Chapter 13 Concubine Duan Raising Wen Yi

"Yes, these past few nights I've been dreaming about the days when I was with Concubine Duan in the palace, and before I knew it I had walked to Yanqing Palace."

Nian Shilan pretended not to notice the emperor's gaze on her, and her face showed that she was immersed in memories.

"Actually, now that I think about it, Concubine Duan caused me to lose my child, and I made her suffer the same fate. I should say that what she suffered was even more serious. She has no right to be a mother in this life. But I have the emperor's favor, and the imperial physicians are taking good care of my body. I will always be able to give birth to another child for your majesty."

After hearing what she said, the emperor finally felt relieved. As long as she didn't find anything unusual, he would go along with her for other minor things.

"Seeing that Concubine Duan has been ill for a long time, I don't want His Majesty to worry about the affairs of the harem. I thought about letting Wen Yi accompany Concubine Duan. Maybe she will have hope for the future and her health will get better."

Nian Shilan stood up and walked to sit beside the emperor, holding his hand gently. At first glance, she was still the same girl whose heart and eyes were full of her beloved.

The emperor thought about how he had inadvertently made Concubine Duan do that thing, which made it impossible for her to be a mother again. He felt a little guilty and after thinking for a while, he made a decision.

"Then let Wen Yi accompany Concubine Duan. I have asked Su Peisheng to personally pass on the message to Concubine Cao. She dare not object. If you miss Wen Yi one day, you can go directly to Yanqing Palace to visit her."

It doesn't matter to him who raises Wen Yi. Doing so will make Concubine Hua and Concubine Duan feel more at ease, so he is willing to help them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Nian Shilan pulled the emperor up and looked at him with seductive eyes.

"Your Majesty is so considerate of Se-ran. How should Se-ran repay you?"

"Haha, what do you think?"

When the emperor was looked at by her charming eyes, he felt that his worries about government affairs all day long were relieved.

He didn't care that today was the fifteenth, the day he needed to go to the Queen's Palace. He let Nian Shilan pull him into the red curtain step by step.

"What? Wen Yi was sent to Concubine Duan? Are you telling the truth?"

After not seeing Wen Yi return for a long time, Cao Qinmo sent people to Yiku Palace to inquire, but she didn't expect to get such news.

She slumped in the chair. It turned out that her previous worries were true. She had tried so hard, so why couldn't she protect her daughter?

"But how could this be Concubine Duan? Wasn't it Concubine Hua who brought Wen Yi there?"

She couldn't believe it and confirmed it with the palace maid beside her.

"I heard from the servants of Yikun Palace that it seems that the emperor gave such an order personally. Master, what should we do now?"

"Your Majesty, I'm going to call the Emperor. I'm going to beg the Emperor to show some mercy and return my Wen Yi to me."

As Cao Qinmo said this, she wanted to rush out, but was pulled back by the palace maid beside her.

"My lady, don't be impulsive. The Emperor is already staying in the Yikun Palace. If you go over there and disturb him now, won't you anger him?"

Cao Qinmo wiped the tears from her face, and felt more resentment towards Concubine Hua in her heart.

She had actually had enough over the years. Didn't Se-ran rely on having a great brother and a superior family background not long ago? When did she really treat her as a sister?

Since she is so unkind to you, don't blame her for being unfair.

"Yinxiu, tomorrow morning, come with me to Jingren Palace to ask for an audience with the Empress."

After calming down, she thought it through clearly. It was useless to ask the emperor for help. She had no weight in the emperor's heart. Even whether she could see the emperor was a matter of fact.

"Hua Fei, you forced me to do all this."

She looked into the distance with tears in her eyes, but the tone in her eyes that seemed to want to tear the person she was talking about to pieces scared Yinxiu who was standing beside her so much that she almost held her breath.

"My dear, don't think too much and take a rest first."

She carefully helped Cao Qinmo lie down, then quickly stood outside the door, fearing that if she was a step late she would be affected by her anger.

"Jixiang, are you telling the truth? Did the emperor really say that?"

Unlike Cao Qinmo's anger, Concubine Duan in Yanqing Palace looked much better after hearing what Jixiang said.

"Your Majesty, it's true. Princess Wen Yi has just been taken next door by her wet nurse to be fed. When she's well, I'll have someone bring her here for you to see."

Looking at the excited expression on Concubine Duan's face, Jixiang could also empathize with her.

Although the Empress never said it over the years, as her personal maid, she saw her daily worries.

Whenever the Empress saw her child in the palace, her health would become more serious. This was the deepest pain in her heart.

She still remembered that she loved Wen Yi so much when she first saw her at Princess Wen Yi's first birthday ceremony that she even took out the exquisite silver necklace from her dowry as a gift and put it on Wen Yi herself.

For so many years, she thought she would never have the chance to raise a child, but she didn't expect to get such a big surprise now.

"Where did the Emperor stay today? At the Queen's?"

Thinking that today is the fifteenth, according to convention, the emperor has to go to the queen's palace on the fifteenth of every month.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is in the Yikun Palace tonight."

Yikun Palace? It's her!

So this is what she meant when she said this to herself in the afternoon.

Qi Yuebin thought of what Nian Shilan said casually before leaving, that she would make up for her past shortcomings.

She didn't take this sentence to heart at the time, but she didn't expect that not long after, she...

I guess she had planned this beforehand.

Qi Yuebin couldn't describe how she felt in her heart. She thought that she and Nian Shilan would be enemies for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect that she would be in tears now.

"Your Majesty, please don't be sad. With Princess Wen Yi, we now have hope for the future. Even if not for yourself, for Princess Wen Yi, you must make careful plans."

Jixiang took out a handkerchief and put it in Concubine Duan's hand.

Yes, in this cannibalistic palace, princes and princesses have to put in a lot of effort if they want to grow up safely.

And there is Concubine Cao. Now that Wen Yi has been handed over to her, Concubine Cao will never let it go.

Although she has lived in the deep palace for so many years, she is not completely ignorant of the outside world.

This Concubine Cao is definitely not a good person. In the past, she always followed behind Concubine Hua, but from what she knew, it seemed that many of the cruel things Concubine Hua did were caused by Cao Qinmo.

To put it more bluntly, Concubine Hua may be being used by Cao Qinmo to some extent.

Thinking of that arrogant woman, Qi Yuebin smiled.

Since I have received such a great favor from her, I must give her a big thank you gift in return.