Chapter 35: Using my things to do favors?
It takes a whole day to travel from the enclosure to the imperial city and back. Even if you ride at full speed, it will take a while to get back.
The Queen said, "Your Majesty, it is getting late today. Your Majesty should rest for a while and wait for Commander Chu to investigate before making a decision."
He Yanchen stood up and left the hall. In the courtyard, he saw the grooms being forced to kneel in the corridor. He said indifferently, "Continue the interrogation."
Ji Ming hurriedly said, "Yes, I will watch it."
After a while, the emperor left Fengyang Palace.
The queen breathed a sigh of relief. He Yanchen usually didn't care about the affairs of the harem, but today's incident involved his favorite concubine, so he naturally wanted an explanation.
The queen couldn't explain how she felt. Although there were fights in the palace, they were just minor quarrels and she had the final say in everything.
He Yanchen didn't care about anyone, and even Concubine Jin and Concubine Lin, who were raising the royal heirs, did not receive any more favor from him.
So the queen was at ease and treated all the concubines equally without favoring anyone.
But after Yueli entered the palace, this balance was broken.
The queen took a deep breath, looked at the others still waiting in the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, disperse."
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
Coming out of Fengyang Palace, Concubine Zheng was still following Concubine Jin. She glanced at Jiang Ronghua beside her and said, "It used to be said that Concubine Shen and Jiang Ronghua had a good relationship, but now Concubine Shen is willing to risk her life to save Jiang Ronghua. It shows that their feelings can easily fade."
Jiang Ronghua immediately raised his eyebrows: "What does Lady Zheng mean?"
Concubine Zheng smiled wryly and said, "What can I mean by that? I just feel a little emotional."
"Some people are infatuated with the wrong person. Don't end up with nothing and can only watch others live happily together. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the palace."
"How outrageous!"
Jiang Ronghua could not fail to hear that this was an attempt to alienate himself and Shen Zhaoyi, and he immediately raised his hand to hit her.
Concubine Jin grabbed Jiang Ronghua's wrist and asked, "Sister Jiang, what are you going to do?"
"You are not allowed to act wildly in front of Fengyang Palace."
Concubine Jin shook off her hand, glanced at Concubine Zheng, and said with a slight curve of her lips: "Let's go."
Jiang Ronghua was left alone, furious, but she couldn't help but worry. Concubine Shen was too good to Yu Ronghua, so good that she began to feel jealous.
Li Jieyu also saw the farce in Fengyang Palace. If it were under normal circumstances, she would definitely not miss the excitement, but now she felt guilty and just wanted to return to her palace as soon as possible.
Li Jieyu's steps were a little hurried. There was only the light footsteps of a group of people on the palace road. In such an atmosphere, her uneasiness reached its peak.
"Cui Yu." Li Jieyu whispered, "What do you think? Should we just..."
She made a gesture, but Cui Yu quickly stopped her: "Master, Commander Chu has already gone to the enclosure. We shouldn't cause any trouble."
"Don't worry, I've made all the arrangements, nothing will happen."
Although she said comforting words, Cui Yu's heart was still beating fast.
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Jade Palace.
He Yanchen entered the bedroom and happened to see Lian Qiao coming out with medicine with a bitter face.
He glanced at the still steaming medicine and asked indifferently, "She doesn't want to drink the medicine?"
Lian Qiao was stunned for a moment, then secretly glanced at the figure of the woman behind the curtain, then nodded: "Master, the medicine is too bitter, I will prepare some candied fruit."
He Yanchen reached out to take the medicine bowl and motioned her to go down.
Yueli fell yesterday and her bottom hurt a lot. She lay on the bed with her eyes closed. When she heard footsteps, she became impatient and said, "I said I don't want to drink. It's not like I'm seriously ill."
There was a "bang" sound, which was the sound of the medicine bowl being placed on the small table beside the bed.
Lian Qiao certainly wouldn't dare to do that. Yue Li was stunned and quickly turned her head, only to meet He Yanchen's cold eyes.
"Your Majesty..." Yue Li's expression suddenly changed.
Her brows were slightly furrowed, her almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, and her delicate and helpless appearance made people feel pity for her.
He Yanchen pretended not to see it.
"Get up and take your medicine."
It was useless for Yueli to pretend to be weak, so she had to slowly get up: "This medicine is so bitter, I just have a scratch, there is no need to drink medicine..."
"You want me to feed you?"
Yue Li was speechless. She brought the medicine bowl over with a pout, and drank it all in one gulp as if in a fit of anger, but ended up choking herself.
“Ahem…”
He Yanchen frowned even more tightly.
After she finished drinking the medicine, the man raised his hand and stroked her pale little face. There were rough calluses on his fingertips, which made Yueli feel itchy and wanted to hide away.
"Don't move." He Yanchen touched her forehead, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"
Yueli shook her head and lay on his legs: "My waist still hurts a little, Your Majesty, please help me rub it..."
A warm big palm was placed on her waist, massaging her with moderate strength. Yueli squinted her eyes comfortably.
"Your Majesty, have you found out who it is?"
"Chu Yi has been sent to the enclosure to bring the people involved."
That means there is some clue. Yueli felt relieved. That person almost caused her to be trampled to death by a horse's hooves. He was really vicious.
"Is Sister Shen feeling better?"
He Yanchen did not answer her question, but cast an ambiguous gaze on her face.
Before, she was just called "Empress Zhaoyi", but now she is "Sister Chen".
Yue Li was puzzled by his gaze and subconsciously touched her face: "Is there something on my face?"
"You care about her?"
"Sister Shen was injured because she was trying to save me. Otherwise, the colt wasn't heading towards her, so she could have easily avoided it."
Even now Yue Li still finds it hard to believe. If the foal had been stronger, she doesn't know whether Shen Zhaoyi could have returned to the palace alive.
She was born in a place of prostitution and has witnessed the fickleness of the world since she was a child.
Men are fickle. No matter how nicely they say something, they will show no mercy when they turn against you. Many parents even send their daughters to that devil's den.
Yueli has known since childhood that family affection and love are unreliable, so she doesn't understand Shen Zhaoyi's behavior.
If Shen Zhaoyi wanted to win her over because she was in favor, she could have just given her some gold, silver and jewelry. Why would she risk her own life?
Yueli was lost in thought again.
He Yanchen felt indescribably depressed.
He pinched the woman's cheek hard, causing Yueli to hiss softly in pain and look at him in confusion.
"Chen Zhaoyi has the imperial physician watching over her, what can possibly happen?" He glanced at the woman again and said, "You are clumsy, don't go and make trouble."
Yueli curled her lips, and rarely felt that what he said made sense.
"Then I'll send some things over." She thought for a moment, "There seems to be a snow lotus in the storeroom. I heard it's very nourishing..."
"You're using my reward to do favors?"
"But all my possessions were given by His Majesty." Yueli muttered softly, "What in this palace doesn't belong to His Majesty?"
"How about I make some sachets, silk or something for Sister Shen myself..."
He Yanchen didn't know what was wrong with him today. Every word Yue Li said was unpleasant to his ears.
He threw the woman back onto the couch and immediately stood up and left.
Yueli lay on the mattress blankly, staring at his back. After a while, she cursed softly, "This is inexplicable!"
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