The eldest princess said, "Mother, the palace floors are always kept clean, dust-free and water-free. Isn't it strange that a puddle of water has appeared on the floor for no apparent reason? Someone must have deliberately poured the water to frame me."
The Queen said, "Even if someone did it on purpose, how did they know you would pass by there and that you would happen to run into Concubine Xiao? There were so many people coming and going at the palace banquet today, how come you slipped while no one else did?"
"This..." The eldest princess was speechless. The pool of water was suspicious, but it really didn't explain anything.
Without waiting for the eldest princess to say anything, the queen said coldly: "Now Concubine Xiao's dragon fetus is gone, and the reason she lost the child is that you knocked her down.
This is an indisputable fact. Whether you did it intentionally or unintentionally, it was your carelessness that caused her miscarriage."
As she spoke, she looked at Gu Qilan and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you see that Concubine Xiao is now extremely pale, completely devoid of blood. She was screaming in pain just now, and it was only after the imperial physician prescribed tranquilizers that she fell asleep. The imperial physician also said that Concubine Xiao will have difficulty having children in the future."
Gu Qilan pursed his lips tightly. No matter what Concubine Xiao did, she was always the princess representing Xichu, and she was pregnant with his child. Now that the child was gone, Concubine Xiao was also damaged and it would be difficult for her to get pregnant again. He had to give her and Xichu an explanation no matter what.
Gu Qilan's expression showed no emotion. He said to the eldest princess, "Shu Yan, go to the Ci'en Temple outside the city to pray for your unborn brother and sister."
The eldest princess found it hard to accept: "Father..."
Gu Qilan turned his head away from her and said, "Go, come, send the eldest princess to Ci'en Temple immediately and hand her over to Concubine Ying in the care of Ci'en Temple."
After he finished speaking, the palace maid took the eldest princess away.
Concubine Ying was a concubine of the late emperor. She was not very favored. She had a daughter but the daughter died young. After the late emperor passed away, she asked to go to Ci'en Temple to pray for the Jin Dynasty.
After the eldest princess left, Gu Qilan went in to see Concubine Xiao and then left.
For a moment, the queen was the only one left in the empty courtyard, and she slowly raised the corners of her lips.
Her eldest prince has become like this now, all thanks to Concubine Xiao. Before, the eldest prince and the second prince were inexplicably poisoned in Chonghua Palace. Although the poison was cured later,
But her eldest prince was injured and has been suffering from illness and pain ever since. His body is getting weaker and weaker. How could she not hate him!
She had been investigating secretly and later found out that it was Concubine Xiao.
And there is the eldest princess. Last time, she was confined by the emperor and her personal maid Changpei was killed. How could she let her go?
She won't let anyone who goes against her have an easy time!
In the evening, in Shuqing Palace, Ning Yuxi was listening to Luoying talking about Concubine Xiao's miscarriage.
When she heard that Concubine Xiao's dragon fetus was gone and that the emperor had ordered the eldest princess to be sent to Ci'en Temple outside the city, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. The queen had a good trick up her sleeve, killing two birds with one stone.
The Queen must have discovered that the poisoning of the eldest and second princes was related to Concubine Xiao, otherwise why would she want to harm Concubine Xiao.
The eldest prince became increasingly weak due to the previous poisoning incident, so the queen would naturally not let the culprit go.
No wonder the Queen suddenly begged the Emperor to release Concubine Xin and Noble Lady Xiao. On the surface, she said that it was for the Emperor's birthday banquet and it would be complete only if everyone was present. But in fact, she was taking the opportunity to involve Noble Lady Xiao.
However, the queen did help her resolve two threats, saving her from having to worry anymore.
The emperor's birthday banquet came to an end, and the triennial beauty ceremony soon arrived.
The draft officially begins on the first day of September and lasts for seven days.
The first three days are for the preliminary selection. After the preliminary selection, all the beauties will undergo three days of training and assessment, and then a part of them will be selected for the re-selection. Only the beauties who have passed the re-selection can go to the final palace selection.
At this time, there were less than a hundred concubines left, and the palace selection was the last day.
Ning Yuxi tried her best to persuade the emperor and even asked the empress dowager for help before she finally convinced him to let her go to the palace selection. Now there were four people on the palace selection: the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress, and herself.
On the seventh day of September, Ning Yuxi first paid her respects to the empress together with all the concubines. Then she and the empress went to the empress dowager's Cining Palace together, and then waited for the emperor to leave the court before going to the Yu'an Palace, which was the palace chosen this time.
In the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother smiled helplessly and said, "Finally, your wish has been granted."
When the Queen Mother heard Ning Yuxi say that she also wanted to go and see the palace selection, she was very surprised. She knew that Concubine Yi was a good-natured person, but this was too good to be true.
To put it bluntly, this selection is to find concubines for the emperor. Which woman would be so eager to find a concubine for her husband? But Concubine Yi is so enthusiastic.
Ning Yuxi chuckled: "I'm just curious, or maybe the Queen Mother loves me."
“You…”
Soon the emperor left the court, and the group moved to the Yu'an Hall where the beauty selection was held.
Finally, when Ning Yuxi was waiting anxiously, the palace selection began.
The Emperor and the Dowager sat in the center, the Empress sat at the lower left, and Ning Yuxi sat at the lower right.
Soon, the eunuch led a group of beautiful girls of various shapes and sizes over. The six girls lined up in a row, and Ning Yuxi looked at them with shining eyes.
As expected, none of them are ugly after passing all the tests and entering the palace selection.
As the eunuch called out their names one by one, the beauties came forward one by one and bowed in response.
It was no different from what she had seen on TV, the only difference was that she was now there in person.
Soon more than an hour passed. So far, six or seven groups had been checked, but not a single one was left. Ning Yuxi took the time to secretly glance at the emperor, who still had that expressionless face and no emotion could be seen.
The emperor didn't like any of the many people he had? Or was it because he was too old to do the job? After all, he was almost 30.
Just as she was wondering, the emperor suddenly turned around and looked directly at her. Ning Yuxi was startled and quickly adjusted her expression and gave a big smile.
Gu Qilan turned back with an expressionless face. Why was this woman grinning foolishly for no reason?
Nearing noon, Ning Yuxi finally began to feel aesthetic fatigue and began to feel sleepy. At this time, the eunuch called out: "Qin Yiling, the daughter of Jingchuan Marquis Qin Huaiyong, is seventeen years old."
When Ning Yuxi heard the name, she felt it seemed familiar, but she couldn't remember it for a moment. It was not until she looked up at the face of the concubine who was kneeling to pay her respects that she remembered why the name seemed familiar.
This Qin Yiling and the Concubine Qin who had designed the original owner to have an affair with the guard when she just traveled to this time were probably from the same family.
Concubine Qin's original name was Qin Yizhu, which sounds similar to Qin Yiling's name, and they look alike too. It seems that they are sisters.
Are you sending another daughter in just because Concubine Qin is deposed?
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