noffsinger Chapter 953: Palace Maids and Concubines 6
Chapter 953: Palace Maids and Concubines 6
"If you want to die, it depends on whether I agree or not." The emperor's eyes lingered on Jiang Chunxi's delicate body, and then he picked Jiang Chunxi up from the ground and threw her onto the dragon bed. "Lady Jiang, remember this, your life and death are entirely determined by me."
"Even if you want to die, you can only die if I agree to let you die. Therefore, you have no say in life or death."
Jiang Chunxi's face was filled with despair: "Why? The Emperor clearly hates me, why can't he just give me a quick death?"
Jiang Chunxi then pulled out her hairpin and pressed it against her neck: "As I said earlier, there are so many injustices in this world. It would be a good thing if my family and I could all go to the underworld together."
"If that's the case, then what else do I have to worry about? Whether this humble life of mine lives or dies is entirely up to me."
"Your Majesty wants to control my life and death, but that depends on whether I cooperate or not?" As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Chunxi was about to insert the hairpin in her hand into her neck. If the emperor had not been quick to knock the hairpin out of her hand, she would probably have been killed on the spot.
"I think you are crazy." The emperor controlled Jiang Chunxi's hands with one hand and pinched her chin with the other.
"That's right, I've gone crazy," Jiang Chunxi collapsed, "Ever since Concubine Jing wanted me to have sex with a eunuch, I've gone crazy."
"Woo woo! They're forcing me. This cannibalistic palace is driving me crazy. I can't stand it anymore. I really can't stand it. Why can everyone threaten me just because I'm born in a humble family? Everyone wants to force me to death."
"Alright, I won't force you anymore, okay?" The emperor said helplessly, "As long as you serve me wholeheartedly, I promise you that no one will be able to threaten you with your family again."
Jiang Chunxi's eyes lit up, as if a burst of vitality was suddenly injected into her body: "Your Majesty is telling the truth, he is not deceiving me."
"I am the Emperor, my word is law," the Emperor said with a grim expression. "Besides, do you think you have the right to ask me to lie to you?"
Jiang Chunxi quickly shook her head: "Who am I to ask the Emperor to stoop so low as to lie to me?"
"Your Majesty," Jiang Chunxi said coquettishly, "I am not greedy. As long as the safety of my family can be guaranteed, I will be satisfied. Your Majesty, you can ask me to do whatever I want. I will tell you who is behind this right now."
"Let's talk about this later. What you need to do most now is to serve me well." It's not that the emperor doesn't want to rescue Concubine Jing from the cold palace immediately, but the time is not right.
He had to set a target in order to take Concubine Jing out of the cold palace. Otherwise, even if he could clear Concubine Jing's name this time, what about next time?
After all, the emperor has already seen how powerful the women in the harem are.
Jiang Chunxi didn't know what the emperor was thinking at the moment, otherwise she would definitely spit in his face.
What do you mean it's for Concubine Jing's own good? In the final analysis, it's because he covets her body and doesn't want to lose this tempting body of hers so soon.
For the next half month, Jiang Chunxi served in the emperor's bedchamber, which naturally aroused the jealousy and anger of others, and even the empress dowager was alarmed.
Just this day, Jiang Chunxi had just paid her respects and returned to the Liuli Palace where she lived when she was told that the Queen Mother wanted to see her.
Jiang Chunxi naturally hurried to the Empress Dowager's palace.
The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Jiang who was kneeling in front of her. No matter how she looked at her, she really couldn't tell what was so outstanding about her.
She was beautiful! She was indeed very pleasing to the eye, but the concubines in the harem were not short of beauty. Lady Jiang's appearance was at best above average.
So the Empress Dowager really couldn't understand why the Emperor was so obsessed with Concubine Jiang.
"As a concubine in the harem, the last thing you should do is monopolize the emperor's favor," the empress dowager said slowly. "I don't care why the emperor favors you, but you must persuade him to treat everyone equally."
"Empress Dowager, I am of humble origin and dare not disobey the Emperor's grace," Jiang Chunxi replied, lowering her eyes. "Besides, is the Emperor truly so fond of me? If he truly favored me, why would he make me drink contraceptive medicine after every night with him?"
Jiang Chunxi then raised her head and gave the Empress Dowager a bitter smile: "Your Majesty is a wise person. I think you should understand that the Emperor's favor towards me is just for show. He wants to make me a target for everyone to target. The reason why the Emperor does this is naturally to vent his anger on Concubine Jing who is already in the cold palace."
The Queen Mother's face darkened: "Alright, you can leave now!"
Jiang Chunxi kowtowed to the empress dowager before getting up and leaving.
After watching Jiang Chunxi leave, the Queen Mother said in a deep voice, "It seems that the Emperor is very resentful of my treatment of Concubine Jing! Otherwise, he wouldn't deliberately favor Concubine Jiang so much to spite me."
"Ahem!" The Queen Mother began to cough. "My body is becoming increasingly weak, and I don't think I have much time left to live. My only hope now is to see the Emperor have a successor. But the Emperor knows my wish, yet he deliberately favors Concubine Jiang. He's deliberately trying to work against me, hoping I'll die with regrets."
"Empress Dowager, the Emperor is very filial to you," said Grandma Gao, the Empress Dowager's trusted nanny, who served her a cup of hot tea. "Besides, the Emperor doesn't even have a prince yet. How could he not be anxious?"
"Which is more important? I believe the emperor will give the lighter one. Concubine Jing has been imprisoned in the cold palace. Even if the emperor has resentment towards you, it is only temporary. I believe it won't be long before the emperor forgets Concubine Jing. When the emperor ignores Concubine Jing, he will naturally understand your painstaking efforts."
"Ah! I hope so!" The Queen Mother sighed, "But even if so, I will still have to persuade the Emperor. Send someone to Chengde Palace and ask the Emperor to come to Ci'an Palace to have lunch with me."
The Empress Dowager wanted to see the Emperor, so the Emperor naturally did not dare not to see her. Then that night the Emperor came to the Queen's Palace, and in the following time he no longer favored Jiang Chunxi alone, but Jiang Chunxi was still the most favored, and she had the Emperor's bedchamber for at least ten days every month.
In short! Jiang Chunxi successfully replaced Concubine Jing and became the most favored concubine in the harem. In just half a year, she was promoted to Concubine Jiang, not to mention how many rare treasures the emperor rewarded her with.
This made Jiang Chunxi the target of public criticism.
But so what? What Jiang Chunxi likes to see now is the way these concubines in the harem look down on her and are jealous of her, but can't get rid of her.
Of course, the Queen is an exception. She has successfully become pregnant again, so as for Jiang Chunxi, the concubine who is destined to be unable to give birth, the Queen wishes that Jiang Chunxi would be the only one she favors.