Chapter 24 Damn it
"What does aunt mean?" Concubine Feng Shufei understood something.
"If Concubine Yi is so favored and promoted, it will not be good for you." Empress Dowager Feng said softly: "One of An Baolin and Wei is bound to be a boy. It would be better..."
She thought for a moment and waved her hand: "You go back first. I will definitely worry about you. You should be more sensible. Even if you can't have another child, you must take good care of the second prince. Don't let anything happen to him."
The Feng family had a queen, so it couldn't be for nothing. She had to at least keep the Feng family rich and prosperous for the next three generations.
Even if Concubine Shu cannot go further, her children must not fall behind.
On Shen Chuliu's side, a eunuch in the palace who wanted to please her brought her a bottle of well-opened lotus flowers.
The lotus is half-opened, pink and white in color. It is already August now, and these are probably the last few remaining among the last batch of lotus flowers.
Shen Chuliu had to accept the favor. It would have been fine if it was a farewell gift. Although such a gift was not expensive, it was really a token of the other person's thoughtfulness.
It can be seen that she has been sleeping with the emperor more recently than before, which is something that people can see.
Asking Chi Su to give a tip to the eunuch, she smiled and said, "It's hard for you to find this. I like it very much."
The eunuch was extremely polite: "When I saw this flower, I knew it was suitable for you, Shen Xiaoyi. You see, isn't it said that only beautiful women deserve flowers? You are the most suitable one."
Shen Chuliu smiled and asked someone to send him out.
She also liked the flowers in the white porcelain vase: "As the saying goes, whether it is sunny or rainy in the palace depends on the mood of the emperor. Now it seems that the sky in Cuiyunxuan is sunny."
"Xiaoyi is right. We are not the most eye-catching, but we are also very good. I heard that Li Baolin's meals in Jiyunxuan were late several times. It was only after Concubine Feng scolded the people in the kitchen that they asked them to deliver the meals properly." Zizhu said as if she was really chatting.
Shen Chuliu even laughed. This girl is very smart, but she is too honest.
He gave all his loyalty to her, which was quite similar to the silly girl Xiren in Dream of the Red Chamber.
"Although Li Baolin is only Baolin, she was pregnant with the emperor's heir. Although she had a miscarriage, there was something fishy about it. The emperor knew it all. The queen never treated her harshly. How come someone suddenly provided her with good meals?"
"Now that the Queen is pregnant, isn't it Concubine Feng's job to manage the palace? She was negligent and went to complain to the kitchen herself, which is not a big deal. Li Baolin is not a fool, so how could he be easily won over?"
"Xiaoyi is right. Concubine Shu's methods are a bit superficial. But Empress Dowager Feng is behind this," said Zizhu.
"That has nothing to do with me. Anyway, you are not trying to win me over." Shen Chuliu said.
"I am just afraid. Now that Xiaoyi favors me more, I am afraid that they will fight with each other and involve you." Zizhu said again.
Shen Chuliu nodded: "What you said makes sense. Let's just watch for now. Be careful and don't let anyone do anything to us."
"Don't worry, Xiaoyi, we will be very careful." Zizhu said.
I was thinking something might happen, and then something really happened.
The next day, word spread in the palace that the Queen's pregnancy was unstable and a fortune teller said that she would have to be raised together with her other children.
This is nothing. Nowadays, it is an honor for a concubine's child to grow up with the wife.
But then, word spread that the queen only wanted the child. As for the child's biological mother, she would naturally be eliminated.
"What you said is really heartbreaking. Don't you want them to have a good pregnancy?" Yao Baolin whispered.
Shen Chuliu shook her head: "The Queen would never have such an idea."
Yao Baolin also nodded: "Yes, if this is not the Queen's intention, who else could it be? Oh... I'm afraid it's going to be a big fuss in this palace."
"We are just small people, and others don't have the time to make a fuss for us." Shen Chuliu said.
"I am a small person. Chu Liu, you are in favor now. How can you say that you are a small person?" Yao Baolin joked.
Shen Chuliu smiled shyly: "That's just average, far inferior to Li Baolin and the others. Not to mention compared to Concubine Li and Concubine Yi."
"Although not as good as the Concubine Yi, it's not bad. After all, many people still can't see the emperor."
The two of them had a quarrel and then went their separate ways.
She didn't take it seriously at first, but the next day when all the concubines in the palace were called to Concubine Feng's Fuyang Palace, Shen Chuliu discovered something was wrong.
The emperor should be in the front court at this time, not here. Moreover, he called everyone here, obviously there was something going on.
After everyone greeted him, Qi Yixiu glanced at them and said, "Bring the person here."
Shen Chuliu felt uneasy as she watched all this.
I saw a familiar-looking eunuch being brought up. He had obviously been tortured before and was walking with a limp.
Shen Chuliu felt a jolt in her heart as soon as she saw it. This eunuch was the one who sent her lotus flowers a few days ago! There was no such thing as coincidence in the palace. She only needed to think about it to know that this was a plot against her.
Considering that her favor among the newcomers was not as great as that of Li Baolin and Lu Xiaoyi, it was indeed wrong to believe that eunuchs could recognize talent.
She watched calmly, only to see the eunuch kneeling tremblingly: "This slave deserves to die..."
"Say it again, where did these rumors in the palace come from?" Concubine Feng glanced at Shen Chuliu intentionally or unintentionally, but her words were addressed to the eunuchs below.
The eunuch trembled and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, yes... yes..."
"Speak." Qi Yixiu frowned slightly.
He always appeared kind to others, but once his face turned stern, most people wanted to kneel down and beg for mercy.
"It was Shen Xiaoyi. It was Shen Xiaoyi who asked me to do it. It was I who shouldn't have been greedy for money..." The eunuch kowtowed repeatedly.
Shen Chuliu sighed lightly. After all, there was only one Shen Xiaoyi in the entire harem.
She stood up and walked out of the line: "Your Majesty, Madam Concubine Shu, I just came here and I don't know what happened."
"Sister Xiaoyi is good at pretending. Since you don't know, how can this servant accuse you without any evidence? He has just been tortured." Li Baolin smiled, with full of ill intentions.
"Shen Xiaoyi, I deserve to die and shouldn't tell anyone. But the emperor asked, how dare I? This matter is not a big deal. Although you spread rumors and slandered the queen, as long as you beg the emperor, it will not be a big deal." The eunuch advised "kindly".
"I don't know what evidence you have to say that I slandered the Queen. Can the servants in this palace freely associate with their masters? Whether I am guilty or not is my business. What do you rely on to persuade me? Just based on this, you deserve to die." Shen Chuliu said angrily to the eunuch.
(End of this chapter)
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