The Royal Highness - C24
Qing Ya and Zhang Shangfu had known each other for many years. Even if they weren’t familiar with each other in the past, and had interacted quite a bit in the past three years, the clothes and accessories of the empress dowager’s concubine had still passed through their hands. This time, she insisted that it had nothing to do with her, and she didn’t know anything else, so it was very difficult for Qingya to help her.
“Gentle and elegant.” “Take off Zhang Shangfu’s jacket.”
However, before she could struggle, her outer garment was taken off. The clothes underneath were still neat and untouched, so she didn’t feel humiliated at all. She held the clothes in her hands, not knowing what the empress was going to do.
“Even now, are you still not telling the truth? Are you really going to let the emperor kill you?”
On the other side, the empress dowager and the emperor spoke for a while. No matter how tough Xiang Ye was, he would always be obedient to his mother.
The empress dowager requested that the Qiu couple attend tomorrow’s banquet at the Longevity Palace. There were also three dynasties when the empress dowager told them that it was three days since the empress’s wedding and that they should let their families meet the empress. As for the Bai’s disease, if even Little Qian himself was not willing to allow his mother to enter the palace, then he would send her to the Yuanzhou, no need to care about her anymore.
The empress dowager said, “When the time comes, you will see how Bao`er treats Qiu Xiang and Zhao. Won’t Bao`er betray you?”
After talking for a long time, Xiang Ye clearly told his mother, “Since muhou allows me to treat her coldly, in the future, I will not be able to come and speak up for her.
Her Majesty sighed. “That’s all.”
At this moment, Zhou Huai walked in and said respectfully, “Reporting to the Esteemed Empress Dowager and the Emperor, there was a message from the upper yang palace that the Empress has punished Zhang Shangfu with half a year’s worth of salary. She will no longer pursue the matter of Bai Yi.”
The emperor scoffed, “Could it be that the person wearing the upper half of her body isn’t herself?”
“Ye.” The empress dowager rebuked him. “It’s too outrageous to wear white in the middle of the day, but the empress has just arrived, how do you know of our rules? Things are changing in the capital every day, and she says she’s a country girl from the Yuanzhou.
At that time, he only had an excuse to flare up, but his mother had to persuade him to go along with it. Suddenly, he became curious, “Why did the people who are still in charge of making white robes give them to her?”
Zhou Huai replied in embarrassment, “Your Majesty, didn’t the Empress say that she wouldn’t investigate this?”
Xiang Ye frowned but did not say a word. The empress dowager hastily replied, “What’s the rush? When she was about to leave, the empress dowager said, “Oh right, spare your strange rules. Why can’t the empress receive guests in the upper yang palace?”