Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

Chapter 230 Demoting Wife to Concubine 7

"It is my great fortune to have Jingyao," the emperor said, "Well, it's getting late, let's go to bed!"

The emperor is very tired now, mentally tired, and just wants to lie down and have a good sleep.

Shen Jingyao opened her mouth but didn't say anything. She really wanted to ask why the power of the palace was given to that bitch Jiang Chunxi, but at the same time she knew very well that now was not the time to question this matter.

At the same time, in Jiang Chunxi's palace.

"Your Majesty, do you think the three princesses are really cursed by the queen?" Chen Xi helped her master sit down and said, "With the three princesses having a high fever at the same time, I guess there will be some commotion in the court tomorrow. I just don't know if the emperor can bear it and not depose the queen."

"Even if nothing happened tonight, the emperor couldn't bear the pressure from the court," Jiang Chunxi sneered, "But I still hope that the ministers can help a little more and don't let the queen become the imperial concubine. The emperor doesn't want the person he loves the most to be inferior to others. It depends on whether the ministers are willing to do so. After all, which minister doesn't have a daughter?"

As long as the throne of Queen remains vacant, all the ministers in the court will be eager to oppose the Emperor. This is why Jiang Chunxi wants to strike Shen Jingyao with lightning.

In the original owner's previous life, everything went too smoothly for that couple, which made the original owner and his entire family like lambs to be slaughtered, with no power to resist.

As for why Jiang Chunxi didn’t just chop the dog emperor to pieces.

Isn't that nonsense? She almost used up all her points by chopping one dog. How could she get the points to chop the dog emperor? Moreover, the original owner didn't want the world to be in chaos, so the dog emperor really couldn't be chopped.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is," Chenxia said with her eyes shining, "even if the emperor wants to give the queen the title of Imperial Noble Consort, it will definitely not be possible."

"Haha!" Jiang Chunxi laughed out loud, and then said in a faint voice, "That depends on those ministers in the court. I just hope they won't let me down."

Naturally, the ministers in the court did not disappoint Jiang Chunxi. The next day, someone threatened to force the emperor to depose the queen and execute her.

The emperor endured the pressure and negotiated with the ministers in the court for several days before he saved Shen Jingyao's life. However, it was definitely impossible for him to make Shen Jingyao an imperial concubine. He even couldn't give Shen Jingyao a concubine position. In the end, he only gave Shen Jingyao a concubine position.

Driven by common interests, those ministers in the court were really powerful. If they could depose the Queen, how could they be willing to let her occupy a high position? This is if they knew clearly that they could not push the Emperor beyond his bottom line, otherwise they would not even want to give the deposed Queen the position of a concubine.

When Shen Jingyao received the imperial edict that she was demoted to a concubine and had to move out of Fengyi Palace immediately, she fainted in anger.

Upon learning that Shen Jingyao had fainted, the emperor did not come to see her because he did not know how to face her at this time.

When the Queen Mother learned that her niece had fainted, she hurried to Fengyi Palace.

When the Queen Mother arrived at Fengyi Palace, Shen Jingyao just woke up.

"Aunt," Shen Jingyao couldn't stop crying when she saw the Queen Mother, "Why, why did my cousin treat me like this? He clearly promised that even if he couldn't make me the Queen, he wouldn't let me be inferior to others. But now, not only did he abolish my position as Queen, he only gave me the position of a concubine. How could my cousin be so cruel to me? How could he forget his promise to me?"

"Jingyao! You have to understand your cousin," the Queen Mother wiped her niece's tears with concern, "Your cousin really has no other choice! Some ministers in the court are ready to kill him, so what can you ask your cousin to do? You have to understand that your cousin has not yet firmly established his position in the world."

Although the Queen Mother felt sorry for her niece, her heart naturally leaned towards her son. She did not think there was anything wrong with her son breaking his promise to her niece. Instead, she felt that her niece was ignorant and unable to understand her son's difficulties.

"Aunt," Shen Jingyao threw herself into the Queen Mother's arms and cried bitterly, "It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, my cousin wouldn't have been threatened by the court officials. Although Jingyao can understand my cousin, I still feel so sad."

"Alright, alright, stop being upset," the Queen Mother patted her niece on the back, "Take a long-term view. As long as you can give birth to a prince, you can still become the most noble woman in the world."

The Queen Mother can only think positively now, but why does she feel so uneasy?

Could it be that the niece really was unlucky for her son to have children? Although the three princesses’ high fever had subsided, they were still sick?

The Queen Mother now only hopes that her niece can give birth to a prince as soon as possible. If her niece cannot give birth to a child, then...

The Queen Mother didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Shen Jingyao cried for a long time before she stopped crying.

"Although you can no longer live in Fengyi Palace, I have had Chenyou Palace cleaned up, and you can move in," the Queen Mother said. "Chenyou Palace was where the emperor's favorite concubines lived in the previous dynasty. It is the most luxurious palace in the harem. Living in Chenyou Palace is no worse than living in Fengyi Palace."

Shen Jingyao smiled bitterly.

No matter how luxurious the Chenyou Palace is, it can never compare with the Fengyi Palace. After all, the Fengyi Palace is the palace of the Central Palace, which cannot be compared with the Chenyou Palace.

"Thank you, aunt Jingyao," Shen Jingyao said to the Queen Mother with guilt, "It's all because of Jingyao's unfilial behavior that aunt has to worry so much about Jingyao."

"You were raised by your aunt. Even if your aunt is worried about you, it is only natural." The Queen Mother wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said:

"Aunt," Shen Jingyao's eyes dimmed, "Jingyao heard that you handed over the power of the palace to Concubine Jiang."

"Alas!" The Queen Mother sighed, "Aunt knows your knot. If there is any other choice, Aunt does not want to hand over the palace power to Concubine Jiang to make things difficult for you, but isn't there no other choice?"

"Noble Concubine Jiang is destined to be unable to bear children. It is better for her to be in charge of the palace than for others. You should know that among the ministers in the court, who doesn't want to send their daughters to the palace?"

In fact, without the Queen Mother telling her, Shen Jingyao knew in her heart that it was better for Jiang Chunxi to control the palace power than for anyone else. After all, the Jiang family had no power in the court.

But although she understood it in her heart, Shen Jingyao still couldn't accept it emotionally.

"Jingyao, you can't act on impulse," the Queen Mother looked at her niece's expression. She knew what she was thinking. "Letting Concubine Jiang take charge of the palace is the best choice after weighing the pros and cons. Do you want a woman of your family to take charge of the palace?"

The Shen family’s power in the court is at its peak, but they are not the only dominant family. There are at least three forces in the entire court that are comparable to the Shen family.

The families of those three forces would definitely have daughters who would enter the palace, which was why the empress dowager wanted to hand over the power of the palace to Concubine Jiang.