Chapter 147 Can I Stay or Not?
【If you don’t believe it, you can only ask the Buddha for confirmation yourself. 】
[You recite Buddhist scriptures with blood on your hands. I wonder if you, a wicked mother-in-law who killed your own grandson, can see the Buddha after you die? Anyway, it is impossible for you to see your son in this lifetime. ]
What did she say?
Will I never see Old Fourteen again in this life?
Could it be that something happened to Old Fourteen?
【It really is true that, “God has his own way, and he will never let anyone off the hook.”】
The Queen Mother is in a state of confusion right now.
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Chun Mao served tea and Sun Zhuxi spoke to ease the situation:
"It's autumn and the air is dry, so the kitchen specially prepared some moisturizing and soothing almond tea for the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager knew that the Imperial Concubine was a light sleeper, so she specially left a bowl for the Imperial Concubine, and the Imperial Concubine tried it."
[It is best to use almonds, not peach kernels. ]
The Queen Mother was shocked: How did she know?
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Nian Shilan picked up the tea bowl and said, "I heard that when Queen Chunyuan was alive, she loved almond tea the most."
"Yes, the recipe for this almond tea was left by her. If you like it, you can bring the recipe back with you."
[When Junyuan was pregnant, the queen secretly mixed peach kernels into her almond tea, which would harm the fetus, and eventually caused her to die.]
How did she know the cause of Rouze's death?
Could it be that he used this as leverage to prevent the Queen from dealing with her?
Without giving the Queen Mother time to think, Song Zhi on the opposite side raised her hand to hold Nian Shilan and stop her from drinking tea.
"What's going on?" asked the Queen Mother.
"Your Highness the Queen Mother." Before Song Zhi knelt down, she took the almond tea from her Queen Mother's hand. "Your Highness the Concubine was greedy this summer and it hurt her spleen and stomach. Before leaving the palace, Imperial Doctor Jiang specifically told her to be extremely careful with her diet."
Sun Zhuxi: "Almonds are not something that hurts the stomach."
"Please forgive me, Queen Mother. Almond tea is good, but today the kitchen sent us some chestnuts that were newly harvested this fall. Your Majesty was greedy and ate half a bowl. Now you've just finished eating the chestnuts and are drinking almond tea. I'm afraid you'll have a stomachache later."
"I am very brave. Please give me some, Your Majesty the Queen Mother. I will take it back to the Yikun Palace and give it to Your Majesty later. What do you think, Your Majesty the Queen Mother?"
Songzhi's explanation was clear. It wasn't that she didn't want to drink, but that it was not suitable to drink now. She would drink it when she got back later.
How could the Queen Mother ask her to bring back the evidence?
If you can’t drink peach kernel tea, there are other options.
"Forget it. If you can't eat it, why take it back?" The Queen Mother turned to look at Nian Shilan and said with a smile, "The imperial physician always says that 'the lungs are delicate'. I think this is 'the stomach is delicate'. It can't be cooled or heated. It will easily become uncomfortable."
Nian Shilan agreed, "The Queen Mother is right."
"In autumn, we must take good care of our bodies, otherwise we will have a hard time in winter."
Not long after, Chunmao came in again and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the donkey hide gelatin and ginseng chicken soup on the stove is ready. Would the Queen Mother like to have it now?"
"After talking for a while, I feel a little hungry. Concubine Hua Gui, please have a bowl with me."
Nian Shilan knows too much.
What the Queen Mother wants to get rid of now is not only the child in Nian Shilan's belly, but also her.
Songzhi was also ready. When Chunmao brought in the chicken soup, she went to take it, but she knocked it over.
The worst that can happen is a fine.
But after Chun Mao came in, he brought the soup to the Queen Mother first, put the other bowl on the table, and pushed it to Nian Shilan.
There was no chance for Songzhi to perform at all.
"Autumn is a good time to nourish oneself. What delicious food has the Queen Mother prepared in her palace? When I smell it from afar, my mouth is watering."
With a shout of "His Majesty," the emperor came in through the door.
Nian Shilan quickly put down her bowl and spoon and saluted the emperor, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The emperor saluted the empress dowager and said, "Your son pays respects to the Empress Dowager."
"Usually at this time of year, the Emperor would be in the Yangxin Palace meeting with ministers. How come he has time to come here today?"
This couldn't have come at a worse time.
[The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. The Queen Mother is ill, so how can she know exactly when and where the Emperor is and which ministers he is meeting? ]
[Could it be that the madman told me when he ordered someone to deliver the things in? ]
Queen Mother: “…”
The word "madman" brought the undulating night shadows of the maple forest back to the emperor's mind.
It also added another layer of hatred to the emperor towards Longkodo.
The emperor did not look at the empress dowager, but reached out to pick up Nian Shilan, "Just after meeting the ministers, the queen came to tell her son a piece of good news, and her son couldn't wait to share it with the queen mother."
Queen?
The Queen Mother's lungs were blocked by Nian Shilan, and she was punched in the face by the Queen.
"Don't worry, drink the soup first."
When they were in the Old Summer Palace, the Empress was already worried that the Queen Mother would not be able to tolerate Nian Shilan's pregnancy.
After returning to the palace, it was impossible for her to be completely unprepared.
The people from Shoukang Palace went to Yikun Palace first, and the news was then passed to Jingren Palace. Before Nian Shilan left the house, the empress had already gone to Yangxin Palace.
She knew better than Nian Shilan how to make the emperor keep this baby.
Half an hour ago, Yangxin Palace.
The empress made preparations for the event, and then, with a look of half joy and half worry, she looked at the emperor cautiously and said that Concubine Hua was pregnant.
"Are you saying Se-ran is pregnant?"
When the emperor heard the news, he felt complicated.
"Yes, Concubine Hua Gui was not feeling well, so Yikun Palace went to the Imperial Hospital to ask for help. Imperial Doctor Jiang was not there, so Imperial Doctor Zhang went to take her pulse in person."
"Doctor Zhang is not a millionaire, could there be any mistakes?"
"To be on the safe side, I should have asked a few more doctors to come and see you again, but..."
The empress paused here intentionally and gave the emperor a look that meant: We are still keeping Nian Shilan a secret now, but we won’t be able to hide it once the follow-up consultation comes. So, she wants to tell the emperor first that whether to keep the child or not is entirely up to the emperor.
"This is a matter of great importance. I dare not make a decision on my own. I must consult the emperor first."
The Queen said she was asking for instructions, and then she began to guide.
She first threatened the Nian family because of their great achievements, and then said that the imperial concubine was arrogant and domineering. The Nian family brothers and sisters were united, and if they had a prince, given the current status of the Nian family, they might have some ulterior motives.
The empress took the initiative to push the emperor's suspicion to the peak, and finally summed it up with a saying "people's hearts are hidden in their stomachs", which cannot be ignored for the sake of the country's great cause.
Then he concluded: "You can't judge a person's heart by his appearance. Your Majesty should make preparations early."
The heart is hidden behind the belly?
You can know a person’s face but not his heart?
This is exactly what the emperor does not need to worry about. No one knows what Shilan is thinking better than himself.
The brothers and sisters are of one mind, and they know what others are thinking, doing, and planning in advance.
The queen saw that her goal had been achieved, and continued, "Jianqiu, have you brought the records from the Jingshifang? Show them to His Majesty and me."
Jianqiu replied, "Your Highness, I went to the Jingshifang in person, and Eunuch Xu said... the files have been sent to Shoukang Palace."
"Shou Kang Palace?"
The Queen said meaningfully, "There have been many things going on in the palace recently, and I haven't been able to take care of them. I didn't expect that the Queen Mother would be so smart and understanding..."
The emperor understood what the queen meant.
At this time, Su Peisheng came in and said that the envoy from Qintianjian had arrived.
The emperor recalled what Qin Tianjian had said two days ago, that the Purple Star was hidden and the emperor's fortune was out of balance.
It was probably because of changes in the celestial phenomena that people were brought in.
The envoy of Qintianjian reported back that there was a new star in the east that could improve the royal fortune, but it suddenly became dark last night, as if someone had interfered.
At this moment, the Queen's words worked. The Emperor asked Su Peisheng and learned that the Queen Mother had summoned Concubine Hua Gui, so he rushed to Shoukang Palace without stopping.
At this moment, he was looking at the steaming chicken soup in front of him.