"elder sister."
Zhu Sijia shed tears. She stepped forward and held Zhu Siyi's sleeve, "I am not threatening you with Your Majesty, but you are calling Your Majesty one cousin at a time. If it really comes down to hierarchy, you should also call me Cousin-in-law." .”
"You can ignore me, but you must never ignore His Majesty. This is disloyal and disrespectful."
"Besides -" Zhu Sijia bent down and lowered her voice, "Even if you make thousands of appearances of unwillingness, don't you know better than anyone else why I came to His Majesty's bed?"
Zhu Siyi was poked by her, and became angry and pulled back her sleeves: "How dare you put such a big hat on me!"
In the flash of lightning, Zhu Sijia stumbled and fell to the ground, hitting her head heavily on the corner of the bed, making a loud noise.
Aunt Duan, who was waiting outside the tent, noticed something was wrong, winked at the accompanying maids, and hurriedly walked into the tent of the two of them.
"Sister, why do you target me again and again?"
When Aunt Duan opened the curtain, what she saw was Zhu Sijia lying at Zhu Siyi's feet, with tears in her eyes, looking pitiful.
The sealed space was suddenly broken into by an outsider, and the person who came was someone close to and trusted by Yan Xiu.
Before Zhu Siyi could restrain her movements, she was at a loss. She looked at Aunt Duan and stammered an explanation:
"Duan, Aunt Duan, I didn't push her, I really didn't push Scarlett! No, I didn't push the beauty, heaven and earth can tell! I just want to take my hand back!"
Aunt Duan's face was livid, and she glanced coldly: "I will truthfully report to Your Majesty what happened tonight."
"Before that, I wish the eldest lady to commit the following crimes, despise the monarch's authority, disrespect the emperor, and insult the concubines. As this is your first offense, you should be slapped twenty times as punishment according to the law."
As soon as he finished speaking, two tall palace maids walked up to Zhu Siyi:
"Miss Zhu, I'm offended."
Unexpectedly, Zhu Scarlett, who has always been timid and quiet, actually made plans in advance this time and slowly released the bait so that she could use a painful trick on her!
Zhu Siyi struggled hard, trying to break free from the shackles: "Aunt Duan, believe me! I really didn't push her. It was Zhu Meiren who deliberately made the illusion that we sisters are not compatible to frame me!"
While Aunt Duan carefully helped Zhu Sijia up, she said calmly: "If Miss Zhu says one more word, she will be slapped twenty more times according to the palace rules."
Ordinarily, a woman's lips would be broken if she was slapped twenty times, and she would be unable to eat. She would not be able to recover without being punished for the first half of a month. If she was slapped forty times, even her teeth would be knocked out!
What if Zhu Siyi becomes angry out of shame? I had to shut up.
She was pulled aside to be executed, and loud and clear slaps came one after another.
Zhu Sijia lowered her head, sniffed, and thanked Aunt Duan in a low voice: "Thank you Aunt Duan for helping me get through today's siege. I was useless and couldn't stop the eldest sister from offending the royal family."
The coldness on Aunt Duan's face melted away slightly: "Beauty, there is no need to be polite."
Zhu Sijia slowly rummaged through a few pieces of clothing that had not been damaged from the box she brought with her, and the clapping stopped at this time.
She turned around and looked at Zhu Siyi who was lying at her feet.
The lower half of her face was completely red from the beating, and her little cherry mouth was not only broken but also oozing blood, swollen and even a little funny, and she no longer had the slightest trace of the demeanor of the most noble daughter of the Qin Dynasty.
Compared to the suffering she suffered at the hands of her lover in her previous life, where was this?
Zhu Sijia couldn't bear it and said solemnly:
"Eldest sister, you must not feel resentment toward His Majesty or Aunt Duan. If you want to, blame me."
Zhu Siyi couldn't express her pain, and she didn't have the strength or courage to argue with Zhu Sijia. Being so angry at her, she could only stare at her angrily and watch her go away.
Early the next morning.
There were faint sounds of birds and animals howling in the forest.
This autumn hunting is grand in scale, not only the traditional events of Great Qin, envoys from various countries have brainstormed and offered suggestions, so there are many new and novel ways to play.
Today is the so-called thrilling falcon taming meeting. An eagle has been transported from the Khotan Kingdom thousands of miles away, waiting for the warriors to tame it.
Before dawn, Yan Xiu got up on time at Mao Shi.
This has been his unshakable habit for many years.
In early autumn, the sun is scorching during the day, and it is not that different from late summer. However, the bone-chilling chill in the mountains and forests this morning and night makes people realize the true power of autumn.
Yan Xiu finished dressing up, put on a black fox scarf cloak over his shoulders, and sat beside the fire pit set up outside the tent, making tea and keeping warm by himself.
It is not advisable to light a fire indoors in autumn and winter. Even if you want to use a fire, you must ensure ventilation.
The palace servant wanted to set up a heater in the tent as usual, but Yan Xiu refused.
Zhu Sijia was still sleeping. If she used charcoal in the tent and the door was opened, she would be delicate and frail, and the cold wind would invade. It would be extremely difficult to get sick in the wilderness.
The jumping flames reflected on the cold white face of the emperor, glowing with energy.
The wood crackled and crackled softly in the fire. Aunt Duan stood aside and told him word for word what she saw and heard last night.
Yan Xiu sneered: "Huh, I didn't expect her to be so useless, to be so cowardly and incompetent after being bullied to the point of being bullied."
Aunt Duan was ashamed and said: "It was the old slave who was negligent and failed to protect the empress."
She watched Yan Xiu grow up and knew Yan Xiu's temperament. Although His Majesty always seemed to be scheming and unkind, His Majesty was a typical man with a sharp mouth and a soft heart, and was not born cold and cold.
Sure enough, Yan Xiu called his personal eunuch Hu Shunhai:
"Go and prepare a decree for me. At sunrise, go to the tent of Prince Yan's Mansion and read it loudly. Make my mother-in-law the Lady of the Third Grade County. There must be no mistakes."
Hu Shunhai's face was full of doubts: "Your Majesty, do you want to restore Princess Yan to your imperial concubine?"
Three years ago, because the adopted son of Princess Yan committed a crime, His Majesty was furious and cut off the imperial edict from Princess Yan.
"Princess Yan?" Yan Xiu looked up at him with disdain, "My aunt is my aunt, and my mother-in-law is my mother-in-law. Can't you tell the difference between my aunt and my mother-in-law?"
The beauty is the concubine of Prince Yan's palace. On the surface, she should be addressed as Princess Yan's concubine Zhang's mother, so she naturally has two mothers-in-law in name.
Hu Shunhai trembled with fright: "Oh! Your Majesty, you must not do this! Since ancient times, there is no precedent for a concubine to be a concubine beyond the mistress! This, this is really against the rules!"
No matter how much Your Majesty loves Zhu Meiren, it shouldn't be so ridiculous. Princess Yan is the Queen Mother's sister! How will the Queen Mother pass this test?
Yan Xiu said calmly: "I am the rule, who dares to comment on it?"
Hu Shunhai wiped the sweat from his cheek: "Your Majesty, I wish the beauty's biological mother, Mrs. Yu, did not accompany her to participate in the autumn hunting this time. This -"
Yan Xiu interrupted him: "Just keep in mind."
Anyway, this imperial edict was read to Zhu Siyi, mother and daughter.
Whether Princess Yan is jealous or jealous, can she continue to treat her harshly if the Yu family has an imperial edict?
