Chapter 6 Sister, I'm scared...
Jiang Shuyi could guess that Concubine Xue must be up to some ulterior motive, but she didn't take it seriously at all.
According to the time of this life, three months ago, Concubine Xue Shufei gave her own son some poison that was not too harmful to the body, and falsely accused herself of doing it while she was pregnant.
In the end, Pei Yan didn't believe it either, and he asked officials from the Ministry of Justice to intervene and conduct a thorough investigation. This frightened Concubine Xue so much that she quickly pushed forward a palace maid to take the blame.
So as long as they have Pei Yan to rely on, they are nothing.
After the new concubines were settled in, they gathered outside the Kunning Palace around noon, waiting to be summoned.
As Queen Shen ordered an audience, the newlyweds entered the palace in order according to their rank.
Walking in the front were Jiang Wanqing and Wen Yao. Both of them were noble ladies, but Jiang Wanqing was dressed much more gorgeously than Wen Yao. The Shu brocade she was wearing looked like a tribute, which was bestowed by His Majesty to Concubine Jiang not long ago.
However, her face did not look very good. After coming in, she looked around the hall quickly. After finding Jiang Shuyi, she immediately stopped, revealing a look of some resentment and grievance.
Jiang Shuyi knew without hesitation that she was asking about the change of palace.
How do you have the nerve to act like this?
Jiang Shuyi sneered in her heart. If she wasn't afraid that her attitude change would be too drastic and arouse suspicion, she would have wanted to find a rope and strangle this heartless guy to death on the spot, just like she was strangled to death!
Concubine Xue's eyes moved back and forth between the two of them, as if she was thinking about something.
New concubines entering the palace had to perform the ritual of three bows and nine kowtows to the empress. At the eunuch's command, Jiang Wanqing had to kneel down with the others, kowtow to the empress, then stand up, kowtow again, and stand up and kowtow again.
By the time I finished the ceremony, my back and waist were already sore.
Queen Shen calmly asked everyone to stand up and said some boring and clichéd words.
Once you enter the palace, you are all sisters. You must live in harmony and serve the emperor wholeheartedly. You must not be jealous and you must not quarrel.
The concubines present were tired of listening to this and began to look at the newcomers, with their eyes especially set on Concubine Jiang's sister.
She looked somewhat similar to Concubine Jiang, especially in that they both had almond-shaped eyes, which made one recognize them as sisters, but they were different in every way.
Concubine Jiang had skin whiter than snow and a gorgeous figure, just like the enchanting concubines in history books who seduced their rulers. However, Noble Lady Jiang had a gentle temperament, with long and slender eyebrows and delicate features. At first glance, she looked like a well-behaved and obedient girl.
I originally thought that Concubine Jiang allowed her sister to enter the palace in order to emulate Feiyan and Hede during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, where the two sisters monopolized the emperor's favor, but this is the result?
Jiang Wanqing didn't notice the relief and disdain in everyone's eyes. She lowered her head, her legs felt sore from standing, and she felt even more irritated.
Can't my sister see that I'm weak and can't bear it? Why didn't you say anything?
Also, wasn't it agreed that she would live in Zhaoyang Palace? Why did she suddenly go to Concubine Xue's Xianfu Palace?
"Most of the sisters in the harem are friendly now. As long as you follow the rules when you get along with them, you won't make any mistakes. Only Concubine Jiang is young and a little spoiled. This palace and the sisters don't dare to provoke her."
Queen Shen finally finished her polite words and suddenly changed the subject to Jiang Shuyi.
Jiang Shuyi raised her eyebrows and looked over.
Queen Shen had a blank expression on her face and continued to instruct the newcomers: "You must be careful in the future, don't offend her and make everyone uneasy."
After hearing this, the newly promoted concubines looked at each other with disdain.
Before they entered the palace, most of their families had inquired about the situation in the palace and knew that Concubine Jiang was now extremely favored and had the most power.
But no one expected that the Queen Mother would say this on the day they entered the palace.
If I agree, will Concubine Jiang hold a grudge against me?
Jiang Shuyi had been tired of sitting there for a long time, and now she had an excuse.
She suddenly stood up and snorted, "Empress, I believe that I have always been respectful to you and have never overstepped my bounds. Yet you slandered me in front of everyone in the palace. I do not accept this and will go to Your Majesty to seek justice!"
Concubines: ...
Very respectful and without any overstepping of authority, haha.
Queen Shen clenched her fingers and looked at her gloomily.
Jiang Shuyi was about to leave when a faint voice suddenly rang out from inside the hall: "Sister..."
She paused slightly and turned her head to look over.
Jiang Wanqing looked at her timidly, then at Queen Shen, and finally took a few steps forward, walked to Jiang Shuyi's side, gently grabbed her sleeve, and begged: "The Queen is the master of the six palaces, sister, please don't be so disrespectful to the Queen, okay? I'm scared."
Almost the same words.
In the previous life, it was to stop her and vent Concubine Feng’s anger. What is the purpose in this life?
Jiang Shuyi glanced at her calmly: "Are you scared?"
Jiang Wanqing nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Shuyi laughed and said, "Then stay away from your sister in the future, otherwise..."
She tilted her head slightly and lowered her voice into Jiang Wanqing's ear: "Sooner or later, my sister will take your life."
Jiang Wanqing looked at her in a daze, unable to believe what she heard.
Jiang Shuyi left after saying that. Queen Shen looked at her back with disgust. It took a long time for her expression to ease. She turned to look at Jiang Wanqing with a little surprise and admiration in her eyes: "Lady Jiang, I didn't expect you to be a reasonable person."
Jiang Wanqing just came back to her senses, still a little dazed. She looked at the Queen and didn't know what to say.
Did she hear it wrong just now?
Her elder sister had taken great care of her since she was a child, especially after her aunt passed away. She became her only close relative and her elder sister wished she could give her her life.
She, she must have heard it wrong.
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Jiang Shuyi didn't really go to complain.
She returned to Zhaoyang Palace.
When she saw Jiang Shuyi, she thought of Pei Yu. These two were her closest relatives, and both of them had caused her heart-wrenching pain in her previous life.
Pei Yu is only five months old now, white and chubby, and was still chewing his own hands when he was brought to him by his wet nurse.
He was enjoying the chewing, but when he saw Jiang Shuyi, his eyes lit up and he stretched out his chubby little hands covered with saliva and waved at her, babbling.
The wet nurse Bai brushed him away and said with a smile: "The little prince wants you to hold him."
Jiang Shuyi sat on the couch by the window, looking back at her son with an expression as calm as water.
Pei Yu stared at her for a while with his big round eyes, then suddenly pursed his lips and started crying.
Bai quickly carried the little prince to Jiang Shuyi: "Your Majesty, please hug him quickly. The little prince has been wronged."
Is he feeling wronged?
Before Jiang Shuyi could say anything, Bai came closer and handed the swaddling clothes to her. Jiang Shuyi was caught off guard, and the soft baby was close to her. She could almost smell the faint smell of milk on him. This should have been a very warm scene, but her scalp tingled in an instant, and she shrank back repeatedly as if frightened.
The disputes and quarrels in the previous life, and the young boy's final righteous act of killing his own relatives, were like countless sharp knives, approaching her along with the swaddling clothes.
Jiang Shuyi couldn't help but screamed angrily: "Take him away!"
Bai was terrified and quickly took a few steps back, looking at the empress's sudden change of expression in panic.
Jinzhu was afraid of scaring the child, so she hurried over to comfort the little prince in the nurse's arms. Only Yuzhu walked nervously to the soft couch and asked her in a gentle voice, "What's wrong, Madam?"
Jiang Shuyi didn't know what was wrong with her.
Her eyes were red as she looked at the baby who had stopped crying because of her yelling, and then continued to cry loudly after being comforted by Jinzhu and the wet nurse. She felt as if a thorn was stabbed all over her body and was suffocated by the pain.
Jiang Shuyi didn't know how to deal with this child who she had given birth to with so much difficulty and almost died.
A voice told her that Pei Yu was still a blank slate at the moment, and as long as he stayed away from people with ulterior motives, he could still be educated.
But another voice told her that it is difficult to change one's nature, and if Jiang Wanqing was not there, there would be someone else, and this child who had stabbed her so hard was not worth keeping.
Jiang Shuyi was confused and distressed, not knowing what to do.
The habits of her previous life made her think of Pei Yan at this moment.
No matter what happens, it can be easily solved with him around.
Jiang Shuyi seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and asked with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, where is Your Majesty?"
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