Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 341 Put the cart before the horse
The Empress Dowager Yu said with a smile: "The words of the imperial concubine and the concubine Li still make some sense, but since the house is already owned by Mrs. Chu, it is useless to lament about it now."

Concubine Xian said: "Princess Ronghua's mansion was originally bestowed by His Majesty. If the Empress Dowager thinks it is inappropriate, I suggest Her Majesty take back the mansion."

Concubine Zhou De also said: "At the beginning, when His Majesty rewarded Mrs. Chu, the concubine did not expect that His Majesty would be so out of line, otherwise, the concubine would not agree to it."

Concubine Sun Shu also nodded with empathy, and said, "Yes, it's too much to exceed the rules again and again, and it's too unruly. I also ask the Queen Mother to persuade Your Majesty a lot!"

Everyone also agreed, as if Su Wan didn't exist.

Empress Dowager Yu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid the emperor won't listen to Ai's family's advice."

After a pause, she looked at Su Wan again and said, "Madame Chu, what do you think?"

Su Wan didn't seem to be angry at all, and said calmly and respectfully: "Going back to the empress dowager, the concubine has no opinion. If your majesty bestows favor on the concubine, the concubine will respectfully accept it. If your majesty wants to take it back, the concubine will accept it respectfully." No complaints."

It's not the same as saying nothing.

The Queen Mother was obviously dissatisfied, and said coldly: "Don't you have any self-knowledge? Can you bear so much favor?"

Su Wan smiled slightly and said, "The concubine doesn't quite understand what the empress dowager said. Since His Majesty has rewarded the concubine, why can't the concubine bear it?"

Empress Dowager Yu saw that Su Wan was completely out of touch, so she looked directly at Empress Ning and said, "Empress, come and tell Mrs. Chu."

Empress Ning glanced at Su Wan, thought for a while, and said, "Queen Mother, it's better for His Majesty to decide this matter, after all, none of us can make up your mind for His Majesty."

"Sure enough, you are worthy of being a worthy empress." Empress Dowager Yu laughed back angrily. She didn't like empress in the first place, and even repeatedly disrespected empress in front of everyone, because empress didn't listen to her at all, and now she doesn't like empress even more.

"Okay, if that's the case, then ask His Majesty's opinion, Ai Jia should ask him personally, where should we put the etiquette and rules?" Queen Mother Yu said forcefully.

After the Empress Dowager made a decision, she asked the palace servants to go to Qinzheng Palace to inform Emperor Xiande, and let him come to the Palace of Compassion and Ning immediately after he came down to court.

Concubine Hu Guifei and other concubines were very happy when they saw this, they dared not mention it to His Majesty, so wouldn't the Empress Dowager dare to mention it?Besides, Emperor Xian De would still consider the Empress Dowager's opinion no matter what.

Even if it is impossible to make Mrs. Chu fall out of favor, I will cut off most of her wings and destroy her arrogance.

The queen still had a dignified smile, and her expression was normal.

Su Wan also looked as usual, without any worry or panic, which made many people who watched her secretly feel a little disappointed.

I don't know if she is really confident, or just pretending to be indifferent.

Actually, Su Wan herself didn't care much about these things.

As long as His Majesty's mind towards her remains the same, even if her privileges are indeed withdrawn, it's no big deal.

However, this doesn't mean that she is willing to be taken back by others. Isn't this a kind of humiliation to her?It was also a huge blow to her reputation and status.

So, no matter what, she will not compromise.

As for His Majesty, she didn't think he would listen to them, even if that person was the Queen Mother.

Before His Majesty came, the concubines would naturally not leave.

During this time, Empress Dowager Yu chatted with the concubines again, leaving Su Wan aside.

Until she felt that Emperor Xian De should be coming soon, Empress Dowager Yu said to Su Wan: "Mrs. Chu, Aijia will ask you again, do you really want to continue to be obsessed?"

Su Wan respectfully said: "Empress Dowager, what should I do to avoid being obsessed with obsession?"

When the Empress Dowager Yu heard the words, she thought she wanted to be subdued, so she softened her tone and said, "As long as you don't overstep the rules, you can be your lady of Chu State in peace and contentment, and don't keep thinking about monopolizing the emperor, that's fine."

Su Wan smiled slightly and said: "The Empress Dowager has wronged my concubine. The concubine thinks that she has always done her duty and never does anything superfluous. Even if it exceeds the limit, it is His Majesty's intention. Is it impossible for the concubine to resist the order?"

The Empress Dowager choked for a moment. In fact, she naturally knew that this was the emperor's intention, but this did not mean that Su Wan was right, so she said: "Even if you resist the decree once? Could it be that His Majesty will blame you for this?" ? From my point of view, you don’t want to refuse from the bottom of your heart. If it were the empress, she would rather offend the emperor than accept it.”

Although Empress Dowager Yu didn't like Empress Ning and didn't want to praise her very much, she had to admit that Empress Ning was indeed a very competent empress, and she couldn't care less about suppressing Su Wan.

The queen couldn't help saying modestly when she heard the words: "The empress is really too generous. The concubine never dares to disobey His Majesty's will, but only occasionally raises some small opinions. Otherwise, why would the concubine stand here? Besides, your majesty is Ninth Five-Year Supreme, keep his promises, if everyone resists the decree and refuses to obey it, then what deterrent effect will His Majesty's imperial decree have? Therefore, the courtiers believe that Mrs. Chu can't help herself."

When the Empress Dowager Yu heard that the Empress had demolished her platform, her teeth itch with hatred. She secretly scolded the Empress for being ignorant of good and bad, and she laughed angrily, "Empress, are you defending Mrs. Chu?"

Empress Ning respectfully said: "Queen Mother, this is the sincere words of my concubine, not to protect anyone. Does Queen Mother think that His Majesty's imperial decree can be defied?"

The Empress Dowager Yu's face changed drastically when she heard the words, even if she was the Empress Dowager, it was impossible for her to disobey the imperial decree, and was about to deny it when she heard Emperor Xian De's voice outside the hall——

"Why, who wants to disobey the imperial decree?"

When everyone heard Emperor Xian De's voice, they immediately stood up and greeted His Majesty respectfully.

Wherever Emperor Xian De went, eunuchs and court ladies knelt down on the ground.

"The courtiers and concubines see Your Majesty." Empress Ning also led all the concubines to bow their knees to Emperor Xiande, Su Wan was no exception.

"The empress is free." Emperor Xian De raised his hand to help Empress Ning up, and said to the concubines: "You all get flat too!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After the concubines thanked them, they straightened up.

And the youngest and most beautiful concubines showed what they thought were the most beautiful smiles, and were thinking about what to say so that His Majesty would notice them, when they suddenly saw the scene of Emperor Xiande helping Su Wan to get up. The smile that unfolded froze on his face all of a sudden.

Just now, His Majesty only gave the Empress a virtual support, but for Madam Chu, he really stretched out his hand to help her up. Everyone's eyes were so hot when they saw it, they were so jealous, and they hated Su Wan a bit.

Empress Dowager Yu's face was gloomy, usually when Emperor Xiande came, he would salute her first and then let everyone calm down, but this time, he went to help Mrs. Chu first and left her aside.

(End of this chapter)