It turns out that this is the emperor's preference.
Lu Xuan stood in front of the courtyard of Xuanming Palace. The sky was gray and chrysanthemums were blooming in the courtyard. The Xuanming Hall used to be full of roses, but now all the roses have been removed.
There was no longer a single rose to be seen in the harem.
Lu Xuan was outside, and asked Xiao Qin beside her: "I remember that Concubine Chen seemed to hate roses."
Xiao Qin nodded: "I have inquired about it and it is true."
Lu Xuan smiled bitterly, her nose sour: "I see."
Chen Wei once liked roses, so the emperor planted roses all over the palace; one day Chen Wei became tired of roses, so the emperor eradicated all the roses in the palace. Chen Wei likes Begonia and Qiuju, so there are more Begonia and Qiuju in the palace...
Lu Xuan felt as if her heart was dug out and was covered in blood. She left Xuanming Palace in a daze, thinking about many past events along the way.
She always felt that emperors had no love and that their love was always short-lived.
Today I realized how wrong she was.
Lu Xuan returned to the cold Changxin Palace in a state of despair. As soon as she sat down, her son, who was less than two years old, ran over happily and threw himself into her arms: "Mother, mother, I want to eat some candy cakes."
Lu Xuan raised her head and looked at her son Li Chengjue for a long time.
The emperor favors Shen Wei alone, and also values Shen Wei's two sons. Yang Xuanji, the most knowledgeable man in Daqing State, is the first teacher of Shen Wei's son. The emperor even personally taught Shen Wei's son how to ride a horse and shoot arrows.
But as for her son, Lu Xuan, the emperor would at most hug him and praise him a few words.
Lu Xuan suddenly felt cold all over, she realized that the emperor was training Shen Wei's son as his heir!
"No...absolutely not..." Lu Xuan hugged her son.
If Shen Wei's son were allowed to ascend the throne, wouldn't she, Lu Xuan, be completely defeated? Shen Wei has already taken the emperor's heart, and Shen Wei's son is going to take the throne!
no!
She couldn't let this happen!
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Li Chengjue looked at Lu Xuan worriedly, his little eyes full of worry.
Lu Xuan forced out a loving smile: "The kitchen is already making sugar cakes, dear child, go back to the room and rest first. Mother will come to see you later."
Li Chengjue nodded obediently: "Okay."
Li Chengjue ran away in a flash.
Lu Xuan leaned on the soft couch and called the palace maid Xiaoqin: "Is there any news from Doctor Mo?"
Xiaoqin whispered, "My Lord, the weather has been cold recently, and many palace maids have caught colds. Imperial Physician Mo is also sick. I have been watching him secretly, and I have discovered that the head maid in Concubine Chen's palace visits him every day, and she is very attentive."
Lu Xuan clenched her fingers: "Keep staring."
She wants to use Doctor Mo to completely bring down Shen Wei!
The emperor is a man of great integrity. Can he accept that his beloved woman is involved with another man?
"Don't worry, master. I'll be keeping an eye on it all the time." Xiaoqin replied.
Xiaoqin saw that Lu Xuan looked a little off and said worriedly, "Master, you are still pregnant and will give birth in two months. You must take care of yourself."
In recent months, Lu Xuan has been unable to sleep at night, feeling tired and worried. As a result, her fetus was very unstable and she occasionally suffered from abdominal pain.
Xiaoqin was worried that if her master continued to be so depressed, something might go wrong during childbirth.
Lu Xuan smiled bitterly, stroking her bulging belly, her tone bitter: "Even a child can't win the emperor's favor. Even if I give birth to another son, he will become a stepping stone for Concubine Chen."
Xiaoqin didn't know how to comfort her.
Lu Xuan sighed, looking at the chrysanthemums blooming all over the yard, her eyes slowly turning cold: "Since I can't get it, then I'll just go and rob it."
Who would have thought that the prince that the Lu family secretly supported all those years ago was Prince Heng.
Prince Heng and the Lu family are still in contact.
Lu Xuan thought for a moment and told Xiao Qin: "Get paper and ink. I want to write a letter to my father. The Xie family has a lot of land and minerals in Yunzhou. If the Xie family goes bankrupt, these things will fall into the pockets of the Lu family."
Xiaoqin frowned: "Master, the Queen Mother may protect the Xie family."
Lu Xuan held the brush in her hand and said gloomily, "Then add fuel to the fire and make sure the Queen Mother can't protect the Xie family."
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After another five or six days, Shen Wei's persistent high fever finally subsided and she began to regain consciousness. She looked in the mirror immediately, and when she saw her pale and thin self in the silver mirror, she sighed silently.
It will take a long time for her to restore her face, which she has taken such good care of.
Medical conditions in ancient times were very poor. If she were still alive in modern times, she would have recovered long ago after being hospitalized and prescribed two doses of medicine.
All in all, she had been ill for about ten days. After Shen Wei's condition improved slightly, she immediately moved back to Yongning Palace to recuperate. Zhang Miaoyu smelled something and rushed over to visit.
"You are finally feeling better." Zhang Miaoyu sat down on the edge of the bed and complained, "The emperor does not allow outsiders to disturb you while you are recovering. He was relieved only when your pulse was stable yesterday."
Zhang Miaoyu looked at Shen Wei who had just recovered from a serious illness.
She has lost weight and looks as sick as Xi Shi. I feel pity for her. Just like new buds sprouting from dead wood after a fire, life is beginning to show.
Zhang Miaoyu wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "Luckily you are fine. If you had gone, what would have happened to those kids in Leyou?"
Shen Wei was a little more sober today. She was covered with a thick fox fur blanket and smiled weakly: "I don't want to die yet. I have to live to at least a hundred years old."
The maid brought a stomach-warming hot soup, and Shen Wei took two sips from the bowl.
Shen Wei asked Zhang Miaoyu again: "Is Concubine Lan okay? Did Wu and Xie get divorced?"
She has been so sick these days that she is confused and rarely lucid. She always dreams of modern scenes, her hometown, and the city where she lives. She hadn't had time to ask about the big and small things that happened inside and outside the Qing Palace.
Zhang Miaoyu's expression became very sad.
Zhang Miaoyu lowered her head and said sullenly, "Princess Lan died yesterday."
Shen Wei was stunned, thinking she had heard it wrongly.
Zhang Miaoyu sighed and told her exactly what had happened to Shen Wei during her illness.
The Xie family and the Wu family completely broke down. The emperor issued an imperial decree, requiring Xie Ji and Wu to divorce, and the Xie family must return Wu's huge dowry. Xie Ji entered the palace and met Wu, and the two signed a divorce agreement in front of the empress dowager.
Aunt Zhao had been executed long ago. Xie Ji was in great pain and blamed all the sins on Wu. When signing the divorce agreement, Xie Ji ridiculed Wu for her dirty deeds with the lowly servant and called Wu shameless.
Mrs. Wu was already seriously ill, and when Xie Ji ridiculed her, she became so angry that she vomited black blood and died that night. After Wu's death, her brother Wu Ming went mad and drew his sword to go to Xie's house to kill Xie Ji. After being stopped, Wu Ming exposed the evidence of Xie's family's crimes over the years, such as selling official positions, bullying the people, and corruption and bribery.
The emperor was furious and put all the members of the Xie family involved in the case into jail. The enemies that the Xie family had offended in the past united to attack the Xie family. The Xie family was attacked from all sides and was in a miserable state.
The elders of the Xie family put pressure on Xie Ji. Xie Ji did not sleep all night and had to go to the palace to apologize to the emperor. Unexpectedly, he met Concubine Lan on the way to the palace. After experiencing the pain of losing her mother, Concubine Lan went crazy and drew her knife to stab Xie Ji to death, but was killed by Xie Ji with a single blow.
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