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

Chapter 68

"She's still young. Isn't it normal for young people to be competitive? I'll teach her well when she enters the palace and make sure she becomes a qualified empress."

Murong Yu still refused to agree and made an excuse to leave.

The Empress Dowager said angrily, "If you don't want to choose an empress, then so be it. There are Consorts and Consort An in the harem. If you don't choose them, when will you have a prince? You are the emperor, and you should take the issue of imperial succession seriously."

Murong Yu was annoyed by the noise, but luckily someone came to inform him that the King of Qin wanted to see him, so he quickly made an excuse to slip away.

"Alas, the emperor is good in every way, except that he is not interested in women. What can we do?" The Empress Dowager leaned against the daybed, rubbing her temples with a headache.

......

The residence of Marquis Anjun.

"Where is Yun Xiyue? Has she returned? If she does, make her immediately go kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect on her actions! She won't be given any food without my permission."

When the Dowager Lady learned of what had happened in the palace, she was furious and slammed her fist on the table. Originally, it was she who had been played by Eunuch Liu and ruined her reputation, but it turned out to be Shen Yue, so this matter must be related to her.

She was the one who knocked Shen Yue unconscious and took her to Eunuch Liu's room.

"Madam, the lady has returned. She received a reward from the Emperor and won an arithmetic contest against Miss Zhou."

"This reward was personally delivered by Eunuch Fu..."

Eunuch Fu, who was close to the Emperor, praised Yun Xiyue for her exceptional intelligence, and the Emperor bestowed upon her a jade ruyi as a special reward.

The eldest daughter of the Zhou family also received the same reward.

It might not be a good idea to punish Yun Xiyue at this time.

The old lady was furious. "You little wretch! She's just a lowly merchant. What right does she have to receive the Emperor's reward? She doesn't deserve it at all. Tell her to send the jade ruyi to Yue'er and kowtow to her to apologize."

At this point, the old woman had lost her mind.

Lin Bao'er said, "Grandmother, I'm afraid this is not appropriate... If my sister makes a big fuss, and it gets to the Emperor, I'm afraid what we've done will be exposed."

"Mother managed to kill Eunuch Liu and bring the situation under control, and this secret has not been discovered. If we were to openly confront them, I'm afraid the Yun family would become suspicious of us."

"Young Master Yun is highly regarded by the King of Qin, so we cannot touch her at this time."

The old lady snapped, "This won't do, that won't do! Are you going to just ignore the fact that Yue'er's innocence has been ruined?"

"For now, we can only pretend we know nothing. Yue'er's situation was just an accident. We'll find a way to marry her off to Yun Xiaohan later," Lin Bao'er said.

The old lady's expression softened. "Yes, you're right. Yun Xiyue ruined Yue'er's life, so the Yun family should take full responsibility."

"Go and call her here..."

Lin Bao'er quickly stopped her, saying, "It's definitely not going to work to just ask her to come and tell us. Didn't we try to test her before and get rejected?"

Now that Shen Yue is disgraced and her body has been defiled by an old eunuch like Eunuch Liu, not only will no man in the entire capital marry her, but Yun Xiaohan will be even less likely to.

"We need to think this through carefully. I think she must have had someone help her to escape this predicament today."

I had my suspicions when she bribed bandits to kidnap her last time. They clearly drugged her; she shouldn't be able to move, and the maid beside her was also unconscious.

With only one groom, he couldn't possibly be a match for those mountain bandits.

groom......

Lin Bao'er immediately thought of that inconspicuous groom.

“Grandmother, I know who is helping Yun Xiyue.”