Chapter 188 A Big Game
Concubine Yun has always known that Concubine Chen is a person who sticks to her word.
If she didn't do this, she would end up dead.
If she did it and the Concubine Chen was also implicated, then the Concubine Chen would not let anything happen to her even for the sake of protecting herself.
After much deliberation, Concubine Yun had no choice but to take the risk and agree to this matter.
"Give me the powder, and I will follow your instructions."
Hearing this, Concubine Chen gently fiddled with the kingfisher feathers on the pearl hairpin worn by Concubine Yun and smiled silently.
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At the beginning of July, the palace selection was about to begin. If the queen continued to claim illness and ignored the affairs of the six palaces, then someone else would have to attend the palace selection on her behalf.
Naturally, she would not give up the limelight to anyone else, so she responded to the greetings from the six palaces.
Actually, today's visit was the first time that the Queen appeared in front of all the concubines after she experienced a series of dangerous events such as premature birth and hemorrhage.
Song Zhao glanced at the queen from the corner of his eye.
Look at her today, she is dressed very simply, with light makeup on, and you can still vaguely see her appearance as a woman who has just recovered from a serious illness.
Later, all the concubines expressed their congratulations to her one after another.
"I congratulate Her Majesty the Queen on the birth of a princess." Concubine Ying spoke first. After that, she took out a gold-engraved peace locket from her bosom and handed it to the palace maid to present to the Queen.
"This is a peace locket that I made myself, and I give it to the princess. I hope everything goes well for her."
The Queen accepted it with a smile, and Concubine Yun said, "I am not as skillful as Concubine Ying. Your Majesty knows me. Apart from making perfume, I am useless in other things. But Your Majesty doesn't like to use perfume, so I made some fruit-scented oil for you with the essence of flowers and fruits. Whenever Your Majesty recites Buddhist scriptures, you can drop two drops into the Buddha shrine to calm your mind."
The Queen took the porcelain bottle presented by Concubine Yun and as soon as she opened it, the fruity aroma wafted out, and everyone was amazed.
As for Concubine Chen, she made a big move today.
He clapped his hands and ordered people to carry in a Buddha statue covered with purple cloth.
The concubine walked to the Buddha statue with a bright smile and tore off the purple cloth with her own hands.
Only then did everyone see that what she gave to the queen was actually a statue of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility?
The concubines in the hall almost stopped breathing at the same time, and the queen's face looked extremely ugly.
Concubine Pian Chen smiled and said, "This Guanyin symbolizes many children and good fortune. I give this to your Highness, hoping that you can give birth to many children for the Emperor."
"Concubine Chen! What are you crazy about!"
Concubine Yun was the first to stand up and said, "You gave the Queen such a statue of Guanyin. Are you really trying to make her feel unhappy?"
"What a joke! Why am I causing trouble for the Queen?" The Princess's eyes flew, and she said more and more wantonly: "The imperial physician only said that the Queen will have difficulty getting pregnant in the future, but he didn't say that she will definitely not be able to get pregnant. For things like this, we should do our best and leave the rest to fate. I gave the Queen a fertility-giving Guanyin to express my good wishes to her. Why are you so angry? Haha?"
She suddenly raised her silk hand to cover her mouth and laughed awkwardly, "Why? Do you think that the Queen will never have the chance to get pregnant again in this lifetime?"
“You…” Concubine Yun couldn’t win the argument, so she quickly walked to the statue of Guanyin, pulled up the purple cloth and covered it again, “Someone! Move this thing out!”
What happened later was just a quarrel between Concubine Chen and Concubine Yun, and the Queen stepped in to mediate.
This was the most common scene Song Zhao had seen when paying respects since entering the palace, and it was not surprising.
But just now when Concubine Yun passed by her, Song Zhao clearly smelled a familiar fragrance.
Why do you say familiar?
Because before the queen was pregnant,
Concubine Yun used perfumed powder with this scent every day and wandered around in front of the Queen.
Later, when the Queen became pregnant, Concubine Yun's scent changed.
Now that the queen has safely given birth to a daughter, the fragrance has returned again?
Song Zhao turned his head away and pretended to talk to Huipin. He subconsciously raised his silk to cover the tip of his nose.
During the greetings today, Concubine Yun protected the Queen and had a big argument with Concubine Chen, which earned her a good impression in the eyes of the Queen.
In the following days, Concubine Yun was just like before, hanging around the Queen and trying to curry her favor every day.
The queen also seemed to be very close to her, and even broke the rules in private, calling her sister.
On this day, Concubine Yun accompanied the Queen in worshipping Buddha for half a day.
After she left, Shuang Ruo presented the queen with a plate of iced watermelon.
She smelled the scent of Concubine Yun in the hall, which was almost covering up the scent of sandalwood, so she said:
"My Lady, the fragrance of Concubine Yun has returned as expected."
The Queen disagreed, but took a deep breath and said calmly:
"Yes. But this smell is really good. I haven't smelled it for a long time. I miss it a lot."
Shuang Ruo laughed secretly and said, "That Concubine Chen thought that this perfume powder could cause the Queen's heart disease to relapse. How could she know that in fact, the Queen has never had any heart disease. He was just trying to deal with all kinds of changes by keeping the same, and making a fool of her."
The Queen's mental illness has always been a means for her to win favor.
With a heart disease, Jamel Xiao would naturally treat her more gently.
Even if not, what man can resist the love of a woman who is willing to risk her life to give birth to a child for him?
There are many fertile women in the harem, so of course the queen has to be the most unique one so that Xiao Jingheng will remember her kindness more.
Indeed, she did.
Although she only gave birth to a princess, and although she had premature labor and hemorrhage and could not have children again,
It was regrettable, but Jamel Xiao's guilt and pity for her were real.
Sometimes, a man’s guilt towards you is enough to guarantee your prosperity for the rest of your life.
She also pretended to have a heart disease, so that if any concubine wanted to harm her secretly, they would definitely think of this.
But what’s the use of having this thought?
No matter how a healthy person is plotted against, it will only be a waste of other people's efforts.
The queen was smiling.
But somehow, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he said in a very frightened tone:
"The Concubine Chen knew that I had a heart disease, but she teamed up with Concubine Yun to use such a despicable method to murder me! It was because I was close to Concubine Yun in the past and smelled too much of her perfume that I was hurt, resulting in premature birth and hemorrhage! I can never get pregnant again in this life!"
She protected her lower abdomen with her right hand, her eyes fierce, "The mother's family of Concubine Chen offended the emperor in the previous dynasty, and Concubine Chen also did evil things in the harem, plotting to murder the Empress and the heir! How can the emperor be at ease to keep such a vicious woman in his bed?"
With just a few words, the Queen threw all the dirty water on the Concubine Chen.
If this matter develops as she said,
Even if the Concubine Chen had extraordinary powers, she would probably have no chance of turning things around.
The queen reached out her hand to Shuangruo and let Shuangruo help her to the bed.
She took off her shoes and socks and lay down slowly.
Then he waved his hand at Chong Shuangruo with a sly smile.
"My heart disease is coming back. Go to the Imperial Hospital and tell them. Remember, make as much noise as you can."
As soon as she finished speaking, the smile on her face faded away.
Then he clutched his chest tightly and began to groan in pain...
[Tomorrow is Friday! Tomorrow night I will show you a big show!]
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