OFFERING CONCUBINES
EPISODE 151 WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

The graceful Empress Yi sat on her majesty's chair in Qing Ren's hall.

Today was her first time inside that hall, as an empress.

In the seat to the left right in front of him were a few concubines from His Highness Yan Yue.

There were only 6 concubines in the chair.

Consort Su Nuo had already been divorced by His Highness Yan Yue after the poisoning of Consort Chie Yuan a few months ago.

Consort Yuan has also been returned to her province at the request of Yusn's own concubine, Her Majesty has granted a divorce letter to concubine Yuan.

Today, Xiao Yi as the empress was facing her first trial inside the harem palace, housed in the hall of Qing Ren.

He must punish two concubines, whose father conspired with Suri's mother to plot treason against the king.

First there was concubine Xiang Meo Princess of the Xiang governor who controlled the Handong territory and second concubine Xian Wei, daughter of the chairman Xi bing of the Xian clan territory.

The two of them sat in a special place, while the other 4 concubines, Consort Lin Qin of Daoting, concubine Shi Niang of the Shi Je clan, were, Concubine Bei Feyang of the Ranbei clan and concubine Liao Luo of the Liao clan were in separate witnessing it.

"I am today sitting in a different place than you are not because you are taller, as the wife of a king we are all aligned, she said, it's just that today I under His Majesty's orders tried concubines Mei and Consort Wei for the crimes committed by their parents in this case governor Xiang and chairman Xian." Xiao Yi's voice was gentle yet firm.

Concubine Mei and Consort Wei were stealing glances at each other with frightened faces.

"As wives, we must maintain the dignity of our husbands. When our husband is about to be harmed by someone else, don't we have the heart to protect him. But what concubine Mei and concubine Wei showed, to their knowledge, was that betrayal. Is this a tolerable act?" Xiao Yi looked at Concubine Mei and Consort Wei who lowered their faces with a red look.

"Now, I give you the opportunity to defend yourself before I consider whether you are still worthy to be brought before Your Majesty to seek forgiveness." Xiao Yi gave them a chance to speak.

"I don't know Her Majesty the empress, I really don't know..." Consort Wei wailed in fear.

"How could you not know?"

"I never got out of the harem palace, I don't know anything." Consort Wei.

Xiao Yi stood up from his seat,

"Do you know, concubine Wei.The price of a betrayal from your father? He was punished severely, even he no longer served as clan head in the Southern Region, after the winter festival, your father will receive his punishment. As a child, do you feel nothing?" Xiao Yi's question made Consort Wei tremble.

He knew very well the plot of the overthrow, because he himself was an accomplice of the queen mother.

Revenge, never getting the attention of the king made concubine Wei willing to see His Majesty betrayed. At least he was satisfied to see His Majesty's suffering.

"I'm.I don't know." Consort Wei lowered her head deeply.

"I know all my father's plans!" Suddenly concubine Mei raised her face, she showed no fear let alone regret.

"I'm willing to bet my life to see His Majesty's destruction and also to watch you die..."

"Concubine Mei, do you know the risk of all that you say?" Xiao Yi stared intently at concubine Mei, straight behind the unblinking eyeballs staring at her.

"I, fear not, Consort Yi, even to this day I consider you to be just an offering concubine like us, not an empress." Concubine Mei said those words, vengeance smouldering like flames licking in her eyes.

Xiao Yi did not budge, he did not get angry, did not show any expression except to stare at concubine Mei.

"Why do you want to make your husband wretched?" Xiao Yi asked later, as calm as a well.

"Because he was never really a husband to me. He was just a king who gave his life to one woman without thinking of us who was also his wife.

Everyone calls us concubines! But we don't even know what we are? the display? the embellishments? the hostage in the cage? even we are inferior to the maids who can still have a partner if they meet a choice! Is that what you call a wife?" The fiery voice of concubine Mei made the room become silent.

"Ask them, concubine Yi..Ask them all!" Concubine Mei's hands were raised straight around the room where the other four concubines were sitting with their faces lowered, silent a thousand languages.

"Are they really happy to be His Majesty's concubine? Are they happy to be endowed with all the luxuries without ever being touched by His Majesty? Ask them, what does it feel like, to love a man called a husband but not a little seen by him? Howoooooo!" Concubine Mei was now standing fearlessly, a eunuch and a bodyguard immediately came forward about to force concubine Mei back to her knees from seeing her outrageous demeanor.

But, Xiao Yi gestured the eunuch and the bodyguard to retreat, instead,

"Let him talk, I'll hear him..." Xiao Yi said, so calm, unaffected by Mei's provocative concubine attitude.

In front of a main empress, it was actually not allowed to have such an attitude, it was actually already breaking the boundary. But Xiao Yi let him.

"What we accept is actually humiliation. Living inside this harem palace as a joke and laughing everyone in Yanzhi." Concubine Mei pulled the corner of her lips, tets a wry smile.

"You, never felt it, you will never know what it was like, concubine Yi. Because from the first time you came to this palace, you have bewitched His Majesty's eyes to only look at you." Concubine Mei ended her sentence with a accusation full of jealousy.

Xiao Yi circulated his gaze to all the concubines who were in his seat.

"Can I know how it feels? Do you have the same feelings as Consort Mei, let's say honestly. Because a punishment is not appropriate to be given to the person who turns out to be the victim. Tell me, to let me know, what kind of action makes you all feel fair." That straightforward and calm voice of Xiao Yi echoed within Qing Ren's hall.

(What was the fate of the next concubines, as wise as concubine Yi in following up the harem palace filled with jealousy?)

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