frightfiction Chapter 520: Demoting Imperial Concubine to Shufei
Chapter 520: Demoting Imperial Concubine to Shufei
When Concubine Liu framed Concubine Liang, she wanted to trample Concubine Liang and the Zhuang family to death.
After the truth came to light, Concubine Liang chose to forgive, repay evil with kindness, and spoke for Concubine Liu.
Standing on top of each other.
Compared with her, Concubine Liu looked even more unbearable.
Is such a concubine worthy of being a noble concubine and commanding the six palaces?
Under her management, the harem will probably become even more chaotic!
At this moment, the emperor looked at Concubine Liu without a trace of warmth, and said coldly: "Come here, pass on my order! Concubine Liu has evil intentions and is unworthy of her position. From today on, she will be demoted to Concubine Shu and her authority to assist in managing the six palaces will be removed!"
"Harem affairs will be handled by Consort Xian and Consort Liang together."
After he finished speaking, the emperor was too lazy to look at the messy Yongshou Palace anymore, so he stood up and strode away.
The crowd was instantly in an uproar!
Everyone knew how much His Majesty loved the Imperial Concubine. Even when Jiang Shuren had not been deposed, she, as the Queen Mother, could not do anything to the Imperial Concubine.
They still thought that even if the truth of today's matter came to light, His Majesty would still protect the Imperial Concubine as before when he knew that it was the Imperial Concubine who forged the letter and wanted to frame the Imperial Concubine.
At worst, we can just pretend to put the imperial concubine under house arrest for a period of time.
In more serious cases, perhaps her power to assist in managing the six palaces will be temporarily taken away, and then returned to her after the storm has passed and the dispute has subsided.
Not only these people, but even Concubine Liang could not have imagined that this time, the emperor would punish the imperial concubine so severely!
No, His Majesty's decree has been issued. There is no imperial concubine in the harem now.
Concubine Liang sighed as she looked at Concubine Shu, with a bit of pity and compassion in her gentle eyes. But in the end, she said nothing and left with Ruoli's support.
Although under normal circumstances, everyone would push down the wall when it falls, but the Shufei had just been demoted, and her influence was still there. Even if these people were mocking in their hearts, they did not dare to show it, and they all stood up and left.
That is... His Majesty actually demoted her to a concubine. They really didn't understand how a concubine who slapped people when she disagreed with them could be related to the word "Shu".
Your Majesty, are you really not mocking me...
Shen Zhinian and Xuepin also left Yongshou Palace one after another.
Concubine Shu fell to the ground and has not recovered yet.
This was the first time that Cuizhu and Xiaohuazi had experienced such a major change since they had been serving Concubine Shu.
It took them a long time to react. They stepped forward to help Concubine Shu up, and said with a look of distress on their faces: "Your Majesty, the ground is cold, how can you bear sitting like this?"
Big tears rolled down from Concubine Shu's eyes.
She looked at the direction where Nangong Xuanyu left, and seemed to be crying and laughing: "Shu Fei... Shu Fei... I have become the leader of all concubines and now I am inferior to those two bitches, Xian Fei and Liang Fei!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you really don't care about the old feelings at all..."
"Your Majesty has such a cruel heart!"
Cuizhu said quickly: "Your Majesty, His Majesty is still angry. If His Majesty heard these words, He would be even angrier..."
Xiao Huazi also followed suit, "Yes, Your Majesty. How can His Majesty's feelings for you for so many years just end? I guess he demoted you this time because he was angry."
"After a while, when His Majesty's anger has subsided, you can go and say a few soft words to him, and His Majesty will definitely restore your position."
At this moment, Concubine Shu truly felt the feeling of despair.
She was helped to sit on a chair. She didn't say a word, but just kept crying.
After a long time... a long time... Shufei gritted her teeth, her bright peach blossom eyes were filled with sinister hatred!
"Xian Fei!!! Liang Fei!!! The two people who once wanted to pay respects to me now also want to step on my head?!"
"I have said before that the position of Queen belongs to me, and they are only worthy of paying respects to me as concubines!"
"I will never let those two bitches have an easy time!"
……
After the Imperial Concubine was demoted to the position of Shufei, the person with the highest rank in the harem suddenly became the Virtuous Concubine.
Concubine Liang regained power over the six palaces.
For a time, the situation in the harem changed drastically.
Those palace concubines who had thought that Concubine Shu was going to be promoted to Imperial Noble Concubine and had gone to Yongshou Palace to curry favor with her were now frightened, worried that His Majesty would vent their anger on them.
They were all as far away from Yongshou Palace as possible.
The Yongshou Palace, which had been bustling with activity, suddenly became extremely deserted.
Instead, Zhongcui Palace and Changchun Palace became popular.
Zhongcui Palace.
Handan and Fuqiu helped Shen Zhinian back, both of them unable to hide the surprise on their faces.
After entering the inner room, Handan could not help but say, "My lady, I thought that Your Majesty would at most punish Consort Shu a little. I never thought that Your Majesty would take away her position as Imperial Concubine and the power of the six palaces..."
"Why is His Majesty so angry this time?"
"To be disrespectful, I don't think that Concubine Liang holds such an important position in His Majesty's heart..."
Shen Zhinian shook his head: "In your majesty's eyes, Concubine Liang has suffered a great injustice this time, and she has always been very understanding of justice. Your majesty wants to compensate her, and no one can stop her."
"But... he treated Concubine Shu like this for Concubine Liang, but that wasn't entirely the case."
In general, the three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight.
Does the emperor really not know about Concubine Shu’s past arrogance, suppression, and bullying of others?
Of course he knew.
But at that time, Concubine Shu was still the apple of his eye, so naturally, no matter what she did, he thought she was right and even adorable.
But now, the emperor no longer has feelings for Concubine Shu, and all the wrong things she did in the past have become accumulated dissatisfaction in his heart.
This is also the reason why, even though he is favored by the emperor, Shen Zhinian has always been cautious in his words and actions.
Even though Nangong Xuanyu had told her countless times that she didn't need to be polite when there were no outsiders around, she would not overstep the line in the slightest.
This is to avoid the same situation as Concubine Shu, which would create hidden dangers for the future.
The most important reason is... the emperor believed that all the disturbances in the court in recent days were caused by the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
He was originally afraid of the Duke Dingguo Mansion and wanted to remove it to concentrate the imperial power. He always allowed them to be ambitious and covet the position of empress. He also implicated several high-ranking concubines in the harem.
In the eyes of the emperor, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion had touched his bottom line.
Demoting the Imperial Concubine to the Imperial Concubine Shu was a warning from the Emperor to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion!
Making the decision for Concubine Liang was just a matter of convenience.
After listening, everyone nodded in understanding.
"……I see."
"I've been in the palace for so long, and I've seen that His Majesty only respects Concubine Liang, but doesn't favor her too much. How could he demote the one in Yongshou Palace for Concubine Liang?"
It turns out that it was all because of what happened in the court.
Shen Zhinian sat on the couch by the window, playing chess with himself.