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

Chapter 545

At this moment, someone fainted.

"Miss!"

"Granny Chen, our Lady is not feeling well."

Yun Xiyue happened to come out and saw that Consort Xian, Jiang Sijin, who hadn't spoken a word, had fainted.

Her face was pale, and she did look unwell.

"Help her in." Yun Xiyue stepped forward to take her pulse and instructed someone to prepare some plum juice to relieve the summer heat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Jiang Sijin drank the cooling soup and recovered after resting for a while.

"You're not feeling well, you should go home!"

Since Jiang Sijin didn't cause her any trouble, Yun Xiyue wouldn't deliberately make things difficult for her.

"I'd better continue listening to the instructions with everyone! I'm new to the palace and not very familiar with the rules."

Yun Xiyue glanced at her again. "That's all for today. I will arrange for someone to go back with you and study properly."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Sijin gained a lot of goodwill as a result.

But Pei Fang didn't let her get up before she had knelt for the required time.

"His Majesty has arrived!" Just then, Murong Yu arrived.

The women, who had been listless, suddenly perked up and decided not to leave so soon.

"cousin."

Before Murong Yu even arrived, Pei Fang started wailing, her face streaked with tears.

"Cousin, Yun Xiyue bullied me." Pei Fang knelt down and became more and more aggrieved as she spoke, tears rolling down her cheeks, looking quite pitiful.

Murong Yu frowned, "A-Yue wouldn't punish you without a reason."

"Tell me what you did today?"

Pei Fang: "I..."

"I did nothing."

Murong Yu turned and walked away, too lazy to pay her any attention.

He walked up to Yun Xiyue.

"Your Majesty, it was indeed my fault. The Consort only said a few words to me, and I sent people to snatch the Phoenix Seal."

"Because Consort Shu said that I do not have the Phoenix Seal, and Consort Gui is in charge of the Phoenix Seal, so I cannot ask her to abide by the rules of the palace... The Empress Dowager also said that as the Empress, I should share your burdens."

"I don't know what I did wrong to make the Noble Consort so angry," Yun Xiyue said, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

She not only criticized the Consort for not knowing the rules and disrespecting the Empress, but also complained that Consort Shu and the others were not convinced by her.

Zeng Rou was furious. She hadn't even complained yet, and this girl had the nerve to complain first?

“Brother Yu, it’s not like what the Empress said. She took advantage of being the Empress to bully Consort Gui and all of us sisters first.”

"Even Consort Xian was punished to the point of fainting."

Zhou Zhilan and the others stood up to defend her, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty... the Empress is too domineering."

Murong Yu glanced at Jiang Sijin indifferently, "Consort Xian, you tell us what exactly happened."

Jiang Sijin was indeed physically weak and had been in poor health since childhood. She was as sickly as Xi Shi, and under a lot of pressure, she recounted the whole story without taking sides, simply telling the truth.

"After listening for a long time, all I heard was that Consort Gui was arrogant and domineering, relying on the Empress Dowager's favor to disregard the Empress, and that Consort Shu and Consort De were also colluding to help the wicked and disobeying the Empress's discipline."

"The Empress punished you, and the others were punished because of your involvement. After all this time, you are still trying to shift the blame, making excuses, and slandering the Empress!"

With that, Murong Yu slammed his hand on the table. "This is utterly outrageous!"

Everyone was startled and knelt down in fear.