Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage-Chapter 978 - 5078 Longing Turns into Illness_1

Chapter 978: Chapter 5078: Longing Turns into Illness_1

Chapter 978 -5078: Longing Turns into Illness_1

The Empress looked out in confusion and saw a eunuch leading in a woman in her thirties dressed as a Daoist nun. Her facial expression subtly changed.

“Honorable Wuchen,” Jiang Ning called out the woman’s name calmly, “You are a nun from Pear Blossom Mountain Taoist Temple that met the Empress five years ago, and have been teaching her the Daoist practices since then, aren’t you?”

Concubine Yu was greatly surprised: “Is the Empress also practicing Daoism?”

“Indeed.”

Jiang Ning smirked slightly, “And those immortal pills that the Emperor has been ingesting are also provided by you, Honorable Wuchen, aren’t they?”

Daoist Nun Wuchen knelt on the ground, trembling and silent.

The Empress angrily retorted: “Princess Consort, you are simply too presumptuous and reckless! So what if we, the Emperor and I, practice Daoism? Does the ancestral constitution and laws of Great Sheng state that the Emperor and Empress can’t believe in Buddhism or practice Daoism?”

“No, it doesn’t. Your faith is your personal matter, and I have no right to interfere. But you deceived the Emperor saying that practicing Daoism can bring immortality and bring Concubine Jin back to life after she becomes a celestial being. That would be deceiving the Emperor, wouldn’t it?”

Concubine Yu gaped, then looked dumbfoundedly at the Empress, then the nun, and finally at Jiang Ning, “Princess Consort, is this true? Has the Emperor been practicing Daoism solely for Concubine Jin?”

“Otherwise, why would the Emperor favor Concubine Zhu so much?” Said Jiang Ning, “He didn’t realize how much he valued her until he lost her, he misses Concubine Jin to sickness!”

Concubine Yu stood there in shock.

They were all Emperor’s women, but she had never felt the Emperor’s love like this, nor had she ever dared to hope for a monarch’s love.

In her heart, being a concubine was just a job arranged by her family.

Giving birth to a Prince, that was her ultimate goal.

The Emperor’s love, what was that?

There were so many women in the Emperor’s harem, who could the Emperor truly care about?

Concubine Yu could no longer deceive herself.

The fact was, the Emperor did truly love Concubine Jin, to the point of sickness from missing her, even practicing Daoism and eating supposed immortal pills as the Empress and a Daoist nun puppeteered him.

They said one could become a celestial being through practicing Daoism and bring Concubine Jin back to life, and the Emperor even believed it.

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Concubine Yu let out a lengthy sigh: “No wonder His Majesty never truly punishes the Empress, no matter what wrongdoing she commits these past years.”

Jiang Ning turned to Daoist Nun Wuchen: “Tell the truth, are all these things about becoming a celestial being and immortal pills part of your deception to the Emperor?”

Wuchen quickly replied: “Please calm your anger, Princess Consort, we who walk the path of Dao genuinely believe in achieving immortality through practicing Daoism. It is also widely recorded in ancient texts.”

“Where is it recorded?”

“Do you remember the saying, ‘One day in the mountains, a thousand years in the world’?” Daoist Nun Wuchen hurriedly explained, “That woodcutter indeed practiced Daoism and became a celestial being.”

“That’s just a legend, it can’t be taken as truth.”

“Still …”

“You have practiced Daoism for many years, have you become a celestial being?” Jiang Ning questioned.

“I have only practiced Daoism for ten years, I am not enlightened enough, and it hasn’t been long enough. I haven’t entered Daoism yet.”

“You’ve practiced for ten years and haven’t become a celestial being, so how can you guarantee that the Emperor can become a celestial being in his lifetime?”

“The Emperor is the Son of Heaven, a true dragon where the qi of heaven and earth converge, naturally he is not comparable to us ordinary mortals.” Daoist Nun Wuchen asserted confidently.

Unable to hold herself any longer, Concubine Yu walked forward and slapped her, then shouted: “You liar! Deceiving people outside is one thing, but now you dare come into the palace and deceive the Emperor! The Emperor’s health is crucial to everyone in the world, can you bear this responsibility! Today, if I don’t give you a sound thrashing, I will not be able to answer to the Emperor’s years of trust! Guards, take this liar away, beat her within an inch of her life!”