"Princess Wan?"
Zhao Yuancheng's hand, which was reviewing the memorial, froze for a moment, and a faint cold light instantly covered his dull face.
"Yes, I dare not hide it."
Zhao Yuancheng suddenly remembered what Fu Qianyu had said earlier, "Concubine Yi had said before that Wanpin and Wei Shi had a close relationship. Could it be that Wei Shi was Wanpin's person, and that what happened today was Wanpin's doing? Otherwise, how could a little palace maid dare to secretly hide forbidden drugs?"
Zhu Yu thought: "Princess Wan and Concubine Yi are like sisters, they would never do such a thing."
"Like sisters?" Zhao Yuancheng snorted coldly, "She is so scheming, I'm afraid Concubine Yi is still in the dark. Even though she has been wronged, she still cares about her."
Zhu Yu didn't dare to answer this.
Zhao Yuancheng continued, "Can the Shanggong Bureau select a suitable person to serve Wei?"
"The servant was just about to give the order."
"Then you choose it yourself."
Zhu Yu understood the emperor's meaning and agreed, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will carefully select capable palace maids for Young Master Wei."
"Go down."
Just as Zhu Yu was about to leave, Zhao Yuancheng instructed him, "A few days ago, the Nan'an Kingdom presented a tribute of a Shu brocade snow fox cloak with eight treasures pattern. You will personally deliver it to Huayang Palace later."
"Yes, I obey your order."
The news that the emperor favored the maid in Huayang Palace soon spread throughout the harem.
Yongfu Palace.
Shu Qing couldn't help sighing when she talked about this: "It's really strange. The emperor favored the maids in Huayang Palace, but made the newlyweds live in Qingning Palace. I heard that it was Concubine Yi who asked for permission."
The imperial concubine sneered as she was sewing a bellyband for the baby: "You've been in the palace for so long, and you still can't see this?"
"This servant is stupid, please teach me, Madam."
"It's not uncommon for the emperor to favor a palace maid. This is clearly the emperor trying to show favor to Concubine Wan. That palace maid is most likely Concubine Wan's person."
"But Wanpin and Yifei have always been good friends, so that shouldn't be possible."
"There's no such thing as sisterly love in this harem. Wanpin is just clinging to Concubine Yi because she sees her favor."
The Imperial Concubine put down her work and said sarcastically, "It's just that Wanpin had planned everything, but she didn't expect that Yifei didn't take her seriously at all. She ended up losing more than she gained."
"I see. No wonder Concubine Yi spoke up herself."
As soon as Shu Qing finished speaking, the imperial concubine cried out in pain.
"Empress!"
Shu Qing exclaimed and hurried forward to check. Sure enough, she saw that the imperial concubine had pierced her hand again.
"Your Majesty, just tell the people in the Shangfu Bureau to do these things. You are so noble, how can you do these things? Look at your hands, they are almost like sieves from being pierced."
The Imperial Concubine, however, was unconcerned. Instead, she said contentedly, "No matter how good the things from the Shangfu Bureau are, they are not made by me personally. Concubine Hui's child is about to be born, so I have to do something."
Ever since Zhao Yuancheng issued an order to raise Hui Cairen's child under the Imperial Concubine's lap, the Imperial Concubine's temperament has become much calmer, and all she thinks about every day is the child.
Shuqing looked at the imperial concubine with eyes full of pity.
If a child is not her own, she can love him so much. If it is her own child, I am afraid the imperial concubine will praise the child to the sky.
The matter was not resolved clearly at the time.
But since the imperial concubine had someone to rely on, she had gradually forgotten the previous events and would visit Hui Cairen every other day.
With the imperial concubine like this, everyone inside and outside the palace can rest assured.
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New Year's Eve is approaching, and the palace is filled with festive joy. On this day, after Zhao Yuancheng finished handling government affairs, he went to Fengqi Palace.
Since that incident, the Queen asked a female official to teach Jiahe individually. Seeing his daughter being well-behaved and obedient, Zhao Yuancheng felt much more relieved.
But Jiahe was only obedient on the surface. In fact, the words of Concubine Sun and Moon were like a poisonous thorn that had pierced her heart.
How could it be eradicated by just a few words of instruction from the female official?
Here, Yingchun and Jinmei are preparing tea in the tea room.
Yingchun had just prepared the snacks when she turned around and saw Jinmei pouring something into Zhao Yuancheng's cup.
"What are you doing?" Yingchun was so frightened that she grabbed Jinmei's wrist tightly and asked in a low voice, "What is this?"
Jinmei shook Yingchun's hand and smiled faintly: "Don't worry, sister, this is not poison. It's just that the emperor will fall into a coma for a few days after drinking it."
Yingchun was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. "Are you crazy? If this gets discovered, not only you and I, but even the Empress will be blamed. What on earth do you want to do?"
"Sister, I've already told you that the death of Crown Prince Chende was inextricably linked to Huayang Palace. Concubine Yi was due to give birth only a few months ago. How could I watch her safely give birth to a prince and seize the crown prince position that rightfully belongs to the Empress?"
Jinmei's eyes became more fierce.
Yingchun's hands were shaking even more violently. "Does the Empress know you're doing this?"
Jin Mei was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty is kind and compassionate. How could she allow me to harm Concubine Yi's unborn child?"
"Sister, tell me the truth, what do you want to do?"
Jin Mei smiled, "Some things, the less you know, the better for you. Even if something happens in the future, it won't have anything to do with you."
Yingchun wanted to stop it, but it was too late. She could only watch Jinmei put the medicine into Zhao Yuancheng's tea.
Zhao Yuancheng left after lunch.
The Queen escorted him to the door, and when they returned to the bedroom, she looked at Yingchun with some displeasure, "What's wrong with you today? You were so absent-minded when I was preparing the Emperor's meal just now?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant, this servant..."
Yingchun didn't know how to respond, but Jinmei remained calm and composed: "Your Majesty, Yingchun caught a cold yesterday and had a high fever last night, so I feel a little tired today."
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