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

Chapter 572

That means these thirty strokes of the cane cannot be missed.

"General Zeng, please get up. Don't make things difficult for the Empress. If you continue to indulge Consort Shu like this, I will have no choice but to banish her to the Cold Palace according to palace rules."

"She's arrogant and domineering, and the Empress is absolutely right. You all saw just now how arrogant she was!" Murong Yu said unhappily.

The other ministers had no way to plead for him either.

The mistake was that the Emperor and everyone else witnessed Zeng Rou hitting Yun Xiyue, and she had a way to deny it.

If they are not severely punished, it would indeed be against the rules.

The Empress Dowager was furious with Yun Xiyue, but only she knew that Yun Xiyue was doing it on purpose.

She was telling herself that she could eliminate Zeng Rou and the others whenever she wanted.

Even if she becomes the Empress Dowager, she won't be able to do anything about it.

"Cough cough..." The Empress Dowager's face was extremely pale, and she felt a tightness in her chest.

Murong Yu frowned, his eyes showing worry. "Mother, you should go back and rest!"

“Your Majesty, Consort Shu is indeed a bit spoiled. In the end, it is my fault for indulging her too much in the past.”

"She made a mistake, and I also bear responsibility."

The Empress Dowager looked sickly and spoke in a low voice.

It means that after he has received thirty strokes of the cane, he will be punished together.

Is this a threat to him?

Murong Yu sneered, "Mother seems to have a particular fondness for these concubines. What, am I not your biological son?"

"They made a mistake and I want to punish them, but Mother feels sorry for them?"

The Empress Dowager's expression changed slightly, her chest heaving. "Your Majesty... how could you say that..."

As she spoke, the Empress Dowager clutched her chest, on the verge of fainting.

"Imperial Physician." Murong Yu gestured for someone to help the Empress Dowager inside to rest.

Zeng Rou still received her full thirty strokes of the cane.

After the beating, she was covered in blood and on the verge of death.

The imperial physician went to treat the Empress Dowager.

Murong Yu did not go in; he remained outside the whole time and did not go in to see the Empress Dowager even once.

Once the Empress Dowager's condition stabilized, he left with his entourage.

Zeng Rou was carried back to Qinghuan Palace.

The imperial physician will only be allowed to treat her tomorrow. Tonight, she will be made to suffer in agony all night, without being allowed to eat, serve anyone, or have her wounds treated immediately. She will have to endure the pain like this.

This is Murong Yu's intention.

How can he endure it if he doesn't receive timely treatment?

General Zeng was anxious to persuade him.

"Old Zeng, you'd better not make things worse. This time, your granddaughter went too far, acting lawlessly just because she has the Empress Dowager and your Zeng family backing her up. The Emperor is already furious."

"Didn't you see? Didn't the Emperor go in to see the Empress Dowager?" General Xiao hurriedly pulled him back.

The Emperor's attitude today has made it clear that no one can touch Empress Yun.

Even the Empress Dowager wouldn't allow it.

Why doesn't he understand yet?

General Zeng said irritably, "That doesn't mean we have to wait until tomorrow to call the imperial physician for Rou'er."

“Your granddaughter pushed the Empress. If the Empress is pregnant, what she did would be murdering the imperial heir,” General Xiao said.

General Zeng's expression changed slightly.

"It's just a ruse. The Yun family's daughter is indeed extraordinary." Pei Xiang stepped out from behind the two.

He already had accurate information about Yun Xiyue's inability to conceive.

In another month, we can impeach her.

General Xiao glanced at him, turned and left, showing no intention of speaking with him.

Prime Minister Pei: "..."

General Zeng planned to secretly send someone to deliver medicine to Consort Shu.

......

"Ah Yue, does it still hurt?" Murong Yu took a boiled egg and rubbed her swollen cheek.

"Ah."

It really hurts.

But if we don't do this, we can't teach Zeng Rou a painful lesson.

Murong Yu strongly disapproved of her using this self-inflicted injury tactic, saying, "It will harm the enemy a thousand while also harming yourself eight hundred. This kind of self-inflicted injury tactic must not be used again in the future."

“If we don’t do that, even if we know that Zeng Rou has committed insubordination, the Empress Dowager can easily let her escape punishment by intervening. If I tolerate her, she will only become more and more arrogant.”

Murong Yu was stunned. "So you knew I was coming all along?"

"I don't know. I was thinking that once she's proven guilty, you can punish her properly later."