20demayo Chapter 224 Palace Affairs
Chapter 224 Palace Affairs
"Your servant obeys. Madam, do you need to ask Doctor Chen to come over?"
The cloth bags dug out from the palace were filled with harmful things that could harm people. Caixing was worried that these things would cause irreversible damage to her master's body.
"Cai Xing, please invite Doctor Chen back in a few days."
Wen Shichu, who comes from a medical family, is an expert in medicine. He must have considered the pregnant Zhen Huan and would surely be able to make some mild tonic pills.
If you have any concerns about the pills, please ask Dr. Chen to check them out.
Therefore, Shen Meizhuang wanted to secretly use Wen Shichu's pills to regulate her body.
Caiyue understood and asked softly.
"Master, such a big thing has happened in the palace. Would you like to inform the Madam and the Old Madam?"
Concubine Wan was placed under house arrest in Suiyuxuan by the emperor, but the people of the Zhen family are still outside the palace and may be able to do something.
"Caiyue is right. I will write a letter right away."
"I wonder how many sinister and filthy things are hidden in this palace. I'd like to trouble you two to search secretly."
Since sisterly love is just her wishful thinking, then it’s better not to have this friendship.
After handing the two letters full of grievances to Caiyue, Shen Meizhuang returned to the inner room tiredly.
The harem is full of conspiracies and intrigues, and she should plan well for herself.
As night fell, An Lingrong took a stack of banknotes from Bao Ge.
"Your Majesty, this was stuffed into my arms by Miss Caixing from Chuxiu Palace. She said it was a little gift from Your Majesty Huipin."
Wrapped in the handkerchief were ten large silver notes with a face value of one thousand taels and twenty small silver notes with a face value of fifty taels, totaling eleven thousand taels of silver.
This generous expression of gratitude stunned An Lingrong.
No wonder there were rumors among the palace people that Shen Meizhuang used gold melon seeds to reward the servants.
In a sense, Huipin can be considered a person who knows how to repay kindness.
As long as you don't provoke her, she won't take the initiative to harm others.
I wonder how she will respond to Zhen Huan’s deception?
An Lingrong casually took out four fifty-liang silver notes and handed them to Baoge.
"You keep one for yourself, and divide the other three among Baoque, Baoli, and Xiaolinzi privately."
"Put the remaining banknotes in the small box in the inner room."
This unexpected windfall should be utilized as soon as possible.
An Lingrong, in a happy mood, ordered Baoge to prepare some snacks for her, but Su Peisheng, who was serving the emperor in the Yangxin Palace, was extremely anxious.
"Your Majesty, you ate little at dinner. Would you like some snacks?"
"Stop making noise, you little dog!"
The emperor, upset, threw the memorial aside and picked up the letter he had read several times.
The familiar font made him even more irritated.
After a long time, the broad-shouldered man sitting on the chair stood up, supporting himself on the table.
"Su Peisheng, please go to Jingren Palace."
In the letter, Wanpin recalled the child she had lost and begged the emperor to consider her companionship for more than three years and let the empress take care of the dragon fetus in her womb.
He was annoyed that Wanpin didn't say a word of submission in the letter, but he was worried about the dragon fetus in her belly, so he had no choice but to go find the queen as she said.
"Your Majesty, is there something that brings you here so late?"
The emperor, with a sullen face, went straight to the point.
"Empress, Zhen is under house arrest in Suiyuxuan, but the dragon fetus in her belly is innocent. It is my child after all, so I will leave it to you to take good care of it."
The queen's heart was in turmoil, but she still kept smiling.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Wanpin is pregnant with the dragon fetus, and I am responsible for taking care of her."
"I will send someone to Suiyuxuan to make sure that Wanpin gives birth to the royal heir smoothly."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Queen."
"Chun Yuan's relics have been kept by you, but now there is trouble. I don't want to delve into the reasons. Tomorrow Su Peisheng will come to take over Chun Yuan's relics."
"I hope the Queen will cooperate."
After saying this, the emperor turned around and left.
The queen's face suddenly changed, and she fell back into her chair in a state of disgrace, tightly grasping Jianqiu's hand.
"Your Majesty is warning me!"
"Do you think the Emperor is suspicious of me?"
"Or did we make a mistake somewhere?"
Jianqiu put her hands on the queen's shoulders, trying to calm her down.
"Your Majesty, please don't panic. I just mentioned it casually because I saw that the Emperor seemed to have no reason to vent his anger."
"It would be an eyesore to keep Queen Chunyuan's belongings in the storehouse. It would be better to give them to the Emperor."
"As long as these things remain in the Emperor's inner treasury, it will be difficult for others to catch his eye."
"Your Majesty, we've also received news from Concubine He. Concubine Wan is not a pushover. We need to make plans early."
"Yes, you are right. I cannot lose my composure."
Yixiu stroked her empty abdomen and punched it hard.
She herself had no children, yet the emperor actually entrusted her with the child he had with the bitch Rouze, who looked somewhat like a woman.
This is simply too much!
"Jianqiu, go ask Jiang Fuhai where the emperor went."
"Your Majesty, I'll go right away."
Jianqiu knew that the Queen was worried that the Emperor would go to Suiyuxuan in broad daylight.
She came back to report soon.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has gone to the nearby Yonghe Palace."
"I thought the Emperor, feeling unhappy, would go to Zhongcui Palace."
"The Imperial Concubine Shu of Yonghe Palace is truly a vixen. When she first entered the palace, she acted harmless, and I was fooled."
The Queen deeply hated An Lingrong for her disguise, and wondered what Concubine Shu would do next.
But she also gave the order.
"Jianqiu, have Consort He come to Jingren Palace tomorrow."
The emperor asked her to take care of Wanpin's dragon fetus. She could only ensure that the child would have a breath when born, but it was none of her business whether the child was in good health or not.
Once the threat from Shuiyuxuan is gone, she will find a way to make life difficult for An Lingrong.
And there is Nian Shilan, who is hiding in Yiku Palace to nurture her baby. How could this bitch, who has been against her since she entered the mansion, get pregnant?
The queen slammed the table loudly, venting her dissatisfaction.
What she didn't expect was that the emperor was discussing the matter of managing palace power with An Lingrong in Yonghe Palace.
"Rong'er, the Queen is not very energetic, and Concubine Hua is busy with her pregnancy. I would like you to share some of the palace duties with the Queen. What do you think?"
"I thank the Emperor for his kindness. However, I have three children to care for, so I'm afraid I don't have the time to attend to palace affairs."
After An Lingrong politely declined, she spoke in a low voice with red ears.
"Your Majesty, I come from a humble background and have never learned how to manage a household. I'm afraid I'm not as capable as the other sisters in the harem."
"Your Majesty, please choose another capable person to take charge of palace affairs."
The emperor is suspicious. If An Lingrong agrees immediately, he will definitely have some thoughts in his mind.
Sure enough, after hearing her words, the emperor wrapped her hand with his warm big palm.
"Rong'er, although you didn't read much when you first entered the palace, I know you browsed through many books in Jingyang Palace."
"You are intelligent and clever. I believe you will soon learn how to handle palace affairs."
"I will have Su Peisheng go to Yikun Palace tomorrow to pass on a message, asking Concubine Hua to teach you how to handle palace affairs."
"Then I will obey Your Majesty. However, I have heard that the Empress suffers from a severe headache. Could Your Majesty please arrange for another sister to share some of the palace duties?"
The Queen's illness came and went easily, and An Lingrong didn't want all the mess to fall on her shoulders alone.
The emperor was surprised that An Lingrong did not covet power and asked directly.
"Rong'er, do you know what it means to be in charge of the palace?"
"Your Majesty, I know. But Yonghe Palace has your Majesty's blessing, and the food sent to it is of the highest quality. My share and that of the children has never been deducted."
Concubine Hua would not withhold their money, but the Queen might do the same.
The emperor held An Lingrong in his arms emotionally. Like Concubine Shu and Rouze, they were not people who coveted power.