A quick journey starting from Wu Dalang

Chapter 176: Being a Perfect Man in My Fair Princess (21)

There was no happiness on Hanxiang's face, only humiliation and unwillingness. Shiyi knew that Hanxiang still had a lover in her heart. He just hoped that Hanxiang would have some sense and not commit suicide in the harem.

If there was any incident of her refusing to sleep with the emperor or attempting to assassinate him, Ziwei would be meritorious again. Oh, no, it would be best if Hanxiang committed suicide. In this way, Ziwei would have more opportunities to meritorious deeds.

Thinking of this, Shiyi instructed the people around him: "Go check if there are any suspicious Huijiang men in Beijing recently."

"Yes"

Hanxiang's beauty was unmatched, and the emperor naturally liked beauties. He specially sent people to build the Baoyue Tower and also granted Hanxiang permission not to wear the imperial robes when serving. All of these things were beyond the empress's control.

"Oh, the emperor is building so many projects just for a woman. He is no worse than King Zhou." When the queen said this to Madam Rong, Madam Rong was scared to death.

"My queen, please be careful with your words."

"It's okay. I won't say this in front of the emperor. Don't worry, Madam Rong." The queen is no longer the same person she used to be. She doesn't bother to care about the emperor's affairs.

"In fact, the emperor didn't really build anything big," Rong Mama defended the emperor, "The Baoyue Tower was originally a useless theater. The emperor ordered people to modify it and hang a plaque on it."

After hearing this, the Queen suddenly felt like taking a look, so she went out with Madam Rong. On the way, they met Concubine Ling and Concubine Yu, who also wanted to visit Concubine Rong.

"Good luck to Her Majesty!" The Imperial Concubine and Concubine Yu bowed to the Queen together.

"You guys want to visit Rongpin too? Then come with me."

"Yes." The two followed the queen to Baoyue Tower.

The moment she saw the Baoyue Tower, the Queen felt relieved. Compared with the original theater, the Baoyue Tower only had some more Xinjiang decorations and a plaque written by the Emperor himself.

"The words on this plaque were actually written by the emperor himself. Rongpin is really favored." Concubine Yu was really envious. She was not favored much, and it was only because the empress dowager and the emperor valued Yongqi that she was able to get the position of concubine.

The queen didn't say anything. The emperor loved writing poetry. Whenever he was in the mood, he would write some poetry. There were still a lot of those nonsense calligraphy works scattered around her palace.

The few poems that the emperor could accept were all written in memory of the late empress, and were kept by the emperor himself. Except for when he and Concubine Ling were commemorating the late empress, they were all kept in the imperial study.

So among the people present, Concubine Yu was the only one who had never seen the emperor's calligraphy. No wonder she was so envious.

"Empress, your sister Noble Concubine Ling, your sister Concubine Yu." Xia Yuhe saw several people as soon as she arrived and greeted them hurriedly.

"Why is Imperial Concubine here too?" Concubine Yu thought that Xia Yuhe would not be interested in a new concubine, but she didn't expect that Xia Yuhe would actually come.

"The Emperor said that Rongpin is unwilling to sleep with him and asked me to persuade her." Xia Yuhe felt a little embarrassed when she said this. The Emperor really knew how to make trouble.

"What?" The Queen frowned and had some understanding of Rongpin's stubbornness. This understanding reached its peak after she met Rongpin.

Concubine Rong and the maids around her spoke in Xinjiang dialect, ignored the Queen and others, looked arrogant and full of resistance to the palace. The Queen looked at Xia Yuhe with embarrassment.

"It's really hard for you. How do you persuade a woman like this?"

Xia Yuhe was not anxious or panicked, she smiled slightly and said: "I have my own way."

Soon, Xia Yuhe came up with a solution: "Your son asks the Queen Mother, the Queen Ling, and the Queen Yu to be well."

The person who came was Ziwei who had just left the court. She looked at Rongpin and blurted out in fluent reply: "Madam Rongpin, do you want the Qing army to set foot in Huijiang again?"

With just one word, Rongpin's defense was broken.

"You executioner, you killed my brother. I will never stand against you!"

When the two armies were fighting, Rongpin's brother led the army but was killed by Ziwei. Rongpin recognized the enemy who killed her brother at a glance.

"Empress Rong, if you cannot fulfill your duty as a concubine in the palace, I am afraid I will have to lead troops into Xinjiang again. By then, I don't know who will be killed by me." Ziwei was a blatant threat, but Concubine Rong had to accept it.

"I will fulfill my duties as a concubine." This was said by Concubine Rong in Chinese, and the Queen shook her head in dissatisfaction.

"When facing high-ranking concubines and me, you should call yourself a concubine. I will send you a few maids to teach you."

Rongpin followed the nanny to learn the palace rules with frustration. With hatred towards Ziwei, Rongpin planned to whisper in the emperor's ear, and she was determined to avenge her brother.

Finally, it was time for her to sleep with the emperor, but Rongpin did not expect that she would be carried to the Yangxin Palace. After the humiliating sleep, she was carried away again without even the chance to say a few more words to the emperor.

Fortunately, the emperor was still thinking about Rongpin. On the second day, he came to Baoyue Tower in person for dinner, and then stayed overnight as a matter of course. Rongpin finally had the opportunity to talk more with the emperor.

The emperor liked Rongpin's gentleness and thoughtfulness very much, and was happy to talk to her. However, he never expected that what Rongpin had to say would be so unbearable to hear.

"Your Majesty, He An is a princess, but she is in the army and mixed with men. I'm afraid this will damage her reputation. It will be difficult for her to get married in the future." Rongpin decided to use the woman's innocence as a weapon to attack Ziwei.

"Is there anyone who would look down upon my daughter?" The emperor was not concerned about her innocence. He cared about the fact that his daughter was actually despised by others.

"Even if the princess is the emperor's daughter, who can accept a woman who is not innocent? I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to be a concubine." Rongpin kept going too far, which made the emperor very angry.

"My He'an has made great military achievements, and I'm afraid no man is worthy of him. How dare you say this about my He'an here? I think you are really too presumptuous." The emperor stood up angrily and returned to his own Palace of Tranquil Longevity.

Soon, Rongpin was reprimanded, demoted to a noble lady, and fined one year's salary.

Hanxiang had been somewhat moved by the emperor's favor these days, but the emperor's punishment made her heartbroken. She began to miss Meldan. If it were Meldan, he would definitely not treat her like this.

That's right. After all, in Huijiang she is a princess and Merdan is just an ordinary warrior, so they should be respectful to her. But in the eyes of the emperor, she is just a beautiful plaything. The inequality of status is the key.

Hanxiang misses Meldan, and Meldan also misses Hanxiang. He tries every means to sneak into the palace, and Shiyi will of course give him this opportunity.

It was ridiculous that Meldan managed to sneak into the palace by spending some money, but he didn't know that Shiyi wanted to use this incident to reorganize the Ministry of Internal Affairs and take over the entire Huijiang at the same time.