Chapter 191 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Bai Ruiji 18
The Emperor, being strong and healthy, recovered quickly, but the Empress Dowager remained bedridden for over a month before passing away.
Fu Jia, who was taking care of her, had contracted scabies, but no imperial physician would dedicate himself to serving one aunt, so he arrived earlier than the Empress Dowager.
The fact that the Emperor and Empress Dowager both fell ill naturally aroused the Emperor's suspicion, leading him to investigate Consort Huixian.
Consort Huixian was demoted to a commoner, and the Gao family was exterminated along with her entire clan.
After all, they had attacked the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager even died as a result. The Emperor would not let the Gao family off easily, so their merits were useless.
The Empress and Consort Jia became pregnant. Consort Chun gave birth to the Fifth Princess Jingyan and was promoted to Imperial Noble Consort Chun. Consort Jia was also promoted to Imperial Consort Jia. The two of them held the investiture ceremony together.
As for the Empress Dowager's mourning period, the Emperor didn't seem to care much.
After all, they weren't blood relatives. Even during the late emperor's mourning period, he could take a concubine and get pregnant, so how could he care too much about this foster mother?
Moreover, during the late emperor's mourning period, the Empress Dowager encouraged the concubines to get pregnant, so she probably wouldn't care when it came to her own turn. This is the emperor's true thought.
On the long street, Bai Ruiji, sitting in a sedan chair, saw Fucha Fujin dressed in auspicious attire from afar.
Since they had run into each other, they should at least say hello, so Bai Ruiji told the palace servants carrying the palanquin to stop.
"Is Consort Fucha about to leave the palace?"
"Greetings, Consort Mi." Consort Fucha curtsied. "This humble woman has just finished visiting Her Majesty the Empress and is preparing to return to her residence."
"Then I will not stop you, Your Highness. Please take care."
Watching a wisp of spiritual energy fly into Consort Fucha's body, Bai Ruiji smiled with satisfaction and had the palace servants carry her away.
"Your humble servant respectfully sees off Consort Mi."
A month after this meeting, Consort Fucha passed away, and the Empress's pregnancy was also affected, making her already weak pregnancy even more serious.
Afterwards, Consort Jia suffered another miscarriage. She strongly suspected that the Empress's pregnancy was not going well and feared that she would give birth to a sickly prince.
However, she gave birth to a healthy prince, which caused her to miscarry because she lost favor with the legitimate son. So she secretly plotted against the empress, causing the empress to also lose her pregnancy.
After this miscarriage, the Empress's health deteriorated further, and the imperial physicians predicted that she would have difficulty conceiving again.
The imperial physicians always kept their words to themselves, so when the Empress knew she could no longer have a legitimate son, she became depressed and fell ill in bed.
Bai Ruiji and Consort Chun were in charge of managing affairs in the harem, with most of the palace power in Bai Ruiji's hands.
Yongshou Palace —
Bai Ruiji leaned lazily against the table, her alluring eyes slightly narrowed. "What brings Consort Wei to me? Logically speaking, you have no connection with me, but you do have some connection with Consort Xian of Yanxi Palace."
A few days ago, Wei Yanwan was humiliated by Consort Jia in the Imperial Garden, which was witnessed by the Emperor. Consort Xian originally wanted the Emperor to grant her a marriage with a guard, who naturally referred to Ling Yunche.
However, neither the Emperor nor Wei Yanwan were willing, so with Jinzhong's scheming and help, Wei Yanwan became a concubine in the harem.
"I don't know many people in the palace. I heard that Consort Mi is the most gentle and kind, so I dared to come and speak with Your Highness. As for Consort Xian..."
Wei Yanwan frowned, seemingly confused and embarrassed, and explained, "It seems that Consort Xian is dissatisfied with my decision not to accept her proposal to marry out of the palace, and has some misunderstanding about me."
Wei Yanwan was very uneasy. She was just an ordinary palace maid before, but after entering the harem, she found that she had made quite a few enemies.
Because he had spoken to the Emperor, Consort Chun was displeased and sent to the flower room to harass him. He also offended the Empress because of a pot of peony, which was then sent to Consort Jia to be bullied.
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