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

Chapter 534

Zeng Rou's face darkened slightly, and she sneered, "Just now, Her Majesty the Empress said that everyone should be treated equally, otherwise there would be disharmony in the harem. Then may I ask, Your Majesty, by monopolizing the Emperor's favor and not allowing him to share his affections equally, wouldn't that further disrupt the harmony among the sisters in the harem?"

"What you're saying isn't the same thing. A principal wife and a concubine are different; the rules that should be followed cannot be broken at will."

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "Whether Your Majesty wants to bestow your favor equally is not something I can control. Before I entered the palace, Your Majesty did not like to come to the inner palace."

This invisible slap caught all the concubines and even the Empress Dowager off guard.

Yun Xiyue glanced at her and said with a faint smile, "Sister Shufei, when you were in the military camp, you used a human skin mask to disguise yourself as me and tried to get close to the Emperor when he was drunk, but the Emperor did not touch you."

"The Emperor isn't drunk right now, so who can sway his thoughts?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager was surprised and looked at Zeng Rou, seemingly not expecting her to do such a thing.

Zeng Rou's face turned ugly, and she became somewhat exasperated. "Yun Xiyue, shut up!"

As he spoke, he stood up and raised his hand to hit her.

Yun Xiyue, quick as a flash, slapped her across the face. "Consort Shu, how dare you!"

He spoke sharply and angrily.

Everyone was shocked.

Zeng Rou knew martial arts; if Yun Xiyue hadn't dodged quickly, she might have been sent flying by a single palm strike.

After being slapped, she instantly came to her senses and dared not be presumptuous in front of the Empress Dowager.

"How dare you disrespect me! Open your mouth!" Yun Xiyue was furious. She didn't know martial arts and couldn't beat Zeng Rou.

Granny Chen stepped forward and slapped her across the face.

Zeng Rou was instantly stunned by the blow.

"You dare to hit me!"

Granny Chen said, "Your Highness, please don't forget that you are only a concubine, while the Empress is the empress."

"You dared to lay a hand on the Empress in front of the Empress Dowager! Such audacity would be a capital offense for anyone else!"

"Her Majesty the Empress spared you from punishment because you are the eldest daughter of the Zeng family and your grandfather and brother have made great military achievements."

Snapped!

After adding a few words to Yun Xiyue to prevent others from using her against her, Granny Chen slapped her hard across the face again.

If Yunxi Yue doesn't tell us to stop, then we can't stop.

Zeng Rou's face was swollen like a pig's head.

"Enough!" The Empress Dowager could no longer stand it and said coldly.

Yun Xiyue stood up. "Mother, please don't be angry. I know that Consort Shu didn't mean it. She grew up on the frontier and is used to doing whatever she wants. However, as the Empress, I have to teach my sisters proper manners. Consort Shu is new to the palace and doesn't know the rules. I will teach her slowly."

"This time, let's just give her a small punishment as a warning. Your son will send a few governesses to properly teach Consort Shu the rules."

The Empress Dowager opened her mouth, but couldn't find a single reason to refute it.

I felt really angry after she criticized me.

It's all Zeng Rou's fault for being so stupid. Since she made such a basic mistake, she deserved to be beaten up because Yun Xiyue caught her red-handed!

There's no hope!

Zhou Zhilan and the others also thought Zeng Rou was too stupid. Knowing that Yun Xiyue was the Empress, she still dared to hit her in public.

If the Emperor were here, he would probably snap her neck immediately.

Zeng Rou knelt on the ground, her eyes bloodshot and her face swollen like a steamed bun. She had never suffered such humiliation before, and she glared at Yun Xiyue with gritted teeth and resentment.

"Why are you looking at me like that, Consort Shu? Are you dissatisfied?" Yun Xiyue chuckled.

"It seems that it is truly wild and untamed."

"Granny Chen, find a few people who know martial arts to go to Qinghuan Palace later, so that Consort Shu won't hurt the governess in a moment of impulse."

Granny Chen curtsied and said, "This servant obeys the decree."

Zeng Rou wanted to cry but had no tears.

She hated Yun Xiyue to the core, but the Empress Dowager couldn't help her. She couldn't just criticize Yun Xiyue for not doing her job as Empress, and now that she was doing it, she was protecting Zeng Rou for her insubordination!

The Empress Dowager couldn't protect her, but someone else could.

"Disperse, everyone!" the Empress Dowager said calmly.

This day was really tiring.

Yunxi returned to Jiaofang Palace, where Qingmei massaged her shoulders and legs.

"Your Majesty, this servant thinks being the Empress is so wonderful."

Qingmei's eyes lit up as she still admired the domineering scene she had just witnessed in Funing Palace, where even the Empress Dowager dared not refute her, and she had beaten the usually arrogant Zeng Rou until she was bruised and swollen.

Haha!

She laughed heartily several times, "You are truly amazing."

Yun Xiyue smiled and said, "There are many rules and regulations in the palace, which have both advantages and disadvantages."

The Empress Dowager is not a woman like Old Madam Shen who throws tantrums and acts like a rogue.