Chapter 132 Nanny Shen Strikes Back

Chapter 132: Nanny Shen Slaps a Face

"Every time Consort Li hears someone in the palace mention Prince Ye, she would go back and cry a lot. Perhaps she is afraid of seeing her son's current condition and being sad, she seldom leaves the palace to visit Prince Ye. She only goes out twice a month to Huayang Temple to chant sutras and pray for him."

After saying this, the elderly woman sighed, her face full of melancholy.

"Alas, Consort Li is not having an easy time either. She has been in the palace for twenty-three years but has never gained the emperor's favor. She only gave birth to two children, Prince Ye and the Tenth Princess. Now that Prince Ye has become a disabled prince, only she and the Tenth Princess are left in the palace, have only each other to rely on."

"Women who enter the palace gate may seem glamorous on the surface, but without the support of their sons, life is hard!"

As she finished speaking, many people showed sympathy for Consort Li.

In the palace, the status of a concubine who gives birth to a son is different from that of one who does not.

The reason the Empress can firmly hold her position is not only because she has a powerful family but also because she has given birth to two sons and one daughter for Emperor Jingyang.

This also makes her position more solid.

For other concubines, those with sons are more favored in the palace. For someone like Consort Li, whose son performed great feats on the battlefield but ended up disabled and unable to move, she probably endured many scornful looks from other concubines in the palace. The more glorious she was in the past, the more fallen she is now.

Fortunately, Consort Li's father is in charge of one of the Six Ministries and is also a trusted confidant of Emperor Jingyang. Therefore, Emperor Jingyang shows Consort Li a bit more consideration.

Ji Yuntang listened to these remarks, a flash of deep thought in her eyes, her heart felt an odd chill.

Such news spreads from one to ten, ten to a hundred, and may have long since been distorted. She would not believe it.

Even if Consort Li was not favored, she was still Emperor Jingyang's consort. She had no worries about food and clothing in the palace, living much more comfortably than ordinary people.

Saying that she feels sorry for Luo Junhe and does not come to see him because seeing his miserable state makes her sad—that is utter bullshit! A pure fabrication!

Others may not know, but she is very clear: Consort Li simply does not love Luo Junhe as a son.

Although both are her children, Luo Qianxue is very much favored.

She does not sympathize with Consort Li because she knows Consort Li wishes Luo Junhe would get worse, preferably die soon.

A person like that is not even worthy of being Luo Junhe's mother.

Xu Muyan finished reading the evidence, his fingers slightly clenched, shaking with anger.

The Dongchen Kingdom is a famous kingdom of etiquette, placing great importance on rules and folk customs.

He never imagined that the tale of a wicked servant bullying her master, something heard only in tales, would actually appear in the Prince Ye's residence.

The accusations Ji Yuntang made against Nanny Xu filled two full sheets of indictment. Even just thinking about one or two items was unbearable.

In this dynasty, a servant is a servant. As long as the deed of sale is still in the master's hands, she is a slave for life.

Even a life-saving favor doesn't change that.

But what happened today truly shook his worldview.

"The accused, Xu, do you have anything else to say?"

Xu Muyan coldly questioned Nanny Xu, "Prince Ye is a man of great loyalty and treated you well. Why did you bully him so? Do you have any regard for the Emperor and the laws of our kingdom?"

Nanny Xu knelt on the ground trembling, but her mind was spinning rapidly.

She wanted to say it was all false, things Ji Yuntang made up, but Ji Yuntang had already presented the evidence. Nanny Xu knew it was useless to say more.

With a shift in her eyes, she suddenly wailed loudly, "Lord Xu, please understand! Those things have nothing to do with me. It was all my daughter Liu Linlang's idea."

"She was unwilling to remain just a servant in the Prince Ye's residence, wanting to marry a wealthy and high-ranking young master. But with her status, no young master would want to marry her. So my daughter set her sights on the Prince Ye's residence, wanting to prepare some dowry for herself in advance. That's why she embezzled some silver from the residence to buy a house and a grocery store."

"My daughter used the prince's silver, planning to repay it after the grocery store made money. But before she could balance the books, she was killed by Princess Ye. I beg Your Lordship for mercy! It's all because I failed to teach my daughter properly, and she became momentarily blinded by greed. I beg Your Lordship to consider that I am Prince Ye's lifesaver and spare me this once! I will never dare do it again!"

Nanny Xu shifted the blame onto Liu Linlang without any guilt.

In her view, she had raised Liu Linlang for so many years, and now that she was dead, she hadn't brought her any benefit. So her death should be more valuable—at least it should help her take the fall.

Ji Yuntang was so angry she almost laughed at Nanny Xu's shamelessness.

She knew the other woman had always been shameless, but she didn't expect her to be this shameless, not even sparing her own dead daughter.

If Liu Linlang could hear these words, she'd probably be so angry she'd sit up in her coffin.

"How come I don't know you are Prince Ye's lifesaver?"

At that moment, a loud, angry voice rang out from outside the door.

Ji Yuntang turned to look, and saw a woman in a blue palace dress, with a kind but capable expression, walking in.

It was Nanny Shen.

Nanny Shen first walked to Ji Yuntang's side and curtsied respectfully.

"I, Nanny Shen, pay my respects to Princess Ye. Today, under the Empress's orders, I have come to the Dali Temple to testify for Princess Ye. I'm not too late, am I?"

Ji Yuntang smiled gently, "No, you haven't arrived late. Nanny Shen, you've arrived at just the right time."

After returning to the palace yesterday, Luo Qingge had gone to Fengyi Palace and told the Empress and Nanny Shen about the brocade pouch.

Both were stunned, then filled with rage.

Nanny Shen hadn't expected that after jumping into the icy lake to save someone, she had never even thought to claim credit. Instead, Nanny Xu, who had merely passed by Longchi and escorted Luo Junhe back to the palace, had taken the credit.

From Luo Junhe's residence to Longchi was less than three hundred meters away, yet Nanny Xu claimed she had jumped into the water to save Luo Junhe. For years, she had passed herself off as Prince Ye's lifesaver, using that status to extort money and support from him.

It was not just reckless—it was utterly shameless.

Today, Nanny Shen received word sent by Ji Yuntang, and the Empress immediately had her rush out of the palace nonstop to the Dali Temple.

If Nanny Xu wanted to use the life-saving favor to threaten, she was going to slap her down today!

When Nanny Xu saw Nanny Shen standing in front of her, her mind went blank for a few seconds, and then she let out a scream of disbelief.

"Ah! Why is it you!?"

Nanny Shen slapped her right across the face and said sharply, "How dare you lie to Prince Ye for eighteen years!"

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