The slap came too unexpectedly. The calloused hand used all its strength, and Rong Fei's right face immediately became red and swollen. She felt pain as she took a deep breath.
Even though her family was not very prominent and her father was a clerk, Rong Fei was raised as a spoiled young lady since she was young. She was beautiful and although she was a concubine when she first entered the palace, her belly grew bigger every year, and she even overshadowed the Empress Hesheli, who was the mother of the country.
The servants were good at flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. When she was favored, no one dared to neglect her. Until her children died one after another, the emperor's favor gradually faded, and she no longer had the glory she once had. However, her life was not difficult - she was first made a concubine, then a consort, and she had the Third Prince and Princess Rongxian as her children. The Ministry of Internal Affairs would never shortchange her.
Rong Fei lived in the deep palace. Although she wore a mask of indifference and love of Buddhism in the past ten years, she had many secret control nails and her foundation was deep. Therefore, she was used to a life of luxury, and this was the first time she was slapped in the face!
Half of her face was numb and painful and she lost consciousness. Rong Fei fell to the ground, covering her face, and did not react for a long time.
When she realized what was happening, her teeth were chattering, and her heart was filled with murderous intent. Guo Luoluo—
Whoever fell to the ground first would lose the advantage. Before she could even open her mouth, her jaw was tightly grasped, followed by a whisper that would become a nightmare for the rest of her life: "How does it feel to be drugged?"
Rong Fei's shocked expression suddenly froze.
Yun Xiu let go and stood up, frowning slightly. She took the handkerchief handed to her by the palace maid and wiped it slowly: "You guys go down. I want to talk to Sister Rongfei."
The gatekeepers nodded and responded. After a few breaths, the door was gently closed, and only Ruizhu was standing by.
"You got the secret medicine of the previous dynasty, which is forbidden in the palace. These are the only ones left. They were mixed in the incense burner and all given to Huipin." She raised her slender and round index finger, and then laughed, "Coincidentally, Huipin also found a secret medicine. Maybe it comes from the same source as you, and was prepared by the same person."
Rong Fei's pupils constricted, secret medicine...
The clues from the past were connected one by one. She suddenly looked up and said in a hoarse voice, "It's you!"
The purge of the inner palace was planned by this bitch. After Liang Jiugong took away the two accomplices from Zhongcui Palace, the people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to fill the vacancies were all Concubine Yi's people!
Huipin is still under house arrest. How can she have the ability to plan everything? She is just a target to be thrown out.
In an instant, Rong Fei's thoughts became exceptionally clear. She stared at Yun Xiu as if she wanted to stare a hole in her eyes. "You gave Hui Fei the medicine, didn't you? You put it in the food. You were afraid that I would be picky and didn't use it, so you ordered the kitchen to only provide three or five vegetarian dishes, and you even found a high-sounding excuse..."
It was like the fog had dissipated and the light had reappeared. Rong Fei was shocked and angry. She felt her mouth was filled with the taste of blood and her internal organs were aching as if they were on fire.
The speed at which the medicinal effect takes effect is completely different when you burn incense for years and when you ingest it.
She spent the whole day hunting geese, and was pecked in the eye by a goose!
Yun Xiu looked down at her, smiled slightly, and did not refute. He just said: "It is impolite not to reciprocate."
Little Eleven is her Achilles' heel.
If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. There is no impenetrable wall in the Forbidden City. No matter how deep the person behind the scenes is, or how scheming he is, as long as he puts his heart into it, there is nothing that cannot be found out.
Cheng's foster nanny is involved with all the palaces, no problem, just check them one by one. On the day when Xiaoyi was assassinated, someone arranged an escape route for the assassin, and no trace could be found afterwards, no problem, there are only five concubines with such power.
After being favored by the harem for so many years, and with the advantage of foresight, Yun Xiu has a trump card in her hand that no one else can match. There are countless eunuchs and palace maids who have secretly surrendered to her, and even the plants and trees in the palace can talk, so who can really make a perfect calculation
Pulling out the nails is one thing, finding the flaws is another. She is willing to spend time on this and can afford it.
We agreed to exchange gifts—no, there is still a difference. She does not have Ma Jia's calmness and patience to wait and calculate for five years. She wants to hit the target in one shot.
What she hated most in her life was procrastination and long nights full of dreams.
…
This is a disguised admission.
Rong Fei's chest kept heaving, and her usually kind and gentle face looked especially distorted and terrifying. With her right swollen cheek, she didn't have the graceful demeanor of a palace mistress at all.
She staggered to her feet, her heart filled with hatred, wishing she could scratch the vixen-like face in front of her.
At the same time, a flash of fear flashed across his eyes.
This bitch knows about the eleventh prince. What about the emperor? Does the emperor know
Recently, she had been acting out of order and becoming irritable and impatient, but she hadn't noticed it at all. It was Fulu who made her lose her mind, not only ruining her plan, but also leaving Yinzhi with a scar... The left side of Rong Fei's face turned pale.
The final blow of a life-and-death struggle was an impulsive act planned by Concubine Yi.
Even with physical evidence, the right time, right place, and right people, she still managed to break it.
It didn't matter whether the emperor knew or not. If she dared to offend him with such a tone and fabricated rumors that the concubine had an affair with a man outside her, he would never forgive her.
Just looking at the surrounding environment and the furious words "take her away", you can know what her fate will be.
Stripped of his title, demoted to a commoner, and banished to the cold palace...
It was true that the emperor was seriously ill and dying, but before he died, he could easily throw her into the abyss, where there was no chance of recovery.
And her two children! Rongxian hasn't married yet, Yinzhi hasn't married yet, how can they leave their mother
Concubine Rong finally regretted it.
“Empress Yi…” She closed her eyes and spoke with great difficulty, but before she could finish her words, Ruizhu, who was standing beside Yunxiu, stepped forward and glared at her: “How dare you!”
"How can you offend the Imperial Noble Consort who was personally appointed by the Emperor?" She said coldly, "When you see the Imperial Noble Consort, you should kneel twice and kowtow six times. Rong Fei, please go ahead."
Imperial concubine
The ritual of two kneelings and six kowtows
Her memories gradually returned, and Rong Fei's tense mood suddenly dropped.
An overwhelming feeling of resentment surged in her heart. Why was it that the emperor only saw the scheming and dramatic Guo Luoluo, and why did he not forget to give her the honor that all the women in the harem dreamed of before his death
If the emperor had not taken into consideration the saying that she was unlucky in marriage, he would have directly made her the queen!
Concubine Rong clenched her hands tightly, and a scene hidden deep in her mind surged out.
She still remembered that in her early years, Empress Renxiao died of complications during childbirth, and a few years later, Empress Xiaozhao also passed away. At that time, she had not yet fallen out of favor. The emperor was in a bad mood and drank some wine in Zhongcui Palace. He asked her in a drunken tone: "Is it really that I am unlucky in marriage?"
She knelt on the ground and dared not reply. The emperor sighed and asked her to stand up: "Forget it, I am the one who is insane."
Tong Jia was once a royal concubine and almost became the empress. Rong Fei sneered and thought that if she really became the third empress, the emperor would not care whether she was unlucky or not.
Who said Tong Jia was not the emperor’s favorite
The one who loves someone wants him to live. As early as that time, there was only Concubine Yi in the Yikun Palace in his eyes!
*****
The spider webs are broken and the candlelight is flickering.
"I am not a person who is waiting for punishment..." Rong Fei's face twitched, and she squeezed out a line of words from between her teeth, "The Imperial Concubine is so majestic."
As he spoke, his resentment, indignation, and anger rose uncontrollably into the sky.
Chengrui and his friends died one after another, and the emperor began to blame her.
Who would want to be the last of the four concubines? She had the longest seniority and was on par with Huipin.
If the emperor was willing to protect them and their son, she would not have only supported Rongxian and Yinzhi!
Her nails dug deep into the flesh, and blood dripped into the dust. Rong Fei seemed to feel no pain, and said with a sneer: "The emperor really loves you. Even when he was suffering from malaria, he did not forget to pave the way for his favorite concubine's future. But even if he died, he didn't know that the one he protected was actually a vicious woman!"
After that, a fierce look flashed in her eyes: "I want to see the emperor."
"Why, you want to sue again after you failed?" Yun Xiu looked at her without avoiding her and smiled. "Forget it. It was Huipin who drugged me, what does it have to do with me? I have prepared the evidence of the connection with Longkodo, when do you think we should submit it?"
As he was about to turn and leave, Rong Fei was stunned at first, then slowly loosened her hand, feeling as if all the strength in her body had been drained.
With a creak, the door slowly opened.
Ruizhu took the candlestick and heard a hoarse laugh from behind: "What's the point of your glory now? In the future, you will be nothing but a poor creature withered away by age. The baby in your belly, whether it is a boy or a girl, will be without a father when it is born. It's better not to give birth to it—"
The voice stopped abruptly before he finished speaking.
Liang Jiugong was waiting respectfully outside the door. Upon hearing these words, he stood up and looked towards the inner room in surprise, his face full of astonishment and anger.
"You... you..." His hands were shaking, and his voice was extremely sharp, "How dare you! How dare you curse His Majesty and the Imperial Concubine! His Majesty has got a miracle drug, and he will be cured soon, Ma Jia, you are so brave!"
Yun Xiu was not annoyed.
She turned her head to look at Rong Fei who was frozen in place, and said lightly: "It's not good for only the right face to be swollen, let's fix the left face as well."
The maid wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and quickly replied, "Yes."
…
“Bang!”
The crisp sound of the slap was obvious, and it was obvious that it was done with considerable force.
Liang Jiugong finally calmed down a bit, put away his angry expression, and hurriedly said to Yunxiu with a smile: "My Lady Imperial Concubine, the Emperor learned that you have woken up, so he specially sent me to greet you."
Yun Xiu's brows softened after hearing this, and she asked him in a low voice, "Has the emperor eaten yet?"
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty…” Liang Jiugong stuttered.
After a few breaths, he gritted his teeth and whispered to Yun Xiu's ear, speaking more and more fluently: "The emperor has a poor appetite and said he wants to wait for the queen to have dinner together."