novelaction Chapter 277 The World of Mad Men and Mad Women 23
Chapter 277 The World of Mad Men and Mad Women 23
"Didn't Concubine Xian drink? So why should I be happy?" The Queen Mother said in a light tone:
The empress dowager was deeply hurt by her son's betrayal. When she finally defeated the queen and avenged her former unborn children, her own son went behind her back and asked the late emperor to marry the queen's niece.
The Empress Dowager still clearly remembers the Queen's gloating expression at that time. Even the dead Empress Dowager could not forget that scene, let alone let it go.
And it was from that time on that the Queen Mother became cold towards her son and gradually withdrew her motherly love for him. The fact that she could sit on the position of Imperial Concubine, let her son sit on the position of Crown Prince, and defeat the vicious Queen was enough to prove that the Queen Mother was not a good person. After all, in the harem, being kind would only make you die faster.
It was also because of this that the Queen Mother could easily take back her love for her son. Ever since her son stabbed her in the back, in her eyes, her son was just a tool for her to become the Queen Mother.
But after becoming the empress dowager, she suddenly felt tired. The empress dowager herself knew best how difficult the road was from being a noble lady of the late emperor to becoming the empress dowager.
So when she sat on the position of empress dowager, she suddenly felt exhausted. She had defeated so many people and became the most honorable woman in the entire palace. In the end, it seemed that she had nothing left except the position of empress dowager.
As for the grandson...
Haha! If one's son is unreliable, how can one expect a grandson? Therefore, the Queen Mother has no intention of interfering in her son's harem. If her son's offspring really died out because of the fighting among the concubines in the harem, that would be her son's own business and none of her business.
However, his son was lucky. The conflicts among the concubines in his harem were not a bit less than those of the late emperor. In addition, although the queen had some problems, she was not a cruel person after all. This allowed his son's descendants to survive, four princes and five princesses.
As for the two royal heirs who were poisoned a few years ago, the only thing to blame is the son's stupidity in favoring Concubine Xian, which led to people using the royal heirs to frame Concubine Xian. Anyway, the empress dowager had no intention of intervening and let things develop.
Since the Empress Dowager was able to fight her way out of the previous emperor's harem, her power in the imperial palace was naturally unimaginable. The Empress Dowager knew very well how the concubines in the harem had worked together to frame Concubine Xian, but not only did she not intend to intervene, she didn't even think of reminding her son.
In short, the Queen Mother is a ruthless person who is very willing to let go of things. After knowing that she was betrayed by her son, she immediately let go of the relationship between mother and son without any ambiguity.
As for Concubine Xian...
The Empress Dowager would naturally seek revenge on her niece for the evil done by the vicious late Queen. As soon as Concubine Xian became pregnant, the Empress Dowager would let her experience the pain of miscarriage. But who would have thought that Concubine Xian's belly was so unreliable?
The Empress Dowager knew this very well, but no one had given Concubine Xian drugs. The reason why Concubine Xian had never gotten pregnant was entirely because of her own stomach problems. The most puzzling thing was that Concubine Xian had no health problems at all.
This is also the mystery that the empress dowager has been unable to solve. Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Concubine Xian's body. Since she married the son who was the prince at the time, she has always been favored by her son. Despite so much love, Concubine Xian's belly is not moving at all. Isn't this puzzling?
Nanny Liu looked at the Empress Dowager with heartache. As the Empress Dowager's confidant, Nanny Liu knew best how the Empress Dowager had broken the Emperor's heart.
"Alright, stop looking at me like that," the Queen Mother said in a deep voice, "Although my son is unfilial, I still became the most honorable Queen Mother in the palace, right? But if I had a choice in life, I really hope that I would be childless for the rest of my life and become a lonely ghost in the underground early, which is better than giving birth to a son like that to stab me in the back."
The Queen Mother was extremely disgusted with her son's cowardly behavior whenever he faced Concubine Xian.
She just couldn't understand. The late emperor was a ruthless and cruel emperor, and she was a cold-hearted person, so how could her son have such a character?
Look at what Concubine Xian did. Although Concubine Xian did not really have an affair with the guard, what she did with that guard was no different from an affair.
Even if it was a weaker emperor, he would not have tolerated such a thing, but he tolerated it no matter what his son did. He even did the ridiculous thing of having the guard castrated and sent to Concubine Xian's palace, and allowed Concubine Xian to take care of the guard personally.
It was too much to bear. The Queen Mother regretted giving birth to such a terrible son. If she could choose her life again, she would never give birth to a son. The Queen Mother could easily imagine that if people could really become ghosts after death, the vicious late Queen would probably laugh at her in the underworld.
When the Queen Mother thought of this, she felt that she had to live a few more years no matter what. You could say she was trying to escape, but she really didn't want to face the possibility of seeing that vicious woman, the late Queen, again after her death.
At the same time, in Concubine Xian’s palace.
As soon as I returned to my own bedroom from the room where Gu Yansen lived, I learned that Concubine Cao had been demoted to the cold palace.
"Master, what should we do? The Emperor not only sent Concubine Cao to the cold palace, but also sent the Fourth Prince to Concubine Jin's palace. If Master doesn't think of a solution quickly, I'm afraid the Emperor will let Concubine Jin raise the Fourth Prince." Ruoxin was extremely anxious.
Concubine Xian said calmly, "The Emperor actually demoted Concubine Cao to a commoner and sent her to the cold palace. She must have done something to anger the Emperor. If I go to the Emperor to plead for Concubine Cao now, it will only add fuel to the fire and will not make the Emperor pardon Concubine Cao."
"On the contrary, let Concubine Cao stay in the cold palace for a while. Although she will suffer a little, at least she will not lose her life. So it is a good thing for Concubine Cao to stay in the cold palace now. When the emperor's anger subsides after a while, I will find a way to let the emperor release Concubine Cao from the cold palace."
"As for the Fourth Prince," Concubine Xian frowned, "Although the Fourth Prince is registered under my name, I really don't have the energy to take care of him now, so let Concubine Jin take care of him for a while. When Gu Yansen's injury is completely healed, I will go and bring him back to raise him."
Ruoxin really didn't know what to say. Why did the Queen value Guard Gu so much that she didn't even care that the Fourth Prince was sent to Concubine Jin's palace? Wasn't she worried that the Emperor would transfer the Fourth Prince to Concubine Jin's name and make the Fourth Prince her son?
Although she had a thousand words to say in her heart, Ruoxin finally said nothing. After all, she knew very well that her master would not listen to her advice at all. If she tried to persuade him again, it would only make her master unhappy again.