Chapter 304 Fainted
After the New Year, the Queen's health improved, so the original custom of paying respects was restored.
Now that they were paying their respects, Shen Qing was not the first one to arrive. It seemed a bit strange for her to be the first one to arrive. So when she came, the other concubines saluted her and seemed quite cordial. Even if they did not intend to show their courtesy blatantly, they were still very respectful.
Soon the queen came out.
In the past, the queen was concerned about Shen Qing, but now she is very nice to everyone. She looks really virtuous and generous. After everyone paid their respects to the queen and chatted for a while, the queen did not keep anyone for long and left.
Shen Qing had expressed her feelings once before, and now she felt that no matter what the queen did, she just let it be.
Just a month or so passed, and the third round of talent shows was about to begin.
Shen Qing was not thinking about the selection as much as the last time, so he just gave an order to wait until the emperor made the selection, and then give the rewards.
Even if she doesn't pay attention to it, others may not.
The Empress Dowager is just watching. Cuiyun is really tired. She really can't persuade him. The last time she chose a noble lady named Chen to enter the palace is still a lesson. She is still a virgin until now. The Emperor's attitude is obvious. Why does the Empress Dowager want to choose another girl from the Chen family to enter the palace?
The Emperor must have treated her the same way he treated Concubine Chen, just leaving her alone and not touching her.
Cuiyun couldn't persuade the empress dowager, for she was afraid that she couldn't control herself and would faint again.
The empress dowager had been thinking about the day of the beauty pageant for some reason, so she called her to go see the emperor. The emperor had just returned to the palace at that time, and she knew it in her heart. It would have been fine if she was just concerned, but the empress dowager wanted to talk about the beauty pageant. Fortunately, Zhao Hai saved her by saying that the emperor was reviewing memorials.
Now, Cuiyun really feels that it would be good for the Empress Dowager to enjoy her old age without the mother and son.
But the Queen Mother insisted on making trouble.
Cuiyun was just wondering what to do when the Queen came to pay her respects.
Cuiyun was surprised. The Queen Mother had seldom come to pay her respects since she took sick leave, and now that she was better, she took a look and felt that the Queen Mother was so thin that she couldn't even support the Queen's clothes. Of course, she only dared to think about it in her heart.
The Queen went to pay her respects to the Queen Mother for one thing: "The Emperor will not favor the daughter of the Chen family anymore."
The Queen Mother still thought that the Queen was useless, but when the Queen came, she said this, which really pissed her off: "If the Emperor doesn't like the daughter of the Chen family, then the daughter of an official from the Chen family will be used."
The real Chen family girl obviously didn't want it, but there were many people in the court who were supported by the Chen family. That is, it would be best if she was from the Chen family, right? But now, I can also settle for the second best.
The Queen looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Don't you understand? The Emperor is not willing to honor anyone who has anything to do with the Chen family. Now you are still the Queen Mother, and I am still the Queen. This is the honor given by the Emperor. Don't interfere in this selection."
"How dare you." The Queen Mother was really angry. The Queen had always been respectful to her and she dared not say anything against her. She never expected that she would say this to her face: "Do you still take me seriously?"
The queen suddenly gave a fake smile. She didn't want to take it seriously. If the empress dowager wasn't also from the Chen family, she wouldn't have been willing to come here today. No matter what she did, what did it have to do with her?
But now all her calculations have come to nothing, and now she has to rely on preserving the position of the queen in the future to be the legitimate mother. In fact, if you think about it, it's just like this. What's wrong with the eldest prince entering the imperial study? He was originally the oldest and was supposed to enter the imperial study earlier than the other princes.
Why did she mind so much? It was nothing more than the anxiety in her heart because she knew that she had nothing to use. However, she might not be unaware of Jinzhi's words of advice that day, but she had never been willing to think about it. She had fought for it, but now she found that she could not win, or in other words, she was wrong from the beginning.
Fortunately, it is not too late now. After all, the position of the queen must be preserved, and now we cannot let the emperor hate the queen mother and the Chen family again.
Cuiyun had never thought that the Queen would say this, but it was absolutely right. She hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what the Queen said makes sense."
The Queen Mother waved Cuiyun away and said, "You are a traitor."
Then he pointed at the queen and said, "If you were not unable to bear a child, why would I need to plan this matter?"
Not having a child of her own has always been a source of worry for the Queen. Even after having the Fourth Prince, she still felt no better. Now that she had finished being criticized by the Queen Mother with an expressionless face, the Queen could still say, "Your Majesty, you should think about why the Emperor never showed any affection to me when I first married him."
"What do you mean? If you are not favored by the emperor, could it be because of me?"
The Queen really didn't want to say this to the Queen Mother. She knew that saying these things would be useless, so she said lightly: "The Queen Mother is different from me. I may not always sit firmly in the position of Queen, but the Queen Mother will always be the Queen Mother." Because the Emperor couldn't change his biological mother: "It's just that the Queen Mother is not in good health. Now the Emperor has let the Queen Mother recuperate in the palace. If the Queen Mother still angers the Emperor, then the Emperor will move the Queen Mother out of the palace and just say that she is recuperating. What will happen?"
The Queen Mother grabbed him by the neck and said, "He dares."
Although he said this, in his heart, under the current situation, he was still slightly inclined to the one who dared to do so.
The Queen Mother has always had Xuanyuan Ling under her control. She was used to it. When they were young, she let her do whatever she wanted and she could not resist. Even after she became the emperor, she could not change her mind. In her heart, she was resentful of Xuanyuan Ling for attacking her and causing her to fall out of favor. The mother and son have never had a good life.
As long as Xuanyuan Ling didn't say anything blatantly about her, she wouldn't dare to push her too far. But after the Queen said that, the Queen Mother suddenly felt powerless. In fact, she had always felt powerless, but she always thought that she could still control Xuanyuan Ling. But now, she suddenly felt that the Emperor was indeed like the late Emperor, and she was a little afraid to take action.
The Queen left after she finished speaking. If the Queen Mother still couldn't get over it, she could go to Xuanyuan Ling and apologize and send the person back, which would also show her attitude.
The queen walked out of the Empress Dowager's Shouxiang Palace and looked at the clouds in the sky and the high palace walls. She felt a little ironic in her heart. In order to keep her position as queen, she had finally lost her face.
Therefore, there were no more incidents in the selection of concubines. The Empress Dowager and the Queen were restrained, and Defei let the Emperor and Xuanyuan Ling choose. Now they only chose a few suitable ones, and a total of five, which was the same as last time.
When new people enter the palace, the concubines all have to meet them. Chu Linglong suddenly realized that she also entered the palace in this way, and now she has become an old person. When she first entered the palace, she didn't care about the emperor's favor in her heart, and now she is thinking about having a child in the future.
People will change.
Chu Linglong had been having dreams these days, in which her destined child was crying to her. She didn't know if it was because Concubine Qin mentioned that there was a story behind the incident and she couldn't find out anything, which made her feel depressed. She didn't sleep well last night, and she was a little absent-minded when watching the newlyweds paying their respects.
After she finished paying her respects and left Fengyi Palace, she suddenly felt dizzy and passed out.
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