Quick Transmigration: The Rise of a Favored Concubine

Chapter 324 Ruthless and Cruel Emperor × Runaway Palace Maid 20

"Your Majesty... are you looking for a concubine who looks exactly like me?"

Chu Yue looked at the emperor in disbelief, her beautiful eyes filled with panic and grievance.

"My beloved consort, what makes you say that? I have never had such thoughts." The emperor had a headache: "I was just on my way to Yaohua Palace when I met her. I didn't know anything about her."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I got lost and did not mean to bump into you."

Linlang pleaded guilty with a pale face, her delicate body lying on the ground, trembling slightly, making her appear so pitiful that one wanted to cherish her.

Chu Yue looked at her trembling back, her eyes turning slightly cold. There was always someone trying to steal her man!

"Which palace are you from?" Chu Yue asked coldly.

"Your Highness, this servant... is from Fengqi Palace."

“Phoenix Perch Palace…” Chu Yue murmured, her face pale.

"My beloved concubine, I have ordered her to be punished. Please do not be agitated and take care of your health. I will accompany you back."

Chu Yue, pale-faced and clutching her stomach, looked dazed: "Your Majesty the Empress always makes His Majesty hold a selection of concubines, and now you've chosen a woman who looks almost exactly like me. Are you trying to humiliate me like this?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. The Empress did not mean that. I simply got lost and had no intention of offending Consort Zhen!"

Linlang kowtowed and apologized. She hadn't expected things to turn out this way. If anything went wrong, the Empress wouldn't care about her.

"My beloved concubine..."

"what……"

Chu Yue felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and she bent over in agony, her face turning deathly pale.

"My beloved concubine!" The emperor's pupils constricted: "Summon the imperial physician, quickly!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Miss!"

The emperor carried Chu Yue back to Yaohua Palace, with Yulan and Yumei following closely behind.

Linlang was trembling all over, panicked and not knowing what to do.

Chaos reigned in Yaohua Palace. Chu Yue was in excruciating pain, and her cries of agony pierced the emperor's heart.

"Your Majesty, please leave quickly, the Empress is about to give birth."

"Your Majesty, please don't rush. It's not time yet. Please save your strength."

"Your Majesty, take a deep breath..."

The midwives and palace maids took care of everything in an orderly manner. Yulan and Yumei stayed by Chuyue's side, holding her hand and wiping her sweat.

The emperor was somewhat frightened. Watching the palace servants bustling back and forth, all he could hear was Consort Zhen's painful voice.

"Your Majesty, your presence here will affect the Empress's delivery."

The emperor didn't leave for a long time, and the maids, disregarding etiquette, urged him again.

"My beloved consort, I'm waiting for you and our son outside," the emperor said softly.

Chu Yue forced herself to hum in response, but after the emperor left, she couldn't help but cry out in pain, "Ah..."

Upon hearing this, the emperor was about to rush in again when Xiao Xuanzi swiftly grabbed his leg, saying, "Your Majesty, you mustn't, you mustn't! The Empress will be alright."

The emperor closed his eyes tightly, listening to Consort Zhen's heart-wrenching cries. He wished he could go in and take her pain for her.

"Your Majesty..." The Empress rushed over: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects. Consort Zhen will be alright, Your Majesty, please don't worry."

The Emperor's eyes turned icy as he glared at the Empress, saying each word distinctly, "Empress, kneel down and pray for Consort Zhen. You may rise only when Consort Zhen gives birth to a prince!"

“Your Majesty… It is a blessing for Consort Zhen to have given birth to a prince for Your Majesty. Why should I kneel down to pray for her?”

The Empress stared at the Emperor in disbelief. For the sake of Consort Zhen, she, the Empress, was being forced to kneel?

"Bring the person over here!"

Upon hearing the emperor's roar, Xiao Xuanzi immediately went to bring Linlang over. Fortunately, he summoned the imperial physician and had Linlang brought over.

"Your Majesty..." Linlang looked at the Empress in a disheveled state.

"Your Majesty, what did Linlang do wrong?" The Empress felt a moment of panic.

Linlang hadn't gone home all day, and she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Yunlian said that Linlang had twisted her ankle and would be slow to return. The Empress felt uneasy as she did not see Linlang return.

"What does the Empress think?" The Emperor didn't want to waste any more words. Consort Zhen was crying and screaming in pain inside, yet the Empress still didn't think she was wrong.

"Your Majesty, Consort Zhen will be fine. Why take your anger out on others?"

"Xiao Xuanzi, I find her face an eyesore, so I crossed it out immediately!" The emperor didn't want to say more: "Leave it for Consort Zhen to deal with."

"Your Majesty, save this servant..." Linlang struggled in panic and fear, her face ruined, everything was gone.

"His Majesty!"

"The Empress won't kneel?" The Emperor looked at the Empress coldly: "Send the Empress back and confine her to Phoenix Palace!"

"Your Majesty, what have I done wrong?" The Empress had not expected the Emperor to be so heartless.

"You were wrong from the start!" These people had been disturbing him and Consort Zhen for no reason. "Take them away!"

The Empress was taken back and imprisoned in the Phoenix Palace.

Linlang's face was slashed, and her shrill scream drowned out Chu Yue's cries of pain before she was taken away and locked up.

Soon, the sound of a newborn baby crying came from inside. As the emperor's heart pounded, the palace doors were opened: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The Empress has given birth to a prince. Mother and child are safe and sound!"

The old woman held the little one, beaming as she congratulated the emperor.

The emperor took the child and hurriedly entered the side hall, only concerned with the fact that the mother and child were safe.

Chu Yue lay disheveled on the bed, her body soaked in sweat, her face pale, and her lips bitten, leaving obvious red marks.

"My beloved consort." The emperor's eyes welled up with tears of heartache as he hugged the child and leaned closer. "You have suffered so much. The son is doing well."

"Okay..." Chu Yue weakly tilted her head and gasped for breath, too weak to speak anymore.

"My beloved consort, please rest well. Your son and I will stay with you." Consort Zhen was so weak that the emperor couldn't bear to let her speak any more.

Upon hearing this, Chu Yue closed her eyes in relief.

"Pack up Consort Zhen's things. I'll take her back to the main hall."

Yulan and Yumei quickly tidied up Chu Yue, and the emperor handed the little one to the nanny before carrying Chu Yue back to the main hall.

When Chu Yue woke up again, the hall was already lit with dim candlelight; it was evening.

As soon as she turned her head, Chu Yue breathed softly; the little one was sleeping soundly beside her.

A smile unconsciously crept onto Chu Yue's lips as she reached out and poked the little cheek; it was so soft.

When the emperor entered, he saw Consort Zhen's doting actions and gently walked back to her, asking, "My beloved consort, are you still feeling unwell?"

"Your Majesty..." Her voice was filled with deep grievance.

The emperor felt a pang of heartache and said softly, "My beloved consort, why get angry with them? I belong to you alone."

"I know, I'm just angry," Chu Yue complained softly, feeling wronged. "They're jealous of me."

"Alright, alright, don't get angry, don't hurt yourself. Once you're better, you can do whatever you want with her, we've saved her life." The emperor fed her warm water: "You've just given birth to a prince, you can't afford to get angry."

"okay……"

The emperor summoned someone to take the little one away, saying, "Be careful."

The old woman replied respectfully, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Chu Yue looked on expectantly: "Your Majesty, why don't you let your son stay here?"

"You are weak and need to rest. Now that you've had your checkup, you can hold him anytime you're feeling better."

The emperor lay down and embraced her weak body: "Take good care of yourself, don't worry me."

"it is good……"

Chu Yue was exhausted and soon fell asleep again.

Phoenix Palace

The Empress was furious, throwing things around inside and yelling in exasperation, "Who gave her the audacity to bump into Consort Zhen and ruin my plans!"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Linlang, she..."

"Does she think she's so capable? Just because she resembles Consort Zhen a little, she can act recklessly?" The Empress's chest heaved with anger. "His Majesty is already dissatisfied with me, and she still has to show off. Now she's even dragging me down with her!"

Yunxiang never expected that Linlang would be beyond their control.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. His Majesty will release you once he has calmed down."

Yunlian offered quiet words of comfort.

The Empress slumped wearily onto the couch: "I'm afraid it's difficult..."