Jin Ju disagreed, "We planned to say that Ruyi had stolen forbidden items in the palace without alerting the emperor and the queen mother, and then punished her with a death penalty. When the queen came to rescue Ruyi, our people would take the forbidden items to her.
The bottle will be destroyed, and there will be no evidence to prove it. Now, the empress has kept the bottle and sent it back. In other words, even if we want to deal with Ruyi, we still need the queen's consent and interrogation."
Jinhe said, "But she's not the queen yet. Can't we just resolve the matter before she becomes the real queen?"
Jin Ju looked at Concubine Ning, "What do you think, Concubine Ning?"
Concubine Ning categorically issued an order, "Bring that damn palace maid who dares to steal contraband to me!"
In other words, she agreed with Jinhe's method and did not want to settle the matter.
I sighed lightly, there was nothing I could do.
Now that Concubine Ning is the one to strike first, the only way she can hold her breath is to see if the Queen sinks.
Reporting this matter to the emperor would make too much of a fuss. As Concubine Ning said, it would only give the officials an excuse to abolish the establishment.
But just because there was too much trouble, Jin Ju had to worry about Concubine Ning
Is it worth the consequences of destroying both the jade and the stone?
…
The news spread quickly, and the entire harem soon knew that a palace maid had stolen banned items many years ago, and was discovered by Concubine Ning, who was being severely punished.
I don’t know what kind of prohibited items it is. Concubine Ning has always been ruthless. The life of the little palace lady must be in danger.
Chu Xiugong also heard the news
Mo Yan frowned and asked Aunt Xu, "You said you warned her, but why didn't she restrain herself? On the contrary, she acted even faster?"
Moyan tried her best to hold back the impatience in her heart and said: "I don't care about her pride. Do you know that my aunt's mistake this time will harm Ruyi?"
I remembered that back then, I helped Concubine Ning, but she gave me a crime that she wanted to inflict. That woman was simply a cruel beast. Ruyi had been calculated by her from the beginning. This time because she was involved,
Is there any way to survive?
Her heart was burning. She shouldn't trust Aunt Xu too much, she should also trust her current prestige.
Concubine Ning didn't take her seriously at all, and she wasn't afraid of her exposing this so-called forbidden item to the emperor.
She stood up, "No, I have to save Ruyi. No matter what, Ruyi must survive."
Aunt Xu stopped her: "Mother, please don't be impulsive. Stealing contraband like this is a death penalty. No one, not even the emperor, can save her. This is a palace rule."
"The one who violated the palace rules was not Ruyi, but Concubine Ning. Ruyi didn't know anything at all."
Mo Yan couldn't help but get angry.
"Empress——"
"Auntie, there is no need to persuade me. If I can't save Ruyi today, what's the use of being the queen?" Ruyi said and walked out.
"Your Majesty - being a queen may be useless. Does your Majesty think that being a palace maid can save Ruyi? Or does your Majesty think that the fate of a palace maid will be much better than that of a queen?" Aunt Xu couldn't help blurting out.
The footsteps of silence suddenly stopped
Her heart began to overturn again. Yes, she had never been a conscientious person, and she had never known what kindness was.
She only knows that whether it is modern or ancient times, the way to survive is that if I do not offend others, others should not offend me. If someone offends her, she vows to take revenge.
You can't lose everything you have today just to save people. Aunt Xu is right. She may have never thought about being a queen, and she never had the chance to think about it;
But now that she has the chance, she has to think about it carefully
The queen indeed has a much better fate than the palace maid