noffsinger Chapter 936: The Ungrateful Son 2
Chapter 936: The Ungrateful Son 2
"Your Majesty," Chen Yingyu vented her discontent towards the Emperor as soon as Jiang Chunxi and her group left, "You allowed the Empress Dowager to demote me to a concubine. In such a short time, I went from a noble concubine to a concubine, and even had to move out of the main palace."
"Woo woo! The Emperor keeps saying he loves me, but he has subjected me to so much humiliation and has even refused to see me. If I hadn't died tonight, would the Emperor have planned to never see me again?"
"My beloved concubine," the emperor said helplessly, "Do you know how difficult my situation is right now? The affairs of the court keep me so anxious every day. I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, my throne will be in jeopardy. You know, there are still many people who are eyeing my throne covetously."
"Alas!" The Emperor sighed heavily. "My beloved, I don't expect you to share any of my burdens, but please don't cause me any trouble, okay? If you continue to act so willfully, I'm afraid I won't be able to save your life."
Chen Yaming was naturally frightened by the emperor's words, but she still felt very aggrieved: "Why, why is it that Your Majesty has become the emperor, but my life has become so difficult. It's not as comfortable as it was before in the palace."
"Your Majesty," Chen promised, looking at the emperor with tears in her eyes, "I promise you that I will never cause you any trouble in the future, but you must come in and let Ming'er return to me. Leave Ming'er in the prince's place. I am really worried!"
"Don't worry! I'm already making preparations," the emperor assured Chen. "The Second Prince is already ill. Once the First and Fourth Princes become ill, I can use the excuse that the servants in the Prince's Residence haven't taken good care of them and allow all the princes to return to their mothers. They won't have to stay in the Prince's Residence any longer."
"That would be a bargain for the Queen, Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu." Chen Daxing was very unhappy and really didn't want others to take advantage of him.
"That's unavoidable," the Emperor said. "In order to get Ming'er out of the Prince's residence, this is the only way."
Chen agreed but was still unhappy, but he also knew that he couldn't act unreasonably anymore.
That night, the second prince developed a high fever, and the eldest prince and the fourth prince also developed high fevers.
Jiang Chunxi, Huifei and Shupin only received the news the next morning.
When the three of them arrived at the prince's residence, the fourth prince had already died of a high fever, and the eldest prince was not much better off. Although he had survived, his brain was burned and he would be a fool from then on.
Jiang Chunxi's second prince was not in a much better condition. Although his brain was not damaged by the burn, his bones were damaged. He had to take medicine all his life and became a sickly person. Even if he could be raised, he would not be able to reproduce offspring.
After hearing the words of the imperial physician, Jiang Chunxi fainted and was too lazy to pay attention to the noisy situation caused by the prince.
When Jiang Chunxi woke up, it was already noon.
"Your Majesty, you've had a nap and feel much better." Miao Ke helped Jiang Chunxi sit up.
"That's right," Jiang Chunxi agreed. "Being woken up so early in the morning made me feel tired. After a nap, I naturally feel much better now."
"By the way, what's the situation at the prince's residence now? Are Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu crazy?" Jiang Chunxi gloated.
This cannot be blamed on her. She just added fuel to the fire when the emperor took action against the eldest prince and the fourth prince.
So, if you want to blame someone, you can only blame the Emperor for being cruel as a father, but you can't blame Jiang Chunxi for being cruel. What's more, in the original owner's previous life, the eldest prince and the fourth prince didn't end up well either.
Because they were ambitious as soon as they got married and entered the court, they became the first princes to be dealt with by the emperor, and both brothers were imprisoned in the clan house.
I have to say here, in the original owner's previous life, didn't the emperor want to deal with the original owner's son?
Of course there was! It was just that the original owner and her son were cautious enough to prevent the emperor from finding a reason to depose the original owner's son. However, the emperor was watching them constantly. From this, we can imagine how difficult their situation was at the time, which also made the original owner determined to slay the dragon.
But the original owner never thought that the son whom he supported with all his heart would be such an ungrateful person?
"Why aren't they crazy?" Miaoyin brought a cup of tea to Jiang Chunxi. "Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu are so devastated. They keep saying that Chen promised to kill their sons. Otherwise, how could the other princes be so safe as Chen promised to kill the third prince?"
"However, their collapse did not win the Emperor's sympathy. Instead, he angrily rebuked them and sent the Third Prince back to Chen Danying. He said that after losing three princes at once, the Emperor was worried about letting the Third Prince stay in the Prince Residence any longer."
The emperor's reason was quite sufficient. Several princes were killed at once, leaving only the third prince. Therefore, even if sending the third prince back to Chen Yingda violated the ancestral rules, the royal relatives would not say anything.
"Haha! The Emperor is so partial. Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu must be madly hating Chen and his mother," Jiang Chunxi sneered. "Alright, now that I'm awake, I must go to the Empress Dowager and cry my heart out. Otherwise, with Concubine Hui and Concubine Shu as a comparison, it would seem a bit strange if I did nothing."
Jiang Chunxi asked Miao Ke to put on a haggard look for her before heading to the Queen Mother's palace.
At the same time, in the Queen Mother's Palace.
"Tell me, could it really be Chen Da Ying who did it? Otherwise, how can we explain why all the other princes are in trouble, but only the Third Prince, who is under Chen Da Ying, is fine?" The Queen Mother frowned as she spoke. "But the question is, is Chen Da Ying that capable? Where did she get the manpower to infiltrate the prince's residence?"
"Empress Dowager, how could you have overlooked the Emperor?" Madam Liao said. "The Emperor dotes on Chen Da Ying so much, so naturally he would have arranged for Chen Da Ying to have his confidants. This palace is the Emperor's harem after all, so it would be perfectly simple for the Emperor to secretly arrange for Chen Da Ying to have some personnel."
"To be honest, maybe the Emperor approved Chen's attack on the princes. The Emperor did this because he wanted to keep the Third Prince by Chen's side. However, the Emperor probably didn't expect Chen to be so cruel as to kill three princes in a single blow."
"But then again, with the Emperor's tacit approval, it would be strange if Chen promised not to take this opportunity to destroy the First, Second, and Fourth Princes. After all, Chen promised is very ambitious. How could this vicious woman miss the chance to eliminate the other princes for her son?"
The Queen Mother's face darkened. "You are worse than an animal! Those are all his own sons, but he is such a beast. For the sake of the son promised by Chen, he can actually ignore the lives of his other sons and do such a beastly thing. He is not afraid of retribution."