20demayo Chapter 417 The Tragic Queen 5
Chapter 417 The Tragic Queen 5
"Li Guifei, please stand up!" Jiang Chunxi said calmly. After she sat down, she continued, "Logically speaking, Li Guifei is pregnant with the heir, and I exempted Li Guifei from paying respects to me. Li Guifei should not have come to pay respects to me."
"But there is another sister in the palace who is pregnant with the heir, so I have no choice but to ask Concubine Li to come this morning." Then Jiang Chunxi's expression turned cold. "The harem is not a place for doing evil. Before, I, Concubine Yi and Concubine Su were fine, but if something happens to the heir again, don't blame me for exercising the power of the queen and only asking you for justice."
"You should know that as the Queen, I hold the Phoenix Seal and can deal with concubines without the Emperor's approval. Even if you are a noble concubine, it doesn't matter. I am still a concubine. Even if I hold a high position, I cannot change the fact that I am a concubine. So put away your vicious thoughts. If something happens to the Dragon Heir again, I will never let you off easily."
"Your Highness, the Queen's words make it seem as if I am really vicious," Imperial Concubine Li said with an unpleasant expression, "Just because the baby in my belly is fine, the Queen is going to pin the blame on me for your childlessness? Is it the way a Queen should behave to slander me without any evidence?"
"Don't blame the Queen for saying that, Concubine Li," Xinpin said, "Before you got pregnant, the Queen's baby was fine, but as soon as you got pregnant, something happened to the baby in the Queen's belly, not to mention Concubine Yi and Concubine Su's babies, so it's hard not to suspect Concubine Li!"
"That's right," this is the voice of a noble, "The dragon heir has been in trouble one after another, but the baby in Concubine Li's belly is fine. In addition, Concubine Li is in charge of the palace power. No matter from which aspect, Concubine Li is the most suspicious, isn't she?"
"If I were to say, the power of the palace should be controlled by the queen," this was the voice of a commoner. "It is unreasonable for Concubine Li to be in charge of the palace power as a concubine. In addition, Concubine Li is pregnant and is suspected of murdering the heir to the throne, so the power of the palace should be handed over to the queen."
"The power of the palace was given to me by the emperor. Is Concubine Liu questioning the emperor's decision by saying this?" Imperial Concubine Li looked at Concubine Liu coldly. "I really didn't expect that Concubine Liu, who usually looks honest, is actually quite eloquent."
Concubine Li was naturally unwilling to hand over the palace power, but the current situation was indeed very unfavorable to her. After all, the emperor was suspicious of her.
When she thought of this, Concubine Li became more angry again.
"Why did Imperial Concubine Li scare Concubine Liu like this?" Concubine Xin said, "Concubine Liu is not wrong, or Imperial Concubine Li does not want to hand over the power of the palace at all, and has long been planning to replace the Empress. Otherwise, how can you explain that you are pregnant, but you are still unwilling to return the power of the palace to the Empress."
Regardless of whether Concubine Li was the mastermind behind the murder of the royal heir, the concubines present did not want Concubine Li to continue to be in charge of the palace, especially the pregnant concubines.
"Empress, I beg you to take back the power in the palace." This was the voice of the newly pregnant noblewoman. She stood up, squatted down, and pleaded with Jiang Chunxi:
"Please ask the Queen to take back the power over the six palaces." The others also stood up and pleaded:
Imperial Concubine Li's face turned black with anger: "Great! So you are waiting for me here?"
Imperial Concubine Li stood up, looked directly at Jiang Chunxi and said, "Empress, I have just said that the power of the palace was given to me by the Emperor. Without the Emperor's permission, I would never dare to bypass the Emperor and give the power of the palace to the Empress."
"If the Empress really wants the power in my hands, then please ask the Emperor first. After getting the Emperor's permission, I will naturally hand over the power to the Empress, instead of the Empress and the others in the harem forcing me to hand over the power."
As soon as she finished speaking, Imperial Concubine Li squatted down and saluted Jiang Chunxi: "I feel a little unwell, so I will take my leave first."
Jiang Chunxi watched Concubine Li turn around and walk out. She didn't say anything, but asked the other concubines to stand up.
As soon as Concubine Xin sat down, she said indignantly: "Empress, Imperial Concubine Li is too arrogant. She doesn't take you seriously at all. Are you going to let Imperial Concubine Li be so arrogant to you?"
"This Imperial Concubine Li used to be very respectful to the Empress," someone continued, "but I didn't expect that her respect for the Empress was just fake. Now that her true colors have been exposed, she simply stopped pretending."
"Empress, the Emperor dotes on you so much, you must tell him the true face of Imperial Concubine Li. Only by taking back the power of Imperial Concubine Li can Imperial Concubine Li stop causing trouble in the harem."
"Does the emperor really favor me?" Jiang Chunxi laughed bitterly, "My dear sisters, don't you understand now that Imperial Concubine Li is the one that the emperor loves the most? Otherwise, how can we explain why Imperial Concubine Li has not been punished at all and why the emperor has not thought of taking back her power in the palace?"
Xinpin's face also turned ugly. "So that's how it is! I couldn't understand why the emperor had no intention of investigating the problems of Yipin and Supin's dragon fetuses. But it turns out that Li Guifei is the one that the emperor loves the most. So even if Li Guifei has harmed someone, the emperor has no intention of punishing her. He even gave her the power of the palace. He has no intention of taking it away."
After hearing what the Queen said, Xinpin suddenly understood some things that she had been puzzled about.
No wonder, no wonder Concubine Li could harm the royal heirs so unscrupulously. It turned out that it was because she knew that the emperor would not be willing to punish her and would even cover up for her and protect her.
Concubine Xin suddenly felt a chill running down her spine. It was so horrible. Except for Concubine Li, the emperor didn't consider the other concubines in the harem as human beings at all.
Especially when it comes to the Queen Mother, she pretends to be very fond of her, but in fact she is just using the Queen Mother as a target for Concubine Li.
Not only Concubine Xin felt terrible, but everyone else also felt terrible. They had always been extremely jealous of the Queen and wanted to pull her down from the throne to vent their anger.
But no one expected that the Queen was just being used by the Emperor as a target for Concubine Li, and the person the Emperor truly loved in his heart was actually Concubine Li.
Is it possible that Concubine Li's behavior towards the baby in the Empress' belly was actually condoned by the Emperor, because Concubine Li was also pregnant and the Emperor did not want the Empress to give birth to the child.
It’s horrible, really horrible.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. If the Empress's baby was killed by Concubine Li with the Emperor's tacit consent, then the Emperor is worse than an animal.