The emperor looked at the queen and obviously knew what she was thinking. He did not choose Concubine Zhen, who was drawn at the beginning, because Concubine Zhen's family was weak, so it didn't matter if he didn't go.
But it was different for the Concubine Chen. First of all, if she was drawn and didn't go, the Empress Dowager would have an argument. Thinking of this, she sighed.
"Since it is the Queen's wish, then it shall be as you wish."
The Queen raised her lips and said, "I am now satisfied with my son. Your Majesty, please work hard for your offspring. Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off."
The emperor was speechless. He was not ready to leave yet! The queen had already seen him off. It seemed that she didn't want to stay with him anymore. The emperor felt uncomfortable again.
Before she could say anything else, she heard the Queen continue, "Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, please go to the Concubine Chen's palace. I will go to see the Concubine Gui on your behalf. After all, she just lost a child."
"Someone is needed to comfort her. The emperor doesn't have time. As his wife, I will go to the harem to take care of the affairs. Si Xia, get ready to leave."
At this time, the Imperial Concubine, who had already woken up and was extremely weak, just heard Lianzi's report and learned that the Emperor had actually gone to the palace of the Concubine Chen tonight. The Concubine Chen...
The imperial concubine's eyes were bloodshot. She lost a child, but the emperor didn't even glance at her. The imperial concubine didn't believe it. Was the emperor really so heartless
Lianzi stood aside, not knowing what to say to comfort the imperial concubine. Before she could think of any words of comfort, she heard the eunuch's sharp voice.
"The Queen has arrived."
Soon, the Queen came in. Looking at the Imperial Concubine on the bed, the Queen raised her eyebrows and said, "Lian Zi, how is the Imperial Concubine?"
Lianzi bowed to the queen with great fear and trepidation before answering, "Your Majesty, my queen is doing well. Thank you for your concern."
Everything is fine? The queen was happy in her heart, but she looked kind on the surface: "As long as everything is fine, it's good. As for the child, let's just let it go."
"The emperor has few children in the harem, and he has been working hard in all the palaces recently. I believe that once the imperial concubine recovers, she will naturally have the opportunity to bear children for the emperor."
"By the way, the Emperor went to the Concubine Chen's palace today. I think the Concubine Chen will have a child soon. She looks blessed."
"I think the Imperial Concubine will also be happy for the Emperor."
The imperial concubine was lying on the bed, her hands beneath the quilt tightly grasping the quilt because of the queen's words. She wished she could push the quilt away and grab the queen's body.
Unfortunately, she didn't dare to. In this palace, besides the emperor and the empress dowager, the queen in front of her had the greatest power. Obviously, everything was not like this.
Why did it become like this? The imperial concubine thought so, feeling a little sad. The queen looked at the imperial concubine without saying a word and felt a little bored.
"Since you don't want to talk, just have a good rest. I am only here to check on you on behalf of the emperor. Since you are fine, I will leave first."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. He felt so happy that he couldn't explain it. He just felt that the sky was a little bluer, even though it was night. He got on the sedan chair and went back to the palace.
Looking at the queen like this, Si Yin couldn't help but shake her head. What's the point of being so gratified? After all, the queen is kind-hearted, and at most she would be like this today.
She went to laugh at others but didn't do anything to actually hurt them. Si Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, not knowing whether to be happy or sad for the Queen's soft-heartedness.
Whatever, even if something happened to the queen, there would be people to protect her, so it was better to be kind. Of course, the kinder the queen was, the more vicious some people would appear.
As soon as the Queen left the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine looked at Lianzi and sat up: "Lianzi, go find me a white silk. I want to hang myself."
Lianzi was startled: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do? Although the Queen's words are unpleasant to hear, Your Majesty, just bear with it and it will pass."
"Why ..."
Before she finished her words, Lianzi saw a strange smile on the corner of the imperial concubine's lips, and then she laughed: "Lianzi, you said the queen is such a stupid person."
"On what basis can you sit on the throne of the mother of the world? On what basis can you become the most noble woman in the world? Go and tell the emperor that the queen is right."
"I am unlucky and cannot bear the Emperor's child. I am unworthy of bearing the Emperor's child. I will hang myself now to accompany my poor son."
When Lianzi heard this, he immediately understood that the queen was trying to force him to die, but he didn't know if it would succeed. But now there was no other way.
At least she had to bring the emperor to Qinghe Palace to stay for a night so that others could see that even if there was a draw, she, the imperial concubine, could still ignore the queen's rules.
After gaining the emperor's favor and figuring things out, Lianzi quickly went to find a white silk, tied it on, turned around and ran outside.
Of course, she went to the Concubine Chen's palace to find the Emperor.
Today, Concubine Chen received a report from Xiao Suzi and learned that the Emperor would come to her palace tonight. She was so happy that she prepared a table of wine and food.
Then she waited for the emperor to come. As expected, the emperor came. Concubine Chen's eyes lit up instantly and she walked forward: "I pay my respects to the emperor."
After she finished speaking, she looked shy. The emperor and Ren Yu were quite familiar with each other, and he was still upset about what happened in the past: "Stand up."
Chen Fei felt a little aggrieved that she did not give Chen Fei a good face, but at this time, she still endured it. No matter what, she was still very self-aware.
Knowing how much the emperor hated her in his heart, she was already satisfied that he was willing to come now. She looked at the emperor with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, I have prepared a table of delicious food and wine."
"How about I drink a cup with you?"
Speaking of which, when the emperor left the queen, the queen did not invite him to have a meal. Since he was still a little hungry, he just nodded and reluctantly walked over to sit down.
The two of them had dinner together and were about to go to bed when Concubine Chen's heart began to beat faster. Although she had drugged Gu Xiangning when she was in the mansion, it did not work, so she wanted to go to the Emperor's room.
However, the Imperial Concubine got there first and pinned all the blame on her. Thinking of this, Chen Fei felt resentful, but then she became shy again.
After taking off all the clothes on his body, he suddenly heard a shrill cry from outside: "Your Majesty, please save my queen, Your Majesty, save her."
The emperor had never had any interest in Concubine Chen in the first place, and now that this had happened, he had even less interest and simply threw Concubine Chen aside.
After walking out, he saw that the person kneeling outside was the imperial concubine's personal maid Lianzi. He couldn't help but frown. Why was the imperial concubine in such a state? He looked at Lianzi.
"Lianzi, what's going on?"
Lianzi replied with a pitiful face: "Your Majesty, the Queen just came to see my queen and said that my queen is not blessed, so she can't keep the prince."
"Now my queen is threatening to hang herself. Your Majesty, please save my queen and persuade her. Your Majesty, I beg you, Your Majesty."
Seeing Lianzi's voice, the emperor frowned and said, "Go to Qinghe Palace."
After the Concubine Chen came out after putting on her clothes, she realized that the Emperor had actually gone to Qinghe Palace. Her expression immediately turned very ugly: "Come here, I need to go to the Empress Dowager's palace."
The whereabouts of the Emperor and Concubine Chen were soon reported to the Empress. The Empress was having dinner at the time, of course, with the eldest prince, when she heard the two pieces of news.
The queen touched the eldest prince's round face and looked at the nurse: "Take the eldest prince to rest early."
The nurse responded, holding the eldest prince and left. Si Yin looked at the queen, who continued to eat slowly. Si Yin frowned: "Your Majesty..."
The queen smiled and said, "It's okay, just wait."
Si Yin sighed and stopped talking, but waited beside the queen. At this time, the emperor had already arrived at the gate of Qinghe Palace.
As soon as I entered, I saw the imperial concubine standing beside the bed with a pale face, looking at Bai Ling in front of her with an expression of despair on her face.
The emperor felt a little distressed, so he walked over and helped the imperial concubine down with one hand: "Wan'er, what are you going to do?"
Hearing the word Wan'er, the imperial concubine burst into tears instantly, because she could hear the emperor's heartache. Although it was because of her, she was the one who lost the child after all.
How important was a child to her foothold in the harem, but she lost it just like that. Lin Chuwan was really sad and she lay directly in the emperor's arms and cried bitterly.
"Your Majesty, it is because I am useless and unlucky that the child does not want me, right? Wuwuwu..."
Listening to the imperial concubine's heart-wrenching cries, the emperor was finally sad. Originally, the imperial concubine wanted to cry and complain to the emperor at the same time.
As a result, she was too weak and fell asleep in the emperor's arms while crying. When Lianzi saw this, he wanted to say something but did not open his mouth.
However, the Emperor was about to leave after the Imperial Concubine fell asleep. No matter what, the Queen was right about one thing: the Imperial Concubine had just suffered a miscarriage.
It was not suitable for him to stay. Lianzi watched the emperor leave, and then spoke: "Is the emperor leaving? What should I do if the queen wakes up and is upset?"
The emperor looked at Lianzi and thought of what Lianzi had said just now. He still wanted to say something to rebuke her: "Lianzi, as a palace maid, you should persuade your master a little."
"Instead of fanning the flames, do you understand?"
In the emperor's heart, the imperial concubine is pure and kind. If there is anything wrong, it must be instigated by the maids around her, and Lianzi doesn't know it yet.
Her image in the emperor's eyes had been greatly damaged. After hearing what the emperor said, she quickly bowed her head and admitted her mistake: "I understand."
The emperor nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, I will go to the Queen's palace now."