Chapter 50 The End of the Imperial Concubine
You bitch, you are jealous of my favor from His Majesty, so you come out and target me..."
When Concubine Shu heard her rude words, she waved her hand behind her.
The maidservant named Shi Mu walked forward and slapped the imperial concubine.
Shi Mu has been practicing martial arts for many years and has great strength. With one slap, he broke the corner of the imperial concubine's mouth and sent her falling to the ground.
When Concubine Xian saw Concubine Shu standing, she signaled Chunyun to move two stools over.
After they sat down, looking at the Imperial Concubine who had been slapped to the ground, the virtuous Concubine said, "Can you talk properly now?"
Seeing that the imperial concubine on the ground didn't say anything, but just looked at him with resentment.
Then he continued, "I have come here today on the orders of His Majesty to send you off."
As he spoke, Fu Shou raised his hand and held a wooden plate with three things on it: white silk, a dagger, and red-crowned crane.
When the imperial concubine saw this, she shook her head repeatedly, shrank back, and said, "Impossible, impossible, Your Majesty loves me the most.
All the good things presented as tribute from the palace would be sent to Fanghua Garden.
Normally, if I frown, His Majesty will feel distressed for a long time.
Your Majesty would not be so cruel, no..."
Concubine Shu interrupted rudely, "That's because he doesn't know you cheated on him, nor does he know you're a spy.
If you had known earlier, you would have been a corpse long ago."
"No, no, I'm not. I'm not a spy. You have deceived Your Majesty... I'm not a spy..." The imperial concubine said in panic.
Xian Fei glanced at Chun Yun, and Chun Yun said to the outside: "Bring him in."
Then the tied-up man was brought in.
When the imperial concubine saw the person in front of her, it turned out to be Nanny Zhou.
Then, as if she had found her backbone, she shouted towards this side: "Mammy, Mammy, you are here, just in time, these people are bullying me.
Go tell the young master to kill them all, kill them all..."
Seeing that the Imperial Concubine was pretending to be crazy, the virtuous concubine signaled for someone to untie the person who was blocking Nanny Zhou's mouth.
"Madam Zhou, it seems that the Imperial Concubine only trusts you, so please tell us."
After the towel gaging Nanny Zhou was released, she looked at the imperial concubine lying on the ground with a look of contempt.
"Young Master? Humph, you still dare to mention the Young Master. If you weren't so stupid and insisted on spreading the news, how could you have ended up like this?
The young master might also be implicated by you."
After hearing what Nanny Zhou said, the imperial concubine was stunned for a moment, then murmured to herself, "Are you blaming me, Nanny?"
Then he said in disbelief: "Mammy, you actually blame me, how can you be so worthy of my mother?"
Nanny Zhou actually laughed when she heard this: "What an idiot, you believe everything I say.
If it weren't for the Young Master and I planning this, someone like you wouldn't have survived more than three months in the palace."
The imperial concubine was very confused when she saw the attitude of the servant who had served her for many years.
Madam Zhou continued, "I told you your mother is my master, a Xirong native, and you believed me?
We just want to use your identity for our own benefit.
If it weren't for your good looks and family background that allowed you to enter the palace, do you think we would have chosen you?"
After hearing these two sentences, the imperial concubine took a long time to react before she said, "You mean...my mother...is not from Xirong, but from Dajin.
You took advantage of me?"
Nanny Zhou looked at the imperial concubine and laughed out loud: "Hahaha, you really are a beautiful, brainless fool.
I chose you because I only considered that you were not smart and easier to control than your eldest sister.
But I didn't expect that your stupidity could do good or harm."
The imperial concubine looked as if she was frightened by a ghost, her face full of horror: "No, no, no, Mammy, you are lying to me, aren't you?
The young master and I are in love with each other, it is impossible for him to use me, it is impossible..."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhou said disdainfully, "How can a woman from the Great Jin Dynasty like you be worthy of serving the Young Master?
The young master just wants to use you to humiliate the Emperor of Jin.
Otherwise, why do you think the young master advised you to have consecutive miscarriages?"
When the imperial concubine heard this, she covered her ears and shouted, "No... no... it's not like that.
The young master said that the child might be born with blond hair and blue eyes, and people might notice something..."
After hearing this, Madam Zhou continued, "If the child looks different after it's born, you can just replace it with another child.
The reason I let you have a miscarriage is because you are not worthy of giving birth to the young master's child."
The imperial concubine was completely irritated by Madam Zhou's words and screamed hysterically: "No..., no, you are lying to me, the young master loves me...
The young master and I are in love, and he promised to take me away and marry me..."
Nanny Zhou looked at the imperial concubine in front of her and sneered:
“Back then, we selected four girls, told the same thing, and made up the same story, but you were the only one who believed it.
Until now, you have been reduced to a prisoner, your life is in danger, but you are still struggling with whether to love or not...
It's really stupid, pathetic and sad."
After Madam Zhou finished speaking, Concubine Shu suddenly interrupted and asked, "Did you poison my palace?"
Nanny Zhou shook her head.
Concubine Shu asked again, "What about your Majesty's poison?"
Nanny Zhou laughed when she heard this: "So your Emperor was also poisoned? Hahahaha... God is really helping me."
The virtuous concubine curled her lips and said, "Your Majesty has been cured of the poison."
After hearing this, Nanny Zhou continued to laugh and said, "Your Great Jin Palace is really interesting, like a sieve, leaking air everywhere.
Spies, poison, outsiders, anything can get in.
It seems that your country is not far from being destroyed."
Concubine Shu frowned when she heard this. Shi Mu stepped forward, covered Nanny Zhou's mouth again, and signaled someone to drag her away.
The virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine turned to look at the noble concubine.
At this moment, the imperial concubine suddenly became a little crazy under the huge impact of the truth told by Nanny Zhou.
A person was muttering there: "Impossible, you are lying to me...lying to me..."
After waiting for a while, seeing that the imperial concubine gradually quieted down, Fu Shou walked forward with a tray, looked at the imperial concubine and said, "Please come in, Your Majesty."
The imperial concubine turned to look at Fu Shou and suddenly smiled, a smile that was bright and beautiful.
"Do you think I'm beautiful?"
Fu Shou lowered his head, not looking at her, and replied respectfully, “Your Majesty, everyone grows old, and beauty fades with it.
If one relies solely on beauty to survive in the world, he will be like a flower in a mirror or a moon in the water, and will end up with nothing.”
The imperial concubine burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face: "Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water... Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water..."
After a while, the Imperial Concubine suddenly looked up and asked the Virtuous Concubine, "How is the Anping Marquis's Mansion?"
The virtuous concubine replied, "It is nothing more than confiscation of property, execution, and exile of all the relatives."
The imperial concubine laughed again after hearing this, and this time she seemed very happy.
"My miserable and ridiculous life began with the first misfortune in the Anping Marquis's mansion.
Finally, having them on the road together is the best thing that could have happened.”
After saying that, she stood up, walked towards Fu Shou gracefully, and picked up the dagger.
Seeing this, Concubine Xian added, "Your young master, the man who used the pseudonym Gu Fengshan, is not far from death."
After hearing this, the imperial concubine paused for a moment with her hand holding the dagger, and then turned around without hesitation and walked into the house.
Fu Shou and Shi Mu followed.
The three of them entered the hall, and Fu Shou turned around and closed the door.
Seeing this, Concubine Shu stood up and said, "Let's go."
After the two returned to Yong'an Palace, they had just sat down to eat when Fu Shou and Shi Mu came back and reported that the imperial concubine had died.
The next morning, His Majesty announced the punishment for the Anping Marquis's mansion. The Anping Marquis' family was confiscated and sentenced to death, and the rest of the branch clansmen were exiled.
All the servants in Fanghua Garden were sentenced to death.
For a time, everyone in the palace was in danger, and the harem was dead silent.
Li Yueyao stayed in the palace for another two days, and it was the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the day when the emperor would put down his pen.
Seeing that the emperor's condition was stable, he also helped Concubine Shu with acupuncture and medicinal baths to force out some of the old toxins.
He then informed the emperor that he was going to return to his own residence.
The virtuous concubine originally came to the west wing hall to see if there was anything she could help with, but ended up hearing an even more explosive piece of gossip.
"Who are you talking about?" Concubine Xian's voice rose.
Li Yueyao quickly covered her mouth and said, "Be quiet, is it glorious?"
Xian Fei quickly lowered her voice, her eyes widening as she asked, "You mean Rongpin and Left Prime Minister Gao Hongchen?
So Gao Hongchen can be Rongpin's father?"
"I heard that the Left Prime Minister went to Rongpin's house to propose marriage, but Rongpin's parents disagreed and wanted her to enter the palace."
"Then the Seventh Prince isn't the Emperor's?"
"Well, from what they said, the child is Gao Hongchen's."
After hearing this, Concubine Xian looked towards the main hall of Taiji Palace in silence and said, "You didn't tell His Majesty about this?"
"This imperial concubine just had an accident, and he's furious. He's also not in good health. The continuous blows will only make him worse."
"Hmph, he's so self-righteous every day, thinking that all the women in the world like him and that he's trying to recruit both the good and the bad into his palace. I don't know where he gets his confidence from."
Li Yueyao laughed and said, "Then you like him, don't you?"
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