The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

She pointed at the concubines and cursed, "You bitches, have you all conspired to harm me?"

"If you hadn't provoked me first, why would I be so angry?"

"Shut up, all of you!" The Queen Mother scolded Concubine Ye.

She already roughly knew the truth of the matter. No matter what, Concubine Ye was definitely the one who was most responsible.

After all, the most correct point some of them said was that no matter what, the imperial concubine could not deal with it like this, not to mention that Concubine Lan was still a concubine.

The Queen Mother said coldly: "No matter what, as a noble concubine, it is inappropriate for you to hit someone in public."

"Princess Lan is a concubine, yet you actually ordered a palace maid to be slapped in public. This is ridiculous!"

"I think you are not suitable for managing this harem. From today on, I will take back your authority to assist in managing the six palaces."

"I'll take over temporarily for a while and clean things up. Let's see who dares to cause trouble again!"

When Concubine Ye heard this, she panicked and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. Please give me another chance."

The Queen Mother remained unmoved, and simply said, "I have made up my mind. If this foul atmosphere is not cleared away, I will never live in peace."

"From now on, all matters concerning the palace, big or small, should be referred to Shoukang Palace first."

Everyone was extremely surprised when they heard this. Why did the Empress Dowager suddenly start to take over the harem?

Who dares to go to Shoukang Palace and disturb the Empress Dowager?

"That's all for today. Concubine Lan, go back and take good care of yourself. Send the imperial physician to come and see you."

"However, I know this incident wasn't solely Noble Concubine's fault. You two will each be fined three months' salary and confined for half a month."

"As for the Imperial Concubine, she will be confined to her room for half a month and allowed to reflect on her actions."

"Don't cause any more trouble in the future!"

Concubine Ye was not convinced, but she could only thank him.

Concubine Lan and Concubine Qi looked at each other, secretly delighted, but said obediently: "Thank you, Queen Mother. I know I was wrong and I will never make the same mistake again."

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and returned to Shoukang Palace.

After the Empress Dowager left, Concubine Lan smiled triumphantly at Concubine Ye, then slowly left holding Concubine Qi's hand.

After all the concubines left, only Concubine Ye was left slumped on the ground, secretly regretting her rash actions today.

After returning to Yiku Palace, Concubine Ye sat alone on the couch, her heart full of resentment but with no place to vent.

After all, there are only a few things that can be thrown in the bedroom, and they are all placed far away.

She looked at her bedroom, which had once been extraordinarily luxurious and magnificent, but was now empty and dilapidated.

Finally, Concubine Ye couldn't hold back her tears any longer and they began to fall from the corners of her eyes...

Xia He looked at her master distressedly and quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "My Lady, please don't cry..."

"Think about it, you still have the eldest prince here. General Ye will definitely help the queen!"

"As long as the eldest prince becomes the crown prince, you will become the most honorable empress dowager after he ascends the throne in the future!"

Perhaps Xia He's comfort worked, and Concubine Ye wiped the tears from her face.

That’s right, although she failed to become the queen, her son will definitely become the crown prince!

She looked at Xia He with bloodshot eyes, "Tell my brother, no matter what means you use, you must make Duo'er the crown prince!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Our eldest prince will definitely become the crown prince."

"Right now, the only one who can compete with the First Prince for the position of Crown Prince is the Fifth Prince, but how can he compare to our First Prince?"

Concubine Ye snorted coldly: "Is Xiao Chuhan worthy of being compared with my Duo'er?"

The fifth prince himself is not outstanding. Not only is his own strength not as good as the eldest prince, but even his biological mother and family background are not good at all.

Therefore, there are very few people in the court who support the fifth prince, but Concubine Ye cannot take it lightly.

She had already fallen once because of underestimating the enemy, and there was no way she would fall again.

Therefore, even if the Fifth Prince does not pose a threat for the time being, it is still better to get rid of him.

After all, he was just an unpopular prince, and even if he died, the emperor would not pursue it.

She just didn't believe that she couldn't even deal with a little concubine like Lin.

Concubine Ye is in urgent need of finding something to do. Since she cannot avenge Concubine Lan for the time being and Shen Leyan has not entered the palace yet, she decides to pick on the weak and let her cool down.

In fact, even if Shen Leyan entered the palace, Concubine Ye could not face her head-on now. The Ye family had already warned her, so there was no need to rush to deal with Shen Leyan for now, so as not to cause the emperor's dissatisfaction and disgust.

In order to conserve their strength, the Ye family did not deliberately target the Shen family in the court, with the aim of letting them relax their vigilance.

Father Ye has already been secretly recruiting troops at the border. If Emperor Yong'an is unkind, then don't blame them for being unjust...

In order to confuse the public, General Ye followed his sister's advice and directed his attack on the unknown Fifth Prince in the court.

However, the Ye family's behavior was too abnormal, and Emperor Yong'an was already aware of their intentions.

He also secretly arranged for troops to be transferred from other places for support. After all, it would be difficult to stop the enemy relying solely on the imperial guards guarding Zhaojing.

Although he had the military power handed over by the Ye family, Emperor Yong'an was worried that some of the Ye family's confidants who had been cultivated for many years might turn against him at a critical moment, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

In order to ensure the smooth progress of the wedding, Emperor Yong'an decided to go to the trouble of transferring reinforcements from other places for the sake of safety.

If the Ye family dares to bring troops back to rebel, he will catch them in a trap and make sure they never return!

So during this period of time he has been preparing for his wedding day and busy thinking about how to deal with the Ye family. He has not visited Shen Leyan for several days.

So tonight he decided to climb over the Shen family's wall again...

Shen Leyan has been studying etiquette seriously with the nanny in the mansion today. As a bride-to-be, it is not appropriate for her to go out and show her face in public.

She even rarely went to Tinghua Yanyu. Shen Leyan had handed over all the affairs of the store to Sister Yueyin and the shopkeeper.

Although Shangguan Yueyin and Shen Lebai are about to get married, compared to Shen Leyan's complicated life, they will have much more free and leisurely time.

However, in order not to distract Sister Yueyin, she decided to train a capable woman from among the flour makers in the store to take over her position as a manager.

So she was busy preparing for entering the palace during the day, and busy planning the shop's affairs at night.

In the past, she would have been lying in bed at this time, but today she had no time to take a shower.

Starting ten days before her wedding, she had to bathe and use incense every night, and also take good care of her skin to look her best.

Zhiyue and Caiyue have prepared everything needed for bathing and even lit the incense.

Shen Leyan moved over and let them help her take off her clothes. She stepped into the tub and soaked quietly.

Shen Leyan didn't like being stared at while taking a bath, so the others followed the instructions and left the room to wait.