eurekapd Chapter 712 The Tragic Concubine 9
Chapter 712 The Tragic Concubine 9
As for the presence of the Queen's concubine's younger sister as a concubine in this life, Jiang Chunxi didn't think much about it. After all, the situation in this life was different from the original owner's previous life. So it was like flapping the wings of a butterfly and there was a concubine who had never appeared in the original owner's previous life. This was not an unusual thing.
And the most important thing is that the queen's concubine's sister has been too low-key since she entered the palace, which made Jiang Chunxi naturally ignore her completely.
"One day, I will be pissed off to death by that bitch, Imperial Concubine Jiang," the Queen said, slamming her teacup after the concubines left. "How long will I have to endure such a frustrating life? And that loser, Imperial Concubine Du, has been in the palace for several years, but why is there still no sign of pregnancy? Did she drink all the excellent pregnancy-maintaining medicine given by the family?"
Concubine Du is the Queen's concubine sister. The Du family is from the Shen family. They are just inconspicuous fifth-rank officials in the capital. The Queen's concubine sister participated in the selection and entered the palace under the identity of the Du family's legitimate daughter.
"Let someone close to Concubine Du inform her and ask her to come to my palace secretly at night."
In order not to arouse other people's suspicion, the Queen has not met Concubine Du in private over the years.
But now the Queen could not wait any longer, so she thought of calling her concubine sister over and asking the imperial physician to take a good look at her body. Then she would consider giving her medicine, even if it meant damaging the mother's body. In short, she had to let her concubine sister get pregnant as soon as possible.
After all, only if the Shen family gave birth to a prince, the queen could better carry out the next plan, such as getting rid of the emperor and supporting the young emperor to ascend the throne. Then the queen would no longer have to endure the anger of that bitch Concubine Jiang, and could also severely take revenge on her bitch.
The queen had a happy life in her previous life. Not only did she have both a son and a daughter, but no one dared to make her angry. Therefore, naturally she would not have any extreme thoughts.
But the situation in this world is different. Not only does she not have her own son, but she does not even have full control over the palace power. She has to endure Jiang Chunxi's bullying. Naturally, her mentality is different, and she has extreme thoughts, even daring to think about regicide.
As soon as the emperor finished his court session, someone from the Empress Dowager's palace reported that the Empress Dowager wanted him to go to Ci'an Palace.
So the emperor didn't even bother to review the memorials and went to the Empress Dowager's palace.
"Your Majesty, I want to bring your brother's second son to the palace to raise him." The empress dowager spoke straight to the point as soon as the emperor sat down. The brother she was referring to was naturally the empress dowager's son, the emperor's biological brother from the same father and mother.
The Queen Mother gave birth to two sons. She favored the younger son more than the eldest son who was highly expected of her.
Of course, although the empress dowager was more partial to her younger son, she was not too partial. At least she had never thought of letting her younger son sit on the throne, let alone letting his offspring inherit the throne.
But hasn’t it been so many years and not a single concubine in the harem has become pregnant?
In addition, the youngest son always whispered something in the empress dowager's ears every time he entered the palace, so she had some ideas. After all, she didn't want the throne to fall into the hands of others in the future, after all, the late emperor had many sons.
Seeing that the emperor still doesn't even have a child, the late emperor's sons are probably all eyeing the throne, so the empress dowager is very anxious.
"Mother," the emperor looked at the Queen Mother in disbelief, and immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant, "I don't agree, mother, you should quickly give up this idea!"
"Alas!" The Queen Mother sighed slightly, "Your Majesty, if it is possible, I don't want to mention this to you, but it has been so many years and none of the concubines in the harem are pregnant. How can I not make plans? Do you want to let the throne be given to someone else in the future?"
"The most important thing is that if you bring your brother's son to the palace to raise him, the concubines in the harem might spread the good news. Isn't there a saying among the people that people bring children with them? Some people were unable to conceive, but after adopting other people's children, their wives soon became pregnant."
"That's why I'm thinking, maybe I can bring your brother's child to the palace to raise him. That child will bring you blessings, so you can have your own children soon." The Queen Mother paused before continuing, "Think about it carefully! I made this decision for your sake."
"You and your brother are both my sons. I have a lot of flesh and blood. How can I be partial to your brother and harm you?"
The emperor could not say anything to object, but he was still unwilling to accept it: "Mother, tell me, is this retribution for me? It is because I was cruel to the child in Chunxi's belly that God is unwilling to give me another child, and my fate of having children has been cut off."
The emperor now had to face up to the curse that Jiang Chunxi had said to him. If it was not retribution, how could he explain why none of the concubines in the harem had become pregnant over the years?
At first, the emperor thought that he had been drugged, or that the concubines in the harem had been drugged without knowing it, which led to none of them getting pregnant.
However, all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were very sure that there was no trace of Chinese medicine in the emperor's body and that he was in good health. None of the concubines in the harem had any health problems, which forced the emperor to admit that perhaps there really was such a thing as retribution.
In short, the emperor regretted it. If he had known this would happen, he should not have been so cruel to agree with his mother's words and be so cruel to the child in Chunxi's belly.
The Queen Mother's expression became complicated: "Your Majesty, are you blaming me in your heart?"
As she spoke, the Queen Mother wiped away her tears and said, "But when I suggested you get rid of the baby in the Imperial Concubine's belly, it was a last resort! After all, the concerns I mentioned at the time were not groundless, right?"
"It's all the fault of that bitch Concubine Jiang," the Queen Mother said angrily, "If that bitch hadn't cursed you like that, you would have had children a long time ago. So the reason you still don't have children is definitely because of Concubine Jiang's curse."
The Empress Dowager naturally would not let the Emperor feel resentful towards her. Since there was a ready-made person to take the blame, the Empress Dowager would of course clear herself of all blame and tell the Emperor to blame Concubine Jiang instead of her as his mother.
The emperor's face darkened, and it was obvious that the empress dowager's words had touched him to heart.
The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor's expression and breathed a sigh of relief. "Regarding the matter of bringing your brother's son into the palace, it's settled. Anyway, he is only brought to the palace temporarily to be raised, and he is not to be adopted by you immediately. There is really no need for you to refuse."
"Besides, as I said, maybe that child is a lucky one. After you bring him to the palace to raise him, you will soon be able to have your own children."
"Then let's do as you wish!" The emperor did not object this time. "Mother, if there is nothing else, I will go back to handle government affairs."