Chapter 32 The Prince's Unpredictable
"Your Majesty, what I said is true. The prince came late and now he insults me." Concubine Xin looked up at Emperor Shang who was sitting above and said aggrievedly. She wanted her to make the decision on Emperor Shang's throne, but she didn't know that her rude words made many people in the hall change their faces.
Emperor Shang did not answer Concubine Xin's words, but he did not blame Concubine Xin either. However, it was this kind of disregard that almost made Concubine Xin's eyes red. Fortunately, after living in the palace for so many years, she quickly adjusted her mood and continued, "How can the prince be responsible for the responsibility of the crown prince if he is so ignorant of etiquette?"
After this was said, even Concubine Xin's son, the third prince Shang Chengying, winked at his mother, but unfortunately Concubine Xin was blinded by her jealousy. She truly loved Emperor Shang, but unfortunately Emperor Shang never had her in his eyes. It didn't matter after all, Emperor Shang loved no one, but ever since Queen Qiu came to the palace, she saw Emperor Shang's tenderness and doting, so how could she not be jealous? Now seeing the prince who looked somewhat like Queen Qiu, she wished she could kill the prince.
The hall fell silent as everyone was shocked by Concubine Xin's words. Many people even enjoyed watching the joke and watched whether the Emperor would punish the Crown Prince or protect him.
Shang Wuxin's originally lazy expression turned cold, and a strange light was reflected in her deep phoenix eyes. She didn't expect that a little concubine would dare to accuse her in the palace. It seems that this prince really has no dignity.
When Shang Wuxin's aura changed, the first ones to feel it were Huan Moche and Leng Yufeng. Looking at the prince's cold aura, they both felt that Concubine Xin was really a fool. No matter whether the prince was favored or not, it was not the turn of a concubine to speak. Huan Moche was a little curious about what the prince would do.
"Who are you?" Shang Wuxin picked up the teacup on the table and sipped it slowly.
Concubine Xin had not expected that her provocation would be met with such a question, which almost ruined her beautiful face. She stretched out her nail-painted finger, pointed at Shang Wuxin and said, "I am your elder, is the prince so arrogant?" As she spoke, she glanced at the ministers, letting them see clearly that the prince was ignorant of etiquette.
"Oh!" Shang Wuxin lazily raised his eyes and glanced at Concubine Xin. "Elder? You sound nice, but you are just a concubine of my father. In fact, you are just a concubine. How dare you call yourself an elder? Or do you want to seize the position of my deceased mother and become the queen? Then maybe I will acknowledge you as an elder!"
Concubine Xin's face turned pale, and even the other concubines and ministers were a little panicked. Everyone knew that in the eyes and ears of the Emperor, Queen Zhongqiu was a taboo, and anyone who dared to mention it would end up badly. That's why even though the Emperor had not yet appointed a queen, no minister dared to speak up. And now that the Crown Prince said that Concubine Xin wanted to replace her, one can imagine what would happen to Concubine Xin.
Sure enough, Emperor Shang's eyes turned cold in an instant, and the look he gave Concubine Xin was full of disgust and murderous intent.
"You, you are talking nonsense!" Concubine Xin looked at Emperor Shang in fear, "Your Majesty, I didn't say that. It's just the prince talking nonsense!"
"I hate it most when someone points at me, and I hate it even more when someone challenges my authority. But you, Concubine Xin, have done both. What do you think I should do?" Shang Wuxin put down the teacup in his hand, his tone filled with murderous intent.
"Wuwei, slap your mouth!" Shang Wuxin ordered, "Wuwei, Concubine Xin's fingers are really unpleasant!"
As soon as Shang Wuxin finished speaking, Wuwei and Wuju walked out from behind the prince and came to the side of Concubine Xin. The corners of their mouths were hooked with evil smiles. This Concubine Xin actually dared to treat the prince like this. They had endured it for a long time.
"You dare?" Xin Fei said fearfully, but unfortunately Shang Wuxin didn't even have the interest to talk to her.
Although Wuwei and Wuju were just maids, they only obeyed the prince's orders, so at this moment Wuwei came to Concubine Xin, stretched out his palm, and slapped Concubine Xin twice with all his strength. It must be said that Wuwei was very strong. Concubine Xin felt the pain and her teeth were loose. But before she could cry out in pain, Wuju came to Concubine Xin's face, stretched out his hand and directly broke Concubine Xin's index finger that had just pointed at the prince.
With a "crack", Concubine Xin's index finger drooped strangely. It turned out that Wu Jue had broken the bone of Concubine Xin's index finger, so even if she asked the imperial physician, he couldn't reconnect it.
"Ah!" Concubine Xin screamed in pain, and all the civil and military officials in the palace were shocked by the prince's ruthless methods. Such a prince was neither incompetent nor cowardly. Even the maidservants around him were so cruel. One can imagine what the prince will be like.
"Mother!" The eldest princess Shang Qinmi came to Concubine Xin's side, looked at her distressed mother, and yelled at the prince, "How could you do this to my mother!"
In response to the accusation of the eldest princess Shang Qinmi, Shang Wuxin said calmly, "A small concubine like Concubine Xin actually dared to sow discord between me and my father. This behavior deserves death. The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and Concubine Xin actually wanted to instigate my father to abolish my position as the crown prince. More importantly, my father is infatuated with my mother, and now Concubine Xin actually wants to sit on the throne of the queen. Sister, tell me, why can't I give Concubine Xin a small punishment like this?"
Shang Qinmi was speechless. Even though she knew that what the prince said was complete nonsense, she was unable to refute a word of it. More importantly, this matter involved Queen Qiu, so how could her father not help her mother? He might even punish her.
"Father, do you think what I did was right?" Shang Wuxin asked the Emperor Shang who had ascended the throne. He seemed not to be afraid of the Emperor Shang's sharp eyes at all. In the eyes of everyone, the prince's aura was even more ferocious than that of the emperor.
"I am very relieved that the prince can share my worries!" Emperor Shang said indifferently, and the matter was just exposed. Concubine Xin was helped away by the eldest princess without anyone paying attention. People still couldn't see the emperor's intentions, let alone his attitude towards the prince, but many people saw one thing clearly, that the prince was probably a disguise in the past, and now the disguised prince is the real prince, and they should pay more attention to this prince in the future.
(End of this chapter)