The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Jiang Wantang said calmly, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, please calm down. I have been wronged."

"They are the ones who are confusing right and wrong and slandering me."

Empress Dowager Qi snorted coldly, "Is that true? What happened to the wound on that talented lady Zhang's face? Didn't you inflict it on her?"

Jiang Wantang remained calm, "It was Concubine Zhang who came to Changle Palace to provoke me first, so I beat her. The servants inside and outside Changle Palace can all testify to this."

Zhang Cairen angrily said, "They are all your people, so of course they will speak in your favor."

Jiang Wantang smiled and looked at her, saying, "That day, Eunuch Li, the steward of the Imperial Garden, happened to be taking palace servants to Changle Palace to transplant flowers and plants. We'll know who's right and who's wrong if we ask him."

Zhang Cairen suddenly felt guilty and said, "You must have bribed him a long time ago..."

"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Qi shouted.

Zhang Cairen was so frightened that she dared not utter a word.

On the day they moved into Changle Palace, Jiang Wantang inquired about the situation of the eunuchs in charge in the palace from Eunuch Lin, and this Eunuch Li was most likely Empress Dowager Qi's man.

Now it seems that she was right.

With a "bang", Empress Dowager Qi slammed the table beside her and said angrily, "What a sharp-tongued mouth!"

"Do you think that if you can just push it away cleanly, I will be fooled by you?"

She looked at Concubine Wang beside her and said, "Tell me how Concubine Jiang bullied you and how you broke the rules."

Concubine Wang's heart was beating fast. She glanced at Jiang Wantang, who was looking at her with a half-smile, which made her feel creepy.

She hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say.

It can't be said that since Jiang Wantang became favored, His Majesty has never favored the concubines again, causing them to stay alone in their empty rooms.

It can't be said that Jiang Wantang squandered the rewards given by His Majesty and the flowers and plants in the imperial garden... making them jealous.

Empress Dowager Qi said impatiently, "Speak boldly, I will make the decision for you."

Jiang Wantang smiled in her heart. Although she had been a bit troubled recently, she still knew her limits. Apart from Concubine Zhang who came to her house, she had never beaten or scolded any other concubines.

After all, she is not Concubine Qi and does not have those torturous habits.

Therefore, if you really count it, the most she can be punished for is being arrogant because of her favor.

In the end, Concubine Wang had no choice but to bring up the fact that Jiang Wantang skipped her rank and traveled in a ceremonial carriage that was only for concubines.

This matter is neither big nor small. It depends on how Empress Dowager Qi pursues it.

Empress Dowager Qi looked down at Jiang Wantang coldly, "A concubine is overstepping her rank. Is this the rule you've learned, Concubine Jiang?"

Jiang Wantang lowered her eyes. Empress Dowager Qi was indeed a shrewd old woman who had been immersed in the deep palace for decades. She grasped the key point immediately.

The matter of the ceremonial carriage is minor, but if a concubine goes beyond her authority, it is a major matter. In serious cases, her life may be in danger.

After a series of events, Jiang Wantang had already realized that Empress Dowager Qi's request for the concubines to uphold justice was just a cover.

She just wanted to take the opportunity to deal with herself.

After a moment, Jiang Wantang raised her eyes and said innocently, "The Emperor took pity on me because I was still seriously injured and ordered someone to arrange a ceremonial carriage for me. I hope the Empress Dowager will understand."

She was just making this up. Ji Wuyuan didn't order anyone to arrange a ceremonial carriage for him.

But as long as she said it, the false became true.

Because no one would be stupid enough to bring such a small matter to the emperor in person.

And what she said was to tell everyone present that she had the emperor's support.

That she doesn't know the rules?

But even though she was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, she still came to pay her respects to the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager Qi was suddenly speechless. She narrowed her cloudy and gloomy eyes slightly, looked at Jiang Wantang coldly, and hesitated for a moment.

"Empress Dowager..." Seeing that the Empress Dowager suddenly fell silent, Concubine Wang couldn't help but lose her temper and called out weakly.

Empress Dowager Qi didn't look at her, but just stared at Jiang Wantang's straight and slender back, with an elusive viciousness flashing in her eyes.

After a while, he softened his tone and said, "So, everyone has wronged you?"

That being said, the aura and pressure of a superior that she exuded was heavy and oppressive.

"Yes." Jiang Wantang was not afraid at all.

Empress Dowager Qi paused for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "According to what you're saying, I'm getting senile and confused, right?"

Jiang Wantang immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I am terrified. I dare not."

Empress Dowager Qi looked coldly at Jiang Wantang, who was moving forward and backward with a measured manner and a calm expression. She didn't look panic at all and was clearly very brave.

At this moment, Concubine Jia suddenly stood up and pleaded for Jiang Wantang: "Empress Dowager, please calm down. Sister Jiang is still young and has just been favored. It is inevitable that she is a little spoiled. Please forgive her this time."

Every word she said seemed to be speaking for Jiang Wantang, but it clearly confirmed Jiang Wantang's crime of being arrogant because of being favored.

In this way, Empress Dowager Qi could punish her with justification.

Jiang Wantang couldn't help but sneer in her heart. She was not pleading for herself, but trying to please Empress Dowager Qi.

Zhao Shujia, who was born into a noble family and had always been as quiet and dignified as a chrysanthemum, finally lost her patience.

It’s a pity that she chose the wrong target and her efforts were doomed to be in vain.

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Qi snorted coldly and said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, then I will punish Concubine Jiang by making her kneel outside the palace and copy Buddhist scriptures for me, so as to temper her arrogant temper."

"Jiang Jieyu, you are also from a noble family. You should learn more from Concubine Jia in the future."

Her words seemed to be praising Concubine Jia, but in fact she was creating hatred for her and deliberately making the two of them hostile to each other, preferably fighting to the death.

Concubine Jia was delighted and was about to offer a few more words of 'pleading' when Jiang Wantang spoke before her: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother is wise and virtuous. I will definitely remember your teachings and be cautious in my words and actions in the future, and be self-disciplined and respectful."

The smile on Concubine Jia's face suddenly froze, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

Empress Dowager Qi looked suspiciously at Jiang Wantang, whose expression was calm and her words were respectful, and her eyes sank slightly.

There is no shortage of women in the harem, and she has seen all kinds of women.

But this was the first time she had seen someone like Jiang Wantang playing by his own rules.

People like her are either too tolerant or too scheming and good at disguise.

But no matter which type Jiang Wantang belongs to, he is undoubtedly difficult to deal with.

Afterwards, Jiang Wantang was led by several young eunuchs to the entrance of the hall and knelt down. Then two young eunuchs brought a long, low table with carved rosewood patterns and placed it in front of Jiang Wantang.

The long table was filled with pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, as well as a thick stack of scriptures.

Jiang Wantang looked at the thick stack of scriptures in front of her, a mocking smile curled up at the corner of her lips. Was he planning to make her kneel here and copy them until dawn?