Chapter 282: Deterrence

Whether it is Princess Feng, the foreign crown prince, or Xuanyuan Qi, the heir apparent of Prince Jing's palace who has been away all year round, they are undoubtedly noble in terms of status. Their return will uncontrollably change the attention and the direction of the court of the entire imperial capital.

Prince Jing is the emperor's biological son, and his power is slightly weaker than that of Prince Wei. The only reason is that the Prince of Wei has a grandson. However, the grandson has been weak in recent years. When the real prince returns, the status of Prince Wei will undoubtedly be reduced. Just like Prince Jing's Mansion, it is unparalleled among the royal family and dignitaries, but there is always a distinction between high and low when it comes to the supreme position.

And this difference between superiority and inferiority will be a distance that can never be crossed.

The palace banquet in the evening was more lively than ever before, and there was an indescribable sense of tension and subtlety in the excitement.

The emperor was unwell and had not held a family dinner for a long time. Even this year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was just a dinner with the queen and a few concubines, and they symbolically admired the moon for a while, and then felt a little exhausted. The personal chamberlain helped him back to the palace to rest. There were many people at such a grand family banquet tonight, and almost all the princes, princes, princes and family members who still had titles entered the palace.

Nan Xi put on a crimson robe personally sent by the steward of the inner court, with a four-clawed python pattern embroidered with gold thread, which represented a noble status second only to the emperor, and a set of headdress, belt and jade pendant belonging to the prince.

Because in the past, princes were the heirs, Princess Feng's clothes were modified from the original specifications and made into women's styles. The prince's robes are essentially different from those of the concubines in the harem, so it took a lot of effort. thought.

The waiters in the East Palace are careful and perform their duties. The maid who combs her hair is responsible for combing her hair, the maid who changes clothes is responsible for changing clothes, and the maid who is responsible for matching jewelry stands respectfully with a jade tray, and the maid who holds a tea tray is ready to hold it. Waiting for the master to drink hot tea.

Looking around, there were so many people in the entire palace waiting respectfully to serve her.

Although it seems to have endless scenery, compared with the simplicity and freedom of living in the Prince Regent's Palace before, there are undoubtedly too many rules in this palace to give people a headache.

Nan Xi frowned slightly, and this expression happened to fall into Rong Yu's eyes. Her thin lips pursed slightly, and Rong Yu took the jade plate from the maid's hand without saying a word, and said in an indifferent tone: "You all go down."

The people in the palace were all shocked, and they all knelt down and prostrated on the ground.

"Your Highness." Nanny Xu stepped forward, speaking in a low voice but with a strong attitude, "The East Palace has its own rules. You are the master of the East Palace. Your Highness must not mess with the rules when you return to the palace for the first time."

See, this is the palace.

Regardless of whether you are an emperor, a queen, or a concubine in the harem, as long as you do not really hold the real power, there will always be someone around to remind you of this and that, telling you what rules you should abide by in the palace, what you can and cannot do, and how to get in and out. What kind of magnanimity needs to be maintained, and what kind of means are needed to control it.

Furthermore, the nanny and the female officer gave advice and instructions, and relied on their status as the old man in the palace to always constrain the master's words and deeds with rules.

However, when it comes to rules, who knows better than Rong Yu or Nan Xi?

Turning her head casually, Nan Xi said in a faint voice: "Since you know that I am the master of the East Palace, I will tell you now that Rong Yu is my husband. From now on, in the territory of the East Palace, his words will represent my words. It is so audible. Understood?"

Aunt Xu looked stern, as if she was about to say something else, but when she raised her eyes and met Rong Yu's cold, frosty eyes, she suddenly felt as if the blood all over her body was frozen. Aunt Xu's face turned pale involuntarily, she lowered her head and said : "Yes, slave understands."

"I had a good life on the Great Sunday. I didn't want to come back and become a prince." Nan Xi stood up, spread her arms, and let Rong Yu tie a two-finger-wide belt for her. Her voice always sounded a bit leisurely. Lazily, "But since I'm back, I'm definitely not coming back to be a puppet. You'd better understand this, and by the way, think clearly about who the master of the East Palace is, and who the master of the Dongling Kingdom will be in the future."

Aunt Xu and Aunt Ji's expressions suddenly changed. They no longer dared to rely on their old age, and obediently knelt on the ground to listen to the instruction.

"I am a tolerant person and do not like to punish my servants at will. However, my husband is the regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He has cut off countless heads of enemy countries on the battlefield. If you really offend him, you will only lose these few lives." Is it enough to fill his teeth?" Nan Xi said in a cold voice, "Don't talk about the rules in the palace. I don't like to be bound by so many rules, and I don't like anyone to preach in front of me."

No one spoke in the hall, everyone did not dare to raise their heads and knelt on the ground in fear.

"In the past, in Dazhou, I didn't have to bow when I met the emperor and the queen mother, because I was protected by my husband. If the queen made me unhappy, the final outcome would be to be thrown into the cold palace, and the nine clans would be punished. The queen mother would make me unhappy. , and was finally imprisoned and lost his glory and wealth. "

Word by word, sentence by sentence, calm, cold and plain, not a ostentatious show off, nor a stern warning or threat, just stating the facts and telling them things they don't know, which is enough to achieve the purpose of intimidation.

The two nuns, four female officials, and all the maids were trembling on the ground. The air seemed to be stagnant, and no one dared to interrupt at will.

The longer the old people have served in the palace, the more they understand in their hearts. They usually rely on their status to rely on their elders and sell them, but they also know very well who they can provoke and who they cannot provoke. This Princess Feng is a sixteen-year-old girl. Such was their first impression of her.

Just like those ignorant girls who entered the palace at the age of fifteen or sixteen, the maids and female officials always had a bit of majesty in front of them. When the concubines first entered the palace, in order to show their faces in front of the emperor, to gain favor, and to avoid mistakes, they always had to carefully please these maids, so that they were used to being praised.

However, they got one thing wrong.

Nan Xi was not a concubine who entered the palace through the selection. She was the crown prince of Dongling. She was not a puppet, but the crown prince candidate decided by the priest hall after leaving all the noble princes and grandchildren.

Even though the other words of this Princess Feng were shocking, one sentence was true.

She was the master of this East Palace, and the master of Dongling in the future.

In this huge palace, the supreme and noble place of Dongling, she was the only one who could decide the life and death of everyone. She was completely different from those concubines who entered the palace through the selection, and even the concubines in the harem.

The queen who was the mother of the country could still be abolished, but she would never lose favor and be sent to the cold palace.

Queen Dongling rules the world and will not tolerate any disobedience or disrespect.