Chapter 8 - Aggrieved Bao Lin Yun (1/2)

Yun Fenghuang thought for a moment, looked up and asked, “Although My Lady can’t get me out of Hu Zhu Palace now, what about later in the future?”

“If there is a chance in the future, I will get you out. I surely don’t want my aunt and Qingman to be sad.” Noble Consort Shu looked at her with appreciation and her tone softened, “Although you are not the daughter of Yun’s Family, you are my aunt’s niece, which makes you my cousin. We are relatives. I don’t want to make things difficult for you if I could.”

“My Lady,” Hearing this, Yun Fenghuang felt like being in relief inwardly and was more daring. She asked tentatively with bright eyes, “Although Hu Zhu Palace seems to be a dangerous place, Consort Yue is not a forgiving and kind person, and I offended her greatly now… Now that you are willing to tell me the truth in detail, My Lady, does that mean I still have a chance to live?”

Otherwise, she had no need to tell these things to a person doomed to die.

The appreciation in Noble Consort Shu’s eyes grew stronger, “This is one of the reasons why I want you to join the Imperial Harem…You are really smart.”

She pointed out, “In the final analysis, this thing is caused by Empress Ji. She wants to make trouble for Consort Yue and Queen Mother Yuan, which has nothing to do with us. Consort Yue is impulsive and jealous, but Queen Mother Yuan is not a woodenhead. Queen Mother Yuan arranged a noble lady to live in Hu Zhu Palace. She wanted to prove that her niece was not jealous and narrow-hearted. Although Consort Yue is stupid and does not understand her aunt’s good intention, Queen Mother Yuan definitely would prohibit her from going beyond her bounds after this drama. Therefore, you have no need to be too scared now. Consort Yue has to obey Queen Mother Yuan finally.”

… Yun Fenghuang came out of Tong Xia Palace with Yun Qingman’s constant apologies. On the way back to Hu Zhu Palace, Yun Fenghuang told Nian Xuan briefly about the former conversation in the front hall, but Nian Xuan was doubtful, “Is this thing really that simple? If so, why did Duke Yi choose you to be the scapegoat of Mei Ren Yun? I think Noble Consort Shu might cajole us, My Lady.”

“Even if she lied, we can do nothing.” Yun Fenghuang said lightly, “We joined the Imperial Harem without any preparation. How could we know so many details? There is no way to find out the truth right now, so we can’t prove whether Noble Consort Shu lied or not. However, I just fell into the water yesterday. If I have any trouble immediately, Consort Yue could not prove her innocence even if she jumps into the Tai Ye Pool. At this point, Noble Consort Shu’s words make some sense.”

However, it could only keep Yun Fenghuang’s safety for a while, not for long.

Nian Xuan was in relief inwardly after hearing that, but frowned again after thinking about it, “Noble Consort Shu has mentioned our family. What did she mean?”

She didn’t believe Noble Consort Shu would really take care of Xie’s Family.

“Chut!” Yun Fenghuang didn’t take Noble Consort Shu’s implying threat to her heart at all, and tittered, “Our family locates in Dingbei Army’s domain. It is not so easy for Duke Yi’s Mansion to reach their forces there! Besides, I am now the daughter of Yun’s Family, which was personally announced by Duke Yi. If Yun’s Family dares to do anything to Xie’s Family, I will assassinate the Emperor and the Empress tomorrow, implicating all the nine generations of Yun’s Family to be capital crimes.”

Nian Xuan said anxiously, “How does this work? You are more important than Yun’s Family, My Lady.”

Such a stupid maid… Forgot it. Anyway, she’s loyal.

Yun Fenghuang sighed inwardly, and then said expressionlessly, “Do you really think Noble Consort Shu would send people to the north to threat Xie’s Family because of me? You think too highly of me. I’m just a Bao Lin!”

She bet that Noble Consort Shu just mentioned it casually. It would be great to scare her, but it didn’t matter if not.

It didn’t matter at least for the time being.

After all, Yun Fenghuang joined the Imperial Harem for a short time. It was hard to say whether she would be useful in the future. The manpower of Duke Yi’s Mansion was limited. As her current status, they would at most learn more about Xie’s Family to prepare for the future… If Yun Fenghuang couldn’t reach a relatively high status, Noble Consort Shu herself would deal with her. She didn’t have to bother threatening Xie’s Family at the north.

… Yun Fenghuang and Nian Xuan walked back to Hu Zhu Palace leisurely. When they walked to a deserted place, Yun Fenghuang turned her eyes and suddenly stopped. She asked Nian Xuan to look for a clean place nearby if she could, planning to sit for a while before going back.

Nian Xuan looked at the lush grass and trees on both sides of the palace road, hesitating, “Bao Lin, there might be snakes and bugs. If you are tired, let’s walk forward. I remember there is a gazebo ahead.”

“Just be obedient. Don’t act on your own.” Yun Fenghuang frowned. She took off her Pibo (a long chiffon that was used to put on women’s sleeves as decoration) to slash the grass, trying to startle the snakes and bugs. Then she walked on and found a hibiscus hedge to sit. This hedge seemed like a path that was about 10 zhang (about 33 meters) before, and it must be beautiful when the flowers blossomed. But after years of disrepair, now it was about three or four zhang (about 9.9 to 13.2 meters). In this season, the tender leaves were swept in the wind, looking lovely.

Although it was not dense enough, Yun Fenghuang and Nian Xuan didn’t wear luxurious or complicated clothes. When they hid behind it, people on the palace road wouldn’t see them if they didn’t detour here.

After Yun Fenghuang sat down without hesitation, Nian Xuan also sat down. Nian Xuan was about to speak, but was glanced by Yun Fenghuang severely and was signaled to be silent!

Nian Xuan was puzzled, keeping quiet for a while. See nothing happened, she was about to say something. But after a glance of the expressionless face of Yun Fenghuang, she had to shrink her head, hold back the impulse to ask, and pull the grass in front of her boringly.

After a while, a group of people came from the direction of Hu Zhu Palace with maids’ cries of injustice and others’ hilarious conversation, seeming very boisterous… Nian Xuan couldn’t help but stop pulling the grass, subconsciously peeking from the gap between the leaves of the hibiscus. The more she saw, the bigger her eyes were. She even held her breath. A while later, those people went away. She carefully asked her lady with no sound if she could speak.

“Say it.” Yun Fenghuang stood up contentedly, “Whom did you see just now?”

“The head seems to be a maid of the Empress.” Although Yun Fenghuang said that she could speak, Nian Xuan still murmured in fear of being heard by anyone, “The ones they arrested… are the maids of Hu Zhu Palace. The head of them is Consort Yue’s leading maid.”

Yun Fenghuang was not surprised to hear this. She chuckled and said, “As I expected, the Empress had dismissed with us, but Queen Mother Ji still didn’t let Consort Yue go. Either she was waiting for Queen Mother Yuan to beg for leniency, or she kept Hu Zhu Place having no charger at the moment, which would be convenient for the Empress to replace Consort Yue to punish some maids in Hu Zhu Palace.”

Consort Yue did a bad job in taking charge of Hu Zhu Palace and got the new Bao Lin Yun almost murdered, which gave a reason to the Empress to take charge.

Bao Lin Yun was the person who was supposed to serve the Emperor and deliver the offspring for the royal family. However, she was pushed into the water as soon as joining the Imperial Harem… This case had to be thoroughly investigated.

Although Hu Zhu Palace had a charger, the charger failed to stop the case from happening when the incident occurred. Obviously, Consort Yue’s ability showed in this matter was not enough to convince the public. In this way, as the head of the Imperial Harem, the Empress should help investigate the case thoroughly without question.