novelaction Chapter 426: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 30
Chapter 426: Legend of Zhen Huan - Nian Shilan 30
"Oh, Concubine Hua and Concubine Wan are here?"
The Queen was sure that the Emperor had been bewitched by Zhen Huan's pure face, and deliberately did not mention the protagonist of the incident, the fierce woman Xia Changzai who fought against three people alone. She only said that Concubine Hua "targeted" the newcomer "for some reason". Obviously, Concubine Wan was the victim, but she was also punished. She also mentioned Shen Meiyu's father, Shen Zishan, who was the most upright and honest. Was Concubine Hua's punishment unfair? Among the three, An Lingrong was probably the only one who became completely invisible.
The queen's eye drops were applied, but it was obvious that the emperor was no longer the emperor she once knew. The current emperor's thinking had changed due to Nian Shilan's training. Although he still missed Chunyuan very much, it was obvious that most of his feelings had been occupied by Nian Shilan. When the emperor heard the queen's eye drops, he only felt thoughts like "Shilan cares about me" and "Shilan is still jealous".
"I already know about this matter, but Shilan has always been fair in her dealings. Since you, Queen, have doubts, then it's just right. I will go to Shilan in person to ask for clarification."
"Xu Jinliang! I'm going to Yikun Palace today, you can go down."
Because of the selection, the emperor had not seen Nian Shilan for several days. Now that a new person had entered the palace, the emperor should have changed the new person's sign for the sake of offspring, but the queen came and gave him an excuse, an excuse to go to Yikun Palace to see Nian Shilan.
"Your Majesty, today is the third day since the new bride entered the palace..." The queen wanted to persuade him again, but the emperor, who was obviously missing Nian Shilan, didn't listen at all.
Seeing the emperor wave his hand, the queen had no choice but to retreat. Su Peisheng, who was standing by, had already learned what the queen had said, and even the words that Songzhi had arranged to be passed on and the reason why Nian Shilan was punished in this way. Seeing the queen retreat, he stepped forward cautiously.
"Tell me, what happened?"
Obviously, the emperor himself did not quite believe what the queen said. As soon as the queen came in, he hinted to Su Peisheng to investigate.
"Your Majesty, this morning when the newlyweds came to the palace to see the emperor, Concubine Wan and Concubine Shen lost their composure and stood in front of Concubine Fucha and Concubine Borjigit..."
In fact, this matter cannot necessarily be blamed on the newlyweds, after all, the standing positions were arranged by the Queen's palace staff. But since Concubine Wan and Concubine Shen did not notice that they were discovered by Concubine Hua, they can only accept the punishment.
"After paying respects, Concubine Xia blocked Concubine Wan, Concubine Shen, and Concubine An at the gate of Jingren Palace, using a lot of foul language. After being questioned by Concubine Wan and others, she became angry and beat them up for a minor offense."
At this point, Su Peisheng looked up at the emperor's expression, saw that he frowned and a look of annoyance flashed across his eyes, and he knew that the emperor was annoyed with Concubine Xia.
"Empress Hua was blocked by several people not far away. She wanted to stop them, but she thought that it was in front of the gate of Jingren Palace, and it would be beyond the Empress's authority to discipline the concubines, so she did not stop them. After they returned to the palace, she saw that the Empress still did not react. In order to clean up the harem, Empress Hua punished Concubine Xia by demoting her to Xia Yingying and confining her to her home for three months to copy the palace rules a hundred times."
"As for Concubine Wan and Shen Meizhuang, Her Majesty, considering their ignorance, only asked them to copy the palace rules and hand them in three days later."
"Yes, I understand."
After Su Peisheng finished speaking, the emperor nodded to show that he had heard him. He sighed, he really didn't understand how the queen could be so petty. Se-lan did not overstep the line to punish the newcomer at the beginning, just to give the queen a chance and establish her majesty in front of the newcomer. But the queen had a narrow mind and low vision and didn't understand. Not only did she fail to seize the opportunity, but after Se-lan issued a punishment for the sake of the royal family's reputation, she only remembered to complain. She didn't understand the intention of Se-lan's move at all.
“It’s really not up to par!”
The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that the queen was not good enough. A bastard is a bastard, and she would not be able to hold her own even if she became the queen. It was no wonder that he had to hand over the power of the palace to Shilan. If he still let the queen take charge, who knows what kind of embarrassing thing the queen would do to embarrass him.
The more the Queen wanted to sue Nian Shilan and take back the palace power, the more the Emperor looked down on her. The reason why it turned out like this was the result of Nian Shilan's repeated propaganda.
Every time the queen takes over a task, she always likes to mix some ulterior motives into it, just like giving a gift to a newlywed, either it has something added or something added, it is never pure. So it is too easy for Nian Shilan to find fault with her. Since it is easy, then of course she has to do it. Not only must she do it, but she must also help publicize it. When the emperor hears from outside about his wife's petty behavior, he will naturally feel ashamed. After being embarrassed again and again, the emperor will naturally not give the queen another chance after so many times.
Nian Shilan will not let the queen have a good reputation like in her previous life. If the queen has a good reputation, how can she ascend to the throne and how can she undermine her power step by step?
As for the empress dowager, an old woman who will die sooner or later, the people under her control have been replaced by people from the Nian family. Her spies have been sealed, and Nian Shilan doesn't believe that she can do anything bad again. As for persuading the emperor and putting on a show in front of the emperor, Nian Shilan is not afraid, because the current empress dowager is no longer the empress dowager in her previous life who was trusted by the emperor and who would believe and listen to whatever the emperor said.
Nian Shilan didn't have to do anything special. She just had to occasionally leak the "secret letters" between the Empress Dowager and the Fourteenth Prince to the Emperor's spies. As for what was written in the secret letters, it was naturally either "succession by the younger brother" or "Regent" or something like that.
The Third Prince is useless. If the Emperor dies late, when the Third Prince ascends to the throne, the Fourteenth Prince will be summoned back to assist him and be named the 'Prince Regent'. If his brother dies early, the Emperor's existing descendants will be forced to death, and the throne will be passed down from brother to brother...
As for the evidence, Concubine Fang died of two deaths, Concubine Xin had a miscarriage in front of the coffin, Concubine Li lost her child in the palace, and Concubine Hua was unable to have children...
Which one of these things didn't involve the Queen, and which one didn't have the Queen Mother to finish it? Nian Shilan knew that with the Emperor's character, even if he knew the true identity of the Queen and the Queen Mother in advance, he would definitely conceal these things for the sake of the stability of the court. But concealing it doesn't mean forgetting it, nor does it mean the past.
After a long time, when everything has stabilized, it is time to depose the queen, and the empress dowager's will that "Ulanara cannot be deposed as queen" is of no use.
After all, just because the queen cannot be deposed doesn’t mean she can’t die.
In "The Legend of Zhen Huan", the Queen finally reached the ending where they would never see each other again. The fundamental reason was not the death of Chun Yuan, but the Queen contacted the court officials and wanted to seize the throne. How could a creature like the Emperor be expected to know nothing and guess nothing?
Isn't he that kind of person? If he really believed that the queen was innocent, why didn't he favor her after Queen Chunyuan passed away?