Chapter 1403 The Emperor Was Driven Out
When this was mentioned, the tenderness in Qin Ruolan's eyes gradually turned into ice, and even turned into icy needles. He said coldly: "I didn't expect that this time, by some strange mistake, Concubine Ning would escape."
“…”
"But I won't give up."
Nong Qin and Xiao Lian looked at each other again and couldn't help but groan inwardly.
In their opinion, Qin Ruolan was a lady without even a rank in the harem. She should have settled down and found an opportunity to serve the emperor in bed, and then be canonized.
But she has nothing now, and she wants to go against the concubines in the harem, especially the extremely precious Concubine Ning who is pregnant. Isn't this courting death?
But, she seemed to be possessed by a demon.
I don’t know what Concubine An said to her when she came to the Yanx Palace that day to make her so devoted to her.
Nong Qin sighed inwardly, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Madam, there is one more thing."
"What's up?"
"I heard that after the Imperial Concubine was taken out of the cold palace by the Emperor, she has been living in the Emperor's bedroom."
"What?"
Hearing this news, Qin Ruolan was shocked again and opened his eyes wide: "She, she has been living in the emperor's bedroom?"
"Yeah, it's been two or three days."
"Doesn't she have a place to live? Even if there's no cold palace, isn't there still the Yikun Palace?"
"That's right, everyone in the palace says so."
“…”
"In the past, no matter who the emperor asked to sleep with him, they were not allowed to stay overnight in the palace. What's more, now that she is living in the palace, she has driven the emperor away."
"Driven away?" Qin Ruolan was shocked again: "Where did they drive to?"
Nong Qin said softly, "I heard that the emperor has been staying in the imperial study these past few days. He rarely leaves and even sleeps in the imperial study at night."
“…”
"Everyone says that such a good palace has been taken over by a cuckoo, and it has become like her own home."
“…”
"The Emperor has nowhere to sleep."
Qin Ruolan hesitated for a moment, and a look of joy flashed in his eyes: "So, the emperor didn't follow her, didn't—"
"What did the lady say?"
"No, nothing."
Qin Ruolan didn't finish her sentence. For a moment, she didn't know whether she was happy or sad. She just shook her head with a complicated expression, and her brows were full of loneliness.
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Just as everyone said.
The bedroom was occupied by the imperial concubine and her people.
At this time, the sun was setting, and the fiery red sunlight shone at the door, illuminating the entire huge bedroom.
The people from the imperial kitchen delivered the meals on time, and they were naturally very exquisite. Just as Wang Baizhi had instructed before, medicinal food was prepared for every meal, and it was specially made to be very delicious to nourish Nan Yan's body.
Watching the people in the imperial kitchen placing dishes one by one on the table, Aunt Tongyun said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"What are you talking about, aunt? This is what I should do."
"By the way," Aunt Tongyun watched Nanyan come over and sit down, and deliberately asked softly, "Where is the emperor?"
When the aunt who came to deliver food from the imperial kitchen heard this question, she also glanced at the imperial concubine.
He also deliberately lowered his voice, but just enough for people to hear, and said, "The emperor is still in the imperial study. Alas, the emperor has been exhausted these days. He eats and sleeps there every day, and he looks quite haggard."
“…”
Nan Yan remained calm and held the bowl to prepare to eat.
The aunt glanced at her and knew that the imperial concubine would not accept the conversation, so she could only smile and retreat.
Aunt Tongyun looked back at her and could only carefully serve the food for her.
But after a while, he couldn't hold it back any longer and whispered, "My Lady, this won't do."
Nan Yan tilted her head and glanced at her: "What?"
"emperor……"
“…”
"Your Highness has been living in the Emperor's bedroom, while the Emperor has been living and eating in the Imperial Study. Now, rumors are spreading inside and outside the palace that this is usurping the throne."
“…”
"Although it was the Emperor who brought His Majesty here, the blame still falls on Her Majesty."
“…”
"If one day, the court officials really impeach this matter——"
Seeing her worried look, Nan Yan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Impeachment? I'm afraid the person who impeached him would have his head removed first."
"Huh? Why?"
"The emperor gives them a salary every day so that they can handle the affairs of the court and the country, not so that they can keep an eye on which bed the emperor sleeps in every night."
“…”
"If you don't believe me, try it. Among the ministers in the current cabinet, who dares to say this?"
"That's what you say, but as a concubine, it's not a long-term plan for you to live here."
“…”
Nan Yan glanced at her and said nothing.
I just sighed secretly in my heart.
At this time, Ran Xiaoyu finished packing the things in the inner room, walked over, and said softly: "Your Highness is now riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off."
Aunt Tongyun glanced at her.
Ran Xiaoyu said, "If the Emperor had taken the Empress out of the Cold Palace and sent her directly to the Yikun Palace at that time, it would have been fine. But the Emperor chose to send her to his own bedroom."
“…”
"Now, if Your Majesty wants to leave here, there are only two ways. Either return to the cold palace, or return to Yikun Palace."
Going back to the cold palace would naturally mean all the efforts have been in vain.
All the efforts made before were in vain, Nan Yan would never let that happen.
But, back to Yikun Palace——
It was like announcing to him and everyone in the harem that everything that had happened before was over, and she had obediently returned to the Yiku Palace and became the imperial concubine again.
She can't do it either.
However, when Zhu Feng brought her out, he left her with such a big problem, as if he had already decided to make things difficult for her.
Nan Yan held the bowl, facing a table full of delicious food, but suddenly felt like she couldn't eat anymore.
But in the end, under the persuasion of Aunt Tongyun and others, she reluctantly ate half a bowl of rice with soup. Afterwards, the Imperial Pharmacy sent her another batch of aconite soup. This time, Aunt Tongyun carefully checked her and made sure there was no problem before letting her drink it.
Nan Yan herself laughed.
Such a big thing just happened, and now everyone in the Imperial Pharmacy is trembling with fear, so how could they dare to make any mistakes?
After she finished drinking it, the eunuch who brought the medicine bowed to her and left.
However, as soon as I walked out of the door and turned around, I saw a tall figure standing in the dark twilight, which gave me an inexplicable sense of oppression.
The young eunuch was so frightened that his throat choked.
"Your Majesty?"
The person standing outside the bedroom door without saying a word was Zhu Feng.
At this moment, he looked at his own palace, but could not go in. It looked just like what everyone in the palace said, that his palace had been occupied by a cuckoo.
There was no expression of joy or anger on Zhu Feng's face.
He only asked, "Did the imperial concubine drink the medicine?"
The young eunuch said cautiously, "Yes."
"How is she?"
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