Imperial Plot - C283 Unban

When Yun Mengqi saw that the empress dowager was in her good mood, she forced herself not to think about what she had just said, and laughed, “Imperial Consort X can’t get better after all. That night, when the sky was dark and Imperial Consort X was frightened, could it be that she mistook the person who came to help as a bad person?”

After saying that, the empress dowager’s expression suddenly changed. She looked at Su Zeyi meaningfully, and said to Yun Mengqi: “Why would the empress say that?”

Yun Mengqi took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Xu: “Chenqie is only guessing, but I still have to ask Imperial Consort X about the details. It’s just that Chenqie thinks that Chenqie should not act so brazenly like this.”

“She’s just a vulgar woman, why wouldn’t she know anything about it?” The empress dowager gave a cold snort. She was obviously very disdainful towards the Zhong Miao Yi.

After pondering for a long time, he then said: “Chenqie is fine now, I think that Lady Yunpin definitely did not mean any harm to Chenqie, I can’t blame chenqie for being too scared back then.”

Su Zeyi’s gaze softened, he was afraid that Zhou Xu would change his mind.

As expected, Empress Dowager Xi frowned and looked at Zhou Xu in disbelief. “What are you saying?”

Zhou Xu felt her scalp go numb, but after taking this step, there was no way she could turn back. She could only bite the bullet and say: “Chenqie feels that after being locked up for so long, she must have realised her mistake.”

Empress Dowager Xi looked at Zhou Xu for a while, then raised her head to look at Su Zeyi.

Su Zeyi disagreed, “What did the empress dowager think?”

Empress Dowager Xi took a deep breath and slowly leaned against the cushion without saying a word.

The atmosphere immediately became awkward. No matter whether it was Su Zeyi or the Empress Dowager, neither was willing to take the initiative to break the stalemate.

Zhou Xu and Yun Mengqi did not know what to say, nor did they advise any side, so they just sat there quietly.

It was still the East Empress Dowager. She put down the teacup in her hand and laughed: “What are you getting angry at a child for?”

Empress Dowager Xi didn’t expect the East Empress Dowager to speak up, so she didn’t react for a while.

The East Empress Dowager continued: “She is only a child herself, how old is she? Why would she have the thought of harming Imperial Consort X? ”

“I can see that she’s very charming, she doesn’t seem like a simple person.” Empress Dowager Xi did not agree with East Empress Dowager’s view. Zhong Miao Yi was someone who came out of nowhere and was definitely not simple.

“You’re being biased. If this matter were to happen to the empress, would you still think that the empress is vicious?” The East Empress Dowager did not hide anything and directly used Yun Mengqi to speak.

“This Dowager was the one who brought up the empress. How could This Dowager not know?” Empress Dowager Xi retorted, clearly still protecting Yun Mengqi.

“You’re still saying that you’re not biased, but now you’re truly biased. Yun Xiao and the Queen have both interacted with me in the Su family before, don’t tell me that I’m not clear about this?” After East Empress Dowager said this, she looked at Yun Mengqi specially.

Yun Mengqi shuddered inexplicably. She had not forgotten what happened in the past.

Naturally, East Empress Dowager was not completely unaware of this, and had even punished him in the past.

Empress Dowager Xi was a little speechless. Everyone in the room sided towards Su Zeyi, but it wasn’t impossible for her to understand that Yun Mengqi and Zhou Fu were doing it for his son.

To face Su Zeyi head on, it was already enough for him to have the upper hand that he had held for so long.

Right now, it was best to stop it just because he was satisfied. Don’t make Su Zeyi angry, it wasn’t like Empress Dowager Xi was not afraid of Su Zeyi at all.

“Since that’s the case, I’ll listen to how the emperor decides.” Empress Dowager Xi heaved a sigh of relief, and everyone present let out a sigh of relief.

“Many thanks, empress dowager.” Su Zeyi said politely, his face had a smile, he wanted to stand up and leave, only doing so. Too inappropriate.

Zhou Xu and Yun Mengqi both had their own thoughts, waiting for Zhong Miao Yi to come out, not knowing what other difficulties they would face, Su Zeyi was immersed in joy, and did not have the time to ponder over the thoughts of the women.

Yun Mengqi knew that Su Zeyi truly cared about the Zhong Miao Yi, so no matter what he did, he had to be careful and find a good scapegoat.

He could not let Su Zeyi know what she had done. Otherwise, he would not be able to keep her position as the Queen.

What Yun Mengqi was most afraid of was the possibility that one day, she would not even be able to preserve her Empress’ position.

Empress Dowager Xi’s heart was with the Zhou family, Su Zeyi’s heart was with the Zhong Miao Yi, and she suddenly felt that she was alone and without help.

It was extremely similar to the Zhong Miao Yi.

When this thought popped out, Yun Mengqi was completely terrified. She did not know why she had thought this way, how could she be compared to that woman from the Zhong Miao Yi?

However, once this thought appeared, it became hard to dispel. When Zhong Miao Yi first entered the palace, wasn’t it like this?

She had no one to rely on, no one to respect her. How did she manage to survive?

Yun Mengqi forced herself not to think about it. She told herself that she was different from the Zhong Miao Yi, that she was an orphan of Prince Xiang and that her noble bloodline had been raised by the empress dowager herself since she was young.

She was different from Zhong Miao Yi, so she couldn’t be the same.

Once the matter regarding lifting restrictions was settled, Su Zeyi could no longer sit still. He sat for a while pretending to be sitting, spoke for a bit, and then left using the excuse of taking care of the government affairs.

Just as Su Zeyi was about to leave, Empress Dowager Xi’s face fell. “He’s happy, what about you guys?”

Yun Mengqi and Zhou Xiao lowered their heads, not saying a word.

“Forget it.” Empress Dowager Xi didn’t say much. The choice was made by herself, and she had to walk the rest of the way by herself. No matter what she said, it would be of no avail.

Zhou Xu rubbed her stomach and sighed. “It’s true that the empress dowager doesn’t need to get mad at Yun Concubine. The days ahead are still long.”

Saying that, Zhou Xu paused, looked at East Empress Dowager, and did not continue.

East Empress Dowager laughed, stood up, and silently walked out.

Yun Mengqi didn’t like the intimate relationship between Zhou Xu and Empress Dowager Xi. She also bowed and followed East Empress Dowager out.

Zhou Xu said faintly, “The empress doesn’t seem very happy.”

Empress Dowager Xi sighed. “There aren’t many things in this world that go according to your wishes. Meng Qi will understand eventually. She hasn’t grown up yet. It’s not a bad thing to bump into others.”

“The empress dowager still feels sorry for the empress.” Zhou Xu smiled. She and Empress Dowager Xi were the ones who had been estranged from each other for too long.

Empress Dowager Xi nodded slightly. “She was a child I brought up. She has always been a dainty one. Now that she wants to teach her something, she doesn’t seem to understand it too well. But it doesn’t matter, she will understand eventually.”

Zhou Yu was not sure what the Empress Dowager wanted to teach Yun Mengqi, but Yun Mengqi had raised him by her side since young, and she hoped that she would understand.