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

Chapter 359

But there's no way to avoid it.

“Your Majesty, it was indeed I who received the imperial decree. I am deeply grateful to the Empress Dowager for her favor and for being willing to take me as her goddaughter.”

"I am deeply grateful."

Murong Yu sneered inwardly, his face expressionless. "I forbid it."

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister requests an audience, saying he has urgent business to discuss." At this moment, a palace attendant came to report.

"From today onwards, Yun Xiyue is not allowed to enter the palace without my permission, and no one in the harem is allowed to summon her."

"She has rendered meritorious service in saving the emperor, and I will reward her with additional honors. There is no need for you, Mother, to worry about it. You are not feeling well, so please rest and recuperate in Funing Palace. No one is allowed to disturb you."

After the people left, Pei Qi was helped up, her legs trembling so much that she could no longer walk on her own.

Yun Xiyue glanced at the Empress Dowager and quickly left.

Upon leaving the palace, they encountered Pei Shang and Qi Yuyan.

How is my mother?

The news did travel quickly.

If it weren't for the Empress Dowager summoning Prime Minister Pei to the rescue, Madam Pei might not have been able to leave the palace.

Yun Xiyue said, "His Majesty was only angry, he did not punish Madam Pei."

“Young Master Pei, please convey to the Imperial Concubine and your parents that I have no intention of entering the palace. However, what you are doing is truly inappropriate.”

It's practically defying the laws of nature.

Murong Yu is no longer the young crown prince; how can he tolerate being manipulated like this!

Qi Yuyan said, "But the Emperor wants you to enter the palace. If you really don't want to enter the palace, you should find someone to marry."

Yun Xiyue's expression changed slightly.

"Does not wanting to enter the palace mean I have to get married?"

"Why should a bunch of outsiders like you have the right to tell me what to do with my life!"

Qi Yuyan's expression froze. "I'm sorry, but I feel that if you don't get married and don't refuse the Emperor, he will continue to be so stubborn."

"So, does Young Master Qi mean that I am unworthy of the Emperor and should know my place?" Yun Xiyue sneered.

Qi Yuyan quickly said, "You know that's not what I meant."

Yun Xiyue felt annoyed. "I don't need Young Master Qi to worry about my affairs. You all just need to mind your own business."

"Shang'er." Pei Qishi was helped out from behind.

Pei Shang immediately stepped forward to help his mother into the carriage.

Pei Qi was truly terrified this time. Sitting in the carriage, she glanced at Yun Xiyue and said, "Yan'er is right. If you really don't want to enter the palace, you should refuse the Emperor. Otherwise, you should leave the capital instead of blatantly seducing the Emperor like this."

"Mother, stop talking."

Pei Qi was burning with rage, her face contorted with rage. "Why can't we say it? She's a divorced woman who's remarried, a withered flower already. What right does she have to marry the Emperor?"

Pei Shang quickly ordered the carriage to be taken away, preventing her from continuing.

"I apologize to you on behalf of my mother."

Yun Xiyue's face was a little pale. "It's alright. If we hear some unpleasant things now, we might hear even more unpleasant things later."

She didn't want to enter the palace, so the emperor was forcing her?

Pei Shang thought to himself.

Yun Xiyue suddenly asked, "Does Young Master Pei have someone he likes?"

"Why do you ask that?" Pei Shang froze, staring at her.

"I asked this for a friend."

Pei Shang's expression changed several times, thinking that she was about to ask a question.

Do you have someone you like?

Yun Xiyue recalled the man who tore up the imperial edict in a fit of rage at Fu Ning Palace, and lowered her eyes, remaining silent for a long time.

"Does Young Master Pei also believe that women who divorce and remarry are unworthy of anything?"

Seeing that Leng Yan looked really bad, Pei Shang frowned. Just as he was about to say something, Leng Yan arrived with his men.