"Fortunately, what we have in our hands is enough even if we don't collect anything, and the prince has also chosen a place. Now we have both the geographical advantage and the people. We are just waiting for the right time." The nanny said softly.
She nodded to the imperial concubine. "Yes, everything has been arranged. If it's exposed with that excuse, the emperor will surely be furious. Then Song Chengze, the prince's lackey, will completely lose his power. It's better to deal with them one by one."
"Your Majesty, do we really not need to make any further arrangements for Princess Fanghua and Princess Rui?"
"No need. Is that idiot back?" Concubine Xiang said dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, I made her kneel down as punishment."
"She is so impatient. I finally got you to serve me closely, but now it's her turn to talk too much." Concubine Xiang said dissatisfiedly.
"From my humble opinion, I'm afraid that the East has taken advantage of us."
"Yong'an?"
The nanny nodded. "You also said that no matter how kind-hearted Princess Yong'an is, she is still the Empress's biological daughter. Even if she can learn a little bit, it will be enough. How can she be so kind-hearted? With so many princesses coming in at once, why is she so obsessed with finding someone to serve Princess Rui?"
"Well, if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. Forget it, don't bother Fanghua and Meng for the next few days. The more fiercely they fight, the better it is for us. Tell Zhi'er to remind that idiot to keep these points in mind and not to compete with Meng in everything."
The nanny smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. You have arranged all the shifts. Our princess won't have the chance to meet Princess Rui. Nothing will happen."
Concubine Xiang nodded and frowned, "We must find a way to let the emperor see what kind of character the Empress is this time."
The nanny said in embarrassment, "Since Prince Cheng and Princess Consort came so quickly last night, I'm afraid it would be difficult for the Queen to reveal the truth."
"I know. Just wait and see. Tell those two in Kunning Palace to report any disturbances. Alas, my daughter-in-law is incompetent. Look at Concubine Xian. What does she have to worry about? She only needs to give her a glance, and the fourth daughter-in-law will definitely take care of it."
The nanny sighed, "But I'm afraid Concubine Xian doesn't need to worry too much about the Empress's illness this time."
"Well, let's wait and see."
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In Kunning Palace, the Empress lay on the bed, her face pale and her lips bloodless. Yong'an took the handkerchief handed to her by the palace maid and gently wiped the Empress's forehead.
"Sister, go back and have a rest. I'll take care of this." Princess Cheng was originally fat. She entered the palace in the middle of the night yesterday and tossed around all night. She couldn't sleep after taking a rest in the morning. Now she followed him here again. Although she didn't have to do anything, running around was really tiring. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and whispered to Yong'an.
Prince Cheng had just sent the imperial physician out and returned to his inner chambers when he heard his wife's words and nodded. He said to his sister, whose eyes were swollen like walnuts, "Go. I'm afraid the emperor will be here soon. Seeing you like this, don't make him unhappy."
Yongan was more than ten years younger than Prince Cheng, and had always been somewhat afraid of his elder brother. Upon hearing this, he stood up and said, "I'll have to trouble you with the medicine, sister-in-law."
Princess Cheng responded, "That's nothing. It's my job. Go, take a rest, and recuperate. If the Emperor arrives later, I'll send someone to look for you. He'll be pleased to see you looking more refreshed."
Emperor Jing'an was very fond of his two grown daughters, and they had always been able to remain silent even when they were tired from caring for their mother. However, Emperor Jing'an's health was deteriorating, especially with frequent headaches, which had caused him to think very differently.
When I came in the morning, I saw a room full of people with tears in their eyes. They were saying unhappily that the queen was not doing well or that he was not doing well, which made you start crying so early.
This sentence frightened everyone so much that they didn't know whether to be sad or happy. When the emperor saw Yong'an's expression, he frowned even more. Although he didn't reprimand Yong'an directly, he got angry at the maid who served Yong'an, saying that she had not taken good care of the princess and that her eyes were swollen like that.
Yong'an knew that Prince Cheng was right. If the Emperor saw her this morning again, she would be in trouble. Although she didn't know why her mother was like this, she could still detect a difference in her brother and sister-in-law's expressions.
Watching Yong'an taking the palace maids away, Prince Cheng winked at Nanny Sang. Nanny Sang nodded and walked to the door. She first asked everyone in the main hall to go to the west room, saying that the queen was asleep and needed quiet. Then she closed the door of the east room and stood at the door herself, with Eunuch Wang, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace, on her left and right like door gods.
"Mother, how do you feel?" Princess Cheng walked to the bedside, first extinguished the calming incense, then turned around and helped the queen up with Prince Cheng, and placed a pillow behind her.
The Queen was really exhausted. She waved her hands and leaned weakly on Princess Cheng. She drank a bowl of black potion from Prince Cheng's hand, but shook her head after drinking half of it.
"Mother, why is there still so much left? It would be better to drink it all." King Cheng said.
"No, if it gets better too quickly, the emperor will become even more suspicious. He didn't really believe it in the first place, and everything is too close." The queen said softly.
Prince Cheng slammed the bowl down on the table and said harshly, "Just wait, I'll find out who exposed our painstakingly constructed secret plan, and I'll make him pay a hundredfold."
"Is there any need to investigate? It must be the work of Concubine Xian. That Hu Niang is her capable person." Princess Cheng whispered.
"What do you know? How could Concubine Xian do such an obvious thing?" Prince Cheng glanced at Princess Cheng with dissatisfaction.
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