kingnovel Chapter 878 The Difficulty of Advance and Retreat Is Yourself
Chapter 878 The Difficulty of Advance and Retreat Is Yourself
Concubine Shui, who had never felt so close to death, was supported by her two personal maids. She dragged her legs, which were painful and soft like noodles, and returned to her courtyard in a daze.
The spies sent by the concubines, who also had their own thoughts and were ready to make a move, now ran back to their respective masters and described to their masters what they had seen of Concubine Shui, who was so frightened that her face turned pale and her whole body was trembling in a miserable state.
In this palace, apart from Prince Yi's principal wife, the two concubines have the highest status.
Concubine Hua only beat the wooden fish and chanted scriptures every day, never stepping out of the courtyard, and also not allowing the prince to enter her courtyard, otherwise she would commit suicide;
Therefore, even the prince did not dare to provoke her, and the princess ignored her, but the daily supply was never in short supply.
However, Concubine Hua never used a single needle or thread or a single penny from Prince Yi's Mansion. All her food, clothing and other expenses came from the dowry that Concubine Hua brought with her, and were clearly separated from Prince Yi's Mansion.
Then there is Concubine Shui.
This Concubine Shui is usually the one who is most dissatisfied with the princess and loves to compete with her openly or secretly.
I just heard today that the prince divorced the princess, but the reason is still unclear.
But, once it’s over, it’s over!
The princess was divorced, and if I, the first concubine, take another step forward... wouldn't that make me the principal wife of Prince Yi?
She believed that her background was not much worse than that of the queen.
That's why she wanted to quickly go to the prince and try to please him.
He watched the cook next to him cook a few dishes and then said that they were his own.
If she could please the prince, she might be able to become the principal wife of Prince Yi.
If she becomes the main wife, she will be able to gain more face in front of her father, and her concubine will have a better life in the Minister's Mansion.
This also prevents people from saying that a daughter born to a concubine will still be a concubine!
But he never expected that his painstaking planning would only end up being ridiculed by others.
Seeing Concubine Shui approaching but getting slapped in the face, all the concubines and maids immediately gave up the idea of trying to please Xiao Jingyi and stayed in their respective rooms.
"Your Majesty, I know you are in a bad mood.
However, allow me to say something presumptuous: at this very moment, Your Highness, even if you have to be patient and put on a forced smile, you must be nicer to the concubines and matrons in the mansion.
Even if not for them, then for the people behind them."
Jiang Fang handed a cup of tea to the furious Xiao Jingyi and carefully persuaded him.
How could Xiao Jingyi not know what Jiang Fang said?
The subsequent impact of divorcing his wife Zhang Miaoying...how could Xiao Jingyi not know it!
He understood that when the wind and waves came, he could easily kick Zhang Jinyan off the boat!
He even divorced his own wife without saying a word!
At this time, he had to maintain good relations with the families behind these concubines, so that they would not be saddened by his misfortune and become disloyal to him.
However, at this moment, Xiao Jingyi was in no mood to deal with those beautiful girls!
"The prince is not only thinking about how to appease the harem, but also the families behind the women in the harem...
Your Highness, have you thought about...what the Emperor will do at tomorrow's morning court?
How should the prince respond?"
Xiao Jingyi looked up at Tong Lian who was speaking, then lowered his head again without saying a word.
What he is worried and annoyed about right now...isn't it this matter?
Compared to dealing with the women in the harem and their fathers and brothers, the most worrying thing for him is how to face his uncle at tomorrow's morning court session and how to face all the civil and military officials in the Golden Palace!
But at this moment, it was as if someone had forced a tangled mess into my mind, and I couldn't make any sense of it for the time being.
At that time, in front of the Anguo Mansion, he saw with his own eyes how Zhang Miaotong, who had barged in recklessly, was met with a strong counterattack from Leng Rongyue, leaving her completely unable to fight back.
Seeing that Wang and Zhang Miaoying, mother and daughter, were also crushed by Leng Rongyue, there was no chance of winning at all;
Seeing that the situation of the Second Auxiliary Government was obviously hopeless and there was no way to recover...
I was panicked and desperate for a moment, afraid of being implicated, so after returning home, I wrote a divorce letter and sent someone to deliver it to Zhang Miaoying at the door of the Duke of Anguo's mansion;
He also wrote a letter of apology and sent it to the palace.
By the time Jiang Fang and Tong Lian came back from outside and rushed to the study, trying to stop him from divorcing his wife Zhang Miaoying for the time being, it was too late!
Now that I think about it, I can write a letter of apology, but as for the letter of divorce... I was indeed a little hasty in writing it!
It really makes me look so cold and heartless!
After all, Zhang Miaoying is his legal wife. Being ruthless and ungrateful to her will inevitably cause great damage to his reputation and image!
This kind of damage is not easy to repair!
What's more, what he feared most was that if he angered the Zhang family, they would become desperate and reveal their intentions of coveting the throne and treason...
Zhang Jinyan knew everything he had done, Zhang Miaoying knew everything too, and Wang must have known a lot as well. He even told that silly girl Zhang Miaotong some of what he had done when he was trying to coax her into working for him.
If they bite themselves out in a hurry, the consequences will be unimaginable!
But the divorce letter has already been given. If I ask for it back now, I will lose face even more!
What is a dilemma? It is the present, it is yourself.
Then there was the matter of tomorrow's hurdle. Would the Emperor's uncle let it go gently, or hold on tight? I really couldn't guess.