20demayo Chapter 425 The Tragic Queen 23
Chapter 425 The Tragic Queen 23
"The emperor is also confused. He still ignores the heir to the throne just to favor a vicious woman like Lipin," Xinpin stroked her belly, "I'm really afraid that Lipin has set her sights on the baby in my belly. I didn't sleep well the whole night."
"Okay, the emperor has promised to send someone to take care of you, so don't scare yourself anymore, Xinpin," Jiang Chunxi said, and then laughed, "There is another happy event to be announced today. Concubine Liu is also pregnant. I only found out about it last night when I was unwell and summoned the imperial physician."
"No wonder Liu Changzai didn't come to pay her respects this morning. It turns out that she is pregnant!" Yingying, who spoke first, looked envious. "I don't know when I will be blessed enough to have a child."
"What's the point of being blessed with a child? Now that Lipin has been released, instead of envying Liu Changzai, you might as well be glad that you don't have the blessing of being pregnant with a royal heir. Otherwise, who knows if you will be happy for only two days before the baby in your belly is killed by someone else." The one who spoke was a noble lady, and her eyes were filled with hatred.
This noble lady was also one of the people who was pregnant before, and she hated Concubine Li very much.
But she was just a noble lady and not very favored, so even though she hated Concubine Li, she did not dare to hit her like Concubine Yi just did.
"Okay, stop talking!" Jiang Chunxi looked like she had a headache. "The emperor has already said that you are not allowed to talk about harming the royal heir. If you don't want to displease the emperor, don't say such things again in the future. Otherwise, if it gets to the emperor's ears and makes him angry, don't blame me for not warning you in advance."
"Your Majesty is not happy if you want to. My child was killed, and you want me to welcome the murderer with a smile?" This is Concubine Yi's voice. "Your Majesty is so cruel. Those aborted dragon fetuses are all your own flesh and blood. But your Majesty did not punish the murderer, and even let such a vicious woman go. Your Majesty is considering that he can have countless royal heirs, so he doesn't care that Concubine Li killed so many royal heirs?"
"Concubine Yi, if you continue to speak without thinking, don't blame me for confining you," Jiang Chunxi said with a serious expression, "You can't interfere with the emperor. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your family. Don't harm your relatives who are officials in the court just for the sake of a momentary pleasure."
"Alright," Jiang Chunxi looked at everyone, "Let's all go!"
As Jiang Chunxi finished her voice, the concubines bowed to her and left.
When Concubine Yi led everyone out of the palace, she looked at Concubine Li kneeling on the steps and wished she could kill the bitch right away.
"Lipin is really great," Supin walked down the steps and came to Lipin, "She kneeled so straight and proudly, I guess she really didn't accept the Queen's punishment."
"Lipin is the only one favored by the emperor, so naturally she has the confidence to ignore the Empress. I just wonder if the Emperor would come to Kunluan Palace to reprimand the Empress and take Lipin away if he knew that Lipin was punished by the Empress to kneel." This was the voice of the noble lady who hated Lipin just now.
"Come on!" Concubine Yi stepped forward and sneered with disdain, "Don't you know what the emperor has been doing with Lipin over the years? So no matter how much the emperor loves Lipin, he will not come to Kunluan Palace to question the queen, and he will not take Lipin away to slap the queen in the face."
"That means, Lipin can only kneel obediently for two hours. I don't know if Lipin's delicate knees can hold up for two hours." This was the voice of Chang Zai, and the look she gave Lipin was full of hatred.
"If she can't hold on any longer, then have someone force her to kneel down," Concubine Yi said viciously, "Don't think you can escape the Queen's punishment by using some tricks."
"Yu Lan," Concubine Yi said to Yu Lan behind her, "You just stay here and keep an eye on Concubine Li for me. Don't let that bitch use any tricks."
"Yes, your majesty." Yu Lan leaned over and said, glaring at Lipin with hatred in her eyes.
At this moment, Lipin felt as if her internal organs were burning with anger. She even felt that if she continued like this, she would soon go mad. There was no way she could continue to fight with the Queen.
Thinking of this, Lipin's eyes became firm. She couldn't just give in like that. She hadn't even fought with the Queen yet, so how could she just give in?
After the emperor left the court, he learned that Concubine Li was punished to kneel by the queen. After all, he had spies in Kunluan Palace, and he had already ordered that Concubine Li must be informed of her visit to Kunluan Palace to pay her respects today.
After all, the emperor was worried that Concubine Li would be bullied, and what the emperor was worried about finally happened. Concubine Li was not only beaten by Concubine Yi, but also punished by the emperor to kneel. Although it was also Licong's own fault that she was punished to kneel by the queen, because she provoked the queen and did not take her seriously.
But the emperor didn't think that Concubine Li had done anything wrong. He just felt that the queen had disappointed him too much. He said that he believed in him, but turned around and targeted Concubine Li.
Of course, the emperor would not go to Kunluan Palace to rescue Concubine Li. Although he loved Concubine Li in his heart, he also felt that it would be a good idea to teach Concubine Li a lesson through the Queen. After all, his original plan was to let the Queen restrain Concubine Li. Therefore, even though he felt sorry for Concubine Li, the emperor only planned to have someone secretly send the ointment to Concubine Li.
Two hours is four hours. After Lipin knelt down, she used a lot of willpower to avoid fainting. However, she couldn't get up. It was Jiang Chunxi who was magnanimous enough to send someone to carry her back.
Not to mention how much Concubine Li hated Jiang Chunxi, nor to mention that the emperor gave several maids to Concubine Xin and Concubine Liu. In short, within a few days, both Concubine Xin and Concubine Liu had miscarriages.
Now the emperor really regretted it. He felt that his sincerity had been wasted.
Yes, the emperor has found out that it was Concubine Li who was responsible. Among the several maids assigned by the emperor to Concubine Xin and Concubine Liu, there was Concubine Li's maid. It can be said that Concubine Li used the emperor's hand to harm the child of Concubine Xin and Concubine Liu.
How could the emperor not be angry? He was so angry that he wanted to kill that vicious woman, Concubine Li.
But who makes true love great?
Therefore, Lipin did not die, but was demoted to a concubine and confined to her house for one year.
Of course, all the servants in her palace were sentenced to death, and the emperor sent two new people to serve Concubine Li, so as to keep an eye on her at all times.
The emperor's treatment of Concubine Li naturally made the concubines in the harem very dissatisfied. Not only the concubines in the harem were dissatisfied, but the officials of the previous dynasty were also very dissatisfied.
But the emperor insisted on protecting Lipin, so Lipin's relatives were in trouble. All officials in the court were demoted, especially Lipin's father, who was directly stripped of his official position.
When the officials in the court saw that the emperor had dealt with Concubine Li's family, they naturally stopped while they were ahead and stopped forcing the emperor to deal with Concubine Li. However, the emperor's image as a foolish woman was also implanted in the minds of the court officials, which greatly reduced the emperor's prestige in the eyes of the officials in the court.