eurekapd Chapter 714 The Tragic Concubine 21
Chapter 714 The Tragic Concubine 21
"To be honest, over the years I have sometimes been unable to resist doubting the Queen Mother," Jiang Chunxi continued, "Was it really the Queen who killed my unborn child? After all, the Queen was not pregnant at the time, so she would not have taken the risk of harming my unborn child."
"So is there a possibility that the one who ordered Chengpin to be killed was not the Queen, but the Queen Mother?"
"As for why the Queen Mother did this, the fact that the Emperor has no children is the best proof. For the sake of her youngest son, the Queen Mother must have made plans long ago."
"Of course, this may be because I am overthinking. After all, the emperor is the empress dowager's biological son. The empress dowager will not be too cruel to the emperor. But as I said just now, there is nothing a biased mother can't do. So what if the empress dowager is really cruel?"
The corners of her mouth drew a mocking arc: "I am just talking casually, Your Majesty, please don't take it seriously. After all, I don't want to guess too badly. There is no such cruel person in the world who would murder his own grandson for ulterior motives."
The emperor's mind had indeed been led astray by Jiang Chunxi. It was too easy to instigate a suspicious man like him. In addition, the empress dowager proposed to bring the prince's son to the palace, which made it even easier for Jiang Chunxi to instigate him.
Haha! If you want to put the blame on her, it depends on whether she is willing. Jiang Chunxi really wants to see whether the Queen Mother and the Emperor, mother and son, will love and hate each other.
The emperor left Jiang Chunxi's palace with a solemn expression and spent the whole day thinking about Jiang Chunxi's words.
Reason told him that what Jiang Chunxi said was sheer nonsense, but when the emperor thought about how it was the Empress Dowager who suggested getting rid of the baby in Jiang Chunxi's belly, he couldn't help but think about it.
At night, Concubine Du secretly came to the Queen's palace.
The Shen family's trusted imperial physician was already waiting in the Queen's palace. As soon as Concubine Du arrived, the Queen immediately asked the imperial physician to take Concubine Du's pulse.
"I will have someone bring the medicine to you as soon as possible. I just hope your stomach will be better. Don't take strong medicine and still not feel any movement in your stomach." The Queen looked at Concubine Du's stomach with disdain and said:
"Sister, that medicine will only harm the mother's body, it won't..." Du Guiren said with a troubled look on her face, for she was afraid that after taking the medicine, she would successfully get pregnant and die during childbirth.
"Don't worry! I won't let you risk your life to give birth to a child. If I really let you do that, then the child you give birth to will be given to someone else," the queen said with a gloomy face. "The emperor doesn't even want me to give birth to a child, so how can he let me raise someone else's child? The Shen family did everything they could to let you enter the palace under the name of the Du family's legitimate daughter, not to make wedding clothes for others for nothing."
After hearing what the Queen said, Concubine Du felt relieved. Then she said with a worried look on her face, "But sister, if it's the Emperor's problem, then it will be useless even if I take the strong medicine as food!"
"Ever since Imperial Concubine Jiang became pregnant with the heir to the throne ten years ago, none of the concubines in the harem have been pregnant, so I'm wondering if the problem lies with the Emperor. Maybe the Emperor is being punished and is doomed to have no children in this life? Who told the Emperor to give you the sterilization drug and cruelly get rid of the baby in Imperial Concubine Jiang's belly?"
"You know, that's the emperor's own flesh and blood. Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. The emperor can even kill his own flesh and blood, so he must be punished. He is destined to have no offspring in this life."
As a hidden chess piece arranged by the Shen family, Concubine Du naturally knew some things, such as the sterilization drug given to the Queen and the child in Concubine Jiang's belly. The people behind this were the Emperor and the Queen Mother.
After hearing what Concubine Du said, the Queen couldn't help but ponder: "What you said is not unreasonable. Maybe the Emperor really got his comeuppance. If that's the case, then the Shen family should probably think of another plan."
"Okay, go back quickly!" Then the Queen looked at Concubine Du and said, "Whether the Emperor is really being punished or not, you still need to take the medicine. The Shen family has planned so much for you to enter the palace, we can't let it end up in vain."
As she spoke, the Queen frowned and looked like she had a headache. If it was really the Emperor's fault, then the Shen family would have to make new plans again, and she didn't know when this frustrating life would end. How could the Queen not have a headache?
Concubine Du bowed to the Queen and left. After she left, the Queen's trusted maid Chun Yi spoke up, "Your Majesty, I think what Concubine Du said makes some sense."
"If the problem is not with the emperor, then how do you explain that there are so many concubines in the harem, but none of them has conceived an heir to the throne over so many years?"
"If it's really the emperor's fault, then the Empress and the Shen family's years of planning have all been in vain," Chun Tao said indignantly, "Humph! It's all the Emperor's fault for being a bad person, otherwise he wouldn't have suffered retribution. Not only did the Emperor cruelly kill the child in Concubine Jiang's belly, he also ruined the Empress' body and prevented her from getting pregnant."
"With such a heartless and cruel man, it's no wonder that God wants the emperor to have no children."
"Alright, I have a headache, please stop talking," the Queen said irritably, "This morning, the Emperor came out of the Empress Dowager's Palace and went to Concubine Jiang's Palace. This is the first time the Emperor has stepped into Concubine Jiang's bedroom in ten years. Haven't we received any news from the people we arranged in Concubine Jiang's Palace?"
Yes, the Queen had planted people in Jiang Chunxi's palace. When she learned in the morning that the Emperor had gone to Concubine Jiang's palace, she wanted to know what the Emperor and Concubine Jiang had said.
"Your Majesty, the person we placed in Concubine Jiang's palace is just a rough maid, and there is no way she can serve Concubine Jiang closely. In addition, the emperor and Concubine Jiang were talking alone at the time, and the servants who served them all left. Therefore, our people really can't find out anything about what the emperor and Concubine Jiang said." Chunyi said:
The Queen frowned again: "Forget it, let's put this matter aside for now! The most important issue now is the Emperor. Send the news back to the Shen family immediately. If it is really the Emperor's problem, then the Shen family must come up with a solution as soon as possible."
"Oh!" At the same time, in Jiang Chunxi's palace, after hearing Yuanzhu's report, she raised her eyebrows slightly, "In the middle of the night, Concubine Du sneaked into the Queen's palace. I really can't tell! It turns out that Concubine Du is the Queen's person."
"Your Majesty, if Concubine Du is the Queen's person, then why is she doing it so secretly? If our people hadn't discovered that Concubine Du secretly went to the Queen's palace tonight, who would have known that Concubine Du is the Queen's person?" Yuanyuan said puzzledly. "In any case, I think this matter is definitely not that simple."