In the early morning, when Chu Chi got up, she felt severe pain all over her body. Perhaps it was because she wanted to have a prince too much, Zhao Jie did not show any mercy to her last night.
The palace maid beside him brought the medicine bowl, and Chu Chi took it and drank the medicine in the bowl.
The maid who took Chu Chi's medicine bowl whispered, "Your Majesty, there's a new person about to enter the palace. If His Majesty takes a new lover, and you have no children to rely on, it will be very bad. You still have to rely on the prince."
Chu Chi said: "It is also necessary to protect it. There will be many princes in the harem in the future. Rather than letting the child be calculated and fought by others all his life, and his position being coveted by others and having to be careful everywhere, it is better not to have a child in the first place.
In this palace, it has always been the case that sons are honored because of their mothers. My child is not my support. I have never had anyone to rely on in the palace."
The palace maid looked at Chu Chi with pity. When she was carrying the medicine bowl out, she happened to run into Zhao Jie who was coming for the morning court.
Zhao Jie saw the medicine bowl and asked, "What medicine is the Queen taking?"
Chu Chi said from inside: "It's a pregnancy-maintaining medicine. I haven't been able to get pregnant in these years, so I just take some tonic medicine."
Zhao Jie held Chu Chi's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Chu Chi withdrew her hand from Zhao Jie's and began to sew clothes for Chu Che.
Zhao Jie watched her sew Chu Che's clothes and said, "After you finish sewing my brother's clothes, make one for me too. I haven't worn any of your clothes since you left the Clothing Bureau."
Chu Chi responded, "Okay."
Lu Yiling was even more nervous than Chu Che when he was taking the imperial examination this time, and she wished she could go to the examination hall in Chu Che's place.
Chu Che spent five days in the examination hall, and Lu Yiling spent five days at home praying to Buddha with great piety. When Chu Che left the examination hall, Lu Yiling was the first to approach Chu Che and ask, "How was your writing? How did it go?"
Chu Che looked at Lu Yiling and said, "I think she can enter the palace examination."
"Everything will be fine once you can take the palace examination," Lu Yiling said.
Chu Che said: "What if, I mean what if, I can't pass the palace examination..."
Lu Yiling said: "In that case, I can only humble myself and marry an official from the Dali Temple.
By the way, you are not young anymore. You said before that you couldn’t listen to me about marriage, but you have to find a wife. Do you want me to help you find one? What do you think of Lin Luo? Her father is Lord Lin Jiang.
Chu Che looked at Lu Yiling and said, "Are you really unaware or are you pretending not to know? The Lin family's daughter is obviously fond of Zhixiu. Didn't you see her go looking for Zhixiu as soon as she arrived at the Princess's Mansion?"
Lu Yiling said, "Really? Then I'll find you another daughter. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly."
Chu Che looked at Lu Yiling and retracted his gaze. She only regarded him as a small guard. Even if he didn't express his feelings now, at least he could still be by her side for the rest of his life.
If expressing my feelings makes her feel disgusted, I think I will never be able to be so close to her in this life.
Lu Yiling asked, "What kind of girl do you like?"
Chu Che said, "Let's wait until the results of the Spring Examination are announced."
Lu Yiling said, "Tell me about it first, so I can help you find one as soon as possible."
Chu Che said: "I like pretty girls."
"Superficial." Lu Yiling said, "What's the point of choosing a wife just based on beauty?"
Chu Che lowered his head to look at Lu Yiling's profile. When Lu Yiling raised her eyes and met Chu Che's gaze, her heart trembled and she coughed several times.
Lu Yiling just felt that she was crazy. How could she feel that the way Chu Che looked at her showed affection for her?
Chu Che averted his gaze and followed Lu Yiling to Qingshan Tower for dinner.
Lu Yiling picked up a honey-roasted pigeon leg for Chu Che and said, "This is my mother's favorite. Try it."
Chu Che took the pigeon leg that Lu Yiling handed over and said with a faint smile: "It smells good."
"I heard that Princess Chen is currently selecting a husband for the young princess of the Lu family. I wonder who will be so lucky to be able to get married in one go?"
"What do you mean by ascending to the sky overnight? His Majesty is becoming more powerful. Sooner or later, he will settle accounts with the Qi and Lu families! Anyone who marries into the Qi and Lu families now will be in trouble."
"This shouldn't be the case. Young Prince Qi married the Empress's sister. The Qi and Lu families are royal relatives, and are cousins to Your Majesty. Now, they are also married to the Empress's family..."
"Don't you know that His Majesty wants to depose the Queen?"
"What?"
Chu Che, who was in the side room, was halfway through eating his pigeon leg when he put down his chopsticks and went out to ask the talkative young man, "What did you say? Deposed queen?"
The young men discussing this clearly didn't know Chu Che, but they did know Lu Yiling, who had just emerged from the side room. Lu Yiling, with a dark look in her eyes, asked, "Who told you the queen was deposed?"
"Princess, my adoptive father is a minor official in the Ministry of Personnel. His Majesty is already planning to draft another imperial decree to depose the Empress..."
Chu Che frowned and said to Lu Yiling, "Hurry and go into the palace."
Lu Yiling nodded. She held Chu Che's hand and said, "Don't panic. If my uncle really dares to do something to let Sister Chi down, I will definitely stand on your side. I won't let him abandon her and depose her!"
Chu Che held Lu Yiling's hand tightly and went to the palace with her.
Lu Yiling made it all the way to the gate of Fengyi Palace without any obstruction, but was stopped. The gate was closed and surrounded by a group of palace guards outside.
Lu Yiling felt that something big had happened. Why were there guards with swords surrounding Fengyi Palace in the harem?
"Princess, His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to approach Fengyi Palace!"
Lu Yiling asked, "Is it not possible for me? Is it not possible for Uncle Chu?"
"no!"
Lu Yiling frowned and said, "Do I have to go in then?"
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