The Empress Dowager sent someone to pick up the fifth prince and take him to the Cining Palace.
He was not allowed to come back until almost dinner time.
As soon as the Fifth Prince returned, the Empress Dowager's reward arrived.
The servants of the Cining Palace came in a grand procession and gifted many rare treasures to the Hehuan Palace.
The concubines who originally wanted to curry favor with Chen Fu now tried even harder.
This was the first time that the Queen Mother bestowed gifts since returning to the palace. Although everyone knew in their hearts that this reward was for the fifth prince.
But His Majesty has only one fifth prince, and Shen Fu was not noble, but now it seems that her status has become noble.
The Hehuan Palace was extremely lively, but the Changqiu Palace was completely silent.
Ling Chun walked along the road holding the medicine in his hands, and he didn't even meet a servant to serve him along the way.
It was not until I reached the inner hall that I saw Concubine Xiang kneeling on the ground burning paper.
There was a burnt smell in the house, but it was not noticeable. A hint of disgust flashed across Ling Chun's eyes.
When the third prince was around, Concubine Xiang didn’t seem to care much about him.
Now that the third prince was dead, she pretended to be sad.
A trace of disgust flashed across Ling Chun's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.
"My lady, take the medicine."
Ling Chun stepped forward holding the medicine bowl.
Xiang Guipin knelt in front of the Third Prince's tablet and threw gold ingots into the brazier expressionlessly: "Has Your Majesty agreed to catch Chen Fu?"
Ling Chun had just done something bad in the Hehuan Palace, and when he heard the name Chen Fu, he felt his palms tremble.
Even the hand holding the medicine bowl almost trembled and dropped it to the ground.
"My lady, not yet."
She started asking this question since Concubine Xiang woke up. This has been going on for the past few days without interruption.
When Ling Chun heard this, a hint of disgust flashed through his heart.
I don’t know whether Concubine Xiang is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.
His Majesty dotes on Concubine Shen so much, why would he arrest her?
idiot!
She glared at Concubine Xiang's back, then shook her head and said, "Your Majesty will not arrest Concubine Shen, Your Majesty, you should take the medicine."
"My Rui'er is gone, how can I drink anymore!"
Concubine Xiang closed her eyes tightly, her face full of tear marks.
Ling Chun saw it all, but pretended not to see it. She bit her lip and deliberately told Concubine Xiang what happened today: "The Queen Mother sent someone to pick up the Fifth Prince today."
"After returning, the Queen Mother also gave a lot of gifts to the Fifth Prince in the Hehuan Palace."
"Your Majesty." Ling Chunqian stepped forward and reminded her, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we are the only one in the entire palace who didn't send any gifts."
"Bitch!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Xiang suddenly overturned the copper basin in front of her.
Flames suddenly rose up, yellow paper flew into the sky, and the sparks almost burned the seats.
Ling Chun screamed in fear and held his head with his hands, too scared to move.
But after waiting for a long time, the fire gradually went out.
Xiang Guipin stood in the fire, full of hatred: "That bitch killed His Majesty's child, and I still want to give her a gift?"
"Why doesn't Your Majesty go and catch her? Why doesn't Your Majesty go and catch that bitch and torture her to death!"
Xiang Guipin yelled in a crazy tone, and it seemed as if she was going to overturn the whole thing.
Ling Chun stood aside, his heart trembling with fear.
After waiting for the rise and fall of his chest to calm down, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the death of the Third Prince may not have been caused by human error."
"The entire Changqiu Palace has been investigated, and they are all innocent." She thought of the excuse in her mind: "Even the Imperial Hospital said that the Third Prince had no signs of poisoning, he just died of necrosis in his stomach and a weak body."
These are the excuses given by the Imperial Medical Bureau.
The third prince died innocently and the murderer could not be found. The entire Imperial Hospital could only find that the third prince had something accumulated in his stomach and had not eaten for a long time.
This is why he died of weakness.
I don't know what His Majesty thinks, but Concubine Xiang doesn't seem to think so.
"I raised the Third Prince to be a good child and took good care of him. He was raised to be a good child and had no illness or disaster. How could he die of weakness?"
How could she believe what the Imperial Hospital said?
Those useless people in the Imperial Hospital are all idiots!
All that Xiang Guipin was thinking about was the scene when she knelt at the entrance of Hehuan Palace that day.
"What accident? It's not an accident. It's because of Shen Fu!" Xiang Guipin stood in the flames and shouted through gritted teeth:
"My daughter Rui'er just got married, and her fifth prince has already been born."
“Where are there so many accidents?”
It was said before that Shen Fu had a difficult delivery, but later Shen Fu and her child were safe.
Instead, her Rui'er died miserably.
Even the cause of death has not been found out yet. When you think about it, how could it not be Shen Fu's fault?
"It's because of Shen Fu!"
Xiang Guipin gritted her teeth and said, "It's because they and their son killed my child."
"I will report this to His Majesty and ask Him to arrest this bitch."
Concubine Xiang has said these words countless times in the past few days.
Ling Chun was tired of listening to it.
But she couldn't refute and could only follow and agree.
only……
Ling Chun said, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince's full moon banquet will be held tomorrow. Everyone in the palace has sent gifts, except for our Changqiu Palace."
"If I don't kill her, I'd be a tyrant." Xiang Guipin waved her sleeves and said, "Why would I give a gift to that bitch of hers?"
Concubine Xiang is really only good at talking.
Ling Chun looked at the setting moonlight outside the window and said, "Even if your Majesty doesn't care about Concubine Shen, you still have to take care of His Majesty's face."
She remained silent and reminded him, "Your Majesty is still devoted to the Empress. If the entire harem is left with the Empress, and His Majesty hears about it, I'm afraid he will be..."
"I'm afraid it's uncomfortable."
Concubine Xiang clenched her hands in her sleeves a little tighter.
She didn't care about Shen Fu, but she couldn't help but care about His Majesty.
This time she fainted, and it was only because of His Majesty that she was able to save her life.
Concubine Xiang thought about how the Emperor treated her.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke as if compromising:
"Go pick a few things from the storeroom and follow me to the Hehuan Palace."
Ling Chun achieved his goal and a smile immediately appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Yes, I obey your command!"
*******
The fog was hazy and there was not a single star in the sky.
Concubine Xiang went to the Hehuan Palace in a sedan chair.
As soon as they set out, Xiao Guizi received the news.
At noon, the Empress ordered him to keep an eye on Concubine Xiang Gui, for fear that there might be any movement from Concubine Xiang Gui.
Sure enough, within a day, people arrived.
Xiao Guizi raised her eyebrows and immediately went to report to Chen Fu after getting the news.
"My lady, Concubine Xiang is at the door, and she looks like she's heading towards us."
As soon as Xiao Guizi entered the room, she hurried forward to report.
Shen Fu was sitting in the room, and she felt dazed when she heard this.
"Are you that impatient?"
Ling Chun had just buried the things, and now he couldn't wait any longer?
Is he so impatient to come to Hehuan Palace and kill her?
Chen Fu thought of the Paulownia doll during the day, and her face turned cold.
"Let someone wait in the side hall." Chen Fu took a few deep breaths and put down the hand that was rubbing her brow.
She wanted to see what kind of trouble the people in Changqiu Palace were going to make!
Chen Fu was in the inner hall and changed her clothes before going over.
Concubine Xiang was sitting in the side hall waiting.
The two men were of equal status, and the servants in Hehuan Palace did not dare to neglect them.
Chen Fu lowered her footsteps and walked over. When she saw the person sitting there, she almost didn't recognize him.
Xiang Guipin had been ill for so long, and Shen Fu was in confinement, so she hadn't seen Xiang Guipin for a long time.
When she saw this person today, Shen Fu almost didn't recognize him.
Concubine Xiang Guipin had suffered a serious illness and had become extremely thin. Her cheek bones were so thin that you could see them, and even her hands holding the teacup were so thin that only bones were visible.
After not seeing each other for a while, Chen Fu couldn't help feeling surprised when she saw Concubine Xiang's appearance.
Xiang... How did Concubine Xiang become like this?
Shen Fu frowned and stood still.
Inside the house, Concubine Xiang had already heard the noise. She seemed to have noticed something.
He put down the hand holding the teacup and looked at Chen Fu.
"Noble Concubine Shen."
Compared with the changes in Xiang Guipin's facial expression, the hoarseness in Xiang Guipin's voice surprised Chen Fu even more.
His throat seemed to be drying up, and there was no light in his eyes as he looked at Chen Fu.
When Shen Fu saw this scene, she knew that the person who came was not a good person.
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