ushernet Chapter 39 The Emperor's Favored Mad Concubine's Ramblings (8)
Chapter 39 The Emperor's Favored Mad Concubine's Ramblings (8)
Arrows shot at Gangzi and the Empress from all directions.
Gangzi pulled the Empress aside and dodged and weaved. Under the Empress's cover, he was unharmed, but the Empress was hit by several arrows.
"Oh dear, this beauty looks like she's not going to make it. I'd better find another beauty!" Gangzi abandoned the empress and quickly disappeared into the night.
Seeing the monster escape, how could the emperor possibly swallow this insult?
"Chase after them!"
At a command, many imperial guards gave chase.
"Empress!"
Su Dingding rushed to the Empress's side, tears streaming down her face, "Empress, how could you be so foolish? The Emperor is so devoted to you, why did you betray him..."
“Consort Hua…” The Emperor reached out to pull her.
"Your Majesty, the Empress must have been forced by that monster. Please don't blame her, okay?" Su Dingding pleaded with her eyes full of hope.
"Consort Hua, you are just too kind." The Emperor looked at her with heartache.
If the queen was forced, why did she give birth to the monster's child without any remorse? This shows that she did it willingly.
Su Dingding blinked her teary eyes, her acting urge kicking in; she felt restless if she didn't act for a bit.
"Your Majesty, please have mercy and hand the Empress over to me."
The emperor, believing the empress was doomed, readily agreed.
He didn't want to upset Consort Hua, after all, she was the only one left in the palace.
Su Dingding had the Empress brought to her palace and then summoned the imperial physician to treat her.
As a result, the treatment was ineffective, and the empress died.
After the imperial physician left, Su Dingding escorted the Empress into a secret chamber she had prepared in advance.
She woke up the next day, feeling weak and powerless.
Su Dingding sat on the edge of her bed, his feet resting on the Empress's pillow. With a slight movement, he could touch the Empress's face.
She was holding a plate of sunflower seeds, which she was cracking open with a "crackling" sound.
The sunflower seed shells were spat all over the Empress's face and body, everywhere.
The Empress was furious when she saw her, her eyes filled with resentment.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Su Dingding kicked her in the face, then leaned forward slightly and said, "I'm your savior. Without me, you would have died long ago."
"You vile woman, you're the one who ruined me!" The Empress's voice was weak, filled with regret for not having killed Consort Hua sooner.
"How can an empress be a model of virtue if she keeps calling people 'bastards' all the time?" Su Dingding spat sunflower seed shells onto the empress's face and moved even closer, saying, "Do you know? You actually gave birth to a big, healthy boy, but I switched him with someone else, hehehe..."
"What?!" Upon hearing this, the Empress struggled to get up. "Where is my little prince? Where is he? Consort Hua, how dare you! If the Emperor finds out, he will surely kill you!"
"Don't move around. If your wounds reopen, you'll be the one who suffers. If you die, you'll never see your son again in this lifetime," Su Dingding continued with a grin.
"My poor prince..." the empress cried sadly.
Su Dingding ignored her and slowly walked out.
The emperor suppressed the news that the empress had given birth to a monster and announced to the public that the empress had died of illness. However, since there was a war on the border, the funeral arrangements were kept simple.
Su Dingding was promoted from Consort Hua to Imperial Concubine Hua.
She remained as eccentric and domineering as ever, running rampant in the harem.
However, her favorite place was the secret chamber where the queen was imprisoned.
The empress believed she really had a prince, so she had a will to survive.
She was willing to do anything for this prince.
"Now you are a dead man, no longer the empress, not even as good as a dog!" Su Dingding looked down at the empress kneeling at his feet.
Ever since the Queen's face was injured, she had been wearing a veil. Now that the veil was gone, she didn't even have the courage to raise her head.
“Consort Hua…”
Su Dingding kicked her, "Grandma is now Consort Hua!"
"Consort Hua," the Empress said, enduring the pain as she knelt down again, "Is my little prince still alive? Could you please let me see him, even just a glimpse, if it's just a sneaky peek..."
The empress has now shed her former splendor, her hair is half white, she wears only a close-fitting plain dress, and her eyes are swollen from crying.
"Want to see your little prince?" Su Dingding said, seemingly deep in thought. "Then slap yourself a hundred times."
"I'll hit!" The Empress began to strike with both hands without hesitation.
Her face was quickly swollen from the beating, and blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
Tears streamed down her face. She was once a noble empress, but now she was reduced to the dust.
After slapping her, the Queen crawled to Su Dingding's feet, and Su Dingding threw her a pair of scissors.
"I don't like your hair, cut it bald for me!" Su Dingding raised an eyebrow and smiled.
The empress slowly reached out and picked up the scissors. Her body and hair were gifts from her parents, and to have her hair cut off was the greatest humiliation.
But she had no other choice!
With tears in her eyes, the queen kept cutting her hair with scissors. As she watched her hair fall to the ground, her heart died along with it.
After finally finishing her haircut, the Empress asked calmly, "Is it alright now?"
Su Dingding stood up slowly and deliberately. "I'm tired today. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Consort Hua!" The Empress hugged Su Dingding's leg. "You promised me you'd let me see the young prince, you promised me!"
"I said we'll talk about it tomorrow!" Su Dingding kicked the Empress away, stepped on her face, and crushed it forcefully. "You are now just my dog, you are not worthy to negotiate with me!"
The Empress was in tears. She did not understand why she had to suffer such torment and humiliation.
“There’s plenty of time. You’ll definitely see your son again. Maybe he’ll even become the crown prince and sit on the throne. But back then, his mother will be…me!” Su Dingding deliberately provoked her.
"Why?" the queen roared.
She clung tightly to Su Dingding's leg, refusing to let go no matter how much she kicked.
Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, but her eyes remained resolute. "He is my prince, the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. He cannot call you Mother. I will not allow it. I refuse to accept this..."
"Not convinced?" Su Dingding let out a series of cold laughs, the laughter of which was somewhat eerie.
The empress was filled with fear and unease, but she remained steadfast and refused to yield even in the face of death.
"Gangzi, send her memories of her past life." Su Dingding suddenly stopped laughing, his face turning cold as he kicked the Empress away.
The queen's body slammed into the corner of the wall, a sharp pain shot through her head, and her eyes widened in terror.
That's it!
She stole Consort Hua's prince, and she forced Consort Hua to her death.
Not only that, she also plotted to kill Consort Hua's son, the prince she had raised for six years!
At that time, she didn't even hesitate for a moment. The little prince, who called her "Mother," doted on her, and treated her very well, ate the poisoned pastry without any suspicion, and even smiled and said, "Mother's homemade pastries are so delicious!"
Ha ha……
The queen trembled all over, clutched her head with both hands, and let out a roar.
This can't be real!