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

Chapter 671

Pei Fang's face turned ashen, and she almost excitedly pulled the needle out of her hand, "Cousin!"

"Stop!" The Empress Dowager's expression was one of extreme rage. "Are you trying to force Fangfang to her death?"

Murong Yu remained silent with a cold and stern expression.

"Mother, the Imperial Concubine has just woken up. Let her rest first!" Yun Xiyue said.

"Shut up!" The Empress Dowager glared at her angrily.

Yun Xiyue was startled.

"What does the Empress Dowager intend to do?" Just then, Ghost Hand walked over. "If the Empress Dowager dares to touch my apprentice, then I will immediately kill your precious niece!"

As he spoke, he had already used his internal energy to control a silver needle that was aimed at Pei Fang's neck.

Pei Fang nearly fainted from fright and dared not move. "No... cousin, save me."

The Empress Dowager was intimidated by the fierce killing intent emanating from him and quickly took a few steps back. "Ghost Hand, how dare you!"

"So what if I'm being presumptuous? I saved your niece's life, so I can take it away whenever I want."

"If it weren't for Yue'er, do you think this divine doctor would have saved an ignorant old woman like you?"

The Empress Dowager's face turned purple.

I knew he was arrogant, but I never imagined he could be this crazy.

"Your Majesty, are you just going to let him act so recklessly?" The Empress Dowager glared at Murong Yu, her eyes wide with anger.

Murong Yu's already cold face was now covered with an icy expression. "A-Yue is the apprentice of the Divine Physician. Consort Pei committed suicide by cutting her wrists because she couldn't think straight. It has nothing to do with A-Yue. Yet Mother insists on blaming all the blame on her alone."

"I have no right to stop the divine physician from supporting her, because you are my mother, and I cannot lay a hand on you."

The implication was that if it were someone else, he would have acted much earlier than Ghost Hand!

The Empress Dowager froze, a fear she had never felt before creeping into her heart. Looking at her son, he seemed like a complete stranger.

Ghost Hand scoffed, "If Consort Pei truly wishes to die, this divine physician will grant your wish!"

"No, don't kill me!" Pei Fang cried out in fear. "I don't want to die..."

"Hmph, if you don't want to die, why did you cut your wrists?" Ghost Hand sneered.

Pei Fang shook her head in fear, then looked up and pointed at Zeng Rou, shouting, "It's not me who wants to cut my wrists, it's Zeng Rou. She said that doing so would win my cousin's favor."

Zeng Rou's expression changed slightly, and she immediately said, "Noble Consort, don't talk nonsense. I never asked you to threaten to kill yourself to force the Emperor to favor you."

"Your Majesty, I did confide my troubles to the Imperial Concubine, because we are all in the same boat, unable to gain Your Majesty's favor. It's inevitable to feel depressed, but I did not ask the Imperial Concubine to cut her wrists."

Pei Fang said, "If you hadn't told me to find a way to make my cousin worry about me, I wouldn't have done it."

Zeng Rou sneered, inwardly cursing her as a fool. "Yes! I did say I would find a way, but it was a normal way. There are many ways to win the emperor's favor in the harem, but I did not ask you to cut your wrists to force him to commit suicide."

"It was your own idea to do this, what does it have to do with me?"

Pei Fang was speechless for a moment, unable to utter a word.

Zeng Rou did not directly ask her to do that.

But her words were inflammatory.

She said that the reason the emperor tolerated her repeatedly and even chose her was because her sister Zeng Qing had died saving the emperor.

The emperor is a man who cherishes old friendships; he may appear cold and ruthless, but he is actually very loyal and affectionate.

He will repay those who have been kind to him.

Zeng Rou did so many wrong things, firstly because she came from a powerful family, and secondly because her sister died saving the emperor.

None of these are wrong, Zeng Rou also admits.

But she didn't let Pei Fang cut her wrists.