frightfiction Chapter 934: The Ungrateful Son
Chapter 934: The Ungrateful Son
The emperor's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he stood up immediately. "Mother, I will take my leave now. I will come to pay my respects to you another day."
As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor turned around and left. His angry back naturally made the empress dowager very angry again.
And Nanny Liao naturally took the opportunity to put some doubts in the Empress Dowager's eyes, making her even more displeased with the Emperor's son and even more disgusted with Concubine Chen.
After the emperor left the Empress Dowager's palace, he did not go to see Concubine Chen because he didn't know how to face her.
Even in the next few days, no matter how Concubine Chen sent people to invite the emperor, the emperor did not go to see Concubine Chen.
A month passed quickly, and a month was enough time for Concubine Chen to heal her injuries.
After her injury healed, Concubine Chen wanted to go see the emperor in person, but the emperor didn't want to see her.
The emperor has been overwhelmed by political affairs recently and has no mood to comfort Concubine Chen. The most important thing is that he doesn't know how to face Concubine Chen, so he simply pretends to be an ostrich and refuses to see Concubine Chen.
This naturally made Concubine Chen very angry. When she returned to her palace and smashed things around, the empress dowager sent someone to inform her that she should pay her respects to the empress the next day.
Concubine Chen was almost mad with rage, but she didn't have the courage to provoke the empress dowager. After being scolded by the empress dowager, and considering the emperor's attitude towards her, Concubine Chen finally used her brains.
At least he knew he couldn't confront the Queen Mother head-on, lest he suffer further physical pain.
The next morning, Concubine Chen arrived at Jiang Chunxi's palace on time. When she arrived, the other concubines had already arrived.
"Hey! Isn't this Concubine Chen?" It was Concubine Wang who spoke. "How rare! Finally seeing Concubine Chen come to pay her respects to the Queen again. I thought Concubine Chen would stay in her palace forever and never come out."
"But it's also true. After such an embarrassing incident as being beaten in public, it's normal for Concubine Chen to be too embarrassed to show up."
"Sister Wang, what you said is not true," the voice of a maidservant said. "Noble Lady Chen went to see the Emperor yesterday, but the Emperor didn't see her. This shows that Noble Lady Chen is not afraid to come out because of shame, but simply does not want to pay her respects to the Empress. It is only because the Empress Dowager sent someone to notify Noble Lady Chen yesterday, otherwise she would not have come to pay her respects to the Empress today."
"If you ask me, if she's not sincere, she might as well not come to pay her respects, so as not to cause trouble for the Empress," said a young concubine. "After all, the Empress doesn't need her to pay her respects alone. Or, in other words, the concubines in the harem don't need Concubine Chen. If Concubine Chen doesn't want to stay in the harem, she can ask to go to the cold palace! After all, if she goes to the cold palace, no one will care whether she comes to pay her respects to the Empress or not."
It's like kicking a drowning dog. Seeing that Concubine Chen seems to have fallen out of favor, who wouldn't want to step forward and step on her feet?
As for why they said "seemingly", it was naturally because of the emperor's favor towards Concubine Chen. Everyone was not sure whether Concubine Chen had really fallen out of favor, so they only dared to ridicule Concubine Chen in words.
Concubine Chen looked coldly at the people who were talking: "It seems that I haven't appeared in public for a while, so any cat or dog dares to..."
"Noble Lady Chen," this was Concubine Hui's voice, "You are only a noble lady now, and you are not qualified to call yourself this palace. If Noble Lady Chen still cannot understand your own status, I am afraid that the Empress will have to send two people to teach you the rules."
"Concubine Hui..." Concubine Chen glared at Concubine Hui, her voice almost gritting her teeth.
And just at this moment Jiang Chunxi appeared.
As Jiang Chunxi sat down, everyone immediately stood up and saluted her. Even Concubine Chen saluted Jiang Chunxi reluctantly and perfunctorily.
"Everyone, get up!" Jiang Chunxi said calmly, "Someone, come! Add another chair next to Concubine Wang for Concubine Chen to sit on."
Concubine Chen stared at Jiang Chunxi with eyes burning with anger: "Don't bother the Queen, I will..."
"Noble Lady Chen," Jiang Chunxi interrupted Noble Lady Chen, "You are only a noble lady now. You should call yourself a concubine. Forget it this time, but if you make a slip of the tongue again in front of me, I will punish you."
While Jiang Chunxi was speaking, a palace maid had already brought a chair to Noble Lady Wang's side. "Alright, go sit next to Noble Lady Wang! You're just a Noble Lady now, so you're not qualified to sit in this front seat anymore."
Concubine Chen wanted to turn around and leave, but she finally held back and reluctantly went to sit down next to Concubine Wang.
It's like a tiger in trouble being bullied by a dog. Just wait and see how she will settle the score with these bitches in the future.
It is worth mentioning here that since taking control of the palace, the empress dowager did not ask the concubines in the harem to pay their respects to her every day like the original owner did in her previous life.
This was naturally the credit of Madam Liao. After all, Jiang Chunxi had no interest in paying respects to the Empress Dowager every day.
"Empress, I heard that the Second Prince is ill," Concubine Hui asked Jiang Chunxi, "I don't know how serious his illness is. When I heard the news, I was deeply worried."
This is the art of speaking. Concubine Hui is naturally worried about her own son, but from what she said, it seems that she is really worried about the second prince.
"Children are weak, and it's normal for them to get sick," Jiang Chunxi said, but her face was filled with worry. "Luckily, the imperial physicians at the Imperial Hospital are treating him with all their heart. I believe our Second Prince will recover soon."
As the legitimate son of the Empress, the Second Prince was sent to the Prince's Residence. Naturally, the servants under him dared not fail to serve him wholeheartedly, but doesn't this mean he has a biased father?
That’s right, the second prince’s illness was caused by the emperor’s order to give him medicine. The emperor did this not only to avenge Jiang Chunxi on behalf of Concubine Chen, but also to pave the way for taking the third prince out of the prince’s house.
So! The eldest and fourth princes couldn't escape either. For the sake of the third prince, the emperor really didn't take his other sons seriously. People like him should have no descendants.
That’s right, Jiang Chunxi planned to sterilize the dog emperor. He was not a good guy anyway, so it would be better not to have a son.
As for the fact that the dog emperor has no son, will this affect Jiang Chunxi?
Haha! Jiang Chunxi wasn't worried about anything. After all, no matter who sat on the throne in the future, they would only treat her with honor. If she really met someone cruel enough who didn't want to keep her around as an eyesore, then the worst that could happen to her was that she would just leave this world.
Anyway, her mission was completed by then, and she didn't have to stay in this world.
That’s right, Jiang Chunxi is not planning to adopt a child from the royal family this time. She just wants to complete the task simply and doesn’t want to work hard to manage a country.