Concubine Yi stared at her intently, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"What do you think?" Mei Fei smiled coldly, "Do you really think I'm weak and can be bullied? Do you really think I have to give in to you in everything? Do you think I have to listen to a Xianbei barbarian like you just because I don't have my family to rely on?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Concubine Yi was furious and said angrily.
"Am I wrong? You are a Xianbei. Back then, it was the Noble Concubine who forged your identity and sent you to the palace to serve the emperor. You were used by the Noble Concubine while colluding with the Xianbei people. You also colluded with the Daliang Kingdom and the Northern Desert. You used up all available resources to pave a way out for your son. You even gave yourself to the prince in order to get close to Master Liang. Now, you think that Concubine Zhao is pregnant, and you are jealous. You are afraid that she will give birth to a prince in the future and become a threat to you. You actually ordered someone to kill her and chopped up her body and buried it in the backyard of your Yilan Palace. Concubine Yi, Concubine Yi, do you think you are dirty? Do you think your heart is black?"
Concubine Yi's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and she said coldly: "You are talking nonsense, what do you want to do?"
She soon discovered something was wrong. When she first entered the room, she said she knew she had transported Sun Fang'er out of the palace, but now she said she had chopped up the body and buried it in the backyard.
Mei Fei said with a puff, "Do you think I came here today for some purpose? You are wrong. I am here to expose your true colors."
Concubine Yi laughed instead of getting angry, "Only you?"
The hostility on Mei Fei's face was completely restrained. She showed a charming but somewhat cold smile. She stabbed her abdomen with the hairpin in her hand. Blood splattered. She ignored it and pulled it out to stab her chest. Then, she threw herself on Concubine Yi and screamed, "Help, help!"
Concubine Yi kicked her away, her eyes furious and murderous, but the moment she raised her hand, she saw Eunuch Lu appear at the door.
Early this morning, the Xianbei paid tribute with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. The Emperor asked Eunuch Lu and Eunuch Bao to distribute them to various palaces. As for the imperial concubine, it was naturally Eunuch Lu who delivered them personally.
Mei Fei's head fell heavily to the ground, and she felt sharp pain in her chest and abdomen. When she was standing just now, she stabbed her abdomen first, so the blood flowed down her abdomen, and then she would achieve the effect she wanted.
Concubine Yi's hairpin was taken away by Concubine Mei. Her hair was loose and flying in the autumn wind. She looked like a madman. She stared at Concubine Mei with gloomy eyes and murderous intent.
"Come, call the imperial physician!" Eunuch Lu came in quickly, picked up Concubine Mei, and said coldly to Concubine Yi: "Your Highness, this is too much."
Concubine Yi felt a sweet and fishy taste in her throat, and blood welled up in her eyes. She was completely immersed in rage, and her whole body was shaking. How could she be defeated by Concubine Mei? How could she fall into her trap
There was indeed a chopped-up body buried in the backyard, or rather, more than one.
Not all the people in her palace were hers. Some of them were sent from the inner court and were only responsible for matters outside the palace. That day, when they were sending Sun Fang'er away, they were seen by that girl. According to past practice, she had them chopped into pieces and buried.
Not long after Eunuch Lu left, the imperial guards rushed in and surrounded the Yilan Palace.
But no one came in, just waiting for the Emperor.
The Emperor was in Yueqing Palace. He had been in a state of rage these past few days since Sun Fang'er disappeared. Now, when he learned from shock that Concubine Yi had stabbed Concubine Mei, his face looked as if a storm was about to break out.
When he arrived, Concubine Mei was still unconscious and covered in blood.
"How is the child?" The emperor grabbed the imperial physician, his eyes bulging and his words coming out from between his teeth.
The imperial physician was so frightened that he trembled all over, and his legs went limp. "Your Majesty... Concubine Mei has an injury in her lower abdomen, and we can no longer feel her slippery pulse."
As the emperor becomes a doctor through long illness, he knows that if he cannot diagnose a slippery pulse, it means the child is dead.
"Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Everyone in the palace knelt down and spoke with fear on their faces.
The emperor staggered two steps, his face full of grief, "God has doomed me, God has doomed me..."
Xia Lin and Sun Fang'er, now they even have no children.
This was a warning from God.
God punish him!
"Your Majesty," Eunuch Lu knelt on the ground and said resolutely, "I have something to report."
The emperor stared at him, then ordered the imperial physician in a cold voice, "If you cannot save Concubine Mei, bring your heads to me."
Mei Fei's injuries were not serious. The more serious one was in her lower abdomen. The wound on her chest did not hurt her heart, so her life was not in danger.
However, she lost too much blood and remained in a coma.
Outside the palace.
"Did you really hear her say that?" The emperor's face was so tense that it almost broke.
Eunuch Lu said, "It is absolutely true. I was delivering Xianbei tribute to Yilan Palace. Outside the palace, I heard Concubine Mei and Imperial Concubine Yi quarreling. I wanted to wait outside until the two concubines finished talking before entering. Unexpectedly, the quarrel got more intense. I heard every word Concubine Mei said clearly. After Concubine Mei finished talking for a while, I heard her shouting for help. I immediately broke into the palace and saw Imperial Concubine Yi kick Concubine Mei, who was covered in blood, away. That kick showed that she had some martial arts skills."
The emperor's voice seemed to come from the sky, revealing overwhelming anger. "She is a Xianbei? The noble concubine forged her identity and sent her to me? She colluded with the Xianbei and the Northern Desert Liang? She had an affair with the deposed crown prince and killed Sun Fang'er out of jealousy. Did you hear all this?"
"That's what Concubine Mei said, and Imperial Concubine Yi did not deny it. After Concubine Mei said those words, Imperial Concubine took action. When I went in, the murderous intent in Concubine Yi's eyes had not yet been concealed." Eunuch Lu said.
“Prepare for your journey… to Yilan Palace!” The emperor’s voice was so gentle, as if it were his breath, that it was almost inaudible.
However, the scarlet and ferocious look in his eyes frightened Eunuch Lu.
Inside Yilan Palace.
Ever since Eunuch Lu took Concubine Mei away and the Imperial Guards came to block the area, Concubine Yi has been sitting in front of the corridor, with Qingfu and Jinglan by her side.
"Where is the seventh prince?" She raised her head with a cold smile on her face.
"To answer your Majesty's question, it's in the study," Jinglan said.
Concubine Yi sighed softly and looked up at the sky. It was a clear, cloudless autumn day. The weather was really nice.
"Qingfu, Jinglan, do you like the sky of Great Zhou?" Concubine Yi tilted her head and asked with a smile.
"I don't like it." They said in unison.
Concubine Yi nodded, her hands hidden in her sleeves, "Yes, I don't like it either, but I like the peace and prosperity of the Great Zhou, the singing and dancing of the Great Zhou, the splendor and wealth of the Great Zhou, and the power to call the wind and rain in the harem."
She looked a little confused, "One step away, really just one step away. Ten years have passed. I have been dreaming of this for ten years. I am at ease among the royal relatives and powerful officials. Everyone is loyal to me. I have grasped the weaknesses of many people. I have grasped the weaknesses of those who have the ability to rebel against me. I can control everything, except Mei Fei, who I never care about and who I always look down upon. But she bit me hard."
(End of this chapter)