Chapter 534 Why Are You Apologizing?
Ning Hanwang obeyed the order and rushed to Zhaoyi Palace as quickly as possible.
"I respectfully wish the Imperial Concubine Yi good health."
Mu Yan did not allow him to stand up, and looked at him with cold eyes.
"Your Ning family is simply a ruined family. If it weren't for my family's help, how could you be where you are now?"
"When you were demoted, you had to stay in Tongrou County. If it weren't for me and my second sister, how could you have returned to the capital safely?"
"The person in the world who has no right to favor a concubine and destroy a wife is you."
"Who gave you the guts to mistreat my sister?"
After receiving the summons, Ning Hanwang had a hunch that Concubine Yi had received some rumors.
He was not surprised. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Even with the strictest precautions, it can only be kept secret for a while. After a long time, Concubine Yi will eventually hear about it.
Not wanting to be wronged, he tried his best to defend himself.
"Your Highness, please understand. Rumors cannot be trusted."
"I respect Madam, as always."
Her beloved nephew betrayed her and her sister suffered. Mu Yan was immersed in resentment, like a storm, unstoppable.
"I have already sent people to investigate. Not only has it spread outside, but everyone also said that they saw it with their own eyes. You made your wife kneel several times for the sake of your concubine. It is conceivable that you didn't care about my sister's face and directly made her kneel outside the mansion."
"The facts are solid, and you still dare to deceive me?"
"Who are you? Without the Mu clan, you are nothing!"
Knowing that she believed it and was so angry, Ning Hanwang tried to be calm and explained softly in a soothing tone.
"I know I was wrong."
"But please, Your Majesty, listen to my explanation. I really did not favor my concubine over my wife. The rumors are all false."
Mu Yan asked angrily.
"If it's fake, why are you apologizing?"
Ning Hanwang answered.
"I apologize, but I just hope that the Imperial Concubine can calm down."
Mu Yan picked at the words and attacked sarcastically.
"Calm down, just say please calm down, why apologize?"
Ning Hanwang changed his words as he wished.
"Yes, I know I was wrong and I shouldn't apologize."
Mu Yan was free and easy and continued to attack, thinking she was always right.
"You were wrong, but you didn't apologize. How dare you be so arrogant in front of me?"
"I am the imperial concubine, but you are so careless. How arrogant would you be to treat other people of the Mu clan in private?"
"You are so arrogant and respectful to your wife as before?"
"Were you like this before?"
Hearing the intention to make things difficult, Ning Hanwang felt extremely helpless.
"My Lady, how can you not be reasonable when resolving conflicts?"
"You told me not to apologize."
Mu Yan relied on his eloquence to speak easily and make sense.
"I only want to ask why you apologize and what you apologize for. Have you ever been forbidden to apologize?"
Ning Hanwang was shocked.
"what?"
Thinking back to what had happened before, it seemed irrefutable. He looked flustered and a little at a loss.
“This… um…”
Mu Yan looked sharply.
“We shouldn’t hesitate when solving problems.”
"Do you know where you went wrong?"
Ning Han looked at his tangled brows, the wind and rain were blowing.
"This……"
Mu Yan determined the mistake and spoke in a decisive tone.
"You are wrong. You shouldn't favor your concubine and destroy your wife."
Ning Hanwang insisted on explaining.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is very perceptive..."
Mu Yan interrupted him and acted arbitrarily without giving him any chance.
"Please Lord Ning, list all the ways you have treated my sister badly, and I will tell you how you should correct it."
Ning Hanwang persevered and tried his best to clear his name.
"Your Highness may not know that when the rumor first started last year, I wrote a letter to the world, denying that I favored my concubine and killed my wife, and showing my deep love for the lady."
"Doesn't this prove that I'm innocent?"
Mu Yan is stubborn and arrogant.
"I have not seen the book, nor am I interested in reading it. I have only seen rumors spreading, and they are getting worse and worse."
"So I guess your so-called writings were not written seriously at all."
Ning Hanwang expressed his difficulties sincerely, hoping to get a little understanding.
"Everyone from the Mu clan came to Ning Mansion one after another and watched me write for many days before I finally got the final notice to be announced to the world."
"For the sake of the book and the restoration of Madam's reputation, my hand injury took seven days to heal."
"If there are so many things, how can it not be serious?"
Mu Yan was arbitrary and overbearing and wouldn't listen to a word.
"We, the Mu people, never do anything mean."
"Everything you said is slander and defamation. I don't believe it."
Ning Hanwang's heart was broken, with anger between his lips and teeth.
"Isn't what the Imperial Concubine is doing now a mean thing?"
Mu Yan was unruly and smiled contemptuously.
"Oh, that's a good refutation."
"According to Lord Ning, my sister should be bullied by you when she marries into the Ning Mansion, and no one from my mother's family can support her."
"Is it?"
No matter how he explained, all the people of the Mu clan, without exception, refused to listen. Ning Hanwang frowned unhappily, and the anger accumulated deep in his heart became more and more violent.
"That is not what I meant."
Mu Yan was disdainful and did whatever she wanted.
"Once you've said it, how can you regret it?"
"I will summon Liu and the fourth daughter of Ning right away and treat them well. I will see if anyone in their natal families is upset."
Ning Hanwang reminded solemnly.
"If they make a mistake, the nobles will be punished by Yin Sitai, and the common people will be punished by Tinghetai. How can the imperial concubine punish them privately?"
Mu Yan could turn his hand and clouds would appear, and turn his hand again and rain would appear, with ease.
"Isn't it easy to find a reason?"
"I am just a concubine, a concubine's daughter. If I report this to His Majesty, he will agree without hesitation and let me do whatever I want with her."
"If Lord Ning doesn't believe me, I'll give it a try."
As if he saw Shan'er and her daughter suffering, Ning Han's eyes were filled with tears and he felt extremely distressed. He quickly bowed his head in admission of defeat.
"Please have mercy, Madam Concubine."
Mu Yan curled the corners of his lips, feeling proud of himself.
"Tell me, what's wrong?"
Ning Hanwang reluctantly admitted that he favored his concubine and neglected his wife.
"I should never wrong the lady."
Mu Yan calmed down a little, picked up a round fan, and gently stroked the gold thread of the embroidery.
"List them all."
Ning Han looked down and agreed.
"Yes……"
Every time he listed something, she would tell him how to correct it according to her own wishes.
Just like that, one thing after another, Ning Han looked at Qi Qi's humility, which came from his heart.
Mu Yan was in a leisurely mood, playing with his long armor, and asked condescendingly.
"I asked you to mend your ways and do good, Lord Ning, do you have any objections?"
Ning Hanwang was dejected and depressed.
"I dare not. Thank you for your teachings, Madam Concubine."
Mu Yan threatened him arbitrarily.
"From now on, if there are any more rumors and they reach me, your punishment will be doubled. If the rumors are endless, your punishment will be doubled infinitely, until you die here to save me."
Ning Hanwang was shocked and stared in astonishment as he didn't expect that his life was in danger.
"what?"
Mu Yan was fearless and happy.
"If you don't agree, go to the Yinsitai and file a complaint, or appeal to the emperor. I want to see how much trouble you, a helpless and downtrodden duke, can stir up."
Ning Hanwang suppressed his grief and anger and responded respectfully.
"Your Highness, your words are too serious."
Mu Yan warned proudly.
"I can't resist, so I have to obey."
"Mr. Ning, if you behave yourself, you will be my good brother-in-law; but if you act lawless, I have plenty of ways to punish you."
"Today I will just give you a small punishment and a big warning. I hope you will remember the lesson."
Ning Hanwang responded dejectedly.
"I obey."