C49 (2/2)
”There's no more fever, but I'm still weak and can't move my knees. I have to lie on the bed.” Xi Tao said.
”Pass along the message for me. See if young lady has the spirit to see me now. Everyone will have to ask about Zhou Yuting.” Palace Manager Cui said.
Xi Tao went in and quickly came out, ”Palace Manager Cui, the young lady welcomes you.”
With Xi Tao's help, Wang Rong placed a few pillows under his waist to rest. Not having combed his makeup, he used a brush to tie his hair up, his face was pale white, but he did not have a haggard and sickly look, ”There's nothing wrong with your sickness, Palace Manager Cui, don't blame me for not doing it on purpose.”
”Miss's words are heavy.” Palace Manager Cui said, ”Miss, I am here because I want to ask Miss about Zhou Yuting's matters.”
”I am not too clear about Zhou Yuting's matter, you know, she is extremely popular, and I am unable to tell when she has good intentions and when she has ill intentions.” Wang Rong He said, ”It's just that I have a doubt in my heart, my aunt knows that Wang Zhixi is my younger sister, that time the empress dowager intentionally made them show their faces in front of His Majesty to make them perform, and you already know about what happened afterwards. Wang Zhixi told me that she really thought that the empress dowager liked Persian girls, so she would dress up like that, but she didn't expect that it would violate His Majesty's taboo.”
”She's angry and resentful, but she doesn't say who gave her the news.”
”When something happened to her, I felt it as well. I won't hide it from my aunt. In the past few days, I noticed that people around her were all acting weirdly. Imperial Consort Candidate only existed within the Chuxiu Palace, and those that came in contact with it would only be Imperial Consort Candidate or palace maid at the same time, and Imperial Consort Candidate had only just entered the palace, so how could she be considered a palace maid? If the palace maid had no enmity with him in the past, why did she give the Imperial Consort Candidate the wrong information? According to what I know, Imperial Consort Candidate isn't stingy when it comes to serving palace maid. ”
”That means there are other people behind the palace maid.” Wang Rong He said.
Cui Yun looked at her. ”Miss, what happened this time was only directed at Zhou Yuting, because there aren't many people left in Imperial Consort Candidate, I'm afraid the empress dowager will also lift it up high and put it down gently. As for what the lady said, I can't do anything about it. At least not at this time. ”
Wang Rong smiled faintly, ”I thought it was a convenient matter. Since I can't do it, then forget it.”
”Anyways, I have already made preparations to enter the palace, so I can only be cautious and not be careless. Otherwise, you won't even know how you died. ” Wang Rong He said.
”Miss, don't worry. The palace isn't that scary either.” Cui Yun said.
Wang Rong He laughed and shook his head, and after a while, he supported his head and said he was faint, and Cui Yun left. Cui Yun turned around and looked at the door of the hall, sighing with countless of emotions in her heart. Being able to reveal such a domineering attitude, compared to Wang Rong and the others, she could not come up with such scheming.
No other Imperial Consort Candidate could be personally reviewed by the Palace Manager. If Wang Rong and His Majesty were on good terms, she could guess that she was the one who wanted the review to be good. Then, would she still be good enough?
Yes.
In the past, she was even willing to show her good intentions just for the slightest clue. Moreover, now, she had personally heard that the Emperor had pointed his finger at her. Wang Rong and perhaps the future mistress of the harem, how could she not sell well?
Cui Yun called for her trusted aides and whispered something in her ear, allowing Zhou Yuting to add this line to her palace maid's testimony.
Zhou Yuting's palace maid was the first to know of Zhou Yuting's possible ending. If not for this, she would not have confessed to him. palace maid was so frightened that she blurted out everything she knew, including Zhou Yuting having her scriptures changed from her to Wang Rong's. However, she did not know about Wang Zhixi's makeup, but she did know about the people who usually knew who were talking to each other in the palace maid. Thus, she said that Fangruo was from the and she had seen her meeting with Imperial Lower Consort Guo's Great palace maid secretly in the Gonghou Garden.
Zhou Yuting's self-defense was very clear. When she gave palace maid any rewards and when she gave him some jewelry, she had been spoilt since she was young. Although she was used to speaking bluntly, she was also outspoken and generous. If there were a lot of women, they would be jealous. Being falsely accused, she could only say that she didn't care about her own actions and didn't care about the emotions of her other sisters.
If this confession was not made by her personal palace maid, then it would have been a small matter as well. However, palace maid had confirmed it, and the Empress Dowager Li had asked the emperor to judge the character, which one was Wang Rong He's character?
Zhu Yijun naturally recognized Wang Rong's words, and picked up the scripture she had copied. ”When did the empress dowager let them copy it again?”
”The name written on this scroll is Zhou Yuting.” The Empress Dowager Li said.
”Impossible.” Zhu Yijun said, ”Even Zhou Yuting had a good handwriting style, but people's writing habits are different, Wang Rong's writing habits, are completely different from an ordinary lady's room, it's more like a man's writing, in front of a blade's sword intent.”
”He dares to be stiff on behalf of a peach, and deceives us by deceiving us. Truly despicable.” Empress Dowager Li slammed the table and said.
”Send Zhou Yuting and her group of close friends all to the Clothes Washing Bureau.” The Empress Dowager Chen spoke of the punishment first, ”As for the Underworld palace maid, we will send out the plans of the Palace Manager.”
”Imperial Lower Consort Guo fanning the flames in the Chuxiu Palace is really repulsive.” The Empress Dowager Li said. However, seeing that Zhu Yijun's expression did not seem to be in agreement, he suppressed the pain in his heart and said, ”Imperial Lower Consort Guo is still Meng Lang. Since Your Majesty has already agreed to make her your concubine, then let's do it, we can't give her the title.”
”When I was being a consort, I didn't call out Imperial Lower Consort Guo to anyone.” Zhu Yijun said.
”Your Majesty, this time, the fact that Imperial Lower Consort Guo did not have any children was already out of line. First, she advanced to the position of an imperial concubine, and when she is pregnant with the descendants of dragons, it would not be too late for Her Majesty to bestow her the title.” Empress Dowager Chen said, ”Your majesty should first draw up the title of Imperial Consort Candidate.”
”Wang Rong He is the last in line.” Zhu Yijun said, he thought for a moment, then said, ”Let her go back to the palace to prepare for her wedding, and then we can wait until the day that the Qin Sky prison calculates the auspicious day.” He had never seen Wang Rong since the Jiaotai Palace, but seeing her pale complexion and seeing that he had caused her so much suffering in such a moment of anger, he decided to compensate her with an empress.
”Imperial Lower Consort Guo has been promoted to become Imperial Consort Guo. As for the others, the two Queen Mothers can discuss about them. Your son does not have any objections.”