The outside of Zhao Zhang Wei's chambers were deathly silent after these few words.
Eunuch Zhang could sense the tense atmosphere but couldn't really say anything to diffuse it. After all, the person standing in front was none other than the Empress herself.
Yi Huiqing's face didn't have any emotion. She didn't want to create any drama so she ignored Qin Wenya's remark and silently bowed her head to greet her
"Greetings to Your Majesty."
Qin Wenya didn't even grunted in acknowledgement and said coldly
"So Wangfei finally got the time to visit the prince?"
Standing behind, Qin Wenya, Shaolin smirked with her head lowered. She was enjoying how Empress was trying to humiliate Yi Junjie in front of everyone. She could finally feel that her waking up so early and coming to Zhao Zhang Wei's chambers to take care of him even though she had to stand outside for a very long time…all of it was not vain.
She thought inside her heart.
"Apology Your Majesty but wangfei had been very unwell since last night. It was this servant who didn't inform wangfei about Your Majesty's arrival and hence wangfei didn't know anything."
It was Lin Daiyu who spoke this time instead of Yi Huiqing. Yi Huiqing's eyes flashed with panic. She wanted to pull Lin Daiyu back, however before she could do so, the Empress said sharply
"How dare you talk in between? Is this what your mistress had taught you?"
Qin Wenya looked at Yi Huiqing with a cold smile on her lips after she finished her words.
Yi Huiqing's heart sank inside her chest. She could already feel that Qin Wenya was just looking for the opportunity to humiliate her and now Lin Daiyu had just given her the opportunity she wanted by speaking in between when she was not supposed to.
Sure enough, Qin Wenya's next words clearly indicated this.
"Since Princess Consort Yi doesn't know how to control her maidservants, Bengong will teach her how to do this. Momo…this maid will be stricken five times with wooden plank as a punishment."
Lin Daiyu's face went pale and she immediately kneeled down on the ground but never begged or said anything. The young maidservant was intelligent enough to understand finally what was going on. Punishing her was just the way, the Empress had found to humiliate her mistress and she also foolishly did everything according to the Empress' plan.
Yi Huiqing's eyes went wide and she said immediately.
"Your Majesty, Daiyu did a mistake. This one will ensure that she will not do it again. Please forgive Daiyu."
Yi Huiqing even bowed her head in front of the Empress for her maidservant. Lin Dauyu's eyes were filled with tears when she saw this.
She wanted to stop her mistress. After all, five strikes of the wooden plank won't kill her. However, she was afraid that if she spoke in between again, the Empress will only humiliate her mistress more.
Qin Wenya was obviously going to do that even now too. However, when she was about to open her mouth and say something, a cold voice sounded
"What is going on here?"
Recognizing the deep and familiar voice, Yi Huiqing swiftly turned to look towards the direction of the voice.
Black and phoenix eyes immediately matched her gaze and Yi Huiqing suddenly felt her heartbeat quickening.
It was Zhao Zhang Wei.
Clad in light robes that were of white color, Zhao Zhang Wei gracefully walked out his chambres. Eunuch Wang followed him silently.
His phoenix eyes immediately found the person who he had wanted to see for so long.
Yi Huiqing's eyes unconsciously shone with relief. She was unaware that Zhao Zhang Wei was happier than her to see her standing in front of his eyes.
He didn't even want to look away from her but he had to when Qin Wenya spoke to him in her fake gentle voice
"Zhang Wei…it is good that you are awake. Bengong was just teaching your wangfei how to manage her servants. Bengong didn't know that Princess Consort Yi was this incapable. Bengong suddenly feels that she didn't see at all how everything was going on in your backyard. With this kind of wangfei, it must not be easy for you to manage all this, and hence you suddenly collapsed."
Zhao Zhang Wei's eyes were filled with coldness.
He had wanted to scoff and really wished to kill Qin Wenya then and there.
If she had not been keeping an eye on Xinhe Palace then he would never have lost his children in the first place.
His Qingqing would not have gone through so much. She would not have heated him perhaps.
He swallowed the emotions that were surging inside his heart and said to Qin Wenya coldly.
"Your Majesty doesn't need to bother with what goes on inside Xinhe Palace."
The smile that Qin Wenya had maintained for the pretense disappeared suddenly. She had never thought that Zhao Zhang Wei would refuse her just like this.
Her eyes were sharp and she was about to open her mouth to say something but Zhao Zhang Wei interrupted her again.
"Benwang is very satisfied with the Wangfei Your Majesty had chosen for Benwang."
Qin Wenya inhaled sharply. Her eyes looking at Zhao Zhang Wei were full of wariness. The kind of words he had chosen to say at this moment…she couldn't help but admire his intelligence for that.
He said that she had chosen Yi Huiqing for him and this was very true. Now if she said something that was not in favor of Yi Huiqing then she would be just saying that her choice was not correct.
She would be admitting that her decision was not correct four years ago…and it was not a prideful thing for an Empress.
For a moment, she just stared at Zhao Zhang Wei wondering how did she not know that he was so eloquent.
Now when she remembered Zhao Wang Lei's words that Zhao Zhang Wei was very dumb and he would never be a competitor for Zhao Zhuang Chen…she no longer believed them.
From where was Zhao Zhang Wei dumb when he could talk so smoothly and make her go speechless!
Or he was just playing something on everyone.
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