Chapter 13 Changing Clothes
"The Concubine Yi's piano playing has always been so beautiful. Not only the Emperor, but I also like it very much when I listen to it." Concubine Feng said with a smile.
Concubine Yi smiled embarrassedly.
Qi Yixiu personally poured tea for Concubine Yi: "Concubine Yi can't drink much, so just drink tea."
No one would pay attention to the talented person who returned to the banquet with a pale face.
The dance she just performed was like a joke.
Yao Baolin came close to Shen Chuliu and whispered, "It's quite pitiful."
Her words were a statement, and she didn't mean for Shen Chuliu to answer.
Shen Chuliu thought, if we talk about pitiful people, there are so many pitiful people in the harem.
This talented person wanted to enter the palace herself. The harem has always been cruel. How successful one is depends entirely on one's own ability and luck. Don't sympathize with anyone here, they are all the same.
Who knows, in the future I might end up worse off than Miao Cairen.
She thought about it and started laughing.
Qi Yixiu above was not looking at Shen Chuliu at first, but when he glanced over, he happened to see the little concubine smiling very beautifully.
She was wearing a turquoise skirt today, her usual chest-length skirt and a lily bun. The simple outfit looked clean and refreshing, perfect for summer.
"Why is Shen Baolin laughing?" Qi Yixiu suddenly asked.
Shen Chuliu was stunned and stood up: "I think the lotus flowers are blooming beautifully."
Qi Yixiu pondered: "How dare you lie in front of me?"
Shen Chuliu felt embarrassed: "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I was just wondering if there were any fish in the pond. I was just thinking about it casually, but I accidentally thought about how to cook fish. I just laughed at myself for being greedy..."
Qi Yixiu also laughed: "If that's the case, you are quite greedy. You can't eat the fish here, Concubine Shu. If you are greedy, ask the kitchen to make it and send it to you later."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Chuliu bowed and sat down.
Without saying much, it would be wrong to seduce the emperor at this time.
Just like that, she had already attracted many glances from everyone.
Concubine Shu no longer mentioned Shen Chuliu, for fear that the emperor would really remember her.
When the banquet was over, the emperor took Concubine Yi to Taiji Palace.
The queen and others went back.
Miao Cairen was ridiculed again on the way. With Concubine Cao around, she had no chance of having an easy life.
It was originally just a small matter, but Miao Cairen was bumped by someone and lost her balance all of a sudden, and fell directly on Concubine Cao.
Concubine Cao's Qiu Shui Pavilion was not far behind Concubine Shu's Fuyang Palace, while Concubine Miao's residence was actually at the other end of the imperial palace, so they were about to part ways.
It was Concubine Cao herself who was not willing to take any trouble and had to humiliate this talented person.
At this time, no one had gone far. The queen calmly ordered people to carry Concubine Cao back to her Qiu Shui Pavilion first, and then ordered people to arrest Concubine Miao.
Miao Cairen cried out for injustice, but she did bump into Concubine Cao and could not refute it.
She said someone pushed her, but no one saw it, or if someone saw it, they wouldn't say anything.
How many people were hoping that Concubine Cao would give birth to this child?
The imperial physician quickly arrived at Qiu Shui Pavilion, and the emperor also returned with Concubine Yi.
Although Concubine Cao had abdominal pain, she did not miscarry, and the imperial physician breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's best to rest quietly for the next month and don't get angry." said the old doctor.
He also knew that none of the ladies in the harem were worry-free, so there was no need to say more.
Concubine Cao cried bitterly, saying that Concubine Miao was trying to murder her.
The emperor sighed: "You are such a beautiful lady, why do you always have to settle down with such a thing?"
He said this very gently, as if he had infinite love for Lady Cao.
Shen Chuliu who was standing behind thought that the emperor was very good at playing the role of a love-struck person.
Miao Cairen, who was kneeling outside the door, was also crying. She knew her own grievances, but now she also understood that the emperor would never favor her.
So she simply stopped begging for mercy. In fact, what was there to beg for? The emperor knew everything whether she said it or not.
How could she, a newcomer to the palace who couldn't even stand steadily, go crazy and plot to murder the royal heir?
After comforting Lady Cao, Qi Yixiu stood up and walked to the door: "You should also get up and go back to reflect on yourself. Don't be impulsive in the future."
Miao Cairen was as if she had been pardoned: "Yes, I thank the emperor very much."
This was handled with care.
Everyone couldn't help but re-evaluate the favor of this talented person.
After all, Concubine Cao was having a miscarriage, so she didn't dare to walk around.
But she is a person who cannot be restrained by nature. She is impetuous by nature and has been doing all kinds of weird things since she got pregnant.
After being locked up for a few days, she started to find fault and asked her palace maid Miao Cairen to come and talk to her.
The palace maid couldn't persuade him, so she had to go and invite him.
Miao Cairen certainly didn't want to come, but Concubine Cao was one level higher than her.
If it were any other concubine of a higher rank, it would be useless. If you don't want to go, then don't go.
But she didn't dare, after all, she was born in a very humble family.
For three consecutive days, Miao Cairen was called away by Concubine Cao every day and stayed there for the entire day without even having lunch.
On the fourth day, Miao Cairen couldn't get up.
This time, the emperor acted as if he knew nothing about it and didn't care about it at all.
The Emperor allowed Concubine Cao to vent her anger at that time. Since Concubine Miao could not come, she asked her senior palace maid to go to Zilin Pavilion to curse people.
This went on for seven days, and although nothing happened to Concubine Miao, something happened to Concubine Cao.
This time it was noon, and they hurriedly called the imperial physician, but before the physician arrived, she had already had her period.
It's not even three months yet, and if you see red, it's basically impossible to keep it.
As expected, the imperial physician shook his head and said, "I will prescribe medicine right away. You must clean out the remaining food in your stomach and ask the beauty to take good care of herself."
Concubine Cao was still unconscious and didn't know any of this.
When the emperor and empress arrived, Concubine Cao had just woken up and was crying at the top of her lungs.
Qi Yixiu showed no expression, but he had no intention of going in either.
The Queen and Concubine Shu went in to see Concubine Cao and said a few words of comfort to her.
"What's going on?" Qi Yixiu asked the imperial physician, who was sitting there and showed no sign of anger.
But the imperial physician felt that the emperor was furious.
"To answer your Majesty's question, yes... the beautiful lady was not well taken care of last time, and she has been very irritable recently. It is summer now, so it is inevitable that she has a miscarriage..."
Does this mean that Concubine Cao lost her popularity with this pregnancy?
Qi Yixiu nodded and tapped the table lightly: "Pass on my order, the talented Miao offended the heir to the throne and will be demoted and stripped of her title. Concubine Cao failed to protect the heir to the throne and will be demoted to a talented person."
After that, he stood up and said, "Talented Lady Cao needs to be well-educated. Let's remove the sign first and put it up again in half a year. Tell the Queen that I am leaving first."
The palace maid at the back quickly responded.
For a while, Qiu Shui Pavilion became a cold place.
I thought the beauty would be promoted to Concubine this time, which would be one step closer to becoming one of the Nine Concubines, but who would have thought that she would be demoted...
The Emperor said this because he must be disgusted with his mistress for not being well behaved even though she was pregnant, and he had to avoid provoking that Miao... Oh no, it was Wei Gengyi.
[I think I need to remind everyone that for this book, please do not compare the emotional scenes with my old books.]
(End of this chapter)
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