Rong Pei didn't react for a moment, and asked in surprise: "What?"

Yan Wan kindly explained in front of all the concubines and palace maids, "Aunt Rong Pei is really a forgetful person. Wasn't it here a year ago that Aunt Rong Pei was punished with thirty strokes of the cane by the Emperor?"

"You just said that without the order of the Empress, we cannot invite a doctor for Li Changzai and the others. I am very curious, did Aunt Rong Pei invite a doctor after she was tortured? If so, was it the Emperor who personally ordered the invitation?"

Suddenly someone mentioned the torture scene again. Rong Pei felt ashamed and angry. "Why is Concubine Ling asking this? The Emperor and the Empress are of the same mind. Why can't the Empress personally invite the imperial physician for me?"

Yan Wan suddenly realized, "Oh, it turns out that it wasn't the Emperor's order. Then, did the Empress secretly invite the imperial physician for Aunt Rong Pei? Was that against the Emperor's order? After all, it was the Emperor who personally punished Aunt Rong Pei and had so many people watch the execution."

"Just like today, the Queen specially called us here and asked Aunt Rong Pei to personally supervise the execution of Li Changzai and others."

Yan Wan's words reminded everyone of the scene when Rong Pei was caned. It also made everyone realize that today's incident was the Queen's punishment of Li Changzai and others for Rong Pei? That was really a deep love between master and servant!

The laughter from the audience made Rong Pei feel ashamed. She hated Yan Wan for exposing her scars and said angrily, "Empress Ling Fei, please don't go too far. I am a member of the Yikun Palace!"

Yan Wan deliberately misinterpreted Rong Pei's meaning, "Aunt Rong Pei is saying that you are the head aunt of Yikun Palace, and you are the one who serves the Queen, so you can invite the imperial physician. Li Changzai and the others are the ones who have agreed, so they can't invite the imperial physician, right?"

Rong Pei was furious and pointed at Yan Wan and said, "Madam Ling Fei slandered me. When did I ever say that?!"

Everyone thought to themselves, you didn’t say that, but you did it!

Yan Wan continued, "So, Aunt Rong Pei agreed to invite an imperial physician for them? I think the time is almost up, and the purpose of the Queen's punishment has been achieved. Come on, help Li Changzai and the others return to the bedroom to rest."

As soon as Chunchan and Li Changzai's maids received Yanwan's order, they hurried to help Li Changzai and others.

Li Changzai was deeply moved to see Yan Wan protecting them all the time, "Thank you, Empress Lingfei!"

How could Rong Pei tolerate Yan Wan falsely conveying the Empress's order in public? , Thinking of the purpose here, she questioned: "Wait, I didn't say that. Is Concubine Ling relying on her power to handle palace affairs to disobey the Empress's order in public?!"

Yan Wan signaled Chun Chan to take Li Changzai and the others to the bedroom to rest, "I dare not contradict the Queen, isn't it time?"

Yanwan was eloquent and Rongpei couldn't argue with her. At this moment, Ruyi arrived with the support of the queen.

Everyone greeted, "Your Majesty, the Queen!"

Hai Lan didn't see Li Changzai and the others who were being punished. When she noticed Rong Pei's gaze, she immediately attacked Yan Wan.

"Ling Fei, why did you act on your own? Do you take the Empress seriously? What crime have you committed?"

Yan Wan looked at Hai Lan and smiled, "Princess Yu, are you talking to me?"

Yan Wan emphasized the word "Pin" in Yupin, as if to remind Hai Lan to be aware of her status. Hai Lan naturally knew what Yan Wan meant, and reluctantly greeted her.

"I pay my respects to Concubine Chun, Concubine Jia, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Ling!"

Yan Wan and the others hummed softly, and Hai Lan continued, "Empress Ling Fei, how are you going to explain this to the Empress?"

Without even glancing at Hai Lan, Yan Wan said to Ru Yi, "Reporting to the Queen, I came here only to invite the imperial physician for Li Changzai and the others. Apart from that, I have nothing to say. I don't know what I need to explain to the Queen."

Ruyi said, "My original intention was to punish Concubine Li and the others, but you wanted to ask the imperial physician for them. Aren't you disobeying me in front of so many people?"

Yan Wan said, "Disobeying the Queen is such a crime, I would never dare to do it! But I thought that the Queen was only punishing me, and she didn't mean to take the lives of Li Changzai and the others, so I just invited the imperial physician for Li Changzai and the others, just like the Queen invited the imperial physician for Aunt Rong Pei."

Ruyi had just arrived and hadn't understood the relationship between the two. In order to find fault with Yanwan, she blurted out, "Quibbling! How can Li Changzai and others be compared with Rong Pei?!"

"The Emperor dotes on you and asks you to help me with palace affairs, and you have helped me for many years. Now, you don't even understand this truth, and you just keep speaking for the sinners, disregarding the Emperor's decree and the palace rules?!"

Yanwan was waiting for Ruyi to say this. Since Ruyi had gone to great lengths to take back this right, then just take it away.

Yanwan pretended to be frightened and knelt down to greet Ruyi.

"I spoke out of turn. I shouldn't have compared Li Changzai and the others with Aunt Rong Pei. It's just that I felt that Li Chang had been punished enough this year, and the matter of the deer blood wine should be exposed, so..."

How could Ruyi give Yan Wan a chance to explain? She continued, "In order to win the emperor's favor, Concubine Li and others disregarded the emperor's health and persuaded the emperor to do such a ridiculous thing. For the sake of the emperor's decree, I have to punish Concubine Li and others. The emperor usually favors you. Doesn't Concubine Ling care about the emperor?!"

Yan Wan lowered her head and said, "What the Queen is saying is that I was not thoughtful enough! I am stupid and I know that I disagree with the Queen. I am afraid that I cannot help the Queen handle the palace affairs."

"I also ask the Queen to take back my power to handle palace affairs. I just hope that the Queen will let the imperial physician treat Li Changzai and the others today, for the sake of serving the Emperor together!"

When Yan Wan said this, Ruyi and all the concubines were shocked.

Ruyi and Hailan were unhappy when they heard the hidden meaning in Yanwan's words, but they were overjoyed when they saw Yanwan took the initiative to hand over the power to handle palace affairs.

The goal had been achieved. Ruyi said in a patronizing tone, "Since Concubine Ling is not up to the task, I will take back your authority to handle palace affairs. Since the imperial physician has been invited, let Li Changzai and the others take a look. I hope you can learn from your mistakes in the future!"

"Your Majesty, the Queen, is seen off respectfully!"

After Ruyi left, Yihuan asked in confusion: "How can this be blamed on you? Why did Sister Yanwan give up this right?"

Concubine Chun was also puzzled. "Your rights were granted by the Emperor. Although the Empress is the master of the harem, you have done nothing wrong. Why do you have to do this?"

While the concubines and servants of the six palaces were still here, Yan Wan deliberately sighed and said, "Didn't you see, sisters, that the Queen Mother deliberately used Li Changzai and the others as a warning to us."

"Today we are being punished by being restrained. If you don't surrender, I don't know which palace we will be punished in tomorrow! In the eyes of the Empress, we are not as good as a servant like Aunt Rong Pei. The Emperor is not in the palace, so why should we suffer this?"

"I feel sorry for Li Changzai and the others. I'm afraid the Queen will not let them go easily!"

The domineering behavior of the Yikun Palace made the six palaces angry but dared not speak out.

When Li Changzai and others heard these words in the inner hall, they felt sorry for Yan Wan and thought that the Queen wanted to kill them all. They felt desperate and angry.

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