Watching the emperor's departing back, Lianzi couldn't help but think that the emperor must still favor the imperial concubine in his heart, otherwise, why would he go to the queen now
She must have gone to the Empress to vent her anger on the Imperial Concubine. The Empress was having dinner calmly in her own palace, and only saw the Emperor come in after she finished dinner.
Looking at the emperor, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. At this time, why is Your Majesty here instead of resting at the Concubine's place?"
The emperor sneered: "Why, do I have to report to the queen there too?"
The queen raised her eyebrows. It seemed that the emperor was going to have a good talk with her tonight. She just looked at the emperor calmly and said, "Your Majesty is serious. I am just curious."
The Emperor looked at the Empress and said, "When did the Empress become so good at acting? I don't believe that the Empress is unaware of what is going on in the palace. You are visiting the Imperial Concubine on my behalf."
"So you forced the imperial concubine to hang herself?"
The queen just smiled faintly: "What did I hear? The imperial concubine hanged herself? Your Majesty, this is the biggest joke I have heard this year."
"Speaking of which, since the emperor is so concerned about the imperial concubine, why not pay more attention to the concubine? Maybe the concubine is also hanging herself now!"
The emperor's face looked very ugly. Just now, the concubine was already naked, and then he turned around and left without mercy. This was such a great insult to a woman.
Maybe she is really going to hang herself. Thinking of the concubines in his harem, they are just like those shrews, threatening to hang themselves at any time. It is simply...
Wait, threat of hanging. Yes, how could the imperial concubine really intend to hang herself? She just wanted him to come to the queen to vent her anger.
And he was so stupid that he actually came to see the queen. His face suddenly looked a little embarrassed: "Who cares if she hangs herself or not? If she's not dead, then just ignore her for now."
"I haven't had dinner yet, so I'll have dinner here with you!"
The Queen raised her eyebrows. It was rare that the Emperor thought it through all of a sudden and decided not to cause trouble anymore. Unfortunately, the Emperor stopped causing trouble for the Queen, but his own troubles came instead.
Because the concubine Chen did not follow the example of the imperial concubine, who would hang herself at any time. Instead, she went directly to the queen mother and cried when she saw her: "Aunt, I don't want to live anymore."
"Let me die, so I won't become the biggest joke in the palace tomorrow."
The Queen Mother was shocked. What happened to the harem this year? Where were the conspiracies and intrigues that were promised? Why did it become a case of crying, making a fuss, and hanging
Looking at the Concubine Chen, she said, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you stay in your palace and sleep with me properly? Why are you coming here to make trouble?"
The concubine cried even louder: "Why should I sleep with him? The emperor has left. I took off all my clothes but he didn't even look at me. It would be better for me to die."
The empress dowager could not hear clearly as she spoke and cried. She looked at the palace maid serving beside Concubine Chen. The palace maid finally spoke and told her what happened. The empress dowager was very angry.
Of course, she was not angry with the emperor, but with the imperial concubine. She looked at the maid who was serving beside her and said, "Madame Lin, go pick out a piece of fine white silk and send it to the imperial concubine."
"Just say that I am fulfilling her wish."
The corners of Nanny Lin's mouth twitched. The imperial concubine must have been coaxed by the emperor now, so how could she be willing to die? The concubine Chen was also frightened.
I originally thought that I could punish the imperial concubine this time, but I didn't expect that the empress dowager would directly order her to be executed. Thinking of this, a gleam of light flashed in my eyes.
If the imperial concubine died, she was a little excited just thinking about it, but if the imperial concubine really died, would the emperor blame her? She didn't have time to speak.
She had already seen the Queen Mother looking at her: "You also stand up for me. How could I have a niece like you who is so useless and ambitious?"
"When the emperor passed away, you didn't hang yourself, did you? Now you come to me to complain, can I protect you forever?"
Seeing the concubine Chen being scolded like a fool, the queen mother felt hurt: "Why are you still being stupid? Why don't you follow me to the queen's palace to find the emperor."
Concubine Chen looked at the Queen Mother in confusion: "But aunt, why is the Emperor at the Queen's place? He must be at the Imperial Concubine's place."
After she finished speaking, seeing the Empress Dowager's expression change, Concubine Chen suddenly understood that the Emperor must be going to the Queen's palace to stand up for the Imperial Concubine.
The emperor is not here, maybe he can really take advantage of this opportunity to sentence the imperial concubine to death. Thinking of this, the concubine's heart was burning, and she immediately became active.
Of course, her purpose was to go to the Queen to stop the Emperor, so that she would have a chance to kill the Imperial Concubine. The group quickly arrived at the Queen's palace, but the tension was not as expected.
It seemed very peaceful. The Emperor was having dinner, while the Empress was sitting quietly on the side, looking at the Empress Dowager and the Concubine Chen. They both knew exactly what the death was.
The queen still stood up and looked at the queen mother: "Greetings to the queen mother."
The Queen Mother glanced at the Emperor and asked, "Has the Emperor been wronged by you again?"
When the emperor heard this, his expression suddenly changed. When did he become so unbearable in his mother's heart? The queen shook her head.
Looking at the Queen Mother, she said, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Thank you for your love. The Emperor may be hungry and has not had time to blame me yet."
As she spoke, a hint of self-mockery flashed in her eyes, but the Queen Mother glanced at the Emperor and said, "I will not let you suffer any more injustice in the future. I have already issued an order."
"Send the imperial concubine a white silk and grant her death. Without this scourge, the harem should be able to calm down soon."
When the emperor heard this, he suddenly stood up and went straight to Qinghe Palace without saying a word. Inside the Qinghe Palace, the empress dowager's order had already arrived.
Just as a palace servant was dragging the imperial concubine out of bed and was about to strangle her, a maidservant in Qinghe Palace who was good at martial arts was suddenly exposed.
He took immediate action and kicked the palace maid sent by the Queen Mother out. When the Emperor just got off the dragon sedan chair outside, he saw two palace maids falling in front of him.
The two maids were immediately startled. They also saw the emperor and knew that they had no chance. They got up from the ground and saluted the emperor: "Your servants pay their respects to the emperor."
The queen and others who followed her out of the sedan chair also looked at the two maids with curiosity: "What's going on with you two?"
The Queen Mother was so angry that her face turned pale. Her will was trampled upon in this way when it was being implemented. It would be strange if it could be efficient. "Tell me, what's going on?"
The two maids looked at each other and said, "Your Highness, there are maids in the Imperial Concubine's palace who are skilled in martial arts. We two maids cannot defeat them."
The empress dowager and the queen looked at each other. You know, in the harem, palace maids are not allowed to have martial arts skills, of course the queen and the empress dowager are exceptions.
Because the people around them are all secret guards, who are from the Bingjian Palace, and their deaths are registered. Of course, the eunuchs around the emperor are also skilled in martial arts, and they also have secret guards.
But the Imperial Concubine and the ordinary concubines were not allowed to do so. The Queen Mother was furious and looked at the Queen: "Queen, have someone take that maid down. I want to see her today."
"What on earth is this imperial concubine planning? How dare she bring a palace maid with martial arts skills into the palace? Check this palace maid's ancestors for me."
The emperor also reacted at this time. He had originally wanted to say that he had assigned this palace maid to the imperial concubine, but after the empress dowager said this, it was obvious that this idea would never work.
They remained silent for a while and waited to see what was going on. The group entered the imperial concubine's palace. The imperial concubine was pale and looked frightened.
Seeing the emperor coming, she immediately stopped talking and started to cry. She looked so distressing. The queen clicked her tongue twice: "Sister, you look so bad."
"It looks like she is really weak and fragile. Even I feel that she should be pitied, let alone the emperor. Your Majesty, I must be very distressed at this moment!"
The emperor was speechless and of course felt distressed, but the person who did this was his own mother, so he could not blame her. Otherwise, it would be extremely unfilial.
He snorted and turned his head away from looking at the imperial concubine. However, the empress dowager had already sat down, and the maid with martial arts skills was also firmly grasped by Si Xia.
"Drag the concubine up to me."
She even had to drag it out, it seemed she was really angry. The corners of the queen's lips twitched. She didn't expect that she could just not bother with the imperial concubine.
The first person who couldn't help it would be the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother was much more convenient than her. She watched the Imperial Concubine being dragged in front of the Queen Mother in a mess.
At this time, she still did not forget to pay her respects to the Queen Mother: "Your concubine greets the Queen Mother."
She looked trembling with fear and her eyes looked innocent. In the past, she had always thought that the Queen was the biggest threat, but she had ignored the old woman, the Queen Mother.
However, she forgot that her life and death could also be decided by this old witch, and today it was obvious that this old witch came to vent her anger on Concubine Chen.
Then she looked at the emperor pitifully again, and then she mustered up the courage to look at the empress dowager: "Empress Dowager, I wonder what I have done wrong?"
"Why did you bother the Queen Mother with a piece of white silk?"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "As a concubine, you are not short enough, and you have learned the ways of those common women, threatening the emperor by hanging yourself. This is simply unworthy of a woman!"
"As a concubine in the harem, you are jealous of the emperor's favor for others and wantonly destroy others. You are such a jealous and unkind person. I gave you a white silk dress, but you are still not convinced?"
The imperial concubine had a very sad expression on her face: "The Queen Mother is wronged. I just heard what the Queen said. She thinks I am incompetent and I am not blessed enough to give birth to a prince."
"That's why I want to die..."
"Then I gave you the gift of death, why did you refuse? And you even asked a palace maid with martial arts skills to do it. Speaking of which, my concubine, you are so brave. Who is this palace maid with martial arts skills?"
"If you can't tell it today, it won't be just about the white silk."