noffsinger Chapter 409 The Tragic Queen 7
Chapter 409 The Tragic Queen 7
"Yes, yes, yes, my queen's words are golden, I will borrow her good words," the emperor said with a smile, "Li Guifei is pregnant, such a happy event, I have to go and take a look at it quickly."
"Empress, I will send you back first, and then go see Concubine Li."
"No need," Jiang Chunxi shook her head. "I can go back by myself. Your Majesty should go see Imperial Concubine Li as soon as possible. After all, this is Imperial Concubine Li's first pregnancy. She must want to see Your Majesty as soon as possible, just like how I felt when I first learned that I was pregnant."
"The Queen is truly my good wife," the Emperor was eager to see Concubine Li, so he naturally didn't want to waste any more time with the Queen. "Then I won't send the Queen back. On the way back, the Queen, please tell the servants carrying the sedan to be careful."
Although he said he would not send the queen back, the emperor still watched patiently as the queen's sedan chair left before he got on the sedan chair and went to Concubine Li's palace.
"The Emperor has arrived."
When the emperor came to Concubine Li's palace, Concubine Li was drinking bird's nest porridge.
"Your Majesty." When Concubine Li saw the emperor, her eyes couldn't help but turn red. In order to get pregnant over the years, she had drunk so many pregnancy-maintaining medicines, so when she saw the emperor, she couldn't help but be pretentious again.
"What's going on?" The emperor came to sit next to Concubine Li nervously, "But whoever wronged you, you are pregnant now. If anyone dares to wrong you, I will not forgive her."
Before, he did this for Concubine Li's sake and didn't want people to see his special feelings for her, but now that Concubine Li was pregnant, how could the Emperor allow his beloved woman to suffer any injustice?
"No one has wronged me," Imperial Concubine Li leaned on the Emperor, "I am just too happy. I have taken so many pregnancy-maintaining medicines over the years to get pregnant. Now that I am finally pregnant, I can't help but cry with joy."
"You! I really don't know what to say to you," the emperor said lovingly, "You are pregnant now, you are not allowed to lose your golden beans, otherwise what will happen if it affects the baby in your belly?"
"Also, please put aside this palace power for now..."
"What does your Majesty mean by this?" Imperial Concubine Li pushed the emperor away angrily. "I just got pregnant, and your Majesty wants to take away my power. Your behavior makes me doubt whether your Majesty really loves me."
"Look at you, why are you still angry?" The emperor said helplessly, "Who else can I love besides you in my heart?"
"Okay, don't be angry," the emperor patiently coaxed Concubine Li, "I want you to let go of your power for a while, of course, for the sake of the child in your belly. The most important thing for you now is to let go of your power and take good care of your baby, instead of holding on to it while you are pregnant. Otherwise, if you get tired, what will happen?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty! The people around me are quite capable. With my subordinates doing things properly, I won't be exhausted," said Concubine Li. "Your Majesty, don't you think about it? Now the concubines in the entire harem are eyeing my belly. If I give up my power, won't it be possible for others to use it to harm the baby in my belly?"
"After all, I can't give up my power and give it to the Queen. The most likely person to give it to Concubine Yi is Concubine Yi. When Concubine Yi heard that I was pregnant in the Queen's Palace this morning, her face was not very good. If I give the power to Concubine Yi, wouldn't it just magnify Concubine Yi's evil thoughts and make her unable to resist attacking me?"
How could Concubine Li give up her palace power? Although she knew that the emperor meant well, she was still very angry.
"That's fine! But don't be too stubborn. Try to let your subordinates do everything. Don't tire yourself out." As he spoke, the emperor stroked Concubine Shang Li's belly. "Give me a son, who will inherit my kingdom in the future. This is the fruit of our love, so I will naturally give our child the best of everything."
"Your Majesty is just trying to coax me," Imperial Concubine Li said unhappily. "With the Queen's baby in her belly, how can Your Majesty have the nerve to say that he will give our child the best of everything? You should know that the Queen's child is the eldest son. Just based on this, the Queen's child completely surpasses my child. If Your Majesty really wants to give our child everything good, then even if you can't give the child a legitimate status, at least make the child the eldest son!"
"Imperial Concubine Li," the emperor said with an embarrassed expression, "After all, the child in the queen's belly is my flesh and blood. Moreover, I have promised to give the throne to our child in the future. Isn't that enough?"
"Not enough," Imperial Concubine Li said angrily, "If it weren't for the late emperor, I should have been the one who married you as the Crown Princess. The Queen has already taken the position that belongs to me, so why should her child be superior to my child?"
"Your Majesty," Imperial Concubine Li said coquettishly, "If you truly love me and want me to take good care of my pregnancy, then don't let the Queen give birth to the baby in her belly. I really can't stand the fact that my child is inferior to the Queen's child."
"No," the emperor refused firmly, "It is still unknown whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl, but the baby in the queen's belly is confirmed to be a prince. I will never do anything to the baby in the queen's belly, but..."
The emperor changed the subject and said, "But I can make you the queen. When the queen gives birth, it won't be difficult to do something to her so that she will bleed profusely after giving birth. After the queen is removed, I will make you the queen. By then, our child will be legitimate."
"Your Majesty, are you serious about what you said?" Imperial Concubine Li said in surprise, "You are not just trying to fool me."
If she could get rid of that bitch Jiang Chunxi and become the queen, it wouldn't be against Concubine Li letting Jiang Chunxi give birth to the child. It was normal for the child to die young anyway, and whether the child died early or late depended entirely on her wishes.
"Of course I am serious," the emperor pinched Concubine Li's chin with a smile, "Don't worry! Since I said this, I am certainly not just trying to coax you."
If it had been before, the emperor would naturally not have taken the queen's life. After all, the queen was the only woman in the entire harem who was pregnant, and the emperor was counting on the queen to give him more children, so how could he possibly kill the queen.
But things are different now. With Concubine Li pregnant, the emperor is convinced that he will have no children sooner or later. Therefore, in order to please his beloved woman, the emperor naturally does not mind letting the queen die.
You know, if the Queen had not suddenly become pregnant, when the news of the Duke of Zhenguo's death in battle came back, the Emperor would have wanted to kill the Queen so that he could give the throne to his beloved woman.