Chapter 298 Almost Caused Ye Susu to Leave the Cold Palace
Upon arriving at the Cold Palace, they found it guarded by Imperial Guards. When the Empress arrived, the guards bowed and said, "This humble servant greets Your Majesty the Empress."
Empress Cheng said, "Open the door."
The guards hesitated, but Empress Cheng said coldly, "Am I not allowed to enter?"
Seeing the Empress's anger, the guards quickly opened the door. "Su Qingqing is inside. She has gone mad. I was just afraid she might hurt Your Majesty." The Emperor hadn't said anyone was forbidden to enter, let alone the Empress, so they dared not neglect her.
Consort Su had long been demoted to a commoner.
Empress Cheng said, "You all go first."
When Empress Cheng entered, she felt that the place reeked of a foul stench and was filthy all around. Although this was the Cold Palace, it was usually cleaned by someone, so why did it still smell so bad? It was as if people ate, drank, and relieved themselves all together, which was extremely disgusting.
When she saw Su Qingqing, she didn't recognize her at all. Her hair was messy and covered her face. She was covered in dirt and was wrapped up tightly in a winter cloak. A stench emanated from her, making people feel nauseous.
Empress Cheng covered her nose. Seeing Su Qingqing's mad appearance, she could only sneer, "You've finally met your match. Such a beauty has become like this. You deserve it."
When Su Qingqing saw Empress Cheng baring her teeth and claws, she was about to step forward when the guards, finding her repulsive, drew their swords and blocked her way. "Insolence! Her Majesty the Empress is here! Step back!"
Upon hearing this, Su Qingqing indeed took a few steps back.
The guard hurriedly said, "Your Highness, you should leave here first. She has gone mad and can't recognize anyone."
"Where are the new people sent in today?" Empress Cheng was too lazy to care about Su Qingqing.
"Your Majesty is referring to the two young ladies sent from the Eastern Palace," the guard said. "They are being held on the other side. I will take Your Majesty there."
When Empress Cheng saw Su Tingwan and Ye Susu, she found them to be in a disheveled state.
Even Su Tingwan's cheek was branded with a blood-red "slave" character. Was it Shang'er who ordered her to be made into this terrible state?
When Su Tingwan saw Empress Cheng, she felt nothing but hatred. She wished she could kill her, but she found that she could not kill anyone. The word "slave" was branded on her face. She hated Xie Shang to the core and only wanted to eat his flesh and drink his blood.
She seemed extremely frightened and kept hiding.
Ye Susu felt even more nauseous and wanted to vomit when she arrived here. How could this be a place for a human to live? She never expected that she would be banished to the Cold Palace so soon after entering the palace. How could she accept this?
Just when they were at their wits' end, Empress Cheng arrived.
When she saw the Empress, she felt as if she had seen a savior, and immediately knelt down in front of the Empress, saying, "This concubine greets Your Majesty the Empress, may Your Majesty be blessed with ten thousand years of happiness and peace."
Empress Cheng asked coldly, "Were you spreading rumors and causing trouble in the Eastern Palace?"
Ye Susu deliberately clutched her stomach and hurriedly said, "I have been wronged, but Your Highness does not believe me. I really did not spread rumors about the Crown Prince. I am pregnant, how could I have caused such trouble? I beg Your Majesty to have mercy on me, please help me plead with the Crown Princess. I was wrong, I shouldn't have associated with Consort Su, I shouldn't have gotten close to her. I really didn't know that Consort Su and the Crown Princess had a bad relationship. I haven't been in the palace for long..."
Empress Cheng was even angrier after hearing this. No matter what, the child in Ye Susu's belly was the imperial heir. The crown prince only had two children born to Jiang Fenghua, and his lineage was thin. How could Shang'er be so foolish? In any case, it would not be too late to deal with Ye Susu after she gave birth to the imperial heir.
Jiang Fenghua took her anger out on Ye Susu because she saw Ye Susu and Su Tingwan getting close.
"Get up and speak, don't kneel on the ground."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Susu stood up, supporting her belly, looking weak and helpless, with large tears falling down her face. "I am pregnant with His Highness the Crown Prince's child. The Crown Princess will definitely be unhappy. I know I was wrong."
"Okay, stop crying. Crying too much is bad for the child."
Ye Susu quickly wiped away her tears, "I won't cry anymore. I'm willing to do anything for the sake of the child."
Empress Cheng was furious when she thought about how her son protected Jiang Fenghua. She was his mother, and he had never protected her like that.
I shouldn't have married my son to such a beautiful vixen in the first place; she's completely bewitched Shang'er.
If something were to happen to the child in Ye Susu's womb, wouldn't that be a terrible tragedy? Jiang Fenghua didn't try to stop her at all; it seems she was truly afraid that another concubine's child would affect her son's status.
Empress Cheng grew angrier the more she thought about it. Jiang Fenghua was preventing the concubines from serving the emperor and from having children. What was she trying to do? Was she trying to cut off Shang'er's lineage?
"Come with me!" Empress Cheng said directly.
Just as Ye Susu was feeling happy, Granny Xi said, "Should we ask His Highness the Crown Prince first? Your Highness took Concubine Ye away without permission. I'm afraid His Highness will be angry with you again. In any case, His Highness the Crown Prince is the most important."
Empress Cheng paused. Shang'er had already lashed out at her earlier, and she didn't want her to interfere in the affairs of the Eastern Palace anymore. If she took the person away again, wouldn't that only make Shang'er angrier?
That's enough!
She added, "Send a few more people over to take good care of Consort Ye, and make sure that the baby in her womb is safe and sound. Also, inform Physician Wang to come over regularly to check on Consort Ye."
Ye Susu thought she could have gotten out of here. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she clutched a handkerchief in her hand, looking pitiful.
But why does that old hag have to be so talkative?
Su Wanwan also hated Granny Xi to the core. It was Granny Xi who had given her the contraceptive medicine; otherwise, she would have been pregnant long ago.
Even if they hate it, they dare not make any excessive moves. As long as they can get out, they will endure it.
But their wishes were not fulfilled.
Empress Cheng said to her, "You can stay here in peace for now. I'll send someone to clean this place up. Once the Crown Prince's anger has subsided, I'll go talk to him. You should focus on giving birth to your child. Once you have a child, you'll eventually leave this place. Such a beautiful face is a woman's greatest asset. Don't worry!" She would never allow Jiang Fenghua to be favored by Shang'er alone, otherwise the harem would be in chaos. After all, the imperial heir was of utmost importance.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will repay Your Majesty's kindness by serving you like a slave." She needed to prove her loyalty as soon as possible, as she was carrying the Empress's grandson, and the Empress would always cherish him.
Empress Cheng held her hand and thought she was gentle and lovely, but it was a pity that she had never had a daughter in her life.
It was clearly Su Tingwan who made the mistake, but Shang'er locked up Ye Susu as well over such a trivial matter. It's utterly foolish.
As soon as Empress Cheng left, Su Tingwan quickly pulled Ye Susu inside, saying, "How are you so amazing? The Empress was about to take you away just now."
Ye Susu said coldly, "Because I'm pregnant with her grandson, haven't you noticed a problem?"
"What's the problem?"
"The Empress hates any woman who takes away her son. Now that the Crown Princess is favored by the Crown Prince, the Empress tries to send people to the Eastern Palace. But the more the Crown Prince favors the Crown Princess, the more the Empress hates her."
Su Tingwan said, "I know. Xie Shang used to only like me. At that time, the Empress hated me to the bone. It turned out that she was afraid that I would take her son away. Now that Jiang Fenghua has taken her son away, she hates Jiang Fenghua just the same."
"Since that's the case, we still have a chance. We just need to exploit this weakness of the Queen..."
"The Empress will certainly not let Jiang Fenghua steal all the limelight, nor will she allow her son to favor another woman. The child in my womb is our bargaining chip for turning the tables," Ye Susu said coldly.
Su Tingwan never expected that the seed planted by her elder brother would be so useful.
"There's another thing, it's about Empress Cheng, my aunt told me..." Su Tingwan also told Ye Susu about Empress Cheng's secret.
Upon hearing this, Ye Susu's eyes widened. "How could that be? She is the Empress."
“What’s impossible? The palace is chaotic. You’ve only just entered; you’ll find out soon enough. People here can’t stand being alone,” Su Tingwan said. “That’s probably why Xie Shang has never liked her since childhood. He prefers pure and innocent women, and Jiang Fenghua seems to have grasped this weakness of his…”
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After escorting Empress Cheng back to Kunning Palace and helping her to bed, Granny Xi personally went to meet Granny Wang.
"I only found out today when I went to the Cold Palace that there was something strange about Consort Su there... but that's just my guess."
Granny Xi whispered, "I saw the look in Su Tingwan's eyes when she looked at me. It was a look of hatred, a look that wished she could tear me to pieces. If Su Tingwan and Ye Susu really turn the tables, I won't survive either."
Today, in front of them, I again prevented Concubine Ye from leaving the Cold Palace. I'm afraid I won't be able to speak much in front of the Empress anymore, otherwise, if the Empress finds out that I've been relaying messages to the Crown Princess, we'll be in deep trouble.
Granny Wang said, "Don't worry, the Crown Princess won't treat you badly. From now on, you should serve Her Highness well, and don't see me again without Her Highness's permission."
Upon receiving the news, Granny Wang hurriedly returned to Chenxi Palace. She hadn't expected that the Consort Su in the Cold Palace was not Consort Su anymore, and who was that madwoman? She never imagined that Consort Su would dare to escape from the palace right under the Emperor's nose.
This is terrible!
She knew that if she told the Empress this news, she might expose it to the Emperor, and then there would probably be no further developments.
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