Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 20

Confinement is an extremely severe punishment, and it is generally used on clans who have committed extremely serious crimes.

Before wishful travel, she knew that Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty imprisoned his thirteen sons in Jiafeng Road for 13 years, and imprisoned his prince twice... In this dynasty, the history is different from what she only knows in memory. It fits, but she has also heard that the former emperor imprisoned her uncle, a rebellious prince, for life as a show of kindness.

The former two cases involved the struggle for the throne, fratricide, and even almost rebellion, while the latter was a real rebellion.

And the prince was reprimanded for being unfaithful, unrighteous and unfilial and banned, it was hard for Ruyi not to think about that.

But, will the prince really rebel?
People who have the same doubts include the Crown Princess and all the women in the Eastern Palace.

Chen Yuanxiang had indeed thought about whether it was related to the flooding of the Changhe River, but after much deliberation, she denied this conclusion.Even if the emperor was furious and blamed the prince for this matter, at most he would punish the prince to kneel, or temporarily prevent the prince from going to court, and it would definitely not be serious enough to imprison the prince.

Looking at the bustling women in the room where she was sitting, she pinched her palms with a headache, trying not to faint.

All the people are at a loss. They are afraid that the prince really committed a crime and will be imprisoned by the emperor, and they are even more afraid that they will be imprisoned too. A room full of women, even if they are usually full of rivalry and calculations, are very special at this time. There is only one idea, they cannot be locked up!It's best... It's best that the crown prince can come back safely.

Without the crown prince in the East Palace, they would not be able to live a good life.

"Sister Crown Princess, go find the Empress and find a way, at least we can't wait here for news!"

At this time, Ye Liangdi also rarely put aside her past grievances with the Crown Princess, looked at Chen Yuanxiang with hope, and for the first time rejoiced that the Crown Princess' aunt was the Empress.

"I know, but now my mother is sick, so what's the use of me going!"

When Chen Yuanxiang first heard the news, she rushed to Jiaofang Palace to ask the queen for help, but the queen who greeted her was the news that the queen had fallen ill on the bed after hearing the bad news.She herself was very anxious, and she didn't have time to wait for the sick queen to wake up, so she hurried back to the East Palace to appease everyone in the East Palace.

At least, she still knows rationally that even if the crown prince is imprisoned, the East Palace must not be in chaos at this time.

Ye Liangdi was a little speechless when she heard the words, the queen was still a queen when she was ill!Guarding the queen can at least know the latest news, where he is as deaf as he is now, the news that has reached the East Palace has already spread throughout the entire harem.Of course, what Ye Liangdi thought was not wrong, but what Chen Yuanxiang did was also right.

It's just that the one who thinks more is how to protect himself, and Chen Yuanxiang only has the meaning of protecting the entire East Palace.

"At least, my sister should go and inquire about more information while she is still able to go to the empress's place. My sister is afraid that tomorrow or even later, the emperor will send people to surround the East Palace..."

Ye Liangdi's unfinished words touched Chen Yuanxiang's heart, causing another thought in her heart.

She doesn't know if the emperor will imprison the female family members of the Eastern Palace, and she doesn't know when she will come. If... If she goes to the aunt's place to take care of the aunt's illness, even if she comes to imprison the female family members of the Eastern Palace, will she not? She was able to escape under the protection of her aunt, and the emperor will let her escape for the sake of her filial piety, and for the sake of her aunt.

Just like the wife of the prince in the previous dynasty, just because her natal family was the queen's natal family, she did not accompany the rebellious prince to be imprisoned in the end. To show kindness, the emperor left the mansion in the capital to that " "Princess" to raise children.

Chen Yuanxiang has no heirs, so there is no reason why she would not be imprisoned because she took care of her heirs, but if she took care of her aunt, she would be filial and have a chance to escape.

Thinking of this, Chen Yuanxiang said: "Sisters, go back and rest! Although something happened in the East Palace, the crown prince is the emperor's son after all, and nothing serious will happen."

Even though she had no idea in her heart, she still managed to speak calming words on her mouth.

This end just sent the people in the house away, but on the other end, Chen Yuanxiang hurriedly ordered Liu Gongren to help her pack her luggage.

"I'm going to take care of my aunt, nanny, let the people below pack up my things."

"My lady..."

The people of Liu Gong heard what Chen Yuanxiang meant, and felt that this approach seemed a bit inappropriate.How could the crown prince have just been imprisoned, but the crown princess went to live in the Jiaofang Palace? Even with the reputation of being a sick servant, spreading the word would be harmful to the crown princess's reputation of virtuousness.

"Nurse, I don't care anymore, I don't want to stay in the East Palace."

Now that she stayed in the East Palace for a while, she felt that the sickle on her head would fall down at any moment.

Liu Gongren was also afraid in his heart. If Chen Yuanxiang was taken to be imprisoned, she, the nanny of the Crown Princess, and the closest palace servants around the Crown Princess would definitely not be able to please her.Lan Zhen and the other big court ladies also hurriedly waited for the influence of packing up everything immediately, and the people of Palace Liu finally took back the persuasion from the bottom of their hearts.

She is also afraid!

The princesses and concubines of the Eastern Palace walked from the Eastern Palace to the Jiaofang Palace with luggage and packages in their hands. The queen who had just woke up and was leaning on the bed heard the news, and angrily smashed the medicine bowl in her hand to the ground. , cursed fiercely: "Idiot!"

Her niece has always been a little clever, but inside she is as stupid as her mother.If it hadn't been for her natal family and no children of the right age, how could she have chosen Chen Yuanxiang, a niece with no outstanding looks and no bright mind, into the palace.How is it going now, after so many years, I have not been able to give birth to any heirs, and I am still pretending to be clever and using small tricks.

These things, she is just a little warning, she is willing to turn a blind eye and close one eye, and even smooth things over for this niece on the big face, at least the niece is doing decently on the face, and now if something happens to the prince, she will Started to show her stupidity so openly.

Really...

The queen didn't even know how to describe Chen Yuanxiang.

This Chen Yuanxiang had just entered the room, and hadn't said a word in front of the queen yet.The queen slammed the teacup in her hand to the ground, and said angrily, "Go back to the East Palace."

"aunt……"

Chen Yuanxiang wept mournfully, "Xiang'er wants to serve you!"

"Don't say things in front of me that even you don't believe, do you think everyone is as stupid as you?" The Queen's voice was so cold that ice shards could fall.

Seeing the fig leaf being torn off, Chen Yuanxiang didn't care about her shame. She knelt beside the queen's bed and said repeatedly: "Auntie, Xiang'er really doesn't want to be imprisoned, please save Xiang'er! You love Xiang'er the most, right?" wrong!"

"Xiang'er, have you ever thought that if the prince is released, what will the prince think of you if you do this now?" The queen didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.

And Chen Yuanxiang was stunned on the ground, she was completely flustered now, it hadn't been a day since the crown prince was imprisoned, but she felt that it had been a long time, and now she only cared about the moment.Now hearing the queen's rhetorical question, she subconsciously asked hopefully: "Mother, you mean, Your Highness... His Highness will be back soon!"

"I don't know..." Speaking of this topic, the queen also lowered her eyelids, she didn't want to comfort Chen Yuanxiang on this issue, "The emperor just came to my place, the crown prince committed a serious crime."

"Mother's queen!" Chen Yuanxiang shouted in a sharp voice, she couldn't accept this fact.

"As a princess, you don't know anything about the prince's affairs." The queen couldn't believe it. Although the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, the harem is closely related to the previous dynasty. At least you must know what your husband is doing and thinking.

"The crown prince will never talk to me about this!" Chen Yuanxiang said aggrievedly, but at this moment he was a bit self-defeating, "Aunt, I don't want to go back to the East Palace, I can't control how the crown prince looks at me, anyway, the crown prince has never treated me well! "

Before Chen Yuanxiang finished speaking, with a "snap", the queen slapped the bed heavily.

"Idiot! I knew that I would rather choose a girl from the side branch than choose you, a stupid niece, into the palace." The queen was furious, pointing at Chen Yuanxiang and scolding: "I don't want to worry about big things all day long, so I just go to the palace." Caring about trivial things. You said how many stupid things you have done in the past few years in the palace, if I hadn't protected you, you would still be able to sit in the position of the crown princess so safely. "

"Aunt..." Chen Yuanxiang knew she had said the wrong thing, but she felt a little wronged when she heard that the queen seemed to want to turn over so many old things, "It's not that I want to be the princess..."

"You still dare to quibble, don't say anything else, just talk about the heirs of the East Palace, you dare to slap your conscience and swear to me that you haven't moved a bit?" ask.

"Mother..." Chen Yuanxiang turned pale.

"Mixing the medicine into the tea, the harem used a rotten method, I'm ashamed to say you."

"Mother, son... son..."

Chen Yuanxiang sat on the ground completely dumbfounded at this moment. Her smug tricks had been exposed mercilessly by her aunt.When she entered the palace back then, she got a blind medicine from her own mother. It is said that mixing it with tea can have the effect of contraception, and it is not easy to be detected.She has been using it like this, and she is safe and sound, even if some people find something is wrong, she is not afraid.Although she was in charge of the expenses of the Eastern Palace, all the things were brought from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it was impossible to find out about her.

However, she didn't understand why the queen didn't say anything when she found out. The queen was more anxious about the heirs of the East Palace than anyone else.

"Lan Zhen is mine."

The empress glanced at Chen Yuanxiang sharply, but at this moment, Chen Yuanxiang instantly understood what the empress meant. She had entrusted her most trusted court lady, Lan Zhen, to handle this matter, and Lan Zhen was the empress's servant. Did Lan Zhen never take that medicine?
She felt sad, angry and wronged in her heart, but suddenly there was a trace of joy in her heart: "Mother, the son of the Eastern Palace..."

For so many years, the East Palace has no heirs, she always thought it was because of her medicine, but now the queen told her that the medicine didn't go down at all.

"Do you think that the Eastern Palace has no heirs so far, and it has nothing to do with you! Do you think that the Eastern Palace is being managed very well?" The queen is not even willing to talk to this stupid niece, but at this time, if If Chen Yuanxiang is not awakened, the queen is even more afraid that this idiot will do something embarrassing, and even her aunt will lose face when the time comes.

"The group of people under you are much smarter than you. They... have more means than you. But you can't control them, and you don't even notice it."

Looking at the stunned niece who was hit, the queen didn't show any pity: "Go back to the East Palace and watch it carefully. Don't worry, the prince is now surrounded by the house, and there is no place for you, and the emperor didn't think of you at all." .”

Although he got the answer, Chen Yuanxiang had a dejected look on his face.

At this time, the queen was leaning on the bed, but she didn't have the slightest spirit of talent just now. She looked gray and defeated. She never dreamed that the prince would be so bold and do such a thing.

Although the emperor promised her before, she is still the emperor's wife, the master of the harem, the queen of this empire, but there is a big difference between a queen with a prince and a queen without a prince.

The trouble of the long river not only made the emperor angry with the prince, but even knocked the prince into the dust.

She only thought that the prince was upright and demanded that those corrupt officials be severely punished, but she did not expect that the prince was just fighting for power and profit.The trouble of the river is that the prince is in charge of the investigation. Who would have thought that the prince would convict innocent officials in order to eradicate dissidents.Now, the official's family has gone to Beijing to sue the imperial court, bringing with them the blood letter and evidence of the official who "did himself in fear of crime".

(End of this chapter)