Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 346 Cold-blooded, childless emperor × Pregnant imperial concubine 4

"What happened?" The Imperial Concubine glanced indifferently at Consort Wang and Chu Yue.

Wang Zhaoyi smirked smugly: "Your Highness, Consort Chu's maid offended me. I only punished her by making her kneel for a few hours, but Consort Chu came looking for me, pleading for the maid's life."

“If I were to forgive her so easily, what rules would I have left?”

Consort Wang was the Imperial Concubine's person, and she felt that she had the Imperial Concubine as her backer, so she didn't take Chu Yue seriously at all.

"Your Highness, Hongyu knows she was wrong. I will take her back and discipline her. Kneeling like this will kill her."

Chu Yue looked directly at the Imperial Concubine.

"Chu Meiren, you yourself started as a maid, so you should know the rules very well."

The Imperial Concubine sneered inwardly, thinking that it was only because of His Majesty's favor that they dared to be so presumptuous in front of her.

As soon as she finished speaking, Consort Wang glanced at Chu Yue with disdain, even raising her chin and rolling her eyes.

"It is precisely because I understand this that I wish to offer some advice to Your Majesty. If His Majesty were to find out, he would surely blame Your Majesty for treating human life so lightly."

The Imperial Concubine had no intention of letting Chu Yue go, so she didn't bother with pretense and spoke bluntly.

"Chu Yue, I never expected that you would be so different from before."

"If you want to plead for your maid, you can do so, but for the rest of the time, you can kneel for her."

Although the imperial concubine spoke calmly, the hatred surging in her heart was almost overflowing from her throat.

The atmosphere inside the hall was somewhat tense when someone came in to report: "Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine, Eunuch Xiao Ruizi from His Majesty's side has arrived."

"They said His Majesty went to Yilan Palace but didn't see Consort Chu. Hearing that she was here, he specially sent her over to check on her."

The Imperial Concubine's face turned cold, and her dark eyes swept over Chu Yue. She really was protecting her tightly.

They went to Yilan Palace again so soon.

When Chu Yue left, she saw that the Imperial Concubine's eyes were already red, but she had no time to care.

Hongyu already had a fever; if she knelt down any further, her life might be in danger.

"My lady, I'm alright." Hongyu felt even more guilty when she saw Chu Yue's cold face.

After taking Hongyu back to Yilan Palace and settling her in, Chu Yue instructed someone to invite the imperial physician and told him to take good care of Hongyu before returning to the main hall.

The emperor leaned back on the chaise longue, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it.

His black and gold suit accentuated his tall stature and long legs, making him a very pleasing sight.

"Aren't you coming over here?"

The emperor had heard the footsteps long ago, but Consort Chu did not come in for a long time.

Chu Yue hurried inside, approached the emperor, and softly greeted him, "Your Majesty..."

"Have you been wronged?" The emperor had already heard about the punishment her maid had received.

I never expected that she would confront the Imperial Concubine over a mere palace maid.

Considering her background, she is probably even more able to empathize with those around her.

This softened the emperor's heart even more.

"No, I'm not wronged..." Chu Yue shook her head: "It's just that Hongyu has suffered a bit."

The girl knelt on the cold stone slab for so long; it will probably be a long time before she can walk freely again.

The emperor was somewhat surprised that she hadn't complained, and he felt a surge of disappointment.

It was one thing that he didn't want to listen, but her foolish reluctance to speak made the emperor feel stifled.

But that doesn’t mean he can tolerate his woman being wronged. Since he dotes on Consort Chu, it would be a slap in the face to the emperor if others were to make things difficult for her.

"Enough, I'll handle everything."

The emperor's words made Chu Yue look at him with some confusion, but she instantly understood. Was the emperor trying to avenge her?

"Your Majesty, you still love your concubine the most..." Chu Yue clung to the emperor's shoulder, "Thank you, Your Majesty..."

Sure enough, as long as you served the emperor well, the benefits came immediately.

Chu Yue had been tormented by the emperor during the day, and as soon as she woke up, she went to the Imperial Concubine's place. She was already starving by now.

The emperor didn't eat while waiting for her, so it was already quite late when the two of them had their dinner.

After finishing her meal, the emperor didn't leave. Chu Yue guessed he wasn't going to leave again, and sure enough, he was still there when she came out of the bath.

However, Chu Yue had been through quite a bit during the day and hadn't recovered yet.

"Your Majesty... this concubine..." When the emperor reached out to hug her, Chu Yue shrank back and tried to push him away.

The emperor lowered his eyes: "What are you doing?"

"This concubine would like to pause for a while..."

"I was just holding you." The emperor glanced at her.

Chu Yue immediately hid in the emperor's arms, keeping her head down and not saying a word.

The emperor frowned. After his health deteriorated, he had planned to live out the rest of his life in a life of quiet detachment.

However, he had no bottom line with Chu Meiren. Even during the day, he would fool around with her.

But in the end, he couldn't give her any children.

That's why the emperor indulged himself in pampering Consort Chu, to make up for her inability to bear children.

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The emperor then issued an edict, demoting Consort Wang to the rank of Beauty and promoting Chu Yue to the rank of Consort.

After receiving the imperial decree, Consort Wang was stunned for a long time. His Majesty was so ruthless. She had only punished a palace maid, yet His Majesty was going to avenge Consort Chu!

The Imperial Concubine is also unacceptable. Consort Wang is her person. Is His Majesty saying that she handled things poorly?

But did His Majesty give her time to handle it?

If she couldn't see Consort Chu for a while, His Majesty would come looking for her, leaving her no chance to deal with the situation.

"Splash!"

Porcelain shards were scattered all over the ground.

Dongxue quickly stepped forward to support the Imperial Concubine: "Your Highness, please calm down."

"Vixen!" The Imperial Concubine's chest heaved, unable to maintain her composure. "How come I never noticed before that she had such alluring and seductive abilities!"

"Your Majesty, Consort Chu is currently enjoying great favor, and His Majesty will surely protect her."

The Imperial Concubine's face darkened: "If this continues, she will inevitably become pregnant with the Emperor's child sooner or later, and then His Majesty will probably favor her even more."

"I absolutely cannot allow her to monopolize His Majesty."

Where is His Majesty right now?

“In… Yilan Palace.” Dongxue’s voice was soft.

The Imperial Concubine looked at her in disbelief: "His Majesty is in Yilan Palace again?"

Has His Majesty left the country from yesterday to today?

"After His Majesty finished court, he went to Yilan Palace." Dongxue shrank back in the face of the Consort's anger.

"go!"

"Your Highness, where are we going?"

"I have something to discuss with Your Majesty!"

Inside the Yilan Palace, Chu Yue was massaging the emperor's shoulders. The emperor had arrived after receiving the imperial decree that morning.

Chu Yue naturally expressed her gratitude profusely. Since the emperor had come to her, she would simply serve him well.

"Your Majesty, is this alright?"

Her shoulders were stiff, requiring a lot of strength, and Chu Yue was already panting.

As if it were a tickle, the emperor naturally realized that Consort Chu was not up to the task.

"Alright." The emperor took her hand and led it to him. "You still need to exercise more."

"Your Majesty... I don't want to." That's too tiring.

The emperor rarely smiled; he hadn't smiled since learning about his health condition.

Now, facing Consort Chu, he slightly curled the corners of his mouth: "Arrogant because of favor."

"That's only possible if Your Majesty dotes on me, otherwise I'll become arrogant because of your favor."

Chu Yue boldly sat on the emperor's lap, her soft body nestled in his arms.

The emperor was pleased with her actions and embraced her tightly, the two pressed together.