Fengyi Palace.
"The Queen—The Queen—"
A beautiful woman in complicated palace dress ran in from outside and ran directly in front of the queen.
"Empress, what should we do? Concubine Li's daughter was taken away by His Majesty, and His Majesty even said that he would raise the child himself!" The woman's face was full of indignation.
"Why is that? What's so special about Concubine Li's daughter?" The woman in palace dress was really jealous.
She has almost fallen out of favor since Concubine Li entered the palace. Although she has a son, she still wants to be favored.
"Okay, Concubine Xian, she's just a princess." Queen Mo Li was not panicked at all. So what if Concubine Li was favored?
So what if Concubine Li’s daughter was taken away by His Majesty to be raised personally?
In any case, it will not shake her position as queen, nor will it shake her son's status as the legitimate son.
So what if His Majesty hasn't appointed her son as the Crown Prince yet?
She is the queen, and other women can only be concubines and can never surpass her.
As long as she doesn't make any mistakes, Your Majesty will not depose her from the throne of Queen.
But Concubine Xian did not have the stability of the queen. She was a concubine, not the queen. The son she gave birth to was not as favored as Concubine Li's daughter. How could she not be anxious?
"Empress, you are not in a hurry, but what if my Lian'er falls out of favor?" Concubine Xian complained.
"How could Lian'er fall out of favor? Don't forget that you are the virtuous concubine, not an unknown person. Can't you protect your own son?" Queen Mo had no expectations of the virtuous concubine's brain, but she didn't expect her to be so stupid.
"What? Do you still want Lian'er to compete for favor with a newborn girl?" Queen Mo said angrily.
"But, Your Majesty..." Concubine Xian wanted to say something, but Empress Mo interrupted her.
"I heard that after His Majesty went to Yunxian Palace, he not only took the little princess away, but also asked Lu Ping to arrest and interrogate many people? Do you know what happened?" asked Queen Mo.
The virtuous concubine was stunned by the question. She hesitated and didn't know what to say.
"You really know?" Seeing Concubine Xian's expression, she knew she was not ignorant. Empress Mo was a little surprised and asked, "How could you still hide it from me?"
As for Concubine Xian's intelligence, although her title is "Xian", she is actually not smart at all.
It’s just that Concubine Xian’s father was the Minister of Rites, so when she first entered the palace, His Majesty named her Concubine Xian for her father’s sake.
The virtuous concubine's brain is not worthy of her title, but Queen Mo is still willing to protect her. At least the virtuous concubine has self-knowledge and knows that she is not smart and will not act smart.
Sometimes people who are stupid but don't realize it and like to be smart are the most destructive.
Queen Mo thought of some concubines in the harem, and her expression became somewhat unfathomable, while Concubine Xian was also a little afraid of Queen Mo's appearance.
"Empress... actually... actually... it was Xiao Zhaoyi and the others who attacked Concubine Li." Concubine Xian said in a low voice.
"Xiao Zhaoyi?" Queen Mo was not surprised to hear this name. Xiao Zhaoyi disliked Concubine Li very much, so it didn't seem strange for her to attack her while she was giving birth.
"Defei also intervened." said Xianfei.
"Defei?" Queen Mo was very surprised to hear this name. Defei would actually attack Lifei?
Although they were all concubines, everyone knew that Guishu Xiande's position was the most stable. Concubine Li was only given the title of concubine because of her outstanding appearance. Her position was not as good as that of the previous four concubines.
Moreover, Concubine De was the only concubine in the palace who raised two princes. How could she actually attack Concubine Li?
"On the surface, Concubine De looks like a weak and innocent little white flower. She is a sweet talker in front of His Majesty...but the things she does in private are not what she appears to be." Concubine Xian said dissatisfiedly.
Among the concubines in the harem, the one she disliked the most was Concubine De, because she always looked at her as if she were a fool.
The virtuous concubine is indeed not smart enough, but she is not really a fool. How could she not even see the expression in the virtuous concubine's eyes?
She just doesn't have the brains for palace fighting and scheming, but it's not like she doesn't have the basic ability to think.
Defei's attitude made Xianfei hate her very much.
Empress Mo frowned and said, "With Concubine De taking action this time, Your Majesty might not be able to find evidence."
Empress Mo was very clear about Concubine De's methods. If she was not more skilled, perhaps she, the queen, would have been suppressed by Concubine De.
Before Concubine Li entered the palace, Concubine De and Concubine Xian were the most favored concubines in the palace. Among them, Concubine De was more favored, and Concubine Xian was not as favored as her.
Now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem strange that Concubine De attacked Concubine Li.
"Hmph, that woman is very cunning. It would be strange if Chief Steward Lu Ping could find any evidence that she was the one behind the crime." The virtuous concubine complained.
Queen Mo heard her muttering, looked at her with a smile and said, "That's not necessarily true..."
Didn’t Concubine Xian know that Concubine De was the one who took action?
Then how come Lu Ping couldn’t find out?
If Lu Ping can't find out the truth on his own, can't he still ask Concubine Xian to tell him what she knows and help Lu Ping find out the truth?
…
The harem had no idea what was happening with the Queen and Consort Xian, and Wushuang, who was brought back to the Qinzheng Palace by Zhou Yunhuang, had no idea either. She was filling her stomach at the moment.
Wushuang, who had never been pregnant before, was facing the crisis of drinking milk, and she didn't want to drink milk directly at all.
When Zhou Yunhuang found a wet nurse, she was very resistant.
[I don’t want a wet nurse to feed me—I don’t want a wet nurse to feed me—I’m already a grown-up, I don’t want to drink milk like this—]
Where's the milk powder? Where's the milk bottle?
[I want milk powder and a bottle. I don’t want to drink the wet nurse’s milk——]
Wushuang struggled in the wet nurse's arms. She didn't want to fill her stomach like this at all. She wanted milk powder and a bottle. She didn't want to drink human milk!
Besides, the milk from these wet nurses may not be nutritious, so she doesn't want to drink it.
[I don’t want it—I want milk powder and a bottle—]
Zhou Yunhuang looked at his daughter crying and struggling, and was really annoyed by the noise, so he could only hold her in his arms.
"Su Xi, do you have milk powder and bottles? Get them for the little princess." Zhou Yunhuang frowned while holding his daughter.
"Your Majesty, what is milk powder? What does a milk bottle look like?" Su Xi asked in confusion.
Su Xi was the aunt who raised Zhou Yunhuang. She was more than ten years older than Zhou Yunhuang. After raising her to adulthood, she did not leave the palace to marry and instead became an aunt.
Now she still stays by Zhou Yunhuang's side to serve him, basically handling the affairs in the Qinzheng Palace, as well as some miscellaneous matters such as the concubines' sleeping with him.
She had never imagined that one day she would have to take care of a baby, a baby who was only less than two hours old.
What is milk powder? Is it powder made from milk? How is it made?
What is a milk bottle? A bottle for milk?
But even if we use a bottle to put the milk in, will the newborn girl be able to drink it?
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