sbdcsierra Chapter 420 The Tragic Queen 8
Chapter 420 The Tragic Queen 8
After hearing what the Queen said, Concubine Yi and others naturally stood up.
As soon as she stood up, Concubine Yi said with a worried look on her face: "But Concubine Li is very special in the emperor's heart. Can the emperor really have the heart to deal with Concubine Li? Especially now that Concubine Li has no children, maybe the emperor is feeling indescribable pain and guilt towards Concubine Li, so..."
Jiang Chunxi's mocking look successfully shut Concubine Yi up: "It was you who asked me to persuade the Emperor to deal with Concubine Li, and now you, Concubine Yi, are saying this again. Do you want me to bypass the Emperor and take people to deal with Concubine Li directly?"
Concubine Yi looked embarrassed. This was indeed what she had in mind. Now everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Li was the one the Emperor loved the most. So even if she used the Queen to get rid of Concubine Li, the Emperor could not blame her.
It's just a pity that although the Queen is simple, she is not stupid or impulsive. It is simply not feasible to take advantage of the Queen's anger to kill Concubine Li.
Of course, Concubine Yi was not too disappointed. After all, she just wanted to give it a try. If she could succeed, it would be great, but if she failed, there would be no loss, so naturally there was nothing to be disappointed about.
Jiang Chunxi naturally knew about Concubine Yi's plan, but she didn't care because there was no need to. Instead of arguing with Concubine Yi, she might as well go and make trouble for the Emperor.
After Concubine Yi and others left, Jiang Chunxi went to the Yangxin Palace.
But when she saw the emperor, Jiang Chunxi was shocked. The emperor looked so haggard at this moment.
"Your Majesty, I know you are upset now, but you can't ruin your body like this," Jiang Chunxi said gently, "You are the ruler of the world. If something happens to your body, what should I do, and what should the people of the world do?"
"Empress, I have indirectly killed my own child again." The emperor was so fragile at this moment, "Why, why did it happen? Is this my retribution? Otherwise, how could so many royal heirs be gone?"
"Your Majesty is right," Jiang Chunxi said, since she wanted to make things difficult for the Emperor, "Who told you to always protect Imperial Concubine Li? If you had been ruthless enough to punish Imperial Concubine Li earlier, would you have left all the Imperial heirs alive? So not only my children and Imperial Concubine Li's children, but all the Imperial heirs were indirectly killed by Your Majesty."
"Queen, you..." The emperor wanted to be angry, but he also knew that what the queen said was not wrong. It was indeed he who indirectly killed all the royal heirs.
"Your Majesty, please don't tell me that you still don't want to deal with Concubine Li," Jiang Chunxi continued, "You keep saying that you care about me the most, but your actions tell everyone that you really care about Concubine Li."
"The reason why Concubine Li attacked the heir last night was probably because the emperor wanted to take back the power in the palace from her, so she deliberately retaliated like this! She was challenging the emperor's majesty, and the reason why she dared to challenge the emperor so much was because she knew very well that the emperor would not do anything to her."
"But Concubine Li probably didn't expect that the emperor would slap her in a rage, and she had a miscarriage because of the slap from the emperor."
"Retribution! Retribution," Jiang Chunxi laughed and started crying. "Imperial Concubine Li has killed so many children, so this is retribution. I have said it before, for a woman as vicious as Imperial Concubine Li, God will surely have eyes and will not let her give birth to a prince. But I didn't expect that God would not let her give birth to a child at all."
The emperor didn't say anything, because he agreed with the queen's words at this moment, but asking him to deal with Concubine Li...
After all, the emperor still couldn't bear to let her go, because he and Concubine Li were truly in love.
"Noble Concubine Li is demoted to a concubine and confined to her house for six months," the emperor said. Fearing that Jiang Chunxi would object, he quickly continued, "Queen, it's not that I don't want to execute Noble Concubine Li directly, but there is no evidence to prove that Noble Concubine Li harmed the heir to the throne."
"Everything must be based on evidence. You can't convict someone based on speculation alone. I demoted Concubine Li's rank because I am very concerned about your feelings. Queen, please don't make it difficult for me anymore."
"But don't worry, as long as we can find evidence that Concubine Li harmed the royal heir, I will definitely execute Concubine Li and avenge our child." The emperor felt heartbroken when talking about the child. "That was a fully grown prince! If he hadn't been killed, the queen would be about to give birth now, and I would have a successor."
"Evidence," Jiang Chunxi sneered, "I don't believe that if the emperor really wants to investigate something, he will not find evidence to convict Concubine Li. You are so protective of Concubine Li, how can you still have the nerve to mention that child? When the emperor mentions that child, aren't you afraid that there is a god above your head?"
"How dare you," the emperor said angrily, "Queen, don't rely on my favor to provoke my anger again and again. You don't really think I won't do anything to you, do you?"
As soon as the words fell, the emperor immediately looked exhausted: "Empress, you and I are husband and wife, why can't you understand and understand me? Why do you have to force me to deal with Concubine Li? If there is evidence, I will deal with Concubine Li without you saying it, but there is no evidence, right?"
"But you are so good that you are blaming me. What do you mean that if I want to investigate, I will find evidence? According to your way of thinking, if there is no evidence, it means that I am protecting Concubine Li and deliberately concealing the fact that Concubine Li harmed the royal heir."
The emperor looked at Jiang Chunxi in great sorrow and said, "Queen, you must know that those children who were lost were my own flesh and blood. Unless I am crazy, how could I protect a woman who would harm my offspring?"
In order to protect Concubine Li, the emperor really risked his life. He even scolded himself when he was angry. Jiang Chunxi admired him a little.
"Demote Imperial Concubine Li to a concubine," Jiang Chunxi said, "Even if there is no evidence, Imperial Concubine Li cannot escape responsibility. Concubine Yi and others knelt in Kunluan Palace early in the morning and asked me to punish Imperial Concubine Li, and I agreed to them. Your Majesty can't let me, the Queen, lose all my prestige as the Queen!"
The emperor wanted to get angry again, but he held back in the end. Although he couldn't let go of Concubine Li, deep down he felt that she should be severely punished, otherwise he didn't know what the emperor would write about her. If another concubine became pregnant, he was afraid that she would repeat the same trick, and he would not be able to control the evil thoughts in her heart at all.
Therefore, it is very necessary to give Concubine Li a severe punishment. Only when Concubine Li is truly afraid, she will not dare to take action against the royal heir easily in the future.