Emperor Jin

Chapter 45
Three days later, the empress issued an imperial edict to reprimand Fang Wanqing, and then pardoned her from Guangyu Palace, fined her salary for six months, as a warning to everyone else.

After this turmoil, Fang Wanqing restrained herself better, she was not as domineering as before, after crying and kneeling to admit her mistake, the matter finally came to an end.

"Sister Wang, I'm sorry for you, if you don't forgive me, I will never get up..."

Fang Wanqing's eyes were full of tears, and the pear blossoms were raining, which made people feel unbearable.

"Sister Jieyu really broke me... Hurry up and help Jieyu get up!"

Wang Meiren hurriedly waved her hands, asked the maid to help Fang Wanqing up, and said earnestly: "No one is an outsider, so why worry about small things, as long as Jieyu doesn't blame me in the future, I will be satisfied..."

Who is not an outsider to you! !You are just a lowly maidservant, yet you dare to call me sister!

Fang Wanqing smiled gratefully, and her heart was already burning with anger. This matter has nothing to do with her, but now she can't argue with her. If she refuses to admit it, she won't even think about getting out of the cold Guangyu Palace—— There's nothing she can do about it. Had to plead guilty...

The atmosphere in Zhaoyang Palace was peaceful, and the queen was also very pleased. The three of them got together and chatted about some trivial matters in the palace. We are so envious—why didn’t we see him come over today?”

Hearing this, the queen tightened her hand holding the teacup, and said with a nonchalant smile: "Today the prince of Shu left Beijing and returned home, and the emperor led a group of civil and military officials to bid farewell to him in the front hall!"

Fang Wanqing bit her lip secretly, but then comforted herself and said: The future will last forever, and one day, I will be close to the imperial court, once I am lucky...

Several people chatted for a while, and then dispersed. Wang Meiren was supported by the maid, and she walked through the corridor and returned to her courtyard.

"Master, why do you have to take such risks..."

The maid and her have been inseparable since they were young, and they are both the servants of the Fang family.

When Wang Meiren heard this, she just sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "Do you think I'm born to be a gossip?"

"As the saying goes, there is no close relationship. After all, Fang Jieyu and the queen are close relatives of flesh and blood. Even if they were separated for a while, they will slowly heal."

"The knot between them has been formed, and there is no room for healing!"

Wang Meiren smiled coldly, and unconsciously stroked the bloody scar on the back of her head——

"I wrote and directed this good show myself, and made the queen think that Fang Jieyu was lawless, and never dared to entrust her confidant affairs to her. As for Fang Wanqing, she is pampered and willful. After suffering this humiliation, she must have even more hatred for the queen— —In the harem, the closer the sisters are, the less they will tolerate each other!"

After Wang Meiren finished speaking in a hurry, she smiled and looked at the golden glazed tiles outside the window, her smile was peaceful and sad.

"I took such risks not to compete for favor, but to protect myself—as you said, Fang Wanqing is the queen's cousin, once she gains the queen's trust, there will be no place for me in this palace!"

"The queen promoted me to this position because she wanted to use me to check and balance the harem. If Fang Wanqing can replace me, I, a useless person, should leave the stage sadly!"

"So, it's not that I'm ruthless, but they forced me... How can these wealthy families, well-clothed and well-fed, understand the hardships I've been through along the way—I finally got everything, and I will never allow anyone to destroy it!"

With tears in her eyes, Wang Meiren gritted her teeth and said, her face was slightly distorted by her decisive tone.

"However, once the queen finds out, the consequences will be disastrous!"

The maid urged eagerly.

"Empress? Hmph..."

Wang Meiren sneered, "I grew up serving this master, and I can't understand her temperament best... She always thought that no one in the world could deceive her, but she would never look down and pay more attention to me. This little pawn."

"What's more, I still hold her biggest secret in my hand...Hi everyone, if you push me to reveal this shocking secret, I'll see how she's going to love the world!!"

The shadow of the eaves covered her face, but the sneer in Wang Meiren's eyes became more dazzling——

Miss, what I have learned the most from your side is to be ruthless...

So, don't blame me, I'm just, green out of blue and better than blue!

***
Lanting outside the capital city has been a farewell place since ancient times, and countless literati and poets have left touching farewell articles here.

After the emperor had a farewell banquet in the palace, the Ministry of Rituals sent him off outside the city instead of the emperor. After all the etiquette was done, Li Huan drove lightly with only a few servants.

Today, although the wind is strong, the sun is still sunny. The servants who drove saw a car driving lightly in Lanting not far away, so they knew that someone was coming to see off their eldest son.

"Your Majesty is really fickle and untrustworthy, won't you say goodbye to me even if you want to leave?"

The cold and clear voice came from the mouth of the masked woman, as if pearls and jade had fallen to the ground, making people fascinated.

(End of this chapter)