Chapter 108 Iron Barrel Protection
After sending off the three people of Empress Zhu, Xi Que pouted: "We are confined to take good care of the fetus. Now, we know everything we should and shouldn't know. Can you still live in peace in the future?"
Jiang Xinyue smiled and didn't seem to care that much: "Where can the palace keep permanent secrets? I didn't expect to prevent the news from leaking out. I am guarding against the calculations of the concubines of lower positions."
People in high positions are especially afraid to take risks, fearing that if they make a wrong step, they will lose everything.
Even if they knew that Jiang Xinyue was pregnant, none of them dared to act rashly.
Especially today, she showed the killer weapon of Li Ma, and even if she wanted to, she was powerless.
But they dare not do it themselves, but it does not mean they dare not instigate others to do it. If those concubines of lower positions get any benefits, they will dare to give it a try.
Jiang Xinyue is on guard against them.
Under house arrest, those concubines of lower positions who have no friendship with her cannot enter her Hexi Palace.
With Nanny Li and Nanny Xiang around, it is impossible for those people to do harm to the people around her.
Now the palace servants of Hexi Palace have to undergo a strict full body check after going out and coming in again, for fear that they will bring in unclean things from outside and put Jiang Xinyue's child in danger.
They are people given by the emperor, and are equivalent to the emperor's spies. Jiang Xinyue trusts them, but still keeps a watchful eye. She still feels uncomfortable in front of the emperor as before. The one
who felt the most jealous of Emperor Xuanwu's ironclad protection was Concubine Shu.
Kunning Palace -
Empress Dowager Wu heard the sound of a mirror breaking in the side hall and stood up quickly in shock: "What's going on? Who put a mirror in Concubine Shu's room?"
Nanny Gui supported the Empress Dowager: "It was not someone else, but Concubine Rong Gui. She said that she had just received a Western mirror from the Emperor and did not dare to enjoy it alone, so she sent it to you as a gift to you, the Empress Dowager. But when it was brought in, Concubine Shu saw it and thought it was given to her by Concubine Rong Gui, so she asked someone to carry it to the side hall. "
The Empress Dowager Wu's face was gloomy: "I have said that Rong Guipin and I are not of the same mind. She has been jealous of Shufei for a long time. How could she miss such a good opportunity to strike Shufei? Giving her to me was fake, and the real purpose was to make Shufei sad. The emperor made her a noble concubine, and she thought she had grown wings. If she is not taught a lesson, she will not even know her own surname."
Waving her hand, the Empress Dowager Wu instructed her chief eunuch, and whispered something that even Nanny Gui could not hear clearly.
"How could the person in this mirror be me? This is not me, get out of here!"
The broken mirror on the ground clearly reflected a face with double chins. The once weak and elegant Shufei had become fat like a ball.
At first, Concubine Shu was forced to eat food that she couldn't eat. She thought that she would spit it out after eating, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
But as she ate, her appetite grew. In the past, she only needed to eat half a bowl of rice to be full, but after leaving Concubine Li, half a bowl of rice was not enough to fill her teeth. She often had to eat two bowls of fragrant rice for every meal to feel comfortable. Accustomed
to the heavy-tasting food with heavy oil and salt in Concubine Li's palace, she felt that the dishes with light soup and water in the past had no appetite.
Unconsciously, Concubine Shu asked the kitchen to improve her dishes with more oil.
She was pregnant and could not see the changes in herself. She only felt that her belly was getting bigger day by day, and she thought it was a natural change in the body of a pregnant woman.
But later, when all the mirrors in her room were taken away by Empress Dowager Wu, she realized something was wrong.
Until today, when she saw herself in the mirror, she almost collapsed.
How could that fat girl be her?
The emperor liked the slender beauty, how could she control the emperor's heart if she became like this?
Although Empress Dowager Wu comforted her that after she gave birth to the child, she would lose weight and control her appetite to regain her former appearance and figure, she still could not accept herself now.
I heard from my sister that the most favored person in the palace now is Concubine Zhen, who is also pregnant. The emperor goes to accompany Concubine Zhen for half a day every day without fail. It is said that he tells stories to the child in Concubine Zhen's belly.
Not only that, in order to let Concubine Zhen rest assured to take care of her baby, the emperor sent Nanny Li to Hexi Palace to take care of Concubine Zhen and her pregnant belly.
Who in this palace has ever been treated like this when they were pregnant?
I'm afraid it was only when the Empress was pregnant with the deceased Prince Duanhui, because he was the Emperor's eldest son, the Emperor especially cherished and loved him, so he let Nanny Li take care of him for a period of time.
Jiang Xinyue, why does she enjoy the same treatment as the Empress?
She always has an uncertain premonition about the baby in her belly, and she may not be able to give birth, because the imperial doctors always tactfully ask her to eat less and exercise more, so as not to have a difficult delivery. She
became pregnant three months earlier than Concubine Zhen, and it's been six months now, but her belly is so big that it looks like someone is about to give birth.
A big baby will be difficult to deliver...
Her belly is already too big now.
This child... can't be
kept. She is afraid that she will have a difficult delivery. If it were in the past, she would not be afraid that the emperor would save the younger one and abandon the older one. But with her current appearance, I am afraid... she is in danger.
Concubine Shu touched her belly and pulled it tightly, her eyes were cold, and she said to the palace maid beside her: "Lianxin, prepare the sedan chair, I want to go to Changxin Palace."
She couldn't bring herself to kill Concubine Zhen, but her child couldn't come into this world in vain. The culprit who caused her to be like this must pay the price.
"Your Highness..."
Lian Xin looked distressed: "Li Guifei is arrogant and domineering, why do you..."
"I left something important in Changxin Palace, it's the token of love between me and the emperor."
Concubine Shu said quickly: "Go and invite the emperor to Changxin Palace, quickly!"
Before leaving, Concubine Shu also took a piece of 100-year-old ginseng in her mouth.
At the same time, Jiang Yankun and the Minister of Personnel Jiang Hewei took Jiang Yanxi with them to the study room to count the dozens of crimes of Prime Minister Song and Prime Minister Song.
Including buying and selling official positions, cheating in imperial examinations, killing officials, intercepting memorials, deceiving the emperor, etc., each of which is a serious crime that can confiscate the property and exterminate the family.
After three months of rigorous investigation, several officials of the Song faction were found to have corrupt subordinates. When they committed crimes, they were suppressed by the Song family and had no chance to be presented to the emperor.
"Bang!"
The inkstone on the desk in the study flew down and hit Prime Minister Song's forehead heavily: "Song Jiangming, I think you Song family are trying to rebel. You have betrayed my trust and deserve to die!"
Black ink mixed with blood, and the famous Prime Minister Song showed himself in such a ruthless manner for the first time.
But he had no intention of maintaining his image. He knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have never done these things. This is all a false accusation, Your Majesty. Someone must have wronged me. Please investigate."
He was referring to Jiang Yankun and Jiang Hewei.