freenovelworld Chapter 748: The Concubine’s Daughter Who Was Killed in Marriage (5)
Chapter 748: The Concubine’s Daughter Who Was Killed in Marriage (5)
The emperor and Concubine Li attended the full-month banquet for the two children together.
Looking at a child who looks exactly like me, I feel both happy and annoyed.
She originally wanted to bring the child into the palace without anyone noticing, but she didn't expect the maids around her to be so powerful that even comforting her was of no use.
When he returned to the palace, he discussed with his trusted eunuchs, "How should this matter be resolved?"
As the eunuch, he has always been worried about the emperor, and he doesn't have much sense of morality.
So he secretly expressed his opinion to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, our Yongxing Kingdom has always been very supportive of widows remarrying."
The meaning is very clear. As long as the emperor is thick-skinned enough, he can bring both the mother and the child into the palace.
When the emperor heard this, he felt hot in his heart.
Whenever he thinks of Shuangshuang's face when he saw her today, he can see the weeds growing in his heart.
So not only did she not resist the eunuch's proposal, she had already started thinking about when to let Shuangshuang enter the palace.
The eunuch always had a thorough understanding of the emperor's preferences, so he brought it up again.
"Your Majesty, the Empress's Thousand Years Banquet will be held in half a year.
If Your Majesty drinks a few more glasses out of joy and then takes advantage of the intoxication to do something out of line, I think the ministers will understand."
The emperor's eyes suddenly brightened. After half a month, she would have been in mourning for Guo Yixuan for a full year, so she could indeed remarry.
After listening to the emperor and the eunuch's plan, Xiaojuzi informed Shuangshuang.
"Your Highness, that dog emperor is truly despicable, actually coming up with such a dirty idea.
Won't others then call you a seductress?"
"So what? I have his only son in my hands. He will definitely find a way to get me into the palace."
Soon it was time for the Queen's Thousand Years Banquet.
According to the rules, Shuangshuang observed filial piety for Guo Yixuan for a year, and then she could go out to attend the banquet.
Since the emperor wants to enter the palace himself, he must be given a chance so that he can plan for the future.
The Queen's birthday banquet naturally requires the invitation of guests.
After three rounds of drinks, the emperor couldn't wait to take a look at the eunuch.
The head eunuch understood and signaled to the younger eunuch beside him, and the palace maids who had received orders in advance took action.
Shuangshuang was eating the cold food with disdain when suddenly a palace maid passed by her and clumsily poured water on her clothes.
Shuangshuang didn't say anything and went to the back hall to change clothes as she wished.
While she was changing clothes, the emperor rushed in pretending to be drunk.
Then, with a benevolent look, he said, "It's all my fault. Don't worry! I will definitely take responsibility."
Then, he thought he was generous and proposed on the spot to make Shuangshuang a concubine, and then waited for Shuangshuang to thank him in a smug manner.
Shuangshuang felt a chill in her heart, as he was determined to snatch her child away.
According to the rules, a concubine is not qualified to raise a child.
So he pulled out the hairpin and pressed it against his neck.
"Your Majesty, I have a husband!
And I was originally the wife of a prince of the highest rank."
The meaning is very clear, he is dissatisfied with his low position.
The emperor quietly looked at Shuangshuang's determined eyes and the hairpin that pierced into his flesh.
He was very unhappy and couldn't save face for a moment, so he had to threaten.
"Your children are still so young! Don't you think about them?"
Shuangshuang's face was full of calmness, "Don't worry, no one can separate the three of us!
Even if I die, I will not let them fall into the state of being tortured by others without their mother's care."
The emperor was startled. He had originally thought that she was just a concubine's daughter who was about to remarry, so he tried to give her the insignificant position of a concubine.
But I didn't dare to bet whether Shuangshuang's words were true or false.
After all, he is his only son at the moment. If both of them were to go all out and take the child away with them, then everything would be lost.
So he immediately changed his mind and said, "I know you value the child very much. How about this? I will make you a noble concubine, so that you can bring the child with you."
The civil and military officials present naturally raised objections.
Especially Marquis Cheng'en and Marquis Qingyang, it was even worse.
Needless to say, Marquis Cheng'en naturally thought that if Shuangshuang was just a concubine, he could arrange to have the child raised in the Queen's palace.
The Marquis of Qingyang was worried that once Shuangshuang entered the palace and became a noble concubine, she would overshadow his own daughter.
However, the emperor insisted on his own way, and was also worried that Shuangshuang was too stubborn to want to enter the palace, so he directly issued an order and stamped the seal.
And Shuangshuang, "You don't have to go back to the Marquis of Qingyang's Mansion, you can live directly in Zhaoyang Palace!"
However, before anyone else raised any objections, they both refused directly.
"My son and daughter are still in the Marquis of Qingyang's mansion. I must bring them with me."
The emperor was helpless regarding the child.
"Then I'll give you one day to go back and pack your luggage and wait for me to send someone to pick you up."
Worried that Shuangshuang would be stopped by others, he sent two female officials to follow her.
When they returned to the Marquis of Qingyang's mansion, the Marquis's wife pointed at Shuangshuang's nose and started to scold her.
Two female officials stood in front of Shuangshuang, scowling and scolding her.
"Madam, now she is no longer your daughter-in-law, but a royal concubine!
I don't think I need to remind you of the crime of insubordination, right?"
The wife of the Marquis of Qingyang had no choice but to grit her teeth and kneel down with all the female relatives to kowtow to Shuangshuang.
"Your Highness greets the Imperial Concubine."
After standing up, he continued, "Even if she is the Imperial Concubine, she cannot take away the grandchildren of my Marquis of Qingyang Mansion."
Shuangshuang didn't let them get up, but asked Cuilan to bring their son over and place him under the couple's eyes.
"Look carefully, who does my son look like?"
Babies who are only a few months old can already clearly see the outlines of their faces.
The couple looked at their child who looked exactly like the emperor and sat on the ground in a daze.
"How could this happen? You slut..."
Shuangshuang slapped him directly.
"Who is as filthy as your family? A natural eunuch who can't do anything inhumane, a slut who is ridden by men, and yet you are deliberately trying to find him a wife."
He stared at the Marquis of Qingyang and said, "If I were you, I would keep this matter to myself.
Otherwise, do you think the Emperor would spare the entire Qingyang Marquisate for the sake of the Second Princess and Concubine Li? "
The Marquis of Qingyang dejectedly pulled his wife and bowed deeply to Shuangshuang again.
"Your humble servant will obey the Imperial Concubine's order!"
Marquis Qingyang also knew that Shuangshuang had indeed suffered injustice when she first entered the mansion.
Therefore, in order to prevent Shuangshuang from taking revenge in the future, he specially instructed the housekeeper to prepare a lot of things and send them to Shuangshuang's yard, under the pretext of adding makeup to Shuangshuang.
This action actually helped improve the reputation of the Marquis of Qingyang's Mansion, which had deteriorated due to Guo Yixuan, and everyone praised the Marquis of Qingyang's Mansion for its benevolence and righteousness.
Shuangshuang moved into Zhaoyang Palace. The emperor thought that Shuangshuang would have a child just in this one time, so he lived in Shuangshuang Palace for a month with his dream in mind.
Then he specially asked Doctor Chen to come over and take Ping An's pulse.
Doctor Chen shook his head slightly, and the emperor was so angry that he left with a flick of his sleeves. Then the entire harem was treated equally and never came to Shuangshuang again.