novel-bin Chapter 136 The Imperial Concubine is Using Her as a Shield Again Today
Chapter 136 The Imperial Concubine is Using Her as a Shield Again Today
"Your Majesty, I would like to offer you a toast. I cannot drink alcohol, so I will use soup instead."
Consort Yue picked up her bird's nest soup, and the Emperor also picked up his wine cup, clinked glasses with Consort Yue, and drank it all in one gulp.
The Emperor is in a really good mood today.
The four concubines gave birth to four princesses.
The princess is no longer a threat, so let's keep her.
Yue'er is pregnant now, and she's just as gentle and considerate as before.
"Your Majesty, another cup, to celebrate Yue'er's pregnancy with another child."
Consort Yue picked up the wine pot again and poured the Emperor a cup.
"Very well, Yue'er, I believe our child from before has returned. This time I will protect him well."
Consort Yue poured the Emperor cup after cup.
The emperor drank cup after cup.
Until the entire pot of wine was finished.
The emperor was already drunk, but he still kept asking for more wine. He was happy and wanted to drink.
He picked up the wine jug and poured it directly into his mouth.
When the wine jug ran out of wine, the emperor smashed it and swept several plates onto the ground, leaving a mess.
Consort Yue summoned the palace servants from outside to help the Emperor rest, and then cleaned the room.
The harem finally calmed down.
The postpartum period is for those who are confinement, and the pregnancy is for those who are nourishing themselves.
There are also those who are neither favored nor unfavored, meaning they are inherently very unpopular.
The emperor wouldn't even touch her, and he wouldn't even think of her once he entered the harem.
Even if the older sisters are no longer able to serve the Emperor, they don't believe the Emperor will come looking for them.
The emperor could choose new concubines to enter the palace, or go to see the imperial concubines, or visit the little princesses, or go to see the pregnant concubines.
Anyway, it won't be their turn.
They had no obsession with the emperor, nor did they think about vying for his favor.
He continued living his life as an insignificant nobody.
After listening to everyone, Jiang He realized that they had all shut themselves away and were living their own lives.
Then he heard that the emperor was plotting against him.
Good heavens, isn't Yue Pin his beloved woman?
To tell the woman you love that you are pregnant and can no longer serve me, and that you will find another woman to take care of things.
Isn't it obvious that Consort Yue is heartbroken?
Bah! This dog emperor has no one to serve him now, so he actually wants her to serve him in bed.
Haha, why aren't you afraid of the Jiang family plotting to usurp the throne now?
Aren't you afraid she'll give birth to a prince?
Just as the emperor was in a good mood, Li Defu rushed over to find him again.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"
"Li Defu, what's all the commotion about? What's causing you such a panic?"
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Seal, the Imperial Seal is lost."
"The Imperial Seal is lost?"
The emperor's vision went black, and he collapsed to the ground.
If the imperial seal is lost, how can he, as emperor, still sit on this throne?
As expected, they were indeed treacherous and actually stole the Imperial Seal.
If someone were to forge an imperial edict, wouldn't that directly steal his position?
Who is it? Who exactly is it?
The emperor found everyone suspicious.
Even Li Defu began to have doubts.
This jade seal is kept in the Qianlong Hall; it's not a place where just anyone can enter.
He wasn't in the Qianlong Hall; Li Defu was the one guarding it.
How did someone manage to steal the Imperial Seal?
But Li Defu insisted that no one had ever gone inside.
Not a single person was seen even near the Qianlong Hall.
Did it just vanish into thin air? That's utter nonsense.
The emperor interrogated all the guards and eunuchs who were standing guard outside.
As a result, everyone said they didn't see anyone approach the Qianlong Hall.
The Emperor knew how heavy the imperial seal was; he needed both hands to stamp it.
Moreover, the imperial seal was extremely large, about the size of his head.
To take such a large jade seal without being noticed, one must be incredibly capable.
If someone wanted to take the head of such a person, wouldn't that be very easy?
The emperor was afraid of death, extremely afraid of death.
He immediately dispatched ten guards to protect him from all angles.
The gates of Qianlong Hall were also open, with a guard standing at each step from the outside in.
They dared not go to the inner palace, and Consort Yue no longer went to see it either.
During court sessions, they meticulously analyzed the micro-expressions of those below, attempting to determine who had stolen the imperial seal.
The fact that the imperial seal was lost could not be kept secret.
The Emperor brought up the matter directly to see how everyone would react.
Unfortunately, the emperor didn't realize it; he felt that everyone looked alike, yet no one looked quite the same.
Soon, a rumor spread throughout the palace.
The Emperor has not been recognized by Heaven, so the Imperial Seal has been taken away.
The emperor sent people to search for a long time, and even dug up the entire palace, but they could not find the imperial seal at all.
Mingming sealed the palace gates immediately upon discovering the imperial seal was missing.
If someone steals the imperial seal, they will definitely hide it first.
The imperial seal is so big, it's not easy to store it.
The fact that it cannot be found now suggests only two possibilities: First, the theft of the imperial seal was not intended to give it away, but rather to destroy it.
If the imperial seal were smashed to pieces, it would naturally be impossible to find.
The second method was to bribe the guards at the palace gates and smuggle the imperial seal out.
Even the guards at the palace gates were bribed.
Is this palace still safe?
The emperor felt deeply frustrated.
He hasn't found his enemy yet. He only dares to stay in the Qianlong Palace, and must have someone by his side at all times.
Soon, the rumors spread.
The emperor has even lost the imperial seal; does he still deserve to be emperor?
Some even brought out an imperial seal, claiming it was sent to them by Heaven, and asserted that they were the true Son of Heaven chosen by Heaven.
The emperor was so angry that he had the man arrested, but it was a fake imperial seal, not the real one at all.
The rumors circulating outside are becoming increasingly outrageous.
Some say that the current emperor is a demon in disguise, and the real emperor has been imprisoned by the demon.
Heaven discovered that this was a fake, so it took back the imperial seal to prevent the foundation of the country from being shaken.
All of this was thanks to the father of the four concubines.
The emperor once tried to harm them.
They even wanted to cause their babies to bleed to death on the day they gave birth, and then get rid of the babies as well.
Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet the emperor wanted to kill his own child with his own hands.
The four concubines were terrified when they caught the palace maid who had drugged them and the midwife who had done the dirty work.
The emperor actually wanted them, mother and son, to die.
If their parents hadn't assigned people to be vigilant enough to discover the problem in time, they probably wouldn't know what would have happened to them.
This also explains why so many accidents and palace servants who committed these acts were all the Emperor's doing.
If the emperor doesn't give them a way to live, why should they give the emperor a way to live?
Now that the imperial seal has been lost, even the heavens are on their side.
Even if we can't really do anything to the emperor, we should at least make him suffer a lot.
Take a moment to appreciate the days they lived in constant fear.
With so many pregnant concubines in the harem, they wouldn't mind supporting a young prince to ascend the throne.
The emperor was indeed having a very bad time. Various rumors were reaching his ears, and he felt that someone might stand up at any moment to overthrow him.