Chapter 209 Chen's Current Situation
People were selected by the Empress Dowager, just like Chen Mianmian, who made the Empress Dowager and the Emperor angry. For the Empress Dowager's own sake, he is still kept in Shouxiang Palace.
The emperor didn't like the empress, and although the empress dowager was angry, she also blamed the empress for not living up to her expectations and not liking Chen Mianmian. Even if she had brought Chen Mianmian into the palace secretly, the emperor followed the rules and didn't like her. Although she was angry, there was nothing to say.
But Concubine Chen was officially selected during the selection, and was personally selected by the Queen Mother. How come all the concubines in the palace were favored, but Concubine Chen was left alone? What kind of rules and principles are there?
But the Empress Dowager was unable to urge the Emperor to favor her, and this noble lady Chen came to her begging for help. The Empress Dowager was angry, but she really couldn't think of any solution for the time being.
But the empress dowager was very concerned about her face. As an empress dowager, the emperor didn't even give her this little face. If she did nothing for people who came to her for begging her, she would feel ashamed.
So the Queen Mother thought about it and said, "You are now in the harem and you don't have to worry about food and clothing because you are from the Chen family. You can do whatever you want. If you are bullied, I and the Queen are still here, and it will be against the rules. After all, you were selected to enter the palace, and there is no reason to let you fend for yourself."
Cuiyun frowned as she listened nearby, and sighed in her heart. It was really shameful that the Empress Dowager, an elder of the Chen family, actually taught the younger generation to use such means to win favor.
She just looked at Concubine Chen secretly. Concubine Chen was different from Chen Mianmian. Concubine Chen was a lady who was brought up properly. Although she was anxious in her heart, the Chen family had the Queen and the Empress Dowager, so she would not act on her own and do anything behind the scenes. This was considered honest. But today, the Empress Dowager would say something to make Concubine Chen do something strange.
Cuiyun looked at Concubine Chen. Concubine Chen didn't know. She only listened to the Queen Mother saying that if she was bullied, there was no reason to let her fend for herself.
She was born in the Chen family. Now everyone in the palace knows that the emperor does not favor her, but with the empress dowager above her, the Imperial Kitchen and other rooms in the Ministry of Internal Affairs dare not neglect her.
Therefore, although she was not favored, she could still live a tolerable life, but she did not want to live this way.
She has entered the palace, and to put it in a very unethical way, she is married. How can it be unreasonable for her husband not to consummate the marriage with her?
She couldn't stand such humiliation.
She took the Queen Mother's words to heart and after leaving the Queen Mother's Palace she kept thinking, now that she is in the palace, who will bully her?
At this moment, she was blocked by someone. Concubine Chen looked at her carefully and frowned: "Chen Mianmian, why is it you?"
She glanced at Chen Mianmian and saw that she didn't look very well. Chen Mianmian used to look pretty good, but now she has lost weight and her facial features are much more prominent. Her face is a little sallow because she doesn't eat well and she doesn't sleep well at night. There is a little blue-gray color under her eyes. She looks really miserable.
Chen Mianmian was almost driven crazy by the torture she endured in the palace.
She was driven out by Xuanyuan Ling, and then taken back by the Queen Mother, but how could the Queen Mother really ask her to serve? It was nothing more than a gamble, and she was thrown aside like a toy.
She thought that her life in the Chen Mansion where she was bullied was miserable enough, but now that she had entered the palace, Cuiyun could leave her with nowhere to go if she wanted to deal with her.
Her life these days was even more difficult than when she was in the Chen Mansion. She told herself every day that she couldn't go on like this, but there was no way out. But then Concubine Chen showed up today.
She flattered the eunuch who delivered food so that he could find out some news from outside. If she did nothing, she would really have no hope.
She really could never forget the condescending look on Shen Qing's face when she saw him being promoted to concubine.
The look of Shen Qing at that time was imprinted in her mind and became her inner demon.
At this moment, she made a desperate move and did not answer Concubine Chen's question. She went straight to the point: "Concubine Chen must be unpopular after entering the palace, right?"
Concubine Chen didn't want to pay attention to her at first. After all, they didn't have a good relationship. But now that she was asked to point it out, she was also angry and said, "What does it have to do with you?"
"What if I can please you?"
The Queen was the first one to know that Concubine Chen had gone to see the Queen Mother. Ever since the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the Queen had asked someone to look after Shouxiang Palace. Although the Queen Mother was now recuperating, she had not withdrawn, so she knew about it.
After knowing this, the Queen had to intervene even if she didn't want to. This person came from the Chen family, and if something really happened, she would be implicated.
"Let's find someone to keep an eye on it."
It was already clear that the Emperor did not favor Concubine Chen. Based on the Empress's understanding of Xuanyuan Ling, she was probably angry at Concubine Chen because of the Empress Dowager's disturbance and her decision to kill the mother and keep the son. Of course, she had no way of explaining this to Concubine Chen, so she had never told her anything at the beginning.
Or rather, she was somewhat helpless about the current situation. She could only barely maintain the dignity of the queen, so how could she care about Concubine Chen? She could only say that Concubine Chen was unlucky and was chosen by the empress dowager to enter the palace, and she had to leave it to fate.
But thinking about it, the Queen also sneered in her heart. The Queen Mother seemed to be doing it for the Chen family, but how much had she done for the Chen family? It was true that she wanted a legitimate son, but how many times did the Emperor hate her, the Queen with the surname Chen, because of the Queen Mother?
The queen thought that although the emperor might not have liked her very much at the beginning, she was the principal wife, so he would come after all. At the beginning, he came seldom, and then gradually the queen felt that the emperor would not come when he was angry. Later, even if he came, he would do nothing. She was unlucky. She was not pregnant when the emperor came, and she would never be pregnant now.
Fortunately, there is the Fourth Prince.
Although the Queen disliked Concubine Li, she still liked the Fourth Prince, so she asked Jinzhi to bring the Fourth Prince and Concubine Li over.
She didn't want to bring Concubine Li with her, but the Emperor had clearly stated that the Fourth Prince had to be raised by Concubine Li. If she just brought Concubine Li along and something happened, she would be the one to suffer.
Concubine Li’s situation is becoming increasingly difficult.
The Empress was staring at Shouxiang Palace, and the Emperor was also watching. He didn't like the girl from the Chen family, but the Empress Dowager insisted on choosing her to enter the palace. To be honest, he was indeed angry and didn't want to visit Concubine Chen, but there was the Empress Dowager in front and the Empress behind. Other women were fine, but he really didn't want to touch the women of the Chen family.
After all, the Empress Dowager selected those who entered the palace, not him. The Empress Dowager was not clear-headed and wanted to harm her own juniors. Can she blame him?
Xuanyuan Ling thought of this bad thing and went to find Chen Qing after lunch.
He had watched Shen Qing fall ill after just a little more activity, and he felt really regretful and annoyed during those days, asking the imperial physician about her condition in real time. Later, when he learned that she had recovered but was pretending to be sick and not going to pay respects to the queen, he found it funny and indulged her.
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