Harem Daily Life

Eunuch Qin received the news from the Shu family and pondered for a moment before going in to report to the Queen Mother.

"Empress Dowager, Lord Shu and Madam Shu wish to go to the temporary palace to meet with Consort Shu. Please give your instructions, Your Majesty."

The Queen Mother sneered, "Meet her? Haha—then let her complain to my brother and his wife, saying that I, her aunt, have harmed her and locked her up, not allowing her to return to the palace?"

Eunuch Qin didn't dare to speak, and he didn't know what Shu Cairen and the Queen Mother talked about in private. In short, the Queen Mother took Shu Cairen to the temporary palace on the pretext that she was ill, and kept her there for a year.

The Queen Mother waved her hand and asked Eunuch Qin to leave, but did not agree to let the Shu family go to the palace.

After everyone left, the Queen Mother sneered, and when she remembered how Shu Cairen had threatened her with the matter of Shang Yuanzhou, she lost all love for Shu Cairen.

If she had not been taken away, with Shu Cairen's constant attempts to spread the Empress Dowager's scandals, who knows what kind of joke would have happened.

The Queen Mother can protect her or not. She brought her own death upon herself, so she can't blame others.

In the royal palace in the western suburbs, Shu Cairen, who had lost her freedom for almost a year, was living a miserable life. On this day, she smashed all the furnishings in the bedroom to pieces.

"I want to see the Queen Mother and His Majesty! You slaves, why don't you go and report this to me? Let me out quickly. I'm a member of the Shu family, you can't hold me captive!"

Her voice was a little hoarse from screaming, but the palace maids and servants guarding her were unmoved. No one spoke to her even though she screamed.

Eunuch Qi stood outside the door and sighed: "Wait until she is tired and falls asleep, then you can go in and clean up all the broken things." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Shu Cairen's former personal maids Zi Ling and Fu Xin had long been executed by the Queen Mother for failing to take good care of Shu Cairen. Now Shu Cairen has no close subordinates around him.

She was completely desperate and sat down on the ground in a daze when she was tired of shouting.

"Why? Why have I fallen to this point today? Queen Mother, my dear aunt, you are so cruel. In order to prevent your secret from being spread, you actually locked me up here and forbade anyone to see me! And Your Majesty, my dear cousin, I've been out of the palace for a year, and you're not worried at all. Don't you send anyone to visit me? You really are a good mother and son, both with the same heart of stone!"

Shu Cairen was really scared. She was afraid that she would be locked up here and never be able to get out. She would die silently and no one would care.

Thinking of death, Shu Cairen's eyes moved to the broken porcelain pieces. She was stunned for a moment before slowly reaching out to pick up the porcelain pieces.

When there was no movement in the room, the palace maid outside thought that Concubine Shu was too tired to sleep, so she pushed the door open and walked in. Unexpectedly, what she saw was a pool of bright red blood.

"Oh no, someone come quickly, Concubine Shu committed suicide!" The palace maid didn't dare to go forward to check and hurried out to call for help.

Not long after Eunuch Qi sat down, he was startled by the voice of a palace maid and hurried to check.

"Hurry, hurry, call the doctor!"

Looking at the huge pool of blood, Eunuch Qi was so frightened that he lost his soul and prayed that Concubine Shu would not die in the palace!

At night, the news that Shu Cairen had committed suicide and was rescued was sent to Changle Palace. Eunuch Qin whispered to the Queen Mother through the mosquito net and said a few words.

The empress dowager, who was still in a daze, suddenly woke up and sat up. "She is quite brave. Is she trying to threaten me with death? Humph, unfortunately, I am not that easy to threaten."

The Queen Mother coughed lightly and said, "Send the order and have the imperial physician treat her properly. Tell Consort Shu to stop threatening people and reflect on her mistakes in the palace for the rest of her life."

After struggling for a whole day and night, Shu Cairen was pulled back from the hands of death by the imperial physician. She didn't expect that even though she had risked everything and risked her life, the empress dowager still refused to let her go.

The eunuch who came to deliver the message stood beside her and said calmly, "Mrs. Shu, the Queen Mother has said that you should put away your threats and stay in the palace for the rest of your life and reflect on your mistakes."

Shu Cairen was furious. She picked up the pillow beside her and threw it at the eunuch: "What do you mean by threatening? I really want to die! Also, I am your majesty's woman. I want to go back to the palace. I want to go back to the palace! I don't want to stay in this place forever. I don't want it!"

Shu Cairen started screaming hysterically again. The eunuch shook his head and walked out. He gave Eunuch Qi a few instructions before returning to the palace.

Eunuch Qi sighed and went back to advise, "Mrs. Shu, please stop degrading yourself. The Queen Mother is determined to keep you in the temporary palace. Isn't it enough for you to stay there? Aside from not being able to see His Majesty, you have the final say in this temporary palace. What's wrong with that?"

Shu Cairen looked at Eunuch Qi and suddenly knelt down in front of him.

"Oh, talented lady, what are you doing? Get up quickly, are you trying to torture me?" Eunuch Qi hurried to help.

Shu Cairen, however, refused to get up and begged, "Please, eunuch, help me pass a message to His Majesty. Tell him that I have offended the Queen Mother and she has imprisoned me here. Please, His Majesty, come and save my life. Eunuch, I beg you!"

Eunuch Qi shook his head vigorously. "No, no, no! Isn't this trying to embarrass me, Master? How can a small-time thug like me possibly pass on this information to the palace?"

Eunuch Qi took great effort to help Concubine Shu up.

Shu Cairen refused to give up. She quickly went to her dressing table, took out her jewelry, and gave it all to Eunuch Qi. "Even if you can't pass the news to the palace, please find a way to go to the Shu family and tell my father about my situation. I give all these to you. When I regain power in the future, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

Eunuch Qi had no other choice but to say, "Then I will go on your behalf. However, once the news is delivered, how Lord Shu handles it is beyond my control."

The Shu family's request to meet Shu Cairen was rejected by the Queen Mother. Feeling frustrated, they unexpectedly received news from the palace saying that Shu Cairen was locked up in the palace by the Queen Mother and could not leave. They asked Lord Shu to think of a solution.

Lord Shu was at a loss for a moment, and what made him even more puzzled was why the Queen Mother imprisoned Concubine Shu on the grounds of illness.

"Master, please think of a way to rescue Wanqing. What do you think the Queen Mother is thinking? We are relatives who are still connected even if our bones are broken!"

When Mrs. Shu heard about her daughter's situation, she burst into tears.

Lord Shu frowned and said after a while, "Aren't you curious why the Queen Mother did that?"

Madam Shu choked and looked at Lord Shu: "Could it be that Wanqing did something wrong again to displease the Queen Mother?"

Lord Shu had no idea either. If it was because of the Defei incident, then those who should be punished had been punished, and those who should be demoted had been demoted. He didn't know if there was something else they didn't know about that angered the empress dowager.