"I dare to guess that the person behind this is coming for my master. Although I don't know why, as my master's servant, I will share his worries when he is in trouble!"
She had no other thoughts. She entered the palace as a maid only because of her family background. She just wanted to live safely until she was 25 years old, leave the palace, and then do some small business to support herself.
Now that they have been assigned to the master, naturally, if the master is well, they will be well too. She should think what the master thinks and worry about what the master worries about.
"However, I went to investigate without the master's permission. I hope the master will punish me."
Ning Yuxi looked at Luoying with admiration. The other person's face was still expressionless. There was no flattery or fawning. He was just stating a fact.
It can be seen that this is her true thought, and she is willing to believe her.
Ning Yuxi smiled and walked forward to help Luoying up: "You are doing this for my own good. Why should I punish you? Just tell me in advance if you do anything in the future. If something goes wrong, I will be worried."
She pulled Luoying and then Ruyi, who was standing beside her, and said with a smile, "If you think about me, I will also think about you. In the future, we can live a better life if we support each other as master and servant."
Ruyi's face was filled with emotion, and even the expressionless Luoying had a sincere smile on her face.
Seeing the atmosphere becoming increasingly emotional, Ning Yuxi let go of their hands and ran to the dining table in two or three steps: "I'm starving, starving. If you don't eat, the children will protest."
Ruyi's mother exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, Master, go slowly, be careful of the little master in your belly!"
Luoying smiled and helped Ning Yuxi sit down.
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Concubine Jing took a full month to recuperate. During this month, the Emperor spent the entire time with Concubine Jing except for the two times he visited the Queen and the two times he visited Concubine Liu.
Ning Yuxi originally planned to tell the emperor about the death of the little palace maid, but she never had the chance. But then she thought, what could happen in the palace that could escape the emperor's eyes?
I guess the emperor knew about it, but for some reason he didn't pay any attention to it. Poor Concubine Xie had to take the blame.
Ning Yuxi wanted to find out who was behind this. After all, what happened on the New Year's Eve banquet was most likely directed at her. Maybe that person was still watching her in the dark.
But her ability is limited. How can she have the ability to find someone who even the emperor cannot find out? She is also afraid of alerting the person behind the scenes. Now she can only take one step at a time and see what happens.
She couldn't believe that one of them was targeting the emperor's own sister, and the other one had hurt the emperor's favorite concubine. How could the emperor sit idly by and do nothing?
Ning Yuxi was waiting for the emperor's action.
It was now early February, and the baby in her belly was already four months old. Before giving birth, she had stayed obediently in Shuqing Palace, and had not gone anywhere except to pay her respects.
Concubine Qin was banished to the cold palace, and now she lives alone in Shuqing Palace. Once the door is closed, no one can control her.
Apart from eating and drinking, he would listen to Ruyi talk about palace gossip:
The emperor went to Concubine Jing again. Feng agreed to be disrespectful to Concubine Xin and was punished to kneel down and almost had a miscarriage. The emperor confined Concubine Xin to her house for half a year.
Zheng agreed to dance in the Imperial Garden in scantily clad clothes and "accidentally" encountered the Emperor, who then punished her to dance in the Imperial Garden for an hour.
It was also a pity for Zheng Da Ying. She finally performed a stunning dance at the New Year's Eve banquet, and the emperor also praised her.
When he was about to be favored, the incident with Concubine Jing happened, which made the emperor stay with Concubine Jing for a month. Now Concubine Jing is fine.
She repeated her old trick by dancing in the Imperial Garden in order to win the Emperor's favor, but was punished to dance in the Imperial Garden for an hour.
It's still quite cold in February. I heard that Zheng Da Ying was wearing a gauze dress. Tsk tsk, the emperor is really a dog.
As for Concubine Xin, she probably couldn't stand the fact that Concubine Qin always used Feng Da's fetus to disgust her. After all, the two of them had disliked each other for a long time.
But she was also stupid. Feng had promised to carry the dragon fetus, but she still punished her. Wasn't she asking for punishment?
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In mid-March, the Emperor will go to the royal hunting grounds outside the capital for spring hunting. However, this is the first time the Emperor has gone for spring hunting in the fifth year of his reign, as he used to go for autumn hunting.
Therefore, the arrangements were extremely grand. Not to mention the royal family members, there were also some ministers who were valued by the emperor. I heard that Princess Yincheng also went, as she was a person who loved lively atmosphere.
The concubines naturally had to accompany him, and the hunting trip would take at least seven or eight days. The emperor would naturally not let himself be wronged. However, this time the emperor did not bring the favored Concubine Jing and Concubine Liu.
The Queen didn't go, and Concubine Xin was under house arrest, so only Concubine Qin, Concubine Chen, Concubine Li, Concubine Zhou, and Concubine Zheng were there.
I heard that Zheng Da Ying was not originally agreed, but it was because Concubine Xin was under house arrest and had to ask the Empress for help that Zheng Da Ying was finally agreed.
Zheng Da Ying was a member of Concubine Xin's palace, so it was naturally beneficial for her to have her palace members favored.
Ning Yuxi naturally had no chance to go as she was pregnant. She would have loved to see the ancients hunting, but what a pity.
Three days had passed since the emperor went out for the spring search. One morning, he went to Fengluan Palace to pay his respects to the empress. Not long after he returned to the palace and sat down, Luoying suddenly came in in a panic.
Luoying has always been steady. What could have made her so flustered? Ning Yuxi couldn't help but look at Luoying with a hint of worry: "What's wrong?"
Luoying quickly calmed her breathing and replied, "Master, the emperor was assassinated in the enclosure!"
Ning Yuxi stood up suddenly: "What? Is the news true? What happened to the emperor?"
It's not that she cares too much about the emperor, but if the emperor is gone, she will have nothing to hope for. In the best case scenario, when the new emperor ascends the throne, she will have a child and can live a stable life as a concubine. In the worst case, if the man's intention to rebel succeeds, all of them, the emperor's concubines, will have to die.
Seeing her so agitated, Ruyi and Luoying hurried forward to support her and help her calm down. Luoying said, "Master, don't get excited. Take care of yourself. The news came from the emperor's personal guards, but fortunately, the emperor is fine."
Ning Yuxi finally calmed down and asked in detail.
Someone ambushed the emperor in the hunting forest early in the morning and tried to assassinate him. Fortunately, the emperor had many personal guards around him, so he was not seriously injured.
Ning Yuxi hurriedly packed up and went to Fengluan Palace. The person who reported the news must have gone to the Empress Dowager and the Queen, so she had to ask them for details.
The group arrived at Fengluan Palace and learned that the Queen was currently with the Queen Mother, so they hurriedly went to Cining Palace.
After entering the Cining Palace, as expected, Concubine Liu and Concubine Jing were there, and even the confined Concubine Xin came. However, Feng Da Ying did not come. She was of low rank and timid, so naturally she did not dare to come to the Empress Dowager.
Ning Yuxi's arrival did not attract anyone's attention. After all, she had the lowest status here, otherwise she would not have let him in as she was pregnant with the royal heir and was guarding the gate.
After paying his respects, he stepped aside. The Empress in the upper room was trying to calm the Queen Mother down. The Queen Mother must have been frightened when she heard about this incident.
"Don't worry, mother. The person who came said that the emperor is fine and the assassins have been arrested."
The Queen Mother had been through a lot, and her fright just now was just a mother's worry about her son. Now that she heard that the assassin had been executed, she felt relieved.
The other half naturally has to wait until they see that the emperor is safe and sound before they can let it go.
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