Chapter 18 The Legend of Zhen Huan: Fang Jiachun's Thoughts

Since no one was punished, it means that the original decision was correct, but the higher-ups changed their minds!

"Your Majesty is right. The Imperial Noble Consort is like a secondary Empress. The Empress certainly doesn't want you to become an Imperial Noble Consort. The Empress Dowager is, after all, the Empress's aunt, and she will definitely favor her own family."

"Hmph, I'll remember this grudge!" Consort Hua slammed her hand on the table and said through gritted teeth.

Chuxiu Palace —

"Three days from now, I will go to the Temple of Heaven with the Empress to preside over the sacrificial ceremony. Everything in the palace will be managed by Consort Hua, but she alone is definitely not enough."

"You are currently in postpartum confinement. The current Consort Duan is frail, and Consort Qi is dull-witted. I intend to promote Consort Jing to Imperial Concubine Jing, to assist in managing the affairs of the six palaces."

The Emperor teased Hongxu, who was in his arms, and said.

"Your Majesty can make the decision on these matters; it is not appropriate for me to think about them now."

Fang Jiachun closed her eyes. She truly didn't care about the power of the six palaces; she didn't want to be a troublesome and demanding housekeeper.

Anyway, she has favor, children, and status, so that's good enough.

"Not to overthink? I think you're just incredibly lazy." The Emperor sighed.

"Since you became pregnant, Consort Xin has been busy taking care of you. I was thinking of promoting her to the rank of Consort, but if I do, Consort Xin will have to move to another palace..."

"Move!" Fang Jiachunyi quickly interrupted the emperor.

"You can't let me hinder Sister Xin's promotion! Moving palaces is fine, I have so many people around me, there's no need to trouble Sister Xin!"

"What about Qixiang Palace? Qixiang Palace currently has no principal concubines."

The Emperor smiled. He was just teasing Fang Jiachun because she had previously been perfunctory with him.

"There are no concubines living in Yongshou Palace yet. After you finish your confinement period, you can move to Yongshou Palace. That way, it will be close to Qixiang Palace and my Yangxin Hall."

Okay~

Fang Jiachun naturally understood that this was for her own good.

After all, in the Emperor's eyes, she was a simple-minded person who couldn't live without someone taking care of her.

That makes sense, though, since I'm still the youngest in the palace, only sixteen years old.

At sixteen, she was already a mother of two. What a terrible thing to do in ancient times.

However, not being promoted was not an option. If one's rank in the harem was low, one had to bow to everyone and be cautious and polite to everyone.

Now that's great, I'm already in the top tier, second only to the Empress.

Consort Xin was promoted in rank and knew that even after being moved to another palace, she would still be neighbors with Fang Jiachun.

She applied to the Emperor to move to the palace together. She knew why her rank had been promoted, so she naturally wouldn't put the cart before the horse.

As expected, the emperor was very pleased with her decision and sent down another batch of rewards.

She was never favored, and her health was damaged by a previous miscarriage. Once she took sides, it would be a lifelong commitment unless there were special circumstances.

The Emperor and Empress left the palace to pray for blessings. Consort Hua, who was in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, was extremely pleased with herself and ordered all the concubines to pay their respects at Yikun Palace every day.

The Empress devised a plan to take Imperial Physician Wen away, and Consort Wan's pregnancy was handed over to Imperial Physician Zhang.

Because An Changzai was skilled in recognizing fragrances, she could smell that musk had been added to the Huan Yi fragrance.

Consort Wan guessed that the Emperor was behind this, and she could not miss paying her respects, nor could she let Imperial Physician Zhang know that she knew about the Huan Yi Fragrance.

Fortunately, Imperial Physician Wen had a physician apprentice named Wei Lin, who prescribed some medicine to prevent the use of musk.

I put the medicine in a sachet and soaked a handkerchief in it. Since I didn't have any scar-reducing cream, I managed to get through each of my visits smoothly.

However, her health gradually deteriorated, and Consort Wan thought it was still due to the effects of the Huan Yi Incense.

They had no doubts about Physician Zhang, after all, Physician Zhang was the emperor's confidant, and who would have thought that he was the empress's man.