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

Chapter 752

Leng Yan's expression changed slightly. Over the years, he had considered giving up. When Pei Fang said she wanted to enter the palace, he tried to persuade her to stay.

Back then, Murong Yu planned to arrange a marriage between him and Pei Fang.

However, Pei Fang privately approached him, begging him not to let the Emperor bestow a marriage upon her...

In the end, she got what she wanted.

“Your Majesty, she is now your concubine. She does not like me and is unwilling to marry me.”

Murong Yu frowned. "You've spoiled her too much."

"Isn't the Emperor the same? Sometimes beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." Leng Yan smiled bitterly.

This is true.

Many people have a bad opinion of Yun Xiyue, but he thinks she is a good person. Even though she is a second-time bride and even though she is really ruthless, he still thinks she is not wrong.

In Leng Yan's eyes and heart, Pei Fang was also like that—a white moonlight figure.

"You have rendered meritorious service in protecting the Empress and in saving Xiao Bao. What reward do you want?" Murong Yu knew that he was reluctant to harm Pei Fang and did not want to force her, so he would not force her.

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"Your Majesty, the Emperor has restored your status as a Noble Consort."

Pei Fang was stunned, she really hadn't expected this. When the imperial decree came down, her eyes lit up with joy, "So my cousin still likes me, he won't hurt Father, right?"

She was with the Empress Dowager at the time, who was ill.

Only after seeing the imperial edict did the Empress Dowager believe it to be true.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Fu Gonggong sighed inwardly, glanced at Pei Fang, and did not tell her that it was Leng Yan who had earned it for her through his merits.

The Emperor has decided to abolish the position of Prime Minister.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Pei is confused. Are you going to continue to be confused as well? His Majesty does not want to become estranged from you and the Pei family."

The Empress Dowager's expression stiffened slightly, and she immediately understood.

The Emperor still intends to punish Prime Minister Pei.

The best solution would be for Prime Minister Pei to resign, thus saving the Emperor from having to take action himself.

Restoring Pei Fang to the rank of Imperial Concubine was also the final reason given to Prime Minister Pei.

The Empress Dowager sneered, "The Emperor wants us to be the bad guys."

"Let's go! Let's go see your father."

Pei Fang was still immersed in joy, unaware of the cruel truth behind it.

The Empress Dowager tidied herself up and went to the dungeon to see Prime Minister Pei.

"Empress Dowager, what about Lady Yun? Has the Emperor really returned?"

"Did Ms. Yun have a difficult labor, or did she successfully give birth to triplets?"

While in prison, Prime Minister Pei was not suffering any real hardship, but he was unable to communicate with the outside world. "Has the Yun family released Heng'er yet?"

The Empress Dowager looked at her brother and sighed inwardly, "Brother, we have lost."

"I have to admit that the Emperor is even more ruthless than the late Emperor. He has now restored Fangfang to the rank of Imperial Concubine."

"Heng'er is still missing."

The only words were, "We lost."

Pei Xiang's eyes widened, and he instantly understood that Yun Xiyue had not had a difficult childbirth and had given birth to a child. With the child as her status, it would be very difficult to bring her down in the future.

Even if Pei Fang regains her position as a Noble Consort, she will never be able to sit on the Empress's throne.

"You should know what the Emperor wants. Now you can only save yourself."

"Ghost was poisoned with Gu. It actually started in the delivery room, but the Emperor came back in time to save her. Heng'er is in Yun's hands. If they send people to interrogate him and torture him, they will find out that the Pei family sent someone to assassinate him and poison him with Gu."

"Secondly, on the day you entered the palace, Yun Xiyue went into premature labor, and you insisted that it was caused by her. Then you have the crime of murdering the Empress and plotting against the imperial heir. If your brother does not abdicate... then the Pei family..."

The Empress Dowager sounded weak and listless as she spoke; they had lost miserably.

Prime Minister Pei closed his eyes and ignored the Empress Dowager.

He will not plead guilty easily.

If you want him to abdicate, then just depose him as prime minister.

But Murong Yu cannot do that.

If this were to actually be done, the civil and military officials would not agree, and he had served as prime minister for over twenty years, wielding considerable power and having many protégés.

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