latelenovela Chapter 337: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (86)
Chapter 337: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (86)
Chapter 337 The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (Eighty-Six)
So what did Cui Li want? Was it the position of queen? Not really.
It's not that she will be happy just because she becomes the queen.
Feelings need to be exchanged with sincerity, but the sincerity she felt from Liang Sheng was mixed with impurities.
Cui Li: "No matter how nice the title of Imperial Noble Consort sounds, she is still a concubine! Since he loves me so much, why does he favor people like Xu Yada and Ji Wei? The Queen, Consort Ji, and Ming Xiurong are all troublemakers. Now I have His Majesty's protection, and they can't harm me for a while, but what about the future? If His Majesty gets tired of me, do I have to scheme against others and compete for the Emperor's heart just for his favor and for the sake of my son? Aunt, I feel very depressed staying in the palace."
The Queen Mother was somewhat puzzled. She didn't know what her niece was struggling with. The harem was indeed like walking on thin ice. If she wasn't careful, she would lose everything. But as the Emperor's woman, she also enjoyed wealth that most people would never get in their lifetime. She advised:
"How could an emperor possibly be devoted to you alone? It's just a man's oath, how can it be taken seriously? The emperor must continue his family line. If I really only devoted my life to you and had few children, then you would be a sinner in the world. You're jealous when other concubines get pregnant, but can you handle that?"
Empress Dowager Cui hadn't spoken at such length for a long time. She spoke earnestly, "You are my niece, childhood sweethearts with Sheng'er, and you have the Cui family backing you. You are more beautiful than even a fairy concubine, and you will soon have a prince by your side. Your future will be bright. Even without the emperor's favor, he will still treat you as a family member. You are so jealous. Could it be that the late emperor didn't make you the Crown Princess because he was afraid you wouldn't let Sheng'er take a concubine?"
Cui Li smiled faintly, okay, she is jealous, she is the most jealous woman in the harem.
Fortunately, she is not Empress Dowager Cui's biological niece. If the original owner were still alive, she would probably be depressed if she found out that her aunt did not understand her.
Didn't the Queen Mother know that the harem was like a yoke? She knew, but she chose to ignore it.
As the empress dowager, she was given a certain degree of freedom. She could leave the palace to escape the summer heat, go to famous sites in Foshan to pray for blessings, and go on tours outside the palace.
But how many times could ordinary concubines leave the palace? Only a few could follow the emperor out of the palace to watch hunting in the royal hunting grounds or to the temporary palaces to escape the summer heat. Everything depended on the emperor and there was no freedom.
Liang Sheng took advantage of her, so she had to have a deep and abusive relationship with him?
Everyone’s pursuits are different.
Cui Li knew that some people might think she was being hypocritical. The Queen Mother's words made so much sense. Why should people worry about so many things in life? Glory and wealth are enough. Why do they need love and sincerity? Love can't fill the stomach.
She felt that Liang Sheng was not sincere enough in treating her and only used sweet words to perfunctorily treat her. However, in the eyes of the world, perhaps people thought that Emperor Liang favored her as the Imperial Noble Consort, and was the most favored person in the harem, and a thorn in the eyes of the concubines in the harem.
It is said that those who are favored are fearless. She dared to lose her temper with the emperor. Perhaps deep down, she knew this.
Love mixed with impurities is still love, why can't we tolerate it?
But what’s the point if we tolerate everything and suppress our nature?
Cui Li thought of the original owner's wish, to protect the child, and either leave the palace to find another good man, or stay in the palace to become the apple of Liang Sheng's eye, making those who hurt her jealous and painful.
I guess even if the original owner were still alive, he wouldn't want to stay in the palace for the rest of his life, right?
When Queen Mother Cui saw that Cui Li was silent, she slapped her hand in frustration and lectured her a few more times.
Suddenly she heard Cui Li ask her.
Cui Li: "Aunt, why did the late emperor choose Ji Shilan to be the Crown Princess? It was obvious that the late emperor had always favored me. When I reached the age of 15, the late emperor also gave me a phoenix hairpin, which had obvious meaning. If I had married His Majesty back then, perhaps he and I wouldn't have ended up like this. However, it is also possible that things would have been even worse than they are today."
Empress Dowager Cui was speechless for a moment. The late emperor gave up Li'er and chose Ji Shilan as the Crown Princess. This incident also hurt her heart and slapped the face of their Cui family.
Empress Dowager Cui was also very cruel to the emperor at that time. She cried and made a fuss several times, but she could only watch her brother being ignored, her niece refusing any banquets, and staying at home in silence.
"Perhaps, the late emperor was dissatisfied with me and the Cui family. The aristocratic family was an eyesore to the late emperor."
Queen Mother Cui murmured something with emotion, and no longer had the heart to preach. She told Cui Li to take good care of the baby, and left with a melancholy look on her face.