sbdcsierra Chapter 124 Queen Jiang's Plot
Chapter 124 Queen Jiang's Plot
There was no telling how many pairs of eyes in the harem were staring at the Yangxin Palace, and the news spread as quickly as the wind!
Shen Zhinian naturally understood that the emperor's favoritism would cause an uproar, and now there must be many people who hate her to the core.
But she entered the palace to win favor, so naturally she would not push away the favor and benefits she had obtained, otherwise wouldn't that be putting the cart before the horse?
As for the jealousy of the concubines, she had her own ways to deal with it.
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Kunning Palace.
Queen Jiang drank the medicine and managed to cheer up a little: "Fanghua, is there anything important happening in the harem today?"
Although her health was getting worse day by day, she still had to maintain the position of queen for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, so naturally she had to pay attention to all matters big and small in the harem.
Seeing Queen Jiang's increasingly thin body, Fanghua felt really distressed, but she did not dare to cry in front of her for fear that her master would feel unlucky.
"Empress, the most important thing now is your health..."
Queen Jiang covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times, then said weakly, "I know my own health condition. I am no longer useful... I can only keep my position as the Empress and wait for the family to find a new person to enter the palace. Only then will my mission be completed..."
"What is it? Tell me."
Fanghua didn't dare to hide it anymore, and whispered: "This morning, Concubine Rou sent a bowl of ginseng soup to the emperor, and His Majesty ordered her to ride in a warm sedan chair..."
Queen Jiang said disapprovingly, "Your Majesty is in high spirits with Shen, and you feel sorry for her having to walk back to Zhongcui Palace when it snows. Giving her a favor is nothing, but is it worth it for you to treat her like an enemy?"
Fanghua lowered her head even more: "It's not a temporary grace... Your Majesty means that Concubine Rou can ride in a warm sedan chair when she travels in the future..."
Queen Jiang's skinny fingers suddenly clenched. Because she was too thin, her eyes seemed to bulge out. At this moment, she looked ferocious with this expression.
"In just three months, His Majesty promoted Shen from a concubine to a noble lady, and promoted her father from a sixth-rank official to a third-rank official. Now, he has even given her the treatment that only a concubine can get!"
"Your Majesty and I are a young couple, and I have never seen Your Majesty dote on a woman so much! I thought Liu Ruyan could contain the Shen family, but she is useless!"
"If this continues, with Shen's great favor, once the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion selects a candidate and sends her to the palace, will they still be able to defeat her?!"
Fang Hua was so anxious that she quickly advised, "Your Majesty, calm down! The imperial physician said that you need to rest and not get emotional! It's really not worth it to get so angry for a noble lady like Rou!"
Queen Jiang covered her chest and gasped, "I am the queen, why would I get angry just because a noble is favored? I am just worried about the future of the Zhenguo Mansion..."
"The Shen family has long since surrendered to Imperial Concubine Liu. If I pass away and the throne falls into the hands of the Liu family, I will truly be the eternal sinner of the Zhenguo Mansion..."
Hot tears welled up in Fanghua's eyes, but she tried hard not to let them fall: "May your majesty live forever, please don't say such unlucky words..."
"Besides, isn't the weapon in Lady Liu's belly prepared for Lady Rou? As long as she can get rid of Lady Rou before the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion sends someone to the palace, Your Majesty can rest easy!"
Queen Jiang said weakly, "This is the last chance I will give Liu Ruyan. I hope she can do this beautifully!"
"Give orders to have people secretly deduct money from Yilan Pavilion's expenses and pass off inferior goods as good ones."
Fanghua was very puzzled: "My lady, Concubine Liu is your chess piece, and now she is pregnant, why do you want to..."
Queen Jiang sneered, "Although Liu Ruyan hates Shen to the core, she is still one step behind Shen's scheming. If you don't force her into a desperate situation, how can she rise up and hit the target with one strike?"
Fanghua understood: "It is precisely because Concubine Liu is 'pregnant' that no one in the harem dares to embarrass her openly. Only Concubine Rou, who is still favored by the emperor, has the ability and courage to do so. As long as we guide her a little and make her think that Concubine Rou wants to kill her, she will definitely use all her strength to deal with Concubine Rou."
"Your Highness, this trick of diverting trouble away and killing someone with a borrowed knife is really brilliant!"
Queen Jiang said nothing more and closed her eyes tiredly.
There are wolves all around her in the harem. Without any tricks, how can she keep the position of the empress without any children?
Once Shen Zhinian is eliminated, Liu Ruyan will be useless as a chess piece.
By then, when the people chosen by the family enter the palace, all the threats among the newcomers will have been eliminated by her!
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Yongshou Palace.
Concubine Liu sat in the main seat, while Concubine Zhou and Concubine Chen sat on the left and right below, with flattering looks on their faces.
Chen promised to instigate, "My Lady Imperial Concubine, you don't know that His Majesty really loves Concubine Rou to the core. This morning, Concubine Rou and I went to the Yangxin Palace one after the other to deliver food to His Majesty, but His Majesty didn't even see Concubine Rou. He only summoned Concubine Rou to speak for a long time."
"When Concubine Rou was leaving, His Majesty felt sorry for her and thought she would be cold, so he specially rewarded her with a warm sedan chair. This is a treatment only the Empress Dowager can have!"
"Doesn't this mean that although Concubine Rou is only a Concubine, in His Majesty's heart, she is no different from a Concubine. Who knows, His Majesty might be so pleased that he would confer her the title of Concubine one day. This would be unprecedented..."
Concubine Liu's face turned pale and she slammed the table hard: "Enough!"
She married His Majesty when she was fifteen, when His Majesty was still a prince. The first time she saw His Majesty, she fell deeply in love with that noble and majestic man.
Now, several years have passed, and her love for His Majesty has not only not diminished, but has become stronger with the passage of time!
What Concubine Liu can't tolerate the most is that His Majesty is interested in other women!
Although at the beginning, he pulled Shen Zhinian into his camp because he was impressed by her ability and wanted to use her to suppress Queen Jiang.
It was obvious that His Majesty really doted on Shen Zhinian so much that Concubine Liu couldn't help feeling jealous and even began to regret her original decision.
She really couldn't tolerate that His Majesty treated other people better than her!
Seeing that the provocation had worked, Chen Da Ying raised a barely visible arc at the corner of her lips: "Your Highness, calm down! It was I who spoke out of turn. Of course, His Majesty's favorite person is you..."
Who in the harem wouldn't be jealous of Shen Zhinian's favor? Who wouldn't want to take her place? Concubine Zhou was no exception.
So, she and Chen Da Ying looked at each other and said in unison: "My Lady Imperial Concubine, how could you be willing to be inferior to someone else with the favor of Noble Lady Yirou? You have to be on guard!"
Concubine Liu did not forget that Concubine Zhou had already discovered something wrong with the Hetian jade bracelet, but she had never said anything. She had long since stopped trusting this woman, and immediately glared at her fiercely.
"Rou Guiren is a foxy lady. You may not be loyal to me! Do you really think I don't know that you are putting on so much trouble in front of me just to use me to suppress her?"