Chapter 19 The Queen's Position Is Empty

The young eunuch was stunned after being kicked, and then thought carefully and explained:

"Eunuch, this virtuous concubine is not here to see Your Majesty, but to see the Grand Princess of Jinyang."

"Come to see Her Royal Highness the Grand Princess?"

Sun Fu felt even worse after hearing this. The virtuous concubine had finally come out, but she didn't even think of coming to see His Majesty first.

If His Majesty knew about this, he would probably be unhappy again.

When these two people were having a quarrel, I was trying to survive in the cracks and was tortured badly.

Now there is an extra imperial concubine, it is simply unbearable to live.

Sun Fu sighed, thought for a moment, and asked, "Go check on the movements of the virtuous concubine and report back in detail."

"Yes."

The young eunuch retreated in response.

Li Yueyao has been here since she got up this morning and has not been quiet at all. It is almost noon.

She stood up and returned to the bedroom, lying on the couch and said, "Cui Yu, come and give me a massage. I must be exhausted this morning."

After hearing this, Cui Yu walked over with a smile and started to massage Li Yueyao. As she did so, Li Yueyao gradually fell asleep.

Upon seeing this, Nanny Qin quietly led the others out, leaving Cui Yu alone inside to serve.

Cuiwei saw Nanny Qin looking inside worriedly and comforted her, "Don't worry, Nanny. Your Highness doesn't get up until noon every day when he's in Chunshan.

I probably got up too early today and I'm tired. I just need to rest for a while."

Nanny Qin nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work over the years. You have taken good care of His Highness."

Cuiwei laughed and said, "Madam Qin, you are too kind.

It was His Highness who took good care of me. After all, His Highness is a very good doctor."

Nanny Qin nodded after hearing this, and the two of them sat down in the corridor of the courtyard.

Cuiwei then added, "Oh, by the way, Ma'am, His Highness asked me to give you this ointment. Apply it every day and it will disappear in two years."

As he said this, he handed a bottle of ointment from his sleeve to Nanny Qin.

Nanny Qin took the ointment and thanked Cuiwei.

"You're too polite, Ma'am. This was given by His Highness. If you want to thank someone, you should go and thank His Highness." Cui said with a smile.

“Besides, you served two queens, and there is no one in the palace who is more familiar to you than you.

Cui Xin, Cui Yu and I have been staying in the palace all year round. We are not familiar with the rules and regulations and are not familiar with the palace.

There are some inappropriate aspects of the rules, and we need your guidance in the future. Please don't let us get into trouble and lose face for the Grand Princess."

Nanny Qin smiled and said, "I don't deserve your advice. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

As the two were talking, Cuiwei glanced out through the gate and saw someone heading towards the main hall of Taiji Palace.

The leader was a short man, followed by a group of servants.

"Is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Cuiwei asked.

"Yes. It seems that he is here to plead for mercy for the Queen." Nanny Qin said.

After saying that, he pulled Cuiwei into the next room.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince seems to be very obedient to the Empress?"

Cuiwei was standing at the door of the wing room, looking outside and asking.

"Yes, the Emperor and Empress have been at odds for the past few years. The Emperor favors the Imperial Concubine and often goes to Fanghua Garden. The Crown Prince doesn't see His Majesty very often.

Therefore, the Crown Prince and the Queen are quite close, and as a result, they are also very close to the young masters of the Xie family."

Cuiwei hesitated and asked, "The Crown Prince came here to plead for mercy? Is it for the Queen's power in the palace?"

Nanny Qin said calmly, "Yesterday, His Majesty issued an edict to relieve the Queen from her jurisdiction over the harem. This morning, all the concubines will still go to the Queen's palace to pay their respects.

Although the virtuous concubine opened the palace gate, she did not go over to pay her respects.

The Concubine Shu was seriously ill and did not go to pay her respects.

The imperial concubine has been feeling unwell recently and did not go either.

Concubine De didn't go either, because she caught a cold yesterday and had a headache."

Cuiwei laughed and said, "If these four concubines don't go to pay their respects, the Queen's position will become a mere figurehead."

Nanny Qin sneered and said, "She was just an empty figure from the beginning. When she was in the Eastern Palace, the virtuous concubine and the virtuous concubine were willing to give her face, so they looked harmonious.

In these years, Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu have stayed indoors, and Concubine De has been submissive for the sake of the two princes.

In the harem, only the imperial concubine could compete with her, and the queen actually thought that if she got rid of the imperial concubine, she would be able to control everything in the harem.

So naive.”

Cuiwei asked, "From what Madam said, it seems that the Xianfei and Shufei are very powerful?"

Nanny Qin smiled and said, "Shufei comes from the Zhenguogong Mansion. The Zhenguogong Mansion was founded on military power, and generations of them have been capable and skilled in fighting.

But his family had a female teacher who was proficient in poetry and songs. She was summoned to the palace many times and was very much loved by the Empress Dowager.

"The virtuous concubine is even more extraordinary. She comes from the Su family, which has produced great scholars for generations. Which student in our Great Jin Dynasty can avoid the Su family?

The virtuous concubine was thirteen years old. She disguised herself as a man to take the imperial examination and actually passed. Her examination paper was almost sent to the emperor for selection.

The examiner in charge of marking the papers that year happened to be Concubine Xian's uncle, and he recognized her handwriting at the last moment.

Old Tutor Su had no choice but to bring the virtuous concubine to the palace to confess his crime to the late emperor.

Who would have thought that when the late emperor saw the virtuous concubine, he tested her knowledge in the palace and praised her as being as good as the number one scholar.

When Nanny Qin spoke of this, she smiled, as if she saw the lovely and virtuous concubine from her childhood.

"When it came time to choose concubines, the late emperor and the Grand Princess of Jinyang favored the virtuous concubine, while the empress dowager favored the virtuous concubine.

After much arguing, the two sides finally agreed to let His Majesty choose one himself, and in the end His Majesty chose the girl from the Xie family.

The late emperor and the empress dowager were so angry that they fell backwards.

Who would have thought that just two months after the wedding, His Majesty regretted it, saying that he should have listened to the late emperor and chosen a virtuous concubine.

Cuiwei heard this and said, "Over the years, we have occasionally followed His Highness down the mountain, and we have heard that the Xie family has committed many illegal acts among the people. This..."

"This is not something that you and I, your servants, can consider. It depends on what His Majesty and His Highness plan."

Cuiwei shut up and said nothing.

Li Yueyao was woken up after sleeping for only quarter of an hour because she was summoned by the emperor.

Li Yueyao, sleepy-eyed, entered the main hall of Taiji Palace. Seeing that the prince was also there, she casually greeted the emperor.

The prince bowed respectfully and said, "Greetings, great-aunt."

Li Yueyao called the prince to her side, looked at the baby fat on his cheeks that had not yet gone away, and reached out to pinch it.

After the prince was three years old, no one dared to treat him like this anymore.

At this moment, I stood there awkwardly, my cheeks slightly red, not knowing how to react.

"What a little cutie." Li Yueyao said with a smile.

Then he turned to the emperor and said excitedly, "Look at the prince's little face, it's round and chubby, white and tender, much cuter than when you were a child."

The emperor laughed and said, "Aunt, I am still a few years older than you."

"So what? Even if they are older than me, they have to call me aunt." Li Yueyao said indifferently.

The prince stood awkwardly in front of Li Yueyao, watching the two of them talk.

Li Yueyao turned around and asked, "Is the Crown Prince here to visit your father?"

"Yes." The prince said respectfully.

The emperor said coldly, "He didn't come to see me, he came to plead for mercy for his mother."

Li Yueyao said, "As a son, it is my duty to visit my sick father and to plead for my mother."

"snort!"

The emperor snorted coldly and said nothing.

Li Yueyao took the prince's hand and said kindly, "Prince, why are you begging for mercy for your mother, and what mercy are you begging for?

Speak out clearly, if it makes sense, I will help you persuade your father."

"Grandson thanks my great aunt. My mother is the head of the harem. She has committed some mistake and has been deprived of the power to manage the six palaces."

Li Yueyao laughed and said, "Did your mother tell you to come to your father and ask for mercy?"

After hearing this, the prince suddenly showed an aggrieved and pitiful expression on his face and said:

"No, I went to pay my respects to the Queen Mother today. She looked a little downcast, but she didn't say anything."