kingnovel Chapter 120 Partiality
Chapter 120 Partiality
So the Queen Mother thought for a while and turned to look at Zhou Lingge.
"In my opinion, this is all a misunderstanding. The concubines in the harem should live in harmony. Their greatest responsibility is to continue the royal family's lineage, not to be jealous and create disturbances, disrupting the peace of the harem."
"Ling'er was just a palace maid. Her death is hers. Let's make a big deal out of a small matter. Since Concubine Rou failed in her duties, her authority over the harem will be temporarily revoked... She will be confined to her quarters for three days to reflect on her mistakes. As for this lying slave, drag him away immediately and give him fifty strokes of the cane... to serve as a warning to others."
As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, palace maids came in and wanted to drag the eunuch away for execution.
Zhou Lingge raised his hand, "Wait."
She turned to look at the Queen Mother, her eyes filled with coldness and anger.
She was extremely angry. She had just been accused of killing Ling'er, and the Queen Mother was extremely tough and wanted to confine her to house arrest for years. Now it was Concubine Rou's turn, but she was only confined for three days?
The Queen Mother was clearly partial to one and deliberately favored Concubine Rou.
Zhou Lingge chuckled, his voice full of mockery: "Misunderstanding? Confine Concubine Rou for three days and punish me with fifty strokes of the cane?"
"Empress Dowager... Is this what they call the rules of the palace?"
"Why did this eunuch slander me? Was there someone behind him directing this? Shouldn't we continue investigating? He lied... deceived the Empress Dowager and the concubines, and slandered me, a noble concubine. For such a serious crime, does the Empress Dowager think that fifty strokes of the cane are enough to settle the matter?"
"How about I send someone to invite His Majesty over and ask him to judge whether the Empress Dowager's handling of this matter was unfair?"
The Queen Mother frowned and turned to look at Zhou Lingge.
"I just don't want to make a big fuss. The death of a mere palace maid isn't worth causing such a big stir."
"Besides, if the emperor gets the news, it will be another source of worry. He's already very busy with all sorts of affairs, working day and night on state affairs. It's best not to bother him with such trivial matters and annoy him. Since you think the punishment for this dog slave is too light, then give him a hundred lashes... A hundred lashes, and he'll be crippled if not dead."
"Roupin has been working incredibly hard managing the harem these days. Her momentary carelessness isn't a serious crime, is it? I think three days of house arrest is enough... Concubine Yu, you should be tolerant and not be so unkind or unforgiving."
Zhou Lingge was so angry that he laughed.
Is she unkind? Is she unreasonable?
This is so ridiculous. If she was Concubine Rou, would you, Empress Dowager, let her go so easily?
Because of the death of a palace maid, the Queen Mother was ruthless and wanted to confine her for a year... Now she is only confining Concubine Rou for three days?
Haha... There was coldness in Zhou Lingge's smiling eyes.
"As the saying goes, a country has its own laws, and a palace has its own rules... The harem isn't ruled by the Empress Dowager alone. As a noble concubine, I've been falsely accused of murder. If this matter isn't thoroughly investigated, there will be no shortage of such frame-ups in the future. Everyone will think I'm easy to bully, and they'll always find a witness who's full of lies to smear me."
"I cannot tolerate such cowardice."
The Empress Dowager's face darkened. She extremely disliked Concubine Yu's aggressiveness.
"So what do you want? Order that son of a bitch to be executed? Or do you want me to depose Concubine Rou just because of a trivial matter and support you, the Imperial Concubine?"
Zhou Lingge sneered: "How dare I ask the Queen Mother to support me? I don't have that blessing."
"I only wish to seek justice for myself. Even if this matter is brought to your Majesty's attention, I will not be at fault."
"Since all this trouble started with this little eunuch... then drag him out and torture him severely... If he still refuses to reveal anything under such severe torture, then I have nothing to say."
The Queen Mother's expression was extremely ugly. She looked at Zhou Lingge's extremely tough attitude, and she felt a burning fire in her heart.
"Do you have to make such a big fuss?"
Zhou Lingge laughed mockingly. She looked at Concubine Rou: "Didn't they want to make a big fuss from the beginning?"
"They were the ones who spat on me first... I can't be the only one disgusted. Empress Dowager, you can't be partial to one person over the other."
"Otherwise, if I don't let go of this anger, I might even miscarry and affect the heir in my womb. If Your Majesty asks, I can only tell you the truth and ask Your Majesty to support me."
Zhou Lingge's attitude was very tough, and he even directly brought up Qin Feiling.
The empress dowager's expression changed slightly. This... this woman was so bold. She actually dared to threaten her with the emperor?
Nanny Zhao's eyes were filled with anxiety. She leaned over to the Empress Dowager's ear and whispered, "Your Highness, today's incident has indeed wronged the Imperial Concubine... If you handle it improperly, I'm afraid it will cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction."
"His Majesty is now more interested in Concubine Yu. You cannot continue to jeopardize your relationship with His Majesty."
The Queen Mother felt very depressed.
She is the queen mother of a country, but now she has to give in to Zhou Lingge?
How could she swallow this breath?
However, if he didn't swallow it, and this matter reached the emperor's ears, who knows what kind of storm would arise.
The Queen Mother immediately took a deep breath.
Forget it... She really didn't want to let the relationship between her and the emperor as mother be affected because of such a woman.
She was not afraid of Zhou Lingge, she just cared about her son.
The Queen Mother suppressed her inner annoyance and waved her hand with a displeased expression, "Forget it. Since the Imperial Concubine is dissatisfied, let's continue the investigation. Come, drag that dog slave out and torture him immediately. Make sure he confesses whether there is someone behind this to deliberately slander Imperial Concubine Yu."
Nanny Zhao responded and immediately had the young eunuch dragged away.
There was a hint of regret in Concubine Shu's eyes, and this time Zhou Lingge escaped again.
She is so difficult to deal with.
If anyone still said Zhou Lingge was a fool, a brainless fool, she would cut off their tongue. How could such a difficult person be a brainless fool? How could he be a fool?
Concubine Shu looked at Zhou Lingge with fear.
Just one sentence made the Queen Mother change her decision and choose to do as she said.
She really couldn't learn such a skill.
Roupin's face was extremely pale... She bit her bloodless lips and tried her best to calm herself down.
Not urgent!
She made second-hand preparations for everything.
Even if things get out of hand, she won't be implicated.
Soon, the sounds of caning and the little eunuch's screams were heard outside the hall.
Zhou Shiya finally changed into clean clothes and walked in from outside the hall with a grim expression.
"Mother, what on earth is going on? What's going on outside..."
Aunt Zhao immediately explained to Zhou Shiya.
Zhou Shiya took a breath and her heart skipped a beat when she saw Concubine Rou's ugly face.
Damn, things went wrong again?
Are they useless? They can't even do such a small thing?