"Don't understand? What a joke." The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and stared at her intently. She was truly hopeless.

"Please let me know, Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Your biggest mistake is to imagine that His Majesty is as heartbroken as you are, and is simply immersed in the pain of losing his child."

"I don't understand. I really don't understand. My child is also your Majesty's child!"

The Empress Dowager raised her voice, her face filled with anger, and said angrily: "All the people in the world are the emperor's children. As the ruler of a country, does the emperor have to be listless and stay by your side, neglecting the affairs of state?" The Empress Dowager slapped the pillow heavily, her lips straightened, and her eyes were filled with anger.

"Concubine..."

“In the harem, no matter how noble the queen is or how humble the palace maids are, all the people in the harem are not as important as the political affairs of the previous dynasty. The existence of the harem is just for the expansion of the royal family.” The Queen Mother looked melancholy, with a cold gleam of anger in her eyes.

"Your servant...I know I'm wrong!" Yi Chongrong fell to the ground in fear, her body trembling. The Empress Dowager's expression was so terrifying.

"Since you still don't understand, then continue copying Buddhist scriptures! Nanny Yu, find the palace rules and ask her to copy them. She can only leave after copying them once a day." The Queen Mother said angrily.

"Yes." Nanny Yu stepped back.

"Yes, I obey your command."

Caiwei helped her up, and the master and servant went to the study.

Weiyang Palace

After Zheng Xiyan finished her breakfast, she ordered, "Everyone, leave!"

"Yes!"

Biluo walked in and said, "Your Majesty, there's news from Shoukang Palace that the Queen Mother reprimanded Yi Chongrong and asked her to copy the palace rules as well."

"Do you know why?" Zheng Xiyan's face remained calm. Yi Chongrong had not made any progress at all.

Biluo shook her head slightly, "I don't know about that."

"Forget it, there's no need for that. Give the order not to spread the news to Shoukang Palace for the time being. Since my mother is determined to punish her, it would be bad if I interfere too much and let my mother know." Zheng Xiyan ordered.

"Yes."

"Is Ji'er awake?" Zheng Xiyan asked.

Shuang Ning replied: "Not yet, Your Majesty, do you want to go see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Let him sleep a little longer!"

"Yes!"

Half a month later

Princess Shion

The eunuch in front of the emperor came in to change the tea for Xiao Chenyuan, "Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xuanchen asked coldly.

"Yi Chongrong is seeking an audience outside." The eunuch in front of the emperor carefully checked the expression on his face.

Xiao Xuanchen's pupils moved, and he said coldly: "No, let her go back!"

"Yi Chongrong has been here for five days in a row, and His Majesty still hasn't seen him?"

Xiao Xuanchen's face was gloomy and full of anger. "I don't want to see her. Didn't my mother ask her to copy Buddhist scriptures? Has she been copying for a month?"

"Your Majesty, it's been less than a month." replied the eunuch.

"Then continue copying. Tell her to copy the 'Rules for Women' carefully and learn the rules well." Xiao Xuanchen no longer has any patience with her, and all the favors he showed her in the past have also disappeared.

"The slave obeys the order."

When the eunuch in front of the emperor came out, Yi Chongrong eagerly greeted him, "Eunuch, has His Majesty agreed to see me?"

"Empress Chongrong, His Majesty will not see you. Instead, His Majesty asked you to copy the "Rules for Women" so that you can learn the rules well." The eunuch in front of the emperor said coldly. Seeing her current fate, he shook his head slightly. If he had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?

Yi Chongrong was really panicking now, and asked with trembling lips: "Your Majesty...Did Your Majesty really say that?"

The eunuch repeated, "Yes, His Majesty asked you to copy the "Rules for Women" and learn the rules of the palace."

Yi Chongrong almost couldn't stand still, Caiwei supported her, "My queen!"

"Your Majesty...How could Your Majesty do this?" Yi Chongrong was stunned, unable to believe that His Majesty would treat her like this.

The eunuch in front of the emperor sneered and said, "Look at what you said. Can I, a servant, falsely convey His Majesty's instructions? Madam Chongrong, His Majesty is busy at the moment. You'd better not make His Majesty worry."

"Your Majesty really hates me."

The eunuch in front of the emperor looked at him with some contempt, "Your Majesty, you should think carefully about what you did before! His Majesty thought of your grief over the loss of your son, so he didn't punish you. But your Majesty, you should know that in this palace, His Majesty is the Lord, and who dares to show His Majesty a cold shoulder?"

"Let me tell you one more thing. In this palace, everyone must abide by the rules. Even Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Empress must abide by the palace rules."

"Please take care!" said the eunuch before the emperor, and turned and left.

Yi Chongrong's face turned pale, her lips turned white, and she walked away with her sleeves swung. Caiwei chased after her and advised, "Your Majesty, the eunuch in front of the emperor is right, you should still..."

"Shut up! It's not your turn to blame me." Yi Chongrong collapsed and yelled at her.

"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, madam."

Weiyang Palace

Zheng Xiyan was drinking pregnancy-preserving medicine when Zi Rui walked in and said, "Your Majesty! Yi Chongrong went to Zichen Palace again just now."

"Has Your Majesty met her?" Zheng Xiyan asked in a deep voice.

"No, His Majesty even ordered her to go back and copy the 'Rules for Women'." Zi Rui was somewhat gloating.

"Really? Look at what she's going to do now." Shuang Ning also gloated.

After Zheng Xiyan finished drinking the pregnancy-preserving medicine, she handed the empty bowl to Biluo, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "After this incident, I hope she can learn a lesson."

"But Your Majesty doted on her so much before, how could she fall out of favor just like that?" Biluo whispered.

Zheng Xiyan said calmly, "This woman who is asking for trouble has exhausted your Majesty's patience."

"But whether she will regain favor will also depend on her future abilities."

"Yes!"

In the afternoon, Zheng Xiyan looked through the records of sleeping with the emperor and said, "During this period of time, Wen Chongyi has always been the emperor's concubine."

"Yes."

Zheng Xiyan thought of something and said, "Wen Chongyi has been so favored for more than a month! Let the imperial physician go to Zhonghua Palace."

"Yes!"

Yong'an Palace

Since the New Year's Eve, Xi Muyao and Shen Aoning have been confined here. Shen Aoning, on the other hand, is quite open-minded and takes things as they come.

But Xi Muyao never gave up and kept looking for opportunities. All the palace servants in Yong'an Palace were replaced by Zheng Xiyan's people, and no one could help her.

That day, Xi Muyao came to the side hall and saw Shen Aoning embroidering a bellyband for her daughter.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw it was her, and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Xi Muyao sat down next to her and saw so many embroidered bellybands on the table. She said, "So many? I can't give them away, and the sizes will definitely be different. What's the point?"

"Why do you care about me? You don't need to worry about my affairs." Shen Aoning said coldly.

Xi Muyao looked disappointed and asked, "Are you willing to go this far?"

"What do you want to do? Have you not faced reality in the past three months? Who in the entire Yong'an Palace will help you?"

"It's been more than three months, and His Majesty hasn't dealt with us yet, which means we still have hope." Xi Muyao grabbed her hand and looked at her eagerly.

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