OBS Chapter 387 Younuting
Chapter 387 Younuting
Concubine Yang in the bedroom began to breathe softly again, and only her faint voice could be heard: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty the Queen..."
Lan Qingwu heard Concubine Yang's voice and walked to the bedroom curtains. Concubine Yang said intermittently, "Your Majesty, although Xing'er is a concubine, she is very gentle and considerate. I like Xing'er very much and would like to have her take care of me. What do you think?"
Lan Qingwu looked at the exquisite curtains with a serious gaze and was silent for a few breaths.
The Third Prince froze in his tracks. His own mother was actually blatantly provoking the Empress! His own mother!
Lan Qingwu said the next moment, "Since you know she's a concubine, you shouldn't have pushed her to the forefront. You must know that a concubine will always be a concubine and can never be compared to the main wife!"
The third prince fell to his knees with a plop, his face pale.
Lan Qingwu then waved his sleeves and left Concubine Yang's palace.
The Third Prince climbed up from the ground and entered the bedroom. He said in fear, "Mother, what are you doing? Why are you being disrespectful to me? If it's still because of what happened before, then it's my fault. I was the one who insisted on asking you for help!"
Concubine Yang angrily asked, "Are you still my son? You actually questioned your biological mother for the Empress!"
The Third Prince said anxiously, "My son is doing this for Mother! What if Mother blames me..."
"Will not!"
Concubine Yang began to pant again. "The Empress has always prided herself on her generosity and kindness. She wouldn't bother with a patient like me."
The Third Prince was a little stunned: "Mother, you can't do this!"
"Why not!"
Concubine Yang finally revealed the hatred hidden in her heart: "For more than ten years, the Queen has favored your father alone. She has firmly occupied your father, making us concubines live like a joke! The jealousy, resentment, and hatred in my heart, the Queen must bear! And do you think I'm the only one? The former Concubine Wen, Concubine Qi, even Concubine Chen, Noble Lady Bai, and Concubine Li... Every one of them is filled with jealousy and resentment towards the Queen!"
The Third Prince looked at the almost unfamiliar Concubine Yang and murmured, "But...but, this was my father's own choice..."
Concubine Yang angrily said, "So what! Mother cannot hate your father, she can only hate the Empress! Listen to what she said. A concubine cannot be treated the same as a wife. Didn't she climb up from a concubine herself?"
"Mother!" The Third Prince shouted, interrupting Concubine Yang. Concubine Yang sneered, "Look, even my own son is leaning towards that woman!"
The Third Prince couldn't explain himself, so he simply explained, "No, Mother, wherever you go, you've always practiced benevolence and kindness. In this harem, who else could have such an atmosphere after becoming the head of the harem? Father has seven sons and seven daughters. Although some died young, most of them married when they reached adulthood! Father had seven sons who all succeeded to success, solidifying the foundation of the country. Even the civil and military officials of the previous dynasty turned a blind eye to Father's exclusive favoritism towards you. Mother, if you behave like this now, I'm afraid you'll be the only one who will be hurt in the end!"
After hearing this, Concubine Yang's face turned even darker and uglier. She instructed the only trembling palace maid left in the bedroom: "Go! Invite the Third Prince's concubine!"
The head palace maid looked at Concubine Yang helplessly, then at the Third Prince, hesitating and not moving.
Concubine Yang shouted, "Go!"
The head maid quickly ran out of the palace. But the third prince didn't know how to stop his mother. If he was too forceful, he was afraid that Concubine Yang would be angry and her condition would be aggravated.
When Concubine Xing was proudly ordered to enter the palace to take care of the patient, the Third Prince's wife immediately claimed to be ill and refused to leave the palace.
By the time the news reached Emperor Shenwu's ears, the harem had already spread the news widely.
Emperor Shenwu went to Concubine Yang's palace with a gloomy face. The concubine was walking to the curtain with medicine in her hands. Emperor Shenwu seemed not to notice and walked straight forward. There was a series of "bang bang" sounds, and Concubine Xing screamed. Before she could shout angrily, she found a tall figure standing there.
Concubine Xing caught sight of the dark dragon robe at a glance, and her body softened and she collapsed to the ground.
Emperor Shenwu remained calm and said, "Come here! Drag this offending slave away!"
Li Xiang immediately waved his hand and said, "Come here! How dare you offend the Holy Emperor? First, give him twenty lashes, and then throw him into the Nether Slave Court!"
The Third Prince hurried out of his bedroom. He immediately knelt down and begged, "Father, please forgive me! She is not a servant, she..."
Emperor Shenwu said word by word: "I said she is, so she is! Are you questioning me?"
The Third Prince kowtowed and said, "My son dare not!"
The concubine had her mouth blocked and was dragged away with a sad and desperate look on her face.
The Third Prince couldn't bear to see this happen, so he said, "Father, please spare Xing'er's life. She has been with me for a lifetime..."
The Shenwu Emperor kicked the Third Prince on the left shoulder, sending him flying seven or eight steps away. Concubine Yang could no longer lie down in the bedroom. She crawled and rolled to the Third Prince's side, repeatedly asking, "Luo'er, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Emperor Shenwu looked at Concubine Yang coldly. Concubine Yang wanted to question Emperor Shenwu, but when she met his calm eyes, she swallowed all her words.
The third prince broke free from Concubine Yang's hand and knelt on the ground again. He lowered his head and remained silent, not daring to speak again.
Emperor Shenwu said calmly, "You and your son have treated a slave servant like a treasure. Not only has your Third Prince's backyard been in turmoil, but you're even trying to stir up trouble in my harem! You don't know what's good for you!"
Concubine Yang finally felt fear, and she couldn't help but tremble. She had forgotten how cold and heartless the emperor was!
Concubine Yang finally regained consciousness from her indignation, jealousy, and resentment. She bowed her head and said, "It's all my fault! I was the one who summoned that maidservant into the palace. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Shenwu looked at Concubine Yang and said, "What do you want to do? Do you think a slave can replace the consort I personally appointed as the prince? Or do you think that by doing this, the Third Prince will become famous in the harem for being a good person?"
Emperor Shenwu turned to the Third Prince and said, "I originally thought you were just a little old-fashioned, but I didn't expect you couldn't even manage your own harem! If you can't even manage your own house, how can you manage the whole world? You're stuck in a woman's back room all day long, you're not going to achieve anything!"
Concubine Yang was horrified and said, "Your Majesty, Luo'er was implicated by me! Please don't comment on Luo'er like this. Luo'er..."
Emperor Shenwu shook his head, not even looking at Concubine Yang: "Do you have anything else to say?"
The Third Prince's face was already pale: "I know my son is wrong, please punish me, father!"
Emperor Shenwu sneered, "Punishment? You spend all day around your mother's bedside out of filial piety. How can I punish you? Go back to the Ministry of Works!"
Although the Third Prince was worried about Concubine Yang, he did not dare to disobey Emperor Shenwu and endured the pain in his shoulder and took his leave.
Concubine Yang was kneeling on the ground with disheveled clothes and disheveled hair. She felt a little ashamed at this moment. Being stared at by Emperor Shenwu in such an ungraceful manner, she just wanted to crawl into the crack of the ground.
Yang Fei then realized she was terribly wrong. The Emperor Shenwu didn't care what she was wearing. He simply said coldly, "You want a concubine to make trouble? I am a concubine. Put an end to your thoughts from now on. The Third Prince still has his own way to go. Don't block his way! You can't afford to delay the royal heir!"
Concubine Yang's face suddenly paled. The man before her completely treated them, the women in the harem, as mere tools. Living to this day, she realized she was nothing more than a tool in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor! They were merely there to perpetuate the royal family's glory and bloodline! Concubine Yang collapsed to the ground, but the Emperor Shenwu waved his sleeves and left Concubine Yang's Yuyang Palace.