allonlinenovel Chapter 959: Palace Maids and Concubines 2
Chapter 959: Palace Maids and Concubines 2
Jiang Chunxi's words successfully made everyone look at Jing Da Ying with unfriendly eyes. Although they were willing to see Jiang Chunxi and Jing Da Ying fight each other, it did not mean that they were willing to see Jing Da Ying still firmly occupy the emperor's heart.
When these concubines thought about the fact that Jing had been given special care by the emperor in the past few years since he entered the cold palace and had not suffered any hardship in the cold palace, the flames of jealousy in their hearts rose rapidly.
"No wonder Concubine Min treated Jing Promise like this," this was the voice of Noble Lady Ruan. "The Emperor has doted on Concubine Min over the years, but I didn't expect that the Emperor hasn't forgotten Jing Promise at all. Not only that, he also protects Jing Promise so closely that he wouldn't let Jing Promise suffer in the cold palace."
"Tsk tsk! Given the situation, it's strange that Concubine Min wasn't furious. No wonder she asked the Queen Mother to release Concubine Jing from the cold palace."
"Just now I felt quite sorry for Jing Ying," this was Concubine Cui's voice, "but now it seems that Jing Ying deserves to be tortured like this by Concubine Min. Who made Jing Ying so capable? Even though she's been sent to the cold palace, she still makes the Emperor worry about her. Let alone Concubine Min, even if I knew about it, I would feel very uncomfortable."
"I've always admired Jing's methods," this was Concubine Li's voice, "but now it seems that my admiration for Jing was too one-sided. Since ancient times, among the deposed concubines sent to the cold palace, only Jing could make the emperor worry about her. However..."
Concubine Li looked at Jiang Chunxi and said, "It's just that during the past few years that Jing promised to stay in the cold palace, the emperor's favorite was Concubine Min. Now that Jing promised to stay in the cold palace, I wonder if the emperor's favor for Concubine Min will still remain the same. Concubine Min, please don't shoot yourself in the foot."
"Isn't Concubine Li pregnant?" Jiang Chunxi looked at Concubine Li's belly. "It's better for pregnant women not to worry too much. Besides, our relationship is not that close. I'm really flattered that you're so worried about me even though you're pregnant!"
"Min Fei, stop flattering yourself," Li Fei said, looking as if she had eaten shit. "Who is worried about you? You are not a high-ranking figure, so why should I worry about you?"
"Yes! How can you be considered a prominent figure?" Jiang Chunxi retorted with a smile, "How dare you gloat over my misfortune?"
"Concubine Li, I advise you to take good care of your baby now that you're pregnant. Don't let your bad mouth provoke others and make yourself uncomfortable. After all, I'm not someone to be trifled with. If you provoke me once, I'll provoke you ten times. If you get so angry that you lose your baby, then you'll be shooting yourself in the foot. How shameless!"
Jiang Chunxi returned the words to Concubine Li, successfully making Concubine Li angry and her face turned black.
"Alright, shut up!" The Queen said with a displeased expression, "Don't forget who you are. Look at you bickering like street shrews. What do you think of my Kuntai Palace?"
"Let's all go!" The queen rubbed her brows with a headache and sent people away.
Jiang Chunxi stood up first and gave the Queen a perfunctory salute: "Then I will take my leave first."
Then she walked up to Jing Ying and said unhappily, "Hurry up and catch up. Look at what you've done. You've already pissed off the Empress right after coming out of the cold palace. When you get back, you'll have to kneel in the sun for two more hours."
Jing Da Ying's face turned pale immediately, and her nails dug into her flesh with her crossed hands. But even though she was so angry that she was about to lose control, she didn't dare to say anything and followed Jiang Chunxi obediently.
"It's true that there's always someone to conquer," this was Concubine De's voice. "Who could have imagined that after three years, Jing Ying would be so completely tamed by her former servant? I wonder how sad the Emperor would be if he knew Jing Ying was being tortured like this by Concubine Min."
"Isn't this wonderful?" Concubine Li sneered. "Watching these former master and servant fight each other for our amusement, isn't this what we want to see? What I'm more curious about now is which of them will come out on top. I wonder if the Emperor favors his old love or his new one."
"That must be her old love!" Noble Lady Ruan said, "After all, Jing Da Ying has been in the cold palace for three years, but the emperor still holds her in his heart. If we hadn't heard it from Concubine Min today, how would we have known that the emperor had sent someone to take care of Jing Da Ying in the cold palace all these years?"
"That's not necessarily true," someone immediately objected. "The Emperor's favor towards Concubine Min over the years is undeniable. Plus, she has the Empress Dowager as her backer, so Jing may not be able to defeat Concubine Min."
"You all ignored my words, didn't you?" The Queen's tone was already extremely unhappy, but she hadn't lost control. "Go away! All your chattering is giving me a headache."
Naturally, no one dared to stay any longer. They all stood up immediately, bowed to the queen and left.
After all the concubines had left, Jing Yan looked at the Queen with concern: "Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"What can I do?" the Queen sneered. "After all, Concubine Min has become increasingly disrespectful to me as the Queen, and it's not something that just started today, so I'm not really angry with her."
"However, I never expected that the Emperor had secretly sent someone to take care of Jing Da Ying in the cold palace all these years," the Queen sneered contemptuously, "Haha! I didn't expect that the Emperor was such a loyal person."
However, the Queen disdains such a long-lasting love. The Queen has always known that the Emperor's love is the most unreliable, otherwise she would not care about whether the concubine is favored or not. If it were not for the Queen Mother, the Queen would not even take Jiang Chunxi seriously.
"So what if the emperor is loyal," Jing Yan said disdainfully, "Daughter Jing was still imprisoned in the cold palace. Although she has been released from the cold palace, she has become a small concubine and is still being tortured by Concubine Min."
"Therefore, I think it's no good for the Emperor to hold this in his heart. When Jing promised to murder the heir, how could the Emperor not know what was going on? Yet, no matter what the result, the Emperor still let the Empress Dowager make the final decision and sent Jing to the cold palace."
"Not to mention that Jing promised to move out of the cold palace and live in the Glazed Palace. I just don't believe it. The emperor doesn't know that Concubine Min wants to torture Jing, but the emperor doesn't seem to want to protect Jing!"
At the same time, in the Queen Mother's Palace.
"Alas! Concubine Min's methods are too direct." Although she said this, the Queen Mother had a doting expression on her face. "Send someone to Chengde Palace and ask the Emperor to come see me after leaving court. I released Jing Da Ying to vent my anger on Concubine Min. I have to teach the Emperor a lesson. I can't let the Emperor hurt Concubine Min's reputation because he feels sorry for Jing Da Ying."