Chapter 421 Liu Yiyi is banished to the Cold Palace
Su Wan'er returned to the inner palace, and Liu Yiyi brought Zhao Xuan to her Rouyi Palace.
The little princess's cries could be heard from outside the palace, "Waaaaah..."
Liu Yiyi, holding her wailing daughter, also shed tears. She intentionally or unintentionally pulled open her clothes, revealing her bruised and purple arms, which Zhao Xuan could see clearly.
"Yun'er, don't cry, don't cry, your mother is here."
"Your Majesty, Consort Su has never given birth and is certainly not capable of taking care of children. Perhaps I should take Yun'er back with me?"
The child cried loudly, "Waaaaah..."
“Yun’er is covered in bruises. The injury is on the child’s body, but the pain is in the mother’s heart. Consort Su has misunderstood me. She has transferred her hatred for me onto Yun’er. I let her beat and scold me as long as she can vent her anger. I only ask that she not harm Yun’er in the future.”
Seeing her mother cry, the little princess cried even harder, "Waaah, Mother, Mother, I only want Mother, I want Mother! Consort Su is a bad woman, she hit me, she pinched me..."
She hugged Liu Yiyi and said to Zhao Xuan, "Father, Yun'er doesn't like her. I don't want to live with her. I only want Mother."
"Yun'er, don't cry. Your mother is here. Your mother is here. From now on, your mother will never entrust you to anyone again, and I will never let anyone hurt you..."
Seeing her daughter crying so heartbrokenly, Liu Yiyi felt her heart breaking, but this was the fastest and best way she could think of to get her daughter back.
The thought of her daughter being raised by someone else and having to say goodbye to her mother caused her heart to ache as if it were being torn apart. This was the daughter she had given birth to after countless brushes with death.
Zhao Xuan felt heartbroken to see his child crying like that; this was his first and only child.
Gently wipe away her daughter's tears and snot with a handkerchief.
He coaxed her gently, "Yun'er, don't cry. Your father promises you that you can go back to your mother's side and will never be raised by someone else again."
Zhao Xuan felt that no matter how much resentment Su Wan'er harbored, it was too much for her to harm a child who was not even three years old.
Just as he was about to send someone to call her back, Su Wan'er arrived at the door. "Your Majesty, what brings you here?"
Su Wan'er stood outside for a while, listened to the conversation inside, and went in at the right time.
She feigned ignorance, "Your Majesty, Consort Liu, what are you all doing here? What happened to the princess?"
Liu Yiyi got angry when she heard this, handed the child to the nanny next to her, rushed over and slapped her.
Su Wan'er raised her hand and intercepted her wrist.
He slapped her hard across the face with his backhand, "Smack!"
Liu Yiyi's face was slapped to the side, and it quickly became red and swollen. She covered her cheek, turned her head to look at her, her eyes filled with resentment and shock. Soon, tears started streaming down her face again.
"You dare hit me? You ordered the palace maids to abuse Yun'er, pinching her until she was covered in bruises and cried. I tried to come in to visit her several times, but the palace maids stopped me, saying it was your order. Why did you do this? If you have any grievances or hatred, come at me. She is still a child who is not even three years old."
Su Wan'er said, "I don't know what you're talking about. I have never mistreated Yun'er. I treat her like my own daughter and indulge her in everything. I never force her to please the Emperor. She said she is very happy with me and even wants to call me Mother Consort."
"Consort Su, don't go too far. Yun'er has been in your care for the past few days and is covered in injuries. I am very disappointed in you." Zhao Xuan reacted and stepped forward to protect Liu Yiyi, pushing Su Wan'er away.
Su Wan'er fell to the ground, her bones hitting the ground hard. Tears streamed down her face as she struggled to her feet, crawling on her knees to Zhao Xuan's feet and tugging at his trouser leg.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent! I did not lay a hand on the princess at all. I was only out of the palace for a short while and knew nothing about it. I swear that if I caused the princess's injury, may the wronged souls of my entire Su family never be reincarnated."
Zhao Xuan didn't believe it; the princess's injuries couldn't be faked. "From now on, Yun'er will be raised by Consort Liu again. Consort Su will be confined to her quarters for a month and have three months' salary deducted. If she still doesn't repent, she'll be sent to the Cold Palace!"
The Su family ended up in this state because he felt guilty towards Su Wan'er for not punishing the culprit Yun Jiaoyue. That's why he gave her a lenient punishment.
Liu Yiyi was still not satisfied with the punishment. She thought she would be stripped of her rank as a concubine and banished to the cold palace again.
That's how it ended up...
No problem, there's plenty of time. We'll have plenty of opportunities to crush her into the mud and never let her rise again.
Zhu'er, a palace maid in Su Wan'er's palace, said, "Your Majesty, this servant deserves to die! The princess's injuries were all caused by this servant alone, and have nothing to do with Consort Su. Please spare Consort Su."
She was the palace maid who had been bribed by Liu Yiyi.
She was timid, soft-hearted, and easy to talk to. Because of her kindness, she was bullied and ostracized by the other palace maids and eunuchs. They made her do heavy work and stole her food, forcing her to eat leftovers and spoiled food.
It was Su Wan'er who saved her and promoted her to a second-class palace maid, who then retaliated against those who had bullied her.
Pearl would rather die than betray her, so she pretended to be bribed by Liu Yiyi and played along.
Su Wan'er looked at her with a pained expression, "Zhu'er, what did you say? Why did you do this?"
"This servant knows her mistake. My mother is ill and needs money. I was confused for a moment..."
Zhu'er revealed that Liu Yiyi had instructed her to abuse the princess, pinching several bruises on the princess's body and framing Su Wan'er. She also produced evidence that Liu Yiyi had bribed her with one hundred taels of silver and a gold ingot.
In this way, Liu Yiyi can not only win back her daughter, but also take revenge on Su Wan'er, killing two birds with one stone.
Liu Yiyi still tried to argue.
Zhu'er then said, "Your Majesty, the princess's injuries are fake. I was worried that Consort Liu would abandon me after using me, so I didn't dare to really hurt the princess. I just applied some medicine to her body."
Zhao Xuan ordered someone to fetch water, and the palace maids were indeed able to wipe away the bluish-purple medicine stains from the little princess's body with a wet cloth.
He ordered the imperial guards to drag away the palace maids who served Consort Liu for questioning, and it turned out that Consort Liu was the one who did it.
"Guards, demote Consort Liu to the rank of Concubine Liu and confine her to her quarters for three months. Without my order, she is not to leave the house. Yun'er will be raised by me personally."
Liu Yiyi knelt down and grabbed Zhao Xuan's trouser leg, pleading, "No, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I will never dare to do it again. Please give me another chance for Yun'er's sake."
Seeing her mother cry, the little princess knelt down beside her and pleaded for her, "Father, I beg you to give Mother another chance. It was because I wanted to go back to Mother that Mother did this. It's all my fault. Please forgive Mother."
Zhao Xuan felt that it was all Liu Yiyi's fault that the child was lying at such a young age, and he resented her even more. "Guards, send Consort Liu... Concubine Liu to the Cold Palace."
He can't trust anyone now. Although there is no concrete evidence, he feels that this matter is inseparable from Su Wan'er. She has changed and is no longer the simple woman she used to be.
Su Wan'er pleaded for Zhu'er.
Zhao Xuan treated Zhu'er leniently, but instead gave her ten heavy lashes and expelled her from the palace.
That little princess is quite scheming despite her young age. She has no children of her own and doesn't want to raise the princess, so let her take her away.
Otherwise, if something goes wrong later, they'll blame it on her.
I composed myself and continued reading the storybooks I had bought from outside the palace.
She went from being a simple-minded fool to defeating Liu Yiyi simply because she had read many popular palace intrigue and domestic drama novels from the past two years.
She carefully studied several novels, including "The Salted Fish Empress's Palace Intrigue," "The Substitute Empress's Exclusive Favor," and "War and Beauty"...
My favorite is "The Salted Fish Empress's Palace Intrigue," which is both funny and clever. She rises from a silly salted fish to become the Empress Dowager, ruling from behind the curtain and wielding immense power.
The female lead in the film is her role model, and I've watched it several times.
She had to defeat her enemies and then find a way to leave the palace to reunite with her family. The storybooks said that fighting alone wouldn't work.
We need to find someone to help us, but who should we ask?
If Consort Zhang knew that the cat that killed her child was brought into the palace by Yun Jiaoyue, I wonder if she would still follow her lead?
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When Yun Jiaoyue heard that Liu Yiyi had been banished to the Cold Palace, she doubted that she had heard correctly.
How could someone as shrewd and calculating as Liu Yiyi lose to that simple-minded idiot Su Wan'er?!
Granny Cao reminded her, "Your Highness, Consort Su seems to have received guidance from a master and has become smarter. She should not be underestimated. It seems we need to be more careful from now on."
Yun Jiaoyue rolled her eyes and sneered disdainfully, "Hmph! I am a Noble Consort, the future Empress, and I have the son in my belly to rely on. Do you think I'd be afraid of a mere concubine? What a joke!"
"Your Highness, it's always better to be careful," Granny Cao advised earnestly.
Yun Jiaoyue simply wouldn't listen.
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