TV Series: When the Villain Chooses to Stand by

Chapter 133 Yixiu 2

Cao Qinmo carefully recalled the scene when she paid her respects, and felt that the Queen seemed to be praising Concubine Hua to death, but she did not dare to say it directly.

Smart people always have this problem, they like to over-think what others are thinking.

"I'm afraid the news of what happened just now has spread. The Emperor trusts Your Majesty and naturally won't care about external rumors. As far as I know, the civil officials attach great importance to rules."

"Your Majesty, here are some good things that even the Queen doesn't have."

"If they use this as an excuse to attack the Emperor, I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of the General and the Empress."

Concubine Hua rolled her eyes in disdain, looking down on Cao Qinmo's caution. "It's the Queen's fault for being incompetent. Who can be blamed? Who dares to say anything bad about my brother?"

"Your Majesty is right. The Emperor trusts the General and dotes on you even more."

"But this reputation of being arrogant due to favor is absolutely unacceptable. Your Highness was initially granted the title of Consort. Given the Emperor's affection for you, a promotion in the future is a foregone conclusion."

"Don't let these little things get you in trouble."

Concubine Hua has always been arrogant and doesn't care about anything except the emperor's preferences. This has been the case since she entered the palace.

But what Cao Qinmo said made sense. She was ambitious and wanted the position of queen, so naturally she had to take some considerations.

"Then...how do you think we should handle this matter?"

"I promised the Queen in public, and she even thought of the requirements."

Cao Qinmo rolled her eyes a few times and quickly came up with an idea. "The tea issue is easy to deal with. This little thing won't attract anyone's attention."

"The Empress is acting like she wants you to renovate Jingren Palace. The cost is not small."

"Your Majesty, please complain to the Emperor. The Emperor is frugal and certainly wouldn't be willing to spend so much money on the Empress at a time like this."

"As long as the emperor speaks, it has nothing to do with the queen."

Hua Fei nodded thoughtfully. She was also unwilling to give her own money to the Queen to spend. She originally wanted to mock the Queen for being poor, but who knew that the other person would take advantage of the situation.

It just so happened that Huichun brought over the list prepared by Yixiu.

When the emperor came to Yiku Palace in the evening, he rarely saw Concubine Hua worrying about something.

Out of curiosity, he went over and was very unhappy after hearing the whole story.

The treasury was empty, and even the selection of concubines had to be kept simple and had to be managed by Concubine Hua. The Queen had actually changed from her former virtuous self and became overbearing.

Such extravagant trends must be severely suppressed.

Seeing the emperor's unhappy expression, Concubine Hua was delighted, knowing that she probably wouldn't have to pay the silver.

They tried their best to coax the emperor to go to bed.

The next day, after paying her respects perfunctorily, she wanted to go back to sleep. With Concubine Hua in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, she was too lazy to interfere.

Jianqiu and others didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and were relieved that she finally knew how to take care of her body.

When the emperor arrived, he was not greeted by the empress and was a little confused. "Where is the empress?"

"Your Majesty, the Queen is feeling unwell and has just gone to bed."

The emperor looked up at the bright blue sky and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Jianqiu hurried into the room and wanted to wake Yixiu up, but the emperor moved too quickly, so she could only follow behind anxiously.

"Empress." Seeing that Yixiu was awake and leaning on the bed reading the travel notes in her hand, the emperor's strange feeling in his heart became more and more obvious.

Doesn’t the queen want to see me?

No, she has always been gentle and virtuous, and she loves me wholeheartedly, so how could she not want to see me?

"Is there anything wrong, Your Majesty?"

Yixiu raised her eyes and glanced at the emperor. She didn’t like it!!

"The Queen is seriously ill and can't even perform the etiquette?" The emperor's face looked unhappy and he spoke with anger.

Yixiu didn't look at him again, and a light voice came, "Then you can destroy me."

The emperor stood up suddenly, his eyes filled with astonishment. "What did you say?"

"I say, if you're not satisfied, just issue an order to depose me!"

The emperor cared a lot about other people's opinions. Yixiu had a very good reputation in the past. It was not clear whether the empress dowager would agree to depose her for no reason.

Even his other brothers who were competing with him for the throne would hold on to this matter.

With the support of the late queen, the emperor would not easily depose the queen under such circumstances, so Yixiu was not worried at all.

"How dare you become so arrogant after not seeing you for a few days? Do you really think I dare not touch you?"

"Imprisoned? Died of illness? Then give it a try."

"Empress!" The emperor looked at Yixiu coldly, with a murderous intent in his heart.

After all, Yixiu was not Chun Yuan. Her true nature was exposed as soon as she became the queen, and she dared to challenge the emperor's authority.

I don’t know what to plan in the future.

But Chunyuan's instructions before her death came to her mind again, and the empress dowager usually took good care of the queen, so she could only hide her dissatisfaction.

"If you have something to say, please tell me. If not, Your Majesty, please leave first."

Yixiu's cold attitude frightened the emperor, and for the first time he questioned his own authority.

When my royal father was alive, a single glance from him was enough for the women in the harem to figure out the problem for a long time. Who would have the courage to speak to the emperor like this?

"The treasury is empty, and silver is needed everywhere. As the queen, you should lead by example."

"I saw Concubine Hua sorting things out in Yikun Palace last night. I asked her and found out that she was going to decorate the palace for you."

"I think Jingren Palace is very good, so there is no need to waste time on it."

Yixiu then looked up at the emperor. He wanted her to suffer a loss, but this was not acceptable.

"It's hard for me to refuse Concubine Hua's kindness. Does the Emperor even want to intervene in such a trivial matter?"

"Or are you here today to complain to Concubine Hua? For the sake of the greater good, I can tolerate everything, but Concubine Hua can't even bear to give up a little money and property?"

Being stared at with such calm eyes, the emperor felt guilty and turned his head away from Yixiu's sight.

He had just ascended the throne and had not yet developed such a thick skin.

In the past, Concubine Hua had provoked the Queen many times, and it was indeed because of his connivance behind the scenes.

In anger and humiliation, he threw up his sleeves and was about to leave, leaving only one sentence, "It's up to you this time!"

"Just this once, remember who you are and don't act recklessly."

Jianqiu looked at the emperor's angry back and felt worried. She walked to the bed with a freshly peeled pomegranate in her hand.

"Your Majesty, why bother getting angry with the Emperor? If there's a quarrel, others will suffer the most."

Yixiu used a spoon to put the pomegranate seeds into her mouth, feeling the sweet and sour juice exploding between her lips and teeth, and the unhappiness she had just felt was diluted a little.

"Who wants to get angry with him? From now on, if the emperor wants to come on the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month, he should lock the door early and say that I have a headache."

"Young lady!!"

"That's fine. Go back to the cat and dog room and find some pretty pets. They should be cute."

"Master, rest assured, I will pay close attention to this."

Jianqiu looked at Yixiu with heartache, secretly cursing the dog emperor in her heart.

As a result, their owners now have to keep pets to relieve their loneliness.

Concubine Hua did not achieve the effect she wanted, and she didn't want to listen to Cao Qinmo's words anymore, as if she was reluctant to give up this little thing.

After a burst of anger, he admitted the loss.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day for the new bride to enter the palace.