bookpower Chapter 321
Chapter 321
the only thing that was hard to explain was the relationship between mute slave and luyin.
why was he so agitated when luyin died?
consort wen, holding a snow-white puppy in her arms, played with it for a while and said, "your highness, don't worry. i'm keeping an eye on that one in the side hall! that imperial physician hu, i think he's suspicious and doesn't seem like a good person. i've had eunuchs guard the door of the side hall, so even if consort de wakes up, i won't let her roam freely in hexi palace."
how did she drive consort de to madness?
the day after jiang xinyue moved to chengqian palace, consort de "woke up." after all, she had gone to such lengths to move in, and there was important work to be done, so she couldn't just stay in bed forever.
unexpectedly, as soon as she opened the door, she saw consort wen sitting in a large armchair right outside her door. when she saw consort de come out, she smiled and greeted her, immediately standing up from the chair: "this concubine greets consort de."
consort de frowned. who did this mere noble consort think she was, calling her "sister"?
was jiang yuan crazy?
her disdain was too obvious. consort wen chuckled and rolled her eyes: "consort de, you don't know, do you? the emperor said that xihuo palace keeps having accidents and deaths, and he thinks the place has bad feng shui, so he's decided to rename and rebuild it. my imperial noble consort suggested that i move to jingren palace, so the emperor granted me the title of consort wen!"
though not one of the four consorts, she had been given the character "wen," which elevated her status above ordinary consorts.
why couldn't she call consort de "sister"?
her smug, self-satisfied expression made consort de feel utterly speechless.
she tried to walk around this obstacle and head elsewhere.
"how dare you!"
consort de's maid, who was supporting her, was shoved hard, and then consort wen's loud voice rang out: "you despicable servants! consort de is still recovering from her injuries, yet you don't stop her and let her get out of bed the day after being stabbed? and not just a few steps inside the room, but insisting on going out! what are you plotting?"
the maid was almost knocked down by consort wen's push. if she hadn't quickly grabbed the doorframe, she would have fallen hard.
consort de lost her support and, as the maid fell, was pulled by her wrist, causing the wound on her abdomen to ache fiercely, turning her face pale.
of course, naive people were also foolish, and foolish people's schemes were straightforward. she couldn't be called a good person.
but there were no truly good people in this palace—everyone was a villain.
if consort de had killed the empress's two princes, low level consort yu would undoubtedly want to avenge them.
but this woman couldn't keep a secret, so jiang xinyue wouldn't tell her.
consort de had committed so many unforgivable crimes that when they all came to light at once, even the greatest deity couldn't save her.
noble consort ye and low level consort yu wandered around chengqian palace, looking up and down, touching this and knocking on that, finding it quite interesting: "with consort wen guarding consort de, she can't come over, which lets me and low level consort yu see the emperor's sleeping quarters for the first time. what a sight!"
where they lived was nothing compared to even the front hall of the emperor's sleeping chamber.
low level consort yu sat at a small table, enjoying the chilled purple jade grapes, her eyes narrowing in delight.
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trying to understand the imperial noble consort, she realized how knowledgeable she was. no wonder the emperor was so fond of her. if things continued like this, her life would be too comfortable.
it was just her father's situation... sigh...
jiang yanxi had already taken office as the governor of guangdong and guangxi. according to the letter from ming yu, her father was trying to pave the way for the new governor before his downfall. jiang yanxi, upon arriving in guangdong and guangxi, didn't force her father out of the governor's mansion but had his guards bring him into the carriage and escort him to the capital to confess his crimes.
this had given her father enough face.
jiang yanxi also benefited, as her father pointed out the honest officials who had been suppressed before, ensuring that jiang yanxi wouldn't be left without capable people after all the corrupt officials were removed.
whether her father could survive depended on the evidence concubine cheng's father had handed over to the emperor. if it was substantial and angered the emperor, her father's fate would be sealed.
sigh...
her own life had been saved by the imperial noble consort, so she really couldn't bring herself to ask for more.
"giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up..."
a swift horse galloped into the imperial city: "urgent military affairs, make way for me!"