allonlinenovel Chapter 189 Why bother in the first place
Chapter 189 Why bother in the first place
Kikuhei stood respectfully aside, and when he heard Nanxiang say that she had a clear conscience, he felt even more respect for his own queen.
Is there any other queen in the palace whose mind is as broad as hers?
But her face was still full of resentment and her worry was still there. After thinking for a moment, she said softly:
"Your Majesty! You still need to make some statement on this matter. You can't let those noble ladies insult your reputation and think that you are easy to bully."
After hearing this, Nanxiang smiled, revealing the dimples on her lips, which added a touch of beauty to her already beautiful face, and she felt quite relieved in her heart.
"Don't worry for now. I'm not that easy to be bullied. When you come to pay your respects tomorrow, I'll make sure to get my revenge."
After Nanxiang finished speaking, she began to think about how to get back at them tomorrow, or at least give these concubines a warning so that they would never dare to say anything again.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
After hearing this, Kikuhei smiled faintly, and in her heart she couldn't help but want to see these concubines being humiliated tomorrow.
"Oh, right. Did the emperor drink the medicine cup I sent him?"
Nanxiang suddenly thought of something and raised her hand to gently adjust the ice-blue necklace above her forehead.
"Chun Yue said that she had seen Eunuch Liu bring it into the palace. He must have drunk it."
Hearing Liu Sheng bringing it in, Nanxiang said no more and waved her hand to let Juping leave.
Liu Sheng was a close friend of the emperor, so he should have known the efficacy of the medicine she sent him, and he would have handed it to the emperor personally.
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The Hall of Nourishing Heart.
After Queen Chen of Jingren Palace arrived, concubines came one after another under the pretext of visiting the emperor.
At this time, there were already more than ten concubines standing in front of the hall. The highest-ranking ones were Concubine Wang, Noble Lady Leng, Noble Lady Su, and Noble Lady Shangguan. The rest were maids.
The concubines all had different expressions. Leng and Su, who arrived after the queen, looked even paler, with anger and panic in their eyes.
They had not expected so many concubines to come at once. If the emperor heard the noisy noise outside, they were afraid that their good intentions would be regarded as unreasonable.
In addition, the sun was extremely hot today. I was sweating profusely just from standing for a quarter of an hour. My skin felt like it was burning, and my collar was soaked with sweat.
But now it was too late for them to leave.
If they escaped in the face of the enemy, they would surely be laughed at by these concubines. Besides, the princess consorts with slightly higher status had not spoken yet, so how could they dare to move?
At this time, Liu Sheng, who was standing in front of the hall, looked at the concubines who kept coming in, with some helplessness in his eyes.
I think these concubines heard that the Queen was coming to visit, and also heard that Leng and Wang were coming to visit, so they wanted to get some of this blessing. If the Emperor remembered them, they might be able to turn things around in the harem.
But what they did was nothing but wishful thinking. The emperor was already ill, and yet he came here to make a noise, which showed his complete ignorance of the rules.
The dozen or so concubines standing in front of him were chatting with each other if they were familiar with each other, and those who were not familiar with each other also said a few words. For a while, the discussions were louder than ever. When had the Yangxin Palace been so lively?
When Chunyue was ordered to deliver the medicine cup, it gave him the opportunity to report to the emperor.
So he carried the medicine cup that Nan Xiang had sent into the hall and reported what had happened outside to the emperor.
After hearing this, Gu Junshen's face darkened. He asked him to put down the medicine cup and told him to let the concubines stand outside.
He understood what the emperor meant and was already angry.
At this time, Gu Junshen in the palace asked Queen Chen some questions, while drinking the medicine cup brought by Nan Xiang.
The bitter taste made him frown from time to time.
"What is the purpose of the imperial concubine sending this useless soup when she knows that the emperor is seriously ill?"
Queen Chen smiled coldly. She thought the emperor would be moved by her arrival.
Unexpectedly, she came to question him and ask him what sinful things she and the Queen Mother had done.
She was speechless for a moment. Apart from some careful thoughts during Nanxiang's childbirth, she had never done anything else to hurt others.
She didn't understand why Gu Junshen missed her so much, which made her feel chilled.
"The Imperial Concubine knows how to be polite and virtuous. How can the Queen blame her? She knows exactly what she did wrong!"
After hearing this, Gu Junshen, with the help of the bitterness of the medicine, suddenly vented his long-burned anger towards the queen.
When the queen heard this, her heart felt as if it was hit by a huge rock. The gentle expectations she had originally had instantly shattered into thousands of pieces and scattered all over the ground.
Her autumn-water eyes were filled with ripples, showing astonishment, confusion, and more importantly, unspeakable sadness and heaviness.
"Your Majesty actually misses me this much?"
The Queen's words began to tremble a little, "I have spent ten years with the Emperor, sharing weal and woe, working hard for the stability of the country and the peace of the harem. I open my heart to you every day, looking forward to enjoying the prosperity of the world with you. I never thought that in the Emperor's heart, I have become the one with ulterior motives..."
As she spoke, the queen's voice was already choked with sobs. She took a deep breath, trying to control her emotions which were difficult to control at the moment, but she couldn't stop the tears in her eyes.
"Could it be that these ten years of affection cannot outweigh a moment of suspicion?"
Queen Chen asked softly, her words filled with resentment. Looking at the almighty emperor, she felt mixed emotions.
In her eyes, Gu Junshen, who was drinking the medicine at this time, no longer had any love in his eyes, but was actually indifferent.
She felt a pang of pain in her heart. It turned out that what she had just said was just a breeze in his ears, which disappeared as soon as it blew past.
She chuckled, holding back tears, and said in a choked voice
"I am sorry for my words! I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. I will take my leave now."
After saying this, Queen Chen turned and left. Her slowly departing back looked particularly lonely and desolate in the empty palace.
Gu Junshen slowly raised his eyes only after Queen Chen left, and a hint of sadness appeared in his eyes without him noticing when.
"If the Queen had known this would happen, why would she have done it in the first place?"
Perhaps the queen thought that she had only done something wrong, but in Gu Junshen's heart, the little filter she had originally retained had long been shattered, leaving only the queen's ill intentions and sinister heart.
How can we pick up everything that has been broken?
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The next day, Mao Shi.
As the night fell, Nanxiang got up and started dressing.
Today she ordered Ju Ping and others to dress her up in a more solemn manner as an imperial concubine, just so that she would look more imposing when the concubines came to pay their respects to her later.
At noon, Nanxiang had been waiting in the hall for a long time. The sunlight outside had risen to mid-sky. Although it had not reached the center, the heat it emitted was considerable.
Nanxiang felt a little hot after a while. Fortunately, the clothes she wore today were made of ice silk, which would be much cooler in summer.
Not long after, concubines from the harem arrived one after another.
When Nanxiang came out from behind the screen, her face was full of dignity and anger, and she exuded unparalleled beauty with a slight wave of her sleeves.
But when he saw the slightly red complexion on the concubine's face, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud. These people looked like monkey butts.
"What happened to them?"