12dz Chapter 361: The Confined Queen
Chapter 361: The Confined Queen
The Queen understood the difficulties faced by the Emperor and the Queen Mother. When the late Emperor was alive, he treated the Queen at that time, now the Queen Mother, with respect.
At least it's generally acceptable.
It is rare for royal couples to support each other, and this kind of political marriage where they respect each other is the most common.
Originally, everyone was doing what they were supposed to do according to their roles, maintaining a delicate balance.
Until one day, the late emperor fell in love with a palace maid of humble status, breaking this harmonious relationship between his wife and concubine.
As for the emperor, it is not unusual for him to favor a palace maid.
At worst, he could be awarded a position and kept in the palace.
After all, this kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, and women in the palace who are favored by the emperor are regarded as the highest favor.
As a result, the woman tried to refuse in every possible way.
He put on enough attitude in front of the late emperor and earned his favor.
The late emperor was bewitched to the point of almost losing his mind, and he promoted her several times above his level, and finally made her a royal concubine!
This is simply incredible.
This palace maid had no family background and had not given birth to a child. It was certainly against the rules to raise her position to such a high level for no reason.
As the queen at the time, she naturally had to speak a fair word for the concubines who had given birth to children, as they had not yet been promoted.
At a family dinner, the Queen submitted a list of several concubines who had become pregnant and given birth in recent years, hoping that the Emperor would give them a corresponding raise in status.
This would be relatively fairer and there would be fewer complaints in the palace about the position of imperial concubine.
This is actually a standard approach.
The emperor did not raise any objection at the time because he knew what the queen meant and he had no objection.
Unexpectedly, after the imperial concubine returned, she cried and made a fuss, saying that the queen had brought shame on her and that promoting others was targeting her. In order to retreat in order to advance, she demanded that the emperor take back her position as imperial concubine.
How could the emperor go against his own words? Not to mention that he didn't think he was wrong, even if he was wrong, it couldn't be his fault.
Anyone can be wrong except the emperor!
Seeing that the imperial concubine was so resistant to this matter, the late emperor rejected the queen's proposal and strictly ordered that it should not be brought up again!
The queen couldn't believe it. She never expected that a concubine could influence the emperor's wishes.
How can this be done!
The queen found an opportunity and brought up the matter of promoting the concubines again.
Unexpectedly, this angered the late emperor, who suddenly put love above all else. He locked the empress in his palace and ordered her to be under house arrest for a year on the grounds that she had contradicted the emperor.
He even went so far as to take back the Phoenix Seal and the authority to manage the harem.
This is simply unreasonable.
But who made him the emperor?
If he insisted that the queen was guilty, no one could refute him. After all, it was a matter between a married couple.
The late emperor transferred all the powers of the empress to the imperial concubine in order to make the beauty smile.
During this year, the palace maid and imperial concubine was the most powerful one in the palace and had absolute power.
All the concubines were manipulated by her and were miserable, but no one could defeat the imperial concubine who was favored by the emperor behind her.
When other concubines were bullied by the imperial concubine, they asked the late emperor for help, but he punished them by demoting them.
The prince and princess were beaten by the imperial concubine for no reason, but the late emperor turned a blind eye!
Maybe God couldn't bear this couple's efforts, as they couldn't have a child no matter how hard they tried.
This caused the imperial concubine to worry about gains and losses every day and become more and more crazy.
She worked hard to amass wealth and suppress concubines. Not satisfied with being rampant in the harem, she also reached out to the previous dynasty to stir up trouble.
The imperial concubine's ambition grew more and more, and in the end she even tried to kill the queen so that she could take the throne legitimately.
She used her power to withhold the expenses of the Queen's palace and did not allow people outside the palace to visit the Queen.
Many of the palace maids around the queen were dismissed, leaving the queen with no help except the empty title of "queen".
She became an isolated and helpless mother, struggling to survive in the palace.
At first, the imperial concubine used the emperor as a cover and hid it very well. The queen's family had no idea what was happening in the palace.
It was not until the eleventh prince in the palace "accidentally" drowned that the major families began to pay attention to the internal affairs of the palace.
After all, the queen has been in charge of the harem for many years, and there has never been a prince who died accidentally. I wonder what the hidden story is behind this incident.
After a careful check, I found that the queen seemed to have not appeared for a long time!
It was always said to the outside world that the Queen was ill and could not meet guests.
The Queen's family finally realized that something might have happened to the Queen in the palace.
The queen's biological mother was a powerful old lady with an imperial decree. She forcefully broke into the harem.
The imperial concubine is used to being arrogant, and she wants to use her status as an imperial concubine to suppress the old lady.
She brought a large group of palace servants with her, with a more grand ceremony than the Queen's, blocking the old lady's way to find the Queen's daughter.
The imperial concubine shouted, "How dare you! Who gave you the guts to break into the harem? Come, take her away and give her thirty lashes!"
The old lady's sharp eyes swept over, and the palace servants knelt down to salute when they saw the old lady's imperial decree and attire.
The imperial concubine had never met the old lady, nor did she know the specific background of the queen's family. She didn't even take the queen seriously, so how could she be afraid of such an old woman?
Seeing that all the palace people knelt down, she was very angry and thought that her power was challenged. If she couldn't deal with this old lady, how could she survive in the harem in the future? !
So she raised her arm and wanted to slap the old lady herself.
The old lady didn't move at all and glanced at the imperial concubine with contempt.
The imperial concubine's arm was lightly caught by an inconspicuous maid beside the old lady, who threw it back and sent the imperial concubine flying.
He was caught by Qingniao, a eunuch in the palace who was skilled in martial arts, and was carefully helped to stand.
He was assigned to the imperial concubine by the emperor. If the imperial concubine was injured in front of him, he would not be able to live.
As soon as the imperial concubine stood firm, the old lady came to her and asked in a calm voice:
"Were you going to hit me just now?" You're quite courageous.
When the imperial concubine saw the old lady, she became extremely jealous, as if they were enemies meeting each other!
She pointed at the old lady and ordered the eunuch who had just supported her: "You old fool, you are committing treason, Qingniao, kill her!" She still didn't believe it, and Qingniao couldn't beat the old lady!
The eunuch Qingniao frowned slightly, wondering if the imperial concubine had lost her mind!
The old lady was the emperor's mistress and also the most loyal royalist at that time. The emperor respected the old lady very much.
Besides, the old lady is the queen’s biological mother!
You are a noble concubine, not even a queen after all, and you still dare to hit her?
Who is actually committing the crime?
The old lady nodded and repeated: "It turns out that I heard it right. It was you who scolded me and wanted to beat me to death, haha!" This made her feel she was right.
As long as everything makes sense, there is a legitimate reason to take action!
The old lady slapped the imperial concubine in the face with her backhand. With a crisp "pa" sound, the imperial concubine's face was knocked to one side and a little blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.