strictlysupreme Chapter 137 The Imperial Concubine is Using Her as a Shield Again Today
Chapter 137 The Imperial Concubine is Using Her as a Shield Again Today
The emperor promoted several ministers, bringing them to a position of equal power.
They even placed their daughters in the harem.
The Emperor dared not go to Consort Xian's place anymore.
The rumors circulating outside are all fueled by their good fathers.
They couldn't wait to give birth to a princess.
If there really were a prince, that would be terrible.
It's likely that his side will be overthrown the moment the prince is born.
Even if you want a prince, it depends on whether he'll give one to you.
If he doesn't go, it's no different from Consort Xian and the others being banished to the Cold Palace.
When the time comes, let the Imperial Concubine have a good fight with them, find a fault, and demote their rank as well.
The Emperor also planned to suppress the good fathers of Consort Xian in the imperial court.
If you dare to covet his position, don't blame him for being ruthless.
As for the Jiang family, they have remained silent.
It might be worth using.
As long as the Imperial Concubine is not given a child, Jiang Yun should be able to maintain stability.
The original intention was to use Consort Xian and her family to bring down the Jiang family.
Now let's turn things around and let the Jiang family take down those other families.
Jiang Yun's son seems to be in the Ministry of Justice. It wouldn't be a bad idea to promote him and put him to use.
The imperial seal could not be found, so in the end, a new one had to be carved.
The new imperial seal is much smaller.
I didn't dare leave it on the table like that; I carefully locked it in a box, which had three locks on the outside.
The keys were placed in the hands of three different people.
Only when three people open it simultaneously can the imperial seal be retrieved.
One by one, the concubines in the harem came of age and were born.
This time, the Emperor stayed at Consort Yue's Bright Moon Palace the whole time, and didn't even bother to show his face to anyone else.
Anyway, those people are all of low rank and have low family background, so it won't matter what kind of child they have.
Just tell Li Defu to remember to distribute the rewards.
Consort Yue was giving birth inside, and the Emperor was listening to the sounds coming from the doorway.
Please make sure both mother and child are safe.
The Emperor waited from dusk till dawn before Consort Yue finally gave birth to her child.
She is a little princess.
Both were princesses, but the Emperor doted on the child born to Consort Yue.
They immediately hugged it tightly, unable to put it down.
This is his and Yue'er's child.
So cute.
She looks a lot like Yue'er, and she'll definitely be as beautiful as her mother when she grows up.
It's a bit of a shame that he wasn't a prince.
However, giving birth to a prince now could easily bring trouble to Consort Yue.
It would be better to wait until things settle down before having a prince.
This little princess is the first child he and Yue'er lost to make up for it.
He won't be able to spend as much time with Consort Yue later on, and having this child with her will help her feel better.
After Consort Yue gave birth smoothly, the Emperor finally smiled.
Li Defu then approached the Emperor and reported on the events of the previous night.
I don't know why the concubines in the harem all like to get pregnant and give birth in droves.
Once one of them made a move, the others followed suit.
Consort Yue was the first to go into labor, but the last to give birth.
Everyone else has already given birth.
Last night, the Emperor had six more princesses.
The princess of Consort Yue is the eleventh princess.
In just two years, the emperor had eleven new princesses.
This is truly unprecedented.
Eleven princesses in a row, yet not a single prince was born, which is unprecedented in history.
However, the emperor seemed quite happy.
Could it be that the emperor only likes princesses and not princes?
The Emperor was genuinely pleased.
Even God is on his side.
Without a prince, his position is secure.
If a prince is born, he will compete with him for the position.
Consort Yue smiled when she heard that the Emperor had gained eleven princesses.
Your Majesty, this is your retribution.
It's laughable that the emperor didn't realize that having eleven princesses in a row was such a terrible situation.
Although it is unknown what could cause the emperor to only give birth to princesses.
I don't know who gave the emperor this drug.
The Emperor has taken medicine that will affect his offspring, so he will no longer have princesses.
I wonder what the emperor's reaction will be when he discovers he only has eleven princesses.
If the emperor wants to favor a new concubine, then so be it.
All she needs is her eleventh birthday.
Consort Yue teases the Eleventh Princess.
"Eleventh, Eleventh, you will always be your father's favorite child, and no one will take away your favor."
The families of the four concubines all fell from grace.
The emperor's newly acquired concubines are full of energy.
She tries her best to win favor every day.
At the emperor's prompting, he took the initiative to fight against the four concubines.
Their fathers and brothers also fought against the families of the four concubines in the imperial court.
With the emperor's favor, they actually succeeded.
The four concubines were also demoted, and even the princesses could not be raised by themselves.
All four princesses were sent to be cared for by the Imperial Concubine.
Jiang He didn't need to raise the child herself; there were wet nurses and nannies taking care of him.
Jiang He was merely a concubine in name only.
When Jiang He got into a good mood, she would tease the child, and if the child cried, she would ask the wet nurse to comfort him.
All four concubines have been defeated, and now there is only one Imperial Concubine above Consort Yue.
It is understandable that Consort Yue was promoted to the rank of Imperial Concubine.
But then the emperor came to apologize.
The newcomers have put in a lot of effort, and their families are still working for the Emperor. The Emperor certainly cannot let them feel disheartened.
The position of imperial concubine is intended for several newcomers.
Consort Yue was thus forced to remain in her rank of Consort.
Moreover, the fact that only Consort Yue was promoted while the elderly were not promoted makes it all too obvious.
The Emperor feared that the new concubine might harm Consort Yue.
Consort Yue felt no grievance whatsoever after hearing the Emperor's words.
I don't feel sad.
She already has Eleven, and all she wants to do is take good care of Eleven and let Eleven grow up happily.
She no longer cared about what the emperor did.
Consort Yue treated the Emperor's words and promises as mere empty talk.
If you don't care, you won't take it to heart.
As a newcomer, she is currently favored by the emperor, so it's normal for him to want to grant her the rank of concubine.
What is there for her to feel disheartened about?
Whether she held the rank of Imperial Concubine or Consort, it made no difference to her.
Now she thinks Mingyue Palace is pretty good; she can completely close the door and live her life on her own.
What others do is none of her business.
Although the emperor granted the new concubine a title, his old habits resurfaced.
He felt that the newly cultivated people were now wielding more power.
The newcomers have also developed a bigger appetite.
If we let them have children, wouldn't that be repeating the same mistake we made before?
But the emperor still needed them, so he had no choice but to make them drink the contraceptive soup as well.
Because the contraceptive soup that the concubines drank earlier had lost its effectiveness, they all became pregnant.
The Emperor ordered a new contraceptive decoction to be prepared, and to ensure its effectiveness, the medicine was made very potent.
At the same time, the side effects are also greater.
The emperor's pregnancy ended up failing because of that contraceptive soup.
One of the newlyweds' maids, who was knowledgeable in medicine, thought the fertility-enhancing medicine bestowed by the emperor smelled strange.
Moreover, it's really strange that the emperor had to watch him drink it.
It's strange that the emperor only had princesses and no princes before.
It might be related to this fertility-enhancing drug.
Perhaps this so-called fertility-enhancing medicine will only result in the birth of a princess.
After the emperor left, she vomited up the medicine she had drunk.
After the maid examined it, she discovered that it was not a so-called fertility-enhancing medicine at all, but a contraceptive soup.
Even the highly potent contraceptive decoction can cause significant harm to the body.
If you drink too much, it may directly lead to infertility.