mtlumby2d Chapter 353 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 2
Chapter 353 Brother's Death and Brother's Death 2
However, the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree that future beauties selected in the imperial selection were not allowed to bring maids into the palace.
As for why they did this, it was of course to prevent someone from bringing a maid who knew pharmacology into the palace.
You know, the place where Jiang Chunxi lives is already filled with the scent of musk and safflower.
The late emperor's empress had always been in poor health, but the empress dowager had hidden it very well and gained the trust of the late emperor and empress. Later, the empress dowager was asked to assist in managing the palace power, which led to the entire harem being controlled by the empress dowager.
It is worth mentioning here that Imperial Physician Kang and Imperial Physician Meng are only responsible for the Emperor's health, and are not responsible for treating the concubines. Apart from them, all other imperial physicians are the Empress Dowager's people. That is why the Empress Dowager dares to be so unscrupulous. Isn't it because she relies on the Emperor's trust in her as his biological mother?
But it is also true that the Queen Mother has always been the image of a loving mother in front of the Emperor. As a son, the Emperor would never doubt his biological mother in any way.
The original owner died too early in her previous life, and she didn't know whether the evil plot of the Empress Dowager and Prince Gong finally succeeded. If she hadn't accidentally heard the conversation between Prince Gong and the Queen, she would not have believed that the Empress Dowager would be so cruel to the Emperor, thinking that the younger brother would succeed the elder brother.
It was because the words she heard were so horrifying that the original owner screamed, which allowed Prince Gong and the Queen to discover her.
At the same time, when the Queen just arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace, Prince Gong and the Emperor also came to the Empress Dowager's palace.
When the Queen saw the Emperor and Prince Gong walk in, she was so angry!
"Why is the emperor here too?" The Queen Mother looked at her two sons lovingly when she saw them coming in. "Didn't I tell you that you are so busy with government affairs every day. You don't need to come and pay your respects to me. I will be very satisfied if you can come and have a meal with me occasionally."
"Your Majesty, you really love the Emperor. I am jealous of you." The Queen said coquettishly beside the Queen Mother, "I come to pay my respects to you every day, but you only care about the Emperor and don't care about me."
"That's right," Gong Qin also said with a sour look on his face, "Once the Queen Mother sees the Emperor, she can no longer see anyone else. Every day after the court session, I rush to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, but it's not clear that the Queen Mother cares whether the son is tired or not."
"You! You are so old, why are you still like a child?" The emperor looked at his brother with amusement.
"That's right," the Queen Mother glared at her youngest son in a reproachful manner, "Don't you think about it? You have to hang around me every day, and your brother finally came to pay his respects to me. When I see your brother, can I not show a little concern for him?"
"But you and the Queen are so jealous of this. I really love you two so much in vain."
"Mother, if you want to talk about my cousin, just say my cousin. Why do you have to bring me along?" The Queen pretended to be angry and said:
Prince Gong is one year younger than the Empress, so he is considered the Empress's cousin.
"Alright, alright," the Queen Mother said, looking helpless. "You little rascal, you are already the Queen, but you still act so unruly. If the concubines see you, I don't think you will still have the dignity of a Queen in front of the concubines."
As she spoke, the Queen Mother immediately looked at the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the mourning period is over now. The new concubines who have entered the palace are all as beautiful as flowers. Let the people below present the green cards tonight!"
"Alas!" The Queen Mother sighed, "When the late Emperor was your age, he already had several princes, but you only have two princesses now. This really worries me!"
In fact, if possible, the Queen Mother really wanted to give her eldest son sterilization drugs, so as to avoid wasting so much energy to prevent the concubines in the harem from getting pregnant.
But no!
The Empress Dowager was well aware of the medical skills of Imperial Doctor Kang and Imperial Doctor Meng. If she dared to give the Emperor sterilization drugs, Imperial Doctor Kang and Imperial Doctor Meng would definitely diagnose it.
The Queen Mother has finally come to this point, and she cannot afford to make any mistakes. You know, her eldest son has been raised and taught by the late emperor since he was a child, and the Queen Mother relies on her years of acting experience to make her eldest son trust her.
If the eldest son found out that he had been drugged, he would definitely suspect his biological mother. If that were the case, the younger son would be in danger.
"It's my fault. I made you worry about me." The emperor was naturally anxious about having offspring, but he wanted to have a legitimate son with the queen as soon as possible.
Therefore, as soon as the words fell, the emperor looked at the queen, which made the queen very impatient, but she pretended to be shy and said: "Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?"
As she spoke, the Queen glared at the Emperor with a coquettish look, as if to say that the Queen Mother and Prince Gong were watching and the Emperor didn't know how to restrain himself.
"Haha!" The Queen Mother laughed out loud. "I am very pleased to see that you two are in harmony. The sun is nice today, so why don't the Emperor accompany the Queen to the Imperial Garden for a walk? You know, since you ascended the throne, the Emperor has not been able to spend enough time with the Queen."
"Your Majesty is right," the Emperor smiled and looked at the Queen, "Then I and the Queen will take our leave first."
The queen was naturally extremely unwilling in her heart, but she still walked up to the emperor with a shy face, and the emperor took her hand and left.
After watching her eldest son and the queen leave, the Queen Mother's expression immediately turned cold, no longer showing any trace of kindness.
"Mother," Prince Gong stopped pretending, "On the way here just now, the Emperor said that he would grant me a marriage, saying that I should marry a wife."
"It is indeed time for you to marry a concubine," the Queen Mother said, "Only by marrying a principal wife can you continue to have children. I have been looking forward to holding my grandchildren for a long time."
"But as for my cousin..." Prince Gong frowned slightly.
In order to make the Queen believe that she was the only one in his heart, Prince Gong kept lying to the Queen that he had no women to serve him, so there were only some palace maids serving him in his house, and he didn't even have a concubine in the backyard.
If he got married, he was afraid that the Queen would not only quarrel with him but also question his sincerity.
There is no doubt that Prince Gong did love the Queen before, but after knowing his mother's plan, his love for the Queen seemed insignificant.
After all, that was the throne of the emperor, which no woman could compare to. Especially after the queen married the emperor, Prince Gong only used the queen thoroughly and did not have any true love for her.
"With the Queen's brain, are you afraid you can't fool her?" The Queen Mother showed a disdainful expression.
As for the Queen's niece, the Queen Mother only used her from the beginning to the end, and there was no affection between them at all.
"That's true," Prince Gong said with a smile, "With the Queen's brain, it's not difficult to fool her, but..."