Chapter 62 - II
Concubine Chun was very sensitive to her origins.
She was not born into a wealthy family, but was a dowry of the late queen. Later, when she had a child, Chu Minghan made her a concubine out of consideration for the late queen.
In fact, she wasn’t originally supposed to become a concubine. Typically, concubines were chosen from biological sisters. However, since the Feng family only had one daughter, Feng Qingrao, and no other branches, the Old Madam Feng who was still alive at the time asked for help. After listening to her opinions, Old Master Feng recognized Concubine Chun as his goddaughter and sent her to the palace as part of Feng Qingrao’s dowry, due to Concubine Chun’s close relationship with her as her personal maid since childhood.
Of course, Old Madam Feng also hoped that Concubine Chun could keep Feng Qingrao company in the palace.
Initially, due to her status, Concubine Chun felt that her life was good enough. But when her child was born along with Feng Chilie, she gradually changed.
How could it be that Feng Chilie was adored by thousands as soon as he was born, and his full moon celebration was held grandly, while no one cared about her child?
Therefore, Concubine Chun was unwilling to accept this disparity. She entertained a wrong idea, listened to Baili Ronghua’s temptation, and took action against the late queen.
Baili Ronghua promised her at that time that as long as she killed the former queen and the second prince, Dayong Dynasty would help her become the new queen and ensure her children’s ascension to the throne in the future.
Unexpectedly, Baili Ronghua immediately betrayed her after the incident was completed. With the support of her maternal clan, she naturally became the new queen and even tried to drive Concubine Chun to death.
Concubine Chun felt regret and remorse at that time, but after everything had been done, it was too late for her to regret, so she could only suffer in silence.
As the saying went, “There is no need to worry about leaving green hills without firewood.” Concubine Chun endured humiliation and resorted to all sorts of unsavory tactics to convince Baili Ronghua that she was truly insane.
When Baili Ronghua stopped paying attention to her, Concubine Chun quietly observed everyone’s movements in the Jing Palace and then secretly contacted Cui Yuanqing.
Collaborating with Cui Yuanqing was also a desperate move. As a servant sold by her family to the Feng household as a maid since childhood, she had no support from her maternal family.
At that time, Qi Kingdom was insignificant, and she looked down upon it. Zhao Kingdom hadn’t even appeared, and she didn’t have a chance to consider it.
As for Great Yong… well, she didn’t believe that Baili Ronghua didn’t have the Queen Mother’s support behind her.
After much consideration, Cui Yuanqing seemed to be the best option.
There was nothing that money couldn’t achieve in the world. She bribed Xu Youquan and established contact with Cui Yuanqing through his assistance.
Cui Yuanqing was willing to collaborate with her, but he made a request that she act as his informant in the Jing Kingdom.
Concubine Chun agreed without hesitation.
From then on, Cui Yuanqing was well-informed about many things in the Jing Kingdom and could be said to have a comprehensive understanding of everything.
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During the time when Concubine Chun was lost in memories, Baili Ronghua’s face had been battered beyond recognition.
Concubine Chun didn’t have anything important to attend to today; she just wanted to torment her and deliver some good news.
Out of spite, Concubine Chun raised her hand and signaled the servant to cease.
She crouched in front of Baili Ronghua and asked with a sinister smile: “Do you want to know how your son is faring now?”
Baili Ronghua was taken aback and grabbed Concubine Chun’s clothes: “You wretched bitch, I’m warning you, don’t you dare touch him!”
“Don’t touch?” Concubine Chun glanced at the maid, and the maid tossed a bag dripping with blood in front of Baili Ronghua: “You said ‘don’t touch’. What will you do to me if I touch him?”
Baili Ronghua opened the bag and gasped, then seized Concubine Chun with a ferocious expression: “You wretch! You bitch, I’ll kill you!”
“Kill me? How will you kill? If I spare your life, that’s already generous enough.” Concubine Chun stood up and shoved Baili Ronghua away. She dusted off her clothes and said softly: “From now on, you’ll rot away here alone. As for your son, don’t fret, he won’t die. He’s probably frolicking with others by now.”
As she departed, Concubine Chun slipped another piece of silver to the guard: “Watch her, don’t let her attempt suicide.”
‘I want her to suffer for the rest of her days!’
For the sake of money, the guard agreed, but he was still a bit shocked to see Baili Ronghua standing there like a stranger.
He was curious about what Concubine Chun had shown Baili Ronghua that had provoked such a reaction.
As Concubine Chun left, the guard picked up the bag and glanced inside. His stomach turned cold instantly. Then he recalled Concubine Chun’s warning moments earlier, and his buttocks clenched involuntarily.
Women in the palace were truly terrifying!
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The news of Concubine Chun’s visit to the prison soon reached Cui Yuanqing’s ears, but he didn’t pay it much heed.
Baili Ronghua held no significance to him; her life or death was inconsequential.
While others might speculate that he kept Baili Ronghua alive to potentially use her against Feng Mingyuan, only he knew that he kept Baili Ronghua around solely to entertain that unfortunate woman, Concubine Chun. That was all.
After years of contention, Cui Yuanqing truly understood Feng Mingyuan. This queen mother possessed the most despicable but also the most vulnerable heart in the world.
In order to reunify Great Yong, Feng Mingyuan could sacrifice everything she could, and in order to protect Baili Chengzhi, she could also withstand any pressure on her own.
Therefore, it was impossible to threaten Feng Mingyuan with Baili Ronghua, and she would not buy it at all.
And leaving Baili Ronghua for Concubine Chun to humiliate was equivalent of him taking action. After all, in a sense, he and Concubine Chun were allies.
Of course, if he hadn’t had time, he would have really wanted to do it himself. This would not only humiliate Baili Ronghua but also humiliated the Great Yong royal family.
But Cui Yuanqing didn’t expect that the woman Concubine Chun would delay taking action for so long. It could only be said that she was still too timid.
If the two of them were in a different situation, he would definitely take action immediately and let out the bad breath he had been holding in his heart for more than twenty years!
It was a little late, but Cui Yuanqing was still very satisfied with Concubine Chun’s methods, which were cruel and humiliating enough.
Cui Yuanqing asked someone to inquire, and Concubine Chun found someone to castrate Chu Yiheng, and then sent his dirty thing to Baili Ronghua.
Of course, castration was not the end. Concubine Chun knew that Chu Yiheng especially liked sleeping with beautiful girls, so she sent someone to sell Chu Yiheng to a brothel and gave instructions. The mother there must help him get more customers, the uglier the better.
Although Cui Yuanqing did not do this himself, he still felt relieved.
But before he could feel comfortable, someone rushed in in a hurry.
“Report!” The soldier rushed in sweating profusely, startling Cui Yuanqing.
“What are you doing recklessly?” Cui Yuanqing patted his chest. “Are you going to scare your master to death?”
The soldier fell to his knees on the ground and kowtowed quickly. “Chief General, spare my life, spare my life!”
“Okay. Okay,” Cui Yuanqing waved his hand impatiently. “What happened, why are you so anxious?”
The soldier breathed a sigh of relief, pointed in the direction of Lingjiang River, and said, “Go back to the chief general, over there at Lingjiang River… There something big happened!”
Cui Yuanqing stood up suddenly. “What happened?” The soldier did not dare to delay and said, “There is a letter from the Lingjiang guards. Great Yong sent people to blow up the Lingjiang Bridge!”
Exploded…
Exploded…
Exploded…
These words kept swirling in Cui Yuanqing’s mind. The veins on his forehead popped out instantly. He flipped the table in front of him and became furious.