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

Chapter 328

Granny Jin led Zhou Zhilan back to Funing Palace.

"Empress Dowager, you want me to stand up for myself! The Emperor has been bewitched by that woman Yun Xiyue and has actually allowed her to disobey your orders." Zhou Zhilan lay on a stretcher, covered in blood, and insisted on coming to Funing Palace to complain because she was unwilling to accept the situation.

The Empress Dowager frowned. "I understand. I will seek justice for you. You may return now!"

"Find the imperial physician to treat Consort Zhou's injuries."

Zhou Zhilan was dissatisfied, but she didn't immediately send someone to arrest Yun Xiyue.

But at this point, she had no way to get the Empress Dowager to challenge the Emperor.

After the person was carried away, the Empress Dowager asked Granny Jin, "How is it?"

"Your Majesty, it seems the Emperor has other intentions regarding Miss Yun." Granny Jin relayed what Eunuch Fu had said to the Empress Dowager, leaving it to her to discern the truth.

"This servant feels that what Your Majesty is doing seems perfectly reasonable and justifiable."

"Now the three major families are the most powerful in the capital, and their influence has become too great. The Emperor has long been dissatisfied with them and intends to get rid of them."

"The appearance of the Yun family and the Emperor's conferment of the title of Imperial Merchant upon them may not be a coincidence."

Empress Dowager Pei leaned back in her chair. "If it's really as he says, for the sake of the court, then why is he unwilling to appoint an empress?"

"The three major families are the pillars of Great Xia. Even if they are to be eliminated, we must find suitable people, not eliminate them all. How can the Yun family alone be a match for the three major families?"

Her son's thoughts are becoming increasingly unfathomable.

She believed him when he said it was to take advantage of the Yun family.

"I'm afraid he'll get caught up in it. An emperor can't have emotions. I've taught him that since he was a child. An emperor can only be ruthless. He's done very well all these years, but since Yun Xiyue appeared, he's been out of my control."

No matter how many women are added to the harem, she has the final say.

The emperor never interfered.

However, Murong Yu would not allow her to harm Yun Xiyue, and she had repeatedly defied him for her sake.

Such an abnormality must mean there's a problem.

“From childhood to adulthood, have you ever seen the Emperor care about anyone like this? Even with the Prince of Qin and his wife, it was only to ensure that the Prince of Qin would be completely loyal to him.”

"You say he cares about the Yun family for the sake of the national treasury, but I don't think that's really the case."

Jin Mama said, "This servant intends to bring up the matter of establishing an empress with Eunuch Fu. If the Emperor establishes an empress, you can rest assured that he will not do anything to the Yun family."

"Eunuch Fu will tell the Emperor the truth."

It all depends on whether the emperor will do that.

"If it's for the sake of Yun Xiyue becoming Empress, then it would truly be dangerous." The Empress Dowager's eyes darkened slightly, indicating that her son was indeed in love.

Then Yunxiyue absolutely cannot be allowed to stay.

Granny Jin's back stiffened. "What does the Empress Dowager intend to do? The Emperor has now issued an edict to release the eldest son of the Yun family and place him under house arrest at the Yun residence."

Empress Dowager Pei smiled and said, "Let me recover first!"

"I heard that Prince Rui has not yet woken up."

Granny Jin paused for a moment, then understood.

The Empress Dowager will no longer take action herself.

To avoid hurting the bond between mother and child.

"I still have a Blood Ruyi in my treasury. I will bestow it upon Miss Yun, for she has served the Emperor diligently," Empress Dowager Pei said softly, closing her eyes.

The Empress Dowager suddenly bestowed a gift upon Yunxi Yue.

There are many speculations among the people.

"I heard that Young Master Yun has been released. Before that, Yun Xiyue went to the palace to see the Emperor and stayed in the Imperial Study all day, only coming out in the evening!"

"The Empress Dowager's sudden reward is said to be because Miss Yun has worked hard serving the Emperor!"

"So Yun Xiyue sacrificed herself to save her brother!"

"After all, they are all married women, so they don't care about their innocence."

The Empress Dowager suddenly pulled this stunt.

The reward of Yunxi Yue is neither to be accepted nor to be refused.

"Miss, the rumors are going crazy outside... saying that you offered yourself to the Emperor."

Yun Xiyue sat at her desk, looking at the things the Empress Dowager had sent, wishing she could smash them.

"Hmph! Since she insists on being so ruthless, then I should give her a satisfactory answer."