newbobooks Chapter 227: Queen Jiang's Imperial Treasures Were Taken Away
Chapter 227: Queen Jiang's Imperial Treasures Were Taken Away
Queen Jiang's bad premonition grew stronger and stronger, but she was powerless to stop it.
The emperor sat back in his chair and said in a deep voice, "Let Concubine Xue come in."
"Yes!"
Concubine Xue, wearing a light blue palace dress, walked in slowly from outside. The cold temperament revealed between her eyebrows gave people a sense of unattainable alienation.
Her gaze fell on Queen Jiang who was sitting on the ground, and a flash of hatred flashed in the depths of her eyes.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! And to Her Majesty, the Queen!"
Nangong Xuanyu already felt guilty towards Xuepin, and her father had quelled a rebellion near Licheng years ago. No matter how cold Xuepin's temperament was, Nangong Xuanyu was very gentle to her.
"Without courtesy, I will give you a seat."
Queen Jiang smiled bitterly, with a hint of self-mockery in her eyes.
She, the queen mother, was still kneeling on the ground, but His Majesty actually gave a concubine a seat. Now in his heart, everyone is more respectable than her, the legal wife, right?
"Thank you, Your Majesty, but I will not sit down."
Concubine Xue lowered her head and stared coldly at Queen Jiang: "I came here today because I have something to ask the Queen!"
The emperor did not say anything, but just looked at Queen Jiang with a serious look in his eyes.
Could it be that the queen had done something evil that he didn't know about?
Queen Jiang had already guessed Concubine Xue's intention, and her heart couldn't stop sinking!
But now that things have come to this, she has completely lost the favor of His Majesty. What else is there to be afraid of?
"I don't know how I can help Xuepin solve her doubts."
Even though it had been several years since the incident, Xuepin's heart still ached every time she thought about it!
But even if it means tearing open a bloody wound, she still wants justice!
Concubine Xue looked at Queen Jiang with a frost-like gaze and said, "Back when I was in the palace, my family was trapped in Licheng. In order to keep the people in the city alive, they had to risk their lives and try to break through the Jurchen siege to find food and grass."
"Although we found food and grass in the end, my elder brother and younger brother...were killed by the Jurchen cavalry!"
Having said this, Concubine Xue could no longer maintain her cold appearance, and her voice was choked with sobs.
When Nangong Xuanyu heard Concubine Xue mention this matter again, his thin lips pursed tightly.
If Concubine Xue wants to hate someone, she should hate him. Why did she come to question the Queen? Was the Queen also involved?
Concubine Xue wiped the cold tears from her face and gritted her teeth and said, "At that time, I was already five months pregnant. Fearing that I would be stimulated and affect myself and the child, His Majesty ordered that no one was allowed to mention this matter in front of me."
"It was you... Queen! You ordered someone to secretly reveal this to me, and that's why I had a miscarriage due to excessive grief, and I have lost the qualification to be a mother forever!"
"Although I later found out the source of the news, Your Majesty, you disguised yourself so well in the past. Everyone in the palace praised you for your kindness, compassion, virtue and generosity! Even I thought that you were worried about my remaining family members and wanted me to find a way to save them, so you ordered someone to reveal the truth to me."
Once the seed of doubt is planted in a person's heart, it will grow wildly!
From then on, Concubine Xue paid much more attention to Queen Jiang and became the first person to discover her true face.
But in the past, Queen Jiang held great power and had a prominent family background. Even if she guessed the truth, she could not do anything to the other party.
Therefore, Xuepin had been enduring until today, when she finally had the chance to take revenge!
At this point, every word she said was filled with pain: "I came here today just to ask the Queen, did you kill my child on purpose?!"
Although His Majesty is the culprit, Concubine Xue understands that one should do the job of one's position.
The fight for the throne was extremely dangerous. Even if she was in His Majesty's position, she would have made the same choice. So over the years, although she resented His Majesty in her heart, she never had the idea of revenge.
But the Queen took advantage of this incident and caused her to have a miscarriage, which resulted in her losing the ability to have children. This was truly vicious!
Queen Jiang's eyes flickered slightly, and she shook her head and said, "No!"
"I have never instructed anyone to tell you the news that your elder brother and younger brother died in battle. I don't know where you heard the gossip and how you pinned this matter on me."
"Considering that you are grief-stricken for losing your child and your ability to have children, I will not take your slander today to heart."
Perhaps Queen Jiang also understood that even if the incident happened too long ago and Concubine Xue could not provide conclusive evidence, the emperor would still believe Concubine Xue's words.
No matter how she defended herself, it was useless. So, she just denied it calmly, not caring what they thought.
"Ah!"
Concubine Xue sneered, "Your Majesty, you may not admit it. But God is watching what you do! If you do too much evil, you will be punished!"
Queen Jiang's breathing stagnated and her head felt dizzy...
The eldest daughter of the Zhenguogong Mansion was born to be the queen! Since she was young, her family has trained her to be a queen.
Although Queen Jiang was very aware of the viciousness of the harem when she was very young, she was a pampered noblewoman after all. If she had done so many evil things, how could she not have any evil thoughts in her heart?
As her body became increasingly ill, Queen Jiang would often think about it in her dreams at midnight. Was it because she had committed too many sins of killing that she was being punished for her illness at the age of twenty?
Xuepin's words almost broke her psychological defenses...
Nangong Xuanyu stared at Concubine Xue in a daze, and there seemed to be thunder rumbling in his ears!
At that time, he was at a critical moment in the fight for the throne, and he and his staff and counselors were busy every day. Although he was heartbroken when he heard the news of Concubine Xue's miscarriage, he had to cheer up and deal with the open and secret attacks of other princes, and he could not take care of many things.
Afterwards, Nangong Xuanyu also investigated who had revealed those things to Concubine Xue, but only found a few unimportant people.
He always thought that Concubine Xue's miscarriage was an accident, but he didn't expect it was actually a deliberate plan by the Queen!
"...In that case, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
If he had known this earlier, he would not have trusted the Queen so much over the years and would have compensated Concubine Xue earlier.
A hint of sarcasm flashed across Xuepin's cold eyes.
Doesn't she know His Majesty yet? Although it sounds nice now, when the queen's true face was not exposed, he respected this legal wife very much.
If she had told this matter before, the emperor would not have believed her at all. Not only would she not be able to strike a blow to the queen, but she would also get herself into trouble.
Concubine Xue was too lazy to explain, so she bowed and said, "Your Majesty has the final say on what is right and wrong, so I won't say more."
"Concubine, please retire!"
Nangong Xuanyu looked down at Queen Jiang, his eyes full of disgust: "I feel sick if I say one more word to you now!"
"Come here, take away the Queen's golden book and golden treasure, and imprison her in Kunning Palace!"
"No one from Kunning Palace is allowed to step out of here again!"