Chapter 173 Dirty Words
"Yes, it's fast. It's only been two years since she came in, and she has climbed from Baolin to the third rank ninth concubine." Shen Chuliu smiled: "She is also very good. Among my batch, plus her and Chen Baolin, no one is better than her."
"It depends on you, Concubine Jing." Yao Baolin said.
"As for me, it depends on God's will whether I can have a baby. There's nothing wrong with my body, and what's supposed to happen will happen."
Yao Baolin agreed with a smile, thinking about the musk incident last year. He didn't dare to tell it out loud to upset Shen Chuliu.
After talking for a while, it was not yet time for dinner when Yuanxiao and others came outside to pay their respects, and the emperor arrived.
Yao Baolin was startled and stood up quickly.
I know in my heart that the Emperor came now because he was unable to attend Concubine Jing's birthday celebration yesterday.
Everyone was busy greeting each other. Qi Yixiu waved his hand without even looking at Yao Baolin. Yao Baolin quickly left on his own accord.
"Why is the emperor here? I thought you were still with Concubine Li... Oh no, it's Concubine Li Chongrong."
Qi Yixiu felt quite strange listening to this lady.
"Yesterday was my beloved concubine's birthday, so naturally I should come today. What a coincidence." Qi Yixiu said.
Shen Chuliu smiled: "That's true. I just came back and was starving. I ate a little bit, but I can't eat much at night. What a loss."
Qi Yixiu laughed, it’s not a big deal to eat, you can eat it every day.
Li Chongrong was here. She finally saw the emperor off and felt relieved.
"Master." Yutao and Bitao came over and said, "The Fourth Prince is doing very well. You can rest assured."
Li Chongrong smiled and said, "Well, a seven-jin baby, how can it not be good?"
"It's you who suffers." Yutao said.
"This is great. The Shangyan Dingkun Pill given by the Emperor is just right for me to enjoy."
"Yes, I asked around, and this time it's only available at the two Empress Dowagers' place, the Queen's place, your place, and Concubine Jing's place." Yutao said.
"The two Empress Dowagers are our elders, the Queen is the Queen, and I am pregnant, so she doesn't lack anything. Tsk..." Li Chongrong shook her head.
"Master, you are the queen now, how can you compare with her? You are better than her." Yu Tao smiled and said, "And the Fourth Prince, you are of noble status."
"If you start thinking like this now, then you should move to the cold palace as soon as possible. You are just getting started." Li Chongrong snorted, "Don't underestimate her. Even before she was pregnant, she could catch up with me in rank. If she gets pregnant, the three rank positions in the Chong character of the Nine Concubines will be full. If she wants to be promoted, she will at least get the three rank positions in the Xiu character, which will be higher than me."
"Yes, the master is right." Yu Tao said hurriedly.
"Okay, I should take a nap. You guys should also take a rest. If you haven't eaten yet, please do so quickly." Li Chongrong waved her hand.
When she closed her eyes, she thought that the emperor had asked Ning Chongyi to occupy the first position above the word "Chong" early in the morning, and she thought she could be the one below the word "Xiu".
However, the Ning family should not be underestimated.
He has no children and no family background but can still rise step by step. Although the emperor rarely visits, he has no shortage of rewards. He is also a powerful person.
As the weather got warmer, Shen Chuliu spent two days tidying up the place, changing all the tents and other items to light-colored ones. Zi Rui and the others also put away all of Shen Chuliu's thick clothes, and took out the light-colored and thin ones, and dried and washed them.
After she was clean and refreshed, Shen Chuliu changed into an emerald green skirt, combed her hair into a neat lily bun, fixed it with hairpins, and went to the Imperial Garden.
It is the best time for peach blossoms to bloom again. It is the season for appreciating peach blossoms.
They went outside the peach orchard and saw from afar the ground covered with fallen petals, which was quite interesting.
It was also a coincidence that I met someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
They are collecting peach petals. The petals of peach blossoms can be used as medicine. Many medicines that women need contain this ingredient.
The leader was an ordinary imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the others were just servants.
If they didn't ask for the pulse, they couldn't easily approach the masters, so after paying their respects they hurriedly left.
This is a trivial matter.
Afterwards, Shen Chuliu went to appreciate the flowers with Yao Baolin and others.
Sitting in the pavilion and looking at it, a gust of wind came from time to time, and the peach petals flew everywhere.
It's quite interesting.
It was supposed to be an ordinary day, but after a few days, discordant voices began to appear.
It turned out that Lu Baolin's servant was also picking flowers here that day, so she saw the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau paying his respects to Shen Chuliu.
Originally, he just said it briefly, but Lu Baolin lost his mind and started to cause trouble.
At first it was just the nonsense of the servants below, and then it became more and more serious.
It was not until April, when he was paying respects at Fengzao Palace, that Concubine Feng asked him about his face.
"I heard that some time ago, Concubine Jing had a secret meeting with the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau in Taolin?"
Shen Chuliu was stunned: "Madam Feng Shufei, how can you say such nonsense? When did I have a secret meeting with someone?"
"Why are you in such a hurry? Many people in the palace said this, and someone saw it. You should ask Lu Baolin about this. Her servants all saw it." Concubine Feng said.
"Feng! You are a first-rank concubine, how can you say such a rumor?" The queen asked angrily, "What is going on?"
Emei stepped forward and said, "To answer your Majesty, this is pure nonsense. About last month, Concubine Jing and Yao Baolin went to enjoy the flowers and happened to see the imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau with a dozen boys picking flowers for medicine. How did it spread like this?"
"How outrageous! Feng, you are becoming more and more outrageous! Is this what a concubine like you should say? You are relying on the Empress Dowager Feng and you look down upon me and everyone else more and more?" The Queen knew about this matter a long time ago and was just waiting for Concubine Feng to speak.
Concubine Feng knelt down unwillingly: "How dare I? I just spoke hastily. No matter what the matter is, it is really unpleasant to hear such words spread."
"Since my sister knew it was unpleasant, she should have informed the Queen and asked her to deal with it earlier. How could she say such things in public?" Concubine Kang De shook her head: "My sister is really..."
"Stop pretending to be a good person. I heard it. Didn't you?" Concubine Feng said angrily.
"Your Majesty, I have never heard of it." Concubine Kangde denied it completely.
In fact, Lu Baolin's servants saw it, and they didn't originally say anything so harsh, but as it spread, it became more unpleasant.
What's more, Concubine Feng had no intention of protecting Lu Baolin, so she just let her know.
Lu Baolin didn't come today either. She is in her advanced stage of pregnancy and is due to give birth next month, so she didn't come.
Shen Chuliu said, "Your Majesty, please be clear. I have nothing to hide from others. Where I go every day and who has seen me are all easy to verify. I cannot tolerate such dirty words from Lu."
"Don't worry, I believe you. I will never forgive you any dirty words." The queen snorted.
"Ms. Feng was disrespectful and will be confined to her house for a month. There is no need to hang a green card on her head." The Queen said calmly: "As for Lu Baolin, whichever servant said that, send him to the Internal Criminal Department immediately."
Shen Chuliu: Haha, what the hell?
Queen: This makes me sick.
(End of this chapter)
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