Chapter 137: The Tragic Queen vs. the Deeply Affectionate Emperor (11)
The news that the Queen was treated coldly by the Emperor was spreading among the palaces.
The Queen Mother was not in good health and had been recuperating in her own Chunchao Palace recently, completely ignoring all the affairs of the harem.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, everyone in the harem took advantage of the situation.
In the cold winter, there was not even charcoal for heating in the Queen's Liushi Palace.
Shi Yi had been raised in luxury since he was a child. After being frozen for a few days, he really fell ill.
"Ahem," Shi Yi's hand trembled as he held the white jade bowl, and most of the soup in the bowl spilled.
"My queen, this is something I asked someone to cook for me with great difficulty. Why don't you feel sorry for it?" Mei Jing snatched the Queen's bowl, almost half scolding her.
"Bold Liangchen, do you still have any respect?" Liangchen, the oldest, came out to stop him, but it was only to protect his sister.
Shi Yi lowered his head and looked at his brocade quilt that was wet with soup and medicine, with a blank expression on his face.
"Your Majesty, please take a nap. Meijing and I will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some charcoal." Liangchen forcibly pulled Meijing's hand and said goodbye.
They didn't even change the wet quilt? In just over a month, these four palace maids were so bold. She originally planned to give them a chance, but since no one cherished it, she could only take it back. Shi
Yi lay down again with a smile on her face. As soon as she lay down, her throat couldn't help coughing, and her body moved with the rhythm of the cough. She was a complete patient. As soon
as the two of them walked out of the gate of the Liushi Palace, Meijing pushed them away and said angrily: "You clearly know that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not give us charcoal! Why do
you still want to take credit in front of the queen?" "How could I not know what you know?" Liangchen leaned against the palace wall, looked at the good sister who entered the palace with her, and said indifferently: "It's just to prevent the queen from getting angry."
"What confidence does the queen have to be angry?" Meijing turned away.
"In this harem, the master is always the master." Liangchen reminded her coldly, "Don't say I didn't warn you. As long as the queen is the queen, our life and death are in her hands."
"Oh," Meijing smiled contemptuously, "How can such a little queen who doesn't even know why she has fallen out of favor think that someone behind the scenes wants her to step down?"
"The little queen is simple, but Ma Jia and the empress dowager are not stupid. These days, have you forgotten how many times Ma Jia has handed the emperor a sign to visit her daughter in the palace? Besides, the empress dowager is always related to the queen, so it makes sense for her not to protect the daughter of the same family." Liangchen was actually too lazy to tell her this, but if he didn't make it clear, he was afraid that she would ruin things.
"I don't want to know about the queen's family affairs. I only know that the emperor has ignored the queen for so long, he must be disgusted with her. When can we go back?" Meijing directly expressed her inner dissatisfaction.
"You have to know that the real decision maker in the harem is still the emperor. Since the emperor didn't tell us to go back, we have to do our best to stay by the queen's side." Liangchen pulled her hand, "Wait a little longer, wait a little longer and we can go back to the Four Seasons Palace."
"We can wait, but others can't." Meijing wanted to shake off her hand, but found that she was held tighter.
"We have to wait even if we can't. If the emperor suspects us, we will die without a burial place." Liangchen looked at the palace wall that continued to extend into the distance, her eyes full of patience.
"Will she let us get what we want?" Meijing followed her gaze.
"Since we have chosen this path, there is no way back." Liangchen took a step and walked towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Meijing gritted her teeth and hurriedly chased after him.
Four Seasons Palace.
"Did Liangchen and Meijing really say that?" The emperor threw down Wu Shigong's only copy and walked to the side of the inner secret agent.
"It's exactly the same." The inner secret agent was wrapped in black, with only a pair of eyes exposed.
People in their line of work serve the emperor for their entire lives. When they are about to die, the emperor may not even know who is who.
"The queen's Six-Hour Palace can't even deliver charcoal. Why didn't she tell me?" The emperor was a little angry and a little distressed.
The inner court spy knelt down and complained: It was you who directly blocked the Six-Hour Palace, letting everyone see that the queen was not favored.
"I have long noticed that it is strange that the queen committed adultery, but I didn't expect it to be related to the four maids sent by the emperor." The emperor sighed and said, "You continue to keep an eye on the suspicious people. It is related to the reputation of the royal family, and you must not be careless."
"I obey the holy order." When Eunuch Sheng pushed open the door of the palace and came in, the inner court spy had disappeared on the spot.
"Your Majesty, this is the tonic soup that Concubine Dong personally sent to you." Eunuch Sheng carried the food box and moved in front of the emperor with his orchid fingers raised.
"Didn't I say that this Four Seasons Palace does not accept anything sent from any palace!" The emperor was already on the verge of anger.
Eunuch Sheng knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, it's not that I didn't remember your words, it's that these concubines didn't see me bringing the tonic soup in and refused to leave. It's freezing outside. If something goes wrong, I..."
The emperor thought of what the inner palace spies had said before, that there was not even charcoal for heating in the Empress's Six Hours Palace. He got angry and kicked him.
Eunuch Sheng fell to the ground with the tonic soup.
"Your Majesty, I admit my mistake. Please don't get angry and hurt your health." He quickly packed up the remaining tonic soup and wiped the floor clean with his sleeves.
"Get lost!" The emperor turned around and pretended not to see it.
"I'll get out now. Your Majesty, take care of your health." Eunuch Sheng crawled out of the hall.
Outside the palace, Dong Bosu, who was lightly dressed, saw him coming out, and hurriedly went up to him and asked, "Eunuch Sheng, has the emperor drunk the tonic soup?"
"The emperor said that concubines in the harem are not allowed to send things to the Four Seasons Palace!" Eunuch Sheng threw the food box heavily on the ground, raised his orchid finger and blew it, "Eunuch Dong, please go back, and don't make things difficult for me next time."
"I'm sorry to embarrass Eunuch Sheng, Juan'er." Seeing him like this, Dong Bosu guessed that he must have been humiliated in front of the emperor. He pretended to know nothing, took the silver that Juan'er had prepared in his hand, and stuffed it into his hand personally, "Thank you for your hard work, eunuch. This is what you deserve."
Eunuch Sheng weighed the silver in the bag. It was not small in weight, and his mood improved a little. He advised, "Eunuch Dong, please don't come to the Four Seasons Palace recently. The emperor is worried about the affairs of the court and will inevitably neglect the harem."
"Thank you for your explanation, eunuch." Dong Boshu left politely.
"Hey... tsk." Eunuch Sheng spat on the ground, "What a fake, not to mention that the emperor doesn't like it, I, as a servant, don't like to see this kind of look either."
If it weren't for the generous money in the hands of Concubine Dong, he wouldn't have rushed to the emperor knowing that he was angry.
(End of this chapter)
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