Chapter 949: Palace Maids and Concubines 2
Chapter 949: Palace Maids and Concubines 2
Jiang Chunxi woke up the next day. Of course, she was just pretending. In fact, she had woken up a long time ago.
"My lady, you are finally awake." The maid who spoke was overjoyed when she saw Jiang Chunxi wake up. "I will call the imperial physician to take another look at you."
Before Jiang Chunxi could say anything, the palace maid hurried out, and Jiang Chunxi didn't intend to call her.
The original owner's wish was naturally to take revenge on Concubine Jing and protect his family, and this required the Queen Mother to restrain the Emperor. Otherwise, if the Queen Mother died early, the dog emperor would be able to jump around happily again.
Haha! That won’t do.
After all, the Dog Emperor was the culprit who killed the original owner's family in the previous life.
So, the dog emperor shouldn't live too comfortably. Let him endure it under the control of the queen mother so that she can have fun with the dog emperor and Concubine Jing.
The imperial physician arrived soon, took Jiang Chunxi's pulse, confirmed that Jiang Chunxi was out of danger, wrote a new prescription, and left.
After Jiang Chunxi had recovered from her injuries for a month, she was finally able to pay her respects to the Empress.
"Hey! Isn't this Concubine Jiang?" As soon as she entered the Queen's palace, someone immediately mocked her. "Concubine Jiang, this can be considered a blessing in disguise. With just one chance, she has created a bright future for herself, from a maid to a concubine in the harem."
It was said that the frame-up of Concubine Jing was done by the concubines in the harem working together, so these concubines in the harem hated Jiang Chunxi, the traitor.
Even if Jiang Chunxi had not testified, it would not have been so easy to overthrow Concubine Jing, but so what? No one likes a servant who betrays his master.
"It's the Empress Dowager's kindness," Jiang Chunxi said with gratitude, "If it weren't for the Empress Dowager and the Empress' kindness, I'm afraid I would have lost my life."
"Yes! If it weren't for the mercy of the Empress Dowager and the Empress, a traitorous slave like you should have been thrown directly into a mass grave. Why would the imperial physician treat you?" It was Concubine De who spoke.
"Your Highness the Defei is right." Jiang Chunxi lowered her eyes and said to the Defei. She had no intention of confronting her. After all, she didn't have the capital to be arrogant now.
Oh! By the way, the Emperor currently has no sons, only two princesses. The eldest princess was born to the Empress, and the second princess was born to Consort De.
So if she were to go against Concubine De now, she would be courting death. You should know that Concubine De not only has a princess, but also has a pretty good family background, otherwise she would not have been named Concubine De.
"Being sisters with such a treacherous slave is truly disgusting to me. I don't know what the Queen Mother is thinking. She clearly has other ways to show her favor, so why does she allow such a treacherous slave to become a concubine in the harem?" It was Concubine Li who spoke first. "Really, the Queen Mother isn't afraid of annoying the Emperor."
From this we can see that Concubine Li is not a smart person, otherwise she would not have said such careless words to slander the Queen Mother. Didn't you see that the concubines present secretly rolled their eyes, but no one spoke to agree with Concubine Li's words.
"The Empress is here."
As the eunuch's sharp shout rang out, the Queen appeared.
Everyone immediately stood up and saluted the Queen. After the Queen asked everyone to stand up, Jiang Chunxi alone kowtowed three times and bowed nine times to the Queen. This was the procedure that a new concubine had to follow when paying her respects to the Queen for the first time.
"Lady Jiang, now that your injury has healed, you must learn the rules," the Queen said after Jiang Chunxi stood up. "I will arrange for a nanny to teach you the rules. Once you have learned them, I will have someone hang up your green card."
"Yes." Jiang Chunxi lowered her eyebrows and said respectfully:
"Hmm!" The Queen was quite satisfied with Jiang Chunxi's respectful attitude. She then said some words about branching out and let the people leave.
Of course, when the other concubines left, everyone in the Queen's camp stayed, including Jiang Chunxi.
"Lady Jiang, your injury has just healed, so you should go back first!" The Queen said this to express that she did not want Jiang Chunxi to stay.
Jiang Chunxi bowed respectfully to the queen before turning around and leaving. She was not surprised by the queen's attitude.
After all, the original owner's previous life was like this. She was ostensibly a member of the Queen's camp, but the Queen and the people in the Queen's camp did not take her seriously. They all looked down on her from the bottom of their hearts. Those contemptuous eyes once made the original owner very upset.
"Your Highness, you shouldn't have asked someone to treat Concubine Jiang," this was Concubine He's voice. "Whenever I think about serving the Emperor with a treacherous servant like her, I feel sick to my stomach."
"Alright," the Queen frowned unhappily. "Princess He, if you continue to speak so recklessly, and if you get into trouble in the future, don't blame me for not pleading for you."
"I will never dare to do it again." Concubine He quickly admitted her mistake.
The Queen glanced at Concubine He with displeasure before continuing, "I don't care how others bully Concubine Jiang, but as my servants, I hope you won't openly target Concubine Jiang, lest you make a fool of yourself and me as well."
"Yes." Several concubines in the Queen's camp responded quickly, but they did not dare to refute the Queen's words.
"It's getting late, you all should go back!" The queen ordered everyone to leave.
Hepin and the others quickly stood up, bowed, and left. After they left, the Queen asked the palace maid beside her, "There's no need to send anyone to keep an eye on the cold palace. Concubine Jing has already been sent to the cold palace, so I think there's nothing to worry about."
The queen was not underestimating her enemy, but since ancient times, no concubine who had been sent to the cold palace could ever come out. After all, the emperor had so many beauties in his harem, and no matter how much he doted on a woman, there was a time limit. After a long time, the emperor would no longer remember Concubine Jing.
It was precisely because of this idea that the concubines in the harem thought that sending Concubine Jing to the cold palace would be enough, and they never thought of eradicating her completely.
Or perhaps, everyone hoped that Concubine Jing would be tortured in the cold palace and go crazy, and they didn't want her to die too easily, so they didn't think of taking action against Concubine Jing again.
There's nothing we can do, Concubine Jing is just too disgusting.
Others compete for favor with ulterior motives, but Concubine Jing is favored because she is sincere to the emperor.
This kind of behavior is like poking someone's lungs, it's so disgusting.
"Yes," said Jing Yan, the maidservant beside the Queen, "Your Majesty, now that Concubine Jing, that great threat, has been eliminated, you can finally rest assured."
"Haha!" The Queen sneered. "I don't really care about favoring a concubine, but Concubine Jing really disgusts me. Most importantly, the Emperor actually believed Concubine Jing's talk of true love. This forces me to be on high alert."
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