The two walked into the house. There was no servant in the room at the moment. There was only Feng Changzai, who was no longer breathing on the bed, and the little girl who was lying on her and crying at the top of her lungs.
The little girl should be the third princess. She was only one month older than Cheng Zhao. She was thin and small, and the clothes she wore looked like they had been washed many times. She cried so sadly that she even hiccupped.
Looking at Ning Yuxi and Xie Guiren who suddenly appeared, her eyes were filled with fear, and she shrank back hard, obviously extremely scared.
Ning Yuxi also has children, and she couldn't help but feel pity when she saw the little girl in such a state.
Just as she was about to go forward to comfort her, she saw the little girl shrink back even more and cry louder and louder, obviously afraid of people.
Ning Yuxi stopped helplessly.
At this time, Concubine Xie slowly stepped forward. As she walked, she said in a gentle voice, "Shu Yun, I am Concubine Xie. Do you remember Concubine Xie who gave you lotus root powder cake before?"
After hearing what Concubine Xie said, the Third Princess seemed to slowly remember and was not so scared anymore. She sobbed and looked at Concubine Xie cautiously with her eyes wide open.
Concubine Xie slowly moved to the side of the Third Princess, carefully wiped her tears, and said, "Good child, please stop crying. Your mother would be heartbroken if she knew."
Little Shuyun felt the tenderness of Concubine Xie and seemed to have found an outlet, so she cried even harder.
Upon seeing this, Concubine Xie hugged the Third Princess into her arms, patted her back gently and coaxed her: "Okay, don't cry, don't cry, Shu Yun."
The third princess was probably tired of crying, and she fell asleep in Concubine Xie's arms.
Not long after, the maidservant of Feng Changzai invited the queen. She was not surprised to see Ning Yuxi and Xie Guiren there. She thought that someone in the palace had told her.
The Queen looked at the sickly, battered, and lifeless Feng Changzai lying on the bed and asked the young palace maid, "When did your master pass away?"
The young maid Liu Ye wiped away her tears and said, "Your Majesty, the master has refused to eat or drink for the past few days. This morning, when I came in to serve her, I found that she was already dead. She was fine when she went to sleep yesterday. I'm afraid she passed away during the night."
The queen raised her hand and motioned the imperial physician behind her to go and take a look.
The imperial physician examined her and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Feng died of weakness, and her body is already cold. I estimate she has been gone for over three hours, so she must have passed away during the night."
The Queen nodded and said, "Concubine Feng is unlucky to have such a body. Okay, everyone, please leave. I will report Concubine Feng's matter to the Emperor and have the Imperial Household Department handle the funeral as soon as possible. It's almost the end of the year and there's no need to delay."
Seeing the Queen about to leave, Liu Ye suddenly said, "Your Majesty, my master is gone. What should the Third Princess do?"
Concubine Feng and the Third Princess were exiled to this desolate Biluoxuan, where they depended on each other for survival along with the palace maid Liu Ye. Now that Concubine Feng is gone, how will the Third Princess, a one-year-old baby, survive?
The Queen was just pondering this when Concubine Xie suddenly said, "Your Majesty, Biluoxuan is close to me. I feel so sorry for the Third Princess. Why don't you stay with me first?"
The Queen had no intention of caring for an unfavored princess, so she agreed when she heard Concubine Xie say so: "In that case, Concubine Xie will take care of the Third Princess for the time being."
After the Queen left, people from the Imperial Household Department came to deal with Concubine Feng's funeral. Concubine Xie carried the Third Princess and Ning Yuxi and left Biluoxuan together. The palace maid Liu Ye went to pack up the Third Princess's things and would send them to Concubine Xie later.
On the way, Ning Yuxi looked at the Third Princess sleeping in Concubine Xie's arms and asked, "Do you want to raise the Third Princess?"
Concubine Xie smiled and said, "I'm bored anyway. The Third Princess lost her mother at such a young age and is not valued by the Emperor. I feel sorry for her."
Ning Yuxi also smiled and said, "Raising a child is not easy. Have you thought it through?"
Lady Xie sighed: "What is easy to do in the palace? Raising a child is also a way to rely on, and I really love the third princess.
When you were still under house arrest, I once accidentally saw her and she struck a chord with me. After that, whenever I had free time, I would often go to Biluoxuan to see her and Feng Changzai."
"At that time, I saw that Concubine Feng was not feeling well, and I told her to take good care of herself for the sake of the Third Princess. I never thought she would not make it through this year."
Lady Xie sighed, "They are all miserable people."
On the second day, the emperor issued an edict to promote Feng Changzai to a noble lady and buried her according to the rites for a noble lady.
Within two days, the matter had been forgotten by everyone. Feng Changzai's death did not cause any waves. If she had not left behind the third princess, people would probably not remember that she had existed in the palace.
At the end of November, after lunch, Ning Yuxi was playing with Cheng Zhao, who had specially asked someone to make building blocks for him. Little Cheng Zhao got the hang of it quickly, and in a short while, he had built a house.
"Liangqin, look~" Little Chengzhao looked at her with sparkling eyes.
Ning Yuxi praised him generously, "Our Zhao Zhao is amazing, and he fought really well."
The little guy was very happy and started to piece together other things.
At this time, Luoying hurriedly came from outside: "Master, something happened in Yuxiu Palace."
"What's wrong?"
Yuxiu Palace is the palace where Concubine Xie lives, and the head of the palace is Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing has always disliked Concubine Xie. After she helped Concubine Xie before, Concubine Jing behaved herself for a while. Could it be that she is starting to bully Concubine Xie again now?
Luoying said, "After lunch today, the Fourth Prince, who was married to Concubine Jing, suddenly had vomiting and diarrhea. The imperial physician found out that someone had put something unclean in the Fourth Prince's wet nurse's food.
After some questioning, Jingpin found out that the substance came from the Third Princess's wet nurse. Jingpin then determined that it was Concubine Xie who had ordered it. Now that a commotion was brewing, Jingpin wanted to punish Concubine Xie.
Upon hearing this, Ning Yuxi asked the wet nurse to take good care of Cheng Zhao, and then took Luoying and Ruyi to Yuxiu Palace.
The third princess originally did not have a wet nurse, but after Concubine Xie took her in and saw that she was very thin, she went to report to the Queen and assigned two wet nurses to the third princess.
The wet nurse had only been taking care of the third princess for a few days when something went wrong. Ning Yuxi couldn't help but think that the wet nurse was bribed, but it was also possible that it was a frame-up by Concubine Jing. With Concubine Jing's appearance, she would do such a thing.
The person behind this is really good at picking dates. Today, the emperor and the empress went to Ci'en Temple outside the city to pray for blessings early in the morning, and they are estimated to be back in the evening or tomorrow.
The emperor and empress are not around, and Concubine Jing wants to teach her palace maids a lesson, but she can do whatever she wants.
They arrived at Yuxiu Palace in a short while. From a distance, Ning Yuxi saw that the courtyard was full of people. Concubine Jing was sitting on the edge of the corridor in a threatening manner, and Concubine Xie was forced to kneel in the courtyard by the eunuchs from Concubine Jing's palace.
"Xie Runing, you must have instructed that wet nurse to put drugs in the Fourth Prince's food, causing my son to vomit and have diarrhea after drinking the milk. The Fourth Prince is only four months old. You are so cruel!"
"Come here, slap him in the face! My son is suffering, and I won't let you have it easy!"
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