The palace, the moon palace.
Empress Ji Ruyun looked angrily at her daughter kneeling in front of her, but her eyes still showed a little heartache, but she refused to let her get up.
Princess Nanyue was Ji Ruyun's youngest daughter and her favorite child. She cared for the crown prince as much as she did. However, because of her indulgence, princess Nanyue's temper jumped out of control. She spent the whole day thinking about how to escape from the palace to play. This time, even the secret guards ditched her. It took more than a month to get back to the palace and was almost sold to the chu house in the brothel.
"Queen mother." Princess Nanyue's knees hurt, and she moved her legs slightly. She looked up pitifully, but her elegant princess dress made her look playful.
If Su Mianyue were here, she would have recognized princess Nanyue as Nan, who had been with them for two days. No wonder she didn't know how to do anything.
"Don't move." Ji Ruyun's face was still grim, and his heart ached in his eyes, "Nanyue, as a legitimate princess, you should have the appearance of a legitimate princess. If you are still so ignorant, don't blame your mother for being ruthless. Marry you early, or have someone to take care of you. You can also give your brother a helping hand."
Princess Nanyue, who had been trying to curry favor with her, heard the last sentence and her eyes turned red. She felt wronged, sad and resentful.
Standing up, princess Nanyue sniffed and forced her tears back into her eyes, "In the heart of the empress dowager, there is only the crown prince brother. You and my sister are your chess pieces to assist the crown prince brother. In order to make good relations with the Tianlan, the empress dowager and the crown prince brother spoke to the father emperor and sent their sister to the emperor of the Tianlan as a concubine. Didn't the empress dowager know that the palace is a place where people eat bones and don't spit out bones? My sister went to the Tianlan. I don't know if I can return to my hometown in this lifetime. How can my mother be so biased? Aren't my sister and I the daughter of my mother?"
Ji Ruyun choked and then pointed at princess Nanyue with trembling hands, "Nanyue, is this how you talk to your mother? She loves you."
"How can I respect my mother's disregard for the happiness of my sister and me? In her mother's heart, if it were not for my sister and me, would she be like any other princess, would she also point to any subject to use as a tool to attract people's hearts?" Princess Nanyue's angry tears flowed. She stubbornly wiped them away with her sleeves and said in a hateful voice, "I will tell mother today. If mother still wants to make use of me, I will not be at the mercy of mother like sister. Then mother will wait to collect my corpse."
"Impudent!" Ji Ruyun let out a low cry.
"Anyway, I haven't been presumptuous twice or once. Mother can punish me as she pleases. I'll go back to my room to rest when I'm tired. Mother can do whatever she wants." Princess Nanyue said angrily, turned and left without giving Ji Ruyun any face, which showed that she was really spoiled.
Ji Ruyun angrily smashed the teacup in his hand, and his lips trembled. If this little girl had not given birth to the most like her, Ji Ruyun would not have loved her, and would not have been willing to punish her severely every time she caused trouble.
"What a revolt! How could this palace have taught such a daughter how to behave like a princess?" Even though Ji Ruyun was very angry, he still couldn't bear to punish him severely. Looking at the palace people kneeling on the ground outside, he ordered, "It's not good to take the whole moon palace to protect the princess. If you drag it down, it will be twenty boards. Princess Nanyue has been grounded for a month from now on. She sincerely regrets that she can't leave the palace before."
The palace people who took over the moon palace were simply angered, but princess nan yue left the palace without her knowledge, and the punishment of only hitting twenty boards was not heavy.
After the palace man kowtowed to thank him, Ji Ruyun said to Nanny Zhaang beside him, "Nanny Zhaang, is this palace wrong?"
Nanny Zhaang raised her eyelids slightly and clasped her hands in front of her belly, "Princess Nanyue is a child. She will understand when she reaches the hairpin stage. She will know how hard the empress is working. She will not have any trouble with the empress."
"My daughter, can I not understand you?" Ji Ruyun shook her head and looked tired. Even her heavy makeup could not hide the tired look in her eyes.
Nanny Zhaang only glanced at Ji Ruyun, then lowered his eyes and followed Ji Ruyun for many years. He knew what she was like, and he didn't need her to talk back and forth at the moment. This was one of the reasons why Nanny Zhaang stayed with Ji Ruyun and survived after knowing so much about mixin.
After a moment of silence, Ji Ruyun perked up and said, "Nanny Zhaang, get someone to find out who was gossiping in front of Nanyue, and what happened to her this month, and the marks that should be erased should be cleaned up."
"Yes." Nanny Zhaang nodded.
Taking a look at the sky outside, the dim yellow light could not brighten the palace as bright as day, just like Ji Ruyun's mood.
There was bitterness in her eyes. She might have done something wrong. She sacrificed too much for the sake of pride, but she didn't get the happiness. However, when she took that step, she didn't turn back and could only swallow the bitter fruit.
"Did the emperor go to the virtuous concubine again tonight?" Although it was a question, Ji Ruyun was sure, which showed that he had an answer in his heart.
Nanny Zhaang answered without a word of concern, as if she was just a machine that obeyed orders.
Ji Ruyun smiled bitterly, his eyes flashed with hatred, but his tone was calm, "Since he is the king of a country, he should know that the former dynasty and the harem are inseparable. If the emperor can't touch all the rain and dew, the other sisters will surely have resentment. Elder Zheng is already old and should be the age to pay tribute to the elders."
After that, Ji Ruyun got up and left, while Nanny Zhaang went directly to do what ji ruyun had told him.
After that, the virtuous imperial concubine, who was eating with emperor Yun Wansheng, did not know that Ji Ruyun was going to attack her mother. Occasionally, she whispered a few words and coaxed Yun Wansheng into thinking that it was the same imperial meal in the imperial kitchen, but the taste of the virtuous imperial concubine here was exceptionally good.
After dinner, the virtuous consort played chess with Yun Wansheng, and the two of them wanted to chat.
"I heard that princess Nanyue has returned to the palace. This is really good news. For more than a month, I have copied many scriptures to pray for the princess. After all, princess is only a girl's family, and it is easy to suffer from evil hearts outside." The virtuous consort's voice was very sweet, and she had been blessed for the past three years. It was precisely because she was a flower of understanding and never sought grace for her mother's family, but the grace of the zheng family was more than that of the other concubines, which showed that her wrist was powerful.
Of course, the harem was always full, and Yun Wansheng would be greedy for new people, but the virtuous concubine was the one that long en kept.
"My dear concubine, that girl Nanyue is wild. She is no match for her fellow mother. She is spoiled by the empress." Yun Wansheng's tone was clearly displeased. Otherwise, when princess Nanyue returned to the palace, he wouldn't have even missed a visit.
The virtuous concubine smiled lightly and then said softly, "Princess qianyue is gentle and tough. She knows how to do her best for the country. She is a role model for the princesses. Princess Nanyue was innocent and lively, which made the servants and concubines very fond of her. The emperor should not be angry with her because of this. The concubines believed that under the guidance of the empress, princess Nanyue must be a woman who could contribute to the country as much as princess qianyue."
Yun Wansheng frowned and took a thoughtful look at her. Seeing that she was focused on the chess game, as if the topic was really just a casual conversation with him, she relaxed her brows and ordered the waiter who was waiting on her, "Go to the storeroom and pick up some items that princess Nanyue likes and send them to her to calm her down. Tell her not to bother the empress any longer. I will call her again in a few days."
Yun Wansheng was not without any affection for his once beloved daughter, but that incident made him subconsciously want to keep people related to Ji Ruyun away, but he had to give them the highest honor.
Who allowed Yun Wansheng to sit on the dragon chair, in name because he was the original son-in-law. If ji ruyun, the former eldest princess, was not the empress and their son was not the crown prince, Yun Wansheng really could not guarantee that his dragon chair could still sit safely.
The virtuous concubine played chess calmly, but her eyes flashed with satisfaction.
What if she can't be the most honorable woman in the world? As long as she was willing, even the emperor's mind could be controlled. The empress, including her children, was not treated differently because of her one sentence. She did not even dare to suppress her mind.