frightfiction Chapter 948: Palace Maids and Concubines 1
Chapter 948: Palace Maids and Concubines 1
After Concubine Jing was taken out of the cold palace by the emperor, it was naturally the time of her death.
The emperor pinned the crime of murdering the royal heir on Concubine Jing and not only sentenced her to death, but also executed her entire family.
The emperor naturally knew that the original owner was not the murderer behind the scenes, but he also knew that many people were involved in framing Concubine Jing. The court and the harem were one, and no matter how much the emperor doted on Concubine Jing, he could not shake the government for her.
Therefore, the only thing they could do was to convict the original owner. After all, the original owner was not innocent. Who made the original owner betray Concubine Jing?
The original owner died tragically, and the emperor ordered her to be executed, but Concubine Jing asked the emperor to hand the original owner over to her for disposal.
The original owner was skinned to death by order of Concubine Jing. After being skinned, the original owner did not die immediately, but suffered in the pain of losing her skin for three days before she died.
If Concubine Jing had given the original owner a painful death, perhaps the original owner would not have been so resentful, but Concubine Jing was too cruel. She only hated the original owner for betraying her.
But she didn't think about it. If she, as the master, hadn't forced the original owner to have sex with a eunuch, how could the original owner betray her?
"Your Majesty, you are still breathing." The Queen's maid came to Jiang Chunxi's side and sniffed her breath, then looked at the Queen and said:
"Since he's still breathing, let's carry him away and let the imperial physician treat him," the queen said. "After all, he's risking his life to testify against Concubine Jing for the sake of the heir. We can't just stand by and do nothing. If word gets out, it'll probably damage the royal family's reputation."
"Do as the Queen orders," the Queen Mother said. "Have the imperial physician do his best to treat this palace maid. Use whatever medicine is needed."
As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, the Empress's maid quickly arranged for someone to carry Jiang Chunxi out.
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged!" Concubine Jing looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes. "I love your Majesty so much, how could I possibly harm your child?"
Concubine Jing's appearance was pure and lustful, and coupled with her tearful, fragile and pitiful look at this moment, it naturally touched the emperor's heart.
Not to mention that the emperor already liked Concubine Jing, so when Concubine Jing cried, the emperor was heartbroken.
"Of course I believe..."
"Your Majesty," the Empress Dowager interrupted the Emperor with a harsh voice, "We have both physical and human evidence. Do you think Your Majesty will still protect Concubine Jing?"
The late emperor died when the emperor was six years old. The emperor ascended the throne at the age of six, and the empress dowager ruled the country from behind the curtain.
Even though the empress dowager had retired from the court and handed over the government to the emperor when the emperor got married, her majesty remained. Most importantly, the empress dowager had been strict with the emperor since he was a child, so the emperor was afraid of the empress dowager from the bottom of his heart.
So when the emperor heard the empress dowager's stern voice, he was frightened and dared not say anything.
"Propagate my imperial decree," the empress dowager said, looking at Concubine Jing with a cold gaze, "the guilty Concubine Jing will be demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the cold palace. Her family will be confiscated and exiled."
Concubine Jing collapsed all over, but she did not beg for mercy from the empress dowager. She just looked at the emperor with tears in her eyes, which made the emperor feel heartbroken.
This is the strength of Concubine Jing. She knows very well that she cannot escape the charge of murdering the royal heir. After all, the empress dowager has never disliked her. Now that she has been directly convicted, she will naturally not let her go.
In this case, she can only start with the emperor. As long as the emperor is willing to believe her and has her in his heart, the emperor will naturally find a way to help her clear the charges.
"Someone come! Take Concubine Jing away and send her to the cold palace immediately." This was the Queen's voice.
As he watched Concubine Jing being dragged away, the emperor clenched his fists in pain. For the first time, he hated his own incompetence and his mother's dominance, which made him watch his beloved woman being wronged and unable to do anything.
"Mother," the Queen said to the Queen Mother after Concubine Jing was dragged out, "That palace maid named Jiang Chunxi, her family are servants of Concubine Jing's mother's family. Do you need to show mercy and forgive Jiang Chunxi's family? After all, this master has committed a crime, and as a servant, I cannot escape responsibility and will be held accountable."
Considering that Jiang Chunxi was willing to sacrifice her life, the Queen did not mind giving Jiang Chunxi a good life. Unlike the original owner's previous life, when her family was convicted by Concubine Jing's family, it was the original owner who begged the Queen to rescue her family from prison.
That's right, the one who bribed the original owner was the Queen
The queen was a person who kept her promises. In the original owner's previous life, she promised to make the original owner the emperor's concubine, and she did not break her promise. So the original owner naturally served the queen.
But the emperor was too cruel and used the original owner as a target, which naturally made the queen dislike the original owner. Of course, the people in the queen's camp did not believe what the original owner said. Until the empress dowager passed away, the emperor could not wait to take Concubine Jing out of the cold palace. The queen and the people in the queen's camp regretted it too late.
I regret not believing the original owner and not listening to his suggestion to get rid of Concubine Jing.
"Then show mercy to the family of that palace maid, free them from slavery, let them pack up their things and leave Concubine Jing's family home, and give them a hundred taels of gold." The Queen Mother said:
As the empress dowager who once ruled the country from behind the scenes, she naturally knew that Concubine Jing was wronged.
But so what?
The Empress Dowager just hated Concubine Jing.
There is nothing wrong with competing for favor as a concubine in the harem, but competing for favor in the name of true love is too disgusting.
And the most important thing is that the emperor believed Concubine Jing's lies, thinking that Concubine Jing was the only concubine in the entire harem who was sincere to him, and that the other concubines, including the queen, were not sincere to the emperor, and that they all had ulterior motives in trying to please the emperor.
This is unacceptable. If we don't take this opportunity to get rid of Concubine Jing, I'm afraid that the emperor will become a foolish emperor because of Concubine Jing in the future.
"Your Majesty the Queen is truly compassionate." The Queen complimented the Queen Mother with a smile.
"Rewarding someone for their merit is not compassionate," the Queen Mother said, looking at the Emperor. "Your Majesty, I think that maid is quite good and loyal to the royal family. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come forward to testify against Concubine Jing."
"So if that maid can be rescued, then she should be given the title of a noble lady, right?"
The Queen Mother simply wanted to disgust Concubine Jing.
In fact, if possible, the Queen Mother would rather execute Concubine Jing, or let her die directly in the cold palace.
However, the empress dowager still understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little, because the emperor really cared about Concubine Jing.
If she directly convicted Concubine Jing, the emperor might resent her as a mother, but if she directly took Concubine Jing's life, the emperor would probably hate her as a mother.
Since there was no way to kill Concubine Jing, the Empress Dowager naturally wanted to disgust Concubine Jing, so she made the betrayed palace maid a noble lady to serve the Emperor.
In the original owner's previous life, she was able to become a concubine to serve the emperor, naturally with the help of the queen, and she started as a court lady. When Concubine Jing came out of the cold palace, the original owner had already taken the position of concubine.