Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 715 The Tragic Concubine 22

"It's really not simple," Jiang Chunxi knocked on the table and said, "Let our people keep a close eye on Concubine Du. I want to see what the Queen wants to do with Concubine Du as a chess piece."

The next morning, Jiang Chunxi was not late when she arrived at the Queen's Palace.

When the concubines saw Jiang Chunxi come in, they all felt as if the sun was rising from the west, and immediately stood up and saluted Jiang Chunxi.

"Everyone get up!" Jiang Chunxi said lazily after sitting down, with a look of disdain on her face.

"Your Highness the Imperial Concubine came quite early this morning," Concubine Shu said as soon as she sat down. "I have forgotten how long it has been since Your Highness the Imperial Concubine came to pay her respects to the Empress so early."

Jiang Chunxi rolled her eyes at Concubine Shu: "It seems that time has passed and Concubine Shu's old habit has come back. Do you want me to teach you a lesson so that you can learn to be a good boy?"

Concubine Shu's face immediately darkened, and she dared not say anything more.

"Hmph!" Jiang Chunxi snorted disdainfully, then turned her gaze to Concubine Du.

Being stared at like this by Jiang Chunxi, Du Guiren naturally felt uneasy. She asked anxiously, "Why is the Imperial Concubine looking at me like this? Is there something wrong with me?"

"How come I only discovered today that Concubine Du's eyes and eyebrows are very similar to the Queen's?" Jiang Chunxi said with a smile, "If you don't know this, you would probably think that Concubine Du and the Queen are sisters."

Concubine Du's expression became flustered, but she quickly calmed herself down. It was too late, however. Jiang Chunxi had been paying attention to her expression, so how could she miss the panic in her expression?

Haha! Interesting, she just said it casually, but it seems that what she said just now might really be a blind cat catching a dead mouse, and she was really right.

"Don't talk nonsense, Imperial Concubine. I don't have the honor to be like the Queen. Even if we only have similar eyebrows and eyes, it is not a blessing that I can have." Du Guiren smiled and said:

"I think what the Imperial Concubine said is correct," said another noble lady. "I didn't think so before, but after hearing what the Imperial Concubine said just now, I think Lady Du's features are indeed somewhat similar to those of the Empress."

"That's right," someone immediately said, "I didn't notice it before, but after hearing what the Imperial Concubine said, I realized that Concubine Du and the Empress do have some similarities in their features."

The others nodded in agreement. Of course, no one thought too much about it. It was normal for people to have similarities. Even if Concubine Du and the Queen had some similarities in their eyebrows and eyes, it was not a big deal. Who would doubt it?

But Concubine Du, the person involved, was extremely nervous. She really couldn't understand why Concubine Jiang noticed her today.

The queen was also confused. Although she hadn't come out yet, she heard clearly what was happening outside.

This made the queen no longer care about putting on airs and she hurried out from the inner room.

As soon as the queen came out, everyone stood up and saluted her, except Jiang Chunxi.

What else could the Queen do in the face of Jiang Chunxi's behavior except to endure it.

"Everyone, get up!" The queen asked all the concubines to stand up, and then continued, "What were you sisters talking about just now?"

"Oh!" Jiang Chunxi sneered, "Hasn't the Queen been hiding in the inner room and eavesdropping? Why did you bother asking us what we were talking about just now? The Queen doesn't think that just because you said that, we don't know that you have been hiding in the inner room and eavesdropping!"

The Queen took a deep breath and tried her best to keep her blood from boiling. "Noble Concubine Jiang, you really can't feel comfortable if you don't cause trouble for me for a day!"

"That's right," Jiang Chunxi nodded proudly, "After all, the Queen knows me. We love and hate each other. I feel uncomfortable if I don't cause trouble for you, and the Queen feels uncomfortable if I don't make her angry."

"So! Even if this is not for my own sake, but just for the Queen's health, I will definitely make things difficult for you every day without fail. The Queen, please don't thank me too much!"

The queen took another deep breath, glared at Jiang Chunxi fiercely, then turned her eyes away from her, and smiled at the other concubines: "I just heard you say that I am somewhat similar to Concubine Du."

Then, the queen set her eyes on Concubine Du's face and said, "I didn't notice this before, but now that I've just taken a look, Concubine Du's eyebrows and eyes do seem to be a little bit similar to mine. But it's normal for people to have similarities."

"For example, Concubine Yuan and Concubine Dong, their noses and mouths look exactly like they were carved from the same mold. When Concubine Dong first entered the palace, I was quite surprised. I thought Concubine Yuan and Concubine Dong were related by blood."

Concubine Yuan entered the palace first, while Concubine Dong entered the palace through the selection last year.

The queen's words were naturally echoed by many concubines. After all, when Dong Changzai first entered the palace, not only the queen was surprised, but the other concubines were also very surprised.

Therefore, for a while, everyone focused the topic on Concubine Yuan and Concubine Dong, and no longer discussed the topic of Concubine Du's eyebrows and eyes being similar to those of the Queen.

But what the Queen didn't know was that her behavior made Jiang Chunxi more certain of her previous thoughts, and she determined that Concubine Du was most likely the Queen's biological sister.

As for why Concubine Du was selected to enter the palace despite being the daughter of a fifth-rank official, it is not difficult to guess. It must be that the Shen family wanted to make preparations for both situations!

It’s just a pity!

The dog emperor had been sterilized by her long ago. Even if the queen and the Shen family made dozens of preparations, it would be useless unless the queen and the Shen family dared to use someone else's trick and confuse the royal bloodline.

But then again, a powerful family like the Shen family might dare to do something to confuse the royal bloodline.

Jiang Chunxi's mouth corners slightly raised.

Haha! She is really looking forward to it!

I hope the Queen won't let her down.

When the Queen finished paying her respects, the Queen Mother had already brought Prince Chen's second son into the palace.

When the emperor learned the news, his suspicion of the empress dowager deepened.

She was really impatient. She had just asked for his consent yesterday, and brought Prince Chen's second legitimate son into the palace early this morning. This was enough to prove how impatient the Queen Mother was to have him adopt Prince Chen's son. If she said that she had not started planning this long ago, the Emperor would not believe it at all.

When the Queen heard the news, her face turned very ugly: "What is the Queen Mother trying to do? Could it be that the Queen Mother has already predicted that the Emperor will not be able to have children, so she can't wait to bring the Prince of Chen's son to the palace to raise him."