allonlinenovel Chapter 235 Demoting Wife to Concubine 2
Chapter 235 Demoting Wife to Concubine 2
After watching Jiang Chunxi leave, Shen Jingyao's eyes welled up with tears: "Aunt, does the family want to send another girl to the palace? Has my father given up on me, his daughter?"
"Alas!" The Queen Mother sighed helplessly, "The Shen family had no choice but to send the girl to the palace. In the final analysis, it was for your own good and for the good of the Shen family. They didn't mean to give up on you."
"Don't you know how much your father values you? There will be more and more concubines in the harem in the future, and the concubines who were selected to enter the palace this time all have extraordinary families. After thinking about it, your aunt thinks that having another girl from the Shen family in the harem will only benefit you and the entire Shen family. You have to understand your aunt's painstaking efforts."
It wasn't that the Queen Mother was unwilling to wait a little longer, but when she saw the list of candidates participating in this selection, she couldn't help but become anxious, so she wanted to take advantage of this selection opportunity to quickly let another girl from the Shen family enter the palace.
"Also," the Queen Mother continued, "your cousin is now the Emperor. As an Emperor, he hates to be favored by only one person. I know that saying this is like stabbing you in the heart, but I still have to scold you. Do you know that if you monopolize your cousin's favor, it will not only cause dissatisfaction in the harem, but also I am afraid that the ministers of the previous dynasty will use the matter of the witch queen to attack you again."
"If you are smart, you should advise your cousin to treat everyone equally."
Although the Queen Mother wanted her niece to get pregnant as soon as possible, she was also very dissatisfied with her niece's behavior of monopolizing her son's favor. This is probably a common problem among mothers-in-law.
"Besides, after the selection is over and new concubines enter the palace, do you still want your cousin to favor you alone? You should know that the concubines who entered the palace through the selection are different from the concubines in the harem now. If you still monopolize his favor, the ministers of the previous dynasty will probably try to kill you again."
"So! Even if it's for your own sake, you can't be so willful anymore. Otherwise, your cousin can protect you once, but he can't guarantee that he can protect you a second time."
Shen Jingyao didn't know how she returned to her palace.
"Xuanchun, Xuandong, why has even my aunt, who has always loved me, changed?" Shen Jingyao said with a bitter smile, "No, in fact, my aunt has changed a long time ago, otherwise she would not have handed over the power of the palace to that bitch Jiang Chunxi, even though I know very well that handing over the power of the palace to Jiang Chunxi is the best choice."
"But my aunt handed over the power of the palace to that bitch Jiang Chunxi without telling me. That means that from that moment on, she had actually given up on me, her niece."
"Why is it like this?" Shen Jingyao wiped the tears from her face with her hands. "How did I, Shen Jingyao, fall to this point? My cousin has changed, my aunt has changed, and now even my family has given up on me. I, Shen Jingyao, never thought that I would become a pawn given up by my family."
"Empress..." Xuanchun and Xuandong didn't know how to comfort their master. They could only shed tears with their master.
Shen Jingyao stopped crying quickly: "I am not someone who will give up easily. There is no one or anything in this world that will make me, Shen Jingyao, give up."
"Hurry up and make me some pregnancy medicine. I must get pregnant with an heir as soon as possible while the newcomer is in the palace. As long as I can give birth to a prince, both my aunt and the Shen family will pour all their resources into me and will no longer regard me as a useless chess piece."
"Yes, your majesty, I will go and make the medicine for you right away." Xuanchun wiped her tears and turned to walk outside.
When night fell, Shen Jingyao waited and waited but the emperor did not come, so she sent people out to inquire.
When Shen Jingyao learned that the emperor had gone to Jiang Chunxi's palace, she was so angry that she smashed a set of tea sets.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor must have gone to the Imperial Concubine's Palace for the selection of concubines. I think he will come out of the Imperial Concubine's Palace soon. Please don't get angry." Xuan Dong hurriedly comforted her:
"Yes, Your Majesty," Xuanchun also said quickly, "The Emperor has never had any affection for the Imperial Concubine. That was fine before, but how could the Emperor be willing to favor the Imperial Concubine again now? So the Emperor will definitely come out of the Imperial Concubine's Palace soon and come to our Chenyou Palace."
"Alright, stop comforting me," Shen Jingyao calmed down at this time, "Even if my cousin stays in the Imperial Concubine's Palace tonight, so what? After all, my cousin is the emperor now. There are more and more concubines in the palace, and there will be more and more women that my cousin will favor. If I can't let it go, it will only block my own way."
It is undeniable that Shen Jingyao really loves the emperor, but at the same time she is a very ambitious woman, and love is not everything to her.
She can love and also let go.
From this moment on, Shen Jingyao clearly realized that the her who loved her cousin deeply in the past was dead, and from now on she would only be a qualified favorite concubine.
At the same time, Jiang Chunxi was in the palace.
After Jiang Chunxi helped the emperor wash up, she brought him a cup of soothing tea: "Your Majesty, have a cup of soothing tea! Look at the bloodshot in your eyes, I can tell you haven't had a good sleep for several days."
The emperor took the teacup and drank the calming tea in it. "Alas! I also want to have a good sleep, but the things of the previous dynasty happened one after another, leaving me no time to rest. When I was conquering the world, I thought about how to make the people live a good life, but after becoming the emperor, I realized how difficult it is to be a good emperor."
"Take your time!" Jiang Chunxi came behind the emperor and helped him massage his head. "You can't get fat by eating one bite at a time. Even if you want to get fat, you have to eat slowly, bite by bite. As long as the emperor doesn't forget his original intention, I believe that one day you will definitely bring peace and prosperity to the people."
It is undeniable that as a man, the Dog Emperor is indeed a scumbag, but as an emperor, he is at least qualified.
Of course, this is only the current perspective. As for the future, it is hard to say. After all, the emperor's power has a great impact on his mentality. Since ancient times, how many emperors did not want to become a wise ruler and leave their names in history when they first ascended the throne, but gradually forgot their original intentions.
The emperor's eyebrows relaxed. It was obvious that Jiang Chunxi's words comforted him very well: "By the way, is there any problem with the preparation for the selection? This selection is very important and nothing can go wrong."
Jiang Chunxi: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will handle the selection properly and nothing will go wrong."
"I am still very confident in your work," the emperor said, patting Jiang Chunxi's hand that was massaging him, signaling her to stop, "That's enough, no need to press anymore."