newbobooks Chapter 373 A Disaster
Chapter 373 A Disaster
Hearing what Emperor Yongjia said, Liu Yiyi's heart sank, but she still refused to give up and begged for mercy, "I have always been well-behaved and the most observant of the rules. Your Majesty, others may not know, but how could you not know?"
"You know the rules too well." said Emperor Yongjia.
Because she is familiar with the rules, she can use them so skillfully, which is something other concubines cannot do.
Liu Yiyi sniffed and said in disbelief, "But Your Majesty, we are fine. I just don't know the etiquette, and the crime I committed is not that serious. If Your Majesty banishes me to the outside of the palace, you won't be able to see me in the future!"
Liu Yiyi was crying, her voice as soft as a lamb. If it were any other man, he would have been conquered by her attack long ago.
"You say this every time, but I've never seen you follow the rules."
Liu Yiyi was stunned by what Emperor Yongjia said, not knowing what he was referring to.
Liu Yiyi had never expected that she would be treated like this by Emperor Yongjia because of what she said in the afternoon. For a moment, she lost her composure and knelt down to beg for mercy, "Your Majesty! Did the Imperial Noble Consort say something to you? You should listen to the Imperial Noble Consort, but you also have to listen to my explanation! Otherwise, I will die with regrets."
"She is different from you." Emperor Yongjia said.
Emperor Yongjia's short words made Liu Yiyi's face turn pale and then red.
Fortunately, it was night time, so I couldn't see the blush on her face, nor could I tell that she was embarrassed.
She was stunned for a long moment, then she tried to bargain, "Your Majesty, how about I stay in this palace and be punished? I can also wear my hair and practice in Ci'en Temple. I will go to Ci'en Temple. This way, if Your Majesty needs me to serve you, I will be there in time!"
After hearing this, Emperor Yongjia chuckled and said, "You have made clear arrangements, but I am not dead yet, so why do you want to go to Ci'en Temple to practice Buddhism?"
There were concubines from the previous dynasty who worked as nuns in Ci'en Temple, but only those concubines who had no children after the emperor of the current dynasty passed away could go in to practice Buddhism. What Liu Yiyi said was simply a joke.
If Liu Yiyi was stunned just now, she was dumbfounded now. She secretly hated herself for being so rude. How could she forget that the people living in Ci'en Temple were all the concubines of the previous emperor!
Moreover, Emperor Yongjia did not get angry but laughed instead, which made Liu Yiyi feel even more disappointed.
Emperor Yongjia waved his hand and signaled Zhu Wanxi, "Take Liu Cainu away."
Zhu Wanxi pretended to go down and help Liu Yiyi stand up, but Liu Yiyi was not willing to do so.
Regarding what happened today, she didn't feel that she had done anything wrong at all. She felt that Emperor Yongjia was making a fuss over nothing by punishing her like this.
"Your Majesty! You can't just listen to one person, you can't just listen to the words of the Imperial Noble Consort and treat me like this! If this continues, the one who will cause chaos in the palace is the Imperial Noble Consort! Not me!"
After making such a fuss for so long, Emperor Yongjia no longer had the patience to continue with her. He raised his hand towards Zhu Wanxi, then walked straight forward and went to the main hall.
Liu Yiyi cried bitterly, but after hearing what Zhu Wanxi said in her ear, she completely slumped down and stopped struggling.
Emperor Yongjia was indeed annoyed by Liu Yiyi's fuss. After entering the main hall, he ordered Qingcao to prepare water for bathing.
Qingcao ordered the palace maids to bring in hot water.
After Emperor Yongjia entered, he took off his clothes, lay in the soup, waved away the maid who was about to come in to serve him, wrung out the cotton handkerchief to cover his eyes, closed his eyes, leaned back with his hands open, and eliminated the irritability in his heart.
He was indeed irritable, but not because of Liu Yiyi.
What Liu Yiyi said just now was that if she wore her hair down and practiced Buddhism in the Ci'en Temple in the palace, Emperor Yongjia would be able to see her anytime he wanted.
When hearing this, Emperor Yongjia sneered in his heart. He had never treated a woman like this before. He understood why he was annoyed with Liu Yiyi.
Because he didn't like people who wanted to stand over him, arrange things for him, and direct him to do things... But when Liu Yiyi said this just now, the figure of Qin Liuse couldn't help but emerge in Emperor Yongjia's mind.
This is what made Emperor Yongjia irritated, because Qin Liuse seemed to have stepped on his head more than once and tried to do things against his will.
But he doesn't seem to reject it.
What made him even more irritated was that Liu Yiyi was so determined that Qin Liuse would say bad things about her in front of him, but Qin Liuse did not. And there were many concubines like Liu Yiyi who were eager to revolve around her.
But this time, Qin Liuse seemed to have been liberated. She didn't take him seriously at all, and she didn't seem sad at all.
Emperor Yongjia took off the cotton handkerchief from his face and sighed irritably. He didn't know what had happened to him. A disobedient concubine like Qin Liuse should be ignored a thousand times and ten thousand times.
He never thought that an emperor should only favor one concubine.
Treating the six palaces equally is what an emperor should do. Now that he treats Qin Liuse like this, Emperor Yongjia thinks that he is the only one in the harem.
But when he thought about treating her the same way he treated other concubines, he couldn't bear to do it.
Emperor Yongjia stood up somewhat irritably, scooped up a bucket of water, and poured it over his head. The water droplets flowed down along with the lean and strong pieces of meat, fell into the water, and stirred up small ripples.
Emperor Yongjia took a clean cotton towel, covered his head with it, and stepped directly out of the bathtub.
I really don't know how I ended up in such a disaster.
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Liu Yiyi was demoted to a concubine and then banished from the palace by Emperor Yongjia. The happiest person in the palace was Qin Huaijin.
"After so long, the emperor finally sees her true face. It really makes me feel relieved! She is always pretending. I feel unlucky when I see her!" Qin Huaijin said happily.
There is a reason why Qin Huaijin dislikes Liu Yiyi so much.
Because of her position, she was lower than Liu Yiyi before today.
As for Liu Yi's personality, she is easily influenced by soft words and afraid of strong ones. She is very pretentious. When she meets someone of higher status than her, she will pretend to be pretentious, but she will always be respectful and will not dare to show off too much.
But when she meets people like Qin Huaijin who are of lower status than her, she behaves differently.
Therefore, since Qin Huaijin was demoted to a royal concubine, on the one hand, he had suffered a lot in front of her, and on the other hand, he really didn't like Liu Yiyi's pretending to be weak character, so he was so happy this time.
As the maid combed Qin Huaijin's hair, made her bed, and helped her go to bed, she echoed, "That's right. Finally, the emperor can see her true colors and no longer be deceived by her!"
"But, what did that bitch do wrong today? She unexpectedly encountered such a taboo of the emperor, who demoted her and sent her out of the palace. But what big crime did she commit?" Qin Huaijin asked after he got into the bed and lay down.