Chapter 79 The Queen Mother Called Your Name
The Queen Mother fell ill.
Before she fell ill, the palace maid who was on night watch the night before heard her having a nightmare and shouting a sentence in her dream. It was this sentence that made the emperor bring Fu Zhaoning with him when he summoned Prince Jun to the palace today.
Sitting in the carriage, Fu Zhaoning heard this and frowned and asked, "What did the Queen Mother say?"
Why did she feel that there was a conspiracy looming over her?
"The palace maid named Baoyue said that the Queen Mother called out, 'Fu, I beg you.'" Xiao Lanyuan was wearing half of the mask, and the other side of his face had a dull expression, and it was hard to tell whether he believed it or not.
"Fu?"
Fu Zhaoning sneered, "The Queen Mother only met me once, but she never called me Mrs. Fu."
"So, the emperor summons you to the palace for further questioning."
"It's true that the pot comes from the sky while you are sitting at home." Fu Zhaoning rubbed his forehead helplessly.
When the carriage arrived outside the palace, they got off and changed to the palace's sedan chair.
It was drizzling at the moment, and the autumn wind made the air misty.
When Fu Zhaoning entered the imperial palace for the first time, he was struck by the carved railings and painted buildings, the grandeur, simplicity, magnificence and grandeur.
She had been to the Forbidden City before, but it was deserted and had a somewhat desolate and empty feeling about its history, whereas this place was still in its heyday.
The eunuch who led them forward seemed to exchange glances with Xiao Lanyuan. Fu Zhaoning discovered it.
She immediately suspected that although Xiao Lanyuan had not been in the capital and rarely entered the palace in recent years, he must have had people planted in the palace.
"Prince Jun has arrived."
As soon as they arrived in front of a palace, the eunuch standing at the door started to make announcements in a shrill voice.
Fu Zhaoning always felt that this eunuch was trying to intimidate her first.
The arrival of Prince Jun and Princess Jun should have been announced, but in the end, she was ignored.
She and Xiao Lanyuan entered the hall. It was cold and rainy outside, but warm as spring inside. Smoke curled from the copper incense burners on the four corners, emitting warmth.
There was a carpet on the floor. The emperor and empress sat in the front seats, and there were many women in gorgeous palace costumes sitting on the chairs on the left and right.
The queen took a look at Fu Zhaoning when she came in, and spoke as soon as Fu Zhaoning stood still.
"Is this your first time entering the palace, Princess Jun? You came here like this? You are wearing this kind of clothes."
The Queen looked at Fu Zhaoning with a tone of disdain and sarcasm.
Fu Zhaoning was hurriedly picked up at the Fu family. She was still wearing her old clothes, and they were her best ones.
She wore a light pink cotton skirt with a dark pink outer garment and a belt embroidered with lotus patterns. There were no decorations, but the dress was fresh and pretty, making her look graceful.
But in front of the women in the room who were wearing gold and silver and elaborate and gorgeous palace costumes, her outfit did look very shabby.
As soon as the queen finished speaking, all the women in the room covered their mouths and laughed.
A beautiful lady in a light purple palace dress smiled and said to the queen, "I heard that the queen sent Nanny Sun to teach Princess Jun the palace rules and etiquette, but she got into trouble. Now it seems that Princess Jun really does have her own way."
Everyone in the harem knew that the Queen had sent Nanny Sun to Prince Jun's mansion, but Nanny Sun came back in disgrace.
I heard that the Queen was furious and sent Nanny Sun to serve those in the cold palace. I'm afraid she will never have a chance to make a name for herself in this life.
Now this concubine deliberately brought up this matter. Although it was a mockery of Fu Zhaoning, it was also like rubbing salt into the Queen's wound.
"Does Concubine Li admire Princess Jun's personality?" The Queen glanced at her coldly.
Concubine Li shook her head and laughed, "I don't have the courage to admire Princess Jun like this."
Fu Zhaoning was too lazy to explain why she came wearing old clothes. Anyway, no one gave her the clothes that a princess should have.
Before Fu Zhaoning could speak, he heard Xiao Lanyuan's cold voice, "What kind of Princess Jun? I am still standing here, do you think I am dead?"
Concubine Li's expression changed.
"Prince Jun, I..."
"I didn't ask the princess to change her clothes before entering the palace because I heard that the queen mother was ill. I was worried and didn't care about the red tape. I thought the emperor wouldn't find fault with it. Why, is it your turn to find fault?"
Prince Jun said something again, and this time the Queen's expression changed.
Fu Zhaoning's impression of Xiao Lanyuan improved a little.
It’s not bad. He still knows how to protect her in front of others. This guy is not that bad.
She also added, "Your Highness, you are anxious to know the Queen Mother's condition, but it seems that the ladies are not nervous at all. They are all dressed up carefully and gathered here slowly to find fault with me."
Fu Zhaoning has never been someone to be trifled with.
She had seen many bigwigs from various countries in the past, and she didn't have the habit of getting weak in the knees when she saw a few concubines in the harem.
These words made all the concubines in the room, who were dressed up in gorgeous clothes, feel uneasy.
"alright."
The emperor, who had been pretending to be dead, finally spoke.
"A Yuan," the emperor sighed, a little heavy, "Although the imperial doctors tried their best to save her, my mother has not yet woken up. I'm telling you, you should be mentally prepared. The imperial doctors said that my mother was worried about something, she was overthinking, and was frightened. In addition, the cold entered her body, triggering her old illness."
Fu Zhaoning frowned. So, can he survive or not?
"The maid Baoyue who was on night watch said that the Queen Mother had nightmares for several days in a row, so she couldn't sleep well for several days in a row. Last night, she suddenly screamed in her sleep, looking very terrified, and shouted something related to Princess Jun. So, I want to ask Princess Jun if she had said anything to the Queen Mother before this?"
The emperor looked at Fu Zhaoning.
"Your Majesty," Fu Zhaoning stood up straight, "I have only met the Queen Mother once, on the day of our wedding. The Emperor, the Queen Mother, and many guests were there at the time, so I didn't have a chance to say a word to the Queen Mother alone. So, what the Queen Mother shouted in her dream was really related to me?"
It's ridiculous to pass the buck like this.
"The Queen Mother called out 'Fu', I beg you. You are the only one with the surname Fu among the ladies of this dynasty. If she didn't call out you, who else could she call out?"
The queen said with a cold face.
"Let's not talk about whether the Queen Mother really said such a thing. Even if she did, let's not talk about whether Fu was referring to me. Even if it was really me, the Queen Mother dreamed of me. Can she take the dream seriously?"
Fu Zhaoning thought they were really ridiculous.
"If the Queen Mother is really worried about something, she will dream about it at night. The Queen Mother begged you for mercy in her dream. Isn't it possible that you really threatened her in real life?"
Fu Zhaoning just wanted to roll his eyes at her.
"Empress, why would I threaten the Queen Mother for no reason? How can a weak woman like me from a small family make the Queen Mother fear me and beg for mercy? Isn't this too ridiculous!"
If possible, she would take a scalpel and open the queen's head to see what kind of fodder is inside!
"Then how do you explain that the Queen Mother called your name in her dream?" the Queen asked in a deep voice.
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