Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Young Master Qi's plan to show off obviously failed. In the eyes of Old Master Qi and his wife, entering the palace was a serious matter, far more important than his personal face.

Young Master Qi was very unhappy, but the next morning, he still came early to personally see Yin Yin off.

This time when she entered the palace, Yin Yin, as usual, first went to pay her respects to the Empress's palace before going to Yao Guang Palace.

"Yinyin is here," Consort Shu was sitting in the room leisurely drinking tea. When she saw Yinyin enter, a smile appeared on her face. "It's cold today. Does the wind hurt your face on the way here? Warm it up quickly."

“Yinyin is wearing a hat, so she’s not cold,” Yinyin said, then showed Shufei the small hand warmer she was holding. “Auntie, look, it’s still warm.”

Consort Shu really came over to take a look: "What kind of charcoal is this? How come it burns so quickly? It came from the palace gate, yet there is so much ash."

Yinyin paused for a moment without saying anything.

The palace maid who went to fetch her was someone from Consort Shu's side. How could Consort Shu not know what had just happened?

The reason for bringing this up now is simply for ulterior motives.

Sure enough, after Consort Shu finished speaking, the palace maid who was following her stood up and said, "Perhaps it was because we waited a while longer at the Empress's place that the charcoal seemed to have burned a lot."

"Oh?" Consort Shu feigned surprise. "If Your Majesty the Empress was busy, you could have simply sent Yin Yin over. Why did you make Yin Yin wait for so long and take time out of your busy schedule to come see me?"

The palace servant nodded: "They said that the Shanggong Bureau had an urgent matter to report, which is why we were delayed. Her Majesty the Empress also instructed that she wanted to see Miss Yinyin, so the palace servants below didn't dare to ask us to just bow and leave."

"Your Majesty, you don't know, the palace servants in Jiaofang Palace are really careless. They took Miss Yinyin to wait in a side hall, and the room was cold and empty, with only a brazier. What good was that?"

"Luckily, Miss Yinyin brought a hand warmer, otherwise she might have gotten cold."

"So that's how it is," Consort Shu comforted Yin Yin, but a hint of calculation flashed in her eyes. "Perhaps it was the palace servants who were negligent in their work, and it has nothing to do with Her Majesty the Empress."

"When His Majesty arrives later, your aunt will definitely plead with him to punish that palace servant severely."

Yinyin quickly refused: "But Aunt, this is just a small matter. His Majesty is busy with national affairs every day, how can we bother him with this?"

The same thing, when Yin Yin said it "unintentionally," is different from when Consort Shu deliberately complained about a trivial matter.

Regardless of whether the emperor punishes Yin Yin or not, the former will always show more pity for her.

In the latter case, if Consort Shu uses Yin Yin as a pretext to stir up trouble, and the Emperor doesn't punish her, Consort Shu will lose face, and Yin Yin may not necessarily get away with it either.

If the emperor were to punish her, it would be a slap in the face to the empress. While the empress hates Consort Shu, would she single out Yin Yin?

Although Yin Yin's status puts her on the opposite side of the Empress, she is unwilling to do something that brings her no benefit and involves risks.

Consort Shu was displeased and pinched Yin Yin's little face: "You child, why is your temper like a lump of dough? If others bully you, how can you not stand up for yourself?"

Yinyin rubbed her face with a silly grin, still refusing. As for her stance, she could simply say she was worried about the emperor.

Consort Shu failed to persuade Yin Yin, but still planned to bring it up with the Emperor herself. However, without Yin Yin's pitiful act, the effect might not be as good.

But to Consort Shu's surprise, the Emperor suddenly walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty," Consort Shu exclaimed in surprise, glaring at the palace maid standing guard outside.

The young palace maid quickly lowered her head.

In truth, everyone knew that the emperor had forbidden them from informing the emperor, and that Consort Shu was simply taking her anger out on him.

“Your Majesty,” Yin Yin also stood up and bowed.

The Emperor ignored Consort Shu and instead patted Yin Yin's head: "I heard you've been wronged, Yin Yin?"

Just as Consort Shu was about to speak, Yin Yin spoke first: "How come His Majesty already knows? It's not a big deal, and it's not a matter of being wronged. Why should you care?"

Although Consort Shu was distracted by her words, she still said afterward, "In such cold weather, if you are not careful and catch a cold, that would be a big deal."

"Aunt," Yin Yin's heart skipped a beat when she saw the Emperor watching Consort Shu quietly as she continued speaking, and she pronounced the title in a very convoluted way.

After silencing Consort Shu again, she patted her small body with a smile on her face and said, "I'm fine!"

After saying that, she looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, are you tired from court today? Let me massage your shoulders. When the Sixth Prince grows up, he can come to court."

"I wonder if the Sixth Prince has woken up yet. Yinyin hasn't seen the Sixth Prince today."

When her son was mentioned, Consort Shu was quickly swayed and hurriedly ordered someone to bring her son over so that he could get closer to his father, the Emperor.

The emperor, to save face, teased the sixth prince a little, and once he fell asleep, he ordered him to be carried away.

After the meal, the emperor was about to go to the Xuan Shi Hall, and he still said that he wanted to take Yin Yin with him.

Before leaving, Consort Shu brought up the matter again.

Yin Yin felt somewhat helpless. The Emperor's attitude was already very clear, but Consort Shu was still so persistent. What good could she possibly gain?

Even if Consort Shu suspected that the Empress had used the wet nurse to harm the Sixth Prince and wanted to use this as an excuse to make trouble.

Although only one charcoal brazier was lit in the side hall, it wasn't like there was no charcoal at all, leaving Yinyin to freeze.

Such a trivial matter, let alone causing the Empress serious injury, might not even result in a minor scratch.

If this continues, the only one who will suffer is Consort Shu.

As soon as Yinyin took a step forward, the emperor said, "Yinyin, go and put on your cloak first."

Yinyin had no choice but to go to the palace maid who had given her the cloak.

She appeared to have her back to them, but her ear was turned to the side.

She overheard the emperor speaking to Consort Shu.

“A ignorant little palace maid can be dealt with when the time is right. Consort Shu, you are so old, how come you are not as sensible as a child like Yin Yin?”

When Yinyin turned her head, she saw the shock on Consort Shu's face.

“Your Majesty, how dare a mere palace maid treat Yin Yin so disrespectfully without orders? Yin Yin is still so young; what if she catches a cold…”

"Consort Shu," the Emperor interrupted her, "this matter ends here. You take good care of Xiao Liu. After Xiao Liu has recovered for a few more days, you should go and pay your respects to the Empress."

Consort Shu's eyes reddened as she watched the Emperor abandon her and leave.

Having just put on her cloak, Yin Yin let the palace maids pull up her hood, but she had a vague guess in her heart. The Emperor and Empress had never gotten along well, and if it really was the Empress's order, the Emperor probably wouldn't be acting this way now.

Either it was truly the negligence of the person serving, or there was someone else involved.

The probability of a palace maid being negligent is extremely low. And besides the Empress herself, there are very few people in the Empress's palace who can command the palace maids; it couldn't possibly be the Fifth Prince.

Yinyin was thinking to herself, but her movements suddenly paused.

If it were the fifth prince, then the emperor's reaction would make perfect sense.

The problem is that Yin Yin is trying to avoid this Fifth Prince as much as possible, and she really can't understand what she did to offend him so that he would give her such an order.

As the two were leaving, the Emperor, seeing Consort Shu's aggrieved expression, said with some weariness, "You should also manage your subordinates better. Little Six hasn't even recovered yet, and they're already fighting amongst themselves outside. They're just like you, their master."

Consort Shu's face turned deathly pale, and she needed her nanny to support her.

After the emperor spoke to her, Yin Yin realized that she had truly suffered an undeserved calamity.

Although I did nothing wrong, people were indignant at Consort Shu's actions, so they taught her a lesson through me. Who could I complain to?

Now, Consort Shu has angered the Emperor by not knowing when to stop, and she still has to navigate the situation. It's going to be tough!