Chapter 266 Weakness
Concubine Ye leaned on the big welcoming pillow. Seeing the princess, she forced a smile on her face and said, "Why did you come to the palace? Aren't you afraid that I will pass on my illness to you?"
This sounds like the cousins are very affectionate, but Chen Xian, the Princess of Qi who is favored by Concubine Ye, is pregnant and lying on the sickbed. Concubine Ye is not afraid of passing the disease on to Chen Xian, so how could she be afraid of passing the disease on to the princess?
The princess asked, "You suddenly fell ill, how could I not come to the palace to see you?"
Concubine Ye said, "The imperial physician is here, I'm fine."
The princess said, "I was originally going to bring the Crown Prince's wife to the palace to see you."
Chen Tang stepped forward and bowed to Concubine Ye.
Concubine Ye still had a smile on her face, but her eyes had obviously turned colder. She told the maid, "Bring me the gold and ruby bracelet that the emperor gave me from my dressing box..."
Concubine Ye was weak and had no strength to speak.
Soon the nanny brought the bracelet. Concubine Ye looked at Chen Tang and said, "Although you had some unpleasantness with Cheng An before, you are now married to Mo Er, and you are also the sister of Princess Qi. I will love you as well as the whole family."
Love her and love her family too?
Please don't.
Concubine Ye waved her hand, and the nanny handed the bracelet to Chen Tang with both hands. Chen Tang didn't want it. She looked at the princess eagerly. The princess said, "This bracelet was given to you by the emperor. It's too precious..."
Concubine Ye said, "We are a family. It's too distant to talk about whether it's valuable or not."
The princess said to Shen Tang, "You should accept the gift from the noble concubine."
Chen Tang reached out to take the bracelet, bowed and thanked her, "Thank you, Imperial Concubine."
Concubine Ye leaned on the big welcoming pillow and said, "At the beginning, Miss Shen didn't want to hurt the sisterhood, and would rather hurt herself than get on the sedan chair of Prince Jingyang's mansion. I didn't expect that she would get married in the end."
Chen Xi stood aside and said sadly, "My second sister is no longer willing to acknowledge me as her eldest sister..."
Concubine Ye's eyes fell on Shen Tang. "I have also heard about the affairs of the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. Even if Xian'er is the daughter of the second house, she grew up in the first house and has been a twin for so many years. Can the sisterhood of more than ten years be wiped out just because of the grievances of the previous generation?"
Chen Tang was prepared to be disgusted when he entered the palace to meet Concubine Ye, but nothing was this disgusting.
Shen Xian could harm her secretly, and the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion expelled the entire second branch from the family, and still wanted her and Shen Xian to maintain a sisterly relationship. She got goosebumps on her arms.
Chen Tang didn't say anything. Normally, he couldn't contradict Concubine Ye, let alone now that Concubine Ye was ill.
The princess helped Chen Tang and said, “You are not feeling well and need to rest. Don’t worry about the affairs of Pingyuan Marquis’ Mansion.”
Concubine Ye couldn't help but worry. She said, "They are sisters. One married Mo'er and the other married Huang'er. Mo'er and Shen'er are as close as brothers. I'm afraid they will affect the relationship between Mo'er and Shen'er."
King of Qi, Xiao Shen.
Chen Tang rolled her eyes when she heard this. Why beat around the bush? She could just say directly that she and Shen Xian didn't get along. In order to prevent Shen Xian from taking advantage and sitting on the position of the mother of the country, she whispered in Xie Guimo's ear and asked Xie Guimo to support Prince Yu and end Prince Qi's position as crown prince.
The power of pillow talk is so great, why didn't Concubine Ye persuade the emperor to directly issue an edict to appoint Prince Qi as the crown prince?
Chen Tang heard it, and the princess naturally heard it, "Mo'er is not such a person."
Concubine Ye said, "I heard from Shen'er that Mo'er had dinner with Prince Yu at Deyue Tower earlier. This time, the fourth master of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion was recommended by Prince Yu and promoted to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of War..."
After saying so many words in one breath, Concubine Ye was panting heavily.
Chen Xian looked at Chen Tang with a frown on her face, "It was you who instigated Prince Jingyang to distance himself from Prince Qi and get close to Prince Yu, wasn't it?"
Chen Tang was just wondering how to speak, when Chen Xian bumped into him. Chen Tang said, "Don't slander me. A few days ago, someone gave me a contraceptive drug. I'm still angry about this matter. The Fourth Madam asked me to ask my husband to recommend the Fourth Master to the Emperor. I used my Fourth Uncle as an excuse to refuse. Mother believed it and wanted to help ask my father. I knew there was little hope, and I didn't want to put my mother in the middle. I didn't even mention this to my husband, so how could he ask Prince Yu for help?"
Since Chen Tang said this in front of the princess, it must be true, so Chen Xian didn't say anything else.
Concubine Ye looked at the princess, "I always hoped that you could convince Prince Jingyang to help Shen'er. For so many years, Prince Jingyang remained unmoved. Now that Mo'er and Prince Yu are so close, Prince Jingyang is going to support Prince Yu, right?"
What the princess feared most was that Concubine Ye would ask her to ask the prince to help Prince Qi. The princess said, "The prince said that he would not participate in the fight for the throne, and the Jingyang Palace would not support Prince Yu."
"Prince Jingyang doesn't know how to do that, but what about Mo'er?" Concubine Ye said in an aggressive tone.
The princess said, "I wouldn't have known that Mo'er and Prince Yu had a private relationship if you hadn't told me. I'll ask him about this later. It's important for you to take care of yourself."
Concubine Ye smiled bitterly, looking hopeless and desperate, "I shouldn't have been so ambitious. I thought that with the support of the Duke of Zhenguo and the Prince of Jingyang, Shen'er could sit in that position. I didn't expect that the Duke of Zhenguo would disappear and the Prince of Jingyang would stand idly by. In the end, I can only count on the Marquis of Changping. Shen'er and the Prince of Yu have been fighting to the death for so many years. Shen'er and I have no way out."
Is it because the Duke Zhenguo Mansion and the Prince Jingyang Mansion nurtured her ambitions but did not provide any support?
No one from the Zhenguo Mansion and the Jingyang Palace had ever said that they would support the Prince of Qi as the Crown Prince. Concubine Ye took it for granted and ended up blaming the Zhenguo Mansion and the Jingyang Palace, using her own life and the Prince of Qi's life to put pressure on the princess.
The King of Qi and the King of Yu are fighting each other to the death. No matter which one comes to power in the future, they will settle accounts with the other.
If Concubine Ye and Prince Qi want to survive, they can only win, not lose.
The Prince of Qi is not yet at the point of being defeated, but he has already shown signs of decline. Because the princess consort and Concubine Ye are cousins, everyone assumes that the Jingyang Palace is the Prince of Qi's party, even though the prince has never participated in the fight for the throne.
If Xie Guimo openly supports Prince Yu, there is no guarantee that the civil and military officials will not think that Prince Jingyang is more optimistic about Prince Yu.
Concubine Ye did not allow anyone in the Jingyang Palace to side with Prince Yu, especially Xie Guimo.
Chen Tang felt sorry for the princess. On these matters, the princess could neither persuade the prince nor order Xie Guimo around. But Concubine Ye only put pressure on her, or could only put pressure on the princess. The princess was caught in the middle and was useless except for being in a dilemma.
The princess wanted to leave, but couldn't say it. Fortunately, her savior came at this time. The palace maid came in and reported, "The queen is here..."
Concubine Ye sent the maid away and said, "Just say that I have a headache and need to rest, and let the queen go back."
Chen Tang seized the opportunity and said to the princess, "Mother, the imperial concubine needs to rest. Let's go back first and come back another day."
The princess stood up and said to Concubine Ye, "Then I will go back today. You should have a good rest."
After bowing, the princess turned and left.
Behind him, Concubine Ye was leaning on the large pillow, her face turning green with anger.
Because of anger, the pale face had some color.
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