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

Chapter 815

So he was too lazy to deal with it.

Instead, they used him to lure out the person behind it all.

"He didn't do anything to you?"

Yun Xiyue said what he had told her.

Murong Yu scoffed, "He's courting death."

"Let's wait and see! We still don't know what he's got over Qi Yumin, so we can only wait."

Yun Xiyue did not want to hurt Qi Yumin.

She cried so hard that day.

They were definitely coerced or bullied.

She could understand that feeling of helplessness.

Now we can only wait for her to step forward herself.

Murong Yu listened to her and said, "Mm."

But don't expect him to visit her. Whether it's coercion or not, Qi Yumin lied, which means she betrayed them and didn't trust them.

Murong Yu would no longer employ someone like that.

She had already been blacklisted.

......

Today is the day to pay respects to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was in a bad mood because Pei Fang had been banished to the Cold Palace, even though she could send someone to take care of her.

But the emperor forbade sending her to the cold palace; he wanted to punish her by making her do hard labor, such as washing clothes.

The Empress Dowager was heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do, because she had already chosen to sacrifice Pei Fang over Qi Yumin.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you."

Everyone else stepped down.

Yun Xiyue sat down and waited patiently for her.

"I have already accepted you. I will no longer force the Emperor to bestow his favor evenly. Can you please let Fangfang go?"

When the Empress Dowager said those words, it was a sign of admitting defeat and bowing her head.

But Yun Xiyue could not accept what she said.

"You have achieved your ultimate goal, so naturally you will not force the Emperor."

Because Qi Yumin served him in bed.

The thorn in the Empress Dowager's heart had probably been removed, which is why she was able to say such things.

"As for letting Pei Fang go? Why does the Empress Dowager say that? Do you think it's my fault that she was banished to the Cold Palace? That was the Emperor's decision, and I couldn't help with it."

Seeing her cold face, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Are you angry? Because the Emperor broke his promise, is that it?"

"Now I finally know why I didn't like you before. It was probably because I was envious and jealous, because as empresses, I didn't make the emperor give up the entire harem for me alone."

She and the late emperor were once in love.

"He also promised me that we would be together for life."

This was the first time the Empress Dowager had spoken about her relationship with the late Emperor.

Yun Xiyue did not interrupt him and let him continue.

"But he broke his promise, so I argued with him my whole life. He went from loving me deeply to hating me."

"The emperor is a ruler he personally nurtured, just like him. I didn't believe it when he gave up favoring the harem for you."

"See? Haven't we broken our promise now?"

Looking at the Empress Dowager's smile.

Yun Xiyue immediately felt sorry for her, "So you've lived in that man's shadow your whole life, but unfortunately, I won't be like you."

"I didn't take the matter between the Emperor and Consort De to heart."

“You don’t need to fight this argument anymore, because the late emperor is no longer here, and the promise he made to you was true. It’s just that as an emperor, he had to prioritize the greater good.”

"You always tell the Emperor to prioritize the greater good, so why can't you understand the late Emperor? So you love yourself the most. It's not that others don't love you, it's that you only love yourself."

Driven by a desire to prove himself, he drove his son to become cold-blooded and ruthless, even willing to turn against her with a weapon.

"You think you've won? No, you'll never win."

Yun Xiyue stood up. "Even if the Emperor starts favoring other concubines now, I won't care."

"Because I don't live for others, I only live for myself. Even without a man, I still have children, I still have the dignity of an empress, I have money, and I have family."

The Empress Dowager was stunned.