The Imperial Concubine was completely confused when she heard this. The Concubine Chen definitely didn't come to see her with good intentions. She just didn't know if she came because she didn't go to pay her respects.
Coming here to defend the queen? This Concubine Chen is not such a kind person. There are also Concubine Han and Concubine Liu. The imperial concubine suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart.
Her eyes flickered as she looked at Concubine Chen: "Your Majesty is kindhearted. I am unable to go today simply because I am ill. I believe that Your Majesty will not blame me."
When the other three concubines heard this, they really wanted to laugh out loud. That’s right, the former queen was naturally kind-hearted and would not bother with the imperial concubine.
But now, her son has been poisoned, and her backers are strong, I guess no woman would be kind to anyone anymore. Especially you, the imperial concubine.
You have never shown kindness to the Queen, but instead you are aggressive everywhere. No wonder the Queen treats you like this. Concubine Liu covered the corners of her mouth with her sleeves.
After a smile, he continued, "What the Imperial Concubine said is true. The Imperial Concubine is kindhearted. If it weren't for the Empress' kindness, we old people would probably never have the chance to sleep with her in our lifetime."
"But now, there is a glimmer of hope."
The Imperial Concubine frowned when she heard this: "What does Concubine Liu mean by this? Did the Empress allow you to have the opportunity to sleep with her? Why do I not understand?"
When Concubine Han heard what the Imperial Concubine said, she was the first to answer; "That's right, Imperial Concubine. The Empress said that as the ruler of a country, the Emperor should also treat the harem equally."
"So the Empress specially made name cards for us concubines. Every day before the Emperor goes to bed, he flips the cards and whoever is flipped gets to sleep with him."
"Do you think that this will give us more opportunities? The Queen is kind-hearted and understands justice. She also cares about us sisters."
What was not said was naturally that your Majesty the Imperial Concubine knows nothing and only knows how to monopolize the Emperor. Well, now the Emperor will never let you monopolize him alone.
And you, the favorite concubine, will soon lose your position as the only favorite in the six palaces, and the emperor's favor will be shared equally by the other sisters, as there are so many of them.
There are all kinds of them, can't they be better than you? Seeing the surprised look of the imperial concubine, the three concubines were secretly happy, but the imperial concubine was shaky.
He murmured to himself, "The Emperor will not agree."
The three concubines naturally also heard what the imperial concubine said, but none of them responded. After all, the queen had proposed it, so naturally the emperor would agree.
This was not a matter they needed to worry about at all. The three of them looked at each other, then looked at the others, and decided not to stay any longer because they felt the time was up.
So the three of them stood up and looked at the Imperial Concubine: "Imperial Concubine, it's getting late. I'll take my leave now."
The Imperial Concubine looked somewhat distraught at this time. She didn't care about these three people at all and just let them leave. Only at this time did she stand up unable to support herself.
Looking at Lianzi: "Lianzi, hurry up, let's go find the emperor."
Lianzi was also in great confusion at this time. If she wanted to avenge Hehua, she had to rely on her own imperial concubine's power and influence in the palace. Otherwise, the imperial concubine would soon become an ordinary concubine in the palace.
Her enemies may never be able to take revenge in this lifetime. Looking at the Imperial Concubine: "Then shall we go find the Emperor now?"
The Imperial Concubine nodded: "Yes, let's go find the Emperor."
So the imperial concubine went to find the emperor, and at this time the emperor was sitting in the palace with the queen: "What is the matter that the queen came to see me today?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "I came here today because I want to discuss something with the Emperor. You see, there are very few children in the harem."
"It has been almost five years since the Emperor built this harem, but Yin'er is the only child. He is very lonely! So the Emperor should think about his offspring."
The emperor frowned. After all, he was already quite old and had only one child. In such a huge palace, children were essential.
Looking at the Queen: "Then what do you think I should do?"
The queen smiled and said, "My meaning is very simple. I have made a sign for each of the sisters in the harem, and I will give the sign of the concubine who is easy to conceive to the emperor every day."
"Your Majesty can choose for himself. Which concubine to go to that day, which days are easy to get pregnant, I know how to calculate it, or it was Yongxi who gave it to me!"
"So in this way, the emperor will surely have many children soon. In this way, our Great Zhou will surely become more prosperous."
The emperor looked at the queen with a strange look in his eyes, and finally spoke: "This is a clever idea, is it the queen's own idea?"
"By the way, Queen, have you found the person who secretly poisoned the prince?"
The Empress smiled and said, "She was just a palace maid, and she has been beaten to death. Since the Emperor thinks this is a good idea, let's implement it tonight."
"I will ask Xiao Suzi to deliver the names of the sisters to His Majesty every day."
The emperor didn't know what to say to refuse. After all, the queen was acting for the greater good, not for her own selfish reasons, so the emperor could only acquiesce.
But this feeling is really bad. He has been with the imperial concubine for some time. Firstly, he is used to it, and secondly, everyone invites him to their place.
But now the queen directly pushed him out, and pushed him so far away. Every woman in the harem is really kind and righteous.
Seeing that the emperor had agreed, the queen did not intend to say anything more to the emperor. She just stood up and said, "Since there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
After saying this, the Queen left. When she was leaving the house, she happened to see the Imperial Concubine's sedan chair arriving at the Emperor's palace gate, but the Queen had not yet gotten on the sedan chair.
The two of them were standing face to face. Seeing the usually glamorous imperial concubine in this state, the queen was a little surprised and the corners of her mouth curved.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine is too weak to even come and pay her respects to me, yet now you have the leisure to come and pay your respects to the Emperor. You are so bold that you don't even take me seriously."
The eunuch who escorted the queen out saw what a coincidence it was and quickly went back to the palace: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is outside and has bumped into the queen."
The emperor looked at the eunuch in confusion: "It's just a collision, why are you so anxious?"
The eunuch frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress will begin to enforce the palace rules today. Every morning, all concubines must go to pay their respects to the Empress."
"But everyone went this morning except the Imperial Concubine. Now she has come to your side instead. I'm afraid the Empress will blame the Imperial Concubine."
When the emperor heard this, he looked at the eunuch and said, "So you think I should go out and favor the Imperial Concubine who made a mistake, and argue with the Empress?"
The more the emperor spoke, the more his brows frowned. Xiaoman had just hinted to him during the morning court today that he was favoring his concubine over his wife. He didn't expect that the eunuchs serving him had the same idea.
I think he should favor the imperial concubine. When did this happen? Thinking of this, the emperor still felt very depressed.
The eunuch was even more shocked: "But Your Majesty, don't you always favor the Imperial Concubine?"
When the emperor heard this, he was a little dazed. He couldn't go on like this. He had also mentioned this issue when he was talking to Gu Xiangning just now.
Gu Xiangning has gone to look for help because of this problem. Perhaps if he continues like this, there is no telling whether Xiaoman and the Queen Mother will join forces to burn to death the imperial concubine, the evildoer of the confused monarch.
He glanced at the eunuch and said, "Go down."
The eunuch didn't dare to say anything, but went down. The emperor stood up and walked to the door of the hall. He looked at the two women looking at each other, but did not show up.
The Queen and the Imperial Concubine did not know that the Emperor was here. The Imperial Concubine listened to the Queen's words and her face became even uglier: "Why did I come to see the Emperor despite being ill? Don't you know, Sister?"
The Queen raised her eyebrows. "How can I know what you are thinking? Oh, is it possible that the Emperor did not comfort you last night and you are unhappy about it?"
The Imperial Concubine snorted coldly and looked at the Queen in front of her: "Sister, you really have come back because of your backer, and you are confident in what you say. You know why my sister came."
"That so-called flip card you came up with was just to restrict the emperor and not let my sister be the only one favored in the harem. I'm afraid my sister's mind is not that deep."
"This idea also came from the county lord, right?"
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Sister, what you said is not right. The county princess is currently meeting Lord Gu, and they don't have time to spend with each other! How can they care about the affairs of the palace?"
"Besides, I have no obligation to manage the affairs of the palace. However, the county lady did remind me of a few things, which made me think clearly."
"In this palace, every woman wants my position. As the saying goes, if a woman is not ruthless, her position will not be stable. If my position is not stable."
"I'm afraid my children won't survive. I believe my sister is the most clear about this matter. She just got the title of imperial concubine."
"How dare you attack my child? Do you think I can still tolerate you?"
The imperial concubine took a step back, her face obviously flustered. The emperor saw all of this, and it was not until this moment that he suddenly had an epiphany.
Perhaps none of the women in the harem married him because he was Mu Yexing, and truly loved him only because he was the emperor.
The emperor suddenly felt uncomfortable and envious. It might be the greatest luck in his life that his prince Mu Yexiao could meet Qian Jiujiu.
"Sister, don't talk nonsense. Do you think the emperor will believe you if you accuse me like this?"
The conversation between the two sisters soon attracted the emperor's attention again. The queen smiled and said, "Of course not. After all, the lotus flowers are dead."
"There is no evidence for such a thing. I have always wondered why you could watch the most important Lotus by your side die without helping her. It turns out you also want to kill her to silence her."