boyutpedia Chapter 554 The Crown Prince's Concubine 1
Chapter 554 The Crown Prince's Concubine 1
When Xie Junwen saw the queen, the queen's face was not very good. It was obvious that the queen was angry because of something the concubines said when they came to pay their respects to her in the morning.
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Xie Junwen came to the Queen with a worried look on her face. "Did you get angry again when those concubines came to pay their respects to you this morning?"
"Alas!" The Queen sighed, "It's all because of the Imperial Concubine, the Shufei, the Defei, and the others. They really feel uncomfortable if they don't cause trouble for me every day. I didn't want to argue with them, but I didn't expect them to openly laugh at you, forcing me to lose my temper."
"Good child, I wronged you again last night," the Queen said, pulling Xie Junwen's hand. "The news that the Crown Prince went to your place last night and left so quickly has spread throughout the harem. When the concubines came to pay their respects this morning, it was because the Imperial Concubine took the lead in making fun of you about this matter that I couldn't help but get angry."
"Don't worry, I have sent someone to tell the Crown Prince to come back after the court session. I will definitely scold him severely on your behalf so that you can vent your anger."
"Mother, you must not do this!" Xie Junwen said anxiously, "The prince and I have been separated for several years. It is natural that the prince cannot get close to me for a while. If mother intervenes at this time, won't it push the prince further away from me?"
"After all, the prince would not think that the queen mother scolded him because she felt sorry for me. The prince would only think that I complained to the queen mother, so she let the queen mother scold him to vent my anger."
Then, Xie Junwen slowly squatted down and placed her hand on the queen's leg: "Mother, regarding the matter between me and the prince, please let me handle it myself and stop interfering, okay?"
"I believe that the prince still has me in his heart. As long as you give him some time, even if his feelings for me cannot return to what they were before, I believe that he will still give me the respect that my wife deserves."
As Xie Junwen spoke, tears fell from her eyes. "As long as I can stay by the side of the Crown Prince, even if the Crown Prince can no longer have me in his heart, I will be satisfied. After all, what I have prayed for day and night over the years is not the Crown Prince's safe return."
"And now the Crown Prince has really returned safely, so what else is there for me to be dissatisfied about? One should not be too greedy, otherwise, you will not be able to grasp anything. From now on, I just need to do my duty as the Crown Princess and stay with the Crown Prince for the rest of my life. Then my life will be complete, and I will no longer have any regrets or resentment."
"You!" The queen's eyes were red with distress, "How could you be so sensible and pitiful, child? The prince left such a good wife like you and chose to be bewitched by a lowly peasant woman."
"Don't worry, as long as I am here, the prince should not dream of favoring his concubine over his wife. And as for that lowly peasant woman, I will never let her..."
"Mother, please stop saying such angry words," Xie Junwen raised her head to interrupt the Queen, "That Jiang Liang Di is now the prince's favorite, mother, you must not touch her, not to mention that flowers do not bloom forever, who can guarantee that the prince will always dote on Jiang Liang Di?"
Xie Junwen was worried that the Queen would kill that bitch Jiang Chunxi regardless of the consequences, so she advised the Queen like this. What's more, the bitch Jiang Chunxi must not be allowed to die at this time, otherwise she would become a permanent mole in the Prince's heart.
But this was something Xie Junwen could not accept. That bitch had brought such great humiliation to her. How could Xie Junwen allow Jiang Chunxi to become an indelible mole in the prince's heart?
"Alas!" The queen sighed and said nothing else. Moreover, she didn't intend to kill the bitch immediately. However, the queen didn't intend to tell the truth.
Junwen is so soft-hearted. If she knew her plan, she would definitely persuade her again. Therefore, it is better not to let her know.
Tang Xiji arrived at the Queen's Palace around noon. This was his first day of attending the morning court and he had a lot of things to do, so he naturally couldn't come to see his mother right after the court.
It is worth mentioning here that Xie Junwen had already returned to the East Palace at this time.
"Mother, why did you ask me to come here?" Tang Xiji bowed to the queen before asking:
"What's the matter? As a mother, do I have to have something important to call you over before I can see my son?" The queen's face immediately darkened when she heard her son's words.
"Mother, you know that I didn't mean that, so why bother to find fault with me?" Tang Xiji said helplessly, "I just came back and have too many things to do. Mother also knows that during the years I was missing, whether it was the court affairs or the people who followed me, I needed to spend a lot of energy to adapt and win over their hearts."
"You can put it this way! I can't make any mistakes in every step I take now, otherwise I might lose my position as the crown prince. After all, my brothers have already established a firm foothold in the court. Before I was away, they could fight each other and get hurt for the position of crown prince."
"But now that I am back, they will naturally shake hands and make peace, and unite to deal with me, the crown prince. So my current situation is very bad. I hope that mother will not cause me any unnecessary trouble at this time."
The queen's anger naturally subsided when she heard her son say this: "Don't I know your current situation? On the contrary, I know your current situation too well, so I asked someone to call you here."
The Queen paused for a moment before continuing, "I know that you are worried about the mother and daughter, so you arranged for them to live under your watch. But don't forget that you have the Crown Princess. If you favor the mother and daughter like this, aren't you afraid that your brothers will brand you as favoring your concubine over your wife?"
Tang Xiji frowned, but did not refute his mother's words. After all, what his mother said made a lot of sense.
"Anyway, you listen to me. Hurry up and arrange another place for the mother and daughter to live. Don't let them stay in Chengxuan Palace any longer," the queen continued. "Even if you don't consider your own reputation, you should also consider the reputation of the Crown Princess. What did the Crown Princess do wrong to make you slap her in the face like this?"
"Do you know how the concubines in the harem laughed at the Crown Princess when they came to pay their respects to me this morning? It was because you arranged for the mother and daughter to stay in Chengxuan Hall, and because you left the Crown Princess's residence last night. As a result, the Crown Princess has become the laughing stock of the concubines in the harem today."