Rong Fei is not honored

Chapter 291: Three Months of Grounding

Concubine Yirgen Jueluo was about to open her mouth to protest her injustice, but Concubine Dong beside her beat her to it. She bowed to the Empress Dowager in an extremely humble manner, and then pleaded guilty:

"I have failed to live up to the trust of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager and failed to deal with the rumors in a timely manner. I request to be grounded for a month."

Ji Nai raised his eyebrows. This Dong was smart. After she punished herself with house arrest, even if Kangxi and the Empress Dowager were dissatisfied, they would not say anything. The key point was that she did not take all the blame on herself. In that paragraph, she only admitted the fault of dereliction of duty.

Furthermore, there are now four people in the palace who jointly manage the palace affairs and check and balance each other, but Irgen Jueluo is the protagonist of the rumor and it is impossible for her not to be punished. In this case, house arrest means that the palace affairs cannot be handled, and then all the power of the palace will fall into the hands of Ji Nai and Huipin. How could the Empress Dowager let such a thing happen?

As expected, the Empress Dowager said, "Although you made mistakes, since you have already recognized your shortcomings, a two-month salary deduction is enough as a minor punishment, and there is no need to confine you."

"I thank the Empress Dowager for her forgiveness."

Ji Nai knew that few women could give birth to an imperial heir safely under the strict supervision of the Hesheli family. If she had given birth to a prince, the seven concubines and four imperial consorts might have been replaced.

However, Ji Nai sneered. Dong was so anxious to distance herself from the matter, but she ended up hurting Irgen Jueluo badly. Didn't she see that her face became even uglier?

However, it was impossible for these two people to coexist peacefully. One was a Manchu bannerman, and the other was a bondservant woman. One was a princess, and the other was childless. Both were concubines, and both held power in the palace. Naturally, they would always be compared.

But this time, Dong, who was originally at a disadvantage even though she was the biological mother of the second princess, stepped on Irgen Jueluo.

"Grand Empress Dowager..." After Dong spoke, Irgen Jueluo Concubine, who felt something was wrong, still did not give up and wanted to speak up to defend herself.

But the Empress Dowager was impatient to hear her explain her grievances, so she waved her hand to stop Concubine Yirgen Jueluo from speaking, and then asked Ji Nai, "How did you plan to deal with her?"

This "she" naturally refers to Irgen Jueluo.

"I originally planned to discuss this with the Empress Dowager before making a decision."

After all, on the surface, the Empress Dowager was the one in charge, and they were just assisting in management. However, the Empress Dowager was soft-hearted, so Ji Nai expected a month of house arrest, which was also the promise she had given to Huipin before.

The Grand Empress Dowager naturally knew the Empress Dowager's temperament, and immediately made the decision: "Since it has not been decided yet, I will make the decision. Irgen Jueluo will be confined to her house for three months to pray for the Empress and copy three volumes of scriptures."

Don't think that copying three volumes of scriptures is a small amount. The key is to see why Irgen Jueluo was punished. Now asking her to copy scriptures to pray for the queen, isn't this a deliberate humiliation?

However, no matter how unwilling she was, Irgen Jueluo didn't dare to challenge the Empress Dowager, so she could only grit her teeth and agree, "Yes."

Seeing the reluctance and humiliation of concubine Irgen Gioro, Huipin was very happy. She had finally avenged herself for the fact that the concubine had disgusted her by taking advantage of Yinzhen's full moon banquet.

But after the pleasure, Huibin felt it was meaningless. She didn't want to be like this group of women who started fighting with each other for inexplicable reasons. In the end, the conflicts became bigger and bigger and they became mortal enemies.

It's really boring.

If Yuan Xu knew what Huibin was thinking, he would definitely realize that she had a mental problem. But then again, she was in heaven at one moment and hell at another. She gave birth to two sons, one of whom was killed and the other was sent away from her at a young age. How could she not be in trouble?

It was really boring that Ji Nai would agree with Huipin. But Huipin was wrong about one thing. The women in the palace never fought over trivial matters. They had been enemies to the death since they entered the palace.

The winner is the king and the loser dies, and may even bring implicate to his own children and family. Therefore, even if it is not for glory, wealth and power, people will fight to the death for life and death.

As soon as the punishment result of Irgen Juelu Concubine was announced, the palace fell silent again. At this time, Huipin was in a melancholy mood, and Ji Nai was the only one who could liven up the atmosphere.

"Yesterday, His Majesty was complaining about me for not being decisive, which led to rumors flying everywhere. I was not convinced at first, but today, after seeing the methods of the Empress Dowager, I finally understood why I was complained about."

"The Emperor also knows about the rumors?"

The Empress Dowager said this. Kangxi was the emperor and the master of the Forbidden City. The rumors were spreading everywhere. How could he not know? Even if no one dared to make trouble directly in front of Kangxi, Liang Jiugong was not a pushover. How could he not know?

However, Ji Nai also understood that the reason why the Empress Dowager asked this was because she suspected that he was using the rumor to stir up trouble in front of Kangxi. Otherwise, how could an emperor who was busy with all kinds of affairs have the leisure to care about the trivial matters in the harem.

Concubine Irgen Gioro also heard the Empress Dowager's suspicion and immediately looked at Concubine Rong with hatred. It was all because of this bitch who actually slandered her in front of His Majesty. This time, not only would the Empress Dowager be unhappy, but even His Majesty would be disappointed in her.

Ji Nai ignored the glares from Irgen Jueluo. Anyway, this man had no chance of making a success. If he didn't think clearly, he would disappear from the palace soon.

She just smiled and explained to the Grand Empress Dowager: "Perhaps I sent the person to the Ministry of Punishment, and the noise was too loud, so it alarmed His Majesty."

Ji Nai did not lie. During this period, Irgen Jueluo and Dong had been jumping up and down, and had united many people, just to sue him in front of the Empress Dowager. Who knows if someone had a trick in the middle and directly reported the matter to Kangxi.

Although Irgen Jueluo and Dong were worried that the Emperor might not care because Concubine Rong was in favor, and would instead protect Concubine Rong and make a big deal out of a small matter, they targeted the Empress Dowager, who had always disliked Concubine Rong.

But what if? What if His Majesty thought that Concubine Rong was stirring up trouble in the harem and became displeased? If the plan succeeded and Concubine Rong fell out of favor, their chances would be even greater. If it didn't work out, it would be Irgen Jueluo and Dong who were the leaders of the trouble anyway.

The Empress Dowager could understand all these twists and turns, and immediately asked, "Did the Emperor say anything?"

"His Majesty has also said that we must use this incident to discipline the daring servants in the harem. He said that the six palaces should conduct self-examinations, and all servants related to the rumors should be sent to the Ministry of Punishment. If anyone conceals the truth and fails to report it, he will be severely punished."

The Empress Dowager frowned. Does the Emperor want to make a big deal out of this?

But not long ago, a group of palace servants were punished because of Chenghu's incident. This time, because of rumors, Rongpin dealt with many people again. However, the emperor still wanted to continue the investigation and even targeted the servants around the masters of each palace.

Isn't this nonsense?

The Empress Dowager opened her mouth and was about to refute this matter. It was better for the six palaces to have peace. Otherwise, if the constant turmoil spread out of the palace, the Aisin-Gioro family would be laughed at by the people of the world.

When Su Malagu heard what Rongpin said, she was shocked. The Emperor would not say such a thing for no reason. Could it be that he already knew what happened in Shoukang Palace?

No matter what the Emperor wants to do, in this situation, the princess cannot hinder his plan, otherwise, something bad might happen.

Therefore, Su Malagu spoke before the Empress Dowager: "That's really a tacit understanding. The Empress Dowager also has the same idea."

The Empress Dowager looked at Su Malagu. The tacit understanding and trust over the years made her say, "We should really investigate it thoroughly."

As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, a noise arose in the hall.

What are His Majesty and the Empress Dowager going to do? Are they going to thoroughly investigate the six palaces? Not to mention the rumors, they are not completely uninvolved. Even if they are innocent, what if their previous deeds are found out?

For a time, everyone was in danger.

The Empress Dowager was anxious to ask Su Malagu what was going on. She was impatient to listen to their complaints and said, "Okay, go back and check the people in your own palace."

No matter how unwilling they were, the Empress Dowager had started to drive them away, so all the concubines had no choice but to leave.