noffsinger Chapter 244 Demoting Wife to Concubine 21
Chapter 244 Demoting Wife to Concubine 21
Jiang Chunxi sneered in her heart.
Tsk! Quotes from a scumbag: When you like someone, he treats you like a treasure, but when you don’t like someone, he treats you like a rag and he despises you as much as he wants.
At the same time, in the Queen Mother's Palace.
"Empress Dowager, the Emperor has gone to Changning Palace." Aunt Cui came in from outside and reported:
The Queen Mother put down her chopsticks and immediately lost her appetite: "Tell me, does the Emperor still care about Jingyao? Or does he no longer care?"
"You can say he doesn't care! But he went to the Imperial Concubine's Palace. But you can say he cares! But he knelt for almost two hours before going to Changning Palace."
"Alas! I really cannot understand the emperor any more."
Nanny Cui was also unsure of the emperor's thoughts: "By the way, Queen Mother, the Imperial Noble Consort also banned Concubine Shen from walking. I heard that she gave the order in front of the emperor, and the emperor even asked Concubine Shen to reflect on it."
"Alas!" The Queen Mother sighed again, "Forget it, Concubine Shen has already entered the palace, and I won't try to guess what the Emperor thinks of Jingyao. You should quickly arrange for Concubine Shen to pretend to be sick."
Then the Queen Mother said in a sad tone: "I hope Shen Changzai will not disappoint me like Jingyao did."
"From my perspective, Shen Changzai is much smarter than Shen Concubine, so Shen Changzai will definitely not disappoint the Queen Mother."
"I hope so!" the Queen Mother said wearily. "Let's all retreat! I have lost my appetite."
At the same time period, at Chenyou Palace.
"My queen, please bear with it, it may hurt a little." Xuan Chun rubbed medicinal wine on Shen Jingyao's knee with red eyes, and then began to rub it vigorously.
The bruise on the master's knee must be rubbed vigorously.
Yes, Xuanchun had been released when Shen Jingyao was sent back, and the medicinal wine was left for Shen Jingyao after the imperial physician came to diagnose it.
"Ah!" Shen Jingyao was sweating profusely in pain and couldn't help but screaming out, but the pain in her knee was nothing compared to the pain in her heart.
"My queen, please bear with it," Xuan Dong supported Shen Jingyao with tears in her eyes, "If you really feel pain, just bite this servant's arm!"
As he spoke, Xuan Dong rolled up his sleeves and wanted to let Shen Jingyao bite his arm.
"No need," Shen Jingyao gritted her teeth and said, "I can still bear this little pain."
After Xuanchun helped Shen Jingyao massage her legs, she and Xuandong helped Shen Jingyao change her clothes. Then Xuandong said indignantly, "Your Majesty, how could the Queen Mother be so cruel? She actually let you suffer in Changning Palace and didn't care at all that you were punished by the Imperial Concubine."
"And Shen Changzai, when I went to the Empress Dowager's palace to beg her, Shen Changzai also happened to be there, so I think Shen Changzai must have said something to the Empress Dowager, which made the Empress Dowager so cruel that she would not care about you, Your Majesty."
"This is too much," Xuanchun also became indignant. "How could Shen Changzai do this? After all, the queen is Shen Changzai's elder sister. How could Shen Changzai treat the queen like this? No one else has done anything to the queen yet? But Shen Changzai is the first to deal with the queen."
"The relationship between legitimate and illegitimate children is naturally hostile. Can this palace still expect Shen Changzai to treat me, the legitimate sister, sincerely?" Shen Jingyao looked at Xuanchun and said, "Xuanchun, what was the emperor's expression when you went to see him?"
Shen Jingyao still refused to give up. She didn't believe that her cousin really didn't love her anymore. They used to love each other so much, how could he just say he didn't love her anymore? Shen Jingyao really couldn't accept it.
"I didn't see the emperor at all," Xuanchun said. "When I went to look for him, he was meeting with ministers. The eunuchs in front of the emperor didn't inform me. When I was about to shout, my mouth was blocked by the eunuchs in front of the emperor. So I didn't see the emperor at all."
After hearing Xuanchun say this, Shen Jingyao finally felt better. Although she still hated her cousin for being ruthless, at least her cousin didn't intentionally make her kneel in Changning Palace for so long.
However, despite this, Shen Jingyao had to admit that her cousin had really changed and his feelings for her had deteriorated, which was very unfavorable for her. Fortunately, things had not yet become so bad that they were irreversible.
That night, the emperor turned over Concubine Yun's green card. For the next period of time, except for the sick Concubine Shen, all the new concubines who entered the palace were favored by the emperor. Then the emperor plunged into state affairs again. It was good enough for him to enter the harem five days in a month.
Two months passed quickly, and Shen Jingyao's house arrest was over. The guards guarding outside Chenyou Palace were finally withdrawn.
"Your Majesty, the guards outside have withdrawn." Xuanchun walked in from outside and reported.
"Go prepare some cakes. I'm going to see the emperor." Shen Jingyao couldn't sit still and wait for death any longer. Now she had lost the emperor's favor. If she didn't take action, would the emperor still remember her?
Yes, now in Shen Jingyao’s heart the emperor is just the emperor and no longer her cousin.
"I'll prepare it right away." Xuan Dong hurried outside.
When Shen Jingyao and her two servants left Chenyou Palace and headed for the Emperor's Qinzheng Palace, someone immediately came to report to Jiang Chunxi.
"Got it, go down!" Jiang Chunxi admired the words she had written and didn't even look up at the eunuch who came in to report.
"Your Highness, aren't you anxious?" Chen Xi said anxiously, "Princess Shen must be going to the Emperor to surrender. If the Emperor is soft-hearted towards Concubine Shen and remembers her kindness, wouldn't that be very bad for Your Highness?"
"You!" Jiang Chunxi looked at Chenxi with amusement and said, "The reason why Concubine Shen can become the apple of the emperor's eye is of course because she is different from the concubines in the harem. But now Concubine Shen also knows how to compete for favor, so she has become no different from the concubines in the harem. So do you think Concubine Shen can still pose any threat to me?"
Chenxia's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty, so Concubine Shen won't be a threat to you anymore!"
"Haha!" Jiang Chunxi sneered, "She, Concubine Shen, has never been a threat to me, because my opponent is always the emperor. Who is Concubine Shen? How can she be my opponent?"
Chenxia and Chenxi both looked at their master with admiration. After all, they had seen how their master had turned the bad situation around in recent time, so they did not doubt that their master was bragging at all.
Humph! Fighting with the concubines in the harem is nothing. If you want to fight, fight with the emperor. That's the real skill.
At the same time, on the emperor's side.
The emperor naturally met Shen Jingyao.
"Cousin," Shen Jingyao burst into tears as soon as she saw the emperor, not to mention how pitiful she was. "Cousin is really cruel. In the past two months, I have almost cried dry in Chenyou Palace, but I just can't wait for my cousin. Is my cousin really going to abandon the relationship between us?"