When everyone saw Concubine Ming, they felt pity for her but also found it funny. Even now, you still don't know who to ask for help
Concubine Ming looked at the mocking eyes of the crowd and understood instantly. She came to Xiaoman and said, "Madam, please spare my life. It's my fault. I was wrong. Please help me persuade the emperor not to send me back."
She kept kowtowed to Xiaoman, but until now, she still hadn't guessed who Xiaoman was. Xiaoman felt a little sympathetic towards Concubine Ming: "Hey, let me introduce myself first. I am the Princess of Yongxi County and the wife of Prime Minister Gu. Do you understand who I am?"
Although the world is peaceful now, what Xiaoman did before was earth-shattering. This person had heard about it at the time and even admired him a little, but she didn't expect that she would actually offend him.
"Mrs. Gu, please, forgive me. I am blind and I didn't recognize the real man. It is my fault. The girls in my family are all innocent. I beg you."
Then he kowtowed to Xiaoman again. Xiaoman frowned and thought, it seems so. He looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. How about punishing her to live in the cold palace for one or two months? What do you think?"
The emperor's mouth twitched. What else could he say? If Concubine Ming was really sent back, then the Cui family would be directly at odds with him. Although the Cui family was a noble family, there were many officials in the court. He couldn't just give a barbaric order to kill all the Cui family members.
"Since the county lady has pleaded for you, you will be sent to live in the cold palace for two months, copying Buddhist scriptures, praying for the county lady, and then you will be stripped of your title and be named Ming Fei."
It was only a month after Ming Guifei entered the palace that she became Ming Guifei, and she was directly moved from Qinghe Palace to the cold palace. It was really pitiful. Although she was only gone for two months, no one knew what happened after these two months.
Concubine Ming was taken away. When she passed the door, she saw Concubine Yan still kowtowing. Concubine Ming suddenly realized that if the women who entered the palace could not learn to be obedient, they would not be able to survive.
It is said that this person was brought into the palace because of the emperor's kindness, but now he is kneeling here and kowtowing! Ming Fei suddenly realized that the emperor was expressing his dissatisfaction with the noble families.
They actually forcibly sent their own daughter into the palace. It was obvious that the emperor and empress were deeply in love, but they still had to send a woman to cause trouble, which only made life difficult for the woman who came in.
Back in Qinghe Palace, because Concubine Ming was going to be sent to the cold palace, the palace maids who were sent there could not stay to continue serving her and had to return to their original places.
Only Jin'er was left by her side: "Jin'er, it looks like the two of us are going to suffer."
Jin Er smiled and shook her head: "No, following the master, I will not suffer wherever I go. It's just the cold palace. I will take good care of the queen."
In fact, the cold palace in the palace is quite good. In fact, there are several women who were punished by the previous emperor when he was alive. Most of these women were the ones who attacked Concubine Qing and the current Queen Mother.
After the death of the previous emperor, there was no need for these concubines to be buried alive with him, so all of them lived well. Not to mention those who died, but those who were alive all had a good end. Of course, excluding those concubines living in the cold palace.
After a palace servant brought Concubine Ming here, he looked at the two and said, "Mrs. Ming, please."
Ming Fei and Jin Er only brought a few sets of clothes and some money to settle down in the cold palace. Looking at the eunuch who was about to leave, "Please send the paper, ink, brush and inkstone that we need every day on time, eunuch."
The young eunuch was stunned for a moment, but nodded: "Don't worry, Madam, I will deliver it."
Since it was the emperor's order, it had to be obeyed. After Ming Fei entered the cold palace, she found that the cold palace only looked dilapidated because of years of disrepair.
Jin Er looked at Ming Fei and said, "Your Majesty, although this place doesn't look very good, it can still be lived in after some cleaning. You sit aside for a while, and I will clean up two rooms first."
Ming Fei shook her head: "No need to rest, I'll help you. It will be faster for two of us. Besides, we are already in this state now, why should I put on airs and let you work alone?"
Putting her things aside, Ming Fei found a room that looked a little better: "Let's share a room. I'm a little scared to be separated."
This place has to use lights sparingly, how could she not be scared? Jin'er didn't say anything else, just nodded: "Okay, we'll live in one room, clean up a kitchen, and I'll grow some vegetables, and we can cook for ourselves."
Ming Fei had to copy Buddhist scriptures during the day, and as a maid, she was quite free. The master and servant settled down in the cold palace.
Over in the Cining Palace, all the concubines were trembling with fear. While they were talking, a noble concubine was stripped down and sent to the cold palace. This was too cruel.
Suddenly, a voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, it's bad, Concubine Yan has fainted."
Xiaoman suddenly stood up: "I'll go take a look."
Qian Jiujiu's mouth twitched. This girl was so active, it must be bad news. Sure enough, after Xiaoman went out, he felt Concubine Yan's pulse and said, "She just fainted, it's a small problem. I will wake her up now, just two acupunctures."
"By the way, after she wakes up, take her back and let her have a good rest. She's such a beautiful woman. If she continues to kowtow and disfigures her, some people might be heartbroken."
While speaking, she glanced at the emperor. Her expression seemed to say that the emperor was a heartless man. The emperor was somewhat helpless and looked at the maid beside Concubine Yan: "Take your master back."
Imperial Concubine Yan had already woken up at this time and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I will not leave. I apologize to the princess and ask the prince and princess to forgive the Wang family."
The concubines were all confused. When they arrived, Concubine Yan had already kowtowed. As for what had happened, they really didn't know. Now it sounded like it was related to the prince and princess.
Although they were at the door, Imperial Concubine Yan still knew that Imperial Concubine Ming was punished. After all, the noise was so loud. Imperial Concubine Yan looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the county lady said that ignorance is not a crime. Please show mercy, Your Majesty."
When Xiaoman heard this, she glared at the woman. She actually dared to use her words to block others. She sneered, "What a good saying: ignorance is not a crime. Do you mean that if you don't know the identities of my sister and brother-in-law, you can offend them at will?"
"Where does a descendant of your Wang family get the power to execute nine generations of a clan? Or do you really think that you are the only one favored by the harem and that your Wang family can look down on everyone just because you are the only one respected?"
Imperial Concubine Yan frowned and said, "County Lady, I didn't mean that. You misunderstood."
Xiaoman rolled her eyes: "Then what did you mean by that? I said ignorance is not a crime, the premise is that the other person has not committed any serious mistakes. After all, she just didn't know my identity and asked me to bow. This county lady is easy to talk to, so I think it can be forgiven."
"Do we need to tell you again what your brother did? If a child of your Wang family dares to do this, then the head of your Wang family must be rebelling."
How could Imperial Concubine Yan hear such words? "County Lady, my Wang family has no grudge against you, how can you say that?"
Xiaoman continued to roll her eyes: "No grudges? Yes, originally there were no grudges, but now there are! Your Majesty, this is what you said, a kind person, brought into the palace, spoiled and caused trouble."
The emperor felt a headache. He always sided with Xiaoman when there were fights between women, and this time was no exception.
"Come here, send Concubine Yan back to the palace. Without my order, you are not allowed to come out, and no one is allowed to visit you."
Imperial Concubine Yan's eyes widened. She had never expected that the emperor would give such an order. She couldn't understand whether the emperor was protecting her or putting her under house arrest. But now, if she couldn't even see the emperor, what would the Wang family do
"Your Majesty, I have heard a rumor that no matter who it is, if they are against Princess Yongxi, you will favor her. I didn't believe it before, but now I understand. Even the Queen, in your heart, is not as important as Princess Yongxi."
Xiaoman frowned. This woman's fighting ability really shouldn't be underestimated. The emperor also frowned: "Why don't you take the person away?"
At this time, Imperial Concubine Yan still had blood on her forehead, which looked very scary. The Queen brought the child and Nannanbeibei to the door together, and saw this scene and heard Imperial Concubine Yan's words.
I couldn't help but smile: "Isn't this what Concubine Yan said to me? Even though you are bleeding, it can't hide your good eyes. You knew I was coming so quickly."
The queen looked at Xiaoman and said, "When did you come back? Why didn't you come to see me? I missed you so much."
The old people in the palace who knew about the relationship between Xiaoman and the Queen couldn't help but admire Concubine Yan. She was really a tough person and dared to say anything. But the intelligence was not very good. Without Princess Yongxi, there would be no Queen. She even tried to alienate the two.
Xiaoman smiled at the queen: "I just came back not long ago. I went to see my husband first and then entered the palace. You came at the right time. Some people don't know what they are talking about. Just treat her as a fart. Let's go in."
The queen nodded, glanced at the emperor, and then took the five children to the queen mother's palace. When the queen mother saw the queen and the children coming, she immediately waved her hand and drove all the concubines away.
Concubine Yan was also forcibly taken away by several palace maids. In an instant, no outsiders were inside the hall. The Queen Mother then looked at Qian Jiujiu and said, "Jiu'er, have you encountered any interesting things during this period? Can you tell me about the island?"
Looking at the empress dowager's curious eyes, Qian Jiujiu smiled and chatted with her, while the emperor and Mu Yexiao went to the other side to talk about other things.