I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

royal palace.

After lunch, Concubine Xiang felt a little sleepy, so the maid helped her take off her outer robe and lie on the bed for a nap. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard the sound of drums.

Loud noise!

It woke up Concubine Xiang all of a sudden!

Concubine Xiang frowned and said unhappily, "Where does the drum sound come from? Can't we sleep in the middle of the day?"

At this moment, she had a vague guess in her heart that it was probably that vixen Concubine Wan who was instigating the Emperor to do something new.

When Concubine Xiang mentioned Concubine Wan, who was sent into the palace by Mu Shaoheng, she was filled with anger.

If Mu Shaoheng wanted to fight with Empress Gao, he could have done it properly. Why did he send a beautiful vixen into the palace? But Emperor Jingde loved Concubine Wan, who had been in the palace for half a year and was doted on by her.

——Give me whatever you want. If there are any rare things not available in the palace, we will collect them from outside the palace!

——There are only about thirty days in a month, and Emperor Jingde has to spend nearly twenty days resting in Concubine Wan's palace!

This kind of favor is comparable to that of Concubine Xiang when she was young!

Thinking of this, Concubine Xiang became extremely angry.

"Why don't you go and take a look at what that vixen Concubine Wan is trying to get the Emperor to do? She's making a fuss in the middle of the day without taking a break."

Concubine Xiang called the head maid and gave instructions with an annoyed look on her face.

The head maid hurried out of the bedroom and called a few young eunuchs to investigate.

A quarter of an hour later, the head maid came back and reported: "My Lady, this has nothing to do with Concubine Wan. It's the widow of the deceased Master Zhao Zitang. Madam Zhao is beating the drum at the palace gate."

"Dengwengu?" Concubine Xiang suddenly fell asleep.

You know, since the Dengwen drum was set up in this dynasty, it has hardly ever been sounded. When the previous emperor was alive, it was sounded twice, and in the twenty years since Emperor Jingde ascended the throne, it has never been sounded.

Today is the first time.

"Who did you say was beating the drum? Madam Zhao? Which Madam Zhao?"

Concubine Xiang really couldn't remember this person.

The head maid added: "Your Majesty, Madam Zhao's husband was our emperor's childhood mentor. He taught him for five years until he died suddenly in the classroom."

After hearing this, Concubine Xiang finally remembered who Madam Zhao was. She then asked, "Why is this widow beating the drum? What's the matter?"

The head maid said: "From what she said, she was bullied by Princess Zhenbian."

"Mu Shaoheng's princess?" Concubine Xiang became interested when she heard it.

At this moment, the young eunuch hurried in and reported:

"My Lady, now someone else has come to the rescue. It's Princess Zhenbian who is suing Madam Zhao for insulting the young princess of the Southwest Mu Mansion."

Concubine Xiang was shocked: "Madam Zhao is a widow, how dare she bully the young princess of the Southwest Mu Mansion? How did she bully her?"

"He keeps calling the little princess a 'playgirl'."

Concubine Xiang was completely stunned.

Mrs. Zhao is really brave.

Immediately, Concubine Xiang covered her chest with a handkerchief and laughed, "This is going to be lively. Given the tempers of Mu Shaoheng and his wife, how could they let Madam Zhao off easily?"

A few months ago, Empress Gao just wanted to give Mu Shaoheng a concubine, but Mu Shaoheng retaliated against Empress Gao severely.

Today, it was Mu Shaoheng's own sister who was humiliated. A woman's reputation is so important, so she will not let it go.

Look, the news has been reported. This couple is determined to skin Mrs. Zhao.

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Concubine Wan's palace.

After the bed curtains shook violently for more than half an hour, Emperor Jingde and Concubine Wan were sweating profusely. They took a simple bath together and then went back to the couch and fell into a deep sleep. Even the loud drum could not wake them up.

The trusted eunuch Xiao Dezi was in a dilemma. If he woke the emperor up, the emperor would be in a bad mood. If he didn't wake him up, the emperor would have to pay attention to the drumbeat.

After a delay of half a quarter of an hour, Xiao Dezi finally came to the bedside and called softly, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the drum for the emperor's visit has sounded."

Unexpectedly, Emperor Jingde did not wake up, but Concubine Wan woke up first.

She gently pushed Emperor Jingde awake with her soft little hands and whispered, "Your Majesty, someone is beating the drum outside the palace. You should get up quickly and go to the trial."

Emperor Jingde turned over, facing outward, and asked Xiao Dezi impatiently, "Who is beating the Dengwen drum?"

Xiao Dezi said quickly:

"Your Majesty, this is your mentor's widow, Madam Zhao."

"She said she was bullied and her forehead was broken. Now, she is yelling outside the palace, asking the emperor to make a decision for her."

When Emperor Jingde heard this, he was speechless.

Is it such a trivial matter, is it worth making a fuss about it?

What is the Dangdengwen drum? A toy for children to play house?

Emperor Jingde frowned, waved his hand and said:

"Go, go, Xiao Dezi, go there in person and tell her to stop beating the drum and go to Queen Gao if she has any grievances. If she can help, just ask Queen Gao to help her."

After saying this, Emperor Jingde turned around, hugged Concubine Wan, and continued to sleep with his eyes closed.

Xiao Dezi: ...

The emperor doesn't care at all and just leaves everything to the queen?

The same goes for Madam Zhao. Is it worth bringing such a trivial matter to the Emperor?

A widow whose husband has been dead for more than ten years thinks herself too highly of herself.

Xiao Dezi shook his head and had to walk out of the palace to personally persuade Madam Zhao to meet Queen Gao.

……

Two quarters of an hour later, Xiao Dezi ran back to the palace breathlessly, ran all the way into the bedroom, and woke up Emperor Jingde again:

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. The situation has escalated!"

"The one beating the drum for reporting the incident is no longer Madam Zhao, but...Princess Zhenbian."

Emperor Jingde had finally fallen asleep but was woken up again. When he was about to scold someone angrily, he suddenly heard "Princess Zhenbian knocks on the drum to report the incident". He was startled and his sleepiness instantly disappeared.

"What did you say? Princess Zhenbian beats the drum to report the incident? What's the reason?"

Xiao Dezi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Princess Zhenbian is suing Madam Zhao for insulting the young Princess Dieyi of the Southwest Mu Mansion... an actor, an actor..."

Xiao Dezi also reported the news he got from the crowd, such as "who likes who, who doesn't like who, and finally Mrs. Zhao got angry and insulted Dieyi as an actor."

Emperor Jingde: ???

He was completely speechless about Mrs. Zhao.

This is a typical case of "putting the blame on someone else" and "the villain complains first"!

"Who says it's not? It has already aroused public outrage. The palace gates are jammed with people, all denouncing Madam Zhao."

Xiao Dezi described the current situation of public discontent at the palace gate.

"Madam Zhao deserves to die!" Emperor Jingde frowned fiercely.

At this time, a young eunuch came to report: "Your Majesty, the Prince of Zhenbian wants to see you."

Emperor Jingde nodded, and asked Concubine Wan to put on the dragon robe for him quickly. Then he kissed Concubine Wan on the cheek and whispered goodbye:

"My beloved, wait for me tonight."

Concubine Wan shyly stood on tiptoe and kissed Emperor Jingde on the cheek. She smiled and said, "No matter how late Your Majesty comes, I will wait for you. If you don't come, I will never sleep."

Emperor Jingde smiled, pinched Concubine Wan's slender waist, then turned and left.

As soon as I walked into the Yangxin Palace, I saw Mu Shaoheng already sitting inside waiting with an angry look on his face.

When Mu Shaoheng saw Emperor Jingde arriving, he stood up immediately, then bent down and prepared to kneel down to pay his respects.

Emperor Jingde hurriedly took a few quick steps, grasped Mu Shaoheng's arm, and said with a smile: "Shaoheng, please don't be polite. Please sit down. Let's talk about the Dengwen Drum issue."

But Mu Shaoheng said angrily:

"Your Majesty, Madam Zhao dared to maliciously slander my sister. It is clear who is right and who is wrong."

"Today, Madam Zhao will not pay ten or a hundred times the price, and I will never agree!"

Emperor Jingde: ...

He knew that since it involved Mu Shaoheng's own sister, it would be difficult to resolve the issue peacefully.

Emperor Jingde nodded and simply asked directly, "Shao Heng, how do you plan to deal with Madam Zhao?"

Insulting the princess of the current dynasty is a crime of insubordination and must be punished.

But after all, the price is ten or a hundred times higher, and the intensity of this punishment... is a little hard to control. If after the punishment, Mu Shaoheng thinks the intensity is not enough, it will be bad.

Therefore, Emperor Jingde had to ask clearly.

But Mu Shaoheng said, "Let's leave this matter to Jinyiwei Commander Gao Ni. I can trust him to handle it."

Emperor Jingde: ...

After being stunned for a moment, he immediately smiled and said, "Since Shao Heng trusts my Jinyiwei commander, let him do it."

After saying that, Emperor Jingde immediately ordered someone to call Gao Ni and asked Gao Ni to negotiate directly with Mu Shaoheng, while he listened from the side.

When Mu Shaoheng heard the plan proposed by Gao Ni, he nodded and smiled: "Commander Gao really has a plan, let's do it this way."

After hearing the plan, Emperor Jingde nodded and said, "Okay, I approve it."

Afterwards, Emperor Jingde ordered Xiao Dezi: "Go and invite Princess Zhenbian and Madam Zhao to the palace. I will open the court for trial immediately."

At this time, Mu Shaoheng said:

"Your Majesty, wait a minute."

"If the emperor sits in court to judge the case, the person who beats the drum will have to roll on the nail board. It's too painful. My princess is weak and I'm afraid she can't bear it."

Emperor Jingde: ...

What does it mean?

Let him be spared the step of being nailed to the board and be tried directly in court?

This goes against our ancestral teachings.

At this time, Gao Ni took over and explained to Emperor Jingde:

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Zhenbian wants to skip the nail board punishment and the trial, and directly... punish Madam Zhao."

Emperor Jingde: ???