Chapter 249 Two in One
ps This chapter is two chapters in one. This chapter is super long. The previous chapter has been revised. If you are interested, you can go back and read it. Because of the revision, the beginning of this chapter overlaps with part of the previous chapter.
The situation in the palace was unpredictable and changing rapidly. It seemed calm, but there were actually undercurrents. The days passed one after another, and it was the Lantern Festival.
In Zhaohua Palace, Chunhua was helping Shen Qing get dressed. She was very careful in dressing Shen Qing. When she was done, Shen Qing looked at Chunhua's cautious expression and said, "Wouldn't it be obvious that there was something wrong with you when you look like this?"
Chunhua was stunned and a little embarrassed: "It's my stupidity."
"Just pretend you know nothing." Chen Qing said lightly, looked at himself in the mirror, then curled the corners of his mouth and smiled.
Well, that's good, I can't see anything.
After getting dressed, he went to the banquet.
Over there, she met with Concubine De. They all came early, and Concubine Zhao also came. Concubine De casually said, "The fourth princess is still young. They said they would set off fireworks later. Don't scare her."
Concubine Zhao nodded: "Your Majesty is right."
Concubine De didn't say much: "Go in."
The other concubines followed them and they basically went in together. After taking their seats, they waited for the emperor and empress to arrive.
The emperor and empress came together, and everyone bowed together.
The queen was still dignified and smiling: "Today is a small banquet. We are all sisters, so there is no need to be so formal."
Xuanyuan Ling rarely responded to the Queen: "Let's start the feast."
Obviously, eating is not the theme of today. The theme is setting off fireworks. However, in order to suit the occasion, there is also the segment of releasing sky lanterns and river lanterns, so everyone goes to release sky lanterns together first.
Xuanyuan Ling joined them naturally. The Queen handed him a lamp and a pen, "Your Majesty, please write one too."
Naturally, he took the pen and wrote about peace and prosperity under heaven. When he wrote like that, others naturally said auspicious words, and all the concubines and servants in the palace flattered him. He was used to it.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't take it to heart, but remembered that Shen Qing's little head always had a lot of fresh ideas. What was she writing now?
If he wrote it this way, others would naturally write it this way, but he thought that Shen Qing might write it differently?
At this moment, he looked over and saw Shen Qing and De Fei talking and laughing: "..."
Naturally, he couldn't see what Shen Qing was writing, but the Queen was standing next to him, and Defei was standing next to Shen Qing.
She and Concubine De had a pretty good relationship, and they even wrote a sky lantern?
In fact, they didn’t write the same lamp, but Defei looked at what Shen Qing wrote and couldn’t help but lean over to see: “Why write this?”
On the lantern of Shen Qing's day, it is not written neatly: "Live and eat until old"
Compared to other people who think the world is peaceful and prosperous, she is very down-to-earth.
Shen Qing said: "What else can one ask for in life?"
Defei also admired him, and then she wrote with a motherly heart, wishing the third prince peace and happiness.
After releasing the sky lanterns, everyone went to release river lanterns. Everything was ready, and servants were responsible for releasing the river lanterns. They also wrote some blessing phrases. When Chen Qing was writing, she thought of Xuanyuan Ling. She looked up at Xuanyuan Ling, but she didn't expect that Xuanyuan Ling was also looking at her. The two of them unexpectedly made eye contact across the palace full of beautiful women.
Chen Qing smiled at Xuanyuan Ling, and without even looking at her for long, she turned around and concentrated on writing something. Xuanyuan Ling asked her to take a look, and he originally wanted to know what she wrote, and now he wanted to know even more what she was laughing at.
So I thought to myself that I should ask someone to pick up the river lantern and take a look at what was written on it.
Thinking of this, Xuanyuan Ling stopped looking.
After Chen Qing finished writing, he asked someone to release the lantern into the river and watched it gradually float away.
De Fei came to Xuan Yuan Ling at this time and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince is still young. I am afraid that the noise of fireworks will scare the child. Now that the sky lanterns and river lanterns have been set off, I will not join in the fun."
There was nothing wrong with what she said. After Concubine De said this, Noble Lady Zhao also said the same thing. After all, Noble Lady Li was also a noble lady now. Although the Fourth Prince was being raised by the Queen, she was still here, and she couldn't help but go to see the Queen.
The queen smiled and said, "You should go back and look after the Fourth Prince as well."
It looks like a loving mother's heart.
However, Concubine Li felt very uncomfortable. Since the New Year, the Queen sent people over every day, saying that they were serving the Fourth Prince, but in fact, they were just asking the Fourth Prince to have sex. Concubine Li became more and more submissive.
The Queen looked down on Concubine Li. She was still so submissive in front of the Emperor. Wouldn't she not touch her now? Since the Emperor knew about the last caesarean section, could she not protect her life? She was really confused. She was so submissive. If people saw her, they would think that she, as the Queen, was mistreating her.
In fact, the Queen did not treat Li Guiren badly. She now hopes that Li Guiren lives a good life, so that Xuanyuan Ling will not think that she had done something to him. However, no matter who knows in their heart that you wanted to kill someone, even if you pretend not to know after surviving the disaster, it will not be much better to be under the other party's sight every day.
Those with children went downstairs, and the others naturally waited for the fireworks.
Shen Qing is now a concubine, and Defei is gone. Just as the concubine is close to her, she is not far from Xuanyuan Ling. Everyone went up to the tall building together to wait for the fireworks.
After the signal from below, Chen Qing also waited with great interest. Xuanyuan Ling glanced at her at this time, and curled his lips seeing her expectant look. The next moment, there was a "bang" and a firework bloomed. Chen Qing seemed to be startled at this time. She screamed, staggered, twisted her feet, and then fell to the ground.
It must be said that no one was able to react at this moment. Xuanyuan Ling subconsciously wanted to help her, but with several people between them, he had to watch her fall to the ground. At this moment, the Queen and Concubine Ru were blocking her way, so he stood still for a moment and did not move.
Shen Qing's face looked extremely embarrassed.
Xuanyuan Ling felt something was wrong, but seeing how frightened she was, he didn't think much about it: "Help Concubine Xi up."
Chunhua was already prepared and was jogging over to help the person.
At this time, fireworks exploded one after another. It was a great fireworks display, but when Shen Qing fell down, other people actually watched Shen Qing more than the fireworks.
After a while, the fireworks stopped. The other concubines who witnessed Shen Qing's fall kept silent, waiting to see if the emperor would be angry. After all, in such an occasion, it was considered impolite.
Shen Qing asked Chunhua to support him with an embarrassed look on his face.
The Queen asked, "Has Concubine Xi never seen fireworks before?"
Shen Qing shook his head, looking embarrassed and frightened.
The Queen said, "It seems that she is really frightened. Your Majesty, why don't you send Concubine Xi back first?"
Chen Qing did not respond but knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Ling: "I am guilty. I was caught off guard and frightened by the first firework. I sprained my ankle. I lost my manners."
Ru Fei beside her was a little disdainful. How could you be so scared of watching fireworks? She really had never seen the world.
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her like this and thought, how could he punish her? "Go back to the palace and rest first."
Chen Qing was about to leave, but after taking a step, he almost fell down. Fortunately, Chunhua supported him.
"What's wrong with your foot?" Xuanyuan Ling felt uncomfortable. It was just a nice fireworks display, but it caused her to be frightened and sprain her ankle?
As expected, Shen Qing said, "My foot is sprained."
Zhaohua Palace is far away, so he decided to check here: "Call the imperial physician and take a rest in Chenming Palace."
After Shen Qing heard this and thanked him, the matter was naturally settled.
The queen's heart tightened when she heard this, and she wanted to open the day, but if she urgently asked Shen Qing to go back now, it would be too obvious to say it again now since she had just said it.
Xuanyuan Ling and Shen Qing arrived at Chenming Palace. The imperial physician also arrived. It was the same one that Shen Qing had been using. When he heard that Shen Qing was frightened, he felt relieved after taking her pulse. However, the imperial physician had his own explanation: "Your Majesty was frightened. I am afraid that you will not be able to sleep well tonight. I will prescribe a tranquilizing decoction. Your Majesty will be fine after drinking it. As for the foot injury, there is no bone injury. You will be fine after resting for a while."
Shen Qing was really satisfied with the imperial physician. No matter whether you were sick or not, unless someone complained and caused trouble, if you said you were sick, he would be able to diagnose the problem for you.
Moreover, she didn't expect Xuanyuan Ling to follow her. It was not expected at all, but he followed... Well, it was a good thing, an unexpected surprise.
Shen Qing just looked at Xuanyuan Ling and smiled beautifully.
Xuanyuan Ling saw her smiling like this and thought she was too embarrassed to beg for mercy, so he said unhappily: "Why are you so careless?"
Just as Shen Qing was about to speak, Zhao Hai suddenly ran in: "Your Majesty, something happened to Lady Yi."
"What?" It would be strange if Xuanyuan Ling's tone was good considering that Chen Qing had sprained his ankle first and then Concubine Yi had an accident again.
Chen Qing was also stunned for a moment. She realized that the Queen was going to take action, so she took the initiative and made a fool of herself, spraining her ankle. She didn't expect Xuanyuan Ling to be by her side. She thought that if she sprained her ankle, she could always find an excuse to watch from the other side of the fire in the nearby palace to see what the Queen was going to do. But when Xuanyuan Ling came, she felt more at ease.
But something happened to Chu Linglong?
Was she wrong? Did the Queen know about her contraceptive pills? Was she targeting the baby in Chu Linglong's belly from the beginning? This shouldn't be the case.
I have to say that this was such a coincidence that Shen Qing even questioned himself.
Zhao Hai said: "I just got the news that Concubine Yi met Concubine Wang on her way back to the palace. Concubine Wang jumped on anyone she saw, startling several ladies. She was holding a sharp weapon in her hand, and the servant who was carrying Concubine Yi lost control, so Concubine Yi fell off the sedan chair. It is said that...she hit her stomach."
Lady Wang, a sharp weapon, called Shen Qing back to his thoughts.
Xuanyuan Ling's face darkened when she heard this, and she turned back to look at Chen Qing: "Your Majesty, please go and see Lady Yi. I have servants here to take care of her."
Everyone stood up.
Xuanyuan Ling gave another instruction: "Serve your master well." Then he said to Shen Qing: "Rest for a while and send someone back when you feel better."
Shen Qing nodded, and looked at Xuanyuan Ling leaving with a bit of subtlety.
After Xuanyuan Ling left, her face darkened. Chunhua looked at Shen Qing's face and said, "My Lady..."
"We have been keeping an eye on Fengyi Palace these days. Have any servants from Fengyi Palace gone to look for the imprisoned Concubine Wang?"
Chunhua said: "No, but I know that Lady Wang must be really crazy."
Shen Qing was certain after hearing this: "You guessed correctly, it was the Queen who took action, but I'm afraid that my move caught the Queen off guard, and something went wrong before she could react."
The key point of Shen Qing's move was to move first before the enemy did. Since she had noticed it, she would not just sit there and wait for death, so she killed the other party by surprise. The Queen could not have expected that she would suddenly sprain her ankle, right?
She had made plans long ago. Even if Xuanyuan Ling didn't ask her to return to the palace on a certain day, she would find a nearby place to stay and heal her injury on the pretext of having a sore foot.
The main reason was that she was not sure whether the queen would take action. In this way, if nothing happened, she would not suffer any loss. At least she would not fall out of favor because of a misstep. But if her guess was right, her previous speculation would be confirmed, and the queen's true colors would be exposed, making it difficult for her to move forward.
That is exactly the case today.
She guessed correctly, the Queen didn't want to be involved in this matter so she naturally asked someone else to do it. She almost forgot about Concubine Wang. However, because this matter was not done by the Queen herself, she could not control the overall situation, so she took a break here temporarily, and Concubine Wang still got into trouble over there. This time, Chu Linglong must have been unlucky enough to be implicated by her.
I don't know whether she can keep the child.
Chu Linglong never expected such a thing to happen. Her baby was already pregnant for more than six months and she was taking good care of it. She never expected that a beautiful lady named Wang would suddenly appear.
The situation was in chaos at the moment. When Xuanyuan Ling arrived, he saw Concubine Zhou was also outside. Concubine Zhou was going back with Chu Linglong at that time. If she had seen it, she and Chu Linglong had a good relationship, so there was no reason for her to leave.
At this moment, she saluted to Xuanyuan Ling and asked Xuanyuan Ling how Concubine Yi was doing. She was a little embarrassed to say, "The imperial physician checked and said that she is about to give birth."
Xuanyuan Ling's expression was really ugly. The baby was more than six months old, and I had never heard of a baby more than six months old being able to survive.
At this time, the Queen also received the news. Her face was not very good. After paying her respects, she waited to see what would happen to Chu Linglong.
Chu Linglong inside was also more frightened than ever before.
The last time she fell into the water, the baby did not fall out, but this time her luck was very bad. When she fell off the sedan chair, she hit her stomach and felt pain at that time. Now she felt even more heartbroken. Not only did her body hurt, but she also knew in her heart that her baby, who was more than six months old, would not survive.
She gave birth while crying, hoping for a miracle. When the baby came out, the midwife immediately handed the child over to the imperial physician for treatment. However, the baby, who was more than six months old, stopped breathing after a while. Even though the imperial physician had miraculous skills, there was nothing he could do.
Chu Linglong struggled to get up: "Let me see my child."
Ming Su was crying beside her, and seeing her like this, he hurried over to help her up: "My beauty, don't move."
How could the imperial physician dare to see her? Chu Linglong was already crying. The baby was moving in her belly. She valued this child very much, not only for someone to rely on, but also for a blood relative in the palace. She hadn't even become a real mother yet, and the child was gone.
She was in great pain and couldn't stop crying, but after crying for a while, she thought of Concubine Wang. She held Ming Su's hand tightly and said, "It was that person who hurt me. It was she who hurt me. I want to see the emperor."
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