Rufei was like a cheerful little bird, flapping its wings and "flying" out.
"Your Majesty, I am a concubine... I am here to see you, Your Majesty."
She learned the etiquette of the Yan Dynasty, and like all the concubines in the harem, she bowed to the emperor, hoping that he would see a different side of her.
Unexpectedly, the emperor just looked at her indifferently and asked perfunctorily: "Get up! Are you still used to everything in the palace?"
Ru Fei nodded: "This is the first time for me to be so close to the emperor. I am extremely happy. There is nothing I am not used to."
The emperor nodded and turned around to walk behind her. Rufei followed: "Your Majesty, aren't you here to see me? Where are you going?"
Wang De turned around and raised his hand to stop her: "Rufei, the emperor wants to see the second princess, please go back first!"
Rufei thought to herself that after seeing the second princess, she had to come to see her, so she ran away with joy.
She had to go back quickly and tell the palace people to arrange wine and food. She would definitely present herself to the emperor today.
"Princess, this material is so beautiful. I heard that velvet flower and snow satin is very rare. It can only be found at the Imperial Concubine's house!"
The second princess sat at the top, staring at the envious palace maid, and after drinking the fragrant tea, she said, "Do you like it?"
The palace maid hurriedly said: "I don't dare, this is a reward from the Imperial Concubine to Your Highness the Princess. I have short-sighted eyes and have never seen such a good thing. It's really not..."
"If you like it, I will reward you."
"ah?"
The palace maid didn't come back to her senses for a moment, but after hearing the words of the second princess, she knelt on the ground with a plop: "Princess, this is a gift from the master and the queen to you. Only princesses like you can wear gold branches and jade leaves. Servant... Where is the slave?" …”
"Why can't slave wear it?"
The second princess chuckled: "Before she was favored by her father, the imperial concubine was just a small nobleman in the Xihe Palace. Her biological mother was a dancer in the Ruyang Palace and was taken into the palace by Jiang Shangshu. Wasn't she a legitimate sister at that time? Slave? It was only because of my father's favor that she changed from slave to master. Now no one mentions her past identity. It is just a few pieces of cloth, and it is worthy of her to reward this princess. I think that she rewards her. It’s just right for slaves like you.”
Her mother was originally the legitimate daughter of Duke Chengguo, so her status was naturally noble. Her maternal grandfather was originally a first-class duke. As long as Duke Chengguo's palace did not collapse, she would have a backer in the future.
But Jiang Xinyue ruined everything.
Regardless of the care she gave her back then and the friendship between them as playmates, she wanted to put her mother and concubine to death, and even the Chengguo Duke's Palace didn't spare her.
yes!
The mother-in-law did something wrong, but why did everyone think she deserved death and could not give her another chance to change her ways?
Xuan'er was not clear-headed and invited herself to the Fengxian Palace, leaving her alone in the palace with no one to cry to.
The hatred in her heart will only become deeper and deeper.
The old nun beside the second princess also laughed: "Princess is right. When it comes to your background, you are the most noble princess. She was born by a slave. Why should you be rewarded? You are not dependent on the emperor, but the emperor Who is it? That’s your father, she doesn’t deserve to say a word of appreciation to you!”
"Is this how you think about the imperial concubine?"
Outside the open carved door, the emperor's figure suddenly walked out from behind, with a gloomy expression: "The imperial concubine is so kind. It's okay if you don't appreciate it. Even a mere slave can make such arrogant remarks about the imperial concubine's identity. Shen Mingzhu, Have you learned all the palace rules and etiquette from a dog?"
The second princess did not expect that her father would hear her disparaging words about Jiang Xinyue. She was so frightened that she stood up from her chair and knelt on the ground, her eyes blurred with tears.
"Then my father told me, how should I face the enemy who killed my mother?"
She responded with tears to the emperor's anger: "My son has not grown so big until he is a teenager. My father has many things to do and has no time to take care of my son and younger brother. It is my mother and concubine who educate us and raise us. No matter whether her crimes are extremely evil or full of evil, she is Erchen's mother-in-law! She is the mother-in-law who raised him since he was a child! Both Erchen and Xuan'er trust Empress Zhen so much, why her? Why her? "
It was she who broke the balance of the harem and took away the love that originally belonged to her mother and concubine, making her have to please Jiang Xinyue in order to gain the love of her father.
As Emperor Xuanwu listened to her desperate roars, he felt more and more that Concubine De deserved to die.
If she hadn't been greedy, the second princess and the third prince would not have ended up in this situation.
"That's all your mother and concubine's fault. You can't blame anyone else."
The emperor looked at the second princess with clear eyes: "After your mother-in-law faked her death, she still wanted to invest in the imperial concubine and wanted to kill her. In the end, she was killed by the crazy Xiao Ronghua in a sneak attack. You can also blame the imperial concubine. It really makes me sad. I didn't expect it. Does the imperial concubine have to die for you to think that your mother and concubine are not innocent?"
No matter what the emperor said, the second princess always believed that it was Jiang Xinyue's conspiracy that her mother-in-law was not guilty enough to die.
But in front of the emperor, she couldn't show it, she could only cry and show weakness: "Father, I don't want to... I don't want to either, but whenever I think about the death of my mother and concubine being related to Empress Zhen, I will..." I can't control my hatred, my son...my son is so sad."
The emperor did not have many children, but he truly loved the few that remained.
If it weren't for the sake of a few children, Concubine De would have given up her horse long ago, and she wouldn't have waited until she took action against Jiang Xinyue before dealing with her.
The second princess burst into tears, and the emperor felt distressed, but still had some sense: "Narrow-minded people will always put the blame on others, Mingzhu... you should learn from your eldest sister."
The second princess bit her lower lip: "Mingzhu... Mingzhu knows. I'm sorry, father, I know I was wrong. I will never speak harshly to Empress Zhen next time."
The emperor nodded: "It would be best if you could change it."
It can't be changed. Anyway, if the princess doesn't marry when she reaches her age, she will be released from the palace to build a mansion.
By then, out of sight and out of mind, she and Yue'er would have nothing to do with each other.
The second princess lowered her head and said, "Father, my son wants to go on a study tour. Please allow me to do so."
She lowered her eyes: "I am narrow-minded because all I have seen and known is in the palace. I want to go out for a walk and broaden my mind. Is that okay?"
Locked up in this palace, the imperial concubine will always rule the world, and no one can defeat her.
Her world should be outside the palace.
No matter how long Jiang Xinyue's hand was, it would be impossible for her to reach outside the palace.
She cannot break out from the inside, but must be surrounded from the outside.
"This old nanny can't stay with you anymore."
The emperor signaled Tang Shiliang to take him out: "Father, I will send you a stewardess later. You are also a teenage girl. Don't let a servant lead you around again."
