The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Chapter 332 Demotion Punishment

Xie Run looked through the shadows of the trees and only saw two blurry figures.

But just by listening to this conversation, you can tell that they are Concubine Wenxian and Concubine An from the Xia Dynasty.

Dan Tao was afraid that the two would disturb Xie Run, and was about to remind them, but was stopped by Xie Run.

Xie Run said in a calm voice, "No hurry, let's listen first."

On the other end, Concubine Wen Xian whispered, "I wonder what my sister means by this?"

"What do you mean?" An Jieyu's voice was a little charming, and her sarcastic words sounded particularly pleasant.

"Eleventh Sister, you are the best at playing dumb. You were like this in the Xia Dynasty, and you are still like this now in the Yu Dynasty."

"The day before yesterday I went to look for you, but you wouldn't see me. Yesterday I went to look for you again, but you were still busy..." An Jieyu laughed and said, "You haven't even been serving the Emperor, so what are you busy with all day? Are you busy having an affair?"

Concubine Wenxian was so frightened that her face changed. "What nonsense are you talking about?! This is the Yu Dynasty, how dare you talk nonsense?!"

An Jieyu said indifferently, "I just said it casually. Look how scared Eleventh Sister is."

"The Yu Dynasty is different from our Xia Dynasty. The Emperor doesn't mind that you're a widow, so why would he disbelieve your innocence just because of a few of my nonsense?"

Concubine Wenxian was so angry that her face turned red and her whole body trembled. "You are still like in the Xia Dynasty, wanting to kill people with empty words... How can you be so vicious?!"

Before coming for marriage, Concubine Wenxian's mother was accused of having an affair by a concubine in the Xia Dynasty harem. The emperor of the Xia Dynasty did not ask whether it was right or wrong, but wanted to strangle the two people immediately to rectify the situation in the palace.

Fortunately, the prince arrived in time and reminded the Emperor of the Xia Dynasty that he had a daughter who was the queen of the Yu Dynasty.

If Concubine Wen's mother is killed, there will be one less chess piece to control Empress Yu.

Although Concubine Wen's mother survived in the end, she was frightened when she saw with her own eyes the emperor strangling her mother with a white silk scarf.

Now, when she suddenly heard An Jieyu say that she had an affair, she was so scared that her soul was trembling, and the anger in her heart surged like a tide.

An Jieyu disagreed. "I'm vicious? My second sister was able to sit on the throne of the Empress in the Yu Dynasty Palace. Who knows how much blood has been stained on her hands? Why don't you call her vicious?"

Concubine Wen Xian was not good at scolding people. After a long while, she could only say: "You are just jealous!"

"You are jealous that my sister and I are in high positions, while you are just a mere concubine. That's why you deliberately provoke me and want to make me make a mistake."

Concubine Wenxian said angrily, "I won't bother with you."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

An Jieyu took two steps forward and grabbed her, "Sister, it's not that I'm jealous of you, it's clearly you who's holding a grudge against me for what happened in the Xia Dynasty. Now that you've achieved a high position, you're trying to take the opportunity to take revenge on me!"

Concubine Wenxian threw her hands in anger.

There was only a loud splash, as if something heavy had fallen into the lake.

Concubine Wen Xian stood there in a daze, while the palace servants around her were already shouting, "Hurry up and save her! Concubine An has fallen into the water!"

The palace servants at the scene were in chaos.

Through the shade of the tree, Chunjuan asked Xie Run: "My Lady, shall we..."

Xie Run: "No rush, there should be someone who hasn't shown up yet."

She stood inside the pavilion, while An Jieyu and Wen Xianfei stood on the shore, some distance away from each other.

There was shade from the trees in the middle, so the two of them might not have noticed Xie Run.

Xie Run thought that this play was not performed for her.

Sure enough, after a while, the emperor's procession appeared on the shore.

An Jieyu was rescued.

Xie Run was also supported by Dan Tao and moved forward.

As soon as I reached the shore, I heard An Jieyu's weak and trembling voice say, "It's my fault!"

She glanced at Concubine Wenxian, looking aggrieved yet resigned, "I had some conflict with Eleventh Sister. I tried to help Eleventh Sister, but I accidentally fell into the water."

Concubine Wen Xian also subconsciously defended herself: "It wasn't me, she fell into the water on her own!"

Concubine Wenxian had also been in the Xia Dynasty harem for many years. She saw through Concubine An's plan at a glance and blurted out, "She fell into the water on purpose to frame me!"

An Jieyu quickly said, "Yes! I fell into the water on purpose, just to make Eleventh Sister feel sorry for me..."

The two of them spoke one after the other.

Concubine Wen's words were all about shirking responsibility, while Concubine An took all the blame, which formed a sharp contrast.

Those who didn't know the inside story would immediately suspect Concubine Shangwen.

The emperor just frowned and said, "Send them both to Fengyi Palace."

Both Concubine Wen and Concubine An looked up with surprised expressions.

The emperor said in a deep voice, "Why? You still want me to judge the case for you?"

At this moment, both An Jieyu and Wen Xianfei realized that the emperor was not their father.

The way they handle things is also very different from their father's.

If the emperor doesn't accept the challenge, even if Concubine An has a hundred abilities, she will have nowhere to display them.

Suddenly someone said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."

The emperor raised his eyes, and his deep gaze fell on Xie Run, and instantly softened a little.

The emperor waved at her, "Why are you here, my beloved concubine?"

Concubine Wen was surprised and confused by Xie Run's appearance, while Concubine An was much more indifferent.

Xie Runlian walked lightly towards the emperor with a smile on her face. "I was bored, so I went to the pavilion to laze around, but unexpectedly I saw a play."

The emperor chuckled and took Xie Run's hand. "If you like, I'll have someone invite a troupe over someday and they'll perform for you."

Xie Run: "It's so hot today, it's not comfortable to watch a whole day of drama."

"You're just being pretentious!"

Although the emperor's words were disdainful, they were also full of intimacy.

Both Concubine Wen and Concubine An felt a little uncomfortable when they saw this.

The emperor glanced at the two people kneeling on the ground and said, "Shi'an, send them to the Queen for punishment."

Eunuch Shi'an immediately responded, "Yes."

The emperor took Xie Run's hand and went to the imperial study.

Xie Run felt something was wrong.

Today's scene is full of weirdness.

An Jieyu seemed to have anticipated the emperor's arrival, and she specially pulled Concubine Wen to perform a play for the emperor.

The emperor came, but he seemed to have seen through everything. He didn't care about the conflict between the two at all and directly sent them to Fengyi Palace for "dealing".

This word is very interesting.

While Xie Run was pondering, the emperor asked, "What are you thinking about? Why are you so engrossed?"

Xie Run: "...thinking about Taotao."

"lie."

Xie Run immediately changed his tone: "I'm thinking about the emperor."

"You're lying again. I'm right beside you, what do you have to think about?"

There was no one in the imperial study, so the emperor stretched out his arms and pulled Xie Run into his arms to sit down.

Xie Run said obediently: "Then I don't want to think about it anymore."

The emperor finally smiled with some sincerity: "It's been a long time since we last met. Have you ever thought about me?"

"Of course I have thought about it." Xie Run answered without hesitation.

How can I hesitate at this time?