Chapter 377: The Lady of the Marquisate vs. the Younger Prince 120
Late at night, the emperor's bedroom was still brightly lit.
Today was supposed to be the day when the Empress should have taken care of the sick, but after the Emperor woke up, he favored Concubine Tong and had her always by his side. All the soups and medicines were served personally by Concubine Tong, and no one else was allowed to get any.
After Concubine Tong helped the Emperor drink the medicine, she stood quietly aside, far away from the dragon bed, as if she was extremely afraid of the Empress.
The Empress glanced at Tongpin from the side and was indeed furious. "You vixen! You flirt with His Majesty all day long. If His Majesty is not well, you are half to blame."
"Yesterday was the fifteenth day of the lunar month. Who allowed you to stay here? I cannot tolerate any injustice. Come, drag Concubine Tong away and slap her in the face twenty times to serve as a warning to others!"
According to convention, the emperor should stay with the empress on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, it is naturally impossible for him to go to the harem to favor the concubines. But on the fifteenth day, no one dared to come in front of the emperor. But Concubine Tong was bold and stayed with the emperor and refused to leave.
A group of palace maids and eunuchs lowered their heads and dared not breathe, for fear that the Queen would vent her anger on them.
Concubine Tong did not struggle and let the two maids drag her out. She just stared at the emperor pitifully with misty eyes.
Those eyes seemed to hide countless grievances and lingering emotions, but she kept them to herself, just to avoid upsetting the emperor.
The emperor didn't want Concubine Tong to ruin her appearance, and for now he still trusted her very much.
Now he is lying in bed and has difficulty in moving. He continues to suppress Jing Yu in the previous dynasty, but people in the harem are more respectful to the queen and mainly try to appease her.
He could only endure this and not break off relations with the mother and son for the time being.
The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be angry, Yan'er. I kept her here last night just because I saw how well she served me. Yan'er has been spoiled since she was a child, and she is delicate and precious. How could I bear to let you serve me with my own hands?"
"Let her wait outside the palace. Yan'er will treat her as a slave and order her around as she pleases. Is that okay?"
The queen sat on the chair beside the bed. Only she dared to sit on this chair, because the other concubines had to stand when serving her.
The emperor pretended to dote on her, so of course she had to act along with the emperor. If she could relax a little, she would not make things difficult for herself.
The Queen glared at Concubine Tong, and carefully recalled Concubine Liang's jealous attitude, acting it out vividly.
"I am old and my beauty has faded, and my love has faded. Your Majesty is fickle and has long since lost sight of me. A concubine position can also take my place. I will not accept it~"
The emperor recently discovered that the queen's affection for him had not diminished but increased. In the past, the queen was virtuous and did not care much about who he favored. Now that he was sick, the queen became jealous.
The friendship of youth is the most precious. The queen has only had him as her husband in her life. She has served him all her life and must love him in her heart.
The emperor stood up with difficulty, took the queen's hand, and said with a smile: "Nonsense! You are my wife. Serving someone with your beauty will not last long. Only you can be buried with me in the imperial mausoleum."
The emperor spoke with deep affection, and the queen responded by showing just the right amount of emotion and waved her hand for everyone to leave.
"Then I will serve Your Majesty tonight. No one is allowed to come in and disturb us. I want to be close to Your Majesty~"
The empress has not been "close" to the emperor for a long time. Even if the emperor would go to Fengyi Palace on the first and fifteenth day of each month, it would only be to have meals and chat. If the emperor did not stay overnight, he would not summon other concubines. If he stayed overnight, they would just be sleeping in the same bed but having different dreams.
It was rare for the emperor to see the queen being so gentle and considerate, it was as if he had returned to his youth.
The queen came in gorgeous attire, the dim candlelight concealed the traces of time, and there was a flickering fire in her eyes, so bright and so charming that the emperor suddenly thought he saw Song Yan when she was young.
Song Yan was undoubtedly very beautiful. Among the three thousand beauties in the harem, the young Song Yan was the most beautiful among them and won the emperor's favor.
Unfortunately, no matter how good-looking a person is, you’ll get tired of them if you see them too much. The little bit of true love you had in your youth has long since disappeared, leaving only naked calculations.
Only the emperor and the empress were left in the bedroom.
The emperor really wanted to favor the queen. He often suffered from heart pain and sometimes even fell into a coma. But after taking the medicine just now, he felt much better.
This problem did not affect their sexual intercourse. The emperor felt that he was in great health and even a young girl like Concubine Tong would cry and beg for mercy under him.
The emperor's naked eyes fell on Song Yan, and he teased, "Yan'er, don't you want to get close to me? Take off your clothes and come up. We are husband and wife. Why are you shy, Yan'er?"
As the candlelight flickered, Song Yan's face turned a shade of red. She coldly pulled her hand back, took out a handkerchief and wiped the place where the emperor had touched, then threw the handkerchief on the ground in disgust.
"Your Majesty, you are wrong. I am not shy. I am excited! I am excited about my revenge! I am pleased to kill my enemy!"
Song Yan seemed to be crying and laughing, with tears flashing in her eyes. She had finally waited for this day, she could avenge her dead child!
The emperor was so angry that he struggled to get up from the bed and shouted, "Someone come! Protect me! Someone come, the queen is crazy, drag her out quickly..."
The emperor paused and fell off the bed. His heart was burning with anger, his internal organs were in a turmoil, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead. The emperor had no strength to get up.
"You... you vicious woman! You are crazy! You dare to kill the king and your husband? I will tear you into pieces! The Song... the Song family is treasonous and all nine clans will be killed! Jing Yu... Jing Yu also deserves to die!"
Song Yan took a step forward and kicked the emperor in the chest, sneering, "You are the one who deserves to die! How does the Heart-Eating Powder taste? Are you feeling like your heart is being torn apart by a knife? Do you wish you could die right now?"
"When Bin'er died, I felt the same pain in my heart. You should also feel the same way. I have hated Liangpin all these years, but you... you beast, you are the culprit who killed Bin'er!"
Tears fell from Song Yan's eyes. Her Bin'er was still so young, lying on the bed skinny and with a high fever. However, he would still smile and comfort her, saying that he was not in pain.
It was not a cold at all. The plague in the capital was barely under control. There was no plague in the palace originally. Liangpin was just a small noble at that time, but someone dared to plot against her child. Afterwards, there was not even a trace of evidence!
The emperor simply hastily dealt with a few palace maids and eunuchs, and the matter was left unresolved.
Even if there was a medicine to treat the plague, a child that young could not be saved once infected. She watched Bin'er die, it was like a long torture!
The emperor made every effort to show his concern for the queen and the eldest prince by the window every day. He no longer favored other concubines and always stayed with the queen.
Song Yan had doubted the emperor before, but even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. She couldn't believe that the man beside her had such a sinister heart that he would not even let his own son go!
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