Chapter 90 Flipping the Card
The emperor came and went at Concubine Yu's place, and the night after Concubine Fang gave birth, the empress was concerned about where the emperor would rest. It turned out that he went to Zhongyu Palace for dinner.
After Concubine Yu regained favor, Xuanyuan Ling often went there. No matter how much the Queen complained, it was useless. She could only watch Concubine Yu get back on her feet. As for what happened in the bedroom, even though the Queen had great connections, she could not find out what the Emperor did with her in bed. The Zhongyu Palace was now like an iron bucket under Wanzhao's control because of the Second Prince's affairs, and it was difficult for news from inside to spread outside.
Now that Concubine Yu has regained her favor and Concubine Fang has given birth to a prince, it makes her, the childless queen, seem even more miserable.
Even though the emperor did not stay overnight in Zhongyu Palace, his attitude was there. The empress was unable to sleep tonight. As her duty as empress, she had to attend to the birth of Concubine Fang's child. She was already tired, and now she was physically exhausted, but she could not sleep and felt very uncomfortable.
Jinzhi felt sorry for her: "Madam, go and have a rest. You have been working so hard for a long time."
The Queen did not hear Jinzhi's words, but thought of Fangpin's newborn baby: "Fangpin is really blessed."
This lucky girl is actually no different from what Shen Qing thought of Fangpin at the beginning. Fangpin is really very lucky.
Jinzhi said: "If it weren't for Concubine Yu's miscarriage and the issue of Concubine Xi's contraceptive medicine that has not been resolved, and most importantly, the Second Prince died suddenly, it would not have been her turn to give birth to the child." The most important thing is that both mother and child are alive.
"Oh, sometimes you need luck in this palace. She made Concubine Yu kneel for two hours. Her legs were healed for several days, but she didn't lose the baby. It's because she's young and healthy." The queen said tiredly: "Now that the baby is born, what's the point of talking about this."
At this point, the Queen smiled again and said, "I think she is not a quiet person either, and she also has a grudge against Concubine Yu."
The noble lady Shen who had a grudge against Concubine Yu is now dead and sound. There will always be a time when Concubine Fang can be of use.
However, since she already has a child, she cannot be asked to give birth to a second one. The palace does not need a second Concubine Yu.
"You should keep an eye on Concubine Fang these days. Tell people to take good care of her body and make sure she has a good rest after the confinement so that she can continue to serve the emperor."
Jinzhi knew what was going on: "Tomorrow I will go and give Concubine Fang the reward from the Queen Mother, and I will definitely not let Concubine Fang lack anything."
"Yeah." After the queen finished giving the order, she closed her eyes and asked Jinzhi to massage her acupoints to relax her. Soon she felt sleepy.
The Queen Mother also received Cuiyun's good news, and a smile appeared on her face.
"That's right." The Queen Mother had been in a bad mood for many days, and she finally felt better. The bad mood was that the Second Prince was gone, and she, as the Empress Dowager, was really heartbroken. The second was that her birthday banquet was held with great difficulty, but something like this happened to the Second Prince.
She had always disliked Concubine Yu. Now that the Second Prince was gone, the Queen Mother thought that it was because she, as his biological mother, had not been devoted enough.
But the emperor still favored her. Now that the second prince was gone, he favored Concubine Yu again, and he went to the Queen less and less.
The Empress Dowager knew more or less that the Empress wanted Shen Qing to have a child, and she had allowed it at first. However, Shen Qing asked Concubine Yu to beat her so that she could not have children. Now there is only one Concubine Zhao and Concubine Li in the whole palace, and these two are not liked by the Emperor, and they only see each other once a month. How can she get pregnant?
After thinking about it, it turned out that the queen was useless, and so were the others. Even someone as useful as Chen Qing couldn't give birth.
So when can we ask the queen to raise a child by her side?
The Queen Mother thought about it and asked Cuiyun, "Is there someone named Zhenzhen in the Chen family? I only saw her once during the Spring Festival last year, but I remember her very clearly. She was really good-looking. How is she compared to the noble lady Xi in Zhaohua Palace?"
It would be fine if the Queen Mother didn't say anything. Speaking of which, Cuiyun thought for a moment and said, "I also remember this Miss Chen Er. She should be fifteen this year and she is very good-looking. But I have never seen what the noble lady of Zhaohua Palace Xi looks like. I heard that she is very beautiful."
"Hmph." The Queen Mother said, "She is of a low status and one can only look at her face. She is just a foxy girl, not like our Chen family's daughter. You can find a reason to ask her to accompany me in the palace. The New Year will come in a month, so she will have to enter the palace eventually. Then you can ask her parents to take her back."
This doesn't mean that you want the person's parents to take the child back. Does this mean that you don't intend to take the child back?
As soon as Cuiyun heard what the empress dowager meant, she knew what she meant. Was she sizing up Chen Zhenzhen for her outstanding appearance and thinking that the emperor would like her?
But this is too against the rules. It's not like she was selected through a formal selection process to enter the palace. How can a girl be asked to live in the palace directly? If this happens, the emperor's reputation will be bad, and Miss Zhenzhen's reputation will also be bad. She said she was going to accompany the empress dowager but ended up accompanying her on the dragon bed?
What is this?
Cuiyun knew that she was afraid that she would not be able to dispel the Queen Mother's thoughts if she spoke out, so she could only say: "I think that if the Queen Mother does it so conspicuously, it will depend on the Emperor's own consent after all."
The Queen Mother frowned.
Cuiyun rushed to praise him again: "But I believe that the emperor will eventually listen to what the Empress Dowager said. Look, the emperor has already held a grand birthday banquet."
This means only one thing: whatever you, Empress Dowager, say is right, and the Emperor will definitely listen to you.
Sometimes irony is more important than truth. Cuiyun knew that if she tried to dissuade the emperor all at once, the empress dowager would certainly not agree. But once she said this ironically, the empress dowager would definitely think that the emperor might not listen to her.
As expected, the Queen Mother said, "The Emperor has a bad temper. Never mind. Let's call him back to the palace in a few days, before the New Year's Eve."
It would sound better to call her into the palace before the New Year than to call her in now.
Cuiyun felt relieved, but also sighed that her life as a servant was really hard with her master's thoughts like this.
But what can we do?
Xuanyuan Ling had seen that Concubine Yu had indeed gone to review memorials, and when it was almost time, he went to rest in Qianyuan Palace without turning over his name card.
In the next few days, he went to see the Third Prince when he should, and went to see Concubine Yu when he should, and this went on for six or seven days.
On this day, the Jingshifang brought over another green card.
Now he goes to different places in the harem. One place is the Queen, one place is Concubine Fang, one place is Concubine Yu, and the other place is Chen Qing. Now looking at the green card, he sees Concubine Zhao. He has no impression of Concubine Zhao. In terms of appearance, no one in the harem can surpass Chen Qing.
Xuanyuan Ling frowned when he thought of Chen Qing again. Chen Qing had said that she didn't want him to go somewhere else. This little devil had only asked her to sleep with him in the past month. Xuanyuan Ling even felt that he had fallen.
His eyes fell on Concubine Zhao's green card. He had no impression of Concubine Zhao's appearance, but he remembered that she was a well-behaved person, so he turned over Concubine Zhao's card.
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