Phi-Fic Chapter 879 A Mysterious Person Appears?
Chapter 879 A Mysterious Person Appears?
The Empress's decree has arrived, which is not surprising to anyone in the Prince Su's residence.
However, the Empress's decree did not seem to mention Lady Zhuang. Instead, it severely reprimanded Princess Su for her poor household management and fined her half a year's salary.
Not only that, the emperor then issued an edict to revoke the titles of Prince and Princess that the Empress Dowager had previously bestowed upon Duanmu Ya and his brother.
Duanmu Ya was demoted to a county princess, and her elder brother's title of prince was also revoked.
As a princess of the first rank, Princess Su's salary was naturally quite high.
The Empress issued this decree, ostensibly to criticize the Princess Consort of Su, but in reality, it was a veiled criticism of the Prince Su for favoring his concubine over his wife. The dignified Prince Su's harem had been turned into a mess by a woman, which was a disgrace to the royal family.
Although the Empress is young, she is still the Empress!
Besides the emperor, that would be the most honorable person.
No, for the current emperor, the empress is even more honorable than him.
Prince Su's face was extremely ugly, turning pale and then red, showing that he truly hated this Zhuang family member.
Men, they all care about their pride.
Now that he has lost both face and dignity, Prince Su may feel some remorse, but most of the blame is directed at the Zhuang family.
He thought he had a brilliant eye for talent when he first met this woman, but he never expected that in the end, he would end up raising a venomous wolf by his side.
If Duanmu Qing's innocence is truly ruined.
If it is later discovered that it was Zhuang Shi who did it, I'm afraid the entire Prince Su's mansion will have to bear the wrath of the Empress.
Angering the Empress is tantamount to angering the Emperor, whose wrath is unpredictable and could take their lives at any moment!
"Guards, drag Lady Zhuang to the woodshed. No one is allowed to visit her. Anyone who dares to disobey my orders will be severely punished."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Ultimately, the most important person in this palace is still the prince.
Zhuang was beaten with twenty strokes of the cane, leaving her covered in bruises. That very night, she developed a fever.
Duanmu Ya knelt outside the princess's courtyard, crying incessantly. After all, she was her own mother; how could she not feel heartache?
Furthermore, Duanmu Ya was also aware that without her mother's protection in the manor, her life would likely never return to what it was before.
Without the title of princess, she is just a minor county princess, and she no longer has any fiefdoms under her name. She is just an empty county princess, so what use is she?
I'm afraid that by tomorrow, she will have become the laughing stock of the entire capital!
When she first returned to Beijing, how active was she in the capital?
Everyone thought she was Prince Su's most beloved daughter, after all, her mother had been favored in Prince Su's mansion for many years, and although she was a concubine, in Prince Su's mansion, many things still had to be done according to her mother's wishes.
Duanmu Ya knew that at this moment, she could not afford to lose her father's love. Otherwise, everything she had would truly be ruined.
Considering that her future marriage will still be decided by the princess, it's clear that the princess will be in charge.
Then she thought that as long as she played the role of a filial daughter, her father would always take care of her.
Thus, in her father's heart, she was at least a pitiful child, and even though her birth mother had made a grave mistake, she knew to plead for her mother.
To put it bluntly, all of this was done to show Prince Su!
However, Duanmu Ya was still somewhat confused.
Now that the decree was issued by the Empress and the order by the Prince, why is she kneeling outside the Princess's courtyard?
If word got out, people would think that the princess was using her position as the principal wife to deliberately suppress the concubines.
The princess immediately sent several maids to carry Duanmu Ya back.
The matter of Prince Su's mansion has finally been clarified. Because of the Empress's decree, news spread that Consort Zhuang, as a concubine, dared to plot against the legitimate daughter.
Thus, Duanmu Qing, who had previously been accused of losing her innocence, suddenly became a pitiful woman envied by her father's concubine.
The situation turned around, and with Mu Qingxuan's encouragement, Duanmu Qing quickly gained the courage to go out for a stroll.
This time, it was Duanmu Ya who dared not go out.
When she first returned to the capital, Lady Zhuang relied on the considerable influence of her family in the city and the fact that she had given birth to a son and a daughter for the prince, so she made quite a few connections in the capital.
Because of her return, the Zhuang family became a highly sought-after and prosperous family in the capital.
Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long.
Now that Consort Zhuang has been demoted, and even the titles of her daughter and son have been taken back, Duanmu Ya is nothing more than a minor county princess.
The dealer was immediately isolated in the court.
Although the Emperor did not deliberately make things difficult for the Zhuang family, he eliminated several members of the Zhuang family who had originally held sinecure positions and were only receiving salaries.
Of course, such a trivial matter could be easily handled by Mu Chang'an.
In just a few days, the once bustling market of bookmakers has become much quieter.
If she had known it would turn out this way, she probably would never have agreed to that person's suggestion, even if you beat her to death.
Lady Zhuang was almost dying in the Prince Su's mansion. She had lost a lot of weight and her face was deathly pale.
Her two once bright and lively eyes were now deeply sunken, losing all their previous liveliness and tenderness.
Suddenly, the door creaked open.
A man in black appeared before Zhuang Shi.
Zhuang sneered, merely raising her eyelids slightly. "What? You don't trust me? Worried I'll betray you? Consort Luo, rest assured, if it weren't for Mu Xin Nuan and the Mu family, how could I have ended up in this state? So, I definitely won't reveal your identity. As long as you continue to cause trouble for the Mu family, I'll be very happy."
"So that's really what you think?"
Zhuang's expression suddenly changed. "You're not Consort Luo, so who are you?"
The man in black sneered, "Do you think our master would come to a place like this? Besides, don't you think about it? Prince Su has sent so many people to guard the outside, how could our master possibly get in?"
Finally, Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tell me, are you here to send me on my way, or to rescue me?"
After saying that, Zhuang gave a cold laugh, "It's probably unlikely that you can get me out of here. Fine, give me the poison. I'll take it myself."
The man in black was clearly taken aback; he hadn't expected that this Zhuang woman's attitude would be so firm.
"Don't worry, my master's intention is to send me to rescue you from this place. Since we've cooperated before, my master is not the kind of person who would abandon his help after using it."
Zhuang's eyes lit up. "I knew I hadn't misjudged her!"