Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 136 Liu Ruyan wants to meet the emperor

After Fanghua was demoted to the lowest-ranking palace maid, although no palace maid in Kunning Palace dared to disrespect her, her treatment was completely different from before. Her life became much more difficult and she became thinner.

"Empress, this is not the first day you have known His Majesty. You should understand that His Majesty does not mean what you think."

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, so he can do whatever he wants and favor whomever he wants. He loves Concubine Rou now, so he must be thinking of her for all the good things he has, but that doesn't mean that Your Majesty is deliberately humiliating the Duke."

Queen Jiang still couldn't hide her anger, "Of course I understand this, but Shen is just a little noble, yet she dares to snatch the things my father loves, and even gets the power to help manage the six palaces! In time, will the Queen's seat in the Zhenguo Mansion also have to be given to her?!"

Your Majesty's favor for Concubine Rou is indeed too much, it's no wonder that the Queen is angry.

Fanghua continued to persuade, "Your Majesty, calm down! Concubine Rou is like a grasshopper in autumn, she won't be able to jump for too long, why bother to argue with her?"

Queen Jiang coughed several times and said, "I originally thought that the 'dragon fetus' in Concubine Liu's belly would definitely be able to get rid of the Shen family. But now your majesty has even given her the power to assist in managing the six palaces. With such great favor, even if Concubine Liu succeeds, your majesty may not be willing to sentence her to death."

"What the empress means is..."

A hint of cruelty flashed in Queen Jiang's eyes: "In this case, we must first cut off her escape route! A useless person, even if Your Majesty is willing to let her continue to assist in the six palaces, the concubines in the palace will not respect her!"

"Then... let's start with the cold palace. Anyway, those imprisoned there are all abandoned concubines. Even if they were burned to death in a fire, no one would make a big fuss to investigate. But Shen can be punished for negligence!"

Fang Hua understood and said, "I understand!"

"It was because of Concubine Rou that Shangguan Shuren was rejected by His Majesty and banished to the cold palace. She hates Concubine Rou to the core! If there is a chance for her to continue to serve the Empress, she will definitely be happy to do so!"

Queen Jiang had returned to her usual benevolent appearance and shook her head, saying, "What do you mean by serving me? I believe in Buddhism and will not order anyone to do evil. I just feel sorry for Shangguan Shuren, who is so young and has to spend the rest of his life in the cold palace. I just can't bear it..."

Fanghua nodded quickly: "Your Majesty is so kind, I am also moved by it!"

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Yilan Pavilion.

With a creak, the heavy palace door slowly opened. The eunuch in charge of guarding the door said unhappily, "Someone, come and get today's food!"

Xun You quickly put down the work in his hands and ran over, opened the food box and smelled it, and an angry look instantly appeared on his face: "Why is the food rotten again today?!"

The eunuch guarding the gate glanced at her and sneered, "Eat it if you want!"

Xun You was furious: "Our young lady is pregnant with the heir to the throne, how dare you treat her so harshly?! If His Majesty finds out, how many heads will you have left to chop off?!"

The guards were not afraid at all, and even showed a mocking look in their eyes: "So what if she is pregnant with the heir to the throne? If His Majesty really wanted this child, why would he confine Concubine Liu to her house and seal Yilan Pavilion, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, even though he knew she was pregnant?"

"That's right! Everyone knows that Concubine Liu is vicious and evil. His Majesty has long since disliked her. If she hadn't happened to be pregnant, His Majesty would have banished her to the cold palace and ordered her to be executed. Why is she acting like a favorite concubine in front of us?"

"The food is like this, do you want to eat it or not? If not, just throw it away!"

Xun You took a deep breath, endured the humiliation in his heart, and snatched the food box: "Don't pour it!"

A young eunuch looked at her from behind and said worriedly, "Lady Liu has been rejected by His Majesty, but no matter what, she is pregnant with the heir to the throne. If she gives birth to a prince, there may be a day when she will make a comeback. We are treating her so harshly now, what if she takes revenge in the future..."

The eunuch guarding the gate said disdainfully: "Whether the baby can be born or not is still unknown. Besides, with that person here, what are you afraid of?"

"That's true..."

Xunyou listened to their conversation and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

After entering the inner room, she gave Liu Ruyan a complicated look: "My lady, let's eat..."

That day, the plot to murder Concubine Kang was exposed, and Liu Ruyan wanted to push Xunyou out to take the blame. Although she failed in the end, a rift arose between the master and servant, and they were not as close as before.

Both of them knew this, but they didn't show it.

Liu Ruyan stood up and sat at the table, frowning fiercely: "After all, I am pregnant with His Majesty's 'child'. How dare those servants in the imperial kitchen feed me rotten food every day?! If the royal heir is harmed in any way, can they afford it?!"

Even though the master and servant had fallen out, they were still on the same page. Xun You said, "It's really hard to find rotten food in such cold weather. The people in the imperial kitchen clearly did it on purpose!"

"If they hadn't been ordered by someone, how could they have been so bold? I just heard them gossiping, saying that they were following orders from above and deliberately withheld things from Yilan Pavilion."

Liu Ruyan still looked weak and frail, but her eyes were extremely vicious: "There are many people in the palace who hate me, but the only ones who have the ability to do this are Concubine Liu and Shen Zhinian!"

"Given Concubine Liu's domineering personality, if she wanted to get rid of me and the 'child' in my belly, it wouldn't be as simple as just withholding money. It's already obvious who did these things!"

Xun You asked, "Isn't Concubine Ke Rou only in charge of the cold palace? How can she be in charge of the imperial kitchen?"

Liu Ruyan sneered: "She is now a popular concubine. Isn't it easy for her to do these things? I only regret that I didn't discover her true identity during the selection that day and eliminated her and Zhao Yun together!"

Xunyou was getting more and more worried about the future situation: "Zhao Yungui was not selected, this person has nothing to do with us. My lady, the most important thing now is Concubine Rou!"

Even though there were only the two of them in Yilan Pavilion, Xunyou lowered her voice when she said this: "The secret medicine given by the Queen can only keep you pregnant for three months at most, but His Majesty has confined you to your room. You can't even see Concubine Rou. How can you carry out your plan?"

"If this continues, I'm afraid we'll all be tortured to death by her!"

Liu Ruyan glanced at the thick paper on the desk and gritted her teeth and said, "I have already copied the palace rules that His Majesty ordered me to copy. It is my turn to hand them over to His Majesty for inspection and to express my gratitude."

As long as she can see the emperor in person, she will find a way to get him to lift her house arrest!

"But will the guards outside let us out?"

"How will you know if you don't try!"

Liu Ruyan asked Xunyou to take the palace rules she had copied and strode out. As expected, she was stopped by someone.

"Lady Liu, His Majesty has ordered the closure of Yilan Pavilion. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Where are you going?"