novelhk Chapter 430: Become Proud of Your Favour
Chapter 430: Become Proud of Your Favour
Chapter 430: Become Proud of Your Favour
Therefore, you must strike the right balance here, making the emperor feel your sincerity while not appearing too presumptuous and making him feel that you are taking advantage of his favor and becoming arrogant.
"But as a concubine in the harem, I must abide by the rules of concubines in the harem. The more I understand the emperor's intentions, the more I must fulfill my duties as a concubine. I must not cause trouble to the emperor, and I must not let my husband worry about my affairs."
"Xi'er, you are really sensible."
The emperor received a satisfactory answer. The stagnant atmosphere just now disappeared, and the smile on his face finally became more genuine.
Xier and the Fucha clan are indeed people who understand the rules and know their limits. I think he will be able to safely hand over the matters concerning the harem to them in the future.
A few days later, the emperor found an excuse and brought together all the problems that the fourteenth prince had committed in the past, stripped him of his yellow belt, and made it completely impossible for him to inherit the throne.
Even though everyone in the court knew that the emperor was venting his anger, because of the Zhen Yuandao incident, even though the ministers felt that something was wrong, they did not dare to refute the emperor's opinion too much.
After all, Fourteenth Prince has been away from the court for so long, and his original forces have been almost eliminated by the Emperor. No one will speak for him sincerely. As for the Empress Dowager's family, they will not do the same as the Empress Dowager and try to please a useless person with no future.
After settling this matter, the emperor even took the initiative to go to the place where the empress dowager was recuperating. Even though the empress dowager was still in a coma, the emperor did not care about her health at all and told her everything he had done to the fourteenth prince.
Looking at the sick and haggard Queen Mother lying on the bed, he completely cut off the last bit of affection he had for her and no longer longed for a bit of motherly love from her.
"Aunt Zhuxi, the Queen Mother is now in your hands. Please take good care of her."
The emperor blinked and swallowed back the tears in his eyes before turning around.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhu Xi looked at the emperor's obviously unpleasant expression and nodded in agreement.
Aunt Zhuxi, who was standing by, waited until the emperor left, then walked forward with some concern, only to see a trace of tears in the empress dowager's eyes.
She had also heard about the gossips that had happened in the former court and the harem during this period. The emperor came here today with such an unhappy look on his face, so it seemed that he probably knew about those things.
She couldn't help but sigh, not knowing what to say.
After all, as a slave, she had advised the empress dowager not to do this before, but the empress dowager always insisted on her own opinion.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother is now in a coma, so she doesn't have to face these things. This may be a good thing for her.
Zhen Huan, on the other hand, stayed at the Sui Yuxuan to accompany the princess. She no longer had the same feelings for the emperor as before, but for the sake of her family, her father, mother, sister, and her newborn child, she had to stay in this palace.
She saw everything that happened in the palace during this period of time. Combined with the information Jinxi had heard from Su Peisheng, and the fact that the queen had not been seen since she came out of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, she saw everything that happened in the palace during this period of time.
She thought their plan should be successful. After all, although the emperor had not appeared in public much during this period, her father was released from prison. Although his official position was not restored, at least his life was saved.
At the same time, because she gave birth to a child, the emperor conferred her the title of concubine.
Of course, the title is still Wan. She is too lazy to care about these things at the moment. As long as it is good for her, it’s no big deal to be a substitute.
The reason she was so uncomfortable and painful before was because she truly loved the emperor, so naturally she was unwilling to accept that she was being used as a substitute by her beloved.
But now after experiencing all these things, she has completely given up, so she doesn't care about so much at all. As long as she can save the people she wants to protect and get the revenge she wants, she is willing to be the substitute.
However, although these greatly alleviated Zhen Huan's anxiety, there was not much progress on the Queen's side. Apart from the Jingren Palace being surrounded, the Emperor did not impose any other punishment on the Queen.
Even the excuse given to the outside world was that the Queen was seriously ill and had to recuperate in Jingren Palace, and no one else was allowed to disturb her.
It can be seen that the emperor still gave the queen some face. She was a little worried that the queen would make a comeback with the help of Queen Chunyuan.
After all, the Queen had done so many evil things before, it was impossible for the Emperor to be unaware of it, but the Queen still sat firmly in her position.
"Jinxi, do you think the Queen can escape this time?"
Zhen Huan looked at Jin Xi with some concern and spoke.
"My lady, at least our temporary crisis has been resolved, the master has saved his life, and the princess was born safely."
Seeing this, Jin Xi handed the bird's nest to Zhen Huan and comforted her softly.
"As for the Queen, even if we cannot overthrow her today, we may be able to do so in the future. Queen Chunyuan can protect her once, but she cannot protect her forever. One day, this affection will be exhausted."
"Yes, Huan'er, Jinxi is right."
Shen Meizhuang walked in quickly from outside and took over the conversation to comfort her with some concern.
"The most important thing for you to do now is to recover and take good care of yourself and the little princess. We can take our time with other things."
"Sister Mei, I'm just worried that if we don't get rid of the root of the problem, it might not be so easy to get rid of the queen in the future."
Seeing this, Zhen Huan sighed and said with some concern.
"Don't worry, the Queen has more enemies in this palace than us. Many of them don't like the Queen and want to step on her."
Seeing this, Shen Meizhuang told Zhen Huan what Ling Rong had hinted to her a few days ago.
"So, the Emperor knows that the Empress harmed Empress Chunyuan. I don't think he will let her go for Empress Chunyuan's sake."
Hearing this, Zhen Huan felt much more relieved.
"Yes, I think the emperor must have some other plans. He will not let the queen go so easily."
"As for you, don't worry about it anymore. The right thing to do is to take care of your health peacefully."
Shen Meizhuang looked at Zhen Huan's pale little face and spoke with some concern.
"Sister Mei, don't worry, I know what to do."
Zhen Huan now understood that even if the Queen managed to escape, it would not be a big deal. Now that she had completely exhausted the Emperor's affection for her, it would not be so troublesome for her to take revenge in the future.
Here, the Fucha family is at the center of power, and the third son is also a close minister to the emperor, so he naturally knows some inside information of the palace.