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

Chapter 522

"Does General Zeng want to be my brother and sister?" Murong Yu glared at her coldly.

Zeng Rou hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, please calm your anger!"

"All right."

The Empress Dowager, intending to protect her, said, "Today is the day the Empress serves tea, so hurry up and serve the tea!"

The palace maids prepared cushions and tea.

Yun Xiyue wore a phoenix robe and a phoenix crown, exuding an air of elegance and nobility.

The Empress Dowager also specially wore a phoenix robe today, and she couldn't help but feel a little jealous when she looked at Yun Xiyue. In the past, she always thought that Yun Xiyue was a merchant's daughter, not presentable and petty.

Unexpectedly, two years later, she has changed a lot.

Wearing this phoenix robe, she certainly has the demeanor of an empress.

"Mother, please have some tea."

A palace maid came to receive it and then handed it to the Empress Dowager.

The palace maid just suddenly slipped.

The teacup fell down.

Yun Xiyue was about to catch it, but someone else caught it first.

Murong Yu reacted quickly and caught the teacup steadily. He used his lightness skill to flash over from a distance.

Everyone was shocked.

Pei Fang and the others looked at him with admiration, finding Murong Yu to be both scholarly and martial, and truly charming.

Murong Yu stared sharply at the palace maid, "Haven't you eaten?"

The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt down and kowtowed in fear.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty the Empress, please calm down."

The Empress Dowager looked displeased. "The people in my palace are not that clumsy."

That means Yunxi Yue herself didn't serve the tea properly.

"Since the Empress is unwilling to serve tea, then so be it."

Yun Xiyue took the teacup from Murong Yu's hand, knelt down again to offer it to her, and said, "Mother, please calm down! I was too nervous just now and didn't hold the teacup properly."

The Empress Dowager raised an eyebrow slightly, signaling the palace maid to step back and allowing Granny Su to step forward and receive her.

But at this moment, Yun Xiyue stood up and personally served the tea to her, saying, "Mother, please have some tea."

The Empress Dowager's expression changed slightly. She glanced at the Emperor, then had no choice but to steadily catch the teacup and take a sip. "Now that you've married the Emperor, you should give birth to a prince for him as soon as possible."

"I heard that the Regent of Wei went to Jiaofang Palace to see you late last night?"

Yunxi Yue was just about to say a few words.

The Empress Dowager quickly interrupted her, "I know you are beautiful and have attracted many men with your looks."

"I've heard that the Regent of Wei lent troops to Xia because of you. Does that mean your relationship is more than just ordinary?"

Yun Xiyue said, "Your Majesty, I am just a friend of the Regent of Great Wei."

“If you’re just friends, why would he lend you troops just because of a single word from you?” Pei Fang couldn’t help but interject.

"The Regent of Great Wei must like the Empress!" Zhou Zhilan chimed in, then looked at Zeng Rou, "General Zeng is at the border, she should know the situation best, why don't you tell us?"

Murong Yu stared at Zeng Rou with displeasure.

Zeng Rou still wants to enter the palace, so she can't afford to offend him.

"The Regent of Great Wei and the Empress are indeed friends."

Zhou Zhilan snorted, her eyes full of contempt, knowing that Yun Xiyue was too scared to offend her.

Coward!

The Empress Dowager said, "Regardless of the relationship, now that you have become the Empress of Great Xia, you must behave yourself. Otherwise, I may allow you to be Empress, but I can also depose you from your position."

Murong Yu could no longer bear it and stood up. "The man from yesterday was General Wu. Someone drugged him and lured him into the inner palace. The inner palace is heavily guarded; it's impossible for him to have entered silently. Someone used the name of the Regent of Great Wei to let him into the inner palace. I have interrogated the guards, and they said that they were authorized by their master to let him in, allowing him to reach the Jiaofang Palace."

"Later, when A-Yue didn't see him, she went to the Imperial Garden, grabbed a palace maid and forcibly raped her, resulting in a death. Now the harem is managed by Consort Pei, and such a thing has happened in the harem."

"I think the master the guards are referring to is Consort Pei. They must have done it on purpose!"

Pei Fang's expression changed slightly, and she quickly stood up and knelt down, saying, "Cousin, I didn't... I don't know how General Wu ended up in the harem..."

"If that wasn't your doing, then who else could it be?"