Chapter 146 The Queen Mother and the Madman

Shoukang Palace

Sun Zhuxi watched the Queen Mother put down the records from the Jingshifang and advised, "The Empress will take care of the harem. You should relax and enjoy your old age. Why worry?"

"Empress? She is getting better and better at managing things now. She has been on guard against this and that in the harem for these years. But now she sees Concubine Hua Gui is the most powerful one in the harem and even has a child, but she is totally unaware."

The Queen Mother placed her hand on the record and said, "I am finding it increasingly difficult to understand her now."

"Your Majesty, please calm down. General Nian has made great contributions in the battle of the northwest. Your Majesty has to favor Concubine Hua Gui more. Your Majesty really has no other choice."

"She has no other means?"

The Queen Mother turned to look at Sun Zhuxi, "She had no way to deal with Nian, but she dealt with those who were favored by her one by one."

"Last year, the newcomers selected to enter the palace were all weaker than the last one. The only ambitious child was like this... Alas."

"For something like that, she has to be willing to do it. The Queen can't be blamed."

Sun Zhuxi was talking about the matter between Sun Danying and the madman.

"You are willing?" The Queen Mother snorted, "You know the tricks of the harem, right?"

"The Queen Mother also thinks that Sun Daying was framed?"

"Who else would dare to do this in the harem?"

The Queen Mother asked Chun Mao to take down the record file and asked, "Have you prepared everything I asked you to prepare?"

Sun Zhuxi nodded, but there was a hint of doubt on her face. "Concubine Hua Gui has been using Huan Yi Xiang, so it should be difficult for her to get pregnant. Could the Empress Dowager have made a wrong judgment?"

First, Sun Miaoqing gave birth, and then the Fourth Prince passed away. A lot of things happened in the Old Summer Palace in the past few months. It was impossible for the Empress Dowager not to know about it.

Since she knew about it, she must have sent someone to inquire in detail.

Naturally, she knew all about Nian Shilan's situation. She suspected that Nian was pregnant, so she checked the amount of Huanyixiang used in the past few months, the records of the Jingshifang, and the dishes in the Yushanfang.

The Queen Mother was almost certain.

"You also said it was 'very difficult', so it's not impossible. If she was really wrong, drinking that sip of soup wouldn't have done her any harm."

"But if the Queen Mother does it herself, will she..."

Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?

Sun Zhuxi was afraid that the Queen Mother would be blatantly involved and it would be difficult for her to extricate herself in the future.

The Queen Mother had no intention of taking action herself, but now she felt powerless as she could not rely on the Queen.

She also couldn't understand what was wrong with the queen.

After returning from the Old Summer Palace, he turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside and focused on taking care of Sun Miaoqing.

I can't tell the difference between watermelon and sesame.

The emperor already owed Nian a child, and recently he lost the Fourth Prince. If he knew at this time that Nian had a child,

Whether it was out of a loving father's heart, the affection of sleeping together for many years, or out of concern for Nian Gengyao, I'm afraid he couldn't bring himself to do this for the moment.

He couldn't bear to do this, so he, as his mother, had to take action.

"We can't delay this matter. We have to cut the Gordian knot while she is still in the dark! Otherwise, when Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shenzhong return to the Imperial Hospital in two days, she will know that she is pregnant. It will be difficult to take action then."

"You also know how much Concubine Hua Gui values ​​her own children. She has kept everything in Yikun Palace watertight. She also found a loophole to give Concubine Duan the chance when she had her last child. But now where is she going to find another 'Concubine Duan'?"

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly, looking helpless, "That's my royal grandson, don't I feel bad for him? But for the sake of the overall situation..."

Sun Zhuxi nodded repeatedly, "The Queen Mother has good intentions for the sake of the country, I understand."

Chun Mao came in and reminded, "Empress Dowager, Concubine Hua Gui is here."

Nian Shilan walked in wearing a red gold headdress, bright and gorgeous, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, may the Empress Dowager be blessed with good health."

The palace dress concealed her figure. The empress dowager was an experienced person and could tell at a glance that she was pregnant.

It's so obvious, but she doesn't even know it, so she's still stupid.

【Old woman! Smiling tiger! 】

Queen Mother: “?”

What's happening?

Nian Shilan wouldn't be so bold as to scold me in person, right?

The Queen Mother closed her eyes, thinking that she must have heard wrongly.

"Get up quickly. I have been feeling better these past two days. Since the weather is nice today, I asked you to come and talk to me. Sit down."

【What can you say to me? 】

This palace?

Year of Shilan?

【Have you ever had the experience of being a cuckold to an emperor? 】

This was indeed Nian Shilan's voice, but she stood up and sat down, without saying a word.

[Even if I no longer like the Fourth Master, I will not be so lowly as to collude with the ministers and secretly cuckold him.]

Are you willing to be a lowly person and work with the ministers?

The Queen Mother could not help but cough twice, and twice more, feeling uneasy: What does Nian Shilan know?

Nian Shilan smiled and said, "I should have paid my respects to the Empress Dowager when I came back from the palace. Unfortunately, the Empress Dowager was not feeling well and ordered her to rest, so I did not dare to disturb her."

[Wind-pickled vegetables, century-old mountain ginseng, the Empress Dowager is ill, and Lord Longkodo is worried about her outside the palace. ]

Longkodo!!!

This was Nian Shilan's voice, yes, but how did she know... No, it's impossible!

Under the square table, the Queen Mother's hand misaligned twice while fiddling with her Buddhist beads.

She used a smile to hide her inner shock, "I know you are a good and filial child."

"It is my duty to serve the Queen Mother. The Emperor is busy with state affairs, so I should be more filial to him." Nian Shilan looked at the Queen Mother innocently and asked concernedly, "It is especially cold at night after the beginning of autumn. Is the Queen Mother still coughing?"

"It's much better now."

"I was concerned about the poor health of the Empress Dowager. This summer, I went to Yuanmingyuan and never forgot her. I copied scriptures in my palace every day to pray for the Empress Dowager."

"It's hard for you to have such a heart - Bamboo Breath."

[Pray to God to bless the Empress Dowager and the lunatic, bah, the Empress Dowager and Lord Longkodo to live in harmony and grow old together. ]

With the lunatics...

The Queen Mother felt a tightness in her chest.

[Cherish the days you can see the madman, he doesn't have many years left to live. ]

What does “I don’t have many years to live” mean?

Curse or prophecy?

[Don't look at your sickly appearance, he died earlier than you. ]

What does this mean?

【You killed him yourself.】

Queen Mother: “!!!”

【The emperor forced me to do this.】

Queen Mother: “!!!!”

Sun Zhuxi took a step forward and didn't see what scriptures Songzhi had in her hand, so he reminded her, "It's been more than three months, so I'm sure the noble concubine has copied a lot. You've worked hard."

"It is my duty to be filial to the Empress Dowager. It is not considered hard work."

Songzhi stood aside with her head down, and Nian Shilan had no other instructions.

Seeing that the reminder was useless, Sun Zhuxi said directly: "It must be that there are too many scriptures to carry. I will ask someone to carry them in."

Where did Nian Shilan copy any Buddhist scriptures for the Empress Dowager?

"No need, it has already been burned for the Buddha."

Burned and turned to ashes.

Whether to copy or not and how much to copy are all up to her.

Sun Zhuxi: "..."

Queen Mother: “…”