Ye An loves bamboo bears very much. Whenever he has time, he goes to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion to see them. He also brings Dou Dou with him. Mu Ci no longer restricts him. After seeing so many bamboo bears, Ye An was inspired and had someone make a snow satin shirt for Dou Dou, with only the two sleeves being black brocade. The back of the shirt was attached with a small snow-white hat with two black cloth ears sewn on it. After Dou Dou put it on, he looked like a cute little bamboo bear, and was extremely adorable.
Bamboo bears are rare creatures after all. When Princess Fuqing brought her son to celebrate the birthday, Tangtang looked at them with envy for several times. He was already four years old and knew how to read adults' expressions. Under the pressure of the princess's majesty, he did not dare to ask the emperor to let him touch the bamboo bear. Instead, he begged the princess to take him into the palace every now and then. The princess did not realize why for a while.
When Ye An saw Tangtang's eyes shining and looking around frequently, he knew what his little nephew was thinking. Ye An found it a little funny. As soon as Tangtang entered the palace, Doudou had a playmate of similar age. Tangtang's pockets were always filled with various candies. When the adults were not paying attention, she would take out a candy to tease Doudou to call him brother. The wet nurse was afraid that the Crown Prince would get cavities if he ate too many sweets, so she didn't let Doudou eat too much sweets. Doudou simply couldn't resist the temptation. As long as he was teased with sweets, he would take the bait without any principles. Calling him brother a few times was nothing, but Doudou had even called him dad, which became a black history of the Crown Prince that could never be erased.
Ye An was reluctant to disappoint his nephew, so he took the initiative to take Tangtang and Doudou to see the bamboo bear. Doudou changed into a bamboo bear costume, pointed at the bamboo bear and called it "GunGun". He could already pronounce the bamboo bear's name. Ye An thought that the bamboo bear was docile in nature, and there were secret guards and servants on both sides, so it should not be dangerous. He asked the wet nurse to try to put the bag on the bamboo bear's back. This little weight was nothing for the bamboo bear. The honest and simple bamboo bear didn't even realize there was someone on its back. From a distance, it looked like a big bamboo bear carrying a small bamboo bear.
Tangtang also wanted to climb up and play, but the eldest princess said that Doudou was the prince and should give way to the prince and not steal the prince's things. Tangtang was satisfied as long as she could see Bamboo Bear, and she stared at Doudou on Bamboo Bear with envy.
When Mu Ci came over, he was almost startled, thinking that there was another bamboo bear. When he saw clearly that it was his son on the bamboo bear's back, Mu Ci's face changed slightly and he immediately picked up Dou Dou. The bamboo bear was a beast after all, and Mu Ci was worried that it would suddenly go crazy and hurt Ye An and the child, so he only allowed them to stay at a distance and watch.
Ye An obeyed Mu Ci's words and felt that he was too reckless. After that, he just took Dou Dou and Tang Tang with him and touched Bamboo Bear's round belly and chin.
After a few days, the bamboo bear had some problems. It kicked one of its legs hard and cried miserably. It refused to eat bamboo when fed. The eunuch in charge of taking care of it went to check the injury, but found that the bamboo bear's leg was intact.
There were no doctors in the palace who specialized in treating pets, so they could only ask the eunuchs who had rich experience in looking after pets to help take a look. However, they were not familiar with bamboo bears and could not see anything, and the imperial physician did not know how to diagnose bamboo bears. The eunuchs reported this to Jin Li, who thought of asking Yelu Chu for advice, since it was Yelu Chu who had raised Takema. After the Qianqiu Festival, Prince Yu Luo requested for permission to stay for a few more days, saying that he wanted to see the lives of the people in the imperial city. The emperor was in a good mood and agreed, so Yelu Chu still lived in the imperial city posthouse.
Jin Li sent someone to contact Yelu Chu's people. The other party expressed regret that they had not seen Takekuma in person and it was not easy to draw a conclusion. Jin Li originally wanted to invite them into the palace immediately, but then he changed his mind and remembered that the Queen had said that if there was anything wrong with Takekuma, she must report to him. Jin Li became more cautious and prepared to have someone report to Mu Ci before entering the palace.
When Mu Ci heard about Bamboo Bear's symptoms, he went to Baihua Pavilion in person and lifted up Bamboo Bear's suspected injured leg to examine it carefully.
There was no injury on the leg, Mu Ci asked: "Have you checked the soles of your feet?"
The eunuchs all shook their heads. Mu Ci ordered his men to lay the bamboo bear down and press it down, and then wash the bear's paw with clean water. They found a slightly raised black spot on the bottom, as big as a little finger. There was some festering in the black spot, but it was difficult to see because the bear's paw itself was extremely dirty.
Mu Ci touched the black spot, pondered for a moment, and ordered the eunuchs to find ways to pick out the black spot. The eunuchs tried it with gritted teeth, and they all broke out in cold sweats after taking it out. The black spot turned out to be a three-inch long iron nail. How could it not hurt when such a nail was stuck into the sole of the foot?
The eunuch applied golden medicine to the bamboo bear and bandaged it simply. The bamboo bear rarely cried out anxiously anymore, as if it knew that it was Mu Ci who saved it. It licked Mu Ci's hand obediently and was willing to eat. After two days, it had fully recovered, and Ye An didn't even know about it.
The eunuchs thought that the nail was accidentally pierced into the sole of the bamboo bear's foot while walking, but Mu Ci felt that it was not that simple. Although this style of nail was common, the bamboo bear had been kept in the Baihua Pavilion, and this kind of long nail was not found anywhere in the Baihua Pavilion. How did the bamboo bear get pierced?
Mu Ci lowered his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Imperial City Inn. Yelu Chu was pacing nervously in a gorgeous room. Three burly men in black jumped in from the window one after another and bowed to Yelu Chu.
Yelu Chu did not wait for them to salute, and asked anxiously: "What?"
The men looked at each other and shook their heads.
"The palace is heavily guarded, and I did not find an opportunity to take action."
"Flying Eagle, you are one of the best masters in Yu Luo, even you can't do it?"
Yelu Chu couldn't believe it.
The leader of the men, who had an eagle tattooed on his arm, said, "I didn't expect this. I hammered nails into the soles of the bamboo bear's feet and applied a few days' worth of painkillers. It should have had an attack, and someone from the palace came to question me, but I asked to go into the palace to check as planned, and there was no movement... I later found out that the queen was very vigilant and she had discovered the nails in the soles of the bamboo bear's feet. I and others couldn't enter the palace and couldn't get close to the emperor."
Yelu Chu gritted his teeth. It’s that Mu Ci again! At the Qianqiu Banquet, she would jump out to cause trouble whenever the emperor got close to him, and ruin his plans one after another. The emperor was already supporting him, so was he going to give up on the person he had been coveting for two years?
There was another method, one that he had not originally intended to use...
Yelu Chu quickly calmed down, and said with a cruel determination on his face: "Don't we still have a way?"
Feiying nodded hesitantly. They were the death warriors raised by Prince Yu Luo. They were only loyal to Yelu Chu and could not care about the lives of others.
Feiying took the order and hurried away with the other two assassins.
Mu Ci has been compiling a list of concubines to be released from the palace these days. Although Ye An's decree on the Qianqiu Festival was to let the unfavored concubines leave the palace, he specifically told him in private that anyone who wanted to leave would be allowed.
Mu Ci spread the news, and Wang Xingren was responsible for collecting the wishes of the concubines. In recent years, the emperor has favored the queen, and many male concubines have given up. The emperor promised to erase all records of them in the palace. After leaving the palace, they can live in anonymity and have time to start a family, which is better than being out of favor for a lifetime and dying in the palace.
There were still a few who were hesitant. Their families were declining, and they were afraid that no one would take care of them after they left. Mu Ci told Ye An about the difficulties of these people. Originally, the palace would give a certain amount of pension to each concubine who left the palace. After Ye An learned about this, he subsidized a large sum of money himself and sent eunuchs to help these people settle down outside the palace.
The emperor was very thoughtful. In this way, the male concubines no longer had to worry and did not have to go through any complicated procedures. The empress could leave after she stamped her seal, and soon there were not many people left in the three palaces and six courtyards.
Ye An looked at the empty harem with some emotion. Since ancient times, concubines have been fighting for each other, but how many of them truly loved the emperor, regardless of their status?
The Queen Mother was a little angry about Ye An's sudden decision, but with Ye An's eloquence and Doudou's cute behavior, the Queen Mother gradually accepted Ye An's suggestion. Anyway, those people would not be favored by the Queen Mother, so it would not make much difference whether they were kept or not. Letting them go would be like praying for the unborn dragon heir.
As for the selection of talents, the Queen Mother still wants to try her best. There is still a long time to go, so why make it final?
Ye An asked in return: "Didn't my father want to be with the late emperor for the rest of his life?"
Of course the Queen Mother had thought about it. Who in this world really hasn't thought about it? But people always change. Take the Emperor himself, for example. He is now very sincere to the Queen, but didn't he also have Concubine Su and Concubine De in the past?
But the empress dowager has also understood over the years that Wen Ziran was just a shield set up by the emperor. The reason why Su Qinghuai was replaced by Mu Ci was because the emperor had lost his memory. If he hadn't lost his memory, would the emperor still have transferred his feelings?
You know your own son best. The Queen Mother sighed slightly and decided to persuade her to participate in the beauty contest later.
Among the three palaces and six courtyards, there are also people who are unwilling to leave.
For the first time in his life, Wang Xingren ran to Jinhua Palace twice. The first time was to convey the news that he could leave the palace, but Qiao Yunting wiped the golden sword in his hand and ignored it. The second time, Wang Xingren came specially to tell Qiao Yunting that the two palaces near Jinhua Palace were empty.
"Master, what should we do?"
Qiao Yunting's trusted eunuch couldn't help but ask. Although the emperor had only visited Jinhua Palace a few times, his confidants knew better than anyone whether Concubine Qiao was favored or not.
Qiao Yunting asked, "Do you also want me to leave the palace?"
The confidant knelt down and said, "It is not the servants who hope for this, but you, the master... you are still young, you should have a good way out..."
Although the position of one of the four concubines sounds good, without the emperor's favor, there is no hope in the harem.
Before Defei died, the Empress was still Chenfei, and the servants outside were extremely respectful to these two, but they were indifferent to Shufei and Xianfei in private. The palace was full of people who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak. Even if he was the son of one of the Three Dukes, so what? Who could compete with the Empress now?
The emperor had no feelings for Concubine Qiao, and this decree did not single out Concubine Qiao. The fact that Wang Xingren came to deliver the message showed that the emperor and the empress actually hoped that Qiao Yunting could also leave the palace.
It’s just that Qiao Yunting himself doesn’t want to.
"I will not leave. If you want, I can ask the Queen to let you leave the palace, or find another job for you. Anyway, there is no way out for you to follow me."
"master!"
Several confidants knelt down.
Qiao Yunting waved his hand, stood up and walked into the yard.
I saw that the original locust tree grew taller and taller. Last year, when the prince was one year old, he planted a small tree next to it, and now it is full of vitality.
Even if he left the palace, he would have nothing to do. It would be better for him to stay in the palace. He had long given up the idea of vying for favor, and he knew his own limitations. He would never be a nuisance to the queen. So let him stay in Jinhua Palace and continue to take care of the two trees.
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This is not the end of Concubine Qiao.
There is a climax later, a bloody plot (covering face)
Xiao An hasn't officially dribbled the ball yet, the first part is just a warm-up!
I believe everyone has discovered it. I'm finishing up, concentrating on the last instance. I'll try to make everything clear.
There are still many words to come, and it will be completed at the end of June or early July.
The extra chapter will write about the babies’ CPs, especially Doudou.
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