Time Travel and Love

Chapter 530 The new map was not expanded

Concubine Shu was frightened by Mo Yunting's appearance. She had been with him for more than ten years, and this was the first time she saw him like this.

Mo Yunting turned around and looked at Chu Qingmeng carefully, and asked in a gentle voice, "Where are you hurt?"

"..." Chu Qingmeng instantly felt bored. She wanted to play with Concubine Shu for a while longer! She had never experienced palace fighting before! Just when she was about to expand her territory, he showed up. She glanced at him, said nothing, and sat back on the couch.

Mo Yunting breathed a sigh of relief knowing she was fine. When he looked at Concubine Shu again, his previous loss of composure had disappeared, but his voice was still frighteningly cold, "Concubine Shu, how did you get into the side hall without my permission?"

"Your Majesty, I just haven't seen you for a long time and I'm afraid of the cold, so I came into the side hall." Concubine Shu quickly adjusted her state and tried to deceive people with a gentle voice. After all, the emperor doted on her on weekdays, so no matter what mistakes she made, she could get over it as long as she acted coquettishly.

Chu Qingmeng twitched his lips when he heard the two words' tone twisting and turning, wondering if she was also like this when she was being pretentious with Mo Liujin?

Hearing this charming voice, the coldness on Mo Yunting's face grew even greater. "No need to issue an imperial decree. Concubine Shu has trespassed into the Qianqing Palace. She will be slapped twenty times, stripped of her title and demoted to Zhaoyi. She will be in charge of the six palaces and confined for three months. Concubine Chen will temporarily manage the six palaces. Nanny Qin has committed insubordination. Her hands will be chopped off and she will be imprisoned in the clan residence. She will not be released until she is dead."

Needless to say, the reaction was a beat slow to shock, as Concubine Shu had been favored by the Emperor for more than ten years.

Concubine Shu quickly reacted and begged for mercy. She had never expected the emperor to treat her like this for a princess of a different surname. However, the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace were also quick to act, and Concubine Shu and her group were quickly dragged back to their own palace.

Chu Qingmeng had only seen the punishment of demotion in TV dramas and had no idea how severe it truly was. The palace had always been a place where the powerful were favored and the weak were bullied. Mo Yunting's actions meant he was disgusted with Concubine Shu, and anyone could step on her. Her life would be even more miserable than death.

"If you encounter something like this again in the future, don't stand there and get beaten like an idiot. You must dodge. No matter who the opponent is, you have to hit him first. What are you afraid of with me here?" Mo Yunting sat on the other side of the couch and sighed as he looked at Chu Qingmeng.

Chu Qingmeng propped up his chin and looked at Mo Yunting with a smile, "Old man, Shuang Cheng and Fei Ying are right beside me, do I really need to hide? If Nanny Qin dares to bring her hand down, she will be covered in blood. Hiding is so unmanly."

Mo Yunting laughed, "I just wanted to ask you to come to the palace to have dinner with me because I can't go out these few days. I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

"Tsk tsk, I wanted to see some palace fighting, but you showed up so quickly."

"..." Mo Yunting looked at her helplessly, "Stop messing around. You've been waiting for so long, are you hungry?"

"Yeah. I've been hungry for a long time, but no matter how long I wait, you just don't come." Chu Qingmeng poked the mimosa on the couch boredly.

Without needing to order the meal, Chu Qingmeng told Cheng Feiying and Cheng Feiying to go downstairs and eat without waiting. Mo Yunting knew her personality; she absolutely did not want to see the emperor's dining standards, so he simply ordered some nutritious dishes that suited her taste and placed them on the couch.

As soon as he put down his chopsticks, the young eunuch came in and reported, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here."

"..." Chu Qingmeng raised his eyebrows and sneered, not knowing what he was thinking about. A hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes. He looked at Mo Yunting with interest.

Mo Yunting instantly understood her laughter, and suddenly stood up and held her to his chest, "Don't be afraid, no one can hurt you again."

I don't know whether he said this to her or to himself.

Chu Qingmeng lowered his eyes slightly and his emotions were undetectable.

Mo Yunting went to the outer hall of the side hall, and Chu Qingmeng followed him out.

"Emperor, have you had lunch yet?" The empress dowager entered the main hall, glanced at the two people standing on one side, one in front and one behind, and frowned.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother." Mo Yunting bowed slightly and clasped his hands in a common greeting. When Chu Qingmeng was about to salute, he grabbed her.

Chu Qingmeng looked at him in bewilderment. Even if he knew the Queen Mother had bad intentions, he couldn't not show respect, right? Wouldn't that give her a handle to punish him?

As expected, the Empress Dowager spoke up. "Why? Princess An Ning feels that I'm not as noble as the Emperor, so she won't perform the ceremony?"

Before Chu Qingmeng could speak, Mo Yunting's voice rang out, "Mother, An Ning has a back injury. I have allowed her to meet anyone without having to perform formalities. I believe that Mother will not let me break my promise."

The Queen Mother choked, then said angrily, "Emperor, Chu is just a princess of a different surname. You are pampering her too much."

"Mother, An Ning was the Princess Gucheng, who was personally conferred by our father, and her name is included in the family tree." Mo Yunting deliberately emphasized the word "Gucheng".

The Empress Dowager obviously also understood that the word "Gucheng" represented the legitimate daughter of the Empress Dowager. The previous emperor had a daughter who died young. Although she did not know what the previous emperor meant by this imperial edict, she still included Chu in the Jade Spy.

Seeing Mo Yunting's expression today, it seemed that he was determined to protect her. After being mother and son for decades, the empress dowager still understood him. There was no need to make such an awkward scene in front of the emperor now. Wouldn't it be easy to deal with her in the future?

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother stopped nagging Chu Qingmeng and said, "Well, since you're protecting her, I won't say anything. But Hui'er just wanted to see you, why did you punish her so severely?"