Chapter 103 I Will Never Let You Down
"Come, sit next to me."
Zhuang Ting agreed and sat next to him.
Jin Weige patted her hands gently and said, "I guess your sister hasn't had a good time these days, has she?"
Of course not.
Zhuang Ting used her connections and tried every means to meet the emperor.
She did look for two or three opportunities, but in the end the emperor refused to even look at her.
She stepped forward and saluted, and the emperor didn't say anything more except asking her to stand up. It was such a great humiliation!
Zhuang Ting smiled bitterly, "Of course, otherwise why would my sister come to see me."
Jin Weige's patience was only enough for these two pleasantries, and he went straight to the point, "Do you have any way to make Concubine Zhao abort her pregnancy?"
But now even she can't think of a good solution.
After all, Concubine Zhao was extremely well protected, so ordinary strategies were completely useless.
Zhuang Ting was extremely confident when she mentioned this. "Have you ever heard about Empress Guo? In order to get rid of the favored concubine and the child in her belly, she used two things. One was geranium and the other was azure flower."
Jin Weige raised her eyebrows slightly. She really didn't know. "Tell me more about it."
"These two kinds of flowers are not particularly harmful to pregnant women, but if you keep them together, it may not be the case. Back then, Empress Guo used this method to cause the concubine's child to die in the womb, and finally climbed to the position of empress."
"After all, it's just hearsay. Can it really be useful?" Jin Weige was a little skeptical. If it was really useful, it would have been passed down long ago. How could later generations not know about it?
"Your Majesty, I can confirm that this is true because there was a maidservant who followed Empress Guo and later left the palace. She told these things to her descendants, and then the story reached me. This is Empress Guo's secret, how could she tell outsiders casually?"
Since she was so confident, Jin Weige didn't care whether it was true or not. "If it is useful, I will do what I said. I will protect you and speak well of you in front of the emperor. But if it is useless, then what happened today will be treated as if it never happened."
"I know, I will never let you down. It is spring now, and the flower house is preparing to have people plant seasonal flowers in two days. Zhaochun Palace will definitely be among them. Although it will take a little longer, within two months at most, Zhaopin's child will definitely die in the womb!"
Two days later.
As expected, the greenhouse began to plant flowers in various palaces.
These flowers were grown in the greenhouse earlier and then transplanted to the yard.
No need to wait to see better flower views.
Several palace maids carried a large box with flower buds already opened and came to Zhaochun Palace.
Yunxiang came out quickly, the smile on her face instantly faded, and she showed her strength, "Plant these flowers in the front yard. The queen is pregnant, you all better be careful and don't do anything bad. If something goes wrong, your heads alone will not be enough to lose, and your whole family will have to be buried with you."
"Yes, don't worry, Auntie. How could we dare to do that? These flowers were personally selected by the supervisor and checked by the imperial physician and the female doctor."
Several people came forward to plant.
Yunxiang was watching from the side, and no one dared to slack off.
In just two hours, the crops were almost planted.
The yard is no longer bare, but now has more flower buds of various colors.
"My lady, look, the flowers have been planted. They will bloom in a few days. When you have nothing to do, you can come out and enjoy the flowers. It will make you feel much better."
Bai Wutong likes flowers and plants very much. In her eyes, all things in the world are living things. "Okay, you go and rest too."
"Your Majesty, I am not tired. The Emperor will be here in the afternoon. I will go get you lunch first."
Bai Wutong gently stroked the flower buds that were about to bloom. Her relationship with the emperor had improved a lot in recent days.
The baby is still more than four months away. If I continue like this, I should be safe.
Yunxiang came to the imperial kitchen with a food box and got Bai Wutong's lunch. Just as she was about to go back, she ran into Cuiwei who was rushing over.
Her face suddenly turned cold, and she took a step forward and pushed the person aside.
Without waiting for Cuiwei to speak, she said coldly, "Don't you have eyes when you walk? Why don't you admit your mistake when you bump into someone!"
Cuiwei looked unhappy, "Aunt Yunxiang, please be reasonable. It was you who bumped into me just now."
"Then ask clearly, who of you saw me bumping into her?" Yunxiang looked over, and no palace maid around dared to answer.
Cuiwei bit her lip tightly and stopped refutation. She bowed her head and admitted her mistake, "Aunt Yunxiang, I was wrong."
"It's good that you know you were wrong." Yunxiang bumped into her again and then quickly left.
The palace maids around were gloating.
"Oh, this is really a changing world."
"That's right. I was so crazy about her before that I don't know what to do."
Cuiwei felt very aggrieved, but she didn't think she did anything wrong.
Bai Wutong had caused his own queen to be sent to the cold palace. If it hadn't been for the empress dowager who helped her, she would have probably suffered a lot more.
So after Wen Chuyun became favored, every time she saw Chan'er, she would make a few sarcastic remarks and find some minor troubles that were not serious. Chan'er never responded and just pretended not to hear.
Unexpectedly, Yunxiang found all of them today.
Cuiwei stood aside with a food box in her hand, and waited until all the palace maids had left before she stepped forward and said, "Our queen doesn't have a good appetite today and doesn't want to eat. Bring us some appetizing preserved fruits and cakes."
The eunuch smiled wryly, "Miss Cuiwei, we didn't do much of this today, it's all left over from the night before."
"It's okay, give them all to me. The remaining ones can be used to feed the fish so that they won't be wasted. Our queen is kind-hearted. Since it's cold, she keeps the fish indoors."
The eunuch packed her a food box with appetizers.
Cuiwei glanced around and made sure that no one saw her, then she quickly picked up her things and left.
Not far away, a palace maid stared at her back and walked away quickly in the opposite direction.
"My lady, I just ran into Lady Wen's maid."
De Fei raised her head. "Oh? What happened? Is it worth your talking about it alone?"
The maid set the lunch table and said, "I just find it strange that Lady Wen doesn't want to eat, but she actually ordered a lot of appetizers. No one eats dried apricots, but she actually filled a plate with them."
Apricots in early spring are very sour, and only the Zhaochun Palace in the entire harem likes to eat them. That’s why the imperial kitchen makes them every day, otherwise they would have disappeared long ago.
De Fei paused as she picked up the chopsticks. "Are they all sour?"
The maid recalled carefully and nodded, "They are really all sour."
"That's interesting. She has always been favored before. If it is true, I'm afraid she will react now." Defei put down her chopsticks, "Qiaoyun, you will accompany me for a walk later."
Lunch is over.
Concubine De walked slowly to the Imperial Garden.
When the weather gets warmer, the emperor will come occasionally.
Many concubines would come here to try their luck.
Coincidentally, Wen Chuyun was there too.
She has come here for several days in a row just to see the emperor.
Concubine De lowered her voice and instructed Qiao Yun, "I don't know where the new sachet I made fell. Just look down and look for Wen Chuyun. Don't look up."
Although Qiao Yun was confused, she was very obedient. After finding the right direction, she lowered her head and rushed forward.
When Wen Chuyun heard the footsteps, it was too late.
Seeing that Qiao Yun was about to hit her, she subconsciously covered her stomach.
Cuiwei, who was standing next to her, had a drastic change of expression on her face. She pushed Qiaoyun away without caring about status!
"Ouch!" Qiao Yun fell to the ground, screaming in pain.
Cuiwei didn't care about that. She stared at Wen Chuyun's belly anxiously, "Madam, are you okay? Didn't I hit you just now?"
When Wen Chuyun looked up, he saw Concubine De smiling.
"Qiao Yun, come here."
Qiao Yun endured the pain, stood up and returned to Concubine De's side.
Wen Chuyun's heart was beating like a drum. She always felt that Concubine De's eyes had a deep meaning. She suppressed her panic and bowed, "Your Majesty, I greet you. Cuiwei was only concerned about my safety. She took action in a hurry. Please don't blame me, Concubine De."
Concubine De looked her up and down, and finally her eyes fell on her belly. She spoke word by word, "Lady Wen, congratulations."
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