Chapter 26 The Dust Settles

After the incident of Prince Rong was settled, the Queen Mother fell ill and was bedridden.

According to the rules, all the ladies above the rank of concubine had to take turns to tend to the sick.

But because Concubine Ning knew some medical knowledge and she did not mind the tediousness, she served in Rongle Palace most of the time. Even though the Queen Mother rushed her many times, she still came every day.

When Concubine Chen brought Wanwan to Rongle Palace that day, it was Concubine Ning who was serving them.

"I see that the Empress Dowager is in much better spirits now. It's all thanks to Sister Ningpin." Concubine Chen Guifei said as she helped the Empress Dowager up.

After that, he called Jinyu again: "Jinyu, let Wanwan see the Royal Grandmother."

The Queen Mother quickly declined, "No, no, Yong'an is still young, don't let her get sick."

Concubine Chen Guifei didn't care: "The Queen Mother is just worried, there is no such thing as illness."

Concubine Ning also smiled and said, "What Concubine Chen said is absolutely right. The Empress Dowager needs to be more relaxed."

The Queen Mother teased Lu Xingwan and said, "You are all trying to make fun of me, an old woman."

[The Imperial Grandmother will live for a very long time. Although this incident is not mentioned in the storybook, the Imperial Grandmother was kept under house arrest by Prince Rong for a long time! ]

Concubine Chen Gui heard Lu Xingwan's thoughts and said, "Look at how happy Wanwan is when she sees the Empress Dowager smiling. The Empress Dowager will surely live a long life."

Concubine Ning also smiled and said, "Then we have to borrow Princess Yong'an's good words."

"You are still indebted to Sister Ningpin. I will ask the Emperor for a reward on your behalf."

As soon as Concubine Chen finished speaking, she heard the carefree laughter of the Great Chu Emperor coming from outside: "What kind of reward do you want to ask me for?"

The group of people hurriedly exchanged greetings, and then Concubine Chen spoke: "I see that the Queen Mother is now in good health, thanks to the care of Concubine Ning. How will the Emperor reward Concubine Ning?"

"That's what I was thinking," the Great Chu Emperor stroked the hand of Concubine Chen who was standing behind him, "It was all thanks to Concubine Ning that I was sick every night before, and now you are taking care of the Queen Mother so wholeheartedly."

After saying this, the Great Chu Emperor looked at the Queen Mother and said, "In my opinion, how about making her the Ning Consort?"

Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Concubine Ning suddenly knelt down.

"Your Majesty, this is not possible. I have only been in the palace for a month. This is against the rules." Concubine Ning was naturally terrified.

Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother and Concubine Chen both thought it was very good.

Even Concubine Ning couldn't resist.

"Then let Qin Tianjian choose an auspicious day to hold the ceremony of enthronement." The Emperor of Great Chu waved his hand, and the matter was settled.

"Then I hope that with this happy event, the Queen Mother will be able to recover soon." Concubine Chen Gui said with a smile, "Congratulations to Concubine Ning too."

Naturally, the news spread quickly in the palace.

The first person to jump up was naturally Lady Le. She had entered the palace with Concubine Ning. Seeing her dull appearance, she thought she was stupid. She thought that although Concubine Ning was higher in rank than herself, if she won the emperor's favor, she would surpass Concubine Ning sooner or later.

It's just that the emperor has been resting with Concubine Ning these days, and now he has made her a concubine. How can I not be angry?

Of course, Shupin was also angry.

Although her family background was not very good, she was granted the title of imperial concubine after having been in the palace for more than ten years and having given birth to two princesses.

At the palace banquet a few days ago, he took a risk and took the initiative to propose to marry the second princess to the Yuefeng Kingdom. He thought that the emperor would reward him for this, but he actually shot himself in the foot. Now the Emperor of Great Chu is annoyed by the Yuefeng Kingdom's delegation and has even put Prince Helian under house arrest.

A concubine who had only been in the palace for a month and had only served the emperor a few times was actually promoted to the rank of imperial concubine, surpassing herself. How could she tolerate this?

Of course, these few people are not the only ones who think this is unreasonable.

However, this matter was decided by the Emperor of Great Chu, so naturally no one dared to object.

At this time, people from the Dali Temple and the Yushitai also completed the compilation of Prince Rong's confession and handed it over to the Emperor of Great Chu.

The Emperor of Great Chu had previously learned from Wanwan that Prince Rong had colluded with the enemy and committed treason, but he was not very clear about the details.

Now that I've read this memorial, I'm really furious.

His own brother actually didn't care about people's livelihood. Not only did he want to put him to death, he also didn't care about the safety of the people of the Great Chu State.

He immediately ordered the newly appointed Prime Minister Lin to write a letter to Yuefeng State.

All he said was that now that Prince Rong's conspiracy with the Crown Prince of Yuefeng had been exposed, he should let the King of Yuefeng give an explanation.

At this time, Marquis Dingguo had already arrived at the border of Yuefeng State. He was now organizing his soldiers and conducting large-scale military training at the border, but this was just to shock the Yuefeng State.

However, he did not expect that once the letter arrived in Yuefeng State, a reply letter would be delivered to Marquis Dingguo within less than half a day.

Marquis Dingguo did not hesitate and compiled the information he had gathered in recent days, as well as the information sent back by the spies planted in Yuefeng, and sent a fast horse back to the capital to deliver the report.

He also cheered himself up and increased his vigilance, just to be ready to respond to the attack from Yuefeng Kingdom at any time.

When the letter reached the Emperor of Great Chu, he was also shocked by its contents.

Ever since the Yuefeng delegation left Yuefeng, the country began to be in turmoil.

The King of Yuefeng State, Helian Suobang, has only two princes. One is Helian Renxin, born to the Queen, who is now the Crown Prince; the other is Helian Hengxin, born to the Imperial Concubine.

Although Helian Renxin's mother's family is prominent, he is indeed a complete idiot. Therefore, many people support Helian Hengxin. Although Helian Hengxin's mother's family has no foundation and he is not very smart or capable, he is still much better than Helian Renxin.

Helian Renxin's mission to the Great Chu Kingdom was strongly promoted by Helian Hengxin and his faction.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Helian Renxin left Yuefeng country, Helian Suobang suddenly fell ill and never recovered from the illness.

Worse still, he passed the throne to Helian Hengxin, while Helian Renxin, who was far away in the Great Chu State, was only named King Ren.

You can get a rough idea of ​​what happened just by guessing.

Naturally, there were supporters of the Crown Prince who were dissatisfied, but they did not expect that Helian Hengxin was so cruel and ruthless that he directly killed the Empress and the Emperor's father-in-law, who were Helian Renxin's mother and grandfather.

Once this happened, naturally no one dared to oppose it directly.

A conspiracy was suppressed so hastily.

Now that Helian Hengxin has ascended the throne, the letter is naturally from him.

It was only said that Yuefeng Kingdom was willing to work with Great Chu Kingdom to achieve eternal peace and was willing to cede three border areas to Great Chu Kingdom. At the same time, in order to reassure Great Chu Kingdom, it was willing to let His Royal Highness Prince Ren stay in Great Chu Kingdom as a hostage to reassure Great Chu Kingdom.

As for Helian Zhuli, who caused chaos in the harem, please ask His Majesty the Great Chu to execute her on behalf of the Yuefeng Kingdom.

Rao was the always ruthless Emperor of Great Chu, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw what Marquis Dingguo said about Helian Hengxin.

However, the Emperor of Great Chu would naturally not be so careless in dealing with the matter of Helian Renxin and Helian Zhuli.