The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

Chapter 455: Swift and Resolute

"Sister Ming, if you want to hold the child, then hold it as much as you want. The Queen is here with us today and will not let that unruly thing get away with it again."

Fei Wan caressed the child and comforted Ming Guipin.

Tears welled up in Ming Guipin's eyes instantly. She tried her best not to cry and hugged the child tighter.

The palace maids over there were shouting, and the children over here were crying. For a moment, this small courtyard was very lively.

All the palace servants in the palace were called over by Queen Yan, and all of them were asked to watch the older palace maid being beaten.

"If I hadn't come today, I wouldn't have known how you've treated Concubine Ming with such disrespect!" Empress Yan's face was cold. "Concubine Ming is weak, and you've been cunningly bullying her. The eldest princess is a descendant of the royal family, your majesty's eldest daughter, and you dare to neglect her? Where do you put the royal family? Do you even have your eyes for your majesty?!"

All the palace maids of Ming Guipin were so frightened that they all knelt down, not daring to look up.

A brave Sese pleaded, "Your Majesty, it's not that we want to neglect the princess, we simply don't dare... Aunt Li said the eldest princess is too stubborn and can't be cared for too carefully, otherwise it would harm her biological parents. Although we want to serve the eldest princess, but... but first and foremost, we must take care of Your Majesty! Please forgive us, Your Majesty!"

"Please forgive me, Queen!"

A group of palace maids followed suit and kowtowed.

Queen Yan brought up His Majesty to rebuke them, and they dared to bring up His Majesty to refute Queen Yan.

No matter how much you kowtow or how humble you behave, you are still confronting someone in substance.

Taking good care of a young royal princess required them to do a lot of work and shoulder a lot of responsibilities, but as long as they had the excuse of "being strong", they could feel at ease and shirk their responsibilities.

Empress Yan noticed that they all had rosy complexions and plump figures, completely different from the palace maids who often worked elsewhere. Conversely, the "master," Concubine Ming Guipin, had dark circles under her eyes, a haggard complexion, and a look of insufficient energy. It was obvious that she hadn't eaten or slept well, and her spirits were low.

The master and servant here are reversed!

How can I not be angry?

In addition, Aunt Li, who was being beaten, kept saying that she was doing what His Majesty ordered.

Empress Yan sneered and said, "Come on, call the people from the Palace Administration Office to take these unruly slaves away to learn some proper etiquette. After they've learned it, send them to the Xinzheku and they won't have to come back to serve us anymore."

Immediately, a eunuch went to the Palace Administration Office to call for help.

When Ming Guipin's palace maids heard this, they pleaded even louder, crying and begging for mercy.

But no one admitted their mistake.

Still talking about the order from His Majesty.

Yan Hou's anger grew.

The two men who shouted the loudest were held down and started beating on the spot.

Suddenly, the yard became more lively.

The eunuch in charge of the Construction and Repair Department hurried over, but seeing the scene, he did not dare to enter the courtyard.

He was called in by Queen Yan.

"I'm asking you, what are those trees on the road outside the Ming Guipin Palace?"

The eunuch kowtowed tremblingly.

"Reply, Your Majesty, those trees... those trees the servants dare not prune, because the Ministry of Internal Affairs previously instructed that the trees outside the Ming Guipin's palace must grow according to the layout of the Eight Diagrams, so, so..."

Empress Yan's eyebrows straightened: "Who gave the order from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

Trace the source and conduct a series of inquiries.

The result was still the same as the calculation made by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory back then, which said that the eldest princess was born at an unlucky time and had bad luck in her life, so she had to use the Bagua formation to frame her residence to prevent the bad luck from leaking out.

At this time, the palace maid Aunt Li who was beaten was lying on the ground crying weakly after being beaten.

Upon hearing this, she shouted, "Empress! Listen, it's really not my fault. This is all for the good of everyone in the palace!"

Queen Yan frowned deeply.

Behind him, Concubine De and Concubine Shun looked at each other.

Concubine De whispered, "When the eldest princess was born, I vaguely heard that the timing was unusual and it offended the former empress dowager... During that time, she was always ill, and the eldest princess was also often ill. Later, they even asked the monks from Daxiangguo Temple to come to the palace and chant sutras for a few days. Is that right?"

Concubine Shun nodded.

"It is true, but..."

I just didn’t expect that after several years, there are still taboos on the eldest princess?

The Queen Mother is dead, and she died with a crime on her shoulders.

So, if the horoscope conflicts with the Empress Dowager's eldest princess, there is no need to be so cautious, right?

Fei Wan held the eldest princess's small hand, feeling the child's frailty, and gently interrupted, asking, "The old director of the Imperial Observatory who performed the divination for the eldest princess has retired, right? What does the current director say about the child's horoscope?"

This word reminded Queen Yan.

"I will go to His Majesty today and ask Him to summon the people from the Imperial Observatory into the palace!"

Queen Yan walked around Ming Guipin's bedroom.

I was annoyed by the simplicity and neglect of the interior.

There are mottled and chipped paint on many places on the cabinet, several floor tiles are broken, the curtains are faded and old, and there is dust on the windowsill. How can no one care?

Under her rule, she would not allow such a thing to happen!

The legitimate concubines and princesses were bullied and could not even guarantee their basic living standards because of some vague and illusory horoscope.

Queen Yan never believes in fortune tellers!

When she was born, a well-known Taoist priest in Beijing predicted that she would die at the age of four, but she is still alive and well today!

Empress Yan summoned the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department and ordered him to renovate Ming Guipin's palace, replacing what needed to be replaced and adding what needed to be added, and to complete it within three days.

The palace maids for Ming Guipin were replaced, and two wet nurses and four maids were added to take care of the eldest princess.

After doing all this, she went straight to the imperial court.

Act decisively and without ambiguity.

Ming Guipin held the child and knelt in front of the palace gate to see off the phoenix carriage.

De and Shun stayed to comfort Concubine Ming for a while, then left.

Fei Wan stayed and called the people in her palace to come over to serve Ming Guipin and her daughter before the additional people sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrived.

"Nannan likes the Imperial Concubine very much."

Ming Guipin was very surprised to see her daughter let down her guard under Feiwan's gentle care and reach out to Feiwan to hold her.

You should know that on weekdays, the eldest princess doesn't even want to get close to people in this yard, and she won't let anyone hug her except her mother.

Fei Wan held the child carefully and said softly, "Children are the most sensitive. They naturally understand who treats them well and who doesn't. They are also the closest to their mother. Sister Ming has worked hard these past few years, protecting the child under such adverse circumstances. From today on, all the hardships will be rewarded. Now hold your head high and be a human being. If you stand up straight, the child will follow suit. In this palace, if you are weak, others will bully you. Empress Dowager He is dead, and there is no one to put pressure on you anymore. Empress Yan supports you, and I will too. You just need to worry about raising the eldest princess."

Ming Guipin was stunned for a moment.

Tears fell subconsciously without me noticing.

"Your Highness, I have no way of repaying you!"

Fei Wan looked at her and smiled gently.

He whispered, "No, you have something to repay. As long as you are willing."

"Miss?"

Ming Guipin didn't understand.