20demayo Chapter 226 Demoting Wife to Concubine 3
Chapter 226 Demoting Wife to Concubine 3
After Jiang Chunxi came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, she went to Chen Changzai's palace.
"This concubine gives this to the Imperial Concubine..."
"Alright, you are weak now, so you don't need to stand up and salute me," Jiang Chunxi stopped Chen Changzai from getting up, and then sat on the small stool brought by the palace maid, "How are you, do you feel better today?"
Chen Changzai was also one of the women who suffered a miscarriage.
As for the concubines before the emperor ascended the throne, except for one or two troublemakers, the others were very respectful to the original owner's wife. After all, the original owner was indeed very virtuous. As long as the concubine was clear-headed, she would not have any malice towards a virtuous wife.
"My Lady Imperial Concubine," Chen Changzai burst into tears as soon as she opened her mouth. "I have served the Emperor for so many years, and I finally got pregnant. But I didn't expect that I would lose my child because of that witch queen. That witch queen killed my child!"
"I understand your pain of losing your son, but please don't say such things again, or it will bring disaster to you," Jiang Chunxi said with red eyes, "The Empress is the apple of the Emperor's eye. Even I, his original wife, was demoted to a concubine. If what you said just now gets to the Emperor's ears, how can he spare your life?"
"Your Majesty, if you want my life, come and take it," Chen Changzai said excitedly, "I am suffering from excruciating pain every day, but the witch queen is still acting as her queen. This makes me feel like I would rather die than live. If Your Majesty wants my life, come and take it."
"How can you have such a world-weary thought?" Jiang Chunxi wiped the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief. "You are still young and you will have children in the future. What you need to do most now is to take good care of your body so that you can get pregnant again as soon as possible."
"Haha!" Chen Chang laughed indignantly, "Even if I can get pregnant again, it doesn't matter. As long as the queen is here, even if I get pregnant again, I will still be killed by the queen."
"The emperor really loves that witch queen," Chen Changzai's expression was full of sarcasm. "Even though he lost several of his own flesh and blood, the emperor still can't bear to abolish that witch queen. Does he have to wait until his three princesses are also killed by that witch queen before the emperor can be cruel to her?"
"Sister, please don't say such rebellious words again," Jiang Chunxi said with a worried look on her face. "You will only hurt yourself if you say such careless words."
"Alas!" Jiang Chunxi sighed, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore. I'll come to visit you another day. Remember, don't say anything careless, or if the emperor finds out, I won't be able to save you even if I plead for you."
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Chunxi got up and left.
After leaving Chen Changzai's palace, Jiang Chunxi went to the palaces of the concubines who had suffered miscarriages.
It is worth mentioning here that three of the concubines who had miscarriages were the nobles who gave birth to the three princesses.
Yes, the dog emperor was very stingy towards those concubines who had served him in the past. Even if they gave birth to children for the dog emperor, they were only given the title of noble ladies.
As for concubines who have not given birth to children, they are all given the title of Changzai.
When Jiang Chunxi returned to her palace, it was almost noon.
"My queen, drink a bowl of bird's nest with rock sugar to moisten your throat first!" Chen Xi handed the bird's nest in his hand to his master, "You have been to so many places in a short time, and you have said a lot of words to comfort people. How can your throat bear it!"
"You!" Jiang Chunxi took the bird's nest and said with a smile, "My body is not so delicate that my voice will become hoarse after talking a little more."
A bowl of rock sugar bird's nest actually doesn't contain much, and Jiang Chunxi finished it in just a few bites.
Chenxi took the empty bowl from Jiang Chunxi's hand, while Chenxia quickly handed Jiang Chunxi a clean handkerchief for her master to wipe his mouth.
Jiang Chunxi wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and then handed it to Chenxia: "The Queen Mother has handed over the power of the palace to me. I will be busy from now on."
"My queen, why would the queen mother suddenly hand over the power of the palace to you? Is there some conspiracy behind this?" Chenxia asked worriedly:
"Haha!" Jiang Chunxi sneered, "Don't worry! The Queen Mother has no intention of plotting against me right now. She just doesn't have the energy to manage the palace power, so she can only hand it over to me."
"Come to think of it, I should thank the Queen Mother." Jiang Chunxi sneered, "If the Queen Mother hadn't been struck by lightning, how could the Queen Mother have handed over the power of the palace to me?"
"So, the Queen Mother handing over the power of the palace to you will only benefit you!" Chen Xi said happily, "That's great. As long as the power of the palace is in your hands, it doesn't matter if the Queen is the apple of the Emperor's eye."
"Besides, the queen will probably not be the queen anytime soon."
"Yes! The Queen will probably not be the Queen any longer soon." Jiang Chunxi said in a faint voice:
Even if the dog emperor could not allow his beloved to become the queen, he would definitely give her the title of imperial concubine, and this was something Jiang Chunxi did not want to see.
That's why Jiang Chunxi went to visit the concubines who had miscarriages every day these days, hoping that they would not let her down.
At the same time, in the Queen's Palace.
Although the ceremony of conferring the empress was interrupted, the imperial edict had been issued and the golden seal for conferring the empress was handed over to Shen Jingyao. So even if the ceremony of conferring the empress was not held, Shen Jingyao was already the empress and naturally lived in Fengyi Palace where the empress lived.
"Empress, please eat something, even if I beg you!" Xuanchun, the Queen's maid, knelt under the bed with a bowl of soup and cried to the Queen lying on the bed, "You haven't eaten for three days. If you continue like this, your body won't be able to bear it!"
"Empress, please get up and drink some soup!" Xuan Dong, another maid of the Queen, also cried and begged, "Even if you don't care about your own health, you should think about the emperor! The emperor is already busy with government affairs, and he has to worry about you. Aren't you afraid that the emperor will fall ill?"
"Wow!" Shen Jingyao burst into tears. "Why, why is it like this? I have never done anything against the will of heaven, but why did the heavens send down lightning to strike me?"
"Empress," Shen Jingyao said the word "empress" with a bitter smile on her face, "Can a queen who has been punished by heaven still be a queen? If it weren't for my cousin's sincerity towards me, I would have been burned to death as a demon queen."
Shen Jingyao knew very well that she could no longer be the queen. Although her cousin had not yet made up her mind to depose her from the position of queen, Shen Jingyao knew that facing the strong support of the ministers in the court, her cousin would eventually compromise.