Chapter 1103 - 1108: Punishing Nangong Yu (5)
Nangong Yu felt resentful in her heart, but to win her Imperial Mother’s sympathy, she still endured and followed the arrangements of the two old palace maids.
These two maids were extremely strict, and as soon as they arrived at Zhao Yue Palace, they began teaching Nangong Yu etiquette, from walking to talking, from eating to dressing, not allowing her any slack.
Nangong Yu was kowtowing one moment, and kneeling the next, exhausted by the ordeal. By night, she was even ordered to copy "Women Taming" and "Women Rules" in the dark.
Nangong Yu was punished by Empress Mu, and under Luo Xue’s arrangement, the news naturally spread to the Jade Palace.
When Empress Dowager Mo heard that her daughter was punished by Empress Mu, she disregarded the nightfall and immediately went to her daughter’s palace.
Upon arriving at Zhao Yue Palace, Empress Dowager Mo saw her daughter under the supervision of two old maids, copying "Women Rules" with her head down; she immediately became furious and stepped forward to inquire about the cause and effect of the incident.
When Nangong Yu saw her mother, she naturally felt a bellyful of grievances, tearfully recounting the events of the day to Empress Dowager Mo. In her description, she portrayed her deliberate attempt to target Caiwei as trying to ingratiate herself unsuccessfully, resulting in accidental faux pas that led to her undeserved punishment.
It’s inevitable for any mother in the world to show partiality towards their own children; Empress Dowager Mo was no exception.
Hearing her daughter’s pitiful attempts to flatter her sister-in-law going wrong and resulting in punishment, Empress Dowager Mo did not scrutinize the truth of the matter and immediately became uncontrollably furious, ordering someone to fetch Nangong Yi and Mu Caiwei from Chengqian Palace, as she wanted to have a serious talk with that woman.
From childhood, her daughter had been her cozy cotton-padded jacket, growing up under her and Nangong Yi’s protection. Even with Jin Guifei and the Prince eyeing her position, Nangong Yu had never suffered the slightest grievance. For more than ten years, as a favored daughter of the heavens, she had always had others curry favor with her—when had she ever needed to please others? Now, her daughter had actually lowered her status to cautiously ingratiate herself with Mu Caiwei, fawning over her, and accidentally misstepped, resulting in severe punishment from Mu Caiwei, who disregarded her own reputation. This was enough to make her lungs explode with rage.
In her mind, as the sister-in-law, Mu Caiwei, despite being younger than Nangong Yu, was of a higher generational rank and should have been more accommodating and forgiving toward her younger sister-in-law. Even if her younger sister-in-law had made mistakes, wouldn’t it have been enough just to point them out? Moreover, her younger sister-in-law had made those mistakes in an effort to please her; why did she have to be unrelenting and justified, making a show of sending teaching maids to humiliate her?