Chapter 70 Deliberately Fighting for Favor Concubine

Shu Gui's heart skipped a beat.

She looked sideways at Emperor Qing Ling who was not paying any attention to her, and lowered her eyes.

Her eyes were full of depression, but her heart was calm.

She stood up gracefully, walked slowly to Emperor Qing Ling, knelt down, and said piously: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, on having a beautiful woman."

Emperor Qing Ling withdrew his gaze from the Prime Minister and looked at Concubine Shu Gui.

For some reason, his heart was suddenly pierced.

Just as he was about to speak, Wei Weiran rushed in from outside the door, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the palace maids from Chengqian Palace reported that Concubine Xian fainted!"

Emperor Qingling was shocked: "What happened!"

Wei Weiran lowered his eyes and replied: "The palace maids said that Concubine Xian was sick with longing for you, depressed, and even..."

Wei Weiran hesitated, feeling extremely terrified.

Emperor Qingling panicked, walked around the table to Wei Weiran, and whispered: "I have no patience."

Wei Weiran kowtowed and replied: "Concubine Xian...has a suicidal tendency."

Emperor Qingling's face froze instantly.

She clenched her fist and said in a deep voice: "Prince Heng, Prime Minister, today's matter ends here, you can go back."

The Prime Minister hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Prince Heng also said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is in trouble."

Emperor Qingling nodded, raised his legs and wanted to leave, but suddenly remembered Concubine Shugui behind him.

He turned his head and looked at her from a distance.

Concubine Shugui was also looking at him. She had already stood up and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I will go with you. Nanny Chen, please send the princess back to the cold palace first."

Emperor Qingling's eyebrows flickered, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Nanny Chen knelt down: "Yes, your majesty."

While Emperor Qingling was stunned, Concubine Shu Gui had already walked to his side and said: "Your Majesty, let's go. Concubine Xian's health is important. Eunuch Wei, Imperial Physician Xuanma, Imperial Physician Lin, please go to the palace. Also, call Imperial Physician Zhao to go with us."

Emperor Qingling looked at her deeply and said lightly: "Yaohe, I am very happy to have you here."

Concubine Shu Gui frowned: "Your Majesty, let's go. If it's any later, I'm afraid that Sister Zhiyao can't wait."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qingling said in a deep voice: "Drive to Chengqian Palace!"

The two left side by side. During the whole process, Concubine Shu Gui did not even look at the Prime Minister and his wife.

She looked like a good concubine who cared about the concubines.

She had the demeanor of a mother of a country.

But only the wife saw the stubbornness in her eyes. Who has seen her husband being indifferent to other women asking about their well-being?

It's just that she has to hide her emotions because of her position.

Prince Heng stood beside the Prime Minister with his hands behind his back and said, "I didn't expect Concubine Shugui to be so broad-minded. When Concubine Xian came to compete for favor, she could persuade the emperor to go over quickly. She is really tolerant." The Prime

Minister glared at him and said, "Yao He has been kind-hearted since she was young. Concubine Xian has behaved like that, so she is naturally very anxious. But Prince Heng, do you think that Concubine Xian is deliberately competing for favor, so she let the palace people lie? I wonder if the emperor would punish Prince Heng if he knew that Prince Heng speculated about Concubine Xian like this?"

Prince Heng was speechless for a moment, frowned and glared at the Prime Minister.

"You... you are slandering me!"

The prime minister curled his lips and said sarcastically, "Every word was said by Prince Heng himself, right? I did not tamper with your words, nor did I lie to the people. How could I be wrong?"

Prince Heng snorted coldly and walked away.

The prime minister looked at his back and curled his lips to sneer.

He dared to challenge the status of the Zongfu in Daling. He is so audacious!

The lady beside him saw that Prince Heng had gone far away, so she also left with a sullen face.

The prime minister raised his legs to chase after him and walked side by side with his wife.

"Madam, what do you mean? How can you be so willful in the palace! Do you want everyone in the capital to know that we are divorced?"

The lady said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, let's get a divorce." The

prime minister's face changed, and he quickly raised his head and looked around. After making sure that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said angrily: "Madam! How can you say that casually! Yaohe is now a noble concubine in the palace, and Yaozhi will take the imperial examination after the spring. If you get a divorce now, who knows what will happen in the capital. Don't you want to have a reputation for having children? Yaozhi hasn't even been married yet!"

In the palace, at the feet of the emperor, the lady could no longer control her tears, and they fell gracefully.

She slowly raised her hand to brush across the slightly wrinkled corners of her eyes left by the years, wiped away her tears, and said, "Does your husband have us three in his heart?"

The prime minister frowned and said impatiently, "Yao He and Yao Zhi are my own flesh and blood, how could he not?"

The lady's tone was cold and helpless, "In the eyes of the prime minister, there is only the glory of the clan, Yao He's husband and wife relationship, and your relationship with the emperor as a subject. To you, it's nothing. You are worried that Yao He is stubborn and disobedient in her high position, so you want to cultivate Yao Xiang and please Concubine Lian. Have you ever thought that doing so will make us husband and wife separate? Will it make Yao He and Yao Zhi feel disappointed with their father?"

The Prime Minister's patience had reached its limit at this time, and his voice was cold: "What nonsense are you talking about! Yao Xiang is not as good as Yao He in every way, why did I spend so much effort to cultivate her? I just gave Yao He another confidant in the palace. Yao He didn't understand and just thought she was still young. Even you don't understand my good intentions!"

Madam slowly said: "It is precisely because she is not as good as Yao He that you want to cultivate her, so that the pillow talk that you can control is more to your heart than the overwhelming power, because what you want is not a very important minister, second only to one person and above ten thousand people, what you want is the Daling!"

Chengqian Palace.

"The Emperor is here——"

"The Concubine Shugui is here——"

Concubine Xian was wearing a pink dress, cute and lovely, lying on the couch, her face pale, like a gentle and lovely sick beauty.

Concubine Shugui looked gloomy, frowned, and hurriedly asked Doctor Zhao: "Quick, go and see Concubine Xian, I order you to cure Concubine Xian!"

Doctor Zhao was terrified and bowed his head and said: "Yes, Concubine Shugui."

Emperor Qingling looked at Concubine Shugui from behind. He realized that Concubine Shugui was now arrogant and seemed to be deliberately acting as if she cared about Concubine Xian.

He knew the sadness in her eyes.

That was care, that was love.

She was saddened by his care for Concubine Xian and was deliberately suppressing her own feelings.

Her compromise and obedience were like an arrow feather that pierced his heart at this moment.

But Concubine Xian was still unconscious on the bed. He put his mind aside, walked forward and sat beside Concubine Xian's bed, quietly holding her hand, and stared at Imperial Physician Zhao who was taking Concubine Xian's pulse. Imperial Physician

Zhao was sweating profusely and wiped his sweat from time to time.

After a long time, he let go of his hand, took a step back and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian is unhappy, her heart disease is difficult to cure, and she has become depressed. She has drilled herself into a dead end, just like locking her own heart, and no outsider can get in. People call this disease depression, which is a kind of mental illness."

Emperor Qingling was very flustered, and even held Concubine Xian's hand a little harder.

"How can this disease be cured? And why did it occur?"

"Heart disease needs heart medicine."

"As for why it occurred..." Doctor Zhao looked at Concubine Shu Gui carefully, then lowered his eyes and said, "Concubine Xian loves you deeply and wholeheartedly, so when she sees the emperor with another woman, she will be unable to get rid of the knot in her heart and punish herself."