Chapter 40: Knocking Out Front Teeth

  Ronghua Palace was the residence of empresses throughout history, and apart from the Shengyang Hall where the old emperor lived, Ronghua Palace was the most prestigious place in the entire imperial palace. Not to mention men, even ordinary women were not qualified to enter Ronghua Palace, except for the empress and those who served her. The old emperor had already given her a special exception, she didn't think it was exceptional enough that she could bring Nan Lingrui with her to live there!

  "Little girl, just you wait and see! Don't underestimate the charm of this prince." Nan Lingrui found a comfortable position and leaned his entire body weight against Yun Shangyue.

  Yun Qian Yue thought to herself, whoever dares to underestimate him will be greatly mistaken! Nan Ling Rui is not the true prodigal son! She withdrew her gaze from the eaves and warned the weight leaning against her, "If you don't want me to throw you out, then go to sleep!"

  Nan Lingrui pretended not to hear and continued leaning against Yun Shangyue, as if preparing to fall asleep.

  Yun Qian Yue suddenly made her move on him.

  Nan Lingrui suddenly opened his eyes and glared at Yun Shangyue, who raised an eyebrow at him. He knew it was futile to get closer, so he snatched the pillow from behind Yun Shangyue's back and placed it behind himself. He leaned against the pillow, closed his eyes, and muttered discontentedly: "Heartless little girl!"

  Yun Qian Yue's body quickly came down, and she had already been stirred up by Nan Ling Rui to the point of being sleepless. She raised her eyes to look at Yun Wu Han.

  As soon as Nan Lingrui got on the car, she was talking to Nan Lingrui, but her eyes had been catching Yun Muhans expression all along. Yun Muhan had no expression at all, and having no expression was actually the most abnormal expression, just like a mask covering his face, all emotions were hidden under this expressionless mask.

  Clouds fade at dusk, clouds shallow moonlight comes from the south, Ling Rui's line of sight moves away from his body and looks towards him, a pair of eyes as black as midnight.

  Yun Qianyue thought that her previous idea was certainly correct, and Nan Lingrui and Yun Wuhanshan must have had some connection. She pulled the corner of her mouth and asked: "Brother, is there something you want to find me for? Or do you have anything to say to me?"

  The cloud was shallow and the moon was faint, Yun Mu Han suddenly stood up, looked at her coldly, "No!", as soon as he finished speaking, his figure flashed and he lightly jumped out of the carriage.

  Yun Qianyue watched as the car curtain lifted and fell, fluttering twice before coming to a stop. She smiled faintly and turned her head towards Nan Lingrui. Nan Lingrui looked like he was exhausted, already asleep, with a slight snoring sound coming from him. She stared at Nan Lingrui for a moment, then closed her eyes. Thinking that some things would be known sooner or later.

  The car returned to silence, and no more voices came out.

  Wen Lei heard the noise outside the car, turned his head to take a look, saw Yun Wu Han leaving, blinked, and then withdrew his gaze to look inside the car, turned his head back, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his youthful face.

  The carriage went smoothly all the way to the imperial palace.

  Half an hour later, they arrived at the entrance of the imperial palace. The carriage stopped, and Wen Lei said to those inside: "Crown Prince, I will take Shallow Moon Miss directly to the Empress's Palace. You should get off here! Without the Emperor's edict or summons from the Empress, no other men are allowed to enter the Empress's Palace except for the Crown Prince and the princes who pay their respects every day. This is something you should know."

  Wen Lai's words fell, and Nan Lingrui continued to sleep soundly, as if he hadn't heard anything.

  Yun Qian Yue closed her eyes and didn't say a word. Nan Ling Rui got on the bus by himself, it had nothing to do with her, so she naturally didn't have an obligation to get him off the bus.

  "Rui Taizi?" Wenlai hadn't heard the voice and softly called out in the car.

  The car remained silent.

  Brunei lifted the curtain and saw Nan Lingrui sleeping soundly. He glanced at Yun Shangyue, reached out to pat Nan Lingrui, "Prince Rui, we've arrived at the imperial palace! The emperor ordered Miss Shangyue to go to the empress's palace first to make arrangements, and then I'll take her to the imperial study. You can't just follow!"

  Nan Lingrui stirred, opening Wen Lai's hand and drowsily warned: "Don't make a sound, the crown prince is sleeping soundly. If you disturb me again, the crown prince will make sure you can never hit me with your hands again."

  Brunei's hand immediately withdrew, looking at Nan Lingrui with a helpless expression, "Prince Rui, it's not that the slave wants to disturb you, but rather that without your imperial edict, I really can't follow you into the Empress Dowager's palace..."

  Nan Lingrui didn't seem to hear it.

  Brunei looked anxious and turned to Yunque Yue, who closed her eyes without any intention of helping. Brunei spoke to the little eunuch following him, "Li Zi, you go..."

  "Isn't this Minister Wen?" A voice with a hint of sarcasm came from outside the palace, "I heard that Your Excellency hasn't left the mansion for several days. I heard that you've been promoted, congratulations!"

  Yun Qianyue heard this voice and was furious at first. She thought that Leng Shaozhuo, who had been locked up to reflect on his mistakes and recover from his injuries, had been released too quickly! It had only been a few days since he left the Xiaojing Wangfu, and yet he was still behaving like this! The mountains and rivers may change, but one's nature is hard to alter.

  Brunei was about to instruct the little eunuch, but swallowed back, hastily turned around and saluted Cold Shaozhuo, "The slave gives greetings to the young king! Not seen for many days, the young king is even more magnificent!"

  "Haha, it's still Lord Wen who can talk. What he says is exactly what I, the little king, love to hear." Leng Shaozhuo walked closer to Wen Lei, took a glance at the horse carriage and asked: "Lord Wen, are you going out of the palace on official business?"

  "I was ordered by His Majesty to leave the palace on a mission, and now that the mission is accomplished, I am about to return to the palace!" said Wenlai.

  "His Excellency used to ride a horse when he went out of the palace on business, but today he's driving a carriage. It seems that being promoted to Grand Marshal is indeed different!" Leng Shao Zhu looked up and down at Wen Lei, his eyes fixed on the waist card of the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Palace.

  "Not at all! Young Master Wang has promoted me. I'm still fond of riding horses when I go out on errands, but today's task is different. It's to escort Miss Shallow Moon from the Cloud King's Manor into the palace, that's why I drove a carriage." said Wen Lei.

  "Oh? You said it's Yun Qianyue entering the palace? Is the one sitting in the carriage Yun Qianyue?" Leng Shaozhuo suddenly turned his head and looked at the horse-drawn carriage again.

  "Yes!" Brunei nodded.

  Leng Shaozhuo's smiling face instantly retracted, his eyes flashing with a fierce glint. He took three steps forward in two strides and reached the car, lifting the curtain to reveal Yun Shangyue leaning against the wall of the carriage with her eyes closed. Without saying a word, he slapped her in the face.

  "Fourth Prince Leng!" Wen Lei was shocked.

  Yun Qian's eyes flashed with cold laughter, and indeed, he was a stupid pig, without even half a thread of progress! She opened her eyes, and in an instant, she grasped the hand that had reached out to her, saying coldly: "This hand of yours wasn't crippled last time, are you not feeling resentful? Do you want me to thoroughly twist it off so that you can never use it again and feel comfortable?"

  Leng Shaozhuo's face turned pale with rage, and he shouted: "Yun Qianyue, how dare you!"

  "I'm very bold! Do you want to try?" Yun Qiu Yue raised an eyebrow and looked at him. She found that Leng Shao Zhuo's complexion seemed to have improved a lot, probably because he had been abstinent from women for some time due to his filial piety.

  Leng Shaozhuo's face changed, and he tried to withdraw his hand, but was grasped by Yun Qianyue, who didn't budge. He angrily said: "Yun Qianyue, this is the entrance of the imperial palace, dare you try moving a single finger on me!"

  "The last time I moved you was in the imperial palace, or was it the upper study?" Cloud Shallow Moon reminded him.

  "You..." Leng Shao Zhuo's face turned pale, and for a moment, he was speechless. Remembering Wen Gonggong beside him, he immediately said: "Wen Gonggong, your master Lu Gonggong was killed by her. Haven't you ever thought of avenging him?"

  "Cold Young Master, the master is wrong, it's his own fault, can't blame Miss Shallow Moon! I'm just doing my job for the Emperor, even if the master's death and Miss Shallow Moon are related, I won't take personal revenge." Wen Lei looked at Cold Shaoyu without humility, "You heard that Miss Shallow Moon didn't say a word on the carriage but you wanted to hit her, I saw it clearly. There are so many palace guards watching here at the palace gate! Young Master, this is not right! Even if Miss Shallow Moon hurt your hand, I will tell the Emperor the truth, that you were the one who started it and provoked Miss Shallow Moon!"

  "You..." Leng Shao Zhu's face turned red with rage, "A Wen Gonggong who doesn't care about personal grudges! Lu Gonggong is in heaven..." "Leng Xiao Wangye, your hand is too tight!" Wen Lei interrupted Leng Shao Zhu's words and reminded him.

  Leng Shaozhuo immediately stopped talking and stared at Yun Qianyue, "Yun Qianyue, let me go!"

  "Let you off this time, but if you dare to offend me again next time. I will make sure that this hand of yours is completely severed from your body!" Yun Shangyue shook off Leng Shaoyu's hand, reached into her sleeve and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her hands. Nowadays, the fewer things she had to deal with, the better. The old emperor was probably looking for fault in her right now! If she let Leng Shaoyu, this small shrimp, get her into trouble with the old emperor, it wouldn't be worth it.

  Leng Shaozhuo stumbled back several steps before regaining his balance, his face twisted in rage as he gazed at the purplish bruise on his wrist. "Yun Qianyue, you...!"

  "Isn't this Young Master Leng? It's been many days since we last met, how come you're so furious as soon as you arrive at the imperial palace?" A horse carriage stopped not far away, the curtain lifted and Ye Tian walked down, raising an eyebrow as he looked at Leng Shao Zhuo's angry face.

  "It's actually the Crown Prince!" Leng Shao Zhu immediately stopped talking and turned to look at Ye Tian Qing. Upon hearing this, his anger not only didn't dissipate, but instead intensified, "It's still that stinky woman in the carriage, every time I see her, I get furious!"

  "Oh?" Ye Tian Qing looked towards the carriage where Yun Qian Yue was sitting, because earlier, Leng Shao Zhuo had lifted the curtain too high, causing it to fly up and land on the roof. At this moment, he could clearly see Yun Qian Yue and Nan Ling Rui inside. His gaze swept over Nan Ling Rui who was sleeping soundly and looked at Yun Qian Yue, raising an eyebrow. "Why is Little Sister Moon here?"

  Clouds are shallow, the moon is invisible, thinking that flies all like to gather together, now Leng Shaozhuo and Ye Tianqing these two flies have gathered together!

  "Return to the Crown Prince! I have been ordered by His Majesty to bring Miss Shallow Moon into the palace!" Wen Lei immediately replied.

  "What is the Emperor's decree?" Ye Tianqing looked at Wen Lei.

  "The Emperor has decreed that from today on, we are to bring Miss Shallow Moon by our side and instruct her." Wen Lei stated concisely.

  "So that's how it is! I didn't believe the news when I first heard it, but it's true after all! Father Emperor never takes anyone with him to teach. Back then, I was also following Taifu to learn, even if Father Emperor liked Qingwen, he never took her with him to teach. Moon sister is so lucky!" Yè Tiān Qīng looked at Yuè Qián Yuè again, seeing that she didn't even give him a glance, his face turned somewhat gloomy, thinking why did he disgust her? He walked towards the horse carriage, saying as he walked: "Congratulations, Moon sister!"

  Yun Qian Yue didn't say a word and suddenly stretched out her hand to slap Nan Ling Rui who was fast asleep.

  Nan Lingrui was shocked and her body, which had been sleeping soundly, instantly flew out of the car.

  Yun Qian Yue saw that Nan Ling Rui was about to be thrown out of her hand, so she waved her hand and dropped the curtain. She said to Wen Lai: "Wen Gonggong, hurry up! If you delay any further, I think you don't want to complete your task!"

  "Yes, I'll take you to the Ronghua Palace right away!" Wen Lei hastily responded, quickly getting on the carriage and whipping the horse. The carriage entered the palace gates without delay. He naturally didn't want to stay here any longer, thinking that if Miss Shangyue had sent Prince Rui down from the carriage earlier, they wouldn't have been delayed for so long waiting for Prince Leng and the Crown Prince! However, he was also grateful to these two people; if it weren't for them, Miss Shangyue probably still wouldn't have sent Prince Rui down from the carriage! He naturally couldn't bring Prince Rui along with him to the Ronghua Palace.

  The night sky stopped in its tracks, and his originally calm face suddenly turned gloomy.

  Nan Lingrui stood firmly, looking at the horse carriage entering the palace gate, and said with some annoyance: "Dead girl! If the crown prince didn't have a few tricks up his sleeve, his life would be over! He really went all out!"

  "How could Prince Rui sleep in that carriage?" Ye Tianqing raised his eyes and looked at Nan Lingrui.

  "The crown prince is coming by taking a shortcut!" Nan Lingrui rubbed his eyes, looking like he hadn't woken up yet. He said something to Ye Qingran and walked towards the palace gate.

  "What is Crown Prince Rui entering the palace for?" Ye Tian Qing followed closely behind Nan Ling Rui.

  "The Crown Prince is tired of staying in the Yun Wang Fu and plans to move into the Imperial Palace for two days." Nan Lingrui didn't even turn his head, constantly shaking it, apparently trying to shake off drowsiness. His gait was unsteady, and compared to Ye Tianjing, he really didn't look like a prince at all.

  "Oh? Does Prince Rui want to stay in the palace for a few days?" Ye Tian Qing was taken aback.

  "Night Taizi, your ears aren't deaf, that's what you heard!" Nan Lingrui turned his head and glanced at Ye Tianqing with a sudden step back, and the two brothers leaned their bodies on Ye Tianqing's shoulders, smiling and asking: "What do you think of me living in Ronghua Palace? This prince has long been yearning for Ronghua Palace."

  "I'm afraid it won't work! The Emperor will not agree. Besides, it's not in line with etiquette." Ye Tian shook his head.

  "That little girl moving into the Ronghua Palace isn't proper etiquette, is it? Yet she still wants to move in?" Nan Lingrui leaned his entire body weight onto Ye Tian's shoulder, saying languidly: "Why is it improper etiquette when it comes to this Crown Prince?"

  "Rui Taizi, you're a man! How can you live in the Ronghua Palace?" Night Sky stretched out his hand to push Nan Lingrui, only to find that Nan Lingrui was as still as a giant stone. He felt a chill in his heart, realizing that Nan Lingrui's martial arts skills were higher than his, and by an unknown margin. Feeling somewhat discontented, he suddenly exerted his strength, but didn't expect that the moment he did, Nan Lingrui suddenly relaxed his muscles, and his body was pushed straight out, colliding with Leng Shaozhuo who had followed closely behind. Leng Shaozhuo let out an "ah" of surprise, and was knocked flying, while Nan Lingrui's body swayed twice before stabilizing. Leng Shaozhuo crashed to the ground three meters away, instantly losing consciousness.

  "Night Prince, how can you be so petty? I'm just leaning on you! Do you think I'd hide to say something and use such great force? Luckily, this prince has some skill to protect himself, otherwise he'd be dead or injured." Nan Lingrui looked at Ye Tianqing with a bad expression, then turned back to look at Leng Shaoyue with a pitiful gaze: "Poor Cold Young Master of the Filial Piety King's Manor, not even a thread of skill, now you see him unable to make a sound, probably lost his breath!"

  Ye Tian's face changed, and he hastily walked towards Leng Shao Zhuo. He rushed to his side and checked his breath, relieved to find that he still had a pulse. Turning back to Nan Ling Rui, he couldn't believe that Nan Ling Rui had such a move, accurately and mercilessly colliding with Leng Shao Zhuo. Now, Leng Shao Zhuo's breathing was weak, and the power Ye Tian had just used to push away Nan Ling Rui was completely transferred to Leng Shao Zhuo by Nan Ling Rui's borrowed force. Without internal energy to protect his body, Leng Shao Zhuo suffered severe injuries and fell into a coma. In his heart, Ye Tian seethed with anger, "Rui Taizi, you..."

  "Night Prince, this is not my fault, I was just leaning on you. The people at the palace gate saw you push me into Cold Young Master's body and injure him." Nan Lingrui stood still, looking at Cold Shaozhuo lying on the ground, shaking his head nonstop, "It's said that the Filial King is also a master of martial arts, how come this young prince from the Filial King's mansion is so useless? Ah, now I see him, even if he doesn't die, he won't be able to get out of bed for a year or two!"

  The night sky was filled with anger, and the air was stifling in his chest. He knew that this was not the time to argue with Nan Lingrui, so he immediately shouted at the guards at the palace gate, "Come over here, two of you! Carry Young Master Leng to the Imperial Hospital right away!"

  The palace guards heard and hurriedly walked over, two of them lifted Leng Shaozhuo and headed towards the hospital.

  Leng Shao Zhuo's followers saw that they couldn't keep up with Leng Shao Zhuo, and instead turned their heads to rush towards the Filial Piety King's mansion, naturally to report the news urgently!

  Ye Tian Qing watched as the attendant left, hesitated for a moment, and then followed the two guards to the Taiyi Hospital. He knew that his resistance to Nan Ling Rui's power was not enough, but he also knew that if Nan Ling Rui had used all his strength on Leng Shao Zhuo, there would be consequences. Moreover, he couldn't be sure whether Nan Ling Rui had taken advantage of the situation to do something to Leng Shao Zhuo, and if anything happened to him, the Crown Prince would have no one else to blame but himself. He was furious in his heart, feeling that he had been outmaneuvered by Nan Ling Rui today. It was truly infuriating.

  Nan Lingrui watched as Ye Tianqing and two palace guards hastily carried Leng Shaozhu into the palace towards the Imperial Hospital, a faint smile playing on his lips. A moment later, he stepped forward, striding confidently through the palace gates towards the old emperor's study.

  At the gate of Ronghua Palace, Wen Lai stopped the carriage and respectfully said to the people inside: "Miss Shallow Moon, we have arrived at Ronghua Palace!"

  Yun Shallow Moon stretched out her hand to open the curtain and looked outside, only to see a magnificent palace in front of her. The golden light was dazzling. Her eyes were uncomfortable due to the bright light, so she closed them for a moment before opening them again. She saw that there were many people standing at the gate of Ronghua Palace, including the Empress herself, who was standing at the forefront. Behind the Empress stood Ming Fei and Leng Guifei, with over a dozen young women dressed as imperial concubines behind them. At the very back was a large group of palace maids and eunuchs waiting in attendance. Her eyes sparkled slightly as she thought that this lineup seemed too grand, so it probably wasn't for her.

  "I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress, Noble Consort Leng, Consort Ming, Concubine Li, Zhen Beauty, Lin Beauty, Feng Imperial Concubine..." Wen Lei hastily dismounted and paid his respects to several people. He spoke extremely quickly, rattling off a string of names, addressing the empress and over a dozen consorts and concubines from highest to lowest rank.

  "No wonder it's the newly promoted Grand Manager of the Emperor, speaking so fluently!" The Empress Dowager hadn't even opened her mouth when Cold Imperial Concubine looked at Wen Lei with a smile. As soon as she finished speaking, she glanced over Wen Lei and looked towards the carriage, "I thought who was so arrogant that made Public Wen go to receive in person! It turned out to be yesterday's Cloud King Fu Shallow Moon Miss who asked for an imperial decree to get married and infuriated the Emperor!"

  Yun Qian Yue thought that she was out of luck today, wherever she went, she could see people who were disliked! She pretended not to hear and ignored the Cold Imperial Concubine.

  "Empress Ming's sister, look at this! No wonder she dared to hit Sixth Princess in front of the Emperor last night! She knows that even if she gets beaten up, nothing will happen. Sixth Princess is still lying in bed now, right?" Cold Imperial Consort saw that Yun Shangyue was ignoring her and became more agitated. She asked Empress Ming, but when Empress Ming didn't respond, she turned to the Empress Dowager, "I've discovered that our Emperor is becoming more and more fond of Miss Shallow Moon. He even sent a carriage to pick her up at Ronghua Palace! Empress Dowager sister, tomorrow you might not be able to keep your position, and you'll have to give up the throne to her!"

  "Be careful with your words and actions, Cold Imperial Concubine!" The Empress's expression changed as she sternly scolded Cold Imperial Concubine.

  "Empress sister, what did I say wrong? The whole palace is already talking about it, saying that the Emperor wants to keep Shallow Moon Miss by his side to teach her, and even let you arrange a bedroom for her in Ronghua Palace. Isn't this an obvious thing? Which woman has ever lived in Ronghua Palace? Only the Empress can live there!" Cold Imperial Concubine said with a sarcastic tone, ignoring the Empress's anger.

  The queen's face turned pale with rage, "You wicked girl! You're spreading rumors! I can have you flogged right now!"

  The Cold Imperial Concubine's expression changed, but she immediately changed her tone. "Imperial Sister-in-law, I'm just kindly reminding you! Don't invite a wolf into your home! You treat her like a niece, but she doesn't treat you like an aunt. Tell me, throughout history, who has ever been personally taught by the Emperor? None, right? Even the Crown Prince wasn't personally taught by the Emperor, but was handed over to the Taifu. The Emperor dotes on Qingwen so much, yet didn't bring her along to teach either! There are many palace maids serving the Emperor who have been conferred noble titles! Isn't Li Mei one of them?"

  Li Mei's face turned pale, her body shrank back, and she involuntarily retreated a step.

  "It won't be long before this shallow moon misses will become our sister-in-law! It's not unprecedented for aunts and nieces to enter the palace together!" Cold Imperial Concubine's words fell, and she looked at the Empress with pity. "Empress sister, people say that beauty is short-lived and favors are cut off early. Indeed! You still haven't..."

  "Is that enough?" The empress turned her head and stared at Concubine Leng fiercely, shouting: "Guards! Take Concubine Leng..."

  "Empress sister, without the emperor's permission, you cannot privately punish me. My rank is noble consort. I am not a general concubine who can be handled at will." The cold noble consort cut off the empress's words, unafraid of her anger.

  The queen's face turned iron-green, the handkerchief in her hand was clenched tightly, and she coldly sneered: "Did Concubine Leng learn all the palace etiquette just to eat?" Is this how you speak to me? Today, even if the emperor handles you, he won't blame me! As soon as she finished speaking, she angrily shouted: "Guards, slap Concubine Leng's mouth!"

  Sun Shunang and several other palace maids immediately walked towards Empress Leng.

  The two maids serving the Cold Imperial Concubine hastily shielded her with their bodies. The Cold Imperial Concubine stood upright, unmoving, clearly relying on something. She gazed at the Empress with a cold smile, "Imperial Sister-in-law, has your sore spot been touched by your younger sister? You want to deal with your younger sister now? Could it be that your younger sister was wrong? People have already moved into your Ronghua Palace, and you still..."

  "Silence!" The Empress did not want to hear any more of Concubine Leng's words and shouted again in anger.

  Sun Shuniang and several other Shuniangs raised their hands together, while the two Shuniangs of Cold Imperial Concubine also met Sun Shuniang and others without any fear.

  "Aunt! Let them stop!" Yun Qian Yue suddenly spoke out, as soon as she finished speaking, she jumped down from the carriage.

  The queen looked at Yun Qianyue and said in a deep voice: "Stop!"

  Sun Auntie and others immediately stopped their hands upon hearing this.

  "Hmph, the empress is actually listening to a little maid, it seems you're really preparing to step down and let your niece take over!" Cold Imperial Consort sneered. She had been working hard all these years to bring down the empress, and finally, after waiting for the abolition of the Cloud King's ancestral teachings, she heard from her father yesterday that the emperor wanted to depose the empress, giving her hope. But unexpectedly, the emperor only got scolded by Jing Shizi and this Yun Shangyue before leaving in a huff, without doing anything else. Today, he actually issued an edict allowing Yun Shangyue to move into Ronghua Palace, how could she not be furious? In the past, she still had some reservations towards the empress, but today, she didn't care anymore.

  The queen's face was gloomy, just about to speak, seeing Yun Shangyue walking towards Leng Guifei, she withdrew the words that had reached her lips.

  Leng Guifei saw Yun Shangyue walking towards her, let out a cold snort, with disdain in her eyes. "If even someone as useless as you, who can't even recognize big characters or understand literature, can live in this Ronghua Palace, then I think the palace should be renamed!"

  Yun Shallow Moon didn't show any annoyance or anger, instead, a faint smile appeared on her face. Her footsteps weren't fast, but she reached the front of Cold Imperial Concubine in just a few steps, smiling at her, "Cold Imperial Concubine, please continue, I'm listening! Standing in front of you, I can hear more clearly!"

  The Cold Imperial Concubine snorted, "I'd rather not sully my mouth by mentioning you!"

  "Really?" Yun Shangyue was still smiling, suddenly raised her hand and slapped towards Leng Guifei. The maids in front of Leng Guifei only felt a gust of wind coming, they couldn't resist, their bodies were lifted to the sides, "pa" a crisp sound, Leng Guifei let out a painful cry, her body was knocked to the ground. She looked at Leng Guifei with a sly smile, "But I don't mind dirtying my hands!"

  The empress was taken aback, and Ming Fei and the others were shocked. No one had expected Yun Shangyue to dare strike Leng Guifei! After all, Guifei's status was not something that just anyone could hit. But thinking about it, Yun Shangyue had dared to hit Gongzhu in front of the emperor, so now that the emperor was not around, it wasn't surprising that she would dare take action against Leng Guifei either.

  "Yun Shallow Moon... you... ah, my tooth..." The Cold Imperial Concubine covered her face, furious and lifted her head. As soon as she opened her mouth, a tooth fell out, and she suddenly let out a sharp cry.

  The queen's complexion changed slightly.

  Mingfei and others were shocked again.

  Only to see the cold imperial concubine's half face already swollen and bruised, with two bloody scratches from fingernails, her mouth full of blood, a mouthful of blood spat on the ground, a tooth fell in the bloody mess.

  Yun Shallow Moon's eyes calmly looked at Cold Imperial Concubine, watching her disbelieving face smile and affirm: "It's your tooth, no mistake!"

  "You... you actually dare to hit me?" The Cold Imperial Concubine suddenly stood up and raised her hand towards Yun Shangyue.

  Yun Shallow Moon stretched out her sleeve, a square mirror opened and aimed at the face of Cold Imperial Concubine, lightly smiling: "Cold Imperial Concubine, take a look at your face, can you still bear to do it?"

  In the mirror, a clear reflection of Leng Guifei's face appeared. She looked at it clearly and her hand suddenly stiffened when she realized that the person in the mirror was herself. Gnashing her teeth, she glared fiercely at the mirror, only to see that one of her front teeth was missing and half of her face was swollen with bloodstains. Suddenly, she let out a sharp cry, her eyelids rolled back, and her body fell straight down to the ground.

  The people of Empress Leng were frightened and for a while did not react to support her.

  The queen's people and Ming Fei and other concubines were all stunned, no one moved.

  The Cold Imperial Concubine let out a sharp cry and fell straight to the ground with a loud "thud", as if striking everyone's heart.

  Yun Shang Yue glanced at the Cold Imperial Concubine, turned the square mirror in her hand around, and smiled back at the Empress: "Auntie, don't you think the Cold Imperial Concubine is also too easily frightened? This small square mirror actually scared her into a faint!"

  The queen looked at Yun Shangyue's smiling face and was speechless for a moment.

  Yun Shang Yue looked at the women behind the Empress, including Ming Fei, each and every one of them had turned pale, but not a single one screamed. She thought to herself that indeed, the women in the imperial palace were all tempered through trials and tribulations. With a faint smile, she said to Wen Lei who was standing beside her with his head lowered: "Wen Gong Gong, go and inform the Emperor's uncle that I still won't be staying at Rong Hua Palace. As soon as I arrived, I was blocked at the door and scolded severely. Being scolded isn't a big deal for me, but it also implicated him. In order to maintain his reputation of being wise and intelligent, I'd better return to my residence."

  "This..." Brunei hesitated as he looked at Yun Qian Yue.

  Yun Qian Yue raised an eyebrow at him, "Do I have to say it myself?"

  "Yes, I'll go right away!" Wen Lai immediately turned around and ran towards the imperial study.

  "Your Highness, Your Highness..." The attendants of Empress Leng finally reacted and hastily helped her up, anxiously calling out to her. After shouting twice without seeing Empress Leng wake up, a nurse quickly got up and ran towards the Imperial Hospital.

  The queen watched as the wet nurse left and did not speak out to stop her.

  "Your Majesty, I bid you farewell!" a concubine carefully said to the Empress.

  "Your Majesty, I also bid farewell!" Another one spoke up.

  "Your Majesty, I also..." another person spoke up.

  “……”

  All the concubines except Ming Fei asked to leave the Empress. Today, Yun Shangyue actually beat Leng Guifei into this state and went to inform Emperor Wen Gonggong. If the Emperor finds out, he will be furious in a moment. Although the Emperor favors Ming Fei, he is also good to Leng Guife, and Leng Guife knows how to please the Emperor. Now that she sees Leng Guife like this, it's likely that Yun Shangyue will be punished and they will all be implicated. It's better to avoid such things.

  "Ladies, did you all hear the Empress's words clearly today?" The empress looked at the dozen or so people in front of her, asking without nodding or shaking her head.

  Those dozen or so people looked up at the empress and then glanced down at the cold imperial concubine lying on the ground, responding in unison in low voices, "Understood!"

  "What led to this incident today, the Emperor will surely ask later. Since everyone present has seen and heard it with their own eyes and ears, not one of you can leave." The Empress's face was somewhat stern as she looked at Concubine Cold on the ground, "Concubine Cold insulted the Emperor and recklessly guessed His Majesty's intentions. I originally wanted to sentence her to flogging, but Moon substituted for me and only knocked out one of Concubine Cold's teeth. This is considered light punishment. If it were flogging, based on Concubine Cold's treasonous words, even if I beat her to death, it would not be excessive! So, later you must carefully repeat what she said to the Emperor. If there is an error in a single word..."

  The empress paused, withdrawing her gaze from the cold imperial concubine and sweeping a chilly glance over the dozen or so people present. The dozen or so people trembled slightly as she sternly declared: "Even if you deceive the emperor, you should be well aware of the consequences! As for how the emperor deals with uncooperative consorts nowadays, I'm sure you're all very clear about it in your hearts!"

  A dozen people's faces turned pale in unison and they respectfully replied in chorus, "Yes!"

  They knew in their hearts that the Empress was warning them through the Emperor. If they didn't tell the truth, even if the Emperor didn't blame them, the Empress would not let them off. Over the years, Concubine Leng and the Empress had been at odds, although the Empress occasionally suffered losses, but mostly it was Concubine Leng who suffered. Now, even if there were people among them who were bought by Concubine Leng, with her current appearance being ruined, it's equivalent to being destroyed. It's known that in the imperial palace, a woman being ruined is equivalent to ruining her future. Even if the Empress fell from power, the Emperor would not possibly confer a woman with a ruined appearance as his empress. Moreover, Concubine Leng was usually arrogant and treated people coldly, so they quickly weighed the pros and cons. When Wen Lei returned, she would certainly tell the truth.

  The queen's reaction to the dozen or so people was relatively satisfactory, and she looked at Yun Shangyue with a hint of worry in her eyes. After all, offending the Cold Noble Consort was different from offending the princess, and on that day, the emperor had not punished her because of Jing Shizi's presence. If the emperor were to blame her today, she might not be able to protect her either.

  Clouds shallow moon after finishing, half a thread of regret and fear also none, holding the square mirror to reflect on herself, and then reflecting on the cold imperial concubine on the ground, thinking that this face is indeed important, she must protect her own face well. Right, there's also Rong Jing's face. Feeling the empress's gaze, she lifted her head and stuck out her tongue at her.

  The queen looked at her cute appearance and wanted to laugh, but couldn't laugh no matter what.

  Before long, a sound of footsteps came from not far away, and the pace was rapid. It was obvious that a group of people were walking in this direction. The crowd turned their heads in unison, and Yun Shang Yue also turned her head to look. In an instant, she saw a group of people revealing their faces, and the person in front was none other than the old emperor with a bright yellow robe.

  Digression

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