EBE Chapter 117 Vomiting
Chapter 117 Vomiting
Zhou Lingge raised an eyebrow and looked at the Empress Dowager in surprise. "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Didn't His Majesty issue an oral decree exempting me from all the formalities of greeting?"
"I am pregnant with the heir to the throne, and Your Majesty is very careful and considerate of me, so I am favored a little bit... Didn't the Empress Dowager receive Your Majesty's decree to the six palaces?"
The Queen Mother immediately gasped and her face turned extremely pale.
She had forgotten about it.
This time, her momentum was directly suppressed by Concubine Yu.
The Queen Mother felt very aggrieved.
She is the queen mother of a country, but now she has to endure the bullying of a concubine?
Ah...she was so angry!
This is all because of the emperor, that unfilial son, who gave Concubine Yu the confidence.
She raised her son in vain!
The Queen Mother was so angry that she saw stars and almost got a stitch in her side.
Zhou Shiya clenched her fists tightly and tried to soothe the empress dowager softly.
Zhou Lingge is so arrogant that she even dares to offend the Queen Mother?
What exactly does she rely on?
Did she really think that the emperor's favor would always be with her?
The Queen Mother's face was ashen, and she didn't give Zhou Shiya any good look. It was all her fault... for bringing her evil concubine sister into the palace.
When Zhou Lingge saw that the Queen Mother and Zhou Shiya looked unhappy, her mood became cheerful.
She was thinking about not confronting the Queen Mother head-on, but the old lady often picked on her, so there was no need for her to swallow her anger and endure the humiliation from the old woman.
All of this was the confidence Qin Feiling gave her.
She is pregnant with the royal heir and holds an ace in her hand. What can the Queen Mother do even if she is angry at her domineering behavior?
Zhou Lingge curled her lips and smiled, ignoring the empress dowager's ugly expression. She leaned lazily back in her chair and raised her eyebrows at the concubines sitting below her.
"My dear sisters, although His Majesty has exempted me from the formalities, he has not exempted you from them... I don't have to perform the formalities, but you still have to perform them according to the rules."
She curled her lips and smiled, her eyes gently sweeping over Concubine Shu, Concubine Rou and other concubines one by one.
Concubine Shu gritted her teeth secretly, her eyes full of anger... But the palace rules are here, and now Zhou Lingge is already a noble concubine, superior to her. Even if she is angry in her heart, she cannot ignore the palace rules.
Concubine Shu suddenly stood up, suppressed the anger in her heart, and took the lead in bowing to Zhou Lingge.
"I would like to pay my respects to the noble concubine."
Other palace concubines such as Roupin immediately followed.
Zhou Lingge raised her eyes and looked down at the concubines who were bowing to her. She couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority.
No wonder people in this world prefer power and status.
Sit high and see far...Gazing at the person who bends his back and bows to you, the feeling is indeed different.
The sense of satisfaction brought by power is particularly addictive.
There was a blazing light in Zhou Lingge's eyes. She raised her arm slightly, smiled in an extremely gentle voice, and asked the concubines to stand up.
Concubine Shu stood up angrily, then sat back in her seat with her eyes downcast.
Concubine Rou was pleasant and kind, and she said a few words to Zhou Lingge to please him and show her concern.
Zhou Lingge stroked her flat belly, her posture very comfortable. "Thank you for your concern, Sister Roupin. I am a little bit sick today. I can't stand any special smells."
As she spoke, a gust of wind suddenly blew, and a faint fragrance came from Zhou Shiya's direction.
Zhou Lingge covered her lips and nose with a handkerchief and turned to look at Zhou Shiya: "Ugh..."
When she vomited, the hall suddenly became quiet.
Zhou Shiya's body stiffened. What did Zhou Lingge mean by this? Watching her vomit?
The next moment, she heard Zhou Lingge frowning and vomiting several times.
"Ugh... What kind of fragrance did Her Majesty use today? I can't stand it... Ugh, it smells so bad."
Her eyes were filled with tears as she vomited, and she looked at the Queen Mother for help.
"Empress Dowager, the imperial physician said that I cannot smell strong fragrances during the early stages of my pregnancy. If I vomit too much, I might disturb the fetus... Ugh."
"I'm afraid I can't stay here any longer. I... Ugh, I'll take my leave now."
As she spoke, she asked Jin Xin to help her leave the table.
The Queen Mother's expression changed. "I summoned you here because someone accused you of being involved in Ling'er's death. You haven't said anything yet. How can you just leave like that?"
"Noble Concubine Yu, are you openly challenging my dignity?"
Zhou Lingge's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and she choked with sobs of grievance. "Oh, Queen Mother, please don't misunderstand me. It's not that I'm disobeying etiquette, it's simply that the child in my belly is so precious. Ling'er is just a lowly servant. Is it necessary to mobilize such a large force? If this causes my child to suffer a miscarriage, who will be able to bear the responsibility?"
"Either, the Queen should leave the table and change into clean, odorless clothes, or I will leave."
The Queen Mother didn't know whether Zhou Lingge really couldn't smell Zhou Shiya's fragrance or she was pretending.
She was also in trouble for a moment.
She had summoned Zhou Lingge over, but she let him go back without asking any questions. Wouldn't her dignity as the empress dowager be damaged?
The Queen Mother thought about it and looked at Zhou Shiya: "Queen, for the sake of the heir, you should step down and change into a clean set of clothes."
Zhou Shiya suddenly felt humiliated.
Her eyes turned red with anger, but she didn't dare to disobey the Queen Mother's suggestion. She could only grit her teeth, clench her hands, and slowly stand up.
"Yes, I'll take my leave first."
She glanced at Zhou Lingge with a cold gaze.
Zhou Lingge raised his eyebrows and gave her a blatantly provocative look.
She smiled with the corners of her lips slightly raised, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and vomited twice.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but urge Zhou Shiya: "Queen, please go down quickly, don't delay."
If anything went wrong with Zhou Lingge's child, the emperor would be dissatisfied with her again.
She is very old and has to endure the anger of her son.
Zhou Shiya felt countless eyes in the hall falling on her. She felt like she was stripped naked and slapped hard.
The empress dowager's urging voice, the gloating eyes of the crowd, and Zhou Lingge's subtle provocation... all made her feel angry and her heart ached.
This lowly concubine's daughter did it on purpose.
But she was helpless, because Zhou Lingge was now the emperor's favorite, and she was pregnant.
Zhou Shiya endured the humiliation and left the main hall.
As soon as the queen left, Zhou Lingge's vomiting sound stopped in time.
No one present was stupid. At this moment, everyone understood that Zhou Lingge was deliberately humiliating the queen.
How bold she is! She has just been named a noble concubine, yet she is so arrogant and domineering that she dares to humiliate the queen in front of the empress dowager.
But the Empress Dowager could only turn a blind eye and obey Concubine Yu's wishes for the sake of the royal heir in her belly.
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and relieved some of the depression in her heart.
She looked at Zhou Lingge with a cold gaze: "Concubine Yu, is Ling'er's death related to you?"