Chapter 14 Cao Qinmo Takes Refuge with the Queen

"Your Majesty, I feel so miserable."

As soon as Cao Qinmo got up in the morning, she went to the Queen's palace under the pretext of paying her respects.

"Oh, what's wrong? Why does my sister look so haggard? Did something happen?"

The Queen already knew everything about what happened to Cao Qinmo before she arrived, but now she looked as if she knew nothing about it.

"For so many years, I have only had Wen Yi as my child. She is everything in my life. But, I never thought that now I can't even take my own child with me."

Cao Qinmo kept wiping her tears. She had wanted to be humble in front of the Queen, but when she thought about what happened last night, she couldn't help but feel sad.

"The Emperor has now issued an order to place Wen Yi in the palace of Concubine Duan to give birth and raise her. From now on, I will not even have the chance to meet her."

"Sister, you may have forgotten that, with your status, you are not qualified to bring the princess with you personally. You should have brought her to the prince to be raised when she was born. In fact, you should be grateful to Concubine Hua for helping you to bring the child with you personally for so many years."

The queen tried to calm her excited emotions, but every word she said pierced Cao Qinmo's heart.

Yes, for so many years, I have only been able to have the opportunity to have children by relying on Concubine Hua, but because of her words, I can be separated from my flesh and blood.

No matter what, I have been doing my best to be with Concubine Hua for so many years, but I didn't expect that this would be the ending.

"Please, Queen, help me. I know I am incompetent and cannot receive the Emperor's mercy. I only ask to accompany Wen Yi until she grows up."

Cao Qinmo stood up and walked in front of the queen. She knelt on the ground without hesitation and buried her head tightly in the ground, making her attitude clear.

Seeing that the time was almost right, the queen gave Jianqiu beside her a look.

Jianqiu stepped forward and gently helped Cao Qinmo up from the ground.

"Since you know that this matter was ordered by the Emperor himself, you should know that you can't rush to salvage the situation now. Everything needs to be planned slowly."

The queen gently stroked the edge of the table, looked at Cao Qinmo and said something meaningful.

"Everything is up to the Queen."

She knew that even if the queen agreed to help, she would definitely ask her to pay some conditions.

But she doesn't care.

"Your Majesty, do we really want to help Concubine Cao?"

After Cao Qinmo left, Jianqiu saw that the queen looked tired, so she squatted down and gently patted the queen's legs.

"Helping her is helping me, isn't it? She has been with Concubine Hua for so many years. With her delicate mind, she must know a lot of things that we don't know. This is a good thing for me. Why don't I fulfill her motherly heart?"

What she didn't expect was that Concubine Hua had hated Concubine Duan for so many years, but now she would take the initiative to show goodwill to her. Something must have happened that she didn't know about.

If Hua Fei is allowed to continue like this, her situation will become difficult.

"Jianqiu, go check and see if there's anything unusual going on in Yikun Palace during this period, especially if there's anything different about Concubine Hua herself."

She always felt that many things seemed to be gradually out of her control.

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"Sister Mei, I told you that you are very smart. Now you will understand everything after seeing these account books and hearing the Queen's guidance."

During this period, Zhen Huan often went out. Apart from paying her respects to the Queen's Palace regularly, she spent most of the rest of her time staying in the Yiku Palace with Chen Meiyu.

"Mrs. Wan, are you praising your sister Mei for her intelligence, or are you praising me for my good teaching?"

After spending several days together, the relationship between the three of them gradually became closer.

Originally, Nian Shilan just wanted to use the power that Zhen Huan would gain in the future to find a place to settle down, but she didn't expect that after getting in touch with them, she actually developed feelings for them.

"My Lady, when you say this, I must be praising you."

Zhen Huan immediately stepped forward, took Nian Shilan's arm, and answered her with a smile.

In fact, she also noticed that Concubine Hua was now treating them with more sincerity, so she was not stingy in treating them with sincerity.

"You, you're the only one who talks sweetly."

Chen Meizhuang looked at his friend and shook his head helplessly.

"By the way, Concubine Wan has been in the palace for quite some time now. She was not in the emperor's bed before because of illness. What do you think now?"

Nian Shilan no longer feels distressed when she thinks about the emperor's great favor towards Zhen Huan in his previous life. Now she is more concerned about her sisters.

"To be honest, Your Majesty, I have actually thought about this. If a woman entering the palace does not have the Emperor's favor, she will be walking on thin ice all day long. So it's time."

Zhen Huan had already seen clearly that in this deep palace, without the emperor's favor and without offspring, she didn't know what kind of life she would end up in.

She had felt it before when she was sick, and later with Concubine Hua's help, the servants no longer dared to treat them harshly in Sui Yuxuan.

"Okay, since you want to, I'll help you. The New Year's Eve banquet will be held in a few days, and I'll make the arrangements then."

Nian Shilan already had a plan in mind. The emperor had always treated Zhen Huan a little differently, so she just needed to add a little fuel to the fire and it would definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to your majesty to make arrangements."

Zhen Huan bowed solemnly to Concubine Hua.

She knew that this time it was not only for Concubine Hua, but also for herself and the entire family behind her.

"By the way, how is Kang Luhai in your palace doing now? Should we deal with him directly?"

"Don't use it for now. Keeping it for now might bring us some unexpected surprises."

Kang Luhai has been disloyal ever since Zhen Huan fell ill, and Jianqiu's words made him think that he was appreciated by the noble.

From then on, he would report every move of Suiyuxuan to the person in Jingren Palace on a regular basis.

He thought he was being cautious, but he didn't expect that the things they asked him to spread were all arranged in advance.

"It's good that you know this. This person is very cunning. It's better to deal with him as soon as possible."

Nian Shilan kindly reminded.

"I understand. It's getting late now, so I'll go back first."

Recently, she has been deliberately staggering her time in Yiku Palace with the time when the emperor comes here. This is also a decision they had agreed upon.

There are so many concubines in the harem, they have to hit the target with one strike.

Not long after Zhen Huan returned to Suiyuxuan and sat down in the room, she heard Liuzhu coming to report.

"My lady, An has agreed to come."

"Sister An, come on in."

She ran to Yikun Palace all day long, and it seemed like she hadn't had a good talk with An Lingrong for some time.