After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

Ever since the third prince was demoted to the rank of county king, news in Renshou Palace has been somewhat blocked.

It had been a night since the great changes that had taken place in the palace yesterday, but the Queen Mother had not heard anything about it until she got up this morning and when the Queen led all the concubines in the harem to come in to pay their respects, the Queen Mother discovered that one of the concubines was missing.

Her eyes fell on the concubines standing neatly in front of her. The Queen Mother looked around without seeing Concubine Feng. She couldn't help but frown: "Why is the concubine not here?"

The queen stood at the head of the harem, wearing a phoenix robe that made her look graceful, bright and luxurious.

Hearing the Queen Mother's question, she reported humbly: "The imperial concubine has no way to teach her daughter. She has been demoted to Zhaoyi by the emperor. I'm afraid she won't be able to come to pay her respects to the Queen Mother in the future."

The Queen Mother was drinking tea and froze when she heard these words.

"What did you say?" Her expression suddenly changed. Looking at the dignified and luxurious queen in front of her, her face darkened for a moment, "The imperial concubine was demoted?"

The Queen nodded: "Yes."

The Queen Mother was worried. Why didn't she know anything about what happened in the harem?

"When did this happen?"

"Go back to the Queen Mother, just yesterday."

The Queen Mother held the tea cup tightly, and the exquisite armor emitted a cold light. She controlled the anger in her heart and her eyes passed over the faces of the concubines in front of her.

The queen is as calm as a needle in the sea, and her face always has the grace and elegance that belongs to the master of the harem, as if she will not change her color due to anything.

Concubine Duan's expression was indifferent, with a hint of arrogance, which was the arrogance accumulated from twenty years of constant favor.

Concubine Xian still looked like she had nothing to do with her, as if what happened inside and outside the palace had nothing to do with her, and she didn't want to care at all.

The other concubines still lowered their eyebrows and lowered their eyes in a respectful manner.

Only one imperial concubine is missing.

The Queen Mother's heart was filled with emotions. She couldn't tell whether it was disappointment or anger. After calming down for a while, she said calmly: "What did Yi Ling do to anger the emperor?"

"The matter is quite serious." The Queen said in a respectful tone, "The Sixth Princess tried to murder Xiao Qi, and also instigated several young masters from the clan's powerful family to participate. Although Xiao Qi's superior martial arts was not a serious problem, it could not stop the Emperor's thunderous anger. He thought The crime of murdering the princess is unforgivable, and the imperial concubine’s goddaughter has no way to deal with it, so she naturally bears most of the emperor’s wrath.”

The Queen Mother suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Duan.

To murder Xiao Qi?

Concubine Duan looked respectful and calm, with even a slight upward curve at the corner of her mouth. She was obviously gentle and virtuous, but in the eyes of the Queen Mother, she seemed a little more provocative for no reason.

A trace of anger flashed in her eyes. The Queen Mother tightened her grip on the teacup and kept her voice calm: "Have you found out the matter? Could the Emperor be bewitched?"

Concubine Duan was receiving the favor of a saint, so it was hard to guarantee that she had not instigated Chu Qinghuang to act out a play and deliberately framed the concubine and her daughter.

"The incident happened on Xingshan Mountain in the suburbs. The legitimate son of the Feng family and the few brothers and nobles involved have confessed, and the emperor ordered them to be slapped fifty times each. As for whether they will continue to settle accounts in the future, I will still remain for the time being. I'm not sure." The queen's manner was dignified and her tone was calm. "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. I have not asked the emperor about this matter, so I don't know what the emperor's plan is, but it is certain that Ruo Xiaoqi is angry. If it’s not resolved, I’m afraid it’s not over yet.”

In short, to put it simply, the key to this matter still lies with Chu Qinghuang. Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is now the emperor's favorite, the God of Wealth, and cannot be offended easily.

Not to mention murder, even if the eldest princess is unhappy, she will be punished by kneeling for half an hour - for details, please refer to Ling Jing, the legitimate son of the Ling family.

There is also Chu Xuanyi, the eldest son of Prince Rong.

The queen just received the news this morning. She heard that the princes of the clan went to the eldest princess's mansion last night. Unfortunately, they were not able to see the eldest princess. Chu Xuanyi, the eldest son of Prince Rong's mansion, even couldn't kneel down in front of the princess's mansion, because of that. Several treacherous sons begged for mercy, as if they were in trouble, but there has been no news until now.

It can be seen that the eldest princess likes to make people kneel down recently.

Don't know what this fetish is?

However, compared with the past behavior of whipping people with blood on their faces, the current punishment method of kneeling seems to be much gentler - if you ignore that Feng Guifei has been demoted to Zhaoyi, and the third prince has been demoted to the county prince, Feng Guifei has been demoted to the county prince. Jinzhi was beaten and punished one after another, not to mention.

Chu Qinghuang is indeed much gentler than before. At least whether it is kneeling down as a punishment or getting slapped on the board, she only needs to use her words, and does not even need to do it herself.

Could it be that after being granted the title of eldest princess, she needed to maintain her dignity, so the task of beating people was left to others?

The Queen was thinking about something in her mind, but the Queen Mother's face became gloomy and ugly. Although the concubines in the harem were all the emperor's wives and concubines, and the princes and princesses were also the emperor's children, as the Queen Mother, she should have a bowl of water.

However, people's hearts are biased.

Among all the concubines, she liked Concubine Feng the most, and her favorite princes and princesses were naturally Tianyin and Yi Ling. However, during this period, troubles happened one after another in the Feng family, the Prime Minister's Mansion suffered setbacks, and Concubine Feng's mother and son were in trouble one after another. Losing favor made her, the queen mother, really exhausted both mentally and physically.

The most powerless thing is that the emperor is guarding her.

The Hong family was raided, but she knew nothing about it, and Tianyin was demoted, but she couldn't speak.

The imperial concubine was demoted to Zhaoyi, but she was the last to know.

The emperor was really on guard against her, the queen mother. Even the queen and Concubine Duan knew about it, but he kept it from her alone, the queen mother.

The Queen Mother was in a gloomy mood and had no interest in letting people stay for tea. She said coldly: "The Ai family is feeling a little unwell. Please kneel down."