Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Fawning

Chapter 173: Demoting Concubine Ying to Commoner ②

"Your Majesty, please see me. Eji and Fourth Brother were wrongly accused, Your Majesty..."

Hongli was so distracted by Meiruo's noise that he couldn't even read the memorial. He tossed his pen aside and snorted, "This Yingfei, how dare she come to the Yangxin Palace and threaten me with the forty-nine Mongolian tribes? If it weren't for the fact that she's carrying the imperial heir, I would have deposed her long ago."

Jinzhong came forward with tea and snacks, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him, saying with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Concubine Ying has been a legitimate daughter since she was young, and she is loved by the King of Bahrain and the Princess. It is only natural that she is spoiled a little."

First daughter?

Hongli's face froze.

He naturally knew Meiruo's noble status; otherwise, he wouldn't have made her the head of a palace upon her arrival, much less a concubine within a year. Princess Balin bore a great deal of responsibility for her now unruly behavior, even threatening him with the forty-nine Mongol tribes. The more Meiruo spoke, the angrier Hongli grew. He simply sent Jinzhong out to announce the decree, demoting Meiruo to a concubine.

Jinzhong came before Meiruo, cleared his throat, and said, "The Emperor has decreed that Concubine Ying be demoted to Concubine Ying for speaking disrespectfully in the palace."

She thought Hongli would feel sorry for her, but she didn't expect that she had been making trouble outside the Yangxin Palace for so long. Not only did she not wait for Hongli, but she also lost her position as a concubine.

Mei Ruo said unwillingly: "Why? I want to see the emperor."

Jinzhong blocked her path and said with a flattering smile, "Young lady, you'd better go back. You've only been demoted to a concubine. If you displease the Emperor again, what if he demotes you to a noble lady? Promising is a small matter, but what if the Emperor orders the execution of the Princess and the Fourth Prince? The Princess has already lost one son. You wouldn't want her to lose another, would you?"

Only then did Meiruo realize what fear was.

A Bao supported Meiruo and whispered in her ear, "My lady, let's go back and think of another way. The princess and the fourth prince still need your help."

Save? How could she save them? Forget about pleading. He couldn't even see Hongli now, so how could he plead for them?

Suddenly, an idea flashed in her mind and she thought of Jing Se.

She pushed Abao aside and ran to the Cining Palace. She had heard that Jinse went there every day to pay her respects to Zeng Huan and should not have left the palace yet. Jingse was Hongli's most beloved daughter. If she was willing to help, her mother and fourth brother would be saved.

"My lady, wait for me." A Bao ran behind.

Jinbao sighed, finally seeing off this big Buddha.

Wanyin assassinated the eldest prince of Bahrain, deliberately provoking war. The original intention was to strip her of her title and exterminate her entire clan. However, Hongli refused to do so. Instead, he had her buried in the imperial mausoleum with the rites of a noble concubine. Hongli felt guilty towards Yanyin, having experienced the pain of losing a loved one himself. Although Jirimutu was dead, Huricha was still in Laoli, and he could not move him for the time being.

Yongqi knew there was no place for him in the palace, so after Wanyin was buried, he asked to go to the imperial mausoleum to mourn Wanyin for three years. Hongli initially disagreed, but Yongqi insisted, and Hongli had no choice but to let him go.

Thinking of the newly born fifth princess, Hongli asked Jinzhong to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come up with a few nice names and go to Yongshou Palace for Yanwan to choose.

Seeing Jinzhong coming, Yanwan handed the fifth princess in her arms to Jurui to feed her. She glanced at the calligraphy that Jinzhong brought from afar.

The princess's name all starts with "Jing".

Jinzhong smiled and said, "Lord, these are the characters that the Ministry of Internal Affairs obtained for the Fifth Princess. Which one do you like?"

Lan Qi also looked at the calligraphy.

"妧", "禾", "妖".

Lujun stood up and, twirling her fingers, picked up the character "妧." She curved her beautiful eyes and smiled softly at Yanwan, saying, "In my opinion, this character '妧' is very good. '妧' dresses new each morning, and her smile grows ever brighter. The Fifth Princess is beautiful, and this character is very suitable for her."

Lan Qi, however, felt bad. In her previous life, Hongli and Concubine Ying had also named Yan Wan's first child Jing Xuan, but the child had been raised to be unruly and willful. Not only did she refuse to acknowledge her birth mother, but she also listened to Mei Ruo's instigation, believing that the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes' deaths were retribution for Yan Wan's evil deeds. What agony this must have been for a mother. Although Yan Wan was evil in her previous life, besides her desire for power, her greatest wish was to keep her children by her side. She had raised Yong Yan, but Yan Wan never spoke ill of anyone in front of her child.

Lan Qi: "I sent a message to ask the monk, can the child's hair be tied up? I think compared to beauty, Yan Wan would rather have the child grow up safely by her side."

After her father's death, Yan Wan was sent to the palace. She was constantly overwhelmed with work, leaving her with little time for study. Later, as a concubine, she devoted considerable time to learning dance and opera to please Hongli. She knew nothing about poetry and song, but she inexplicably relished the phrase, "Children's hair can be tied up."

Yan Wan had a gentle smile in her eyes and said, "Let's call her Jing Wan."

Lujun put down the copybook in her hand, smiled and said, "As long as you like it."

Seeing the unopened gifts sent by Hongli inside the palace, Lujun assumed Yanwan was still angry with him. Although she didn't agree with Hongli's actions, he was the emperor after all. What could they do? She patted Yanwan's shoulder, glanced at the supplements, and said tentatively, "Concubine Ling, you see, the emperor still cares about you. These are all good things."

Yan Wan snorted coldly. Ever since the day Madam Wei and Zuo Lu died, she had seen through Hongli's true face. Although Hongli was the emperor and Meiruo had the support of the forty-nine Mongolian tribes, those were still two lives. Although Madam Wei treated her badly and often belittled her, she was her mother who raised her. These were two innocent lives, so how could she just say they were killed? If she hadn't appeared in Xianfu Palace that day, Hu Richa would have been sent back to the Balin tribe by Meiruo. If the second prince of Balin hadn't rebelled, Hongli probably wouldn't have sent Princess Balin and Hu Richa to the custody of the Ministry of Punishment.

In short, Madam Wei and Zuo Lu cannot die in vain, and Yan Wan must seek justice for them.

In the imperial garden, Meiruo was stamping her feet anxiously because of the matter between Princess Bahrain and the Fourth Prince. She had thought Jingse would help her for the sake of the Mongolian tribe, but she had never expected that Jingse had been avoiding her these days. This made Meiruo, who was at her wit's end, curse directly, "This Princess Jinghe, I was really blind to have misjudged her. I thought she would help me save my mother for the sake of the forty-nine Mongolian tribes behind me, but I didn't expect that everyone in this palace is the same, ungrateful. It really makes me die of anger."

A Bao was afraid that Mei Ruo would vent her anger on her, so she never dared to speak. Mei Ruo seemed even angrier when she didn't get a response. She yelled at A Bao, "Are you mute? I'm talking to you!"

A Bao knelt down tremblingly and said, "My dear, please don't be angry. Be careful of the baby in your belly."