Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 160

"Grandmother, what should we do now? If my face can't be healed, the Emperor definitely won't make me Empress." Zhou Zhilan was both angry and panicked. Hearing that Yun Xiyue had met with the Emperor again, she wished she could kill that woman.

Madam Zhou glanced at her and smiled, "Don't worry, the Empress Dowager has already ordered her to make a plaster similar to the Scarless Ointment. If she can't make it, she'll definitely try to sell it back. It's obvious she can't make it, that's why I deliberately said those things in front of the Empress Dowager."

"Mother is still the best," Madam Zhou said with a sigh of relief.

Old Madam Zhou didn't give Madam Zhou a friendly look. "I know you don't like Jiaojiao, but she is Yan'er's new wife after all. She has done her best in this matter. Don't always make things difficult for her."

Her behavior was too petty.

She doesn't act like the matriarch of the Zhou family at all.

"If you do this, what will happen when Lord Wan finds out that his daughter has been wronged in the Zhou family? What will he do then to make things difficult for Yan'er?"

Madam Zhou's smile froze slightly, and she said aggrievedly, "Mother, you don't know, Jiaojiao and Yun Xiyue are best friends. If it weren't for her, Zhilan wouldn't have been schemed against by that bitch."

She didn't understand a word she said and even tried to protect her daughter, shifting the blame to others.

Old Madam Zhou closed her eyes, thinking that Zhilan was a fool, beyond redemption, and she was too lazy to teach her anymore. "From now on, I will teach Zhilan. You can go now! Don't come looking for her unless it's necessary. Zhilan will live with me, and you are not allowed to go anywhere else."

“Grandmother…” Zhou Zhilan couldn’t understand.

"If you want to enter the palace and become the empress, then you'd better follow me obediently, otherwise you'll never be a match for Yun Xiyue."

"That woman is smarter than you."

Old Madam Zhou reprimanded her sternly.

......

"Yue'er!"

When Lady Yun heard that she had been punished by being forced to kneel in the palace, she was both angry and anxious.

"Mother, take a look."

"Quickly, summon the imperial physician."

Yun Xiyue's knees were a little red. "Mother, I'm fine. I'll just put some medicine on them."

Why did the Emperor punish you? Just because you unintentionally disturbed his peace?

This person is too domineering and unreasonable!

Madam Yun was furious, but also felt sorry for her daughter. "From now on, don't see the Emperor. If anything happens, have your elder brother and father go see the Emperor."

"Mother, there's some misunderstanding. The Emperor did this to protect my reputation." Yun Xiyue didn't know how to explain to her mother.

He downplayed some of the important points.

Madam Yun frowned. "The Empress Dowager suspects that the Emperor has other intentions towards you? How could that be? Your father said that the Emperor is as noble and pure as an immortal, and does not care about desires. He doesn't even have many maids serving him."

"Wasn't he looking for you on business?"

It was something that was obvious to everyone, but the Empress Dowager believed that the Emperor had ulterior motives towards her daughter and was clearly trying to put pressure on the Yun family.

Madam Yun sneered, utterly disappointed with the royal family, which was why she disliked dealing with these people.

"It's just an excuse, Yue'er. You get some rest, I'm going to find your father."

Yun Xiyue understood that the Empress Dowager was largely giving her a warning. She was reprimanded in Funing Palace, but then given a reward in front of the Emperor in the Imperial Garden. It was like giving a slap followed by a sweet date.

This is their common tactic for managing people: a combination of kindness and severity.

Bei Ye came in with the plaster, "Young Miss..."

"Where's Qingmei?"

Bei Ye was still dressed in women's clothing, and when Madam Yun came in and saw him, she didn't even realize he was a man.

It's clear that he really suits women's clothing.