readytorunbook Chapter 616 The Tragic Palace Maid 9
Chapter 616 The Tragic Palace Maid 9
"Zhen Fei must have done something to anger the Queen, otherwise how could the Queen punish Zhen Fei," the Emperor said, "As for the Queen Mother's punishment of Zhen Fei, that must also be Zhen Fei's fault."
"Alas!" The emperor sighed in a pretentious manner, "My mother must have known what happened last night, so she demoted Concubine Zhen's rank. In the final analysis, my mother did it for my sake, otherwise she would not have only demoted Concubine Zhen's rank."
Liu Fu's expression looked as if it was expected. Every time Concubine Zhen got into trouble, the Emperor would not think about punishing her but would try to make excuses for others.
For example, when Concubine Yu beat Concubine Zhen before, what did the Emperor say? He said that it must have been Concubine Zhen who said something that made Concubine Yu beat Concubine Zhen in a fit of anger, and he also said that Concubine Yu was young, and thought that Concubine Zhen would definitely not hold it against Concubine Yu.
It sounds like Concubine Zhen is very old, but you have to know that Concubine Yu is only one year younger than Concubine Zhen.
"By the way, has the incident last night spread in the harem?" The emperor's expression turned grim. "Don't tell me that you didn't keep the news secret last night."
Liu Fu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, you know how cautious I am. As soon as Your Majesty left the Liuli Palace last night, I told the servants to keep their mouths shut. It's just that we left in such a hurry last night that I didn't have time to warn the servants in the precious palace."
"Your Majesty, you know how good Zhengui is at controlling people. Everyone in the harem knows that the servants in Zhengui's palace are as talkative as a sieve. Any little movement will be immediately spread from Liuli Palace. So what happened last night has already been spread by the servants in Zhengui's palace."
As he said this, Liu Fu immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I am guilty. Although the matter was spread by a servant in the royal palace, it is still my fault. Your Majesty, please forgive me for my loyalty!"
It's never wrong to push things onto precious people. This is Liu Fu's experience.
"Alas!" The emperor sighed again, "Forget it, this is not your fault. It's still Concubine Zhen after all..."
"No, she is now a precious lady," the emperor showed a look of disdain, "Tell me, what on earth did I like about precious lady in the first place? Look at the queen, she has never made any mistakes in managing the entire harem, but precious lady can't even manage the servants in her own palace."
"It's a good thing that I didn't think of letting Guigui be the queen, otherwise I can't imagine what the entire harem would be like if Guigui was in charge of it," the emperor said with a smug look on his face, "After all, I was the one who had foresight!"
"Although I liked Guigui so much at the beginning, I didn't lose my mind because of it and wanted to give the position of empress to Guigui. For an emperor like me who is not blinded by women, I should be ranked second in history, if not the first! At least the late emperor couldn't compare to me in terms of women."
When the late emperor was alive, he doted on Concubine Yu and made her arrogant and domineering. Even my mother, who was the empress at the time, suffered a lot from her bullying.
But what happened was that as soon as the late emperor died, the queen mother simply forced Concubine Yu to drink poisoned wine. It was also because of this that the emperor was so restrained in his favor for Concubine Yu. On the one hand, it was to prevent Concubine Yu from following her aunt's example and thinking that she could ignore the queen because she was favored.
On the other hand, in order to save the life of a precious person, he was worried that if he doted on Zhenfei too much, the Queen would accidentally kill Zhenfei.
So! The emperor's special favor to Guigui was, after all, to protect her, and the effect was very good. Didn't you see that the queen was too lazy to target Guigui and didn't take her seriously at all?
Liu Fu raised his head and glanced at the emperor secretly, and couldn't help but curl his lips.
The emperor really dares to flatter himself. How thick-skinned is he to have the nerve to say such shameless words.
Although he complained in his heart, Liu Fu complimented him with admiration: "Your Majesty is wise."
That was all he said. If Liu Fu complimented him a few more times, he was afraid he would vomit.
The emperor looked so proud: "Of course I am wise. After all, I am determined to be a wise ruler who will be remembered for generations."
"Hurry up and bring all the memorials to me. From today on, I will no longer enter the harem and will focus all my attention on government affairs."
In fact, what happened last night cast a serious shadow on the emperor's mind, which caused the emperor to have no interest in favoring women at all.
"Yes." What else could Liu Fu say? He naturally hurried to move the memorial to the emperor.
When Jiang Chunxi returned to the Queen's Palace, Zhengui was already on the verge of collapse.
From now on, Zhenfei will be addressed as Zhenguiren.
"Master, how are you? Can you hold on?" Jiang Chunxi came to Zhengui and squatted down, tears already streaming down her face. "It's all because of my uselessness. I went to ask to see the emperor, but the emperor refused to see me. He made me wait outside the Yongtai Palace for almost two hours, but the emperor just didn't want to see me."
At this time, Guigui's lips turned pale, and his whole body was like a dehydrated state. His throat was so dry that he could not speak. But even so, Guigui still spoke with difficulty: "How could this be? I don't believe that the emperor would be so cruel."
"Master, you are no longer Concubine Zhen, but a noble lady, so you can no longer call yourself this palace, otherwise the Queen will use this as an excuse to punish you again, what should we do?" Jiang Chunxi looked around nervously, "You know, this is in the Queen's palace, and your every move is being watched by the servants in the Queen's palace."
If this had been the case before, Zhengui would definitely not have taken Jiang Chunxi's words seriously, but this was not the case. Zhengui had almost reached her limit at this moment and had suffered a great deal. Therefore, she naturally did not dare to say anything lofty, for fear that the Queen would make her kneel for two more hours.
"As for the emperor," Jiang Chunxi continued, "I don't think the emperor is cruel to you. After all, I haven't seen the emperor at all, so the emperor naturally doesn't know that you are suffering in the queen's palace, so how can you say that the emperor is cruel and doesn't care about you?"
"I think the Emperor must have some important political affairs to deal with, so he has no time to see me!"
When Guirui heard Jiang Chunxi say this, he was immediately convinced: "You are right, you have not seen the emperor, how can the emperor know that I was punished by the queen."
"Alas!" Guigui sighed, "What on earth is wrong with me? How could I say such words to the emperor just now and question his sincerity towards me?"