latelenovela Chapter 619 I am willing to marry her
Chapter 619 I am willing to marry her
An Lingrong shook her head slightly, a look of guilt appearing on her face.
"Your Majesty, I am fine. However, I have failed to live up to your trust and guide the sisters in the harem to live in harmony. I feel deeply guilty and have come to apologize to Your Majesty."
"Noble Concubine Hua acted rashly in front of you yesterday. This was truly a dereliction of duty on my part."
Lead her to a chair and sit down.
"Rong'er, you are too kind. Concubine Hua has always been difficult to discipline. Now that you are in charge of the harem, you must find a way to suppress her."
An Lingrong smiled embarrassedly at the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have already given you the punishment. Could you help me analyze it and see if it is appropriate?"
Her black and white eyes were full of trust, and she looked at the emperor as if asking for advice as usual.
"I sent someone to Yikun Palace early this morning to convey the message that Concubine Hua be confined to her house for three months, fined her two years' salary, and ordered to copy the 'Rules for Women' ten times for self-reflection."
"Copying the 'Rules for Women'?"
After the emperor repeated it, he remembered the piety of Concubine Hua when she offered tablets to him and the country's destiny at Ganlu Temple.
She not only sent the copied scriptures, but also a large stack of "Rules for Women".
Although Concubine Hua behaved eccentrically, her heart never changed.
The emperor was silent for a moment, and finally nodded.
"Even when she was in the boudoir, Concubine Hua loved to wield spears and sticks. Copying books can help to calm her temper."
"But I think copying the 'Rules for Women' ten times might not be enough to make her remember it, so let's add ten more times."
"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty. I will take note of it."
An Lingrong stood up and bowed slightly.
"Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask. Concubine Hua has been punished, but Concubine Zhen has indeed been injured. I heard that Concubine Zhen is weak. If she doesn't get better soon, please send the imperial physician to see her."
"Concubine Zhen...she...that's all. For Rong'er's sake, I will send Li Songling to take a look in a few days."
The emperor did not want to tell An Lingrong what the Zhen family had done, for fear of polluting her ears.
"Rong'er, Wen Shichu's medical skills are not bad, why do you still want me to send someone to treat Concubine Zhen?"
"Your Majesty, after Imperial Physician Chenpi was injured and took leave, Concubine Hui was treated by Imperial Physician Wen. I heard that she is still bedridden, and I can't help but feel a little..."
An Lingrong gently wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her voice choked with sobs.
"It was I who lost my composure, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Rong'er, you are so kind, how could you lose your composure?"
The emperor asked with concern.
"Rong'er, you rushed over here, but have you had breakfast?"
An Lingrong slowly shook her head, "Your Majesty, I haven't had breakfast yet. But there's some left in the small kitchen of Yongshou Palace, so it won't be a problem."
"You, I still have memorials to deal with, please go back and have breakfast."
The emperor sent the person to the palace gate and gave him careful instructions.
"If you encounter any difficult palace affairs in the future, just handle them according to the palace rules."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your guidance."
Having achieved her goal, An Lingrong walked out of Yangxin Gate with a smile.
The emperor returned to the table, frowned, looked at the defiled imperial edict, and muttered in a low voice.
"Shilan is indeed quite lucky this year, so I will forgive her this time."
"Come here, bring me a copper basin."
A moment later, a smell of burning cloth came from the Yangxin Palace, but the eunuchs guarding the door pretended not to smell it.
Concubine Hua, who was biting the pen in the Yiku Palace, had no idea that she had escaped another disaster.
When she heard the eunuch's message that the emperor had asked her to copy the "Rules for Women" ten times, she was even more certain that the punishment this morning came from the emperor's mouth.
Songzhi was afraid that her master would speak without restraint in front of the visitors from the Yangxin Palace, so she quickly tried to persuade him with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you just promised the princess a few days ago that you would practice calligraphy. Copying the 'Rules for Women' is a great opportunity to do that."
"Songzhi is right."
Concubine Hua forced a smile and said, "Please tell the Emperor that I know I was wrong and will copy the 'Rules for Women' carefully."
"You are so polite, Your Majesty. I will definitely convey your message."
As soon as the young eunuch left the house, Concubine Hua's face instantly fell.
"Songzhi, Zhou Ninghai, I need to copy the 'Rules for Women' twenty times. Do you have any ideas?"
The two men hurriedly shook their heads, "Master, this time the order was issued by the Emperor himself. Our handwriting is different from yours. If it is discovered, we will have to copy twice as much."
Concubine Hua angrily slammed the table and cursed.
"Damn Zhen Huan, you've caused me so much harm."
However, she didn't know that something even more infuriating was happening.
After Wen Shichu took Zhen Huan's pulse, he reported it excitedly.
"Your Highness, you were previously pent up, and Concubine Hua's beating may have accidentally caused you to vomit out the blood."
"Brother Shichu's medical skills are indeed superb. No wonder I feel much better than before."
Zhen Huan would never be grateful to Concubine Hua for humiliating her.
"Brother Shichu, you know why I'm so depressed. Could you please prepare some pills for me?"
She frowned slightly.
"The Emperor, without any regard for their past friendship, imprisoned Yu Rao in the Ministry of Punishment. Not only did he force the Zhen family to leave the capital within three days, he also ordered Yu Rao to marry within one month, otherwise she would be sent to a nunnery to be a nun."
"He treats my family so harshly, Huan'er really doesn't want to sleep with him."
"Brother Shichu, can you help Huan'er? Otherwise, Huan'er's life might be..."
Wen Shichu couldn't bear to see his beloved's tears, so he hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.
"I promise you, please stop crying. You went through a lot of pain giving birth to the child, so try not to cry anymore."
"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Shichu. Huan'er will listen to you."
Zhen Huan agreed, and tears began to flow from her eyes uncontrollably.
"Brother Shichu, Huan'er broke her promise. But my heart aches!"
She covered her face tightly with a handkerchief, not wanting others to see her ugly appearance.
Zhen Huan's suppressed crying made Wen Shichu feel heartbroken. He hesitated for a moment, and then bravely put his hand on the shoulder of his beloved.
"Huan'er, the emperor's order is hard to disobey. Uncle Zhen and Aunt Zhen can return to their hometown without any loopholes, but Yu Rao can stay in the capital."
"If you trust me, I'm willing to marry her."