Chapter 57: One body, two lives
Upon hearing this, Nanny Chen knelt down and kowtowed.
Bang, bang, bang, the sound was deafening.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please save the princess. She is only two months old. She cannot live alone in the cold palace. I have watched the princess grow up and I really can't bear to see her suffer. Your Majesty..."
Nanny Chen cried bitterly, tears streaming down her face.
Concubine Shu Gui looked at Nanny Chen, and the tears that had just been held back surged up again, almost falling out.
She really didn't understand. Even Nanny Chen was so reluctant to let her go. Would the emperor really be so cruel as to throw Ying'an into the cold palace just because of the abbot's words?
She didn't want to believe it in her heart.
But she couldn't gamble with Ying'an's future.
She knew better than anyone what it felt like to be without the emperor's favor in this palace.
People in the palace were the best at reading people's faces.
"If crying could solve the problem, this Yangxin Palace would have been flooded with my tears long ago. Nanny Chen, if you cry again, I will let Mi Chun help me with this matter, and you go to the cold palace to take care of the princess."
She dropped her hands with a sound, not looking weak at all.
The decisive voice ignited some hope in Nanny Chen.
She stood up in a panic and wiped away her tears: "Your Majesty, do you have an idea?"
She didn't believe that the queen would really send her to the cold palace. The princess was now being taken care of by Nanny Xiang, so she didn't need her.
But the Empress really needs her to take care of things.
She knows Nanny Xiang best.
She will definitely take good care of the princess until the Empress takes the princess out of the cold palace safely.
By then, Nanny Xiang will also be valued by the Empress and the Emperor.
For this reason alone, nothing serious will happen to the princess in the cold palace. She is
just worried about the princess and misses her.
It is inevitable that she will be confused when she is too concerned.
Concubine Shugui naturally knew what Nanny Chen was thinking, but she didn't really argue with her. She just said, "If you want to leave the palace, let my father investigate the connection between Prince Heng's Mansion and Foshan Temple. Remember, do it behind the scenes and don't let anyone know that the Prime Minister's Mansion is investigating this matter!"
Nanny Chen frowned, "Your Majesty, do you guess that the abbot was bribed by Prince Heng?" Concubine Shugui
sneered, "My Ying'an is destined to be an immortal. How could he cause the decline of Daliang? He must be talking nonsense. At this critical juncture, he said such treasonous words. I can't think of anyone else except Prince Heng's Mansion."
Nanny Chen nodded solemnly, "I understand. I'll do it now."
After leaving this sentence, Nanny Chen went out in a hurry.
Concubine Shugui was lying alone in the Yangxin Palace to recuperate. Before the imperial physician Zhao had finished decocting the medicine, an uninvited guest came to the Yangxin Palace.
Concubine Xian was wearing a purple silk skirt with a few lotus flowers embroidered on it. In this winter, she looked quite soothing.
Her arrival brought a different kind of vitality to the Yangxin Palace. She
also brought a fragrance to the room.
"Your Majesty, I heard that you were ill, so I came to visit you in a hurry. I just want you to get better soon so that I can learn from you and learn how to help manage the six palaces!" Concubine Xian was swaying and graceful, and her words were particularly charming.
Concubine Shugui didn't have much energy, and she looked at Concubine Xian lazily.
Before she opened her mouth, Concubine Xian sat down on the stool beside the bed, facing her.
Her heart sank.
Even her eyes became unfriendly.
Today, Concubine Xian is really the most proud person in the world. The Empress is under house arrest, and she has gone out of the palace to offer sacrifices to the Emperor. Before she followed the Emperor out of the palace, the Emperor had decided to let Concubine Xian manage the affairs of the harem.
Now that she is sick again, the affairs of the harem should be handed over to Concubine Xian.
It is understandable that she is so arrogant.
But looking at Concubine Xian's energy today, she actually has some flavor of Noble Mu.
Could it be that she is imitating Noble Mu?
Concubine Shu Gui suppressed her guess and said solemnly: "I am tired and not feeling well. The imperial physician said that I need to rest. Please go back to the palace first, Concubine Xian, and help with the affairs of the six palaces. When I feel better, I will tell you in person."
Her complexion and tone were not good, but Concubine Xian didn't think so. She
still didn't want to leave.
"I really sympathize with the queen, but I just went out of the palace to offer sacrifices on behalf of the queen, and this happened. I heard that the queen was protecting the emperor? The queen really loves the emperor deeply."
Her voice was gentle and melodious. The more Concubine
Shu Gui listened, the more she felt that she had the taste of Mu Guiren.
That kind of seductiveness, if you don't know, you would think that it was the emperor lying on the bed!
Just as Concubine Shugui was about to speak, she was choked by the fragrance of Concubine Xian.
"Ahem, ahem..."
Concubine Xian pretended to be anxious and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Wait, I'll go get the imperial physician for you!"
Before she got up, the emperor came back from far away and stood in front of her, saying in a low voice, "Why did you come here?"
Concubine Xian raised her eyes and happened to bump into the deep and complicated eyes of Emperor Qingling.
She lowered her head in panic and knelt down to salute: "Your Majesty, I have seen you, may you be blessed and healthy."
The emperor frowned: "I ask, why did you come here?"
Concubine Xian was in deep thought.
The most important thing in his heart is really Concubine Shugui!
So in his previous life, he and her were in harmony, and even dismissed the harem for her, it was really because she had the shadow of Concubine Shugui!
He actually questioned Concubine Shu Gui because of her. The unconditional protection and subconscious partiality that she had to endure for her whole life was easily available to Concubine Shu Gui.
Shocked, she still defended herself: "Your Majesty, I miss Concubine Shu Gui, so..."
Emperor Qing Ling said in a deep voice: "Are you worried about her, or do you want to find out what happened outside the palace? Concubine Xian, Concubine Shu Gui was injured while saving me. What you should do now is to handle the affairs of the harem for her, instead of disturbing her rest for no reason. If you do this, I will suspect that you have other intentions."
He mercilessly exposed Concubine Xian's thoughts.
Concubine Xian lowered her head even lower.
"Yes, I understand."
Emperor Qingling sat beside her on the bed, took Concubine Shugui's hand, and said softly: "Yaohe, what happened to you just now? Why are you coughing like that?"
Concubine Shugui turned her head away, unwilling to look at him.
But Emperor Qingling didn't care at all, still smiling at her.
And his eyes would glance at her belly from time to time.
Concubine Shugui said slowly: "Your Majesty, are you treating me like this because I was injured saving you, or because of the child in my belly?"
After the words fell, Emperor Qingling held Concubine Shugui's hand and paused gently.
The room was silent.
Concubine Xian was stunned.
She looked at Concubine Shugui in disbelief.
She is pregnant!
She clearly didn't have children in her previous life! Why is she pregnant now!
No, could it be that she was already pregnant when she died in her previous life?
So when Concubine Yao died in her previous life, the emperor ordered that Concubine Yao be posthumously named Concubine Yao Guifei, because she was killed with two lives at that time!
No wonder Jiang was severely attacked by the emperor later, because when Concubine Yao got into trouble, it was Jiang Chunyu who was running around in public, and she and Concubine Mu were just behind the scenes to help.
In his heart, Zong Yaohe actually had such a status!
Emperor Qingling silently let go of Concubine Shu Guifei's hand, put her hand on his leg, and said solemnly: "Yaohe, you still blame me for putting Ying'an in the cold palace. I am the emperor, do I need your consent to do things?"