Chapter 93 Chapter 93 There is no trouble in the world that is better than holding one...

Yinzhen lying on the bed didn't want to talk either.

Sitting upright on the bed, like a little Buddha, he soon began to blush. He clenched his fists, trying to control his body, unwilling to fall to the left or right as his new mother told him to.

At least... at least he can choose the direction himself!

So he sat like this for a while, moving his big head forward a little, then a little, and finally with a "click", he folded himself into a stapler posture.

The red face was buried in the red quilt, and the sparse hair on the head was all written with the word "tenacious".

Li Shuyao saw the direction he fell and was stunned for a moment before quickly pulling her fat son out from under the quilt. She touched his red head and asked, "Is Yinzhen okay?"

Yinzhen really wanted to nod, but was afraid of revealing his "cleverness". After thinking for a while, he gave his new mother a toothless, silly smile.

Li Shuyao: "..."

It's over! Her baby seems to have fallen and become stupid.

When other people’s babies fall down, they either cry out of pain or out of fear.

How come this thing in her house doesn't seem to feel pain or shock?

Still laughing, still laughing, what are you laughing at, what's so funny?

Li Shuyao was very puzzled. She held the baby and rubbed his forehead a few times, then looked at Qingyao with a puzzled look.

Qingyao didn't understand either.

Her baby is still inside her belly and hasn't been born yet.

Moreover, before entering the palace, she had no experience in raising children.

She could only shake her head at Li Shuyao, and then touched her belly.

Li Shuyao understood instantly.

Yinzhen, who was sitting on her lap, completely couldn't understand the silent communication between the two mothers.

He laughed for a while, and probably felt that he was a little silly, so he slowly put away his smile, looked down at his fists which were clenched into two round, small dumplings, and slowly unclenched them as if nothing had happened.

He felt as if his mind was really being influenced by the baby's body.

Once reborn, all the decades of ups and downs experienced in the previous life seemed to be thrown away.

...How could he, how could he do such a childish thing?

Yinzhen really didn't want to face himself for his childish behavior a few minutes ago, nor did he want to face his new mother who treated him like a toy, and even more so, he didn't want to face Yi'niang who was aiding and abetting the evil not far away.

He missed his brothers from his previous life.

Big brother... well, let's not think about big brother anymore. Big brother has been arrogant since he was young. Relying on the fact that he is the eldest son of Khan Ama, he has always looked down on his younger brothers.

The second prince was okay, but he gradually lost his mind, and his words and actions revealed a madness and weirdness that was hard to see through and guess. So, he might as well miss the second prince when he was a teenager.

The third brother is a nerd and is nice to him.

Fifth brother... Oh, he felt inexplicably melancholy when he thought of his fifth brother.

When he was young in his previous life, he spent the most time with his fifth brother, and the two of them went to the study room together.

My fifth younger brother was raised by the Empress Dowager since he was a child. He knew more about Mongolian, but he had never spoken a few words of Chinese until he was six years old.

So after going to the study, several masters were very worried about the fifth brother's studies.

However, his skills in martial arts and horse riding and archery were excellent, and he received a lot of praise from martial arts masters.

When he and his fifth brother stood together, one was "unable to do literature" and the other was "unable to do martial arts".

The masters in the upper study room were troubled by the fifth brother's "literary" skills. When it came to the archery range, the martial arts masters were troubled by his "martial arts".

Because of his disfigurement in his previous life, he would never have the chance to hold that position again, and his fifth brother was banished from the capital for committing a serious crime.

His biological brother, the fourteenth, is close to the eighth; his fifth brother's biological brother, the ninth, is also close to the eighth.

——So strictly speaking, how can he and his fifth brother not be considered brothers in distress?

But he was reborn.

He was reborn, but his other brothers were not.

Moreover, his fifth brother, who was his best friend in his youth in his previous life, was still in Yi'en's mother's belly, and even his hands and feet had just grown fully.

He got a new wife who was out of tune with him in every way.

As for Yi'er Niang, the daughter of his fifth brother, she is also under the influence of his new mother and is far less steady and dignified than she was in her previous life.

Thinking of this, little Yinzhen had an inexplicable premonition in his heart that in this life, he would probably, perhaps, seem, and very likely, become a pair of brothers in distress with his fifth brother again.

As soon as this thought came into little Yinzhen's mind, he became so worried that he didn't even want to count his remaining brothers.

——Besides, there is nothing much to count. It’s just the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Olds. It’s better not to mention these people.

The Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Brothers had very little dealings with him in his previous life. When he recalled them now, even their faces were almost blurred.

There is only Old Thirteen... Oh, Old Thirteen, Old Thirteen, Old Thirteen, Old Thirteen... How long will it take for you to be born!

Brother really needs your comfort right now!

Life is not easy, little Yinzhen sighed again and again.

Finally, he rolled directly into Li Shuyao's arms, stretched out a chubby little hand and tightly pinched Li Shuyao's Longhua. With deep longing for Lao Shisan in his heart, he slowly fell into a sweet dream.

*

Seeing little Yinzhen falling asleep in her arms, Li Shuyao unconsciously lowered her voice when speaking to Qingyao.

Nanny Yan immediately came over, carefully took the little prince from her arms, and sent him to the warm room next to the main hall of Yiku Palace.

——This warm room was prepared by Concubine Yi for the unborn dragon fetus in her belly. But now Concubine Yi’s dragon fetus has not been born yet, so she has to use it for her little prince first.

The main hall of Yiku Palace.

Li Shuyao was still chatting with Qingyao while eating snacks.

Qingyao suddenly straightened her body, perhaps remembering something.

Li Shuyao immediately became alert and sat up from the couch. With a nervous expression, she asked Qingyao, "What's wrong? Did he kick you again?"

Qingyao was startled at first, then shook her head and said, "No, I just suddenly remembered something."

"What's going on?"

"Two days ago, my mother sent me a letter from outside the palace, saying that the person she sent to Ningguta to spy on her had brought back news that Wu Yalianchu had died."

“Dead?!”

Hearing this, Li Shuyao's eyes suddenly widened, with a look of disbelief.

How could Wu Yalianchu die?

She... she is the heroine of this book. Shouldn't she have the halo of a heroine, like the face-slapping plot where she endures humiliation and lies dormant in Ningguta for a few years, and then gets some opportunity and returns to the Forbidden City to compete with them for the emperor's favor?

How could he die suddenly?

Li Shuyao was puzzled.

Qingyao, who was standing opposite her, noticed the confusion on her face and immediately became puzzled. "Yes, she had already been climbing Mount Tai for such a long time, and her body was already very weak. Then she was escorted to Ningguta to do hard labor. How could she, who had always been pampered, bear it? She had fallen seriously ill a while ago, and because she had offended the emperor and was demoted, the officials there didn't dare to send a doctor to treat her. She died within a few days of being ill."

"Really, did you really go?" Li Shuyao asked hesitantly.

She still couldn't believe that the heroine of the original book had just died like that.

Qingyao nodded, "Of course it's true."

"Could it be that you thought she would fake her death?"

Li Shuyao pursed her lips and said nothing, but the expression on her face clearly showed two words - yes.

That's what she suspected.

After all, this is a novel, based on the original author's fictional fantasy, and deviates greatly from real history. Who knows if there will be any setting for fake death drugs?

Qingyao: "..."

She glanced at Li Shuyao with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Have you been reading too many storybooks lately?"

Li Shuyao crossed her fingers, lowered her head and said nothing.

Qingyao said, "My mother wrote in the letter that after she died, the officials there sent a coroner to examine her body. After confirming that she was dead, they burned her body together with the other people who died of illness."

"So, this news shouldn't be wrong."

Once these words were spoken, Li Shuyao had no choice but to believe them.

But her mind still couldn't wrap around it, and she still couldn't understand why Uya died.

The next second, Qingyao's words woke her up: "She is still guilty."

"Once you become a criminal slave, it's difficult to escape your status as a slave for the rest of your life. Even if you were resurrected and returned, would you be able to find a way back to the Forbidden City?"

"...You don't really think it's so easy to enter the Forbidden City, do you?" Qingyao paused here and asked Li Shuyao in disbelief.

Li Shuyao wanted to nod honestly, but was afraid of being laughed at by Qingyao, so she immediately shook her head decisively, causing the hairpins on her head to jingle and make crisp jingling sounds.

Qingyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, "I was so scared, I thought you were really that stupid."

"Who's stupid?" Li Shuyao retorted somewhat unconvinced.

Qingyao glanced at her directly and said, "I'll criticize whoever answers."

Okay, Li Shuyao immediately shut her mouth, blinked her eyes, and said nothing.

Seeing this, Qingyao curved her delicate eyebrows and smiled silently, then said to Li Shuyao in a soothing tone: "I told you this news because I wanted to make you happy."

"Why are you still so entangled?"

Li Shuyao said: "I'm not confused, I just find it hard to believe."

"What's so hard to believe about this?" Qingyao reached out and tapped her forehead twice. "Are you being a little too..."

Qingyao couldn't say what was too much.

Cautious? Careful?

Or is it too much blind self-confidence?

Qingyao vaguely felt that it seemed to exist in all of them.

However, she couldn't understand why.

Li Shuyao's heart suddenly skipped a beat, realizing that Qingyao might have become suspicious.

But... she couldn't explain it.

He could only grab Qingyao's hand randomly, shake it twice, and said coquettishly: "No, no, I'm just timid, and I have nothing to do recently, so I just read some more storybooks..."

As he spoke, he apologized to the authors of those storybooks in his heart.

When Qingyao heard her words, she thought to herself that Shu Yao had always been timid. When she was reading a book about ghost stories, she covered her eyes while reading. After reading it, she was so scared that she didn't dare to sleep alone for three or four nights. She had to be accompanied by Nanny Yan, Tian Jiarou and others.

Later, the emperor found out about it and deliberately turned over the sign of Changchun Palace for several days.

This caused some people in the palace to be secretly jealous, thinking that Shu Yao was deliberately trying to win favor.

She shook her head, putting the matter behind her. She took Li Shuyao's hand and said to her seriously, "She's dead now, and all the past is gone. Let's just live our lives and stop worrying about these things, okay?"

Li Shuyao nodded repeatedly, "Okay!"

After talking about the news about Wu Ya, Qingyao frowned again and thought of another thing.

——Her memory has become much worse since she became pregnant. If Uya had not been mentioned just now, she would not have remembered this incident.

Qingyao said, "There's one more thing. Do you still remember Doctor Gu?"

Li Shuyao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Remember, last time you said you were going to investigate him, and then the Queen..." and then she suddenly passed away.

It is said that death is like the extinguishing of a light. After the late queen passed away, the emperor seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter she had done before.

So Li Shuyao thought that Qingyao had given up the investigation.

Why does she say that... Is there new news from Doctor Gu?

Li Shuyao quickly asked, "What did you find out?"

Qingyao: "I suspect that the drugging of the eldest prince's horse was done by that imperial physician Gu."

"But now we only know that he once prepared that medicine, but we don't know how he got it into the Yanxi Palace."

Li Shuyao thought for a moment, "Perhaps, we can investigate that palace maid who was instigated by Wu Ya to climb into the bed?"

"She was punished by Concubine Hui and the Emperor and sent to the Xinzheku. Besides being resentful of the person who started it, she must also hate Concubine Hui..."

"So is it possible that she asked someone to attack the eldest prince, and then hid the medicine in Wu Ya's room?"

Qingyao was stunned for a moment and found that it actually made sense?

This is also a new idea.

Qingyao took note of it silently and planned to ask the nanny to check on the palace maid in Xinzheku.

Turning around, he asked Li Shuyao, "And one more thing, we haven't figured out how he was controlled by the Empress..."

"During the time when the Empress was ill, other imperial physicians were present at all of Imperial Physician Gu's interactions with the Kunning Palace's inmates. The rest of the time, he was either at home outside the palace or on duty at the Imperial Hospital, and other imperial physicians were always present during each of his shifts..."

Qingyao was talking when she suddenly stopped.

Obviously he realized something.

Li Shuyao carefully observed the expression on her face. When she stopped, she asked her in a low voice, "Did you think of something?"

Qingyao raised her eyes with a complicated expression: "Outside the palace!"

"Yes, it's outside the palace!" Li Shuyao suddenly became excited. "He must have another residence outside the palace! Otherwise, he must have some very secret means to communicate with the Forbidden City!"

"Black market?" Qingyao suddenly murmured two words.

"What city? What city?" Li Shuyao didn't hear clearly, so she moved closer, almost sticking to Qingyao's body.

Qingyao originally wanted to push her away, but when she touched her slightly cool little hand, she felt a little comfortable. After thinking about it, she decided not to push Li Shuyao away, and even took the initiative to move closer to Li Shuyao.

There was no way. She was pregnant and her body was very hot. The cool Li Shuyao felt more comfortable to touch.

Li Shuyao unknowingly acted as a cooling patch.

Seeing that Qingyao didn't answer, she could only ask again.

Qingyao came back to her senses and whispered to her about the black market hidden in the capital.

Li Shuyao's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Then, if we continue to investigate, can we find the black market and wipe it out?"

"What do you mean?" Qingyao didn't understand what Li Shuyao meant.

Li Shuyao explained to her, "It means to wipe out the black market in one fell swoop. In other words, to get rid of it directly. What's the word? To ban it! Or to destroy it?"

Oh my, she was really anxious to death.

She was so anxious that she almost blurted out the words "crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil."

The words were on the tip of my tongue when I almost remembered that I had traveled through time.

At this time in the Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing as cracking down on gangsters and eliminating evil.

Moreover, the "black" in the black market probably does not mean the same as the "black" in cracking down on gangs.

Li Shuyao paused and looked at Qingyao with hope, hoping that she would suddenly understand what he meant.

However, the amazing thing is that Qingyao actually understood it.

She said, "If we really find a solid clue, we won't have to do anything. The government will naturally shut it down."

Yes, it’s “seizure”, that’s the word.

Why didn't she think of it just now?

It is true that you only regret not having read enough books when you need them.

She will continue her studies when she goes back today and never be illiterate again!

*

The matter of tracking down the black market was finally reported to the emperor by Qingyao.

The emperor attached great importance to this matter, so he did not tell Li Shuyao and Qingyao in detail how he conducted the investigation.

Li Shuyao's main task is to take care of the cubs.

Life is peaceful and tranquil, very good.

Suddenly one day, when Li Shuyao was holding Yinzhen and practicing walking, Liang Jiugong suddenly came to the door with an imperial edict.

The imperial edict said that Concubine Ling and Concubine Yi had made great contributions in shutting down the black market. The emperor was very pleased, so he specially rewarded them with many rare treasures.

He also conferred the seventh rank on Li Shuyao and Qingyao's eldest sister-in-law.

He also gave them two imperial farms in the suburbs.

There were also several boxes of gold and silver that were enough to blind people.

The most significant part of the poem is the sentence: "...from now on, you can enjoy the treatment of a 'concubine'."

Just a few simple words immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the palace.

Two years ago, the emperor had drawn up a hierarchy charter for the harem - under the empress, there would be only one imperial concubine, two noble concubines, four concubines, six imperial concubines, and a number of noble ladies.

But when the harem was conferred titles last year, the number of concubines had already exceeded six.

Later, Li Shuyao became the concubine.

There had long been private speculation in the palace that within a few years, the emperor would promote four more of his eight concubines to become consorts.

Huipin and Rongpin definitely have a place. After all, they both raised princes and entered the palace early. They have the qualifications, the merits, and the favors. Who else can be appointed if not them?

Concubine An couldn't say for sure, after all, her family background was noble and her grandfather was the best general in the Han Dynasty.

What about Concubine Duan? She had given birth to two little princesses for the emperor in his early years. Although they both died early, but... what if the emperor wanted to compensate Concubine Duan?

Apart from these four people, Concubine Xi was not very favored by the emperor; Concubine Jing made mistakes when she first entered the palace; and Concubine Yi had too little experience.

There is only one concubine, Ling, whose identity is hard to guess.

In terms of qualifications, she is as shallow as can be; and in terms of affection, it can be said that she has almost none.

But her favor was the greatest at the moment. Even the high and mighty imperial concubine might not receive as much favor as she did.

But she was very lucky. Not long after she was favored by the emperor, she became pregnant with the dragon fetus and gave birth to the eleventh son of the current emperor smoothly and without any danger.

She was also on good terms with Concubine Yi, Concubine Tong, Concubine Hui, Concubine Rong, Concubine An, and others, as well as with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the eldest prince...

Even the two old ancestors often smiled when they mentioned her, and commented that she was a kind-hearted and interesting little girl.

Even so, some palace servants still insisted that Concubine Ling had entered the palace too late, less than a year earlier, and that even if the emperor wanted to confer a title on her, he should not have considered her.

Otherwise, what will the other concubines think?

…

The content of the imperial edict received by Changchun Palace and Yiku Palace quickly spread.

After receiving the news, the first thought of the other concubines was to remain silent.

The emperor is too kind to Li Shuyao.

But she had a son and had made great contributions to many things in the harem.

Even if they were unhappy, they didn't know where to start criticizing her.

I could only swallow the sadness in my heart silently and worry so much that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

When they woke up the next day, they all looked pale, with dark circles under their eyes, and they looked extremely exhausted.

Li Shuyao noticed that they were not in good condition when she was paying her respects to Concubine Tong.

After asking Qingyao privately, I realized how much mental damage the imperial edict they received yesterday had caused them.

Li Shuyao felt a rare sense of guilt. She held her chubby baby in her arms and thought for a while, and finally she came up with a way to make amends.

She packed up the eight-month-old Yinzhen and ordered someone to send him to Jingren Palace where Concubine An lived. She also sent him a letter written by her own hand.

It simply contains a whole page of inspirational quotes:

What about “Life is like a dream, only contentment can bring happiness”? [1]

What's with the saying "Time is merciless, it's best to let nature take its course"...

What is this "Troubles have no roots, if you don't pick them up they will disappear"?... [2]

What's this about "confusion has no source, and if you don't investigate, you will feel relieved"...

She thought for a long time before she dug out from the deepest part of her memory the inspirational words her parents had posted on their WeChat Moments.

Worried that the chicken soup wouldn't be effective enough, she also sent her own fat baby over.

After receiving the letter, Anpin only needed to flip through it to see the back of the inspirational letter, where another line of large characters was written: There is no trouble in the world that cannot be solved by hugging a baby. If there is, then hug the baby for a whole day and a whole night!

There was another line of small words at the bottom: Sister, please put this letter back into the envelope after reading it. After Yinzhen has calmed your mood, please send Yinzhen and this letter back to Changchun Palace.

——She wrote it with great difficulty, how can she use it only once? She must reuse it!