Here Chu Yunfei and Ji Ziyi were discussing how to remove the poison from Rong Cang. Over there, Zhao Yunrou returned to the Duke Protector's Mansion and was already embittering and crying.
"Yellow-haired girl, you simply don't know what to say!" Mrs. Zhao heard that her granddaughter was beaten and was forced to apologize to Princess Zhan. She suddenly became livid with anger. "This is openly trampling on the face of the Duke's palace. I I will never give up!"
"Mom, please calm down." Mrs. Shangshu's face was solemn and she patiently tried to persuade her, "I haven't asked the origin of this matter clearly yet, or there may be a misunderstanding..."
"Mother." Zhao Yunrou leaned in her mother's arms and cried heartbrokenly. "My daughter has been completely humiliated today, how will she see anyone in the future? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."
"Is there any misunderstanding? It's clear that Princess Zhan is bullying others too much!" Mrs. Zhao had a gloomy face and stood up with the help of her grandma, "I will go to the palace to meet the saint right now. Even if I don't want to show off my old face, I will definitely do it." Let the emperor give us an explanation."
Mrs. Shangshu's face changed slightly and she quickly dissuaded her: "Mom, please be patient. We haven't figured out what is going on today. If we rush into the palace, if we offend the Holy Emperor, it may not end well."
"The Holy One is displeased?" The old lady gave her a cold look, "The Holy One's life was saved by the boss. Even if he is grateful for the life-saving grace, he will never blame me!"
But the Sacred Heart is unpredictable.
The Holy Father has shown great favor to the Zhao family over the years and has never treated them badly. This time it was just a quarrel between the younger daughters that hurt the harmony. Originally, it was okay to let Princess Zhan vent her anger.
If they were brought into the presence of the emperor, a trivial matter would become a big deal. Would the emperor think that they were being arrogant because of his favor?
"Come here." The old lady became angry and obviously did not consider the consequences. "Prepare the sedan chair. I want to enter the palace."
Madam Shangshu stood up in a hurry and said, "Mom, just wait a little longer until the uncle or the master comes back——"
"What are you waiting for?" Mrs. Zhao stared at her coldly, "Your daughter has been wronged, and you, a mother, don't care at all?"
"No, my daughter-in-law just thinks that there is no need to alarm the Holy Lord over trivial matters." Mrs. Shangshu explained anxiously, "Both the Duke and the Master have not returned from the Yamen yet. It will not be too late to wait until they come back to discuss it before deciding to enter the palace..."
"Get out of here!" The old lady always said what she said. Seeing her repeatedly blocking her, she frowned impatiently, "You don't need to say anything about what I have decided."
Mrs. Shangshu felt uneasy and turned to persuade her daughter: "Rou'er, please tell grandma clearly what happened today? If it's your fault, please persuade grandma to calm down. If you go to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, the matter will get bigger. Yes, Rou'er, please speak quickly!"
"But mother, it's obvious that I have been wronged." Zhao Yunrou looked at her sadly. The red and swollen fingerprints on her face had not yet faded, and she looked particularly miserable. "Don't you see your daughter's face? Chu Yun Feirang Her maid started to beat me. The maid's hand was very strong, as if she was beating me to death on purpose. After she beat her, my daughter's ears were buzzing..."
"Rou'er, I know you have been wronged." Mrs. Shangshu sighed, hugged her in her arms, and patiently persuaded her, "But we have to put the overall situation first, right? The Zhao family is a royal courtier, and we must not be impulsive - —”
"Why should I put the overall situation first?" Zhao Yunrou suddenly lost his temper and pushed her away crying, "Both King Chen and Princess Chen asked Chu Yunfei to put the overall situation first, but she didn't listen at all! She insisted on her own way and wanted to let me die. In Prince Yu's Mansion, there was also my cousin. Just because she invited a few women to drink tea, she was slapped by Prince Yu and fell to the ground... Mother, all this is because of Chu Yunfei, why doesn't she think of the overall situation? Is it important?"
"Your cousin was beaten by King Yu?" The old lady's face changed and her expression became more gloomy, "Is this really true?"
"Can my granddaughter still lie?" Zhao Yunrou said with red eyes and choked with sobs, "So many people have seen it! The fifth princess, Princess Chen and the legitimate daughter of the Xie family all saw their cousin being beaten. Prince Chen and Prince Qi actually No one stopped me, my cousin has lost all face today, do we really have to swallow this breath?"
The old lady looked gloomy: "If you really swallow this breath, everyone will think that the Duke's Mansion is easy to bully."
After saying this, she could no longer restrain her anger and walked out angrily.
"Mother, mother!" Mrs. Shangshu chased her out, "Mom, please calm down..."
"Whoever dares to stop me will kneel down in the ancestral hall for me." The old lady dropped these words, called her personal maid, and ordered the housekeeper to prepare a sedan for her, "I must go to the palace immediately to face the saint!"
She is a first-grade imperial concubine. For special reasons, she can arrive in a sedan chair outside the palace gate to see the emperor.
If the emperor is willing to summon him, he can just order someone to summon him.
Mrs. Shangshu didn't dare to stop her, but she didn't trust her to go alone, so she could only take Zhao Yunrou out with her.
She kept praying along the way, praying that the emperor was busy with government affairs and would not have time to see them, so that her mother would have to go home.
Maybe when she calms down, this matter will be revealed.
On the way, she kept asking Yun Rou: "Rou'er, did you take the initiative to provoke Princess Zhan? Tell me the truth and don't lie. Do you hear me?"
Zhao Yunrou felt guilty and did not dare to answer the question. She just kept crying: "Mother, my daughter has been beaten like this. Why do you still think it is my fault? Am I still not your daughter?"
Mrs. Shangshu was worried: "This matter is of great importance. If it is really your fault, do you know what the consequences of this impulse will be? The emperor may-"
"Can you shut up?" The old lady poked her head out of the sedan and shouted coldly, "How is it appropriate to be so flustered?"
Mrs. Shangshu wanted to explain: "Mother..."
"Quiet." Mrs. Zhao calmed down, "Rou'er, shut up too, don't cry anymore."
Mrs. Shangshu's face turned pale and she had to shut up for the time being.
When the car arrived outside the palace gate, the guard on duty came forward to inquire. When he learned that it was the old lady of the Duke's Mansion, his attitude immediately became respectful: "But the queen or the concubine has summoned the old lady? Please show the old lady the post in the palace."
When a nobleman in the palace summons a wife outside the palace, he or she will send a message in advance or order someone to convey the oral instructions. This is a rule, even for a noble first-class imperial concubine like Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao got off the carriage and said calmly: "I'm going to the palace to see the emperor."
See the emperor?
The interrogating imperial guards looked at each other, and then asked: "Is there any oral instruction from the emperor?"
"No." Mr. Zhao said with a calm expression and a majestic gaze, "Please go to the Emperor and inform him that I have something important to attend. Please ask for the Emperor's permission."
