TICIEC Chapter 55.1

The next morning.

Helian Qi had just gone to the morning court session when an uproar broke out at Changchun Palace.

“You vixen, get out here! You pretended to be sick to steal my favor. You have the guts to seduce the Emperor? Open the door if you dare!”

Zhuang Fei shouted outside the gates of Changchun Palace.

The eunuchs guarding the palace gates blocked her way and kept the gates tightly shut.

They were terrified that this audacious woman would actually barge in and give Shun Pin a few slaps across the face.

Shun Pin, hiding in her bedchamber, listened to the commotion outside the door and turned pale with anger.

“How dare she! She dares to openly bully us! What right does she have to shout at my palace gates!”

“Zhuang Fei has gone too far!” Chun Que also said angrily.

“Your Majesty, please rest assured. Once you give birth to a prince and are promoted to the rank of the Four Feis, Zhuang Fei will have to pay her respects to you.”

There was a huge commotion outside Changchun Palace.

Until Ning Wanyin’s colorful procession stopped in front of the palace gate.

Whether it was the palace maids and eunuchs of Changchun Palace or the palace servants of Linlang Palace who came with Zhuang Fei, they all turned their pleading eyes to Ning Wanyin.

The palace servants at Changchun Palace were afraid that Zhuang Fei would barge in…

The palace servants of Linlang Palace were also afraid that Zhuang Fei would barge in…

“This concubine greets Zhuang Fei.”

Ning Wanyin stepped down from the sedan chair and bowed to Zhuang Fei.

Zhuang Fei waved her hand impatiently: “This is none of your business. I’m looking for Shun Pin today, so get out of my way—”

“Shun Pin is pregnant, and I am deeply grateful for His Majesty’s favor and care for her. Therefore, I have no choice but to stand in front of Your Highness.”

Ning Wanyin looked at her with neither arrogance nor servility.

“If Your Highness were to barge in, it would disturb Shun Pin’s pregnancy, which would be truly inappropriate.”

Zhuang Fei was so angry that she couldn’t sleep all night.

Since she followed Helian Qi, she had always been the one to steal the Emperor’s favor from others; no one had ever been able to take the Emperor away from her.

Even someone as favored as Ning Wanyin had never dared to provoke her like this.

That mere Shun Pin dared to try to steal the Emperor from her.

“Trying to scare me with her pregnancy? I don’t care!” Zhuang Fei sneered.

If she were afraid of disturbing Shun Pin’s pregnancy, she wouldn’t have come to settle accounts so early in the morning.

Could Shun Pin really have a miscarriage from being slapped twice by her?

Her palm wasn’t an abortion pill.

As for the rest, she didn’t care how the Emperor punished her. She knew very well that the Emperor was indulgent toward her and wouldn’t do anything to her.

Ning Wanyin was also well aware of this. His Majesty would not severely punish Zhuang Fei, but if Shun Pin got into trouble, she and all the palace staff of Changchun Palace and Linlang Palace would be punished for their dereliction of duty.

If this matter caused such a scene, it would be innocent people like them who would suffer.

Moreover, Zhuang Fei didn’t consider the risks she might face if she saw Shun Pin; if something were to happen to a pregnant concubine later, everyone who had seen her would be held responsible.

The Emperor would not want Zhuang Fei to see Shun Pin.

His Majesty cherished Zhuang Fei more than any other concubine in the palace.

If she just stood by and let Zhuang Fei cause trouble, His Majesty would only blame her for incompetence.

“But Your Highness surely doesn’t want His Majesty to worry. His Majesty has few heirs and is very concerned about Shun Pin’s unborn child. Otherwise, His Majesty wouldn’t have rushed over last night upon hearing of the problem in the unborn child…” Ning Wanyin looked at Zhuang Fei and said softly with a smile.

“Your Highness is the apple of His Majesty’s eye. Even if Your Highness were to barge in, would His Majesty be willing to do anything to you? But if Shun Pin were to have a miscarriage, His Majesty would certainly be worried and anxious. His Majesty is already busy with state affairs, and the matters of the court are enough to trouble His Majesty. I believe that Zhuang Fei would never want His Majesty to be troubled by matters of the harem.”

 

 

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