Chapter 353 Retribution
This woman doesn't deserve sympathy. Although some of the things that happened back then have been buried and can't be brought up, she has to bear the guilt.
How can we know that this is not retribution? "How can it be? Although Meng Baolin is in poor health and no longer serves the emperor, the emperor still occasionally asks her to serve a meal. Since then, Yi Chongyuan has not had any private contact with the emperor. The rewards for the four seasons and eight festivals are all according to the rules, and there are no extra rewards." Ji Mei shook her head: "After a long time, what does she want? She was born in an ordinary family and her status was not high when she was favored. I guess she has nothing left over these years."
"Yes, I am a sick person and I have to take medicine all year round." Zhemei also said.
"Every time at this time, I can't help but sigh that fortunately I still have a family background." She had a lot of money in her hands, which was enough to support her life in the palace.
What's more, the more favored you are, the smoother everything will go.
Yi Chongyuan now relies entirely on money, so her life is naturally difficult.
"It's not just you. Yao Baolin has also felt much more comfortable following you over the years. Speaking of which, Concubine Rong's status is much higher than hers, but she hasn't necessarily lived as comfortably as she has." Zhemei said with a smile.
"Yes, but fortunately Yao Baolin is of the same mind as us, and she loves the Sixth Prince wholeheartedly. After the New Year, the Sixth Prince will move to Ruiqing Palace, and she has made a lot of things for him."
Shen Chuliu watched Zhemei and Jimei chatting, occasionally saying something. It was quite interesting.
She has everything good and lacks nothing, so of course there are some bad things.
For example, Yi Chongyuan who had just returned from the Queen.
Yi Chongyuan looked at the half-new Furong Pavilion and didn't know how to calm down.
When she was in favor, she used silver thread carbon every year, so naturally there was no such thing as not enough.
In winter, you don't have to go to pick it up, someone will deliver it to you naturally.
But now... yes, it is out of favor, the silver thread charcoal cannot be used, but even the second-rate red radish charcoal is not enough.
She was indeed too afraid of the cold and needed more, but the charcoal sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not good. Four out of ten pieces were stone charcoal that could not be burned...
Although the queen is generous, she doesn't want to give everything. If she opens a door and asks for everything, wouldn't that be troublesome?
So even if you give her some, don't give her too much.
Yi Chongyuan felt a chill in her heart as she listened to the servants outside busy preparing for the New Year.
Red radish charcoal is already a very inferior thing, and even the palace maids who care about their reputation don’t use it.
The best in the palace is gold-thread carbon, which is used by both the Empress Dowagers and the Queen.
However, there is also a better kind of silver frost carbon that is used only by the emperor. I heard that the prince is also using it now.
Silver thread carbon is also precious. Only favored and high-ranking concubines can use it, and princesses also use it.
The common ones are red charcoal, and the worse ones are black charcoal, which produces a lot of smoke and is not durable to burn.
But people like Yi Chongyuan who are weak and afraid of cold should not use this red charcoal, because it burns too hot and is not good for the body.
But she had no choice, as the supply was cut off.
Whenever I think back to those days, I really don’t want to live anymore.
But who wants to die?
Just endure it year after year, and people will become numb.
Yi Chongyuan has white hair now.
The more you endure, the less energy you have. The less energy you have, the more you endure.
I never know when it will end.
The palace maid Lianxin brought hot tea, and Yi Chongyuan was indeed cold, so she took it and took a sip.
She had gotten used to it, and the tea here was nothing good.
She likes green tea, but she should drink fresh green tea...
Old green tea tastes very strange, but the amount of new green tea she can get in a year is very limited.
I don’t even dare to drink it myself, I always have to save some for guests and to show off.
"Don't use this tea in the future. Change it to something else, even cheaper ones, or make some chrysanthemum tea. If that doesn't work, just use plain water." Yi Chongyuan gave the instructions softly while drinking tea.
Lianxin hurriedly agreed, but she was also very worried in her heart. Furongxuan was getting worse every year.
Think about how glorious it was when the master was still in favor...
I really don’t dare to think about it. The more I think about it, the less hopeful I feel.
The weather is as cold as usual.
When it was the sixth prince's birthday, the emperor came as usual.
The Sixth Prince celebrated his birthday and was very happy. He got a lot of gifts. Although he threw them aside after looking at them, he still liked them.
Since the emperor had come, he naturally stayed.
But I didn't expect that at this time and under this circumstance, Concubine Qian's old illness would relapse in the middle of the night. She came to invite the emperor again! Shen Chuliu was sleeping soundly, and the voice of Chusi calling woke her up.
She wanted to get angry, but Qi Yixiu got angry first: "Tell her that if she wants to be demoted, just do it again!"
Chu Si replied with a "yes", thinking that Concubine Qian was really stubborn! But this time, the wolf really came.
Because the emperor was angry, Concubine Qian didn't dare to ask again, so she could only ask the queen.
In fact, she should have gone to the queen first, but she was being stubborn and had to go to the emperor first.
The queen was also awakened.
"It is said that Concubine Qian is about to give birth." Peilan came in and said.
"It's only a short time now, how come she's about to give birth?" The Queen frowned, "Is it too late?"
"It's not enough, but I don't think it's fake. She said she went to Cuiyunxuan first and was scolded by the emperor before coming to us. It's really rude of her." Peilan said.
"Well, ask the imperial physician and the midwife to prepare. I won't go in the middle of the night." The queen didn't like Concubine Qian, so naturally she didn't want to go: "You go and watch over it."
Perrin agreed and went to do the work.
Since the emperor and the empress didn't come in the middle of the night, naturally the other concubines didn't dare to come either.
The emperor really didn't know that she was going to give birth. It was also his fault that he kept talking about the pregnancy, and no one believed him anymore.
As for the queen, she thought that the emperor thought the same way. Even if something happened, she would be the same as the emperor. The emperor would suspect that she was a demon, but wouldn't the queen? It was so cold, and the New Year was coming.
So Concubine Qian's baby was lonely and awkward.
But she really was going to give birth. It wouldn't be difficult to give birth to a seven-month-old baby.
When it was almost dawn, the emperor's tenth prince was born.
It’s just that the child is very small, just under five kilograms.
In the morning, when Qi Yixiu and Shen Chuliu got up, Chusi dared to come and report: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Concubine Qian gave birth to the tenth prince. Both mother and child are safe."
In fact, the tenth prince was born prematurely and was very weak. But compared to the seventh prince born to Han, he was much stronger. At least according to the imperial physician, this child could survive.
Qi Yixiu was stunned: "Give birth?"
I was thinking about it on the fourth day of the New Year, and now the baby is really born!
"Yes, it's born." You said this, if you usually don't do stupid things, it wouldn't be so surprising that you gave birth, right?
Shen Chuliu was also surprised: "It's quite fast?"
"Replying to Empress Zhaoyi, it is premature, but the baby is born prematurely." Chusi hurriedly explained.
(End of this chapter)
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