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Xiang Huan looked at Eunuch Fu in surprise. Listening to Eunuch Fu's words, it didn't seem like he was supporting her? Could it be that he wanted to help the Eternal Life Palace? An Empress who had already been sent out of the palace, could she not compare to the favored Fair Consort? Was Eunuch Fu stupid? Didn't he know who was more deserving of his favor?
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"You came here to show off your strength, and you still want us to be polite to you?" Dai Mei asked with a sneer.
"Fifty beatings. Whether she can live or not will depend on her luck." Eunuch Fu ordered coldly. He sighed inside. Honored Consort Shu looked like a smart person, but why did she have such a stupid palace maid by her side? She came to Yongshou Palace to find her presence. Did she think that just because the Emperor went to Xiuhe Palace a few times, he would allow a palace maid to trample on the people by the Empress' side? Wouldn't that be slapping the Empress in the face? How foolish. He smiled at Lu He and asked, "Has anyone been neglectful these days?"
"There have always been a lot of people who trample on the weak to look up to the strong." Lu He said lightly.
Xiang Huan couldn't even react to what was going on. "Why did you hit me? Eunuch Fu, what did I do wrong? "
Eunuch Fu couldn't be bothered to talk to her. He waved his hand and ordered the servants to drag her away.
"Let me go! You can't hit me! I'm Honored Consort Shu's palace maid. What right do you have to hit me? "Xiang Huan screamed. She hadn't expected that Eunuch Fu would order people to hit her just because of Lu He's one-sided statement.
Hearing Xiang Huan's scream, Lu He looked at Eunuch Fu and asked, "Aren't you afraid of offending Xiuhe Gong?"
Eunuch Fu said with a half-smile, "Other than the Emperor and the Empress, who else can we not offend in the palace?"
Lu He jokingly scolded, "Old fox."
After waiting for a while, a little eunuch came to report that Xiang Huan had received fifty strikes of the cane and had already fainted. What should they do next?
"Let her lie there for now. I'll go ask His Majesty what to do with her," Eunuch Fu said with a smile. He turned and nodded at Lu He, then slowly left.
Dai Mei walked to Lu He's side and asked softly, "Eunuch Lu, will Xiuhe Palace …"
"So what?" Lu He asked with a smile.
"Aren't you scared?" Dai Mei was suppressing her anger. Recently, seeing how Xiuhe Gong was in the limelight, she really felt aggrieved for the Empress.
Lu He smiled. "Don't be afraid. It's only temporary."
Dai Mei did not understand what he meant and wanted to ask further, but Lu He had already walked away with his hands behind his back.
When Eunuch Fu arrived at the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Mo Rongzhan was instructing the Minister of the Board of Rites on the arrangements for tomorrow's reception of the Qi envoys. After the Minister of the Board of Rites left, Eunuch Fu stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, this servant has already sent your decree to Consort Shu."
"Did Empress Shu ask you to speak with her?" Mo Rongzhan asked indifferently. She had only returned after such a long time, so there must be something in the back palace that was dragging on.
Eunuch Fu lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, this servant was delayed in the Yongshou Palace. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"What is it?" Hearing that it was related to the Eternal Life Palace, Mo Rongzhan paid more attention.
"I happened to see an ignorant palace maid say a few unpleasant words, so this servant had her flogged fifty times. After the flogging, I found out that she was a maid from Xiuhe Palace," Eunuch Fu said.
Mo Rongzhan narrowed his eyes and looked at him. "What did she say?"
Eunuch Fu said in a low voice, "This servant did not ask in detail at the beginning, but I only heard the maid say that she was a stray dog."
"Is she dead?" Mo Rongzhan's voice turned cold.
"She's still breathing," Eunuch Fu said.
A cold light flashed in Mo Rongzhan's eyes. "Send her back to Xiuhe Palace."
Eunuch Fu already knew that this would be the outcome. He replied in a low voice, "Yes, Your Majesty."
The news that Xiang Huan was beaten in the Yongshou Palace quickly spread in the palace. Consort Shu of Xiuhe Palace was the first to know about it. Besides being shocked, she was also waiting for the punishment from the Emperor. Would it be Eunuch Fu or Xiang Huan?
When Eunuch Fu had sent Xiang Huan back to Xiuhe Palace, she already knew what the Emperor meant.
Hu Yue 'er's face was pale. She felt as though she had been hit in the head. She was suddenly woken up, no longer immersed in her beautiful fantasies and extravagant hopes.
These days, everyone in the palace was saying that the Empress had fallen out of favor. Right now, the one the Emperor liked the most was her, Consort Shu. She even started to fantasize that if she could obtain the Emperor's heart, even if she couldn't replace the Empress, she wouldn't be any worse. Even if she always felt that something was wrong, but because of her love for the Emperor, she ignored the suspicions in her heart and wasn't willing to investigate too much.
Today, she had completely woken up.
The Empress hadn't fallen out of favor. Otherwise, Eunuch Fu wouldn't have so unscrupulously hit her maid. If the Emperor really doted on her, he wouldn't have slapped her face like this. Because of the incident with Xiang Huan, the Emperor was clearly telling everyone in the hougong that even if the Empress wasn't here, no one could compare to her, not even Consort Shu.
"Niangniang, are you alright?" Xiang Qiao saw Hu Yue 'er's expression and rushed over to support her.
Hu Yue 'er gently shook her head, tears appearing in her eyes. "Ben gong has never entered the Emperor's heart!"
"Niangniang, how could that be? The Emperor dotes on you so much. It's all because Xiang Huan's personality is too impetuous. Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't be unhappy," Xiang Qiao said.
"No, no!" Xiang Huan's mistake was that she shouldn't have said the wrong things in Yong Shou Palace.
Xiang Qiao helped Hu Yue 'er sit down. "Niangniang, this servant went to inquire. It was Xiang Huan who got carried away and said things she shouldn't have said in Yong Shou Palace. The Emperor did this for the child in the Empress' belly. If the Empress was humiliated in the palace, it wouldn't be good for her child in the future. If the Emperor didn't dote on you, then he would have punished you as well. Isn't he punishing Xiang Huan now?"
Hu Yue 'er calmed down after Xiang Qiao's persuasion. "Really?"
"Otherwise, why didn't the Emperor reprimand you for not disciplining her properly? Niangniang, the Emperor knows you, so he believed that you wouldn't allow Xiang Huan to do such things." Xiang Qiao said in a low voice, "This servant went to see Xiang Huan. Although she had applied medicine, her consciousness was already unclear. Even if we invited an imperial doctor …"
"Ben gong can't invite an imperial doctor for her." Hu Yue 'er tightly grabbed Xiang Qiao's hand. She wanted to save Xiang Huan, but she couldn't. She could only see if Xiang Huan's life was strong enough and if she could hold on.
Xiang Qiao said, "Even if Xiang Huan is gone, she can't blame Niangniang. It's all because she's not sensible and almost implicated you."
"What did she say in Yong Shou Palace?" Hu Yue 'er asked. For Eunuch Fu to not even give her face and hit Xiang Huan, then Xiang Huan must have said something intolerable.
"It seems to be because of the words' stray dog '…" Xiang Qiao looked back, her voice so soft that it was almost inaudible.
Hu Yue 'er was startled. "How could Yong Shou Palace be a stray dog? That is the place that the Emperor truly cares about."
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