frightfiction Chapter 1380 The Imperial Concubine's Authority Cannot Be Challenged (180 Million Reward Value
Chapter 1380 The Imperial Concubine's Authority Cannot Be Challenged (180 Million Reward Value
After he finished speaking, the emperor stood up and walked out.
Regardless of their thoughts, everyone in the hall knelt on the ground in unison: "Farewell, Your Majesty!"
Nangong Xuanyu didn't look at the corpse on the ground again. With a worried look on his face, he strode out of Chuxiu Palace.
Shen Zhinian also stood up. When passing by Concubine Kang, he paused slightly and his eyes lingered on her miserable face for a moment.
The imperial concubine's expression was still complicated and difficult to read, but she said nothing in the end and left with the emperor.
Everyone hurriedly said, "Farewell, Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine!"
As soon as the emperor and his concubine left, the pressure in Chuxiu Palace suddenly decreased.
Su Quanye also bowed and left with the people from the Ministry of Punishment.
Concubine Kang knelt there in a daze, even forgetting to stand up, her heart sinking slowly into a cold abyss...
Tao Ye is dead and there is no evidence to prove his guilt.
Your Majesty's attitude just now could not be more obvious.
He didn't care whether she was wronged or plotted against.
He only found it troublesome and saw only bad luck.
The emperor's attitude was so perfunctory, how could the Ministry of Punishment really devote all their energy to investigating the murder of an insignificant concubine?
I'm afraid this matter will really come to nothing...
A huge feeling of powerlessness filled Concubine Kang's heart.
She struggled, calculated, and even resorted to using the Fifth Prince's name to alert the Emperor, but in the end, she only got this result...
Ultimately, it's because she's not favored enough.
If the one being plotted against today was the Imperial Noble Consort...
This thought involuntarily emerged in Concubine Kang's mind.
What will happen to Your Majesty?
I'm afraid that he will immediately become furious and order the harem to be turned upside down and will not stop until the real culprit is found?
Su Quanye will certainly use all his skills and will not dare to slack off in the slightest.
But it happened to be her, Zhang Youran.
A concubine who raised a sickly prince, was not favored by the emperor, and could even miss the enthronement ceremony due to someone's trick.
Her grievances, her future, her safety, were as insignificant as a feather in the eyes of the emperor...
Caiju had returned and stepped forward, carefully trying to help Concubine Kang up. Her voice was filled with tears: "Your Majesty, the ground is cold, please get up quickly..."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has left..."
Concubine Kang seemed not to have heard anything and continued to kneel there, staring blankly towards the palace gate.
The palace servants began to silently clean up the blood and move Tao Ye's body away.
Every movement seemed to remind Concubine Kang of her disastrous defeat today.
She lost, completely...
Not only did he miss the coveted enthronement ceremony and be burdened with ominous suspicion, but he also had to watch a palace maid who might have known about the matter die in front of him.
The real murderer is still hiding in the dark, at large, and may even be in some corner, laughing at her incompetence and embarrassment...
This deep palace is really a place where people are eaten alive!
Without the emperor's favor and protection, it is so difficult to get anywhere, and even the most basic justice cannot be obtained.
Concubine Kang slowly raised her hand and looked at her arm which still had the marks of rashes, and her heart felt cold.
She remembered today's humiliation and hatred!
No matter who the real culprit behind this is, she will never give up!
One day... One day...
Two cold flames ignited in Concubine Kang's eyes!
Cai Ju looked at her pale face, and felt a pang of grief in her heart. She consoled her, "My Lady, please don't be too sad..."
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty must have been busy with state affairs, so he left first."
"Hasn't His Majesty already ordered the Ministry of Punishment to continue the investigation? Eunuch Su is extremely capable. I'm sure... I'm sure he'll be able to find the real culprit and bring justice to Her Majesty!"
Concubine Kang let Caiju support her, a smile uglier than crying appeared on the corner of her lips, and her voice was full of self-mockery: "Fair?"
"Caiju, you've been with me for so long, why are you still so naive?"
She stared blankly at the gray sky outside the window. "When has there ever been a clear-cut right and wrong in the palace? It's always been a tangled web of complexities and entangled interests."
"Now, Tao Ye, the only clue, has turned into a mute corpse, dead and without evidence..."
Concubine Kang paused, her tone growing increasingly sad. "The Ministry of Punishment oversees the entire palace's criminal justice system, and they have to deal with countless matters, big and small, every day. Su Quanye is a shrewd man, and his specialty is to guess the emperor's intentions and adapt to the situation."
"He clearly saw His Majesty's attitude today... He was impatient and wanted to end this matter as quickly as possible."
"If that's the case, why would Su Quanye really bother to investigate for a concubine like me, who is of no importance? It's just a formality, filed away..."
"This is a loss for me... I'm afraid I'm going to have to bear it."
Thinking of her previous decision, Concubine Kang felt an indescribable bitterness in her heart.
The reason why she bypassed the Imperial Noble Consort and came directly to His Majesty was because she had a slight distrust of the Imperial Noble Consort in her heart. She was afraid that the Imperial Noble Consort would just perfunctorily deal with the matter and not be willing to investigate further.
But the result?
After going around in circles, the result is still nothing...
It turns out that in the deep palace, not winning the emperor’s favor is the original sin.
No matter who she asked for help, she could not escape the fate of being looked down upon.
The realization at this moment made Concubine Kang feel more desperate than the rashes all over her body.
Caiju was a little calmer than Concubine Kang, who was immersed in grievance and anger.
She carefully considered her words and whispered, "Your Majesty, please think carefully... Was His Majesty too light-hearted in handling this matter today?"
"Even though His Majesty was busy with government affairs, when a case involving the safety of the heir was submitted, His Majesty didn't even ask a few more questions. He simply hastily convicted Tao Ye and left..."
"Could it be that His Majesty is displeased with you, the Empress, over the Imperial Concubine?"
Concubine Kang was startled, as if something key had been revealed to her.
Yes...why didn't she think of this?
Harem affairs have their own regulations.
The Imperial Noble Consort held the same rank as the Vice Empress, held the Phoenix Seal on behalf of the Empress, and managed the six palaces.
Her actions today seemed to be out of desperation, but in fact they were indeed usurpations, and she did not really take the authority of the Imperial Concubine seriously.
His Majesty... he is not just finding it troublesome, he is also using this to warn her!
He was telling her, and everyone in the harem, clearly with this almost indifferent attitude—
The authority of the Imperial Concubine cannot be challenged!
Matters in the harem should be decided by the Imperial Concubine, and no one is allowed to disturb the Emperor without authorization.
Today, Concubine Kang's report went beyond her authority, and she was met with indifference and nothing was done. If anyone else follows suit, their fate will only be even more miserable than Concubine Kang's.
Your Majesty has used this incident to establish the authority of the Imperial Concubine without making a sound!
After figuring this out, Concubine Kang felt extremely chilled...
She originally thought that she was being treated this way because she did not win the emperor's favor. However, she did not expect that the deeper reason was that it touched the bottom line of the emperor's efforts to consolidate the status of the imperial concubine.