Chapter 99: Heartless Emperor
Isn't it?
Emperor Xuanwu thought that his concubine Zhen was so cute. She showed all her emotions on her face, and people could see through her at a glance.
He rubbed Jiang Xinyue's "innocent" head: "The prefect of Qinzhou is just a small official. I don't believe he dares to act so high-profile. There must be someone behind him. If Jiang Honglu has any other evidence, he should not be afraid of being retaliated by anyone, just hand it over directly. With me here, I will not allow evil spirits to be presumptuous."
Good guy!
He almost wrote the four big words "want to mess with the Song family" on his face.
Jiang Xinyue said it!
When Concubine Li Gui gave birth, she forced the emperor to deal with Concubine Shu, and she also brought out the Pei and Song families to pressure the emperor and the empress dowager. She will definitely not get anything good in the future.
Throughout history, has any noble family that was so powerful that it threatened the emperor, who was so powerful but did not know how to keep a low profile and hide their edge, and who was extremely arrogant, had a good ending?
No!
Not a single one!
Only they themselves thought that their power was spread throughout the Great Yan Dynasty, and even if the emperor didn't like them, he couldn't do anything about them.
But they forgot a saying: If the emperor wants his subjects to die, the subjects have to die.
Even if there is no evidence, the emperor will hint to his subjects to create evidence.
Jiang Xinyue nodded: "Your Majesty is right, but unfortunately I am in the harem and cannot summon my father into the palace privately, otherwise I will definitely convey everything your Majesty said to my father."
Yes, the emperor forgot that although Jiang Xinyue was promoted to the position of concubine within a year of entering the palace, concubines in the harem below the rank of concubine did not have the right to summon their families. They needed the consent of the emperor or the empress.
"My beloved concubine, are you missing home?"
The emperor rubbed Jiang Xinyue's little hand and rubbed her joints all over: "This is not difficult. The Queen's birthday is in August, and the Tubo royal family has sent some gifts. The Honglu Temple will come to discuss with me about the return gift. Tomorrow you will go to the Yu study with me." Emperor Xuanwu did not
want to expose himself as an enemy of the Song family, so he wanted to push the Jiang family to the front and confront the Song family.
The king of a country said that she missed home, could she say she didn't?
How to say it?
There are pros
and cons, right? The good thing is that the Jiang family is too inconspicuous now, and the stepfather is only a fifth-rank official of the Honglu Temple, while Li Guifei's grandfather is a first-rank chief assistant of the inner cabinet and a minister of six ministries. The official rank and actual power are not comparable to the Jiang family.
If the emperor wants Jiang Yankun to deal with the Song family and compete with the Song family, he must raise the status of the Jiang family.
The difference is too great, and there is no fight, and only the Jiang family will be beaten.
At night, Emperor Xuanwu stayed in Li Guifei's palace. Li Guifei had not yet finished her confinement and could not sleep with him, so she presented a beautiful palace maid to the emperor. She originally wanted to please the emperor, but she angered the emperor instead, so he turned to the nearest Jingren Palace.
The person who used to live in Jingren Palace was Concubine Shu, but now it is Concubine Rong, her sister. The next day, after the emperor went to court, Wang Dequan went to Jingren Palace with the imperial edict to confer the title of Noble Concubine.
Everyone in the harem felt that Concubine Rong was benefiting from her sister's status. The emperor felt sorry for Concubine Shu suffering at the hands of Concubine Li, so he transferred all the compensation to Concubine Rong.
Jiang Xinyue touched her belly, which was not very pregnant, but her opinion was different from that of everyone in the harem.
If the emperor really felt sorry for Concubine Shu, he could have taken Concubine Shu out of Changxin Palace, and there was no need to transfer his affection to Concubine Rong. Concubine Rong did not look alike with Concubine Shu, and could not be a substitute for Concubine Shu.
Emperor Xuanwu seemed to be amorous. He loved Concubine Shu, Concubine Li, and even Concubine Zhen, who came later than her.
But in fact, he doesn't love anyone. He loves himself the most. Once the concubines in the harem are involved in the interests of the previous dynasty, he can abandon anyone.
Such an emperor would be a good emperor for the people of the world, but he would not be a good man for the concubines in the harem.
Jiang Xinyue's mouth curled up slightly, and she was glad that she was a soul that traveled from the 21st century, rather than a noble lady from a noble family cultivated under this feudal society.
It's not that they are not good, they are very good.
For example, Concubine Li, she has peerless beauty and graceful dancing. In the future, she can be a household name. The outstanding men chasing her can line up from the beginning of the Yangtze River to the end of the Yangtze River. She just needs to beckon her fingers and countless men will come to her door waiting for her favor.
For example, Empress Zhu, she is decisive and resourceful, and she will definitely have a place in the business world of the future. She can manage a large company in an orderly manner and make it prosperous. If she wants to resign from a company, the boss will definitely retain her with a high salary. She doesn't have to be a mother here for a man who doesn't love her, and she doesn't even have the choice to resign.
In the harem, Rongpin, Jin Zhaoyi, and even Zhang Ronghua and Ye Guiren are all good in their own ways.
But such good girls have been scheming and hurting each other for a man all their lives...
What a pity.
If they were born in Jiang Xinyue's era, they would definitely live out their own wonderful lives.
"Alas..."
There is no need to pity them, she herself is the most pitiful.
Because she had seen the world, but was trapped in this world, she was more unwilling than anyone else.
"Her Majesty..."
Jiang Chuan ran over: "The Queen Mother... The Queen Mother's people and Concubine Li's people fought in Changxin Palace. The Emperor confined Concubine Li, and the Queen Mother forcibly took Concubine Shu back to Kunning Palace."
Xi Que couldn't help laughing: "Why is Concubine Li getting more and more impatient? Just lifted her confinement, and now she's got herself into trouble again."
Xi Que didn't understand, but Jiang Xinyue understood Concubine Li very well.
The person who didn't want her to get pregnant was Emperor Xuanwu.
From the moment she became Emperor Xuanwu's concubine, she was destined not to have her own children.
That time, Jiang Xinyue met Concubine Li's mother, Pei, on the palace road. Pei was followed by a woman carrying a medicine box. Later, the woman appeared beside Concubine Li.
She guessed that the Song family saw that Concubine Li had not been pregnant for a long time and was getting old, so they sent a female doctor to the palace. There
were thousands of palace maids in the palace, and they were transferred every day. Even Empress Zhu, who was in charge of the harem, might not notice it.
The female doctor was not good-looking and usually did not serve Concubine Li. Jiang Xinyue saw her by chance when she passed by Changxin Palace.
As a woman who aspires to be a favorite concubine, and then wait to outlast the emperor before becoming a dowager, she knows the maids around every high-ranking concubine.
Of course, the most important thing is that she has met the female doctor beside Pei.
Concubine Li Gui should have known it!
The reason why she can't have children is because her body is damaged. Even if she gets pregnant, it is easy for the fetus to die in the palace.
So this time she finally got pregnant, but she used the child to frame Concubine Shu.
She knew that she was carrying a child who would die sooner or later!
I just don't know if she thinks that the person who broke her dream of becoming an empress was Queen Zhu.
If so, Queen Zhu is too wronged.