Chapter 76: Protecting Concubine Liang
Pei Tingyue sat upright and asked, "What happens next?"
Liang Yao told the whole story.
That year, after noticing something unusual, the palace maids of Fenghe Palace immediately detained Concubine Liang and then went to invite the emperor and the empress dowager.
The queen's lower body was covered in blood. She endured the severe pain and questioned Concubine Liang why she did this.
However, Concubine Liang said that she had only seen through the hypocrisy of the Queen yesterday. Her usual kindness to her was just a pretense. In fact, she was just as jealous of the Emperor's favor as the other concubines in the harem and was afraid that her child would block the way for her own children.
The queen reiterated that what happened yesterday was not her doing.
But Concubine Liang had long hated her, and she started crying and laughing like crazy again, asking the Queen who could bribe her personal maid, the son of the first noble family?
Everything was just a show on her part, just to do the opposite.
The Emperor and the Empress Dowager arrived shortly afterwards and were shocked. They ordered the entire Imperial Hospital to find a way to save the fetus.
However, things went against their wishes. Despite the best efforts of the Imperial Hospital, the Empress was unable to save the child. Furthermore, the Empress had lost her foundation, and it would be extremely difficult for her to have children in the future.
The empress was the imperial concubine, and she was pregnant with the legitimate son or daughter of the Xining Dynasty. If the news that Concubine Liang caused her miscarriage were to be spread, it would surely shock the entire former dynasty and the harem.
If Cui puts pressure on Concubine Liang, she might be banished to the cold palace at best, or even lose her life at worst.
At this moment, the emperor suppressed Fenghe Palace with thundering means and suppressed the news.
His treatment of Concubine Liang was to close the gate of Yaohua Palace and let her recuperate.
After hearing this, Pei Tingyue's heart was in turmoil: "Are you saying that even if Concubine Liang poisoned the Queen herself and there is irrefutable evidence, Concubine Liang is still Concubine Liang?"
She was sent to the cold palace, but her rank was not demoted and she remained unharmed.
Liang An nodded: "Yes."
Pei Tingyue was surprised: "Why would the Queen agree?"
Liang An said, "That night, the only red-lettered iron certificate of the Great Qi Dynasty was delivered to the Cui Mansion."
Pei Tingyue was silent for a long time.
The feelings expressed in the original book as “childhood sweethearts” are far less shocking than hearing about real events.
The emperor really loved Concubine Liang to the extreme that he would do this for her.
What if it was her?
If she dared to poison the queen, the emperor would have ordered her execution long ago.
She overestimated her position in the emperor's heart and underestimated the emperor's feelings for Concubine Liang.
Liang An said: "This is the whole story of what happened back then. I only understood these things because I was following my godfather at that time."
Pei Tingyue nodded and gently asked him to leave.
The amount of information was too much, so she had to take it slow.
The fight between the Queen and Concubine Liang was a lose-lose situation, and they would not stop until one of them died.
The person behind the scenes was really smart. He managed to kill two birds with one stone, causing the most favored concubine Liang to lose her son and be trapped in the palace, and making it difficult for the empress, the mother of the country, to have children.
Pei Tingyue thought slowly.
Who on earth can bribe the people around the queen?
Concubine Song was eliminated first, followed by Concubine Xie, Concubine Jiang, and Concubine Lin...
etc?
who?
Pei Tingyue's inspiration flashed through her mind again, and this time she grasped it firmly.
"Concubine Jiang Shu."
Pei Tingyue's pupils shrank. Why did Queen Cui's predicament in the past resemble the plight of Concubine Jiang Shu when she lost her child?
Could it be...
Could it be that the person back then was Concubine Jiang Shufei!
Pei Tingyue's breathing became rapid.
She originally thought that the big move made by Concubine Jiang Shu that day was discovered by Empress Cui, and it was just a trick played on her.
Looking at it again today, I see something else.
Queen Cui returned the whole game to Concubine Jiang Shufei.
It's not just a conflict between Empress Cui and Concubine Shen Liang, it's an endless fight between Empress Cui, Concubine Shen Liang, and Concubine Jiang Shu!
After uncovering the old grudge, Pei Tingyue felt a little confused again.
Since Empress Cui bribed Concubine Jiang Shu's maid, why didn't she kill her directly but just made her have an abortion?
It took a stick of incense to last.
Pei Tingyue gradually began to figure out Queen Cui's psychology.
The time in the harem is so long, and the queen has plenty of time to accompany Concubine Jiang Shu and Concubine Shen Liang in their fight. She wants to torture them slowly and destroy the things they cherish most bit by bit.
What does Concubine Jiang Shu care about?
Of course it was fame and status. Back then, for fame and status, she dared to drag the imperial concubine and the queen into the water together.
What does Concubine Shen Liang care about?
The emperor's favor.
Pei Tingyue's eyes slowly lit up.
As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
In order to win the emperor's true heart, she must become an enemy of Concubine Shen Liang. Because of this, she seems to be able to become an ally of Queen Cui.
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