bestfiction Chapter 177 The Skinny Horse's Second Daughter 49
Chapter 177 The Skinny Horse's Second Daughter 49
Emperor Wen stopped outside the door and listened carefully to the conversation between the master and servant inside.
The third princess was crying so hard that she covered her mouth tightly with both hands, forcing herself not to make any sound.
The dying woman inside is his own biological mother.
Thinking about the imperial physician saying that the queen is dying.
The third princess felt heartbroken.
If it weren’t for Caixia supporting the third princess.
She must have fainted from crying.
Emperor Wen was not without feelings for the Empress.
His feelings towards the Queen are very complicated.
The Queen was more like a tool to him, helping him to become the emperor.
The queen came from a distinguished family and was an extremely suitable candidate for the main wife.
When I was able to marry the queen, I was happy and excited.
But I just didn't feel moved.
Because the queen was dignified and virtuous but old-fashioned and boring. Although she was gentle and generous, she was not an outstanding beauty.
Emperor Wen was more obsessed with the beautiful Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian.
But when he heard that the queen was dying.
He still felt panic in his heart.
I can't help but think of the happiness of their newlywed days.
The queen always waits for his return in the backyard.
Every time I left the main courtyard, she would stand at the door in warm clothes, watching me leave home step by step to do things.
When Fang Qingyu was just born, both of them were new fathers and mothers.
When Emperor Wen held Fang Qingyu in his arms for the first time, he was at a loss as to what to do and could only look to the empress, whose face was kind and smiling, for help.
The soft baby crying in the cradle made Emperor Wen understand what it meant to be at a loss.
The rare warmth between the family of three appeared before our eyes.
Emperor Wen took a deep breath and opened the door.
He looked helplessly at the weak queen lying on the bed and spoke softly.
"I'm here. You'll be fine. You're my only wife. We'll spend the rest of our lives together."
Playing the emotional card is particularly effective.
But the self-torture tactic can only be used once. If it is used too many times, it will naturally become ineffective.
At this moment, when the Queen saw Emperor Wen, tears rolled down her cheeks.
Nanny Zhu, who was serving her, kept wiping her tears.
"My lady, please don't cry. Your health is not good to begin with, and shedding tears is very harmful to your health."
But the queen ignored the consolation.
She said weakly, "Your Majesty, I am your wife. Over the past ten years, I have never forgotten my duties. No matter how others slander me for killing Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian, I will never plead guilty."
"I am willing to swear that if I have poisoned Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian, then I will be struck by lightning and go to hell after death, never to be reborn."
After swearing the oath, the queen vomited blood.
Emperor Wen hurried forward and held the queen's hand.
"I believe you."
Listen to the queen's oath.
Emperor Wen immediately chose to believe it.
No one would do something evil and then swear an oath.
You should know that the Queen believes in Buddhism and understands the law of cause and effect best.
But Emperor Wen didn't know.
The Queen did not poison Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian.
But she was the one who killed Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian.
There is a difference between poisoning and killing.
I really didn't poison that bitch to death.
The Queen looked at Emperor Wen with deep affection in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember when I first entered the palace? You said to me that I would always be your wife and would stay with you until old age."
"But your majesty, the string of the sandalwood beads you gave me has broken, and I am afraid that our friendship has also broken."
Looking at the queen lying on the bed with blood on her lips, she said such touching words to me.
For a moment, Emperor Wen's eyes were red with sadness.
"I believe you."
The queen coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, I have nothing else to lose. I just hope that I can't hold on any longer. I hope you can consider the love between husband and wife and not implicate my two children."
"Please."
Her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and she looked like she was about to die on the spot.
Emperor Wen was so panicked that he shouted, "Where is the imperial physician? Hurry up and send him over to take a look. If anything happens to the empress, I will not let you off."
Only when we lose something can we remember all the good things.
What's more, the Queen even asked Emperor Wen to reminisce about the past.
Sometimes only the dead can defeat the dead.
When the queen was rescued.
It was drizzling in the palace.
Fang Cheyun stood in the rain with a cold look in his eyes.
I lost.
This time, Emperor Wen actually found out about Consort Yuanxian's personal maid.
All the maids and servants who had served Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian were magnanimously sent away by Emperor Wen.
I thought it would be hard to find.
I didn’t expect to find it in just a few tries.
The other party specifically testified for the Queen.
The Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian did not die from poisoning.
She was just too weak to give birth.
The midwife who helped Consort Yuanxian give birth was also found.
It was also mentioned that Imperial Noble Consort Yuanxian was in poor health.
But she had a good appetite during pregnancy, and the fetus in her belly was too big because of what she ate.
This increases the burden of production.
It's just like giving birth is like going through the gates of hell for a woman.
Emperor Wen severely reprimanded Fang Cheyun.
Concubine Hui, who had just lost her child, was stripped of her title and demoted to a commoner on the same day. She was thrown into the cold palace without any regard for her health.
I thought that since the Queen had lost power, Fang Qingyu might not be able to maintain his position as the Crown Prince.
I never thought that the queen would break out of the siege.
But the matter of the third princess' marriage cannot be changed.
However, Emperor Wen felt deeply guilty about her.
Of course, the dowry is indispensable.
Emperor Wen also agreed to allow the third princess to go out of the palace for sightseeing.
Azhi had just returned to the general's mansion, and within a few days it was the day for Zhou Jingyi and Fang Changmian to get married.
Zhou Jingyi really couldn't keep her belly.
No one expected that Zhou Jingyi was pregnant.
At that time, Feng Qingzi had someone send contraceptive medicine.
This is to prevent Zhou Jingyi from getting involved in a scandal.
But I didn’t expect that I would still get pregnant.
Zhou Jingyi hasn't had her period for three months.
Feng Qingzi found out after asking Nanny Guan to feel her pulse.
It is not honorable to be pregnant before getting married.
Whether it is Prince Cheng's Mansion or the General's Mansion, if the news of their unplanned affair gets out.
It will only bring shame to both families.
"Zhou Jingyi, if you hadn't crawled out of my belly, I would really want to send you to death with a white silk."
"You have done such a shameful thing, you have brought disgrace upon the General's Mansion."
I clearly drank the contraceptive soup myself.
How can she still be pregnant?
Zhou Jingyi stroked her belly, looking a little absent-minded.
When Feng Qingzi saw Zhou Jingyi touching her belly, she thought she had deliberately not drunk the contraceptive soup.
The purpose is to ensure the child's position is secure before he or she even gets married.
Feng Qingzi warned with a cold face, "Remember to hide your belly on the wedding day. Don't let others see your belly. It's embarrassing."
Stupid enough.
Even without children.
Now Concubine Hui has been deposed and banished to the cold palace.
Princess Cheng has no one to rely on, and things are different now.
Zhou Jingyi doesn't need to be so anxious.
Princess Cheng is indeed different from before.
Because her sister was deposed by Emperor Wen, she was implicated in the palace.
Prince Cheng had long been dissatisfied with Princess Cheng. Now that he no longer had Concubine Hui as his backer, he ruthlessly seized power and handed over the management of the palace to the concubine.
In the years since Princess Cheng came into the family.
She had offended almost all the concubines in the mansion.
Whenever things don't go well.
Princess Cheng used her status as a princess to either make them behave themselves or to make them serve her like maids.
Prince Cheng originally wanted to live a good life with Princess Cheng, but Princess Cheng relied on her elder sister in the palace.
He didn't take him seriously at all, spoke inappropriately several times, and caused trouble for Prince Cheng everywhere.
This made Prince Cheng's feelings for her even weaker.
Now Concubine Hui has completely fallen.
If it weren't for my own reputation.
Prince Cheng really wanted to divorce his wife without mercy.
The fact that Concubine Hui was deposed and sent to the cold palace was a bolt from the blue for Princess Cheng.
Princess Cheng went into the palace to plead for mercy despite being blocked, but unexpectedly she was seen by Emperor Wen. Upon hearing that she was pleading for the deposed concubine, Emperor Wen reprimanded her on the spot and punished Prince Cheng as well.
Emperor Wen asked Prince Cheng to reflect on his mistakes in front of the wall in his residence. The Princess of Prince Cheng was his wife, but she actually committed treason and questioned the monarch. This was simply lawless.
Princess Cheng also could not escape punishment.
Emperor Wen made her kneel in the yard for two hours every day.
Just think of it as atonement for your sins along with the deposed concubine.
Even though she was embarrassed by entering the palace, she was punished by kneeling every day and her legs were covered with bruises.
Princess Cheng still did not stop making trouble. She kept shouting that her sister was wronged and that it must be the Queen's fault that caused her sister to be deposed. She also made a shocking statement that Emperor Wen was blinded.
Listening to Princess Cheng accusing the emperor without regard for etiquette.
This time Prince Cheng was really angry. He rushed to Princess Cheng and warned her that if she continued to act like a demon, he would report to Emperor Wen and ask him to divorce her.
Princess Cheng had already lost her backer, and when she saw Prince Cheng's ferocious look as he was about to divorce her, she was still frightened by him.
But I only lived in peace for three days.
When the news quietly came from the General's Mansion that Zhou Jingyi was pregnant, Princess Cheng had just been helped up from the ground, and she was rubbing her knees and grimacing.
She stared at King Cheng in disbelief, "Pregnant? How is that possible? Is the Zhou family crazy? Can you give me some medicine to avoid pregnancy?"
Princess Cheng didn't like Zhou Jingyi in the first place.
Thinking that Zhou Jingyi had hurt his precious son, he wished that Zhou Jingyi would not marry him.
But after that scandalous incident, Fang Changmian and Zhou Jingyi have become inseparable.
Even if Princess Cheng didn't like Zhou Jingyi, for the sake of the overall situation as King Cheng said, she had to hold her nose and admit Zhou Jingyi.
Prince Cheng also looked unhappy.
"This woman is pregnant before she even gets married. If the baby is born in the wrong month, how will people outside view Prince Cheng's Mansion?"
"Today, I came to see you to discuss something with you. This matter not only concerns the palace, but also Changmian's reputation. His Majesty is very dissatisfied with you. If such a scandal occurs again, I am afraid that Fang Changmian's status as the crown prince will not be saved."
Some people are born stupid.
When Princess Cheng heard that it was about Fang Changmian, she immediately stopped rubbing her legs.
Usually, I encounter something that I can't make up my mind about.
She would definitely choose to go to the palace to ask her sister.
But now my sister has become a deposed concubine.
Princess Cheng herself is not smart.
Prince Cheng was fooled by the slightest provocation.
Brainless maternal love turns into full of impulse.