Red make-up, married to me
Feng Ningyan bit her lips and knelt down once more, "Reporting to mother, His Highness King Yu saved my life as a hero; Red Dress of Ten Mile, married to me; Kowtow and refuse the marriage, it's for my sake. Ever since the day he saw Hua Ruoyu, he had not glanced at her once, so what need did I have to be jealous of Hua Ruoyu? "
"You!" The Empress slapped the armrest of the phoenix chair heavily, pointed at Feng Ningyan, and said, "Just because I mentioned her yesterday and made her my concubine, you intentionally made her kneel for so long, is that not jealousy?"
Consort Shu was seated on the left, seeing that Feng Ningyan still wanted to explain, he shook his head at her.
Seeing Consort Shu's warning, Feng Ningyan suppressed the unhappiness in her heart, and said: "Wife doesn't have it, mother, please inspect it clearly."
The Empress saw that she was no longer going to quibble, and coldly said: "I know that you have done a great service, but if you are a married man, you should restrain yourself. I am not trying to break you apart from the King Yu. From now on, as long as you enter the palace every day and receive the teachings of a senior nanny, learn female virtue and talent for four hours, and know how to do good in the Yuwangfei, I will forgive you this time. "
Feng Ningyan clenched her fists tightly, and lowered her head, not replying.
She was afraid that she would curse the moment she opened her mouth.
The concubine s were all so frightened by the empress's temper that they didn't dare to speak anymore. However, Feng Ningyan also didn't reply, causing the whole hall to be deathly silent, which made everyone even more flustered.
Consort Shu looked at Feng Ningyan, not knowing how to help her. She thought for a bit, then got up to bow to the empress. Yuwangfei had just gotten married, and the proverbial new wife was like a child that had just landed on the ground. She had to be taught slowly. Flowers is still her cousin after all. Why don't you let His Highness King Yu take care of this family's matters? "
The empress glanced at Consort Shu coldly, then laughed sarcastically, "What, do you think my punishments are inappropriate?"
Consort Shu hurriedly replied, "Chenqie doesn't dare."
Feng Ningyan did not expect the Consort Shu to come out and plead for the empress when she was still angry. She was moved, and raised her head to look at the Consort Shu.
Eunuch Di laughed and said to the empress, "Esteemed Empress' Phoenix Body is more important. You really don't need to worry about minor matters of the junior generation. It would be better to hand over the matter of teaching the Yuwangfei to the Imperial Concubine Su. After all, ever since she was stripped of her authority as an associate six palaces, she had no choice but to panic. "
Even if the other concubine s were to say these words to him, it would be a great disrespect, let alone a mere sixth grade eunuch.
The Consort Shu was ranked third as the imperial concubine. As a third rank, how could a eunuch laugh at that?
However, this sixth rank eunuch was the queen's favorite. Who would dare to provoke him, even if he was a fox pretending to be a tiger?
Feng Ningyan glared at Eunuch Di, only to hear the empress say: "Consort Shu, I know that this Yuwangfei will not listen to orders, are you willing to accept this hot potato?"
Consort Shu glanced at Feng Ningyan. Although she was a little hesitant, she still walked forward and said, "Chenqie is willing to help the Empress share her worries."
Hearing that she agreed, the empress smiled in satisfaction.
The concubine at the side also had their own thoughts, all of them felt that the Consort Shu would lose to Feng Ningyan this time.
The Empress said: "Since you are sensible, then I shall hand over the Yuwangfei to you. However, you have to set an example, don't get worse the more you teach her, even if it is a small Prince Yu's Mansion, she cannot be pampered. "
When all the concubine heard this, they couldn't help but snicker. Who wouldn't hear the empress mocking Consort Shu's "special favor"?
Consort Shu didn't seem to understand. "Yes, chenqie understands."
The Empress rubbed her shoulders, stood up and walked out, "Alright, Yuwangfei will follow Consort Shu back to the Chen Ming Gong to train. I'm tired."
When the imperial concubines heard this, they all hastily stood up to bid their farewells to the empress.
Consort Shu walked in front of Feng Ningyan and helped her up, saying in a soft voice, "Yuwangfei, you have suffered greatly."
Feng Ningyan held onto Consort Shu's hand and sighed, "I never thought that this concubine and this Imperial Concubine Su would have such fate …"
Before the two of them could speak much, the Aunt Ying beside the empress walked over and urged, "Imperial Concubine Su, the empress has ordered this servant to help you. Shall we return to the Chen Ming Gong?"
Feng Ningyan then released Consort Shu's hand and followed her out of the Yi Palace.
thought, was Shen Lingjue in the imperial court right now, or did she head back to the imperial court? I have to find a way to get a message to him, or he'll be in a hurry if I stay in the palace for two or three hours.
Upon arriving at Chen Ming Gong, the Aunt Ying glared at Feng Ningyan and Consort Shu like a tiger eyeing its prey. She said that they were there to assist, but it turned out that they were monitoring them.
Consort Shu ordered some people to bring the books over, and personally lead Feng Ningyan to read them, explaining their meaning from time to time.
At first, Feng Ningyan was willing to read it twice, but after a while, she nodded her head sleepily. She was really embarrassed to be woken up a few times by the Consort Shu.
But these books were like old women's footcloths, long and smelly, and they were all crooked when they were read. It was a crushing blow to a woman's sense of dignity and autonomy.
Feng Ningyan could not help but ask: "Why does the world only have female precepts, and not male precepts? What was a man's rank higher than a woman's? What men can do, women can as well. Why are you living like a vassal? "
Consort Shu was stunned and could not help but laugh: "Yuwangfei has a unique way of understanding things. It's just that I only know how to read and don't have the ability to debate.
Aunt Ying listened by the side, her lips puckering up to her nose. "What unique understanding?
Consort Shu glanced at Aunt Ying and said: "Aunt Ying, does a servant like you have the right to interrupt when masters speak?"
Aunt Ying never thought that Consort Shu would dare to scold her, the overseer sent by the Queen. She angrily glared at Consort Shu and answered "Yes", but did not dare to refute him.
Seeing that Feng Ningyan was exhausted, the Consort Shu ordered the Aunt Ying to borrow a few books from the Compendium Pavilion.
After the Aunt Ying had left, Feng Ningyan was finally lying on the table like a mud-splattered buddha.
"Aiyo, I'm so tired …"
Consort Shu smiled as she ordered for lotus seed tea to be brought over. Feng Ningyan finished it in one breath.
"Imperial Concubine Su, sorry about that. When chenqie saw a book that she didn't like to read, she felt pain all over her body and her eyes went blurry... I really didn't mean to fall asleep just now. "
The Consort Shu covered her mouth and laughed, "You, no wonder the Empress treats you like a thorn in her side. You really are an untamable wild horse."
As he mentioned this, Feng Ningyan walked in front of the Consort Shu and bowed deeply, "This concubine thanks Imperial Concubine Su for her assistance. If it weren't for the Empress speaking up for me in front of the emperor, why would the emperor have spoken up for me yesterday in the Lingyun Mountain?"
Consort Shu hurriedly helped her up. "On the day we first met, you could tell that hand warming furnace was the musk deer pearl, but you saved the child in my stomach. How could I not repay your kindness?
This brought up the question that Feng Ningyan had been suspicious of.
"Empress, since you have evidence that the Empress harmed you, why didn't you tell the Emperor?"