Chapter 137: Doing Evil
"Then...can I do whatever evil I want in the future?" Yue Li suddenly became excited and looked at him eagerly.
He Yanchen frowned slightly: "Change your words."
Still doing evil?
"I can allow you to do whatever you want in the palace." The man pinched her nose and changed the subject, "But you can't do whatever you want too much. No matter what you do, you must put me first."
Yue Li snuggled into his arms and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that I will turn the harem upside down? I can easily get carried away."
He Yanchen asked casually: "What do you want to do now? Tell me."
Yue Li snuggled in his arms and said, "I don't want to do anything. I just remember the opportunity in my previous life. I often bullied Concubine Zheng. Several times when I went to pay my respects to the Queen, I deliberately angered her, making her speechless. Then she wouldn't let me pay my respects to her."
Yue Li started laughing as she spoke: "I just wanted to anger her because I didn't want to pay my respects. Anyway, she didn't dare to punish me because I had His Majesty's support. Later, the Queen's face turned black when she saw me."
He Yanchen put his arm around her waist and said, "You are quite clever. You even know how to ask me for support."
"Who else can I turn to if not Your Majesty? Your Majesty will support me for the rest of my life anyway."
As they talked, Yueli twisted and turned restlessly in his arms. He Yanchen held down her restless hands and said, "I still have some memorials to review."
"Won't you wait a while before approving it?" Yueli looked at him pitifully. "I slept well last night and I'm in high spirits right now. I want to play with Your Majesty."
He Yanchen took a deep breath and slowly untied her belt with his fingers: "What do you want to play?"
Yueli blinked, caught a glimpse of a plate of grapes on the table, and whispered something in his ear.
There was a dark look in He Yanchen's eyes.
Yueli picked up a grape and bit it, then leaned closer and said vaguely, "Your Majesty, would you like to try it?"
He Yanchen bit the other half of the grape, and without waiting for her to step back, he suddenly grabbed the back of her neck and bit her lips.
The warm sun was shining outside the window, and the little birds were chirping and jumping around on the windowsill, covering up the moans that came from the hall from time to time.
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Yue Li fell asleep in the man's arms, tired but contented. He Yanchen, on the other hand, was in high spirits. He patted the woman's shoulder gently with one hand and read the memorial with the other.
I don’t know how long I slept, Yueli turned over, and heard noisy voices beside my ears.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Zheng just took the eldest prince to Yanfu Palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowager, and they will stay in Yanfu Palace for dinner."
Yueli was woken up.
He Yanchen felt her stirring and gently patted her waist: "Awake?"
"What is your majesty talking about?" Yue Li rubbed her eyes sleepily.
He Yanchen signaled Ji Ming to go out, half hugged and half dragged the girl up, let her lean on his arms, and poured a glass of water to her mouth.
Yueli drank the water in this position and felt a little more sober.
"I heard the Queen Mother and the First Prince, what happened to them?"
He Yanchen did not hide it from her: "Concubine Zheng brought the eldest prince to the Queen Mother to show her courtesy."
His voice was neither salty nor bland, but Yueli could still hear the displeasure in it.
She thought Concubine Zheng was really stupid. He Yanchen and the Queen Mother had never had a close relationship. What was the point of her bringing the eldest prince to show her courtesy to the Queen Mother?
If the Queen Mother really favors the eldest prince, given He Yanchen's personality, she will only dislike him even more.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal, don't take it to heart." The sarcasm in He Yanchen's eyes gradually disappeared, and he was too lazy to pay attention to those people's nonsense every day.
*
Qiongyu Palace.
Concubine Jin and Cui Zhaoyuan had dinner together.
Upon hearing that Concubine Zheng had taken the eldest prince to Yanfu Palace, Concubine Jin immediately dropped the porcelain bowl in her hand to the ground.
"Is she mentally ill?"
Anyone with a discerning eye in the harem can see that His Majesty and the Queen Mother are not on good terms. She took Cheng'er to Yanfu Palace. Doesn't this mean that she wants Cheng'er to get close to the Queen Mother? Isn't this clearly against His Majesty?
Concubine Jin couldn't finish her dinner, so she got up and walked out in a hurry.
Cui Zhaoyuan hurriedly stopped her: "Sister, it's not appropriate for you to go now."
"No matter how inappropriate it is, it's better than letting that idiot Concubine Zheng harm Cheng'er!"
Cui Zhaoyuan spoke earnestly, "Sister, the eldest prince is the Empress Dowager's grandson. Even if Concubine Zheng took him there, she wouldn't be wrong. If you go there now, how will the Empress Dowager view you?"
Cui Zhaoyuan's words made Concubine Jin sober up a little.
Yes, it is common knowledge that His Majesty and the Queen Mother are not on good terms, but the two have never clashed openly. With the word "filial piety" as the main reason, the Queen Mother is destined to occupy an advantageous position.
But even so, Your Majesty is not someone who will be swayed by filial piety.
He just needs to save face, and letting the eldest prince get close to the queen mother is simply a case of losing the rice while trying to gain the chicken.
Concubine Jin was so angry that she was about to die. Not only was Concubine Zheng stupid, but she also implicated Cheng'er.
She sat back on the couch, her eyes changing unpredictably. Cui Zhaoyuan drank a cup of tea slowly and said, "Concubine Zheng is stupid, but she is the eldest prince's biological mother. Now that His Majesty has the eldest prince raised in the prince's residence, no one can stop her from visiting him."
"If you don't want the Crown Prince to be led astray by her, there is a way to solve the problem once and for all."
Concubine Jin raised her eyes and looked at her.
Cui Zhaoyuan said softly, "Concubine Zheng's position is low and her words are not taken seriously. Her family background is not prominent. Even if she died in the palace, no one would seek justice for her."
Concubine Jin's pupils shrank, and the hands on her knees couldn't help but tighten.
Yeah, wouldn't it be nice to just get rid of this idiot?
*
Jade Palace.
Water was called for in the hall, and He Yanchen carried Yue Li to wash her. After washing her clean, he put her back on the bed and wrapped her in a quilt.
Yueli felt too hot, so she stretched her arms out from under the quilt, rubbed them against the corner of the quilt, and then fell into a deep sleep.
He Yanchen looked at her for a while before pushing the door and walking out.
Ji Ming was waiting outside. When he saw him come out, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, there was a report from Hehuan Palace just now that Concubine Zheng is ill."
"Are you sick?"
"Yes, I heard that she fainted suddenly before going to bed. The imperial physician was called in to see her, but he said it was due to excessive fatigue. However, Concubine Zheng was worried, so she sent someone to ask the Imperial Noble Consort for permission to have the imperial physician take another look."
Because the palace gates were locked at this time, and there were usually only two imperial physicians on duty in the Imperial Medical Bureau, if you wanted to invite another imperial physician, you had to take your badge and go out of the palace to ask for him.
He Yanchen frowned impatiently: "Do we really need to bother the Imperial Concubine with these trivial matters?"
"Don't worry about it."
He was about to turn around and go back to the hall, but his steps suddenly stopped.
"Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?" Ji Ming noticed and asked quickly.
He Yanchen tilted his head slightly and said, "Let's ask Doctor Li to go there early tomorrow morning to see what's wrong with her."
"Yes, I understand."
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