Greetings, Ninth Uncle

Chapters 125 - 126

Ch 125 – Flood

In the past year after Cheng Yujin entered the palace, she successfully changed Empress Yang's perception of the word 'rules.' Once, Empress Yang relied on her status as the head of the inner palace to make the emperor's concubines 'learn the rule' at every nook and turn, but after Cheng Yujin came, Empress Yang now had a nauseous reflex every time she heard the word 'rules.'

Dou Xiyin saw Empress Yang being pushed into the pit, but with Cheng Yujin taking out the founding emperor's name and using filial piety as a shield, none of them could make a counterargument. Dou Xiyin gritted her teeth. These days, she slowly realized the truth of the incident that day. After the matter passed, she always felt that everything happened too coincidentally.

Dou Xiyin was originally overwhelmed with anger, causing her to do something rash as a result. However, she didn't expect her journey to be so smooth. In the end, she did something wrong and almost ruined her reputation. Now that she finally married the Second Prince as she wished, Dou Xiyin began to feel indignant. If only her reputation was not damaged, she would still have the chance to marry her cousin justifiably and confidently.

Now, after Dou Xiyin finally reviewed the events that transpired that day, she found too many coincidences. She even greatly suspected the two palace maids who badly gossiped about her in the corridor behind the wall. If it weren't for those two palace maids, she wouldn't have been pushed to the point that she even did such an act that brought a scandal to her family. Furthermore, she also wouldn't have been pushed to the present situation where she couldn't even hold her head straight.

And all these suspicions led to the Eastern Palace. Cheng Yujin also deliberately announced her pregnancy during the wedding banquet, clearly scheming to steal the limelight from the rightful bride. In Dou Xiyin's eyes, everything was clearly planned by Cheng Yujin.

Dou Xiyin was angry. Her cousin, the Second Prince, no longer treated her kindly. Pushing all the blame on Dou Xiyin, he directly moved to sleep in the study three days after the wedding. Dou Xiyin didn't dare to complain about the Second Prince, and she never felt that she was at fault either. Everything must be someone else's fault, and it was clearly Cheng Yujin who harmed her.

In the Shou Wang Manor, Dou Xiyin could only watch helplessly as many beautiful servant girls used all kinds of ways to gain the Second Prince's favor. And the culprit of all of this was still sitting firmly on the crown princess seat, being the only woman in the Eastern Palace even after a year of marriage. Unable to bear her anger, Dou Xiyin deliberately ran to Empress Yang, inciting the latter to add a block for Cheng Yujin.

This was not only a matter of Dou Xiyin's personal grievance. Using concubines to divide the Eastern Palace also conformed to the interests of Empress Yang and Shou Wang. Therefore, Empress Yang was very easily persuaded by her niece.

However, Dou Xiyin was desperate to find out that even using Empress Yang to attack did not amount to anything, because Empress Yang could not handle Cheng Yujin.

What was the use of their plan? These women still couldn't enter the gate of the Eastern Palace.

Dou Xiyin was unwilling to return without success, so she blurted out: "Crown Princess, Her Majesty has very kindly prepared these people for you. How can you reject them? This is unfilial."

Before Dou Xiyin opened her mouth, Cheng Yujin didn't even pay attention to her. But now that Dou Xiyin suddenly took over the conversation, Cheng Yujin finally gave her a look.

Originally, Cheng Yujin was too lazy to care about Dou Xiyin — this person was just a small fry and not worth wasting her energy. But since Dou Xiyin took the initiative to throw herself into the firing range, Cheng Yujin didn't mind giving her one or two lessons.