Traveling through time and space to become a concubine: I just want to live a leisurely life

Xinyayuan

King Xuan sat in the main seat with an expressionless face and cold eyes. Next to him was the box of bird's nest given to Shen Jingyi.

Su Wan and her maids and nannies knelt in the middle of the hall, their eyes panicked and their faces pale.

"Your Highness, you are accusing me of something, I deny it! I was wronged! I bought the bird's nest for my own consumption, someone is trying to harm me!" Su Wan cried with tears in her voice, her voice full of endless grievances. Her tears slid down her cheeks, dripping onto the cold ground, splashing tears.

King Xuan looked at her coldly, with a hint of disappointment and anger in his eyes. His voice was low and stern: "Are you sure? Think about it carefully. I will only give you one chance."

Su Wan raised her head, looked at King Xuan with a pitiful look, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I really don't know what you want me to say. I did buy the bird's nest for my own consumption, but it happened that Concubine Shen saved Tingting, and I was so grateful that I asked Zimo to send it to express my gratitude. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to Shifangzhai to investigate. I did order someone to buy it from there."

“Oh, really?” King Xuan raised his eyebrows with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"In that case, bring it up."

After King Xuan finished speaking, he heard footsteps, and then Chuwu came in, escorting Nanny Xia's son Zhao Dacheng.

When Nanny Xia saw her son being brought up, her heart skipped a beat, thinking that it was bad, the prince must have known everything. Her face turned pale in an instant, and the panic in her heart gradually increased, but she still gritted her teeth and tried to keep herself calm, hoping that there would be a turnaround?

However, Lan Yi and Zi Juan did not have such strong psychological endurance. When they saw Zhao Dacheng being brought in, their bodies began to tremble involuntarily.

All this naturally did not escape the eyes of King Xuan who was sitting in the main seat. He took in everyone's reactions.

As soon as Zhao Dacheng came in, he looked up at King Xuan and was immediately frightened to the point of kneeling on the ground with weak legs. He hurriedly crawled forward a few steps, crying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me! I really didn't know at first that the man was from the Prince of Wei's Palace. He approached me on purpose and wanted to frame me! Your Majesty, please spare me, I will never dare to do it again..." As he spoke, he kowtowed and his forehead soon swelled up. He hoped that King Xuan would show mercy.

King Xuan came to Xinya Courtyard right after the court session, so the news from outside had not yet reached Su Wan. At this moment, hearing what Zhao Dacheng said, Su Wan and the others were all at a loss.

Nanny Xia asked tentatively, "Dacheng, what happened? Why is it related to the Prince of Wei's Palace?"

King Xuan stared at their expressions, gently put down the teacup, and said slowly: "Zhao Dacheng must be very curious too, just talk to them!"

Zhao Dacheng gritted his teeth after hearing King Xuan's words, kowtowed to Su Wan, and then said, "Master, I am sorry for you. I was schemed by the people in the Wei Palace. The man who sold me medicine before was a staff member of the Wei Palace. He was responsible for contacting various noble families and providing various medicines and help. His purpose was to make their backyards chaotic so that they could place people and control them. I only found out about this recently."

When Aunt Xia heard this, she slapped him and said, "What medicine? The master has never bought any medicine."

Zhao Dacheng lowered his head and dared not speak anymore.

"The aide in the Prince of Wei's palace has confessed everything. You are his buyers. Moreover, he recorded all the information such as time and medicine clearly. He even knew clearly what bad things you did with the medicine, and he confessed to everything." King Xuan said calmly.

"I didn't expect that the young lady raised by your Su family would be so vicious."

When Su Wan heard this, her face turned pale as paper, and her body trembled uncontrollably. She burst into tears and explained with a choked voice: "It's not like that... This has nothing to do with the Su family. I was confused for a moment and did this..."

However, before she could finish her words, Nanny Xia interrupted her loudly, "Master, you don't have to take the blame for me. I did all this. I admit my guilt."

Nanny Xia kowtowed to the prince again and continued, "Prince, the concubine knows nothing. I secretly asked my son to buy the medicine without telling the master, and I also arranged for someone to poison her. I felt that they were blocking the concubine's way, so I did these things privately."

Su Wan, who was still in shock, said, "Master, I'm sorry that I have caused you trouble."

Zhao Dacheng looked at his mother who took the blame alone, and he just called out with trembling lips: "Mom~" and couldn't say anything else.

After a long while, he said, "Mom, do you want our family to leave in one piece? Your grandson is only five years old."

"Son, I am sorry for you. I will repay you in my next life." She was already crying before she finished speaking.

"Clap, clapping" sounded, "What a deep affection between master and servant. Do you know that murdering the royal heir is a capital crime, and the whole family will be implicated." King Xuan looked at Nanny Xia and said seriously.

Hearing this, Zhao Dacheng's eyes widened in horror, he knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, my mother was confused for a moment, please have mercy on me!"

Nanny Xia also began to regret her actions, but now it was too late to undo them. She could only cry and grit her teeth and say, "I know, but I can't bear to see the concubine know nothing and be implicated by me in the end."

Nanny Xia looked at Su Wan with eyes full of pity and reluctance.

King Xuan looked at this scene indifferently, without any ripples in his heart. He turned to look at Su Wan, revealing a hint of complicated emotions in his eyes.

Su Wan had recovered from her shock. She knew that since Nanny Xia had taken all the blame, she could not save her anyway. She could only try to get a lighter sentence. So she took a deep breath and said to King Xuan, "Your Majesty, this was not all Nanny Xia's fault. I am also responsible."

King Xuan frowned and asked in confusion: "Oh? What is your responsibility?"

Su Wan lowered her head and said softly, "Your Highness, what Nanny Xia did was indeed wrong, but she was also loyal to me. If it weren't for my over-indulgence towards her, perhaps she wouldn't have done such a thing. So, Your Highness, please give me a lighter sentence for my sake."

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of King Xuan's mouth. He looked at Nanny Xia and Su Wan with cold eyes, as if he was mocking their stupidity and naivety. "I admire your loyalty, but it is useless. The evidence is irrefutable and you cannot deny it."

Then, he turned to look at Zhao Dacheng standing beside him, and said in a cold and ruthless voice: "Someone, come! Drag Zhao Dacheng down and beat him to death with clubs."

Zhao Dacheng was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body trembled. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong and I will never do it again. Please have mercy and forgive me this time!" His forehead was bleeding, but he still refused to stop.

Seeing this, Nanny Xia also hurriedly pleaded, "Your Majesty, please spare Dacheng's life!" As she spoke, she stood up and cried to pull Zhao Dacheng, trying to stop the palace soldiers from taking him away. However, the palace soldiers pushed her away mercilessly and continued to drag Zhao Dacheng out.

Nanny Xia shouted in fear: "Dacheng! Dacheng!" Her voice was full of despair and fear, which made people feel pity. But King Xuan had made up his mind and was not moved at all.

King Xuan sat quietly on the chair, looking at everything in front of him with indifference. His eyes fell on Su Wan, and a trace of disappointment and anger flashed in his eyes. Su Wan knelt on the ground, her face as pale as paper, her lips trembling slightly, wanting to beg for mercy but not daring to speak. Her eyes were full of fear and despair, as if she had seen her miserable future.

King Xuan took a deep breath and said calmly, "Take all the rest of the people away for strict interrogation to see how much I don't know." His voice was not loud, but it was full of unquestionable majesty. The guards around him immediately took action and took everyone away except Su Wan. For a moment, the hall was filled with cries, shouts, and pleas for mercy, and the whole scene became chaotic.

King Xuan frowned and waved his hand to signal the guards to take the noisy people away. Then, he turned to look at Su Wan, with even more disappointment in his eyes. He slowly stood up, walked in front of Su Wan, and looked down at her.

Su Wan raised her head, tears blurring her vision. She looked at King Xuan pitifully, hoping to get some mercy. However, King Xuan announced mercilessly: "Su Wan has a vicious mind and refuses to change despite repeated admonitions. I have informed my father to deprive her of her title of concubine and demote her to a concubine."

This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, causing Su Wan to completely collapse. Her body fell limply, as if she had lost all her strength. This time she was really panicked and afraid. She could not accept this fact, and her heart was filled with regret and unwillingness. She once thought that with her status and beauty, she could occupy a place in King Xuan's heart, but now she has fallen to this point.

She kept crying, her cheeks wet with tears.

"Wuwuwu~Prince, can you forgive me this time for the sake of the child? I will definitely change my mind and never mess around again." Su Wan cried while trying to grasp the last ray of hope. She was no longer a concubine, so what would happen to her child? Those people she had bullied before would not let her go.

However, King Xuan was unmoved. He stopped and looked at Su Wan coldly, with a hint of determination in his eyes. "You should be thankful that you gave birth to two children, otherwise you would have been sent back to the Su Mansion by now." His words were like a sharp blade, piercing Su Wan's heart.

After Su Wan heard this, she stood there in shock as if struck by lightning. Her eyes were empty and lifeless, as if her soul had left her body. She couldn't believe that she would end up like this, being demoted from a concubine to a concubine.

After a while, Su Wan came back to her senses. She collapsed to the ground, covering her face with her hands, tears streaming down her face. She felt that her world had collapsed in an instant, and all her pride and dignity had vanished. She couldn't help but laugh at herself, her laughter full of bitterness and helplessness.

"Haha, I, a daughter of a marquis, have become a concubine. Haha, I am not even as good as a concubine this time. Haha, concubine..." Su Wan murmured to herself, with endless sorrow in her voice. She knew that from now on, she would no longer be the much-watched concubine, but a humble concubine who could only survive in the palace.