??Chapter 58: 058 Are you and Khan the sa way? (Second update)
Chapter 58: 058 Are you and Khan the sa way? (Second update)
Yuchi Qian felt uneasy and said, “Princess Consort, she must be looking for . Today, the Grand Imperial Consort summoned
and Xuanxuan to enter the palace. I intended to pay respects to the Grand Imperial Consort first before coming to see you, but Xuanxuan ran off to your palace instead. The Grand Imperial Consort must be getting anxious.”
As she spoke, she handed over the ice porridge to the maid and, grasping Yelu Xuan’s hand, was about to stand up.
Li Xianyun pressed her hand and said, “Let her co in first and see what she has to say.”
“That could work,” Yuchi Qian said hesitantly.
“Let’s go back to the main building first,” Li Xianyun suggested.
The area beneath the parasol tree was her own pure and beautiful sanctuary, and she wouldn’t allow undesirable people to step foot there.
On the way back to the main building, Yuchi Qian spoke with nervous concern, “Princess Consort, I should hurry to see the Grand Imperial Consort. If Rong Ge has been kept waiting for too long, she’ll be displeased.”
“She dares to show you displeasure?” Li Xianyun asked with a slight frown.
Yuchi Qian’s maid couldn’t help but say, “Yes, Princess Consort. Rong Ge and the maids from the Empress Dowager’s Palace frequently show discontent to the mistress and aren’t good to the Little Prince either. Last ti, Rong Ge even deliberately bumped into the Little Prince. He nearly hit his head on the corner of the table; it was extrely dangerous.”
Yuchi Qian said, “You Yun, stop talking; it’s all in the past now.”
Li Xianyun, holding Yuchi Qian’s hand, said, “With things like this happening, does the Sixth Prince not care?”
You Yun replied, “The mistress loves the Prince and doesn’t want to worry him, so she hasn’t told the Prince. If only the Prince were here, no one would dare to bully our mistress with the Prince around.”
Li Xianyun looked at Yuchi Qian and said, “Your problem is that you’re too soft. People are greedy; if you take one step back, they will want you to take two. If you give them an inch, they’ll take a mile with no end in sight. The next ti sothing similar happens, you should not only fight back but also send soone to inform the Sixth Prince. Then they wouldn’t dare to act so recklessly.”
Yuchi Qian, filled with worry, said, “But I am naturally weak and probably can’t handle it. Moreover, I’m afraid of causing trouble for Ayu.”
Ayu was Yuchi Qian’s affectionate na for Sixth Prince Yelu Yu.
Li Xianyun said, “How would that be causing trouble? Soone who truly loves you will never think of you as a burden. In fact, they fear you won’t turn to them for help.”
“Really?” Yuchi Qian replied, half doubting.
“Really,” Li Xianyun nodded as she spoke.
Li Xianyun was two years younger than herself but had much firr convictions.
Yuchi Qian asked, “Do you also trouble the Khan like that?”
Li Xianyun paused and then said, “My situation with the Khan is different from yours.”
Yuchi Qian asked, “Do you bother the Khan, too?”
Li Xianyun smiled and said, “Let’s first hear what Rong Ge has to say.”
With no choice, Yuchi Qian could only hold her tongue, her face clouded with worry.
Once they reached the main building, Li Xianyun said to the ssenger maid, “Let her in.”
The maid bowed respectfully and replied, “Yes.”
The ssenger maid arrived at the entrance of the Khan Palace and saw Rong Ge and two maids waiting impatiently.
Seeing the ssenger maid arrive, Rong Ge said with displeasure, “Why are you so slow? Did you fall into a latrine? It’s just delivering a ssage; does it take that long?”
Rong Ge, being a maid who ca with the Grand Imperial Consort as part of her dowry and a favorite in the Empress Dowager’s Palace, ant that the ssenger maid dared not express her anger and had to swallow her grievances.
Rong Ge walked into the main building with the two maids, dignified and imposing.
Li Xianyun, seeing the deanor of the ssenger maid following behind them, could tell that she had been scolded by Rong Ge.
Rong Ge and two maids paid their respects to Li Xianyun, remaining quite respectful, but they neither greeted Yuchi Qian and Yelu Xuan with a bow nor did they even grant them a proper glance, as if their eyes were fixed on the heavens.
“Reporting to Your Highness, the Empress Dowager has sent this servant to invite you to the horse racing event.”
Li Xianyun looked at her coldly and said, “I am not feeling well today and will not be attending.”
Yelu Yan had already told her that he had inford the Grand Imperial Consort of her condition, excusing her from the morning and evening court attendance.
Li Xianyun had no need to deal with the Grand Imperial Consort, and she did not like the sight of a room full of won competing for attention, driven by jealousy and flattery.
Rong Ge blurted out, “Your Highness, all the distinguished ladies and noble ladies of high birth at the court are attending. Would it not be inappropriate for you to miss the event?”
Li Xianyun said coldly, “Are you here to question ?”
Rong Ge was instantly stopped in her tracks.
She still rembered the forr head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aman, who was beaten so severely by Li Xianyun that she could not walk, and then tricked by Li Xianyun into an act that cost her life.
Moreover, Li Xianyun had in her possession the evidence of the Empress Dowager and the Ninth Prince embezzling funds from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and not even the Grand Imperial Consort dared to provoke her easily, let alone a maid of no reputation like her.
Knowing that Li Xianyun was not to be trifled with and facing her cold interrogation, Rong Ge did not dare to overstep and beca much more respectful, lowering her head and eyes submissively.
“This servant would not dare to question Your Highness. I am rely conveying the Empress Dowager’s ssage,” said Rong Ge.
Yuchi Qian watched Rong Ge, this servant with two faces – arrogant in her presence but wilted like a frostbitten eggplant in front of Li Xianyun.
Li Xianyun said, “Who does not know that the Grand Imperial Consort is a kind person? She surely would not speak like you. Are you trying to follow in Aman’s footsteps and slander what has been said?”
Last ti, it was for this reason Aman was beaten, and with such a lesson learned, how could Rong Ge dare to follow the sa path as Aman?
At the ntion of Aman’s na, Rong Ge’s complexion changed, and she quickly said, “Your Highness is right; this servant has misunderstood the master’s intention.”
Li Xianyun looked at her coldly and said, “As an old hand in the palace, presuming to speculate your master’s intention warrants punishnt. You should know better than I what punishnt you deserve.”
Rong Ge now understood, no matter what she said, Li Xianyun would have reason to find fault with her.
Li Xianyun was cornering her, opening the trap waiting for her to leap in.
Clearly, Li Xianyun must be certain she would willingly jump in because of Aman’s affair; otherwise, she would not have deliberately ntioned Aman’s na.
This woman of the Han ethnic group was truly fearso.
Clenching her teeth, Rong Ge knelt to the ground and said, “It is this servant’s fault, please punish , Your Highness.”
Despite being a top maid in the Empress Dowager’s Palace and in charge of a host of palace servants and maids, Rong Ge could not save her face but dared not stay unknelt.
Li Xianyun was not one to be provoked, disliking soone ant a beating, and afterward, with clever words and deft arguntation, she always managed to justify herself, leaving no room for rebuke.
Furthermore, she was deeply favored by the Khan.
In just a few days, she was able to share a bed with the Khan who normally abstained from female company. A couple of days ago the Khan even personally took her out of the palace, and they returned very late, seemingly very much attached to each other.
So, this woman was certainly not of a benign nature.
Looking at Rong Ge, Li Xianyun said, “Do I need to teach you how to be punished? As a top maid and a manager in the Empress Dowager’s Palace, how do you not know what to do?”
Rong Ge quickly said, “This servant knows, of course…”
“Then begin,” Li Xianyun commanded.
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