After hearing Ning Yuxi's words, Concubine Xian thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that the Emperor said something wrong?"
After she finished speaking, she shook her head and said, "I don't think so. The emperor has always been cautious in his words and deeds. It's impossible for him to say something wrong."
So why is this?
Ning Yuxi suddenly thought of what happened a few days ago when Concubine Jing publicly scolded Li Changzai. Could it be this?
Recently, Jingpin has been relying on the power of the Queen to be arrogant and domineering, and has acted recklessly. The Emperor may be using this incident to warn her and give the Queen a warning?
Unable to figure it out, the two of them stopped thinking about it. It had nothing to do with them anyway.
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A few days later, today is the first day of October. Normally, the emperor would stay overnight at the Empress's place on the first and fifteenth day of every month, but today the emperor did not go, but continued to stay at Concubine Lan's place.
These days, the emperor summoned the new concubines one by one, but the others were summoned once as a perfunctory gesture. The rest of the time they were basically with Concubine Lan. Concubine Lian was better than others, but she was only summoned once more than others.
No matter how you look at it, the emperor seems to like Concubine Lan very much.
Fengluan Palace.
The queen sat in front of the dressing table with an angry look on her face. She thought the emperor would come as usual tonight, so she dressed up early.
She is not yet thirty, which is the most charming time for women. She can still look very attractive if she dresses up carefully.
But before dinner, the emperor sent someone to tell her that he would not be coming!
This has never happened before. In order to maintain the status of the queen, our ancestors stipulated that the emperor must go to the queen's palace on the first and fifteenth day of every month!
She couldn't help but think of the last time when Concubine Jing and Noble Lady Lan had a conflict. She sided with Concubine Jing, but the Emperor scolded her. Could it be that the Emperor was really angry with her?
Seeing this, the senior palace maid Rong Xin couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, the dinner is getting cold. Please eat a little more."
The queen looked at the mirror with a dull expression: "Tell them to leave. I have no appetite."
"Your Majesty..." Rong Xin wanted to persuade her again, but the Queen raised her hand to interrupt her.
Rong Xin had no choice but to order the dinner to be removed, and then looked at the Queen with a worried look on her face. Just as she was thinking about how to persuade her, the Queen suddenly asked, "Why has the Emperor suddenly distanced himself from me? What did he discover?"
Was it because she had had Consort Liu murdered? Or was it because she had deliberately framed the eldest princess and caused Consort Xiao to have a miscarriage? The Queen was in a state of panic.
Rong Xin was slightly shocked when she heard the Queen's words. She was originally a second-class maid beside the Queen. Since Chang Pei, the chief maid beside the Queen, was punished and sent to the Xinzheku, she replaced the position of the chief maid.
She was not very clear about some of the things that the queen had done before, so she could not comfort her at all at this moment. She could only comfort her carefully:
"Don't worry, my lady. You are the queen, the emperor's wife. How could the emperor distance himself from you? The emperor must have been seduced by Concubine Nalan.
Your Majesty, you have also witnessed that Lady Lan is the best at pretending to be delicate and pitiful, and it is not surprising that the Emperor was temporarily attracted to her."
But the Queen would not listen to her. She had been married to the Emperor for more than ten years and knew him very well.
She knew that the emperor was not someone who would be bound by romantic feelings. Even his feelings for Concubine Jing were only because of their childhood sweetheart relationship. It was not clear whether he loved her that much.
So what Rong Xin said about being temporarily delayed by Concubine Lan's weak appearance was impossible. The emperor must have discovered something!
Thinking of this, the queen became even more restless. She did not sleep well the whole night and looked much more haggard the next day.
The queen hadn't been able to eat or sleep well for several days in a row. She wasn't made of iron, and after seven or eight days she finally fell ill.
On the evening of October 8th, the Emperor came to Ning Yuxi's place. She was having dinner with the Emperor and little Chengzhao when suddenly a servant from the Empress's palace came hurriedly to report:
"Your Majesty, the Empress has suddenly fainted. Please go and see her."
Hearing this, Gu Qilan and Ning Yuxi were both shocked. Gu Qilan frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
The palace servant who came to report the news hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, during dinner, the Empress went to Chonghua Palace to see the eldest prince, and suddenly fainted on the way back to the palace."
"But we've called in the imperial physician. What did he say?"
"They have already invited him. The Empress Dowager suddenly fainted and the palace people were scared. Sister Rong Xin immediately asked the palace maids to invite the imperial physician, and also asked me to tell the Emperor. So I'm afraid the imperial physician hasn't arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace yet." The palace maid said in a panic.
Ning Yuxi advised, "Your Majesty, the Empress has suddenly fainted. The palace maids must be terrified. You should go and take a look."
During this period, she also felt that there was something unusual between the emperor and the queen, but after all, the queen was still the queen, and the queen's fainting was a big deal, so the emperor had to go and see it no matter what.
Gu Qilan nodded and walked towards Fengluan Palace. As a concubine, Ning Yuxi naturally wanted to visit the queen now that she knew she was ill.
She comforted Cheng Zhao, called Luoying to look after Cheng Zhao, and then went to Fengluan Palace with the emperor.
The two of them came to Fengluan Palace together. They were not in the mood to talk along the way. Just as they entered the bedroom, the imperial physician arrived a moment ago and was taking the empress's pulse.
Ning Yuxi had no choice but to wait with the emperor. After a while, the imperial physician finished taking the emperor's pulse and reported to Gu Qilan, "Your Majesty, the Empress has been worried too much for a long time, eating and sleeping too little, which is why she suddenly fainted."
Gu Qilan repeated in a deep voice: "Excessive worry and lack of food and sleep?"
As he spoke, he looked sharply at the group of palace servants: "How do you serve the Queen?"
A group of palace maids hurriedly knelt down to apologize. At this time, the queen suddenly woke up slowly. She saw the emperor scolding her palace maids with a cold face, and she said weakly: "Your Majesty, this is my own problem. It has nothing to do with them. Please don't blame them."
Hearing this, Gu Qilan's eyes moved to the Queen, with a look of disapproval: "Queen, no matter what, you can't not eat and sleep. How can I feel at ease with you like this? The Queen Mother just sent someone to ask about it. Isn't this making the Queen Mother worried?"
The emperor quickly apologized, "It is my fault. I have caused Your Majesty and Mother to worry about me."
"Forget it, you should take good care of yourself. You are not allowed to go without food or sleep. It will be Queen Mother's birthday soon, as well as the fifth prince and fifth princess' first birthdays. There will be a lot of work to do. During this time, let Concubine Yi manage the affairs of the harem. You should take good care of yourself."
Hearing this, the Queen was slightly stunned, then lowered her eyes and replied softly: "Yes, Your Majesty."
"Yeah." Gu Qilan responded indifferently.
Ning Yuxi, who had been acting as a background figure, was suddenly given a difficult situation. She couldn't help but protest, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid..."
However, before she could finish, Gu Qilan gently interrupted her: "Concubine Yi, the Queen needs to recuperate. The Queen Mother's birthday banquet and Cheng Yao Shuxuan's first birthday are coming up soon, and they can't be left unattended. I'm sorry to trouble you during this period."
He knew that Concubine Yi did not like to take care of the affairs of the harem, but the Queen was not feeling well now. As the mother of the country, she allowed herself to be in a state of worry and anxiety, eat little and sleep little for a long time. She really let him down by not taking her health seriously.
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