1213 Revenge, Yaohua's Death
The eighth prince warded off disaster for the emperor and was poisoned, so the emperor believed the words of the Imperial Observatory and thought that the eighth prince could ward off disaster for him.
This is why the emperor doesn’t want the eighth prince to die.
After hearing this, Feng Qingchen was so angry that he wanted to give the emperor the middle finger.
Damn, this emperor treats his son as an object to ward off disasters and misfortunes. It’s better not to have such favor. The eighth prince is really unlucky to have such a father.
Seeing Feng Qingchen's indignation, Noble Concubine Xie finally let down the tears that she had been holding back.
All the women in the palace envied her for giving birth to a good son, but only she knew how painful she felt.
She didn't want any noble fate at all, she just wanted her son to be fine, but she couldn't say this. If she said this, not only the women in the harem, but even the emperor would not let him go.
Faced with such a thing, Feng Qingchen didn't know how to comfort Imperial Noble Consort Xie. But this was also an opportunity for the Eighth Prince.
In the harem, without the emperor's favor, even though she was the Imperial Noble Consort, there was only so much that Imperial Noble Consort Xie could do for the Eighth Prince. For example, when the Eighth Prince fell ill, the imperial doctors would not treat him with all their heart because they saw that the Eighth Prince was not favored.
In the harem, except for the queen, other women care not about their rank but the emperor's favor. Since Imperial Noble Consort Xie and the Eighth Prince can win the emperor's favor, they also have a place in this palace.
After Feng Qingchen comforted her in this way, Imperial Noble Concubine Xie felt a little better.
Life in this palace is a mess. Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor. As the emperor's women, they have no right to choose and can only accept it.
When Feng Qingchen came out of Zhaoyan Palace, he was invited over by several concubines. Some asked him to protect the fetus, while others asked him to recuperate. They all treated Feng Qingchen like a big shot and tried to please him, hoping that Feng Qingchen would prescribe some medicine to help them get pregnant and boost their sexual performance.
They couldn't get the aphrodisiac drugs into the palace at all, so they could only start from Feng Qingchen, because the medicine box that Feng Qingchen brought in was exempt from inspection.
By the time Feng Qingchen came out of the palace, he was already sweating profusely.
There are too many wolves and too little meat, and the emperor is old. In order to gain favor, these wolf-like and tiger-like women try every possible means and use all kinds of tricks, and it is normal for them to use medicine.
Sweat... Feng Qingchen is sure that if the emperor visits the harem often, his body will soon be drained.
Faced with so many women, even an iron rod can be ground into an embroidery needle!
Everyone seemed to be very busy during this period. Zuo An and Dou Dou were nowhere to be seen. And ever since the Ninth Prince came and scolded Feng Qingchen that night, Feng Qingchen hadn't seen the Ninth Prince for seven or eight days. Occasionally, she would miss him, but most of the time, Feng Qingchen was too busy to do anything.
After returning from the palace, Feng Qingchen called Sun Sixing to discuss the surgery on the little prince.
If Sun Sixing was pretending in the past two days, then in the past two days, he really got over the pain of losing his father. Although he became silent after this incident, he was in very good spirits.
In this way, Feng Qingchen was satisfied.
Feng Qingchen marked out the little prince's detailed condition, including the detailed data and location of his cleft lip, and then discussed the surgical plan with Sun Sixing. When they were halfway through their conversation, the housekeeper came running over in a hurry.
"Girl, Zhai, Zhai..."
Before the housekeeper finished reporting, Zhai Dongming shouted loudly: "Feng Qingchen, hurry up, bandage me, I'm injured."
As he was speaking, Zhai Dongming walked in dragging a bloody arm.
"Why is the injury so serious?" Feng Qingchen quickly stood up, asked Zhai Dongming to sit down, and signaled Sun Sixing to get the medicine box to bandage Zhai Dongming's wound.
"Don't mention it. I've been so unlucky lately, with troubles one after another. I really don't want to be in charge of the city gate." Zhai Dongming looked irritated, his eyes were terribly red and swollen, and it was obvious that he hadn't slept for several days. He also exuded a sour smell similar to that of pickles.
Uh... Feng Qingchen didn't dare to speak. Zhai Dongming has been so busy recently, thanks to Lan Jiuqing.
Zhai Dongming didn't need Feng Qingchen to ask at all, he just talked a lot like pouring beans.
First, it was said that someone broke into the palace and stole something. The emperor asked him to investigate. He had been investigating for more than ten days but didn't find anything. So that was it... It was because he was incompetent.
But who could tell him that it was his fault that Princess Chun died and her guards took the token of Prince Chun's mansion and left the city?
He was just a gatekeeper, so how could he know that Princess Chun was dead? How could he know that the token of Prince Chun's mansion was so easy to steal that any guard could get it? Now that the person has run away, what has he done wrong?
Feng Qingchen did not hear Zhai Dongming's complaints. She only noticed a very important piece of news: "Princess Chun? You said Princess Yaohua is dead?"
Feng Qingchen was extremely shocked. Princess Yaohua had been very well behaved since she got married. How could she die so suddenly?
"Yes, it's Princess Yaohua, that damn woman who always loves to cause trouble for you. It's better if she dies, but why does she have to implicate me after her death?" Zhai Dongming was so angry that he gritted his teeth and pounded the table hard, but it agitated the wound and made him grimace in pain.
Feng Qingchen was in no mood to comfort him. She was shocked by the news of Princess Yaohua's death.
"How did Princess Yaohua die?" She had been thinking for a long time about who was so bold, but she couldn't think of a way to destroy Yaohua and prevent Xiling from taking revenge.
Killing Yaohua would be a slap in the face of Xiling. No matter how much Xiling values Princess Yaohua, the Xiling royal family will not ignore the accidental death of a princess.
The face and dignity of the royal family cannot be challenged.
"I heard it was suicide." Zhai Dongming was well-informed. He knew that there was a rift between Feng Qingchen and Yao Hua, and he would not hide it from Feng Qingchen.
"Suicide?" Feng Qingchen shook his head without even thinking: "Absolutely impossible, Princess Yaohua would never commit suicide." If she was really willing to die, she would not have repeatedly yielded after Xiling Tianlei lost power, married King Chun, and lived a low-key life.
Princess Yaohua absolutely does not want to die, nor does she have the courage to do so.
"No matter whether she committed suicide or not, we in Dongling are now insisting that she plotted to murder the royal descendants, and when the plot was exposed, she committed suicide out of fear of being punished." Even if Yaohua died, she would not be able to get a good reputation, as Dongling would still have to accuse her of a crime.
"Murdering the royal family's young son? Another concubine in Prince Chun's mansion has lost her child?" This was Feng Qingchen's first reaction.
"A concubine and a maidservant lost two children at the same time. The baby in the concubine's belly was six months old, a fully formed baby boy. All the evidence pointed to Princess Yaohua, who hanged herself that night." However, no one noticed something was wrong until noon, and when they rushed in, Princess Yaohua's body was already stiff.
"What a sin." Feng Qingchen felt uncomfortable after hearing this.
It wasn’t because of Yaohua, but because of the two children who were accidentally aborted.
"Indeed, Prince Chun is really committing a sin. He couldn't protect his own wives, concubines and children, so he shouldn't let others get pregnant. Now he's causing me to suffer as well." Zhai Dongming was filled with envy and jealousy.
How come Prince Chun is so powerful that he can make all the women in his backyard pregnant? In order to leave descendants for the Zhai family, he took in more than a dozen women and worked hard to cultivate them whenever he had free time, but up to now, he has not left a single child.
Zhai Dongming looked at Feng Qingchen, hesitating whether to let Feng Qingchen take a look at him?
But this kind of thing... is as embarrassing as not being able to do it, how could he bring himself to say it!