The concubine entered the palace and the concubine was very attractive

Chapter 208 Pleading to no avail

Longevity Palace.

The scorching sun outside had just set, leaving only a streak of goose yellow clouds on the horizon, shining brightly and illuminating the entire palace.

At this time, a woman dressed in ordinary palace maid's clothes walked hurriedly towards the hall with a somewhat anxious look on her face. Without thinking carefully, she walked straight through the layers of gauze curtains and stepped into the magnificent hall.

The Queen Mother was sitting upright on the phoenix chair. Seeing the newcomer being so rude, there was some displeasure on her face. She gently held her forehead with one hand, appearing very irritable and impatient.

I started thinking that I should let this maid who was unfamiliar with the palace rules learn a lesson about court etiquette. I was about to start scolding her, but unexpectedly, the other party took the lead.

The palace maid looked panicked, but her words were extremely clear and powerful. She took a deep breath, as if she was gathering all her courage.

"Your Highness, I have something important to report. It is a matter of great importance, so I dared to intrude. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."

After saying this, she bowed slightly, lowered her head, and waited for the Queen Mother's decision, with some anxiety in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother's frown moved slightly, as if she had become interested in the sudden "important matter", but her face remained dignified. She slowly put down her hand that was supporting her forehead and glanced at the palace maid in front of her.

He said helplessly, "What's the matter?"

"Report to the Queen Mother! Eunuch Chen of the Yangxin Palace informed me that Doctor Chen angered the Emperor not long after he arrived at the Yangxin Palace. He was subsequently demoted to Tongpan by the Emperor's order. The specific position will be discussed later!"

After the palace maid finished speaking, she felt relieved.

When the Queen Mother heard this, her body seemed to be frozen by an invisible force for a moment, and she fell into a brief daze. Her thoughts were in a mess, yet seemed empty.

The Buddhist beads in her hand lay quietly in her palm, reflecting the complex and difficult to discern look in her eyes.

The luster of the Buddhist beads flickered slightly under the candlelight in the hall, just like her mood at the moment, anxious.

The Chen family member standing beside the Queen Mother's face suddenly changed drastically.

His originally calm face quickly turned ashen, and his eyes were replaced by sudden panic.

He subconsciously looked at the Queen Mother, but what he saw was her stunned and dazed face, and he immediately felt at a loss.

You have to know that my father, Doctor Chen, is one of the few officials who can have a say in the court, and is even supported by most officials. It was thought that my father was very important to the emperor and was the only choice to stabilize the government. He also had a relationship with the empress dowager, so he should be extremely loved.

I didn't expect that I would be demoted by the emperor just for giving a few words of advice, and it was an extremely thankless job.

To put it nicely, the position of Tongpan is to assist the prefect in government affairs; to put it bluntly, he is assigned by the emperor to serve as his subordinate.

At this moment he suddenly understood something. It turned out that in the emperor's mind, he did not care about the Chen family at all. He just wanted to give the empress dowager a little compensation as his mother.

If it weren't for the relationship with the Queen Mother, he might not even be able to become the Lijun.

But the Chen family thought they had an extremely high status in the emperor's mind, but they didn't expect it to be so out of touch!

Suddenly, he felt as if his entire world had collapsed, and all the faith that had been burning in his heart turned to ashes.

He was a little flustered, his mind was blank, and he knelt down to the Queen Mother and begged, "Please, Queen Mother, take charge of my Chen family!"

His tone was full of pleading, and the arrogance that had been buried deep in his heart disappeared without a trace, leaving only panic and helplessness.

When the Queen Mother heard the report from the palace maid, she almost fainted. You have to know that it was because she asked the Emperor for someone from the Chen family to become a doctor.

Now, they have ruined their careers just for a mere delusion.

It's downright ridiculous.

But she couldn't just ignore it. After all, she and the Chen family were now in the same boat, rising and falling together. They were like grasshoppers on the same rope.

"Where has this news spread?"

The Queen Mother thought for a while and said to the palace maid beside her in a heavy tone,

"I don't know either. It was the eunuch of Yangxin Palace who told me to find the Queen Mother as soon as possible and explain the reason."

After the maid finished speaking, she looked at the empress dowager's ferocious eyes with some fear.

She hadn't seen the Queen Mother with such an expression for a long time, serious yet majestic.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother looked deeply at the palace maid and shook her head helplessly.

"It may be difficult to persuade the emperor to take back his order this time."

"I have informed you of everything I know. I will take my leave now!"

After the palace maid left, the young man of the Chen family returned to his miserable appearance. The empress dowager stared at him with disgust, threatening that the young man of the Chen family wanted to be the most honorable head of the family in the world.

Always like to brag, but unable to perform when the crucial moment comes.

He really only has fantasies, but no ability or courage at all.

This kind of person has become the future heir of the Chen family. It can be said that the Chen family has lagged far behind other families in this regard, but the Chen family is still unaware of it.

If it weren't for her occasional help over the years, who knows what kind of situation the Chen family would be in now.

Even the queen, whom they thought was extremely intelligent, was eventually confined to her room, deprived of her Phoenix Book and Phoenix Seal, and reduced to an empty shell.

Of course, it was also her fault that the Queen fell into this state. If she had not taken action against the beloved Imperial Concubine Nanxiang in order to allow the Queen to have a legitimate son, the Queen would not have ended up like this.

All this was because she underestimated Concubine Nanxiang and overestimated herself and the Queen.

But if she hadn't fought for the queen at that time, how could she have such an opportunity in the future?

Unfortunately, the queen's belly was a disappointing thing. She had been with the emperor for all these years, but there was no movement at all.

Otherwise, why would she resort to such a desperate measure?

"Did you hear that? This is the consequence of you speaking carelessly in front of the emperor without considering the situation clearly."

The Queen Mother had a sneer on her lips, as if she had anticipated the outcome.

"We were wrong. Please help us one more time, Queen Mother. If my father is demoted, the entire Chen family will be implicated. The Chen family is afraid of falling into a difficult situation."

The future head of the Chen family cried until his nose was red, but the empress dowager sitting on the couch seemed to be deaf to everything and did not hear anything. She closed her eyes and thought about something, and did not reply.

He kept turning the Buddhist beads in his hand, and for a while the whole hall was filled with the crisp sound of the beads colliding.

She had changed so many Buddhist beads in her hand that she had no idea how many times she had changed them. Several times, she was so angry that she broke the beads in her hand. In the end, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to deliver a new string of beads to fill the gap in her hand.

"I give you two choices. First, solve it by yourselves. It doesn't matter who you ask, but don't ask me. This way, we can still rely on this tiny blood connection to help each other in the future. Second, I will help you one last time. No matter what the final result is, I have no relationship with the Chen family anymore."

After the Queen Mother finished speaking, she glanced at the Chen family member kneeling in front of her, waiting for his answer.

The man from the Chen family thought for a moment and quickly made a choice.

"Your Majesty, I choose the second option."

He almost said this with gritted teeth, as if making this choice would cost him half his life.

In fact, he was also gambling, gambling that the Queen Mother was soft-hearted. Even if she said so now, as long as they begged repeatedly in the future, or really reached a desperate situation, the Queen Mother would not ignore them.

The Queen Mother has helped the Chen family many times over the years. How can she deny any connection with the matter?

……

Jingren Palace.

After the dark clouds appeared, the palace buildings cast heavy shadows, and the temperature in the bedroom became milder, with a little more coolness when the breeze blew.

"Why are your eyelids twitching?"

Queen Chen covered her chest with anxiety and felt depressed, as if something important was about to happen and she couldn't calm down.

The Buddhist scriptures he chanted became more and more disorganized.

"Caizhi!"

She called out to the outside in a somewhat irritable tone, and soon Caizhi hurried into the hall with some new cakes.

"Miss!"

After Caizhi placed the pastries on the table, she squatted slightly towards the queen.

"Did anything happen in the palace today?"

"Your Majesty! The master entered the palace two hours ago!"

Caizhi said this with a slight evasive look in her eyes.

"Father entered the palace?"

The queen began to feel a little panic in her heart. From the news she received today, she knew that her father must have come to the palace this time to appoint a crown prince.

"But what happened?" The queen looked at the maid in front of her, who seemed to be hesitant to speak, and became a little anxious.

"The master has angered the emperor, and he has demoted him to a judge."

"what?"

Queen Chen immediately dropped the book in her hand, and the sound of a clatter echoed throughout the empty and lonely Buddhist hall.

"Master, he was demoted to Tongpan?"

After hearing Caizhi's reply again, Queen Chen could no longer sit still. She quickly picked up the scroll from the ground. Her hands were shaking a little, as if she couldn't hold these thin sheets of paper steadily.

"But father said something wrong?"

Caizhi did not answer, but nodded slightly towards the queen.

"It's just that I said something wrong, there's no need to demote me to Tongpan, right?"

The queen couldn't help but think that after all, the Chen family had the empress dowager in the palace, and also had her as the queen, so the emperor would more or less give them some face.

But the emperor demoted him without saying a word.

Of course, the Queen could also imagine that the Emperor's move was only to consolidate the government which had undergone some minor changes in recent days.

And the Chen family was too stupid. It was almost certain that Gu Chenyu would become the crown prince, but the head of the Chen family chose to offend the emperor. Isn't this almost like seeking death?

"Does the Queen Mother know about it?" She suddenly thought of the person who held the most power in her heart, and asked in a deep voice.

"I already know. And under the young master's pleading, the empress dowager resolutely went to the Yangxin Palace to plead for mercy." Caizhi said slowly.

"Why is the Queen Mother also making trouble? Isn't it obvious that the Emperor is in a bad mood? And she even came closer!"

The Queen sighed and began to pray in her heart that the Emperor would not be angry with the Queen Mother. She did not want anyone related to her to be implicated again.

Now, Nan Xiang's position in the palace has become more stable the moment her son becomes the crown prince. All she needs is the position of queen to own the entire harem.

What the Chen family can do now is to develop steadily. Now is the worst time to step forward.

……

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Dark clouds were gathering in the grey sky, and it looked as if it would rain at the next moment.

The empress dowager came to the front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a sedan chair and then walked down with the help of Nanny Chuntao.

When Liu Sheng saw the empress dowager's carriage approaching, he immediately reported it to the palace.

When the Queen Mother walked to the palace gate, Liu Sheng came to summon her.

She thought the emperor would negotiate with her, but she didn't expect the emperor to confront her directly.

The empress dowager walked into the hall and saw Gu Junshen writing something on the desk, and her expression suddenly changed.

"Shen'er!"

"I know the purpose of my mother's visit this time. However, there is no room for negotiation on this matter. Doctor Chen has already violated my will."

When Gu Junshen heard the voice, he raised his head slightly, his brows were deep and there was a hint of indifference and alienation in his eyes, which made people feel fearful.

"Is there really no room for maneuver? Do you want our Chen family to be laughed at by all the people of the Northern Dynasty?"

As the Queen Mother spoke, she was about to step forward, but unexpectedly, she was glared at by Gu Junshen's angry eyes, which scared her back.

"Emperor, you have some of the Chen family's blood in you!"

The Queen Mother felt a little heartbroken after being stared at by these vicious eyes.

After all, she is old, and Gu Junshen dares to contradict her. If it were in the past, how could he have such courage?

"Please go back, mother! Doctor Chen disobeyed my order. I demoted him to Tongpan for your sake. If you continue to force me, Chen will no longer be Tongpan."

There was a hint of majesty in Gu Junshen's tone.

The tone was cold, making the Queen Mother feel difficult to understand and a little strange.

Looking at Gu Junshen who was so indifferent, the Queen Mother had some illusions. Could it be that he already knew something?

'No, not many people know about this. Those who know are dead.'

The Queen Mother tried her best to deny the thoughts in her mind and tried hard to destroy the thoughts that appeared in her mind.

She looked at the nanny Chuntao beside her, and after getting a positive answer from her eyes, she planned to use the emotional card.

"Your uncle was just giving you some advice, why would he punish you like this?"

"I have no choice, but Doctor Chen likes to take the lead. I am just helping him."

Doctor Chen now dares to give him advice at will. Will he directly provide him with evidence of slandering an official next time?

In the past, Gu Junshen could turn a blind eye to many of his ridiculous deeds, but now that it involved the future crown prince, how could a mere doctor like him casually make connections?

Revoke the decree? Most of the officials in the court have already agreed, and those who did not respond have also acquiesced. Only Doctor Chen is ignorant of the consequences and comes here to talk nonsense.

The fact that he is planning on becoming the crown prince only shows that he doesn't want to live.

Moreover, he wanted to do this to show those officials who secretly disagreed that this was the consequence of resisting him.

Gu Junshen knew that the Queen Mother understood his intention of doing so, but the target had become a member of the Chen family, which made her feel uncomfortable, so she wanted to use her authority as the Queen Mother to intervene.