Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Queen Jiang slowly sat down on the phoenix chair and said, "Everyone, get up!"

"Thank you, Queen!"

Shen Zhinian guessed what she was thinking and couldn't help but sigh.

But she is the queen, so how could a noble like her have the right to feel pity for her?

Queen Jiang's eyes slowly swept across from below, and when she saw that there were still two empty chairs, her brows slightly frowned.

The Queen is virtuous and generous. If there are some things that are not convenient to say, then the people below should say them.

Shangguan Guiren immediately said, "The Queen is not in good health, and has changed the daily greetings to an occasional one. How come someone is still late? Isn't this disrespectful to the Queen?"

Of course, she didn't dare to offend Imperial Concubine Liu too much, and added: "It's understandable that Imperial Concubine is late as she is in charge of the six palaces, but what's wrong with Imperial Concubine Zhou? Why hasn't she arrived yet at this time?"

Queen Jiang kept a loving smile on her face and said generously, "It's okay. Since they are late, just wait."

Shangguan Guiren smiled flatteringly: "If it were anyone else, they wouldn't have such a good temper. Your Majesty is worthy of being the Queen, you are magnanimous and tolerant, and you are the mother of the country!"

A palace concubine who was attached to Concubine Liu smiled with her handkerchief covering her mouth, and said provocatively: "Only the Empress is qualified to invite the concubines to come and pay respects. What does Shangguan Guiren mean by 'replace her with someone else'? If you don't know, you might think that Shangguan Guiren wants someone else to replace the Empress..."

Shangguan Guiren's face turned pale immediately, and she hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is not what I meant! I just said something out of turn, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Queen Jiang glanced at Shangguan Guiren unhappily, as if she thought she was stupid, and then changed the subject: "Fanghua, didn't I tell you that Kang Guiren is still in her period and doesn't need to come to Kunning Palace to pay her respects today?"

"Your Highness, I feel that my health is no longer a problem. Your Highness is considerate of me, and I am grateful, but the rules cannot be abolished."

Concubine Kang stood up and bowed, her tone respectful and impeccable. No wonder she was just a concubine in the palace, but she was able to climb to the position of a noble.

Queen Jiang nodded lovingly: "That's good. When you recover, you will surely give birth to many children for Your Majesty."

"Yes."

Shen Zhinian listened to the conversation between the two and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Looking at Queen Jiang's virtuous appearance, who would have thought that she was the culprit who caused Concubine Kang to have a miscarriage.

"The Imperial Concubine has arrived --!!!"

As the eunuch's announcement sounded, Concubine Liu, dressed in gorgeous palace clothing and a cloisonné jeweled hair crown, walked in slowly from outside, supported by palace maids.

She looked nonchalant, as if she didn't realize that she was already late for a long time, or she didn't care.

Everyone immediately stood up and saluted: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Highness. May you be blessed with good fortune and happiness!"

Concubine Liu walked forward without looking away, and said perfunctorily: "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."

Then, without waiting for Queen Jiang to call her, she sat down on the first chair under the phoenix chair.

However, Concubine Zhou, who was following behind her, was much more respectful in her gestures of saluting.

Queen Jiang was always generous. Facing Concubine Liu's rudeness, she did not show a trace of displeasure on her face. She said to Concubine Zhou, "Get up."

"Thank you, Queen."

Shangguan Guiren had failed in her flattery attempt and had been trying to restore her image in Queen Jiang's heart. She did not dare to disrespect Liu Guiren, so she turned her spearhead towards Zhou Guiren.

"Everyone in the palace knows that today is the day to pay respects to the Empress. Everyone got up early, fearing that they would be negligent. It's been two cups of tea before Concubine Zhou arrived. Are you deliberately disrespecting the Empress? Or do you think that you dare not take the Empress seriously just because you have married the Imperial Concubine?"

Even though such a big hat was put on her head, Concubine Zhou was not panicked at all. She just looked at Concubine Liu.

Concubine Liu glanced at Shangguan Guiren sharply, disdaining to talk to such a small character, and said to Queen Jiang: "Your Majesty, there is a reason why I and Concubine Zhou were late today. I'm sure that Your Majesty will be very happy to know this good news!"

"Oh?"

Queen Jiang asked with a smile: "I wonder what the good news is?"

Everyone's curiosity was aroused.

"Mrs. Zhou, please speak for yourself."

"Yes."

Concubine Zhou's face flushed slightly, and she was unable to conceal her joy: "I felt unwell when I woke up this morning, but I didn't dare to delay paying my respects to Her Majesty the Queen, so I didn't tell the palace maids who were waiting on me."

"I met the Imperial Concubine on the way. When she saw that I looked unwell, she immediately asked someone to invite the imperial physician. He found out that I was pregnant for more than a month..."

Yongshou Palace is in the West Six Palaces, Chengqian Palace is in the East Six Palaces, and it is impossible for Concubine Zhou to meet Concubine Liu on the way when she came to pay respects at Kunning Palace. She had already taken refuge with Concubine Liu, so this was clearly a random excuse.

However, at this moment, everyone was shocked by this bombshell news and had no time to look into the loopholes in Concubine Zhou's words.

Queen Jiang clenched her hands tightly around the Phoenix Chair, feeling a surge of extremely complicated emotions in her heart!

She was the legitimate wife of His Majesty, and she should have given birth to a noble and honorable son! But since her child died in her womb, she had never been pregnant again. And these women in the harem were pregnant one after another!

Concubine Kang was even more stunned, with pain in her eyes.

She didn't hate Concubine Zhou. It was just that she had only lost her child for half a month when she heard the news that Concubine Zhou was pregnant, so she couldn't help feeling sad.

At this moment, a hand gently patted the back of her hand. Feeling the warmth, Concubine Kang looked up and met Shen Zhinian's comforting eyes, and a warm feeling surged in her heart.

The other palace concubines' gazes fell on Concubine Zhou's still flat belly, and their eyes were flickering with jealousy that was difficult to conceal!

Especially Shangguan Guiren, her face looked as ugly as if she had eaten a fly.

She had just used the issue of being late to make trouble for Concubine Zhou, and then Concubine Zhou revealed that she was pregnant. Wasn't this a slap in her face!

In just a moment, Queen Jiang came back to her senses and put on an impeccable smile again on her face: "This is really good news! Your Majesty has few children, and I'm sure you will be very pleased to know this!"

"Lady Zhou, you are in a very important position now, so you must take good care of yourself and successfully give birth to a son for His Majesty. You don't need to pay respects to me from now on."

Concubine Zhou said: "Thank you for your consideration, Queen. I will follow your instructions!"

The other concubines, whether sincerely or not, also said, "Congratulations to Lady Zhou! Congratulations to Her Majesty the Queen, the harem has been blessed again!"

Liang Fei had a kind smile on her face, while Xue Fei still looked cold, as if it had nothing to do with her.