But upon hearing her name mentioned, she immediately looked at the Emperor and pleaded, “Your Majesty, please grant me justice!”
Xue Zhaoyi hated Ning Wanyin to the core.
But with the silver notes here, today’s matter could not be resolved peacefully.
She had no choice but to sacrifice the pawn to save the king.
Xue Zhaoyi immediately knelt down and said, “Your Majesty, please understand! This concubine truly has never seen Cai Ye, nor does she know anything about these silver notes…”
The head palace maid, Yinzhu, realized what was happening and immediately kowtowed to take over the conversation: “It was this servant who bribed Cai Ye. I did all of this. My Master knew nothing about it.”
“This servant is jealous of Zhuang Fei and Ning Meiren’s favor with the Emperor. Because this servant admires His Majesty, I was blinded by jealousy…”
Xue Zhaoyi looked at her in shock: “Yinzhu, how could you do such a thing?”
“This servant is ashamed before the Master…”
The palace maid Yinzhu continued to kowtow.
Helian Qi was disgusted by this palace maid.
She was clearly taking the blame for Xue Zhaoyi, using him as an excuse.
“Drag her away and have her beaten to death!” Helian Qi was too lazy to listen to her nonsense.
There was no need for an interrogation; Xue Shi’s mouth was indeed tightly sealed.
He had just witnessed it all.
“Yes.” Two eunuchs stepped forward and dragged Yinzhu away.
Helian Qi looked at Xue Zhaoyi and said coldly, “You failed to manage your palace maids properly. You are demoted to Guiren.”
When Xue Shi entered the palace, she was a Jieyu, but she was demoted to Guiren now, which was a real humiliation.
“Your Majesty, Xue Zhaoyi has also been deceived. Please, Your Majesty, show leniency.”
A Meiren from Xue’s faction knelt down and pleaded for mercy.
Several concubines from Xue’s faction were also eager to act.
“I have already demoted her to the rank of Guiren, yet you still call her Zhaoyi. This is disobeying the imperial decree. Banish her to the Cold Palace.” Helian Qi said coldly.
The pleading Meiren was terrified and quickly begged for mercy, “Your Majesty, please calm your anger. This concubine knows her mistake…”
“Who else doesn’t want to obey the decree? Come out now, and I’ll send you to the Cold Palace to keep her company.” Helian Qi’s cold gaze swept over the concubines.
Everyone fell silent, bowing respectfully in unison: “This concubine humbly obeys Your Majesty’s decree! Your Majesty is wise!”
Helian Qi’s gaze finally landed on Ning Wanyin: “If you hadn’t noticed Cai Ye’s suspicious behavior and reported it to me in time, Linlang Palace would not have been safe. By my decree, Ning Wanyin is promoted to the rank of Jieyu.”
“Thank you for your great favor, Your Majesty!” Ning Wanyin knelt down to receive the imperial decree.
All eyes turned to Ning Wanyin.
No one expected that she, who had almost been sentenced to death, would be promoted to the rank of Jieyu so quickly.
However, preventing the fire in Linlang Palace and saving the imperial concubine and the princess was a truly great achievement, so her promotion was only natural.
Truly, what a dramatic turn of events!
Zhuang Fei’s gaze also fell on Ning Wanyin, never expecting that Ning Wanyin would accidentally save her…
For a moment, her expression was somewhat complicated.
“It’s getting late, you may all leave.”
Helian Qi withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhuang Fei beside him, saying, “I will go with you to Linlang Palace to see the Eldest Princess.”
“Yes!”
Although Zhuang Fei was not happy that he said he was going to see the Eldest Princess, something almost happened at Linlang Palace today…
She was very happy that the Emperor stayed with her tonight.
“Respectfully seeing off His Majesty.” The crowd bowed.
The Emperor left with Zhuang Fei.
The concubines had various expressions, and many eyes darted back and forth between Ning Wanyin and Xue Jinyan, who had been demoted to Guiren.
“Ning Wanyin, you wait!” Xue Jinyan said angrily.
What she thought was a perfect plan was unexpectedly turned around by someone else.
She had lost so much face; she was utterly ashamed.
Slap—
The next moment, to everyone’s surprise, Ning Wanyin raised her hand and slapped Xue Jinyan across the face.
The entire palace turned a sidelong glance.
Everyone was stunned.
*****
Translator’s Comment:
I was also stunned! Hahaha…
So satisfying to see the turn of events!!!
Long live Ning Jieyu!
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