amaotonovel Chapter 371 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 2
Chapter 371 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 2
"Is there any difference between what you did and what the Queen Mother did?" The Emperor said with a cold face, "For the glory of the Luo family, the Queen Mother did not allow others to give birth to the eldest prince. Or, for the honor of your Luo family, the Queen Mother did not allow others to give birth to a prince at all."
"So even if you didn't do it, it doesn't matter. After all, it was because of you that the Queen Mother took action against the heir to the throne. Moreover, if the dirty things you did hadn't been exposed, there would have been no need for the Queen Mother to do it herself. You, a vicious woman, would have extended your vicious hands to the heir to the throne."
"So come and talk to me, are you really that innocent?"
"Poisonous woman," Concubine Jing laughed at herself, "Yes, I am a poisonous woman, but I don't want to be one! I can only blame myself for loving the emperor too much, which is why I have become unrecognizable."
"I don't want to pursue the details of your love for me," the emperor said in a tired tone, "as long as you behave yourself as your Concubine Jing, I will still let you enjoy wealth and glory for the sake of our past love. But if you insist on being stubborn, I will have no choice but to be cruel..."
"Your Majesty, I dare not do it again. I will never dare to do it again," Jing Fei cried and crawled to the emperor, hugged the emperor's thighs and cried miserably, "In fact, I have already regretted it a long time ago. I can lose the position of queen, but I really can't admit that I have lost your love."
"I will behave myself from now on and never do anything that is detrimental to the heir to the throne. I only ask Your Majesty not to dislike me or hate me, otherwise what is the point of my living? Your love is like the rain and dew of life to me. Without the nourishment of your love, my life will wither and I will not be able to survive."
"So please take this as a plea from me. Please don't hate me, okay? I really know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do anything to anger you again."
The emperor already had feelings for Concubine Jing, so seeing Concubine Jing like this, he naturally softened his heart and forgave her.
However, despite this, the Emperor did not dare to eat the blood swallows brought by Concubine Jing. He was now very wary of the Empress Dowager and did not dare to eat her things casually.
As for Concubine Jing...
Although the Emperor was willing to forgive Concubine Jing, he no longer had any trust in her, so he did not dare to eat anything, not even the food prepared by Concubine Jing, let alone the Empress Dowager's things.
This was reflected in the following period. Whenever the emperor went to Concubine Jing's palace, he would have the eunuchs test for poison even if he drank a sip of water, and he would even have the imperial physician take his pulse the next day.
After all, some poisons don’t need to be injected into the body through food. They can slowly penetrate into the body through other things and gradually harm the body.
The emperor's caution naturally made Concubine Jing grit her teeth in hatred. Given the emperor's vigilance against her, it would become very difficult for her to poison the emperor.
Fortunately, she still has time to take it slow. Once she gradually lowers the emperor's vigilance, she believes that she will not be able to find an opportunity to poison the emperor.
Time soon came and it was time for Jiang Chunxi to give birth. Living up to the emperor's expectations, Jiang Chunxi gave birth to a big fat boy weighing seven kilograms, which made the emperor very happy!
He blurted out on the spot to promote Jiang Chunxi to the rank of imperial concubine.
"Your Majesty," the Queen Mother immediately interrupted the Emperor, "Jiang Concubine is only a concubine now. Even if she wants to be promoted, she should be a concubine. It is inappropriate to give her the title of noble concubine right away. If Your Majesty feels that the title of concubine is unfair to Jiang Concubine, why not wait until Jiang Concubine is pregnant again before promoting her to noble concubine?"
The emperor handed his son to the nurse beside him, then looked at the empress dowager and said, "Jiang Concubine gave birth to my eldest son. This is such a great achievement. I think there is nothing wrong with promoting her to imperial concubine. Now that Imperial Concubine Jiang has given birth to a child, I believe that the queen mother must be tired. You should go back and rest!"
When the Empress Dowager heard what the Emperor said, she knew that the Emperor was determined to make Concubine Jiang a noble concubine, so she left with a gloomy face, not bothering to say anything else.
"Your Majesty, I will take the Empress Dowager back right away." Concubine Jing bowed to the Emperor and hurried after the Empress Dowager.
As for the other concubines, when they saw the Empress Dowager and Concubine Jing leave, they also bowed and took their leave.
"Your Highness, you are now a noble concubine," Wen Qing was feeding Jiang Chunxi chicken soup in the delivery room. "The Queen Mother wanted to stop the Emperor from making you a noble concubine, but she didn't even consider whether the Emperor was willing or not. I just can't understand why the Queen Mother is so restless."
"How could the Queen Mother be willing to be quiet? After all, she is still dreaming of having her youngest son become the emperor?" Jiang Chunxi sneered, "It's just a pity! With me as a troublemaker, the Queen Mother's dream can only be shattered by me. I just hope that the Queen Mother will not be too shocked by then."
"Your Highness, how can you describe yourself like that?" Wen Qing said angrily, "But Your Highness, when are we going to expose the affair between Prince Gong and Concubine Jing to the Emperor? I really can't wait any longer."
"It will be soon," Jiang Chunxi said with a slight smile on her lips, "When my child is one month old, it will be a very good opportunity. After all, Prince Gong has rarely come to the palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowager in the past few months, and he has never met with Concubine Jing in private, so Concubine Jing has long been missing him. When I see Prince Gong at the full-month banquet for my child, I will definitely find a way to relieve his pain of missing him."
"Let our people go and prepare. We must ask Concubine Wu to be smart on that day. After all, the stage has been set up, and she, the one who caught the adulterer, cannot be absent."
At the same time, in Ningshou Palace.
"I am so angry. The emperor, that unfilial son, really doesn't take me seriously at all now."
"Aunt, why are you so angry?" Concubine Jing asked in confusion, "If the emperor wants to confer the title of imperial concubine on Concubine Jiang, then let him do it. You know that the emperor still has a grudge against you, so why do you still want to refute his decision?"
Naturally, Concubine Jing was very reluctant to see Concubine Jiang being conferred the title of Imperial Concubine. Once Concubine Jiang became Imperial Concubine, she would be superior to her, and from then on, whenever she saw Concubine Jiang, she would have to bow to that bitch.
But the problem is, it’s useless if she doesn’t want to!
The emperor has now made it clear that he doesn't even have the most basic trust in her, so no matter how unwilling Concubine Jing was, she didn't dare to refute the emperor's words just now.
"What do you know?" The Queen Mother glared at her niece in dissatisfaction. "The Emperor has jumped the rank of Imperial Concubine Jiang and made her a noble concubine. I am worried that he will want to make Jiang's child the Crown Prince. Once the Crown Prince is made, when we take action, Yi'er will have another obstacle to the throne."