kingnovel Chapter 239 Demoting Wife to Concubine 6
Chapter 239 Demoting Wife to Concubine 6
"How dare you ask me what I am doing!" The Queen Mother was so angry that her chest was heaving. "I am asking you why the Shen family's daughter who entered the palace this time only got the position of a concubine. Although she is a concubine's daughter, she is still your cousin. You only gave her a position of a concubine. What's the difference between this and slapping your uncle in the face? How can your uncle be ridiculed in the court?"
"A mere concubine's daughter of lowly status is worthy of being called my cousin," the emperor's eyes were indescribably cold, "Mother, you are so angry and so dissatisfied with your son. Is it your own intention or the intention of the Shen family?"
"You...what do you mean by that?" The Queen Mother looked at her son in disbelief.
"What do you mean?" The emperor sneered, "Mother, I am the emperor now. The Shen family is your mother's family, but in front of me, they are also the emperor and the ministers first. Could it be that the Shen family still treats me as a junior and does not know what the duties of the emperor and the ministers are? Do you want to use the status of an elder to dictate to me, the emperor?"
"And you, my mother, please don't forget what it means to obey your husband after marriage and obey your son after your husband's death. You are already old, don't you even understand the most basic principles? As the queen mother, my mother, you only care about the interests of the Shen family. Could it be that in your heart, my son is just a tool for the Shen family to fight for power and profit, and everything you have worked hard for is just to make wedding clothes for the Shen family?"
"Hmph!" Then the emperor snorted coldly, "Don't think I don't know what the Shen family is planning. They just want the Shen family to have a prince as soon as possible. Queen Mother is planning so much for the Shen family. Does that mean that once a prince with the blood of the Shen family is born, I will be useless in your eyes and should be dealt with, so that the Shen family can support the young emperor to ascend the throne and control the princes?"
Of course, the emperor knew that the Shen family did not have such courage, but the Shen family did have ambitions that they should not have. This was nothing, after all, wasn't it the ambition that the ministers in the court sent their daughters into the palace?
It's just that the Shen family's eating habits are too ugly, which makes the emperor very disgusted. What's more, what does the Shen family want to do? Could it be that the Shen family still thinks that the future emperor must come from the bloodline of the Shen family and be the master of the world behind the scenes?
Look, look, the dog emperor is now suspicious of the Shen family and thinks that the Shen family has evil ambitions. When he demoted his wife to a concubine in order to marry Shen Jingyao, he didn't expect it to be so far-reaching.
So, in the original owner's previous life, the final outcome of the dog emperor and Shen Jingyao was definitely not much better, and it was certain that the couple would turn against each other.
The Queen Mother's expression was horrified at this time: "How can you think so? Don't you think about how the Shen family helped you to gain this world with the strength of the entire family? How many men of the Shen family died on the battlefield? But now you are so suspicious of the Shen family, you...you..."
The Queen Mother wanted to scold her son for being so heartless, but after all, he was her own son, so she couldn't bring herself to scold him.
"The Jiang family also used the whole family's strength to help my son conquer this world." The emperor's eyes became colder and colder. "When I demoted my wife to a concubine before, why didn't I see my mother complaining for the Jiang family?"
"Mother," the emperor said with a dignified expression, "I am the emperor now, so no matter what I do, for my subjects, even if it is a punishment, it is also a reward. This is especially true for you, my mother. I hope that you will better recognize your status in the future. Don't think that as my mother, you can commit crimes against me and control me like an ordinary mother and son."
As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor turned and left.
The Queen Mother looked at her son's leaving back and felt a chill on her back and sweat on her forehead.
"Empress Dowager, are you okay?" Nanny Cui looked at the Empress Dowager worriedly. Not to mention the Empress Dowager, even Nanny Cui was breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment.
"The emperor is only the emperor, he is no longer just my son," the queen mother said weakly, "are you going to show your indifference as an emperor?"
Nanny Cui didn't know how to comfort the Queen Mother, but she still said, "Queen Mother, should I write a letter to the Shen family? The words the Emperor just said frightened me, so I think I should write a letter back to the Shen family to remind them that the Emperor is no longer the same Emperor as before."
"I should write a letter to remind them, otherwise..." The Queen Mother did not continue.
Otherwise, the Shen family might become the next Jiang family. In short, the Shen family must abide by the rules of monarch and subject in the future, especially the elder brother, who should not always act as an elder to the emperor.
After the Shen family received the letter from the empress dowager, all the Shen family members who were officials in the court began to keep a low profile, especially the empress dowager's brother, who no longer acted like an elder when facing the emperor.
The emperor was quite satisfied with the Shen family's understanding, at least he looked at the Shen family with a much better eye.
The time soon came for the new concubines to enter the palace. Jiang Chunxi issued an imperial decree to give the six newcomers three days to settle down. After three days, they could go to Changning Palace to pay their respects and their green nameplates would also be hung up.
Jiang Chunxi is now the Imperial Noble Consort, which is equivalent to the Vice Queen, so she is naturally qualified to issue an imperial decree.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
That morning, both the previous concubines and the six new concubines who had entered the palace all came to Changning Palace early to pay their respects to Jiang Chunxi.
"Your humble servant pays respects to the Imperial Concubine."
"My concubine, I pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine."
As soon as Jiang Chunxi appeared, everyone stood up and saluted her.
"Everyone, please stand up!" Jiang Chunxi sat down and said with a gentle expression:
"Thank you, Imperial Noble Consort." The concubines stood up and said, but before they could sit down, the eunuch's announcement came from outside: "Concubine Shen is here."
This made the former concubines look surprised, and those concubines who had suffered miscarriages were surprised, but also showed hatred on their faces.
As for the new concubines who entered the palace, except Shen Changzai, the other five showed mocking expressions.
Their family had already found out that Concubine Shen had never come to Changning Palace to pay respects, but she came today. It went without saying that she must have come for the newcomers to the palace.
Soon Shenpin appeared in everyone's sight: "I am not late!"
"How come Concubine Shen has followed the rules and come to pay respects to my Changning Palace today?" Jiang Chunxi looked outside with a half-smile, "Could it be that the sun is rising in the west today?"
"I don't know whether the sun rises in the west or not, but I know that some people take themselves too seriously and don't know who they are," this is Concubine Xiao's voice. "Do they think they are superior and different just because they never come to Changning Palace to pay respects? But in the end, they still come to pay respects to the Imperial Concubine obediently."
"It's obvious from this! Some people are just like that in the emperor's heart. How can they compare to the love between the imperial concubine and the emperor for many years."