Medical Princess - chapter-930
Chapter 930 Empress Dowager’s Intention
Chu Qing knelt in front of Empress Dowager in the Palace of Benevolent
Peace. She looked at him with a gloomy face and undisguised
disappointment in her eyes.
Chu Qing was her eldest son’s biological son, so she was willing to
support him anytime. But she thought that he’d better remain in his
proper sphere at this time, as the battle for the throne was going on and
it was the time that turbulence might happen.
Unlike Chu Liuchen, Chu Qing was neither raised by the Emperor since he
was a child nor awarded the status of a prince. He hadn’t been weak and
sick since he was young or experienced deaths several times. However, the
Emperor saw Chu Liuchen suffer all of these. He even waited outside of
Chu Liuchen’s room when the latter was on therapy.
Moreover, Chu Liuchen’s identity…
In the Emperor’s heart, Chu Qing was totally different from Chu Liuchen
with such experiences, though they were both the biological sons of the
Former Emperor.
Empress Dowager was well aware that even if Chu Liuchen wanted to become
the future emperor, the Emperor would not do anything against him.
Instead, the Emperor would consider adding one more candidate as long as
Chu Liuchen was in good health and he himself had such an ambition.
But Chu Qing would not have the same treatment. Empress Dowager knew very
well that if he dared to have any intention, the Emperor must stop his
plan and punish him. What was more, Empress Dowager always had doubts
about the person kneeling in front of her. “Is Chu Qing really the son
of the Former Emperor?â€
“It seems to be against what I have known before, doesn’t it?â€
Chu Qing grew up in the Yuhui Nunnery for so many years, so no one had
ever suspected his identity. “But is it the truth that his mother had
been pregnant before she went to the Yuhui Nunnery?â€
No sooner had Consort Yu entered the Palace than she was favored by the
Former Emperor. However, the Former Emperor was dying at that time. After
the Former Emperor passed away, Empress Dowager, according to the rules,
sent the imperial concubines without children to the Yuhui Nunnery to
cultivate in seclusion.
Empress Dowager remembered that she was in charge of the ritual. Those
imperial concubines cried and kowtowed to her for mercy before they were
sent there. As the most favored imperial concubine, Consort Yu was the
first to do so. “Since she had been pregnant at that time, why didn’t
she tell me? Was she afraid that someone would hurt her child?â€
“Of course, it could be that she didn’t know she was pregnant!â€
Empress Dowager didn’t believe Consort Yu, but she had an ulterior
motive in letting go of Consort Yu, the incumbent Consort Dowager Qing.
Since Chu Qing was appointed as Commandery Prince Qing, Empress Dowager
had never met Consort Dowager Qing.
Empress Dowager had buried the suspicion in her heart. “At least that
can keep a son for the Former Emperor.â€
Yet, Chu Qing had crossed the line!
“You want to take her to be your consort, the legitimate daughter of
the third branch in Marquis Xing’s Mansion?†Empress Dowager asked
again. She wanted to confirm her thoughts.
“Empress Dowager, it is not my idea! Old Madam of Marquis Xing’s
Mansion wants me to do so. I wanted to choose Second Miss. Anyway, she
was the victim at that time, so I couldn’t betray her. But… Second
Miss seems to look down on me. Therefore, Marquis Xing’s Mansion wants
to marry Third Miss to my mansion!†Chu Qing lowered his head and
reported.
It was such a cunning explanation! He pushed all the blame on Marquis
Xing’s Mansion to convince Empress Dowager that he was totally
helpless. Before coming to meet Empress Dowager, he thought that it would
be more beneficial for him to marry a legitimate daughter, no matter
whether she was beautiful or not. That would be of great help to him in
the future. After all, it was useless to marry a daughter of a concubine.
Moreover, he was never fond of Shao Jie’er. He didn’t like her
before, and now he hated her even more.
As long as thinking about her, Chu Qing felt very aggrieved. In the
beginning, it was Shao Yanru, the eldest legitimate daughter, who looked
down on him. So she passed the chance on to Shao Jie’er, a useless
concubine’s daughter. What was the use of a concubine’s daughter?
Shao Jie’er was not valued in Marquis Xing’s Mansion at all! How
could Chu Qing bear to marry such a woman?
Since then, Chu Qing had never intended to go to Marquis Xing’s Mansion
and propose to Shao Jie’er. He just delayed it. Anyway, Marquis
Xing’s Mansion had accepted the engagement between their second
daughter Shao Jie’er and him, so Chu Qing was not afraid that they
would correct themselves.
A few days ago, he paid a visit to Marquis Xing’s Mansion for Chu
Liuchen’s sake. It would be better if people thought that he and Chu
Liuchen had a good relationship. It would be such a good thing if the two
biological brothers were both married to the Misses of Marquis Xing’s
Mansion!
However, Chu Qing had never thought that he would be despised by a
concubine’s daughter one day!
On thinking of this, he disliked Shao Jie’er even more. “The
legitimate daughter of the third branch is much better than that ignorant
concubine’s daughter!â€
“How dare she! How dare a daughter of non-lineal descent look down on a
member of the royal family!†Hearing Chu Qing’s tactful explanation,
Empress Dowager put down the teacup heavily with a darkening face.
She looked down on Chu Qing, but it didn’t mean that other people could
do the same. He was always the Former Emperor’s son no matter how bad
he was!
“That’s exactly what Marquis Xing’s Mansion means, Empress Dowager!
They also say that Third Miss is pitiful…†Chu Qing showed a trace of
grievance at the right time.
Shao Caihuan was pitiful? Indeed, she was! She entered the Imperial
Palace for the Pageant the other day, but unfortunately, she became a
scapegoat of Shao Wanru and was framed by others. From this point of
view, Shao Caihuan was indeed very pitiful suffering an unexpected
disaster.
From this point of view, it seemed that Marquis Xing’s Mansion didn’t
go too far.
“Empress Dowager, Princess Chen arrived!†a palace maid came in and
reported in a low voice.
“Lead her in!†Empress Dowager nodded, and then the palace maid left.
After a while, Shao Wanru followed the palace maid in.
Empress Dowager granted her a seat after Shao Wanru bowed.
“Princess Chen, do you know what has happened in Marquis Xing’s
Mansion today?†Empress Dowager did not beat around the bush and asked
directly.
“Yes, I do. Old Madam invited me to their mansion, and I happened to
arrive when they were talking about the matter!†Shao Wanru answered in
a soft voice with a gentle attitude. She was not panicked by Empress
Dowager’s reprimand.
Her calm look softened Empress Dowager’s face. “What do you think?â€
It seemed that Empress Dowager wanted Shao Wanru to give some advice. But
Shao Wanru didn’t want to say anything about it now, neither did she
want to do that when she was in Marquis Xing’s Mansion at that time.
She glanced at Commandery Prince Qing opposite her with her watery eyes
and said, “Commandery Prince Qing should make the decision himself!â€
The “buck†was passed to Chu Qing again. It wasn’t as simple as it
looked. Shao Jing and Shao Jie’er would not agree to give up such a
marriage unless doing so could benefit them. So there must be a reason
why they quit.
However, Empress Dowager insisted that Shao Wanru should express her
opinion. She asked Shao Wanru again, “Who do you think is more suitable
to be Commandery Prince Qing’s wife, your second sister or third
sister?â€
Shao Wanru was not allowed to stay out of the matter.
With her long eyelashes fluttering, a trace of deepness flashed in her
eyes. It didn’t reduce her beauty. Instead, it modified her beautiful
face with elegance, making her facial features both charming and elegant.
Compared with a lineal daughter of an aristocratic family who was
specially cultivated into an elegant lady, Shao Wanru was even more
outstanding.
Empress Dowager suddenly fell in a better mood. No matter what, she got a
good wife for Chen’er, a wife with whom he himself was also satisfied.
Now, Empress Dowager wanted to test Shao Wanru.
Empress Dowager didn’t care who married into Commandery Prince Qing’s
Mansion. Neither of them would have an impact on her. But she cared about
Shao Wanru’s attitude a lot!
Due to Empress Dowager’s insistence, Shao Wanru thought for a few
seconds and came out with an idea in her mind. “Since Empress Dowager
wants my opinion, I have to say something!†Then she said, “As a
concubine’s daughter, Second Sister has always listened to Eldest
Sister in everything since she was young. But she is not very close to
other sisters. She is Second Uncle’s daughter, so people in her mansion
value her, though she is not a daughter of lineal descent.â€
“Third Sister is Third Uncle’s eldest daughter. She gets along well
with other sisters except for Second Sister. Maybe it’s because they
are different from each other in their status. Third Sister has been very
depressed since the incident happened to her in the Palace. Now she is
copying Buddhist scriptures in the Buddha Hall with Second Sister, as she
had caused some trouble on Eldest Brother’s wedding!â€
Everyone knew why she copied Buddhist scriptures.
When Chu Qing heard that the two girls were copying Buddhist scriptures,
his face darkened. At first, he thought Third Miss was a good girl,
though she was not good-looking. Now it seemed that she was not as good
as he thought. In this case, it might be better to marry that
concubine’s daughter.
Empress Dowager was very satisfied with Shao Wanru’s implicit words,
which showed that Shao Wanru was partial to Chu Liuchen instead of
Marquis Xing’s Mansion.
“Since she has been married to Chen’er, of course, she has to be
partial to him. Chen’er is much more important than her parent’s
family,†Empress Dowager thought. She treated Chu Liuchen as a
treasure, so how could she allow Shao Wanru not to put Chu Liuchen in the
first place?
“It seems that Shao Wanru is sincere to her husband, and she doesn’t
like Marquis Xing’s Mansion. That’s great!†Her grandson was fond
of Shao Wanru, so Empress Dowager wanted Shao Wanru to do everything for
her grandson wholeheartedly so that she wouldn’t feel sorry for her
grandson.
“Commandery Prince Qing, do you understand what Princess Chen said?â€
Empress Dowager stopped questioning Shao Wanru and turned to ask Chu Qing.
From Shao Wanru’s words, Empress Dowager could tell that Shao Jie’er
was not a good girl. After all, how could a concubine’s daughter be
valued by the whole mansion? Moreover, she was not close to her other
sisters, which meant she would never be willing to sacrifice herself for
them. So, she must give up the marriage because she had had a better
choice.
Empress Dowager became increasingly dissatisfied with Marquis Xing’s
Mansion. “What do they think the descendants of the royal family are?
The radishes and cabbages that they can pick in the market at will? They
are just two silly girls!†Empress Dowager had also investigated the
incident related to the three happening in the Palace and found that
Third Miss Shao was not completely innocent!
Chu Qing looked up at Shao Wanru and then at Empress Dowager. He entered
the Palace not only for deciding to marry which Miss, but also mainly to
see the Empress Dowager’s attitude…
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