Chapter 10 The Empress? That's hilarious!
Jiang Nan stepped forward, not afraid at all, but instead met Hesheli's angry gaze.
He spoke clearly, even with a hint of sarcasm.
"Your Majesty, I offered you tea, and I believe my manners were impeccable and without fault. Yet you neither accepted the tea nor told me to rise, leaving me kneeling there in the cold. Is this not an attempt to intimidate me and show all the ladies of the palace just how majestic Your Majesty is?"
She glanced around at the horrified crowd and sneered.
"Now everyone has seen it, what great majesty! You refuse to drink tea, so you deliberately make things difficult for others, wanting them to kneel indefinitely? Is this how you act as Empress? Outside the palace, there are rumors of your virtue and enlightenment, but it was all an act? Aren't you tired of pretending like this every day?"
"You! How dare you!"
Hershey was so enraged by her barrage of questions and sarcasm that her vision blurred, and she pointed at her with trembling fingers.
Jiang Nan became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke, giving Hesheli no chance to catch her breath, and spoke at an extremely fast pace.
"So what if she's the Empress? Does that mean she can treat us concubines like dirt? Kill us or beat us as she pleases? And what about the children born in the early years of this harem!"
She suddenly raised her voice, her gaze sharp and piercing as she stared at Hesheri.
"Are all these children an eyesore to you? They've either died young or died young. Have you secretly used some kind of magic medicine? If it weren't for your grandfather being Lord Sony, do you really think you could sit on this throne as Empress? With you running the harem, it's truly difficult to have offspring. The only prince is weak and sickly. How can you still pretend to be virtuous? I'm ashamed for you!"
These words were like a thunderclap, both venomous and ruthless, directly tearing away the facade that Hesheri had been trying so hard to maintain.
To expose her most hidden, dark, vicious, and bloody secrets to the public!
"Whoosh—"
The hall erupted in an uproar, and all the concubines were terrified.
Even Consort Niohuru covered her mouth in shock.
Empress Hesheri was completely stunned by this barrage of extremely hurtful words.
His mind was buzzing, his face turned from red to green, then from green to white, and finally he completely lost his mind and screamed.
"Rebellion! Rebellion! Guards! Kill her! Kill this madwoman immediately!"
The guards who rushed in were also intimidated by the Empress's display of force, but they dared not disobey her orders and hesitated before stepping forward to arrest the person.
Jiang Nan suddenly turned around and shouted at the guards.
"Have you thought this through?"
She stood ramrod straight, without a trace of fear.
"I am a concubine personally appointed by the Emperor. My surname is Guarjia, which is a prominent Manchu surname. It is true that the Sony family are regents, but they are only regents, not the Emperor. Without the Emperor's permission, who would dare to touch me?"
Her gaze swept over the hesitant guards, her voice carrying a powerful force.
"This is the Emperor's harem, not the private domain of the Hesheli family, where she can arbitrarily order the concubines to be beaten or killed. You have made a move today, and if the Emperor comes to investigate, who can bear the consequences?"
The guards were stunned by her words, and they stopped in their tracks, looking at each other in bewilderment, not daring to go forward.
The Empress may be noble, but the Emperor is the true master.
Consort Jiang's words were all reasonable, and they hit the nail on the head regarding their biggest fear—being held accountable afterward.
Seeing that the guards had been subdued, Jiang Nan snorted coldly and looked back at Hesheli, who was so angry that he almost fainted.
His tone softened, but it became even more provocative.
"Your Majesty, if you wish to kill me, so be it. Bring me the Emperor's decree, and I, Guargia Jiangnan, will not resist and will willingly face death; otherwise..."
She drawled out her words.
"Please continue to be virtuous and patient!"
"You...you...you..."
Hershey pointed at her, his fingers trembling violently, a lump in his throat.
You couldn't speak a complete sentence for a long time and almost fainted, only able to be supported by the nanny beside you.
Jiang Nan rolled her eyes.
"What do you mean, 'you'? Hmph, someone as vicious and arrogant as you, do you even deserve to be the mother of the nation? It's laughable."
The entire hall fell silent once again.
Everyone was stunned by Jiang Nan's lawless, arrogant and domineering words and actions.
They regarded him as a god.
Meanwhile, Consort Niohuru, seated to the lower left, now radiated a strange glow on her usually aloof face.
She looked at Jiang Nan, who seemed fearless and had left the Empress speechless.
Something deep within me, long suppressed, seemed to be ignited.
So... women can be like this? So unreasonable? So audacious and arrogant?
Niohuru's heart pounded violently. It turned out that she didn't have to endure it all the time, and she didn't have to maintain that false dignity forever!
She actually... kind of liked Jiang Nan's personality.
However, she quickly calmed down, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.
Hershey's family background is no joke.
Sony is the regent, and his family's influence is deeply entrenched. The emperor has not yet come to power...
Can they really protect the lawless Jiang Nan?
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Empress Hesheri was trembling with anger, her face was ashen, her lips were quivering, and her eyes flashed with a hint of embarrassment and grievance.
For a moment, she really didn't know how to refute Jiang Nan's hurtful and lawless words.
As the empress, she was taught from a young age to be dignified, virtuous, and exemplary in her role as the mother of the nation.
I've never seen such a vulgar, unreasonable, and utterly offensive verbal battle.
She had no idea how to deal with it.
Jiang Nan, however, couldn't be bothered to pay her any more attention.
It feels good to argue with someone, but you have to deal with the consequences.
She knew she had to go to Emperor Kangxi immediately, seize the opportunity, file a complaint, and incidentally sow discord between Hesheli and her family.
She straightened her sleeves, as if she had only said a few unimportant words.
He spoke in a flat tone, even with a hint of perfunctoriness, to Hesheri, who was sitting on the phoenix throne, too angry to speak.
"If Your Majesty has nothing else to say, I have paid my respects and offered you tea, so I will take my leave now."
After saying that, she didn't wait for the Empress's reaction at all, and turned to Fang Ruo, who was kneeling on the ground.
"Fang Ruo!"
Fangruo's heart was pounding in her throat.
But upon hearing his master's summons, he suppressed his fear, stood up, and tried to steady his trembling voice as he answered.
"Yes, sir!"
"Let's go back."
Jiang Nan spoke casually, as if she had just come out for a visit.
Fang Ruo, you really need to work on your mental fortitude. You're so easily frightened by this little situation.
If you follow me from now on, you'll probably encounter this kind of thing quite often.
She muttered to herself, but remained outwardly calm.
She walked straight toward the palace entrance, and the guards blocking her way looked at each other, then subconsciously glanced at the Empress.
Hershey moved her lips, as if she wanted to call out to her.
It didn't make a sound.
Jiang Nan didn't care about any of that and simply reached out and gently pushed aside the guard blocking her way.
"Get out of the way."
The guards were intimidated by her confident demeanor and actually made way for her.
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