C153 (1/2)
The phoenix punishes the son of the king to save the honor, the king rebukes the phoenix to do something unethical;
Feng Xin sorrowfully complained about his suffering, while the Sovereign King felt helpless and embarrassed.
Xuan Ye's arrival was sudden, but everyone quickly reacted and hurried to greet him. Seeing that Rong'er was not beaten up, Xuan Ye hurriedly reported to the advisor, saying that Noble Lady Rong had gone to pay her respects to the empress in the morning. He heard that Noble Lady Rong had also gotten into an argument with the empress, and was afraid that it would end up like yesterday's incident in Noble Lady De.
Yesterday, Dong Zhu had beaten Noble Lady De, but someone had already sent a letter to him, and he was later diagnosed with having a dragon son. When Xuan Ye went to visit Xuan De at night, his face was swollen from the beating, and he was very angry, so he asked the Noble Lady De why he had been beaten up. Xuan De told him what had happened, and only then did he find out that the empress had actually asked Rong'er to control her clothes, and had even casually given Rong'er's clothes to the palace servants. Rong'er had actually never mentioned these things to him. He was in trouble at the time. From the rules of the palace, the Queen had the authority to punish all the people in the harem, as well as give them the authority to let the other young hosts serve the Emperor. After all, all the young masters had served the Empress, and Xuan Ye knew that the advisor was right, the Empress managing the harem was not something he should participate in, so he restrained himself and tried to console the Noble Lady De. But she didn't expect that in just one day, she would find trouble with Rong'er, so he came to the Kunning Palace without a second thought.
”What did I see?” A palace maid wants to beat up a mistress in front of so many people? ” Xuan Ye sat down with a cold face and asked loudly.
Everyone fell to their knees in fright upon hearing Xuan Ye's words. Seeing this scene, Dong Zhu stood up and said, ”Your Majesty, your concubine has been in the palace for so long. How could the palace not know that she is disrespectful to me? I should punish her, right?”
”You …” Xuan Ye looked at Dongzhu in exasperation.
Seeing that Xuan Ye had arrived, Rong'er didn't want to blow the matter up. He hurriedly knelt down and said, ”Your Majesty, the empress is punishing chenqie. Chenqie accepts the punishments.” Hearing Rong'er's words, Dongzhu couldn't help but angrily say, ”How can you act so pitiful in front of the Emperor?”
Rong'er didn't have this intention. When he heard the empress's sudden words, he was speechless for a long time. Finally, he muttered, ”Chenqie didn't …”
Xuan Ye gently stroked his forehead, ”Alright, concubine Rong. You should return to Yin Kun Palace first. Everyone else should leave.”
Hearing the emperor's order, Rowan and Toya went up to support Rong'er, leaving the palace together. The palace maids also all withdrew.
There were only Xuan Ye and Empress Dong Zhu in the East Warming Pavilion. Xuan Ye looked at Dong Zhu and asked coldly, ”What are you planning to do?”
”Your majesty, chenqie only manages the imperial harem.” Dong Zhu said confidently.