Chapter 107 Yun Fenghuang exorcised the evil from Jie Yu Jia!

According to the tacit understanding of paying respect in the Imperial Harem, concubines, who did not have hostesses or whose hostesses were not available, came first, and then hostesses would arrive at the moment when the Empress was ready.

However, these hostesses did not arrive together. They came one after another according to their grade. Yun Fenghuang lived in Xuan Qing Palace where many prominent figures had lived, naturally not far away from Yan Fu Palace where the Empress lived.

But because she was just a Jie Yu now, she could arrive a little later than concubines, but must appear before such people as Noble Consort Shu, Consort Xin and Fu Ren Yaoning arrived. Otherwise, she would be considered arrogant.

So it was not too late for her when she set out. After a few steps out of Xuan Qing Palace, she saw that a group of people not far away walked along the palace road. They surrounded a sedan which had the similar regulations as that of Yun Fenghuang.

They might feel someone come behind, and slowed down gradually.

Xi Jing’s eyes were sharp and she whispered to Yun Fenghuang, “It’s Jie Yu Jia. Presumably she wants to make way for you.”

Yun Fenghuang responded, “Well, let’s go.”

She had nothing to do with Jie Yu Jia. Even if she made way for her, she didn’t want to thank her.

However, the group of Jie Yu Jia caught up with her group. The former turned and called her with a fake smile, “Hello, Sister Mao.”

Yun Fenghuang intended to ignore her originally, but Jie Yu Jia took the initiative to speak. Also, because she was nearly ten years older than Yun Fenghuang, Yun Fenghuang thought it was more interesting, so, she asked, “Sister, what’s the matter?”

Jie Yu Jia said, “No. I just call you when I saw you… By the way, do you like cats? I got a couple of cats a few days ago, and they just gave birth to a group of little cats. Some of them are very beautiful. I thought that cats can bring people happiness. So, I planned to send them to sisters. If you like it, you can pick one or two. You can play with it or use it to catch snakes and mice.”

“Thank you.” Yun Fenghuang smiled, “I am fine. But Pin Yun also lives in Xuan Qing Palace now. You know, her maid… ah… what a kind girl she is, but she is dead…”

Jie Yu Jia said immediately, “It’s my fault.”

There was nothing bad happening until now. But then, Cai Nv shouted behind and someone screamed in pain immediately, “Help!”

Yun Fenghuang heard that was her people. She turned her head and saw that among the originally neat queue behind the sedan, a Cai Nv in yellow was covering her face and stepped back in panic. Not far away, a cat with yellow-white-black straight hair arched her back in an attacking posture. Its claws were white and were stained with blood obviously.

“Go and kill it!” Yun Fenghuang ordered the eunuchs beside her immediately and asked quickly, “When did this cat come? Why did it attack my Cai Nv?”

“Oops!” Jie Yu Jia twitched her mouth before turning her head, and immediately covered her mouth to say, “You can’t do this. This cat is a pet that I promised to give Noble Consort Gui. I sent it to Yan Lan Palace two days ago. But it couldn’t adapt after going there. Noble Consort Gui felt pity for it and let me take it back to Fei Han Palace to take care. It recovered today, so, I plan to take it to Chong Chang Hall. Then, people in Yan Lan Palace can give it to Noble Consort Gui… This cat is always the most gentle and well-behaved one, otherwise, how could I give it to Noble Consort Gui?”

Yun Fenghuang squinted and looked at her, “If it is really gentle and well-behaved, how could it attack my Cai Nv suddenly? Would it be that you have bad intention to Noble Consort Gui and took the opportunity of taking it back to the Fei Han Palace to do something bad? However, Noble Consort Gui and her baby are so lucky, but my people suffered it!”

Jie Yu Jia changed her expression slightly, with a gloomy face, “Sister Mao, watch your tongue! Thinking about Zhao Yuan Ji, how dare I do such a bad thing!”

During the talk, they let people put sedans down, stood up, and walked back.

Cai Nv, who had been neatly queued originally, was in a mess. The Cai Nv who was injured was startled and scared. She was still wiping her tears and covering her wound, but blood already flowed to her neck and clothes. She looked terrible and pitiful.

Yun Fenghuang beckoned to Liu Hong to hold her, comforted with a few words, and then asked people around about the details.

Then people in Xuan Qing Palace said that when they walked, the cat in the arms of a maid suddenly jumped over and attacked her!

People in Fei Han Palace said indignantly that as they were holding the cat, the Cai Nv in Xuan Qing Palace reached out to touch it boldly. Because of Jie Yu Jia’s friendly attitude towards Yun Fenghuang, they didn’t stop her although they thought it was improper. As a result, she might annoy the cat with her movements. The cat was not sensible, and attacked her immediately… They were too late to stop!

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Seeing this, before Yun Fenghuang spoke, Jie Yu Jia said, “We know that Jie Yu Mao is deeply trusted by Her Highness, and naturally, she knows the rules best! How could people in her palace make such a reckless move? It must be that you didn’t hold the cat well, which made the cat uncomfortable, so, it attacked people indiscriminately…”

As she said this, she saluted Yun Fenghuang, and admitted her mistake with an honest attitude, “Sister, it’s my fault. I made trouble for you! I will punish my maid cruelly after I go back!”

The maid holding the cat knelt down to admit, “It’s my fault. Please forgive me…”

As for the cat that caused the accident…

Before Jie Yu Jia mentioned Noble Consort Gui, because of the hesitation of eunuchs, it had run away under the hint of maids in Fei Han Palace.

Seeing this, people in Xuan Qing Palace all looked awkward and helpless. Since it happened, they could only accept it. After all, just a Cai Nv was injured. Jie Yu Jia explained and apologized, and even promised to punish the maid who held the cat after they came back. How could they ask more?

In particular, the cat was given to Noble Consort Gui.

Not only those new Cai Nv, but also Jie Yu Jia felt that they should get on the sedans to Yan Fu Palace after her apology.

They shouldn’t forget to pay respect just for such a small thing.

Of course, when they paid respect, if someone laughed at Yun Fenghuang for that she was too useless to even defend people who chose her… it had nothing to do with Jie Yu Jia.

At most, she would say in a virtuous manner that “It’s not like this” and “My sisters misunderstood” to show that everything was an accident.

However, Yun Fenghuang looked at the corner where the cat disappeared for a moment, and suddenly slapped the face of Jie Yu Jia!

She was born in the north, and was taller than girls in the middle part of the country and the south. Besides, she learned riding and archery with her father and brother, and was also much stronger than ordinary women. At this time, Jie Yu Jia, who was defenselessly, was beaten by Yun Fenghuang with full strength. She turned around, and directly fell to the maid behind her. Then they fell to the ground together!

“… Sister Mao, how dare you!” Jie Yu Jia screamed on the ground. Yun Fenghuang lifted her skirt, stepped forward, kicked her, and commanded, “What are you waiting for? Hurry to help Jie Yu Jia to exorcise the evil!”

People in Xuan Qing Palace looked at each other curiously, and did not know how Jie Yu Jia was bewitched. But Chen Zhu knew the temper of Yun Fenghuang. After all, Chen Sheng lost the position of leading servant because of her hesitation.

Just now as the cat fled, they were scared. If they weren’t obedient at this time, Yun Fenghuang would deal with them.

So they raised their fists hesitantly… But they did not dare to fight against a hostess like Yun Fenghuang, but hit maids of Fei Han Palace.

The chaos made those Cai Nv who were scared scream and retreat.

But Yi Xing’en was an exception. After seeing the situation for a while, she said, “As a person of Xuan Qing Palace, I should obey my hostess’s order.”

She rushed out first and slapped a Cai Nv of Fei Han Palace. Soon, Cai Nv of the two palaces also fought together!

This road was relatively empty. There were a few people in the morning, so, they fought for a long time. Finally, the teams of Noble Consort Shu and Consort Xin came over one after the other. They found something happened, got off the sedans, and then let people come forward to stop in panic and shock. It took a long time to control the situation.

“What’s the matter? How dare you!” Noble Consort Shu was so angry that she trembled, covered her chest with her hand, and questioned Yun Fenghuang and Jie Yu Jia who were brought in front of her, “You are consorts, but didn’t obey the rules or set examples for concubines. You actually fought like this on the way to paying respect and even took the lead. How dare you! Did you put rules, Her Highness, His Majesty, the Queen Mothers and the Empress Dowager in your hearts?”

“Noble Consort Shu, please help me!” Jie Yu Jia cried with snot and tears. If Noble Consort Shu didn’t see the pattern and decoration of her clothes carefully, she would not identify her. She looked terrible, like maids who were beaten to the ground. She lost her jewels, her clothes got dirty and her face was swollen. With a bleeding mouth and untidy hair, she said, “My people didn’t hold the cat of Noble Consort Gui, so, the cat felt uncomfortable and jumped to attack. It’s my fault that the cat hurt the Cai Nv in Xuan Qing Palace. But I apologized several times. However, Jie Yu Mao still attacked me, I… I…”

She couldn’t speak anymore.

Noble Consort Shu frowned and asked Yun Fenghuang, “Is it true?”

“Jie Yu Jia may be muddled.” After the chaotic, Yun Fenghuang was the most graceful and tidy one, because maids in Fei Han Palace did not dare to attack her and she took the lead to slap Jie Yu Jia. Therefore, she was exquisite and stepped forward to say calmly, “Here’s the thing. After the cat held by a maid in Jie Yu Jia’s palace hurt my Cai Nv, although I am distressed, I didn’t say anything.”

“But Jie Yu Jia told me that the cat was given to Noble Consort Gui before! It is very gentle and well-behaved. People in the Imperial Harem know that Noble Consort Gui is pregnant, but how could she give a fierce cat to her? But the cat didn’t adapt in Yan Lan Palace, Noble Consort Gui let Jie Yu Jia raise it for a few days. Today, it seemed that the cat felt better, Jie Yu Jia planned to send it back… Am I right? Jie Yu Jia?”

Jie Yu Jia thought about it and nodded, “That’s right, but…”

“But I felt something wrong when listening to it!” Yun Fenghuang interrupted her and said aloud, “This good cat was still gentle and well-behaved a few days ago. How could it be like this after it returned to your palace for a few days? I’m afraid it was bewitched. If it were bewitched, Jie Yu Jia could be in danger! So, I am so anxious that I intended to exorcise the evil from her…If Noble Consort Shu didn’t believe it, you can send people to investigate whether we expel evil by beating the one in the north or not, and the more fiercely we beat, the more effective it is!”

“It’s better to hang people on the beam of the house and hit her with the barbed whip dipped in salt water, or how could the evil thing on the person be willing to leave?”

Then she turned her head to look at Jie Yu Jia’s miserable look, and sighed, “I am a little soft-hearted, and what’s more, Jie Yu Jia is such a lovely girl… Well, that is all I can do for her!”

Jie Yu Jia was so angry that she was almost stunned. She pointed to Yun Fenghuang but couldn’t say a word. After a while, she moved to the front of Noble Consort Shu and kowtowed, asking for her help.

“This is nonsense!” Looking at this scene as a model of inverting justice, Consort Xin, who had never wanted to manage things, could not bear it, and said, “The Imperial Harem was full of the spirit of His Majesty. How can there be evil things? What’s more, cats and dogs are living creatures, and it is normal for them to be moody. How can they be related to evil?”

She glanced at Yun Fenghuang with annoyance, “I still feel weird that Jie Yu Mao suddenly hit people. Should I send people to exorcise the evil from you?”

Yun Fenghuang admitted the mistake humbly, “Consort Xin was right. You are really knowledgeable and can see things clearly. I am not well-educated, and was muddled. It’s my fault. Please forgive me.”

Then she saluted Jie Yu Jia and said in the same tone that the latter used to admit her mistakes, “Sister Jia, it’s my fault. I am not well-educated. I made trouble for you! After I go back, I will study hard, and won’t do these things again!”

Jie Yu Jia looked at her with anger, and was just about to speak. At this time, a group of people came behind. Maids beside Noble Consort Shu and Consort Xin took a glance and quickly reminded, “My Lady, it seems that Noble Consort Gui is coming?”