She hadn't even finished speaking.
Then the empress rolled her eyes back and fell backward.
"Your Majesty the Empress..."
He was treated by the imperial physician.
The Empress fainted due to a sudden surge of anger.
"Where did you all go this afternoon? Why did you suddenly become so agitated?" the Empress Dowager questioned.
Consort Liang was so frightened that she knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, I was just strolling around the palace."
"How could someone who was perfectly healthy faint from a sudden attack of internal heat while strolling in the garden?" Emperor Yuanwu followed up with his own words.
At this moment, Consort Liang truly wanted to die.
Could it be that she's going to tell the truth, that the Empress was angered by the First Prince?
"Your Majesty, I do not know," Consort Liang said, looking troubled.
"Alright, you may leave now." The Empress Dowager gave Consort Liang a wink, then turned to Emperor Yuanwu and said, "No matter what, the Empress is still the Empress. No matter how capable Consort Shu is, she is still just a concubine. Now the Empress has only the title of Empress, how can she not be anxious and upset?"
"It was my oversight," Emperor Yuanwu said sincerely. "But what the Empress did before..."
"I know all this." The Empress Dowager patted Emperor Yuanwu's hand. "The Yuan Kingdom is still in turmoil, and the previous dynasty is unstable. If you were to depose the Empress at this time, I'm afraid it would stir up chaos in the previous dynasty."
"Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of deposing the Empress," Emperor Yuanwu said solemnly.
"If the Emperor only takes his concubines with him when he goes out, leaving the Empress aside, it will inevitably arouse suspicion." The Empress Dowager sighed, "I entrusted the selection of concubines to Consort Shu this time because she is reliable, but the Empress should preside over the ceremony to win the hearts of the people."
"What the Empress Dowager says is true." Emperor Yuanwu nodded.
"If His Majesty truly feels that he has mistreated Consort Shu, then he should find a suitable pretext to promote her rank," the Empress Dowager advised.
News of the Empress's fainting quickly spread throughout the entire palace.
When Consort Shu learned of this, it was already late at night.
"I really don't understand what the Empress Dowager is thinking. Why would she entrust the selection of concubines to you instead of the Imperial Household Department?" Bin'er said, rubbing Consort Shu's legs, feeling indignant.
"You may say this to me, but never mention it to anyone else," Consort Shu said solemnly, her eyes darkening.
"Your Majesty, I just can't stand it." Bin'er said aggrievedly, "Why is it that you've been running around doing all this, but in the end the selection ceremony is for the Empress to go? Isn't this just doing the work for someone else? I'm just standing up for you, I feel wronged for you."
Consort Shu frowned deeply.
She didn't really care about being in the public eye.
If the empress hadn't participated in the selection ceremony, Emperor Yuanwu would have indeed taken her with him.
I'm afraid that by the next day, Emperor Yuanwu's memorials will be piled up higher than he is, and he will definitely accuse her of disrupting the court and bewitching the emperor.
It's better not to go!
However, a sense of grievance welled up inside her, causing her eyes to sting with tears.
However, there was something even more important to do at that moment.
"Fen'er, go to the storeroom and find the stone that Madam Xia sent over that day." Consort Shu's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty!" Bin'er's face turned pale with fright. "Your Majesty, what are you looking for that stone in the middle of the night?"
"And find that wild ginseng as well, and go see the Empress tomorrow," Consort Shu said sullenly.
The fact that the Empress had fainted is now common knowledge throughout the palace.
Even though she had a lot of unpleasantness with the Empress before, she still had to maintain appearances.
Since Lingyu Pavilion is related to the First Prince.
She refused to believe that the Empress could be unrelated to this matter.
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