Chapter 135 I Will Take Care of You
Jiang Ronghua was surprised by He Yanchen's sudden arrival. She knew from his tone that he was very unhappy and quickly knelt down, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was anxious and accidentally bumped into the Imperial Noble Consort."
After Shen's death, Jiang Ronghua recalled many things from the past.
In fact, she might not be completely unaware of Shen's character. At least the last incident with the sachet had left the seeds of suspicion deeply rooted in her heart.
However, she had been in the palace for many years and was impatient and could not get along with everyone. Her only friend was Shen, so she would instinctively ignore Shen's bad points and constantly beautify her in her mind.
He Yanchen walked to the head of the table and sat down, naturally holding Yueli's hand. Without looking at Jiang Ronghua who was kneeling on the ground, he said calmly, "Ms. Shen's crimes were extremely heinous. I only deposed and imprisoned her. She did so many bad things that she kept thinking about them day and night, and she frightened herself to death."
"Is Jiang Ronghua satisfied with this answer?"
Jiang Ronghua lowered her head and said, "I dare not question Your Majesty. I have been friends with Shen for many years. I just want to know what she has done..."
He Yanchen made a gesture, and Ji Ming immediately understood: "If Master Ronghua is curious, I will send you the charges compiled by the Criminal Justice Department later."
Jiang Ronghua opened his mouth, but in the end, nothing came out.
When she was leaving, she had just stepped over the threshold when He Yanchen called her.
"Jiang Ronghua."
"The year you entered the palace, Shen gave you a set of carnelian bracelets. Do you still remember?"
Jiang Ronghua was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Carnelian is rare. I wear it all the time, so it's natural that I have an impression of it."
He Yanchen didn't look at her. He just pinched Yueli's fingers and admired the nail polish she had just made: "Go back and check it carefully."
Jiang Ronghua's heart skipped a beat. Since she was not favored, she naturally didn't think that He Yanchen would pay attention to what jewelry she usually wore.
But the fact that he could accurately point out the set of carnelian meant that he had known there was a problem with it.
Jiang Ronghua's steps were a little flustered. She hurried back to Zhaoyang Palace and rummaged through the drawers in the house.
"Luo Kui, where are the carnelian bracelets?"
Luo Kui quickly squatted down and found a small box from the compartment below: "Master, it's here."
"You often wear this bracelet. Three months ago, one of the beads came loose, so I sent it to the Shanggong Bureau to have it repaired. When I got it back, it was just when Concubine Shen was in trouble. You were not in the mood to wear these, so I put them away."
Jiang Ronghua's hands trembled slightly as he opened the box. Five bracelets lay quietly in the box. They were all made of the same red chalcedony, with a lustrous color and a faint fragrance.
Fragrance?
Jiang Ronghua frowned and couldn't help but think of the sachet.
"Go and call the imperial physician."
While the imperial physician examined her, Jiang Ronghua sat expressionlessly on the couch, turning one of the strings in her hand. Her palms were sweating, but she still managed to calm her voice and asked, "How is it? Is there any problem?"
The imperial physician took a step back, his expression serious. "Replying to Ronghua, this carnelian is soaked in musk. If worn for a long time, the musk will enter the body through the skin of the wrist and cause... infertility..."
With a "click".
The beads in Jiang Ronghua's hand were torn apart by her.
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Jade Palace.
After Jiang Ronghua left, Yueli pestered He Yanchen and asked, "What was that bracelet your Majesty was talking about?"
"It was given to her by Shen Shi before. It is soaked with musk."
"Musk?" Yue Li's eyes widened in surprise. Although she wasn't proficient in medicine, she knew something about musk. "Does that mean Jiang Ronghua won't be able to get pregnant?"
"Mrs. Shen is so vicious!" Yue Li was filled with righteous indignation. "Jiang Ronghua has become her lackey, and yet she still does this."
"Your Majesty, have you known this for a long time?"
He Yanchen hummed, "I forgot when I first met Jiang Ronghua and smelled that scent."
Children who grew up in the palace are familiar with these things.
"Then why didn't Your Majesty tell her?"
He Yanchen glanced at her and asked, "Why should I tell her?"
Firstly, he didn't want his concubine to get pregnant. Secondly, he didn't like Jiang Ronghua. In Jiang Ronghua's heart, Shen was far more important than the emperor's favor. Why should he waste his breath on her?
Besides, he is not so idle that he would care about the life and death of a fool.
Yue Li's expression kept changing. He Yanchen saw her fair face puffed up with anger and reached out to poke her: "Why are you so angry about what happened between them?"
Yue Li snorted, "She's so mean. Did she want to fool me like she did to Jiang Ronghua?"
He Yanchen raised his eyebrows: "I thought you had thought it through a long time ago."
Hearing the teasing in his words, Yue Li felt even more embarrassed. She threw herself into his arms and buried her head in his chest: "Your Majesty, did you look at me like you looked at Jiang Ronghua? Did you think I was stupid enough to believe in such a bad thing?"
She blushed from her face to her neck, and she couldn't bear to think about whether He Yanchen was also scolding her in his heart for being stupid when she repeatedly disobeyed and wanted to associate with Shen.
So embarrassing!
He Yanchen chuckled and pinched the back of her neck to make her look up: "Of course you are different from Jiang Ronghua."
"I'm too lazy to take care of her, but I will take care of you."
Yueli blinked and suddenly started to act hypocritical again: "Why? Your Majesty, why do you like to control me?"
He Yanchen's fingers slid from the back of her neck to her thin back. His hot, rough fingertips slowly moved down along her spine, and finally patted her butt. "Because I picked you up with my own hands, I have to be responsible for you."
Yue Li was stunned for a moment before she realized what he meant. All the other concubines had gone through layers of examinations and selections before entering the palace, but wasn't she the one he picked up in Jiangning?
"Hmph, then Your Majesty, will you pick it up next time you see something better?"
He Yanchen patted her butt again: "Do I have a lot of free time? I can't handle you alone, do you want more?"
Hearing him say the words "I can't bear it", Yueli subconsciously looked down.
He Yanchen noticed her gaze and his face darkened immediately: "Try looking at her randomly again."
Yue Li laughed so hard in his arms that she fell backwards, her delicate fingers slipping under his clothes. "Your Majesty, are you really unable to bear this?"
"Let me check it out."
Yueli successfully angered He Yanchen.
The result was that she cried and lay on the window pane, with red marks on her fair skin. But the man behind her had no sympathy at all. He held her hand and pushed the window open a crack.
"Ugh..." Yueli cried softly, "Close... Close..."
"Why turn it off?" He Yanchen kissed her earlobe, "It's spring now, Jiaojiao won't be cold."
"But it's still daylight now, and there are a lot of people outside, so Jiaojiao, please be careful."
He chuckled softly: "If you can't bear it, you can ask me for help."
Yueli was in tears.
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