
Imperial Palace, Jingren Palace
When Empress Song heard about this, she was gloating over the misfortune when she suddenly heard an announcement from outside that Concubine Yi had arrived.
"Why is she here again?"
Queen Song's eyebrows jumped and she asked in confusion.
In the past, except for the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar during festivals, he would never come for the third time in a month unless it was absolutely necessary. But now, it’s only been a few days, and he’s coming again?
Concubine Yi rushed into the side hall and arrived before anyone could see her.
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you. May you live a thousand years."
As soon as he finished speaking, he had already entered the inner hall. Seeing Queen Song sitting on the couch, he smiled and sat down opposite her.
Queen Song: “…”
Did I ask you to sit down?
Concubine Yi didn't notice Queen Song's subconscious eye roll. Her beautiful eyes were filled with excitement as she looked at Queen Song and asked, "Have you heard about Chu Huining, Your Majesty?"
Queen Song raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Concubine Yi calmly: "What's the matter?"
Concubine Yi thought that Empress Song didn't know yet, so she enthusiastically told her what had happened.
"...Hey, Chu Huining has always been arrogant, but she deserves it this time! Apart from being respectful to the previous two queens and the queen mother, she is always condescending to every concubine in our harem. Your Majesty, you are the queen, but you have also been mocked by her. With her arrogant and ignorant personality, it is amazing that she has only fallen at this age."
Chu Huining respected the first queen because she was the first wife and the most noble woman in the world.
The reason why he treated the second Empress Yao with respect was because she was the apple of his eye and he dared not disrespect her.
As for the current Queen Song, not only is she the successor to the throne, but she also has no legitimate children. So in terms of nobility, Chu Huining feels from the bottom of her heart that Queen Song is not as noble as herself. In addition, the Emperor and Queen Song only treat each other with respect, and Queen Song has been low-key and not a troublemaker before, so Chu Huining has often joined the Queen Mother in ridiculing Queen Song.
Queen Song looked at Concubine Yi, who then picked a grape and ate it, with a look of astonishment on her face.
I thought to myself, Concubine Yi, you are quite amazing.
What does it mean that he came to her palace specially to laugh at Chu Huining with her?
After eating a bunch of grapes in one go, Concubine Yi raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, can you give me a cup of tea?"
Queen Song was speechless.
As soon as you entered the hall, you started talking a lot, and then you were eating a bunch of grapes happily, leaving her no time to come to her senses and ask for tea.
"Yunlu, serve the tea."
As she spoke, Yunlu came in with a teacup in her hand: "Empress Yi, please have some tea."
Concubine Yi took the teacup, opened the lid and sniffed it gently, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, the Biluochun here is really fragrant."
Queen Song: "Concubine Yi likes it. I have a lot more here. You can take some back when you leave later."
Concubine Yi smiled and thanked her: "Thank you very much, Queen."
Having said that, he started drinking happily.
Biluochun is also divided into first and second grades. The best one is naturally given to the emperor. The rest is given to the empress dowager and the queen, and the concubines get the second-best grade.
This is only possible for concubines who have high status and are favored.
However, those ladies of lower status and those who were not favored did not drink good tea, but what tea was available in that season.
It's not like Concubine Yi didn't have Biluochun to drink, but her words clearly had a flattering meaning.
Although Queen Song didn't notice Concubine Yi's visit last time, she could clearly feel Concubine Yi's attempt to please her this time.
But Queen Song didn't know whether it was sincere or false.
After all, Concubine Yi has her own son and her family is not bad.
After drinking half a cup of tea, Concubine Yi continued, "Your Majesty, Zheng Wenwu is arrogant and domineering. It all comes down to Chu Huining's poor parenting. Your Majesty, why don't you issue an imperial decree to the Princess's Mansion and take this opportunity to give him a good scolding?"
Concubine Yi spared no effort in adding insult to injury.
"Concubine Yi, you have crossed the line. I don't need you to teach me how to do things." Queen Song glanced at Concubine Yi and said.
Concubine Yi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly stood up and apologized: "I spoke out of turn, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
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