Chapter 398 Yixiu 76
"Noble Lady Wu fell into the water and was frightened. She also struggled so hard that she seemed to have suffered external injuries and disturbed her pregnancy. Your humble medical skills are not good enough, and I was unable to save the dragon fetus."
Doctor Xu knelt on the ground and apologized repeatedly. Yixiu sighed, "Forget it. I know you tried your best. No one could have expected this to happen to Concubine Wu. Now that Concubine Wu has suffered a miscarriage and is injured, I still leave her body in your care. You must cure Concubine Wu."
"I obey your order."
Seeing that the Queen did not blame him, Doctor Xu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took his leave.
Yixiu sat by the bed and saw that Wu Yue had indeed not responded. She turned to Concubine Yu and sighed, "Poor Concubine Wu has suffered such an unexpected disaster. It is not a solution to continue like this."
"Your Majesty is right. I see that Concubine Wu seems terrified. Maybe she has a soul-leaving syndrome? Should we call those shamans to perform a ritual for her?"
"That's one solution, but the Golden Award Ceremony is coming up soon. If Concubine Wu doesn't get better, I'm afraid the Emperor won't agree."
Yixiu frowned, looking troubled. "I don't know how to bring up this matter with the Emperor. She's a pitiful person having lost her child, but the reason is so taboo."
After saying that, he asked Cui He, "I remember that you usually followed Concubine Wu whenever she went out. What happened today? Why did Concubine Wu get pounced on by a wild bird and thrown into the water?"
Cui He was terrified when she heard the Queen's question, but she had no choice but to answer. She said in a trembling voice, "This servant, this servant, went out with the young lady today. When we walked to the Imperial Garden, those two magical... wild birds suddenly swooped down on us."
Concubine Xin's mind raced, and her mouth spoke even faster: "What did you just say two? Why do I seem to hear some kind of god?"
"Who was that bird that attacked your young mistress today?" Concubine Yu also felt something was wrong. She slammed the table and shouted, "How can you hide anything in front of the Empress? Tell the truth! If you hide anything again, I will tie you up and take you to the Ministry of Punishment immediately."
Cui He was already terrified, and now, frightened by Concubine Yu, she could no longer bear it. She quickly fell to the ground and trembled, saying, "Yes, it was the divine crow... It was the divine crow that attacked our young master!"
Concubine Xin looked at the stunned woman on the bed in shock. "What on earth did Concubine Wu do to anger the divine crow?"
"Shut up! This matter ends here, and all of you should keep your mouths shut. If any news about the Divine Crow gets out of the palace, I will have no choice but to send you to the Old Summer Palace to keep Noble Lady Fang company."
Yixiu suddenly stood up, scolded them, and then looked at Cuihe who was kneeling on the ground: "Noble Lady Wu was knocked down by the divine crow. Who else knows about this?"
"And... Cui Han. Since the young lady is pregnant, she always has to bring at least two people with her when she goes out. Today, Cui Han and I are accompanying the young lady."
"Go and call her over. From now on, the two of you will follow Concubine Wu to Suiyuxuan to serve her personally. Without the Emperor's or my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the room."
Yixiu stood up and looked at the three people present. "Noble Lady Wu fell into the water and was caught in a cold, unfortunately contracting a contagious disease. For the comfort of the other sisters in the palace, she will be moved to Suiyuxuan. Yikun Palace, Yanxi Palace, and Chuxiu Palace will also be closed for half a month. They will be allowed to come out once they are sure they are safe."
In the past, Nian Shilan would have definitely made a fuss by now, but facing Yixiu's first severe punishment, Nian Shilan remained silent after seeing the serious look on the other's face.
Although she hadn't quite figured out why Concubine Wu being pecked by the divine crow caused such a huge reaction from Empress Yixiu, she was not a fool. She could tell from the Queen's actions that the matter was of no trivial importance. Regardless of whether they had figured it out or not, they all quietly agreed.
Watching how the Queen quickly dealt with the servants around Concubine Wu, not long after they returned to their bedrooms that afternoon, Concubine Wu had already been settled in the Suiyuxuan.
That night, the emperor was invited to Yongshou Palace by Yixiu. It is unknown what the two of them discussed, but less than half a month later, shortly after the Golden Award Ceremony, Concubine Wu died of illness.
But no one cared or even discussed it, because the Queen had spread the news that the Emperor intended to confer titles on the six concubines.
When it comes to personal interests, gossip about a dead person is not that important.
In particular, Concubine Hua gave birth to a prince before the news of her promotion was confirmed, and the emperor specially gave him the nickname Fupei.
This made her position as a concubine, which was already a sure thing, even more secure. Even several of her concubines gave up competing with her and instead hoped that someone else in the position of concubine could be promoted to a higher rank to make room for them.
However, they did not know that this promotion was not decided early on, so the emperor and the empress dowager both agreed that they should carefully consider the promotions of the concubines in each palace, especially the promotions of high-ranking concubines.
According to the emperor, there should be fewer people who are unworthy of their positions, such as Concubine Qi who is still in solitary confinement.
The Empress Dowager preferred those with sons and seniority, or ladies from noble families with dignified personalities, such as Concubine Ke and Concubine Mao.
With such an unpalatable carrot hanging in front of them, the palaces forgot about Concubine Wu and it wasn't until November, after the Emperor's birthday, that the list was finalized:
Concubine Yu was promoted to Concubine Yu, Concubine Hua to Concubine Hua, Concubine Feng to Concubine Jing, Concubine Guo to Concubine He, and Concubine Liu to Concubine Qian. There were also several concubines who followed the crowd and were promoted to concubines, and two court ladies who became concubines.
Now the palace was basically in turmoil everywhere, especially the consort Jing and consort He who had sneaked in were really shocking.
I won't talk about Concubine He. Although she wasn't favored by many people, she was from the famous Manchu family Guoluolu, so it made sense that she was promoted along with them. But Concubine Jing had no favor at all. If she hadn't appeared on the promotion list this time, I'm afraid no one would have remembered her.
How can anyone accept that such an unfavored, childless, and ordinary woman could become the mistress before anyone else?
Not to mention that Hepin originally lived in the east wing of Jingren Palace. Now that she has been promoted to concubine and can be the head of a palace, the emperor has no intention of asking her to move to another palace, and she still has to make a living under Huafei.
However, there was no main seat in Jingpin's Xianfu Palace, so she got a large flat for free and actually became the "Empress".
Unfortunately, the imperial decree had already been issued, and there was nothing they could do even if they were dissatisfied. Did they have a problem with the emperor and the empress dowager? Or did they have a problem with the empress?
They probably still have some opinions about Concubine Jing.
Especially Concubine Zhen. Although she knew that it would be difficult for her to be promoted to a concubine this time and she thought she was well prepared, she did not expect that what made her upset this time was not that she was not promoted.
But it was Concubine Hua and Concubine Jing, these two women who couldn't even speak in front of her in the past. Now, one of them is on equal footing with her, and the other has a child and has even climbed over her head.
In comparison, Concubine Hua's promotion made her even more worried that she might be replaced by an imposter at any time!
(This is just the first time I’m going to post the current main positions of each palace. I probably won’t post them again later.)
West Six Palaces: (Yongshou Palace - Empress Yixiu)
(Yikun Palace - Concubine Yu) (Changchun Palace - Concubine Qi)
(Chuxiu Palace - Concubine Xin) (Qixiang Palace - Concubine Mao)
(Hanfu Palace - Concubine Jing)
East Six Palaces: (Jingren Palace - Hua Fei 2.0)
(Chengqian Palace - Concubine Ke) (Zhongcui Palace - Concubine Xian)
(Yanxi Palace - Concubine Zhen)
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