Chapter 2 Concubine Yao is reinstated
Ying’an, who had just woken up from a nightmare, sobbed softly.
[Mother, please let me go first. I can’t breathe!]
Concubine Yao heard Ying’an’s voice, and the tears that had been lingering in her eyes for a long time suddenly fell. She trembled and let go of her hand to let her breathe for a moment, then covered her hand again.
“Good boy Ying’an, don’t cry. Mother hasn’t thought of a solution yet. We can’t let your father find out about your existence, otherwise, your grandparents’ family may suffer a catastrophe.”
Ying’an’s face was wrinkled, her eyes were rolling, and she looked worried.
[The Prime Minister’s grandfather hasn’t been exterminated yet, so everything is still in time. Grandfather is loyal and has been working hard for the country. He shouldn’t have ended up like that. 】
Destroy the clan? Emperor
Qingling frowned, and suddenly thought of the prime minister he sent to the south. He believed the advice and suspected that the prime minister was plotting a rebellion, so he punished Concubine Yao. Could it be that there was something hidden?
He looked at the room meaningfully. He could hear the voice of his little princess. Could it be that his noble lady was the princess? It seems that the prime minister’s merits are greater than those of the emperor, and anyone who is plotting a rebellion must be thoroughly investigated! He looked past her and into the door, with a dignified look: "Is Concubine Yao asleep?" Nanny Chen lowered her head and stammered: "Your Majesty, the queen... has fallen asleep..." Ying'an waved her hands anxiously. [No, we can't let Emperor Qingling go. He finally came to the cold palace. It's hard to say when he will come next time. Mother, go ahead! Only after leaving the cold palace can you do anything to save your grandfather! 】 Concubine Yao's face was covered with tears, and she was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Emperor Qingling had a gloomy face, his hands behind his back, his emotions unexpressed, and he lowered his head to glance at Nanny Chen: "Then I will come to see Concubine Yao another day." Thinking of this, Emperor Qingling turned around and was about to leave. Concubine Yao, holding Ying'an, opened the curtain, and knelt down to salute the back of Emperor Qingling. "Your servant Zong Yaohe, pays respects to the emperor, and the emperor is blessed with good health." Emperor Qingling's back froze visibly. He turned around, his eyes were heavy, and saw Concubine Yao's thin body half-kneeling on the ground, holding a red baby in her arms. The baby stared at him with a pair of big eyes, bright and energetic, as if he could really see him. [What are you still standing there for, you scumbag dad? Come on! My mother just gave birth, and she got out of bed to pay her respects to you! This will cause a root of illness!] Emperor Qingling glanced at Ying'an meaningfully, and hurried forward to help Concubine Yao up. He even rubbed her shoulders with his broad palms, trying to bring her a little warmth. "You just gave birth, so don't come out. You don't have to pay your respects in the future." Concubine Yao nodded and said solemnly: "I am a concubine in the cold palace, there is no reason for me not to pay my respects." Emperor Qingling stared at Concubine Yao in a daze. He had pitied her and been moved by her. But the Zong family was arrogant because of their favor, and Concubine Yao also gradually became arrogant. In the harem, the most taboo thing is the connection between the former dynasty and the harem. How could he tolerate the Zong family's crime against the wind. But he did have feelings for this former favorite concubine. "Go in, it's time for me to go." Concubine Yao knelt down while holding Ying'an: "Your servant respectfully sends the emperor off." Emperor Qingling glanced at the swaddling clothes in Concubine Yao's arms: "Her name?" Concubine Yao lowered her eyes and a tear fell. This proved that he tacitly agreed to her naming the princess. This kind of friendship is indeed not shallow. But it is not as good as his throne. She said in a crying voice: "Ying'an, your servant hopes that she will be safe and sound all her life." Emperor Qingling looked at Concubine Yao deeply, then turned and left. The cold palace was like an ice cellar in an instant. The vitality that had just been ignited by the arrival of Emperor Qingling was extinguished with his departure. Nanny Chen looked at Emperor Qingling's back with a sad look. Concubine Yao returned to her room and cried and murmured to herself. "Your Majesty, that year my father said that you would make me a concubine. I also thought that you loved me, but this love was mixed with your use of me as a pawn to check and balance the Jiang family, and mixed with power. In the end, it was nothing but a yellow beam, and it ended up in vain." Nanny Chen returned to the room and took Ying'an from Concubine Yao. She looked at Concubine Yao with concern and tears in her eyes. "Your Majesty, the emperor is gone." "The emperor still has deep feelings for you, and perhaps things will turn around." Nanny Chen persuaded. She really couldn't bear to see her young girl trapped by love at such a young age, and spend the rest of her life in this cold palace, unhappy. Concubine Yao stared at Ying'an in Nanny Chen's arms and said in a trance: "No matter how deep my love is, or how unkind I am, I am in the palace, and life and death are not my own will." The emperor came here, maybe because he still has feelings for her? But more likely, it is related to the country. Just like she was sent to the cold palace because of the words of the Si Tianjian. Her heart is dead, but the family still needs her to save, and her father is still waiting for her. She can't fall! Nanny Chen's tears fell, and she was heartbroken. Concubine Yao looked up at her, with an unseen pleading look in her eyes: "Madam, Yaohe begs you, if you leave this cold palace, no matter what happens, you must ensure that Ying'an is safe for life." Madam Chen seemed to realize what Zong Yaohe was going to do. She put Ying'an on the small bed and said anxiously: "My queen, are you going to fight again? To snatch?" Concubine Yao looked at the cold wind outside the house, the shadows of the trees. The rustling autumn leaves fluttered and fell, taking away the youth and beauty of many women in the harem. In this palace, the clouds rolled and the clouds dispersed, and there were intrigues. Whether to attack or hide was not something she could decide. She said solemnly: "Mammy, it's cold in winter, help me find more jelly cream, hands are a woman's second face, he will be happy to see it." Ying'an stared at Concubine Yao quietly. [Mother, Ying'an will do her best to save the lives of the Prime Minister's grandfather and you.] She clenched her fists, and a faint divine light appeared in the palm of her hand. It was subtle and elusive.
Concubine Yao looked at Ying'an and smiled faintly, then said, "Mammy, give Ying'an to me. I want to hold her in my arms tonight."
Mammy Chen hesitated for a moment, but still handed Ying'an over.
This is the cold palace, where there are not so many rules.
The next day.
Inside the high walls of the palace, a piece of news spread like wildfire.
"Have you heard? The emperor went to the cold palace last night."
"Of course I heard. Concubine Yao is as capable as ever. She is restless even in the cold palace."
"The prime minister is about to fall and Concubine Yao is out of power. Can't something happen at this critical moment?"
"The emperor's intention is hard to guess. There is no guarantee that the emperor will consider the prime minister's old relationship and depose the concubine. If that happens, the palace will be bustling."
The harem was restless all day. Everyone was staring at the cold palace, fearing that a negligence would really let Zong Yaohe turn over.
That afternoon, the eunuch chief Wei Weiran visited the cold palace.
"Deposed Concubine Zong Yaohe, listen to the order." Concubine
Yao stood by the bed, heard the words and knelt down: "I listen to the order."
Nanny Chen also knelt down with Ying'an in her arms.
"The Emperor decrees that although the exiled Concubine Zong lives in the cold palace, she gave birth to a princess for me. I hereby reward her with 1,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, 10 black pearls, and 50 night-shining pearls. I grant her the right to live in the Chengqian Palace.
Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Yao's voice was weak.
She thought she would have to sell her body to gain the Emperor's grace, but she didn't expect to be able to leave the cold palace directly.
Has he really changed his mind?
The emperor's mind is hard to guess, and it is really unpredictable.
Wei Weiran stepped forward and pulled Concubine Yao up affectionately, saying: "Concubine Yao, long live your Majesty. I congratulate you. Please pack your things and bring the princess with me to Chengqian Palace."
Concubine Yao raised her eyes and moved slowly, as weak as if she had no bones, as if a gust of wind could blow her down, like a sick beauty who could make a country fall in love with her.
No one in the capital could compare to Concubine Yao 's elegance.
Nanny Chen held Ying'an in one hand and helped Concubine Yao to stand up.
Concubine Yao glanced at Nanny Chen, her face as gentle as water and her smile was sweet.
Nanny Chen immediately took out a silver coin from her pocket and handed it to her.
"General Manager Wei, besides the Empress, who else lives in Chengqian Palace now?"
Wei Weiran took the silver, nodded naturally, and whispered: "Besides the Empress, only Lady Mu lives in the side hall of Chengqian Palace now, but the important thing is... she lives in Chengqian Palace with the Emperor's reward."
Ying'an instantly became interested and was no longer sleepy. Her big eyes flickered, her little mouth pouted, and she was angry.
[Isn't it He Muer? The He family stepped on the Prime Minister's grandfather to get to the throne, and joined forces with the Jiang family to make Emperor Qingling suspicious of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Later, they tried to frame the Prime Minister's Mansion. She was born in a noble family and was the daughter of the fourth-rank minister He Yuanjiang, so she was sent to the palace and became a noble directly with the help of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ] It turned out
that the He family and the Jiang family harmed the entire Prime Minister's Mansion!
Stepping on the Prime Minister's Mansion to get to the top, it really made her look at him with new eyes.
Concubine Yao was surprised in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.
"Lady Mu? I have lived in this cold palace for too long, and I didn't know when there was a lady Mu in the palace?"
Wei Weiran replied hurriedly
. "Your Majesty, you don't know, Lady Mu is the granddaughter of Grand Tutor He, and her father is a fourth-rank official. She is sixteen years old and is the center of everyone's love. As soon as she entered the palace, she was rewarded by the emperor and moved into Chengqian Palace. It seems that she has a bright future."
Concubine Yao raised her eyes slightly, stroked the scattered hair on her forehead, and touched her dry and rough skin that had been living in the cold palace for a long time.
"So, this noble lady Mu is deeply loved by the emperor?"
Wei Weiran nodded hurriedly and complimented: "Oh, everyone in this palace knows that in the emperor's heart, Concubine Yao has always been the first. Look, just after she was reinstated, the emperor has rewarded her with so many good things."
Concubine Yao looked indifferent, glanced at Ying'an who was having fun in Nanny Chen's arms, and her mind sank a little.
If it were in the past, she would be happy to hear such words, but now, she is only sad and unwilling. Her youth was wasted in the palace, and she held a bloody sincere heart in front of him, but he was completely hurt.
Including these many rewards, he gave her for Ying'an's sake.
It's for Ying'an's mother, not for Zong Yaohe.
Noticing Concubine Yao's mood, Ying'an turned to look at her and began to scream.
[Don't be sad, mother. A bastard will only affect the speed at which you become stronger. Stand up and do business! Kick out the scumbag father! A concubine who doesn't want to be the queen is not a good palace maid!]
Concubine Yao was puzzled.
Palace maid? She is not a palace maid?
She just thought it was funny.
"Thank you for your kindness, eunuch. Please wait outside the house. I will be there soon." Concubine Yao knelt down and saluted, respectfully.
Wei Weiran quickly bowed in return: "Then the servant will wait outside the house. Your Majesty, don't worry. It's still early."
Emperor Qingling ordered people to prepare a sedan chair early, and the group headed towards Chengqian Palace.