The slave family is not a disaster

Chapter 187
"Lingshan, aren't you feeling unwell?" There was no concern in the emperor's tone, only slight reproach.

"Your Majesty, the concubine was not feeling well just now, but later I heard that Princess Yue's birthday is today, so the concubine wanted to celebrate Princess Yue even if she was not feeling well, right?" , and glanced at Nishinomiya Tsuki, although this one was not very friendly.

"Thank you, Concubine Ning." Except for the empress, Xi Gongyue never called other concubines Huangsao. This is the rule of the royal family, but it is also what Concubine Ning cares most about.

"You're welcome, come, Yue'er, I specially prepared a gift for you, here it is." Concubine Ning handed over a small box.

Xi Gongyue walked over respectfully, caught the box, and said softly: "Thank you, Concubine Ning, for the gift."

"Open it and have a look, do you like it?" Concubine Ning said with her toes akimbo.

Seeing her domineering appearance, the emperor has a bad feeling, he knows Concubine Ning's character too well, she is not so easy to talk, and she will please Nishi Gongyue's people.

Because Concubine Ning comes from a big family and is a descendant of the direct line, she is deeply loved by Prime Minister Ning, so her identity is her bargaining chip that she has always been proud of. She has made fun of this downcast princess more than once, and although she was reprimanded by the emperor, she doesn't seem to be such a sudden change of sex.

Xi Gongyue opened the brocade box in full view, and found a pair of dolls inside, an old woman and a little girl.

"This...is it?" Nishi Gongyue was a little confused, not knowing what Concubine Ning gave this, let alone what she wanted to express.

"Yue'er, do you like it? This is a doll I bought specially for you. One of these two people is you, and the other is Empress Dowager Ling. Your mother and daughter love each other deeply, so you must be happy to give this to you, yes. Isn’t it? You miss the empress dowager Ling very much. It was the empress dowager who adopted you back then, so you have the position you have today. It’s really not easy. You are the only princess in the Xigong family. Although you are not your own, but Everyone still loves you very much, and the emperor regards you as his own sister, doesn't he?" Concubine Ning finished speaking with a smile, and found that Xi Gongyue's face had turned ashen, and her lips even began to tremble.

Although it is true that Xi Gongyue was adopted by Concubine Ling, everyone knows in private that Concubine Ling has become very extreme since she lost her own child, always beating Xi Gongyue. The concubine is the devil.

It is the eternal pain in her heart. Today, Concubine Ning not only brought up the old story again, but also uncovered her scars again and again, which made her self-closing personality suddenly become more serious.

Holding the brocade box, Xi Gongyue squatted on the ground and began to tremble, the scene of that year appeared in her mind.

"You bitch, you dare to kill my child, my child, that's my own child." Concubine Ling would regard her as her enemy, Queen Mother He, when she was insane, and then fiercely hold the embroidery needle Stab her, or just slap her.

Those days were very painful for her. She tried hard to forget, but was always mentioned when she was about to forget.

"Ah, don't, don't hit me, don't, mother concubine, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore." Nishi Gongyue seemed to have plunged herself into the memories of that year, squatting on the ground, began to tremble, and started talking nonsense .

The faces of the other concubines immediately changed drastically, and the emperor even got up and walked over, hugging Xi Gongyue: "Yue'er, what's wrong with you?"

"Don't come here, don't prick me with a needle, it really hurts, it hurts so much." Nishi Gongyue lay on the ground and began to twitch.

"Pretending to be quite similar? Do you think you can convince us? Tell you, the emperor only cares about me and my child, understand?" Concubine Ning saw Xi Gongyue's appearance and thought she was doing it on purpose, so she said Made sarcastic remarks.

"Ning Lingshan, shut up for me." The emperor raised his head and shouted.

At this time, everyone was frightened. It was the first time to see the gentle emperor get angry so frighteningly. Seeing this, Eunuch Zhu immediately issued an order to evict the guests: "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone should leave. The princess doesn't seem to be very well. Let's go back."

Seeing this, the other concubines withdrew one after another, only Shen Bilan and Concubine Ning were still there, the queen Shen Bilan walked down, glanced at Concubine Ning and said slowly: "Sister Concubine Ning, you have passed this time, Yueer, she She's still a child, she's just the emperor's younger sister, you should have a measure of jealousy, you've undoubtedly exposed her scars, Yue'er is already an autistic girl, don't you make things worse?"

"I mean it well. Isn't it a good thing to give her a birthday gift? Who would have known that she is not only strange, but also frightening when she goes crazy. If I had known, I wouldn't come here. It would be thankless." Concubine Ning said nonchalantly.

The emperor let go of Xi Gongyue's shoulders, stood up slowly, stared at Concubine Ning for a long time, and then slowly asked: "You did it on purpose, right?"

"Your majesty, what are you talking about, isn't this concubine celebrating Princess Yue's birthday?" Concubine Ning saw that the emperor seemed to be in a bad mood, and immediately began to speak soft words.

"Stop pretending to me. I used to think that you were innocent and just a little willful. Now Zhen finds out that you are so vicious. You really let me down. Ning Lingshan, you are doing well." The emperor clenched his hands tightly. Fist, several times wanted to reach out to slap this woman, but he held back, just because he was not such an impulsive person, even if he hit her, he couldn't change anything.

"Your Majesty, what did you say? Concubine... Is that what a concubine is like in your heart?" Concubine Ning was a little dumbfounded now, she didn't usually see how much the emperor loved Xi Gongyue, and she didn't communicate much, but she didn't Thinking that today's nonsense by herself aroused the emperor's indignation towards her.

In the past, it was fine for her to mess around, and the emperor didn't care about her, but today, it seems that she has gone too far. The reason why Nishi Gongyue became like this was because she saved the emperor's life back then and was almost beaten to death by Concubine Ling.

This kind of kindness is incomparable to any woman. Seeing Xi Gongyue lying on the ground trembling, the emperor stretched out his hand to hug her in distress, and walked slowly towards the inner hall.

"Your Majesty, this concubine realizes her mistake." Concubine Ning saw that the Emperor didn't seem to be joking with her this time, so she immediately changed her words and admitted her mistake.

"It's late, come here, pass on my oral order. From now on, Concubine Ning will be demoted to Concubine Ning, and she will be confined in Lingbo Palace until she gives birth." The emperor's words sounded mercilessly.

"Your Majesty, don't, don't treat my concubine like this." Concubine Ning was really dumbfounded, and collapsed on the ground.

"Your Majesty, let's go, don't provoke the emperor anymore." Eunuch Zhu stepped forward to advise kindly.

The emperor walked towards the inner hall with Xi Gongyue in his arms, Shen Bilan smiled charmingly, and whispered in Concubine Ning's ear: "Idiot, maybe you don't know that Xi Gongyue once saved the emperor's life, she is very important to the emperor. Benefactor, you have to blame yourself for treating her like this, ha ha."

It was the first time seeing the emperor punishing Concubine Ning so angrily, Shen Bilan was really relieved.

"Hmph, don't be complacent for too long. Even if I am demoted, there is still a dragon fetus in my womb, and you...have nothing. What right do you have to laugh at me? I just wait for the child to be born, and I will be promoted sooner or later." Things, you'd better take care of your phoenix crown." Concubine Ning challenged not to admit defeat.

Unexpectedly, the queen was not angry at all, but looked at her belly thoughtfully and smiled slowly: "Dragon fetus? Let's talk about it after the sir comes down."

After speaking, the queen left suddenly, Concubine Ning's face turned pale with anger, and she fell to the ground, wanting to cry without tears...

Maybe she was used to being arrogant in the harem, but she didn't expect that she would be reconciled to being carried to an adopted princess today.

But as the saying goes, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. Concubine Ning really played too much this time, and she always wanted to compare who is lighter and who is more important in the emperor's heart.

But she seems to have forgotten the starting point, she and Xi Gongyue are not at the same starting point at all, she is the emperor's concubine, but Xi Gongyue is the emperor's younger sister, this jealousy is really meaningless.

This proves that Concubine Ning is unwise, even a bit stupid...

A few days ago, Empress Dowager He re-promulgated the ranks of concubines. In the harem, rank is everything to women, and it is their motivation to fight. For example, in the harem today, concubines are divided into ten ranks.

The first is the empress, there is only one person, the second is the noble concubine, there are two people in total, currently there are only two people in the palace, the noble concubine Wang and the concubine Ning, the third is Zhaoyi, there are three people in total, but only Ye Anyao has been canonized For Zhaoyi, it can be seen that promotion is not so easy. The fourth is the noble concubine, a total of four people, which is the level that Concubine Ning is now demoted to. That is to say, she will be called Concubine Ning in the future, and her status is even lower than that of Ye Anyao. How can such a level make her feel balanced?
The fifth is Jieyu. There are ten people in total. Liu Jieyu is the most outstanding representative among Jieyu.

The sixth is Shuyuan. There are 15 people in total, but none of them are outstanding. The emperor can't even call them by name.

The seventh is nobles, there are 18 people in total, and none of them are outstanding, so they can be ignored.

The eighth is the beauties, there are 20 of them in total, and the outstanding representative is Yao Ying, the beauty who had an affair with Dugu Jialuo a few days ago, but unfortunately she is also an unintelligent child, and now she is locked in the secret room of Tianxuan Palace. Uncertain.

The ninth is talented people. Talented people are almost all wealthy businessmen or daughters of magistrates above the third-rank officials. They have no status at all, so let’s not mention it.

The most tragic one would be the tenth level, Baolin. Baolin's status is only similar to that of court ladies, or worse than that of court ladies, because they are often slept by the emperor unintentionally, but they don't want them to have children. Women who drink sterilization drugs can only be bed warmers for life, because the current emperor is not good at women, so there is almost no one in Baolin.

Concubine Ning fell down two ranks and became a concubine. Fortunately, the emperor did not drive her out of Fuyao Palace. After she gave birth, she might be promoted back. She thought so, but She never imagined that the child in her womb already had many wolf eyes staring at her, and it was still unknown whether she could give birth safely.

"Your concubine, please." Eunuch Zhu stretched out his hand to ask Concubine Ning to leave, because he knew that the emperor wanted to be alone with Xi Gongyue.

Inner Hall of Xiuyue Palace
Xi Gongyue, who was trembling all over, hugged the emperor tightly: "Brother emperor, I'm afraid, mother and concubine will beat me, and she will kill me."

Xi Gongyue cried miserably, the emperor looked very distressed: "Yue'er, your mother and concubine are dead, sober up, okay?"

(End of this chapter)