noffsinger Chapter 940: The Ungrateful Son 6
Chapter 940: The Ungrateful Son 6
"Alas!" Jiang's mother sighed helplessly, "How come the emperor has become so incompetent now? Your father is very disappointed with the emperor now and regrets mobilizing the entire family to help the emperor seize the throne."
"It's no use regretting this now," Jiang Chunxi said. "Fortunately, the emperor didn't destroy our relationship as soon as he ascended the throne. But even so, he won't let our Jiang family go."
"After all, he wants Chen to agree to become the queen. Making his daughter the queen is just a temporary measure. When he has power, he will definitely eliminate our Jiang family so that he can depose his daughter as queen and make way for his beloved woman."
"Mother, when you go back, tell father that the most important thing is to take good care of his body. There is really no need for him to serve the emperor at court. After all, if father works hard to help the emperor consolidate his throne, then when the emperor holds all the power, it will be the end of our Jiang family and my daughter."
"You know, the Emperor hated his daughter for the Third Prince's death too. When Chen Ying agreed to come to the palace this morning, the Emperor looked at his daughter with eyes that looked as if he wanted to skin her alive to avenge his precious son."
Mother Jiang was furious and angry, but even more distressed and worried about her daughter: "Chunxi, you must be extremely careful in the palace. Don't fall into the same trap as the Second Prince, otherwise..."
Tears kept falling down, and Jiang's mother was almost in agony.
"Don't worry, mother," Jiang Chunxi helped her mother wipe away her tears. "As long as the emperor is busy enough in the court and works diligently on the throne, he won't have the energy to plot against his daughter. After all, if he can't even sit on the throne, how can he have the energy to avenge his precious son?"
"I'll tell your father everything you said when I get back," Mother Jiang said, stopping her tears. "Don't worry, your father is a seasoned expert in the court. He knows exactly what to do. You don't need to worry about anything. You just need to take care of yourself and the Second Prince. I heard you gave the power of the palace to the Queen Mother."
The voice paused, and Jiang's mother continued: "It's better to give the palace power to the Queen Mother. In your current situation, you can't be hostile to the Queen Mother anymore. Giving the palace power to the Queen Mother and selling her a good thing will actually benefit you."
"I thought so too, that's why I gave the power of the palace to the Queen Mother," Jiang Chunxi sneered, "Because I saw long ago that the Emperor intended to give the power of the palace to Chen Da Ying. When he ascended the throne, he wronged his beloved woman and made her a noble concubine. That really hurt the Emperor, so he wanted to use the power of the palace to make up for the grievances suffered by his beloved woman."
"If that's the case, then why should my daughter cling to the power of the palace? It would be better to give it to the Queen Mother. You know, the Queen Mother is very eager for it. If the power of the palace falls into her hands, if Chen agrees to seize it from the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will fight her to the death."
"Haha!" Jiang Chunxi sneered, "But the emperor probably didn't expect that his beloved woman would go from a noble concubine to a concubine in such a short time. Now Concubine Chen is no longer able to compete with the Queen Mother for power, and she has even lost her only son."
"Tsk tsk! This is truly a waste of time. The Emperor was so cruel to even his own flesh and blood for her, yet he ignored how much a child means to a mother. He harmed someone else's child, so naturally, others would make Chen promise to pay with blood."
Mother Jiang hugged her daughter distressedly and said, "My poor daughter! Why is your life so miserable?"
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Time suddenly came to three years later.
During these three years, Chen Da Ying had a very hard time because she was often tortured by the Queen Mother. Now she no longer has the arrogance of a favorite concubine, and her appearance has deteriorated by more than a degree.
Now I have to say, will the emperor just sit and watch the Empress Dowager Cao Mochen agree?
At the beginning, the emperor had quarreled with the empress dowager several times because of Chen's promise, but wasn't the emperor too busy taking care of himself in the court?
Jiang's father was trying to smooth things over in the court, and even the families of Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu had the same attitude. You have to know that although the Jiang family contributed the most to the emperor's ascension to the throne, the families of Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu also used the strength of the entire family to help the emperor seize the throne. The power of their two families in the court may not be as great as that of the Jiang family, but the power combined by the two families should not be underestimated.
Otherwise, why did the emperor have many concubines in his harem when he was a prince, but only these two were granted the titles of concubine and imperial concubine?
But who could blame the Emperor for being so cruel? Who would help him consolidate his throne? Not only would they not help, but they would even make things more difficult for him when necessary. Otherwise, for the past three years, his brothers who disobeyed him wouldn't have been so active in the court, leaving the Emperor so exhausted that he's even got white hair on his temples.
Therefore, as soon as the three-year mourning period was over, the emperor could not wait to hold a beauty pageant, and he no longer cared about his beloved Chen.
In this selection, the emperor selected eight beauties. All of these ten beauties came from very good family backgrounds. Four of them were given the position of concubines and four were given the position of imperial concubines.
You know, in the original owner's previous life, the emperor only selected three beauties from humble family backgrounds for the selection. From this, it can be seen that compared with the previous life and this life, the emperor's situation is simply worlds apart.
Tsk tsk! Miserable, so miserable.
Of course, the one who suffered the most was the original owner's ungrateful son. For the past three years, Jiang Chunxi had had him locked up in the house and not allowed to go out.
Food and drink are naturally the worst, and it is normal to go hungry one meal and full the next.
To be honest, if Jiang Chunxi hadn't used elixirs to keep him alive, this ungrateful person would have gone to hell long ago.
It is worth mentioning that after the selection, a maid from the Empress Dowager's palace served as the concubine and was named a concubine.
The reason why the Queen Mother pushed this person out was naturally the idea given by Madam Liao, and what was even more interesting was that this palace maid had an affair with Prince Rui.
This was the green hat that Jiang Chunxi had prepared for the emperor, and it was also a chess piece that made the emperor and the empress dowager kill each other.
As for King Rui...
Haha! If Prince Rui wants to blame someone, he can only blame his mother, the Queen Mother, and his elder brother, the Emperor.
What's more, if Prince Rui had no ambition, Jiang Chunxi would not be able to plot against him even if she wanted to.
So the choice is in the hands of Prince Rui. If Prince Rui didn't have that ambition, he wouldn't have fallen into the trap woven by Jiang Chunxi. It's just a pity! Prince Rui is not a little white rabbit without ambition.
Just this day, when I went to the palace to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, I received a note. After paying my respects to the Empress Dowager, I went to the place written on the note.
"Your Highness," Yi promised, throwing herself into King Rui's arms as soon as she saw him. "I knew Your Highness would come to see me and wouldn't be so cruel as to break up with Xuan'er."
Yi Da Ying, the person recommended by the Queen Mother, was extremely beautiful, otherwise she would not have been able to seduce Prince Rui. Even the Emperor, knowing that she was the Queen Mother's person, could not help but favor her.