Chapter 184 Pretending to be Sick
The news in the palace changes rapidly, but what remains unchanged is Shen Fu's favor.
Ever since Shen Fu became pregnant, His Majesty has visited her almost every day.
Sometimes he would accompany Chen Fu for meals, and sometimes he would get something new and unusual and send it to her specifically to please Chen Fu.
Even if he is too busy to have time, His Majesty will always take time out to come and talk to Shen Fu.
This blatant favor became known to everyone in the entire palace within half a month.
The Hehuan Hall is now filled with even more joy. Everyone in the palace knew about His Majesty's favor towards his young mistress.
Not to mention others, even the servants in the Hehuan Palace benefited from it.
The courtyard was filled with a festive atmosphere, but the hall seemed a bit desolate.
There was also a scent of ambergris in the inner hall. On the long rosewood table, there are several exquisite small ornaments.
This was just sent by His Majesty.
Zi Su waved the fan in her hand and glanced at the table out of the corner of her eye.
The northwest region is in the midst of war, and His Majesty has been so busy these days that he has not even been to the harem. However, any good things he has obtained have been sent to the Hehuan Palace.
His Majesty really cares about the young lady.
When Zi Su thought of this, a faint smile appeared on her lips. The hand waving the round fan came forward: "My lord, don't you like it?"
Chen Fu put down the hand that was playing with the ornament, and in her palm was nothing else but a set of exquisite twelve zodiac animals.
I don’t know where His Majesty found them, but these twelve zodiac animals are all carved from jade. The finest emerald has excellent water color, and just one piece of it can be worth a fortune if made into jewelry.
His Majesty was quite good, and actually had a set of twelve zodiac animals carved for him.
Chen Fu chuckled and shook her head: "Put it away." It can't be said that she doesn't like this thing. It's just a decoration. If it is valuable enough, people will naturally collect it.
Well, Your Majesty has sent the wrong thing again.
Shisu nodded, picked up the box and put it away. Just as he was about to leave, Shen Fu behind him held the teacup, lowered her head and took a sip, and asked lightly.
"Is there still no movement from Xiao Guizi?"
Since that day, Chen Fu specially sent people to wait at the door, but the person who eavesdropped that day still failed to show up.
"My lady, maybe that day was an accident." Zi Su knew that the lady had been worried for the past few days, and couldn't help but speak out:
"Besides, it was far away that day, so even if someone was there, they wouldn't be able to hear anything."
"I hope so." Chen Fu rubbed her brows with a headache.
The person has not been found yet, and Shen Fu is still feeling uneasy.
There were only her and He Cairen living in her yard. If someone was eavesdropping, Shen Fu would naturally suspect He Cairen first.
However, He Cairen hasn't even left the house during this period of time.
He never came to wave at her again, saying that he was sick and could not go out.
"I am always restless." Shen Fu stroked the teacup in her palm and raised her head: "He Cairen is not such a quiet person."
On weekdays, He Cairen would try every possible means to meet the Emperor.
They either pretended to be a scammer or pretended to meet him by chance. Anyway, they tried every possible means to come out just to meet the Emperor by chance.
Now, how many days has it been? His Majesty has come so many times, but He Cairen has never come once.
"My Lord, do you mean to say that you still doubt He Cairen?"
Shen Fu stretched out her hand and placed it on her lower abdomen. She didn't want to have a child too soon, but unfortunately, the child came too quickly and she had no choice.
The best plan for now is to protect herself and the baby in her belly since she already has Chen Fu.
"The Emperor sent some supplements two days ago." Chen Fu has not yet finished using the supplements that the Emperor sent some time ago.
This time His Majesty has sent a lot more.
Chen Fu held the teacup and said calmly, "Send some over and say you are here to visit her."
Zi Su glanced at Shen Fu, then knelt down and nodded obediently.
After a while, Zi Su brought the little palace maid and came to He Cairen with a tray.
The Hehuan Hall is not big, with only two courtyards with entrances and exits. Although Chen Fu was not the main seat, she lived in the main hall as soon as she entered.
In the east and west halls next to it, only He Cairen lived. There was a small bamboo forest in the middle of the hall, where two people lived together on weekdays without disturbing each other.
When Zi Su and his men carried the tray over, the door of the side hall was tightly closed.
She looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above her head, then looked at the closed palace door in front of her.
In broad daylight, why is He Cairen locking the door instead of staying in the house to recuperate?
Zi Su was suspicious, and knocked on the closed palace door in front of her: "Who is this talented person?"
"He Cairen, He Cairen, are you in there?"
Inside the house, He Cairen huddled up into a ball: "Why are the people around Concubine Shen here?"
She held the script in both hands and curled up in the quilt. Running around in circles in a hurry.
After she came out from Concubine Shu Guipin that day, she hoped that Shen Fu would be in trouble every day.
Chen Fu was fine. The Emperor came every day, and her eyes turned red with jealousy in the room, but the Emperor's favor did not decrease in the slightest.
He Cairen was both angry and jealous.
I hold the script in my hands every day, but I still can't see the Emperor even once.
"My lady, please don't hide." The palace maid became extremely anxious when she saw He Cairen like this. ""
"She is just a palace maid. What are you afraid of, young master?"
He Cairen put down the script in his hand and shouted towards the door: "What's the matter?"
"What talent?" Zi Su put down her hand that was knocking on the door, and stood at the door with her eyes lowered:
"Our young master heard that He Cairen was ill, so she came here specially to let this servant come and see He Cairen."
"Mr. He, you'd better open the door and let me in, otherwise I won't be able to report to you, right?"
It took a long time before footsteps were heard in the room, and after a while a palace maid came forward and opened the door.
Zi Su walked into the room, only to see He Cairen half leaning on a soft chair, his thin face pale. When he saw Zi Su come in, he covered his mouth and coughed a few times.
"Thank you, Concubine Shen." He Cairen covered the corner of her mouth with her hands, looking very impatient.
What she wanted most now was to see Shen Fu get into trouble, as for other things, she had no interest at all.
Even when he saw Zi Su and others bringing things, He Cairen's eyes were tired and he was not interested at all.
"Concubine Shen is so polite. Just come to see me. Why do you have to be so polite and ask someone to bring something?"
Zi Su looked at He Cairen's expression clearly a few times, and after seeing it clearly, she lowered her eyes and said with a slight smile on her face.
"It's because our young lady is thinking about Concubine He." Zi Su tilted her head, motioned the palace maid behind her to come forward, and then said.
"A few days ago, His Majesty gave me a lot of supplements, including ginseng and snow lotus." Zi Su said as he lifted the red cloth on the tray.
"My lady heard that Mr. He was not feeling well, so she asked me to bring some over so that Mr. He could recover."
When the red cloth was lifted, there were all kinds of good things inside. He Cairen usually covered her mouth with a handkerchief, so she was a little surprised when she saw this scene.
"This..." She blinked: "Are these all given by your young master?"
She became weak after entering the palace, so she knew how good these things were.
If she had used these things to nourish herself well in the past few years, she wouldn't be out of breath after running a few steps now.
He Cairen didn't like Chen Fu, but now with so many things in front of her, it took her a while to be willing to look away.
"Your young lady is quite generous." He Cairen twisted the handkerchief that was covering the corner of her lips in her palm. Her dry tone could not hide the sourness in it.
Zi Su naturally heard it, and raised her eyebrows: "These are all given to our young master by His Majesty."
"The young lady's arm was injured, and the imperial physician carefully instructed that the young lady should take good care of it."
When Zi Su said this, she couldn't help but look up at the person in front of her.
He Cairen was too thin. She looked seriously ill as she lay on the couch. However, her face was pale and she pretended to be very weak.
But those eyes were bright and sharp. How could there be any sign of sickness?
Zi Su smiled and said, "Besides, how can our young master afford such a good tonic? It was only given to us by His Majesty out of pity."
"A reward from His Majesty?" Zi Su's words had just fallen when He Cairen's half-bent body instantly straightened up.
She stared straight ahead without blinking, her gaze straight ahead, as if she was afraid of missing something.
"You said, these are all rewards from His Majesty?" When He Cairen mentioned the three words "His Majesty", he couldn't help but sound shy.
Zi Su was now certain that He Cairen was indeed pretending to be sick.
He sneered in his heart and looked at He Cairen with cold eyes: "Yes."
Zi Su said: "Now that the things have been delivered, I will go back now."
She said this and bowed perfunctorily. After saying this, he walked out with the palace maid.
It's just that the person just walked out of the house. Zi Su deliberately slowed down her pace, and sure enough, she heard a scream behind her.
"A reward from His Majesty..." He Cairen looked at the things on the tray with an expression of obsession.
The three words "Your Highness" were the best thing for her. As long as he was associated with His Majesty, He Cairen's heart would be filled with endless ripples.
"Sure enough..." Zi Su sneered in her heart as she listened to the voice behind her.
Without any hesitation, he quickly went to report to Shen Fu.
“You said, people are pretending?” Inside the house, Shen Fu stopped rubbing her wrist.
The shoulder area has gotten much better now, so Chen Fu would massage it for a while every day to prevent it from becoming less stiff after it healed.
After hearing this, she asked the maid who was massaging her shoulders to leave, and then asked, "Why are you pretending to be sick?"
He Cairen pretended to be sick and stayed indoors. Does that mean that she was indeed the one who eavesdropped that day?
What did she hear? Or did you see something?
Shen Fu's eyes were fixed on her belly. If He Cairen had guessed that she was pregnant, why had there been no movement in the past few days?
Why do you stay indoors?
"I think Mr. He doesn't have this ability." Zi Su said.
She recalled the look in He Cairen's eyes in the hall just now. Just hearing the three words "Your Highness", his eyes were filled with hatred.
The jealousy in his eyes could not be concealed when he talked about the young lady. Even if such a person knew something, it would probably not cause any waves.
"She is useless, but if she knew that I was pregnant, she would definitely tell others the news." Shen Fu shook her head.
"What does the young master mean?"
Chen Fu's palm fell on her lower abdomen: "Didn't Xiao Guizi say a few days ago that He Cairen went to Shu Guipin's place?"
"Shu Guipin..." Zi Su was shocked: "If Shu Guipin knew that the young lady was pregnant, she would definitely do something to the young lady."
Chen Fu closed her eyes tightly, and just as she sighed, the eunuch at the door walked in:
"My lady, Concubine Xiang has sent someone to summon you."
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