Qu Cairen said that the emperor did not deal with Hui concubine and thought that the emperor would not deal with Hui concubine. Others in the palace and Hui concubine herself thought so too.

However, he did not expect that in the afternoon, the emperor personally went to Shou'an Palace to visit the second princess who was suffering from high fever, and then asked Lian Yongwang to meet Hui Concubine in front of the Queen Mother and Concubine to announce the treatment of Hui Concubine.

As the Queen Mother said before, she was demoted to the concubine Hui, and she was demoted two levels in a row. She was directly demoted from the concubine to Jieyu. Not only was she demoted in status, but she also issued a decree that she would become a concubine.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jieyu's concubines were confined to Yongchun Palace and could not leave without orders.

After Ming Jieyu heard this, she was dumbfounded and looked at Concubine Ming for help, "Aunt?"

Concubine Ming gave Ming Jieyu a calm look, then looked at the Queen Mother and the Emperor, and said to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, may I have a few words with Ming Jieyu?"

Luo Chengjing still respected Concubine Ming very much. He nodded and said, "Of course."

After receiving permission, Concubine Ming took Ming Jieyu out of the main hall and went to her residence.

As soon as Ming Jieyu entered the room, she pulled Concubine Ming's sleeve and said anxiously: "Aunt, you have to help me. How can the emperor demote me? Isn't this not giving your aunt face?

"

Concubine Ming shook off Ming Jieyu's hand holding her sleeve and said coldly: "My face? You have already lost all my face. How can I still have any face?"

"Aunt?" Ming Jieyu looked at Concubine Ming blankly.

Concubine Ming reprimanded Ming Jieyu and said: "I told you a long time ago that you should behave yourself and not be arrogant and domineering, but look at what you have done? Qu Cairen, she hurt the second princess, the Queen Mother, and

The emperor is standing up for the second princess, do you need you to show off your authority?"

"It's okay now. You have been demoted and banned. Are you happy?"

Ming Jieyu explained: "I wanted to teach Qu Cairen a lesson at that time, but I didn't expect that she would..."

Concubine Ming interrupted her and said: "No matter what you thought at the time, the result is that Qu Cairen was born prematurely and the child was not saved."

"Do you know that if you take it seriously, your behavior is murdering the emperor's heir! You should know what the crime of murdering the emperor's heir is, right? Not to mention just demoting your status, even if the emperor now gives you a white silk

It’s not an exaggeration.”

Seeing Ming Jieyu's face getting paler, Concubine Ming changed the topic and said, "So now you understand how merciful the emperor is to you by only demoting you?"

Ming Jieyu nodded with a pale face.

Seeing this, Concubine Ming softened her tone, asked Ming Jieyu to sit down beside her, and said seriously: "Don't think so much now, it doesn't matter if your status is demoted. Will the status of the concubines in the palace be promoted or demoted?

It’s not all based on the emperor’s happiness.”

"What you have to do now is to raise your child well and try to give the emperor a prince. Are you afraid that you won't be able to rise to the throne?"

Ming Jieyu finally felt a little better after hearing this, but she couldn't completely let go. She originally thought that if she was born a prince, the emperor would give her a concubine no matter what, but now she sees

Come on, she doesn't have to think about the concubine position. It would be good if she can restore the concubine position.

Concubine Ming glanced at Ming Jieyu and continued: "You should stay in your Yongchun Palace during this period to raise the baby, and leave the rest to your aunt. Do you understand?"

Ming Jieyu nodded, and then said hesitantly: "Aunt, since the emperor has demoted my status, why did you still ground me? Moreover, the emperor did not say how long the grounding would be. He only said that it was impossible to do without an order. Did the emperor want to ground me?

Will I continue to be grounded forever? Will the emperor really promote me to the throne again after I give birth?"

"Don't you still believe my aunt?" said Concubine Ming, "the emperor is protecting you by grounding you."

"Protect me?" Ming Jieyu looked confused.

Concubine Ming patiently explained to her: "You have been pregnant for seven months now. This harem is not a peaceful place without wind and waves. You just caused Qu Cairen to have no child. If Qu Cairen or Qu Cairen or

If that person in the harem who is jealous of you stretches his hand toward your belly, he might hurt the fetus in your belly."

"And the emperor has grounded you, saying that you can't come out without orders, so you can stay in Yongchun Palace safely and raise your baby without anyone seeing you. You said this is not to protect you and the baby in your belly.

Fetus?"

After Concubine Ming's explanation, Ming Jieyu's doubts disappeared. She thought that since the emperor cared about her and the child in her belly, it would not be difficult for her to be promoted back to the throne after she gave birth to the child.

Concubine Ming saw that Ming Jieyu had already thought about it, so she warned her: "Your biggest support now is the baby in your belly, so no matter what you do now, you must put the baby in your belly first, do you understand?"

Ming Jieyu nodded, "I understand."

"As long as you understand." Ming Taifei said: "Since you understand everything, then I will have someone take you back to your Yongchun Palace. During this period, you can take good care of the baby. We will wait until the baby is born to talk about anything else."

"Lan'er is still ill now. You have to raise a baby now, and it's not convenient to take care of her. So let her recuperate in Shou'an Palace first, which will save you the trouble of worrying about her with a heavy belly."

Ming Jieyu never thought of the second princess from beginning to end. Now she heard what Concubine Ming said and she responded: "Okay."

After Ming Jieyu was sent back to Yongchun Palace to be grounded, the eldest palace maid next to Concubine Ming asked Concubine Ming: "Taifei, the emperor really grounded Ming Jieyu to protect Ming Jieyu and Ming Jie.

The fetus in your womb?”

Concubine Ming shook her head and said, "It's true or false."

The emperor banned Ming Jieyu's feet this time. On the one hand, it might be to protect the fetus in Ming Jieyu's belly. On the other hand, he probably had no intention of removing Ming Jieyu's feet.

As for Ming Jieyu being demoted, there may be no hope of being promoted back in the future.

The eldest maid next to Concubine Ming was puzzled, "Then why did Concubine Ming say that to Ming Jieyu just now?"

Concubine Ming sighed and said, "If I don't say that, how can I say it?"

If she analyzes the whole thing to Ming Jieyu, what if Ming Jieyu cannot bear the stimulation and hurts the child in her belly?

The child in Ming Jieyu's belly still carries the blood of their Ming family. What's more, the Queen Mother specifically told her yesterday to comfort Ming Jieyu, so she would naturally do a good job.

Ming Jieyu is her niece, and she did love Ming Jieyu in the past, but Ming Jieyu let her down so much, it’s just that she’s not smart, and she can’t even tolerate the nun she sent to the second princess, as if she

It seemed like someone would harm her.
Chapter completed!