Chapter 25: The Angry Emperor with No Heir x The Cannon Fodder Female Match and the Concubine's Daughter 25

Time flies and it is already March. Aunt Qiao has been pregnant for three months. Yesterday I heard that the imperial physician has checked her pulse and everything is fine.

After the palace banquet that day, all the ministers kept quiet for a while and dared not mention the matter of having the emperor appoint a crown prince again.

Concubine Yu Gui saw that her health had recovered, but the emperor not only did not ask for her to be the queen, he did not even intend to give her the power to manage the six palaces.

This made her a little restless. "Qing'er, go check which palace the emperor has been to this month to rest."

Qing'er's shoulders trembled, and after a moment's hesitation, she said, "My Lady."

Concubine Yu glanced at her and said angrily:

Qing'er knelt down immediately, not daring to raise her head. "I have a fellow villager who works in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He said...he said..."

Qing Er gritted her teeth and said, "He said that the emperor is now either resting in Kunning Palace or Qianqing Palace, and has never stayed overnight with other concubines."

Concubine Yu frowned, a little puzzled. "Doesn't the emperor often visit Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian? He has even been to Concubine Liu's place."

Qing'er looked up at Concubine Yu Gui's expression and said, "I guess the emperor didn't stay overnight, and they thought they were the only ones who didn't keep the emperor, so they didn't dare to say anything for fear of losing face."

Concubine Yu Gui gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I underestimated Concubine Yuan. She has monopolized the Emperor for so long. I thought she was an honest person who stayed in Kunning Palace. I didn't expect her to have the greatest ambition."

"My queen, what do we need to do?" Qing'er asked cautiously.

"Heh," Concubine Yu Gui straightened up and said, "Get up, don't kneel anymore."

"If I tell this to Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Liu, they will be even angrier than I am."

The weather is just right today, the sun is shining brightly, the breeze is blowing gently, and new buds have already sprouted on the trees.

Mo Liyuan and Jinjin Qiao were sitting in the carriage leaving the palace. Jinjin Qiao had changed her appearance and this time she was a pretty young woman.

"Your Majesty, where are you taking me?"

Mo Liyuan picked up the cakes on the small table and handed them to Aunt Qiao, saying, "Let's just be an ordinary couple today and go for a walk on the street."

"Don't call me emperor, call me husband"

When Jin Jin Qiao looked up at Mo Liyuan's current appearance, she couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth. No one would have thought that this bearded Khan was the emperor.

"Yes, yes, my husband."

Mo Liyuan nodded and said, "Yes, ma'am."

The streets were crowded with people, and street vendors had already set up their stalls long ago, and the sound of hawking was incessant.

Mo Liyuan protected Aunt Qiao tightly. Although she was secretly protected by guards all around, he was still afraid that she might get hurt.

"Slow down"

Aunt Qiao is very excited now, and everything she sees is new to her.

"Husband, wontons, there are wontons"

"I want to eat"

Looking at Jinjin Qiao's bright eyes, how could Mo Liyuan refuse?

"Uncle, give me a bowl of wontons."

In order to make it more realistic, Mo Liyuan deliberately spoke loudly, and his rough voice made Qiao Jinjin's mouth twitch again.

This wonton stall is run by an elderly couple. A woman wearing a coarse linen shirt is squatting on the ground, carefully washing the bowls in the basin.

Aunt Qiao looked at the woman carefully and frowned. The woman was really too thin. Under her rolled-up sleeves, her slender arms were covered with scars, which were old scars that had already healed.

"What are you looking at, ma'am?"

Mo Liyuan followed Qiao Jinjin's line of sight and glanced at her, but didn't care.

Aunt Qiao shook her head, and when the old woman brought the cooked wontons, she asked a question.

"Madam, is this girl your daughter?"

The old woman looked back, eyes full of pity, "Hey, this lady, you don't know, some time ago, my old man and I were preparing to pack up the stall, and this girl knelt on the ground and begged for a meal."

"My old man and I felt sorry for her and that she had no home to return to, so we took her in. We just happened to be childless, so she could help with the chores and she would not go hungry."

Aunt Qiao nodded. It seemed that the old couple were also kind people.

"Make way, make way, I don't care if we bump into each other"

A few arrogant voices diverted Aunt Qiao's attention.

I saw a horse-drawn carriage coming from a distance and stopped in front of a jewelry store across the road. The person who got out of the carriage was Qiao Zhenzhen.

Aunt Qiao curled her lips and sneered. It was quite a show.

When he turned around and was about to continue eating wontons, he saw the woman squatting on the ground looking at Qiao Zhenzhen with hatred in her eyes.

Oh, Aunt Qiao raised her eyebrows and said, "Husband, I want to take this woman away."

Mo Liyuan frowned and asked in a low voice, "Why? Does Madam feel sorry for her?"

Aunt Qiao raised a finger and shook it, "Because this is a woman who hates Qiao Zhenzhen to the core, taking her away might be helpful."

Mo Liyuan narrowed his eyes and glanced at the woman, tacitly agreeing with Aunt Qiao's words.

After eating the wontons, Mo Liyuan placed a silver ingot on the table and said, "Uncle, Madam, my wife is very satisfied with the taste of the wontons, so these silver ingots are given to you as a reward."

The old woman kept waving her hands to refuse until Aunt Qiao personally put the silver ingot into her hand.

"Auntie, I want this girl to come home with me. Can you ask her if she is willing to go with us?"

"This..." The old woman hesitated for a moment and said, "Why don't I call her over and ask her in person, madam?"

After seeing Aunt Qiao nod, the old woman walked over to the woman.

After hearing what the old woman said, the woman looked up at Aunt Qiao, stood up, wiped her hands, and limped over.

"Thank you for your kindness, madam, but I am afraid that my broken body cannot serve you."

Hearing the woman's voice like a broken bellows, Aunt Qiao was stunned for a moment.

He went to the woman's ear and whispered, "No need to wait on me. I have the same enemy as you. Maybe I can let you take revenge yourself."

After saying that, he pointed to the opposite side.

The woman widened her eyes, gritted her teeth and knelt on the ground. "Thank you, Madam Zi Xin, for taking me in."

Zi Xin? The maidservant beside Qiao Zhenzhen?

Aunt Qiao didn't say anything else, but suggested to Mo Liyuan that Zi Xin be arranged to live in a house on the outskirts of the city and leave someone to take care of her.

The two did not return to the palace until the sun was about to set.

Mad was waiting early on the road leading back to the palace, and when he saw the carriage he quickly stepped on it.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the harem is bustling with activity now that you two are not in the palace."

Mo Liyuan and Jinjin Qiao looked at each other. Jinjin Qiao was more curious and started asking questions.

"What happened? Tell me quickly."

Ma De shook his head and smacked his lips and said, "I wonder if the queen still remembers Mei Jieyu who can make poison."

Aunt Qiao stared at the frizzy hair on Mad's head without blinking and said, "She is Mei Jieyu who was imprisoned in the cold palace. Of course I remember her."

Before Mad could reply, a bony hand reached out from the carriage, grabbed the strand of hair, and said in a flat voice, "Comb your hair neatly next time."

"Ouch!" Mad covered his head with his hands, grimacing, tears streaming down his face.