GBP Chapter 109: Is it for the day when you will go to the battlefield?
Chapter 109: Is it for the day when you will go to the battlefield?
"My Queen Mother, that's not what I meant."
"I didn't know that Concubine Ling was dancing the Jinghong Dance, nor did I know that the Empress Dowager loved plum blossoms."
The emperor was overwhelmed by Ruyi's explanation.
"Queen, how can you remember what flowers I like or what dances I have danced.
Since the Southern Tour, who else have you been eyeing besides the emperor? "
Ruyi remained silent, with a rebellious look on her face.
Ruyi thought that the emperor and she were newlyweds and in love, so it was natural for him to favor her.
The Empress Dowager knew that Ruyi was like this.
Continued:
"You left all the affairs of the six palaces to Concubine Yu to handle, and you stayed in front of the emperor without saying a word for these concubines.
Look at them. Have they served the emperor in the past month? How many times have they seen the emperor? "
"It's already like this, what are they waiting for if not to compete for favor?"
"Could it be that the emperor has so many women in his harem in order to go to the battlefield one day?"
The Queen Mother had some resentment towards the Emperor.
First he locked up Ruyi for a month, then he pampered her for another month.
It's really good to have the best of both worlds.
The emperor favored Ruyi for more than a month, but Ruyi didn't say a word for the concubines.
After hearing what the empress dowager said, the emperor looked guilty.
To smooth things over:
"What the Empress Dowager said is right. She neglected the concubines in the harem. Her son is also wrong."
"The Empress Dowager likes the dance performed by Lingpin, and my son also thinks that Lingpin danced very well today, so she promoted Lingpin to Lingfei."
The emperor promoted Yanwan to be a concubine. Everyone knew that the emperor did this to appease the queen mother's anger.
Although he was reluctant, he didn't say anything.
Ruyi stood up suddenly.
"Even if the emperor loves Lingpin, he shouldn't have made her a concubine so suddenly. She has no children. I'm afraid she can't bear such a favor."
The Queen Mother now thinks Ruyi is no longer stupid, but annoying.
The Queen Mother approached Ruyi with a cold look.
"The Queen said that Concubine Ling was childless and unworthy of being a concubine.
Then I have a question for you. Are you a queen with children?"
After the Empress Dowager questioned her, Ruyi just looked at her unwillingly.
"The queen is drunk, why don't you help her down?"
The emperor didn't want to hear anything extra from Ruyi.
The emperor has endured a lot in the past month, and now he can finally abandon Ruyi openly.
"Queen Mother, I want to speak a fair word for our Queen."
The emperor had just breathed a sigh of relief when Rong Pei came to make things difficult for him again.
"Empress Dowager, the Emperor dotes on the Empress, and the people all praise the love between the Emperor and Empress, which is a model for ordinary couples to emulate. Why do you blame the Empress for being the only favorite?
I feel sorry for the Queen."
"As for the royal heir, our queen also had one."
Everyone else looked upset when they heard Rong Pei's questioning, but Ruyi didn't think it was inappropriate. She also looked at the Queen Mother, expecting her to give her an explanation.
The Empress Dowager was too lazy to pay attention to Rong Pei's stupid words and looked at the Emperor.
It depends on how the emperor deals with such a fool.
The emperor kicked the kneeling Rong Pei.
"I'm talking to the Queen Mother, what are you talking about here, you little dog slave? Get out of here."
When Rong Pei was kicked, Ruyi immediately went to help her, blinking at the emperor with a face full of grievance and unwillingness.
The emperor turned his back to the empress dowager and winked at Ruyi.
Ruyi was stunned for a moment and realized that the emperor wanted her to take Rong Pei away immediately.
Fortunately, Ruyi had grown her brains at this time and knew that if she didn't take Rong Pei away, Rong Pei would die tonight.
So Ruyi said nothing, and left with Rong Pei unconvinced.
Yan Wan saw through the emperor's tricks at a glance. The emperor favored Ruyi because Ruyi was greedy and the emperor wanted to find an opportunity to make Ruyi anger the public.
The Empress Dowager's scolding was the Emperor's best opportunity to get rid of Ruyi.
But the emperor also didn't like the empress dowager's excessive concern for his harem.
The Empress Dowager's rebuke of Ruyi went beyond the Emperor's acceptance.
What Rong Pei said was not what the emperor wanted to tell the empress dowager. So not blaming Rong Pei was a sign that the emperor did not want the empress dowager to interfere in the affairs of the harem.
Yanwan found the right opportunity to speak.
"Your Majesty, I should go change my clothes."
Yanwan spoke up to ease the atmosphere.
"Well, go ahead. I'll serve you in the night.
It’s getting late. Let’s go.”
No one would be happy if the palace banquet continued, so the emperor simply ended it.
Yanwan said yes and retreated with Chunchan.
"The Queen Mother is furious now. It's time to tell her how Concubine Qing and Concubine Mei's boat broke down."
It was expected that Ruyi would be angered tonight, and it was also expected that the Empress Dowager would be annoyed by Ruyi.
The only surprise was that Rong Pei confronted the Queen Mother, and the Emperor protected her, but also gave Yan Wan a chance. Now must be the Queen Mother's most angry time.
"What? You said the boat was damaged by Rong Pei who was in front of the Queen?"
When the Queen Mother heard the news, she stood up angrily.
"Didn't you just say that it wasn't damaged by someone?"
Fuga lowered his head.
"Yes. When I asked around, no one said that there were any suspicious people approaching the ship, but I initially thought that only eunuchs and guards had this ability.
Just now at the palace banquet, Rong Pei contradicted the Queen Mother. I remembered that someone said that Rong Pei, who served the Queen, approached the boat today.
After asking in detail, I learned that Rong Pei saw Concubine Ling holding a plum blossom and practicing dancing in the afternoon, and also saw someone decorating a small boat, so she thought it was for Concubine Ling. So she damaged the boat.
The Queen Mother's speechlessness was evident on her face.
"Who are the people around the Queen?
Not to mention contradicting me in public.
And he used such despicable means to deal with the concubines."
Fuga also sighed:
"Who says it's not true? The Queen is confused, and the maidservant who stayed with her is also confused."
"Then Queen Mother, how do you deal with Rong Pei?"
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, thinking in her heart.
If Rong Pei hadn't damaged the boat tonight, Wei Yanwan wouldn't have been asked to dance first, and the subsequent events wouldn't have prevented Concubine Qing and Concubine Mei from even having a chance to perform.
What made her even more angry was that Rong Pei talked back to her, but the emperor actually favored Rong Pei.
The Queen Mother is in high spirits. There is talk outside that the Imperial Observatory has arrived.
The Empress Dowager met the Imperial Observatory with a gloomy face.
"What's the matter? Why do you see me here out of nowhere?"
The Imperial Observatory knelt down to congratulate the Empress Dowager.
"I congratulate the Queen Mother. I recently observed that the dragon fetus in Concubine Shu's belly is a prince who carries auspicious signs. So I came here specially to congratulate the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother was stunned.
"Where do you start talking about this?"
The Empress Dowager was doubtful; she did not really trust the Imperial Observatory.
"My Queen Mother, during the trip to Jiangnan, Concubine Shu is getting stronger and stronger. She is much better now than before when the imperial physician said she was not suitable for pregnancy. It is obvious that the dragon fetus in her belly is protecting Concubine Shu.
It is a good omen that Shu Fei and her son are healthy."
The Queen Mother thought that the Imperial Observatory would exaggerate, but it turned out to be just a standard statement. It was more pleasing to the Queen Mother than those nonsense statements.
"Finally, there is something that makes me feel relieved."
"Fujia, go tell the emperor to take other people into consideration as well."
Thinking of the emperor's partiality, the queen mother said:
"The emperor is like this, maybe that child is really my hope."
The Queen Mother sighed with joy, but she hadn't finished her sigh yet.
Li Yu hurriedly said:
"Empress Dowager, something happened. Concubine Shu had just finished bathing the emperor when her bellyband was stolen."