C2 Go to the side of the imperial edict

"Stupid girl, since the imperial edict has arrived, why aren't you coming over to help me change my clothes?" Snow Lotus raised her voice.

"Yes, may I ask what the empress is going to wear today?" Qing`er smiled as she asked.

"My robe is like a phoenix's robe. I've just taken on three new positions, yet there's still three more fires. I should be happy for at least three days after taking on the post. Heh heh heh …"

Hearing this, Little De Zi, who was in the outer hall, looked uneasily at the imperial edict in his hand.

It was just a mere encounter, yet she was already forced to marry her. This was great, she had achieved what she wished for. However, they had only gotten married yesterday, yet today they were going to be beaten into the cold palace.

It took a total of four hours for You Lian to dress up and put on her mask. Only then did Qing`er carry her out of the inner hall.

"Eunuch De, I am done. You can read the imperial edict." Snow Lotus did not intend to kneel down. Instead, she smiled at Little De.

Little De Zi's heart skipped a beat. She really was a peerless beauty of the country. It was no wonder that the emperor would be obsessed with her. But why would the emperor force such a beauty into a cold palace?

"The empress Xue has received her decree." After the little De Zi regained his consciousness, he raised the imperial edict high up and said.

"Eunuch De, please do not hesitate to announce it. I have no intention of kneeling down." Snow Lotus said directly.

If it wasn't for the fact that she was afraid of being accused of being disrespectful, she would have definitely sat down and met him.

Ah!" "Esteemed empress, this … this …" Little De looked at the snow lotus and called her 'esteemed empress' out of respect. She was immediately nothing more than that, and now she still dared to stand there and receive the decree. Could it be that she had a quarrel with the emperor last night?

"Nothing, just read it directly. If you find it inconvenient, just give it to me." As she spoke, she gracefully pulled out the imperial edict from the hands of Little De.

"According to the heavens' wishes, the emperor decrees: The empress has humiliated Your Majesty and her title of empress has been removed. From today onwards, she will move to the Duskfall Palace …" Xue Lian took the imperial edict and began to read it seriously.

"Esteemed empress, what do we do?" The little girl Qing`er nervously grabbed onto the hem of the snow lotus dress.

"It's nothing. It's just a piece of paper. I can write it down too, but I'm not willing to write it down right now. Eunuch De, lead the way. I want to see the emperor." Xue Lian gracefully put away the imperial edict and said with a smile that did not allow any rejection.

"Esteemed empress, the emperor is …" Little De looked at the snow lotus with a troubled expression.

"Take me there." The snow lotus did not allow little De Zi to say anything.

Little De Zi was forced into the imperial study by the newly appointed empress, Snow Lotus.

Inside the imperial study, the emperor and several ministers were currently discussing government affairs. Originally, the emperor could have rested for a few days during his grand wedding, but Yin Zhicheng was in a bad mood.

Snow Lotus stood outside the imperial study, not letting the eunuchs pass the message. She just stood outside, listening to her new husband's plan to escape.

"Your majesty, you've just gotten married. It's not good to be on patrol at this time, right?" The person who spoke was Prince Cheng, Yin Che, also the Emperor's younger brother.

"It is precisely because of this wedding that we have to be more diligent in the government, lest the officials say that we are infatuated with women and neglect government affairs." Yin Zhichen looked at his younger brother and smiled.

"That makes sense. But your majesty, wouldn't it be a good idea to leave the empress at a grand wedding like this? If that's the case, then His Excellency Kangshu will lose face as well. We should wait another month for this patrol." Shangguan Ye, the president of the imperial guards, also persuaded.

"Looks like I didn't come at the right time. I don't know if it will disturb the emperor's interest in travelling?" Xue Lian walked into the imperial study gracefully with an imperial edict in her hand and spoke in a gentle tone.

Yin Che, Shangguan Ye and the others were shocked by the Snow Lotus' beauty. Who could such a peerless beauty be?

"Why are you here?" Yin Zhi Chen was also shocked, but that half of that ugly face immediately appeared in his mind as he asked with a cold and unhappy expression.

"I came to ask the Emperor for some reason." Xue Lian did not even bother bowing as she spoke. She directly walked in front of Yin Zhicheng and spread out the imperial edict. "I don't know how Xue Lian disgraced the Emperor. She will be crippled on the second day of marriage and will even have to be beaten into a cold palace?"

Ah!" Everyone else in the imperial study exclaimed, especially the three who were the most shocked. They were Prince Cheng, Yin Che, the President Shangguan Ye, and the Cabinet Master of Qingyun Peak.

"Don't you know? Do I have to say it out loud? " Yin Zhichen said with a dark expression.

"I'm not sure. I should be the emperor himself, right? Since the emperor isn't satisfied with the edict, did the emperor ask me for my opinion before he pointed it out?" Xue Lian said without any trace of politeness.

It was one thing to force her to marry him, but now he actually still wanted to force her into a harem and not let her do as she wished. Even if she couldn't become a real husband, she would still take the position of empress and even if she had to divorce him, she would have to wait for him to do so.

"What do you mean?" Yin Zhi Chen looked at the face that confused Xue Lian and said angrily.

"What do you mean? Although women should be married to their fathers at home, we should at least have the right to be respected. The emperor didn't ask if I was willing to marry, so an imperial edict would decide my fate. Marry into the palace, find out not as good as you like, will be crippled, into the cold palace, is the emperor to the world a role model for men? "In the future, as long as the man is unwilling, you can humiliate the woman as you wish. All the masters here are here, I would like to hear your judgement." Xue Lian smiled and nodded to the other men one by one.

Everyone lowered their heads, except for Yin Che and the other two. They looked at the snow lotus in admiration, especially Yin Che, who had grown up with the emperor but had never seen anyone dare to tug on the tiger's beard. Today, this peerless beauty would be the nemesis of the emperor.

"My royal sister-in-law, I am Yin Che, and this is Commander Shangguan. That is Lord Bu. As long as my royal sister-in-law is right, we will definitely uphold justice for my royal sister-in-law." Yin Che looked at the dark faced emperor and smiled at his two good friends. No matter who was right or wrong, he would still drag them down with him.

"Your highness, my lords, please take a look. I just married into the palace yesterday, and today, the emperor is going to throw me into the palace for some unknown crime. I ask that Your highness and the two lords seek an explanation for me." The Snow Lotus replied pitifully.

Shangguan Ye, who was the closest to the snow lotus, took the imperial edict first. Yin Che stepped forward to take a look.

"This … royal brother, as your subject, you shouldn't blame the emperor for his wrongs, but your younger brother really can't stand looking at this decree. I'm sure all the lords here have a clear memory of the emperor's grand marriage yesterday, so why would he cripple it today?" Yin Che looked at the tear-filled Snow Lotus as it held the imperial edict and spoke to Yin Zhichen.

"I have misjudged him, can't I?" Yin Zhichen angrily glared at his younger brother.

He was the Emperor. Did he need a reason to divorce a woman?

"Your majesty, I, Rong Chen, have said it before. A commoner has to commit one of the seven sins before they can divorce their wife. Your majesty is the model of tens of thousands of citizens. If it's only because he misjudged us, then … that doesn't make sense." Yin Che did not give the emperor any face at all. He actually dared to say something against the emperor in front of all the ministers.

"I only have one reason, a proper reason. As long as Your Majesty has sufficient reason, then I won't need Your Majesty to tell me. I will take the initiative to move into the Sunset Palace." Snowlotus said calmly.

"You want to take the position of queen?" Since he had already revealed it, Yin Zhichen no longer hid it.

"No, this humble one only needs one reason. What crime has this lowly one committed to make the emperor decree to divorce his wife?" Xue Lian said with a faint smile.

Xue Lian had never thought about the position of Empress before yesterday, nor did she think much of it when she was on the Phoenix Carriage. If it weren't for Yin Zhicheng's decree today, Xue Lian would have even wanted to give up the position of Empress.

"I will give you two choices. One is to leave the palace and return to your Shang Shu Manor, and the other is to move into the Cold Palace." Yin Zhi Chen said coldly. He is the Emperor, he is the Lord, he makes decisions without reason.

"I'm very sorry, but these two concubines will not choose either of us. I will not give up the position of Empress, and I will immediately move to the Phoenix Maiden Palace. Even if the emperor were to place a knife against my neck, I would not leave for no reason." After saying that, Xue Lian turned around and left the imperial study arrogantly under the gazes of all the ministers.

"Miss, are we really going to move to the Phoenix Maiden Palace?" After returning to the Hall of Acceptance, Qing`er fearfully asked Snowy.

"Move, of course we have to move. In the future, you have to change your name and call me esteemed empress. Even if the emperor despises me, I want to live a wonderful life in the imperial harem." Snow Lotus said arrogantly as she nodded her head.

Perhaps it was a habit, or perhaps it was a form of defense, when the snow lotus talked to some people, it would habitually raise its head high.

Even though she said that there was a tragedy, no one helped her as the empress. However, Snow Lotus had acted arrogantly and pridefully by finding ten palace maids to help her move.

He finally moved to the Phoenix Nest Palace. By the time he finished organizing everything, it was already evening.

"Qing`er, go get some good wine, we have to celebrate today." Seeing that all of the female servants had lowered their heads, Snow Lotus had no choice but to speak to her servants.

"Esteemed empress, may I ask where this servant is drinking in the palace?" Qing`er was in a dilemma.

"Do you know where the wine is?" Xue Lian frowned slightly as she said.

"To reply esteemed empress, all the palaces have to register and receive whatever they want from the head eunuch. There's a monthly limit, but those who exceed it still have to wait for approval." The palace maid Wen Wen, who had been standing by the side, said.

Originally, Snow Lotus wanted to borrow some wine to get rid of her worries, but since she didn't have any wine, she could only use tea in place of wine. The next day, she hurriedly sent the young eunuch, Little An, to the head eunuch's palace to bring over all the daily necessities.

She herself went to the empress dowager's palace early in the morning to pay her respects.

"Chenqie pays her respects to the empress dowager." Upon entering the palace, Snow Lotus immediately greeted the empress dowager with a smile.

Even though she was her daughter-in-law, the empress dowager felt a little overwhelmed by the unexpected favor. She kept staring at the snow lotus with an awe-inspiring gaze.

"Queen, get up quickly." The empress dowager actually walked forward and personally helped the snow lotus up.

"Empress Dowager Xie." Xue Lian smiled gently.

"Empress, I have wronged you." The empress dowager never let go of the snow lotus, and her eyes sparkled.

"Lian'er doesn't understand the meaning behind the empress dowager's words?" Xue Lian intentionally acted dumb.

Lian'er, you don't need to cover up for the emperor anymore. This one knows, and has truly wronged you, but don't worry, this one will definitely stand by your side. If he dares to mention crippling you again, this one will break off all relations with him. The empress dowager promised with a smile on her face, holding the snow lotus.

This empress dowager was such a treasure. Logically speaking, mothers would always side with their sons, and normally, mother-in-law would hate their wives, but she, the empress dowager, found it hilarious that she didn't ask any questions, only looked at her.

"Esteemed Empress Dowager, Lian'er thanks the empress dowager for her support. With her words, Lian'er won't mind, no matter how bitter it is in the palace, even if Lian'er is a nominal empress for the rest of his life." Snow Lotus's eyes were sparkling and translucent.

She spoke from the bottom of her heart. It would be hard to find a mother-in-law like her in this world.

"Silly child, since you're so virtuous, the emperor will definitely like you." The snow lotus looked at the empress dowager, muttering to herself, It seems that the empress dowager is really worried about her. She looked at the empress dowager, thinking, if she takes off her mask, will the empress dowager faint due to fright?

"Empress Dowager, the emperor likes beauties. An ugly woman like Lian'er won't enter the emperor's eyes." Xue Lian laughed.

Until now, she didn't have any thoughts towards her husband. If it wasn't for the fact that she couldn't take a breath, she would have already left. Her principle was to leave with her head held high.

"Lian'er, you will become the number one beauty in the world. The Emperor will pay for what he said and did yesterday." The empress dowager said as she caressed Snow Lotus's masked face.

Xue Lian was startled. She looked at the empress dowager with firm eyes and asked doubtfully, "Empress Dowager, is the emperor your son?"

The empress dowager gave a start before laughing out loud. "Of course, he was born in the tenth month of my life."

"But the tone in which you speak to me is as if you have a grudge against the Emperor. It is as if you wish for the Emperor to be tortured and ill-treated." Xue Lian said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Lian'er, you're very careful, the emperor has been living in the emperor's home since childhood, and his arrogance, when you look at his domineering aura, makes me very uncomfortable." Lian'er, you're very careful, the emperor has been living in the emperor's house since childhood, and his pride, when you look at his unique aura, you'll feel very uncomfortable when you look at his unique aura. The empress dowager was very serious.

"So that's how it is. Has the empress dowager investigated the snow lotus before?" The snow lotus looked at the empress dowager with a puzzled expression, especially when the empress dowager stroked her face. She was certain that the empress dowager knew about her ugly half-face. Could it be that the empress dowager was so talkative that he even told his empress dowager about it?

"Before I entered the palace, I was sisters with your mother. How could I not know?" Her Majesty took her hand away and smiled.

"So that's how it is. Then the empress dowager knows that I've been cursed as well?" Since she knew, the snow lotus had no more concerns. Hence, she decided to just say whatever she wanted to say.

"I know, when your mother was cursed, This Dowager was on the scene." Her Majesty's face was filled with grief.

"Then does the empress dowager know the method to remove the curse?" Xue Lian asked happily.

The empress dowager shook her head. "This Dowager sent people to investigate that this is the most poisonous spell in the world. There's only one way to remove the curse, and that is to make a man sincerely fall in love with an ugly woman and be willing to sacrifice his life for her."

"The empress dowager knew it so well. Why didn't she stop the emperor then?" The snow lotus frowned as it asked.

Actually, she was a little angry. If the empress dowager had told Yin Zhicheng all of this, he definitely wouldn't have married her again, let alone consider her as a descendant. Then, she wouldn't have to come to the palace to be humiliated by him.

"By the time This Dowager found out, the imperial edict had already been delivered to Shang Shu Manor. Lian'er, do you hate the Emperor?" Her Majesty asked, looking at the snow lotus.

"I don't know, I don't like him, but he didn't force me to go to the Cold Palace, nor did he force me to go home. From this, I can see that he has something good about him." Snow Lotus frowned as she thought about it.

"Then will you fall in love with the Emperor?" Her Majesty asked with a smile.

"I don't think so. He definitely isn't a good husband." Xue Lian remembered the scene of Yin Zhicheng flinging his sleeves and leaving the night before, and she shook her head.

"Since that's the case, why didn't you take the opportunity to leave the palace?" Her Majesty smiled at the snow lotus.

"Even if he has to leave, I'll divorce him." Snow Lotus raised her head again as she habitually said this.

Lian'er, if you want to divorce His Majesty, you have to first make him fall in love with you. It's best if you let him not have you, then kick him fiercely away. Then, leave the palace. The empress dowager patted Lian'er's hand and said lightly.

Lian'er looked at the empress dowager in astonishment. She couldn't find her own voice at all. She really, really suspected, was the empress dowager's mother? Is there a mother who curses her son like that?

"Hehe, don't look at me like that. I will be embarrassed." The empress dowager pretended to be shy of the little girl's home and nudged the absent-minded snow lotus.

Snow Lotus didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Normally speaking, an old person making such an expression would make people feel very disgusted, but she actually didn't find it funny. Furthermore, she had already fallen for this treasure like empress dowager.

"Empress Dowager, I want to know, what does the empress do in the palace?" Snowy cleared her throat and found her voice. She held back her laughter and asked the Empress Dowager with a solemn expression.

"Empress? Let This Dowager think about it. " The empress dowager rubbed her temples before speaking slowly, "The empress is the head of the six palaces. In this imperial harem, you're the biggest, so you can do whatever you want."

"You can do anything you want?" Snow Lotus looked at Her Majesty in astonishment, as if the Empress Mother was deliberately indulging her and luring her to do something.

"That's right. Use this harem as your home. Do whatever you want as long as you don't let the emperor get a hold on you." Her Majesty smiled.

"Lian'er understands. As long as I don't offend the Emperor, I can do whatever I want, right?" Snow Lotus laughed. She laughed very happily.

According to the empress dowager's words, the harem was much more interesting than Shang Shu Manor. The snow lotus had already thought about it, it had already been ten years. Since there was such a chance, of course she couldn't treat herself unfairly and properly enjoy the privileges of a mother.