Chapter 314 Wei Yanwan 54
Snap, snap, snap...
Concubine Yu was slapped to the ground, but she immediately stood up and stared at the old maid defiantly, counting how many times she was hit. She kept counting until she reached thirty, and then two maids took turns to slap her enough for the day.
Her face had long been swollen and purple, but the Empress Dowager refused to allow anyone to send her medicine, so she could only use the golden wound medicine she had prepared before. However, perhaps because the medicine had been stored for too long, her face began to itch recently, making it difficult for her to sleep or eat.
After Ye Xin and the others left, he hurriedly helped her up and went to serve the meal.
Now everyone who could escape from the entire Yanx Palace has run away, and the rest are unwilling to pay attention to this master who is obviously unable to turn things around. Only Ye Xin has remained loyal to her.
"Why did it take so long to serve the meal?"
"Master, I can't eat today's meal."
Ye Xin walked in with a lunch box, her eyes red with grievance. Hai Lan watched her open the lunch box, and a sour smell rushed into her nose.
"Ugh...take it out quickly."
Ye Xin quickly brought out one of the plates of blanched Chinese cabbage hearts and threw the rest away.
"Master, I just argued with the food delivery staff for a long time, but they insisted that this was only delivered according to the quota and it was all my fault."
"What does it have to do with you? They are clearly coming for me. You are just being dragged down by me."
Hailan suppressed her nausea and looked at the plate of so-called blanched choy sum. It was just some old-fashioned vegetable that had been casually stir-fried, even cold and covered in fat. The mere sight of it was disgusting.
But it is the only thing that is edible.
"Heat it up on the stove and make do with it."
Ye Xin felt even more helpless after hearing this: "Master, our charcoal is almost used up. I told you before, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not sent any new charcoal. I need to use the remaining charcoal to keep you warm in the brazier at night."
"Oh, I didn't expect that after so many years, I would end up like this."
Hailan looked at the face in the mirror where her facial features were almost unrecognizable. She was afraid that even if she was rescued, she would be disfigured forever. Anger and hatred wrapped her heart layer by layer like ice.
But she was no longer the cowardly Hailan of the past, so she calmly said, "Let's heat up the rice first. If we get sick, we might die here. Add a few more quilts to keep warm at night."
"Hey, I'll go right away."
Ye Xin was also infected by her calm attitude. She wiped her tears and simply lit the stove in the house to heat up the food and keep warm at the same time.
"Have you heard how my sister is doing lately?"
Ye Xin paused while heating the dishes. "The Queen is pregnant and now she is the most precious treasure in the palace. Naturally, there will be no problem."
"That's good. Although I didn't do it, whoever did it would inevitably hurt my sister. I just hope she can give birth safely and not get hurt again."
Ye Xin listened to her talk for a long time, but she didn't mention her own Seventh Prince at all. She couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, are you not going to ask me how the Seventh Prince is doing?"
"What can happen to that child? He is a prince and not the eldest. Those people can't harm him."
Concubine Yu didn't care, obviously she really felt that her son was much safer than the queen.
"My Lord, our Seventh Prince has been adopted by the Emperor and given to Prince Lu. He has no chance of succeeding to the throne!"
Hai Lan was stunned at first, then ecstatic: "This way, my sister and I will no longer have any grudges against each other, and the Seventh Prince will continue to wholeheartedly assist my sister's children. This is a good thing!"
Ye Xin felt it was ridiculous for a moment, but at the same time, he thought it was fine. The person who leaked the news obviously had bad intentions. He probably hoped that his master would be sad about the news, but he didn't expect that his master was different from others. Instead of being angry, he was happy.
"You'd better think about yourself. If you keep fighting like this, I'm afraid you won't even be able to eat."
Seeing that her laughter had affected the wound and it hurt so much that tears came out of her eyes, Ye Xin hurriedly went to get some medicine to apply on it.
"I wonder if this medicine has really lost its effectiveness after being stored for too long. It just seems to be of no use."
"Never mind, it's good to have some use. Fortunately, it's only for a month, and the day will come in a few days after the New Year."
Hailan looked at the layers of snow outside the window, her eyes filled with endless hope.
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"After the New Year, she won't have to be punished. It makes me sick just thinking about it."
Concubine Chu held the fox fur coat newly awarded by the emperor, looked at the white snow outside that covered her ankles, and her eyes burned with the rage of revenge.
Liuyun handed over the warm medicine and said in a gentle voice, "Didn't you also hint to the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Kitchen? That Concubine Yu's good days are coming to an end. Why bother with her?"
"What do you know? If you don't kill the snake, you'll only end up hurting yourself. She's just been put in solitary confinement. If she gets out one day and knows that all the suffering she went through in the past was caused by me, do you think she'll let me go?"
Concubine Chu stirred the bowl of bitter medicine juice, frowned and drank it in one gulp. The bitterness made her frown, and she quickly took the osmanthus candy handed to her by Liuyun.
"Huh... So my top priority right now is to get pregnant again, find a protective amulet as soon as possible, and then find a way to completely suppress that Concubine Yu so that she will never be able to rise again."
After saying this viciously, Concubine Chu turned to Liuyun and said, "Are you sure that Concubine's pregnancy-maintaining medicine is really effective?"
"Of course. Think about it, not to mention the Imperial Concubine herself, but Mei and Shu, both of them are frail and sickly. I heard that the imperial physicians previously said that Shu's body was cold and it would be difficult for her to get pregnant, and Mei's body was damaged after her miscarriage. However, after they became good friends with the Imperial Concubine, they both became pregnant. This shows the effectiveness of the Imperial Concubine's prescription."
"That's good. After you finish taking this medicine, go get the imperial physician to take a good look at me. If everything is ok, we should start making plans. We will be safer now that the Empress has not given birth and the Imperial Concubine is pregnant."
"Yes, I understand." Liuyun said, then leaned over and whispered, "What about the Queen Mother?"
"Let's talk about it later. We can't afford to offend the Queen Mother. Besides, it will be good for the child if we really send him to be raised."
Concubine Chu sighed, "I've figured it out now. As long as the child is safe, it doesn't matter who raises him. If I had agreed to the Queen Mother, my child wouldn't have..."
"Anyway, this time, I will protect him no matter what and will not let him get hurt again."
Concubine Chu touched her flat belly and a happy smile appeared on her face, as if she had her own child again.
In Yongshou Palace, Wei Yanwan was eating roasted chestnuts, lying lazily on the couch like a precious cat.
Chunchan, who was sitting on the footrest, had a face full of respect: "Master, Concubine Chu from Chuxiu Palace has already started drinking your pregnancy medicine."
"She's straightforward and isn't worried about the recipe having problems."
"Oh, that's right. Thanks to your kindness, if it were someone else, she would have died without knowing how, and there's no way she could really drink such a good thing. But my Lord, do you really want to help her get pregnant?"
"Help, why not? She was forced into this position by the Empress Dowager. Even if she did give birth to a child, it wouldn't be the legitimate child or the eldest child, and she would be adopted by the Empress Dowager. What's there for me to be afraid of?"
Wei Yanwan said casually, "Besides, she has a weak spot because she's pregnant. If Concubine Yu isn't eliminated, do you think Concubine Chu will gamble that Concubine Yu won't come out to avenge her child?"
"Of course, I don't dare to gamble."
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