When the queen saw Emperor Qianyuan coming in, she quickly saluted.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, save me..." As soon as Zheng Zhaoyi saw Emperor Qianyuan, she hurried over and was about to throw herself into his arms.
Emperor Qianyuan straightened his expression and took a step aside: "I have just come to the morning court, what are you making a fuss about?"
Zheng Zhaoyi saw that his face was solemn and he was wearing the majesty of the emperor, and he immediately did not dare to pounce on him.
She stood up and saluted, and said with a tearful voice: "Your Majesty saved my concubine's life. Concubine Chen said that she would kick off my concubine's child..."
"What's going on?" Emperor Qianyuan turned to look at Concubine Chen.
Concubine Chen had already restrained her previous attitude and returned to her meekness in front of Emperor Qianyuan. She walked over and took Li Can in her arms, saluting together.
"I have met your Majesty."
"Xin'er has met Your Majesty."
"No courtesy." Emperor Qianyuan couldn't help but feel disappointed when he saw that she had returned to her usual appearance: "What's the matter? Tell me."
He walked over and sat down on the couch: "Queen, please sit down too."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The queen walked over and sat down on the other side of the coffee table.
"Your Majesty..." Seeing this, Zheng Zhaoyi pretended to kneel down.
Normally at this time, Emperor Qianyuan would definitely support her and tell her to pay attention to herself.
After all, she is pregnant now.
But today, Emperor Qianyuan was just looking at the ground, thinking about something, as if she didn't exist at all.
She had already made the motion of kneeling, but it was difficult to stand up straight, so she had no choice but to kneel down, feeling very aggrieved.
This time, her tears really came out, and she cried: "Just now, Miss Li Qi pushed my concubine to the ground, and I have unbearable abdominal pain..."
Concubine Chen didn't care about anything, so she came up to kick my concubine, and even said that she would abort her child...
Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me..."
She said, covering her face and sobbing.
Emperor Qianyuan raised his eyes and looked at Li Can: "Xin Yatou is not a person who can do things randomly. What's going on?"
Concubine Chen ignored him.
Emperor Qianyuan had no choice but to say: "My dear girl, let her speak for herself."
"Back to Your Majesty." Li Can lowered his head and whispered: "I was just walking out with Aunt Chen, and Zheng Zhaoyi suddenly rushed up and grabbed my hand for some unknown reason.
I was startled and took my hand back.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhaoyi fell to the ground and said she had a stomachache. I didn’t know what was going on, and I was very frightened."
She said and glanced at Zheng Zhaoyi, feeling quite confident.
"No, I did something wrong. I was afraid that Concubine Chen would be unhappy, so I grabbed Miss Li Qi and wanted to make amends to Concubine Chen. Who knew that Miss Li Qi was so strong, and she killed Concubine in one fell swoop?
I was thrown to the ground..." Zheng Zhaoyi cried and covered her stomach with one hand: "I still have a faint pain in my belly..."
When she said this, she stopped talking and lowered her crying.
She thought about it, if it came to this point, why would Emperor Qianyuan have to reprimand Concubine Chen?
Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianyuan stewed for a while and asked: "What mistake did you make?"
Zheng Zhaoyi was stunned when she heard this. She did not expect that after listening to her cry, Emperor Qianyuan did not ask why Li Can had abandoned her. Instead, he first asked her what was wrong.
"What? You don't understand what I'm asking?" Emperor Qianyuan frowned.
The queen picked up her tea cup and took a sip without saying a word. She had seen many such things over the years.
"Yes... I am my concubine. I want to propose a marriage to my cousin at home..." Zheng Zhaoyi was shocked for a moment and could no longer cry.
She was clearly the one who complained, so why did she become the one being interrogated?
Looking at Concubine Chen who was holding Li Can and standing beside her, although she lowered her head, she could see that she was calm and composed. In comparison, she looked really embarrassed.
She couldn't understand how it could become like this?
"Are you planning to marry your cousin?" Emperor Qianyuan looked at her puzzled: "How come you came to my harem?
Is there a suitable woman in my harem?"
He didn't speak loudly, and just looked at Zheng Zhaoyi lightly.
However, Zheng Zhaoyi sensed the overwhelming pressure and was frightened for a moment. She quickly explained: "I am talking about Miss Li Qi."
"Are you talking about Xin'er?" Emperor Qianyuan glanced at Li Can, and by the way, he also glanced at Concubine Chen.
Concubine Chen lowered her head with a downcast look on her face.
He suddenly wanted to sigh.
"Yes, Miss Li Qi." Seeing that his expression seemed to soften, Zheng Zhaoyi explained, "My concubine's cousin has always admired Miss Li Qi.
I am thinking that if an unmarried man and an unmarried woman get together as a couple, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing?"
"So, what does this have to do with the Queen?" Emperor Qianyuan turned to look at the Queen.
"It was Zheng Zhaoyi who asked me to marry his cousin..." The queen looked at Zheng Zhaoyi and explained with a troubled face.
"Yes, I am begging the Queen." Zheng Zhaoyi followed up and said, "I see my younger brother yearning for Miss Li Qi, and I can't bear to forget her.
However, my concubine speaks softly, and if she opens her mouth, Miss Li Qi may not even nod.
The concubine then thought that asking the Queen to marry me would be a great honor and Miss Li Qi would definitely not refuse."
Now that she is pregnant, her safety in the harem depends entirely on the care of the queen.
The Queen must not be offended, so she must shoulder the responsibility for this matter.
When Emperor Qianyuan heard this, he pondered for a moment and looked up at her: "Do you know who brought up Xin'er?"
"Yes, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Zheng Zhaoyi lowered her head in fear.
At this moment, she realized belatedly that she seemed to have done something wrong and made Emperor Qianyuan unhappy.
She felt a little regretful.
Before, the Queen and Princess Changle mentioned marrying Li Can, so she shouldn't get involved.
At that time, she was only focused on pleasing the Queen and never thought about it carefully.
It's not that she didn't know that Li Can grew up in the East Palace, but as time passed, she couldn't help but feel that it was ordinary, so she didn't take it to heart.
Now seeing that Emperor Qianyuan was very interested in launching an army to hold him accountable, she felt extremely regretful for a moment.
"It's not just the prince." Emperor Qianyuan leaned back, leaned on the couch, and straightened his legs: "Xin Yatou is still Concubine Chen's heart. Concubine Chen has always treated her like a daughter."
"I really don't know..." Zheng Zhaoyi lowered her head.
She said this with her mouth, but she was disdainful in her heart.
What happened to Concubine Chen? How noble is she?
Why don't you just give birth to a prince? He's already old and yellow.
What's more, it's not like the prince cannot be replaced.
"I don't know, so I don't blame you." Emperor Qianyuan said, "You can make an apology to Concubine Chen, and this matter will be over."
Zheng Zhaoyi was unwilling to give in, but she did not dare to go against his golden words. She put her hands on the ground and planned to get up and apologize to Concubine Chen.
"There's no need to get up." Emperor Qianyuan said.
Zheng Zhaoyi looked at him in disbelief. Is Your Majesty confused?
She is still carrying a child in her belly!
Concubine Chen is just a concubine, not a queen, so why should she kowtow to apologize?
"Don't you understand?" Emperor Qianyuan spoke again.
"Yes." Zheng Zhaoyi knelt and turned to Concubine Chen, kowtowing: "What I did today was wrong. I shouldn't have made the decision to marry Miss Li Qi randomly.
Please forgive me, Concubine Chen, and I will never do it again in the future."
The hall fell silent, and everyone looked at Concubine Chen.
Concubine Chen was completely indifferent.
Emperor Qianyuan said again: "Where's the girl Xin? It's her you offended, why don't you get up and accompany her?"
"Yes." Zheng Zhaoyi lost her temper now, stood up and faced Li Canyifu: "Miss Li Qi, I'm sorry."
Li Can was about to respond, but Concubine Chen beside him had already spoken first: "Even if Zheng Zhaoyi doesn't know that Xin'er is my most beloved child, can the Queen still not know?
I want to know why the Empress agreed to marry Zheng Zhaoyi to my beloved?"
She looked at the queen without fear.
In the past, she was content in the palace, not because she was afraid of anyone, but because she was too lazy to fight.
The Queen has bullied her now. If she remains as indifferent as before, these people will not know how to bully her heart in the future.