Chapter 188 Supporting An Zi
The emperor was worried about something important, so he just spoke a few words to Zhen Huan, drank two sips of soup, and said he would visit her another day when he had time, and then asked her to leave.
As soon as Zhen Huan and Fang Ruo left, Su Peisheng went in to report.
The emperor leaned back on the dragon chair, his hands on the armrests, gently fiddling with his Buddhist beads. He heard Su Peisheng's footsteps but did not blink.
"What do you mean?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, Fang Ruo said that ever since the Imperial Concubine gave birth to twins, Lady Wan has been thinking about the children all the time. She often sits in the corridor in a trance, holding the newly made little shoes, and sits there for half an hour."
Su Peisheng replied: "Sometimes he even said things like he envied the imperial concubine for being favored and he didn't know when he would have such good fortune."
It turns out that she was looking forward to having a baby.
Right now, Se-ran must be the object of envy of all the women in the harem.
A woman who could do what Shilan did would not only enjoy the favor of her husband but also give birth to children. She would also get all the beautiful clothes and delicacies she desired.
It is indeed rare in the world.
All the unhappiness in her previous life was fulfilled by me in this life, so it can be considered a worthwhile rebirth.
The emperor looked at the soup in the white porcelain bowl and said, "Go tell the noble lady to prepare it tonight."
This means to turn over Zhen Huan's brand.
Su Peisheng made a note. When someone told him that the imperial concubine had arrived, the emperor glanced at the white porcelain bowl on the table and stood up to go to the door. Su Peisheng silently took the bowl of soup away.
"Your Highness."
The emperor helped Nian Shilan up with both hands. "You came here right after you left confinement. Was there any wind on the way?"
【Didn’t you ask me to come? 】
Nian Shilan's remaining light followed Su Peisheng's movement, [What is there to hide? Do you think I am blind? ]
[You just came to see me after meeting Zhen Huan. Your Majesty really has the best of both worlds. ]
If it was not important, the emperor could just pretend he didn't hear it. He pulled Nian Shilan to sit down.
He expressed his concern for her and the children, and even asked her if the Queen Mother had ever given her any trouble.
Nian Shilan answered one by one.
[I usually pretend to be nonchalant and indifferent, and I am as quiet as a chrysanthemum. I am just in confinement after childbirth, so I am busy trying to please you and win your favor. ]
【Bitch! 】
[In her previous life, the concubine mistakenly wore Chunyuan's old clothes, which caused the emperor's wrath. She knew that she was a substitute, and from then on she became estranged from the emperor. After giving birth to the child, she resolutely left the palace. 】
[I will help her when I get back, so that she can be crowned as a concubine as soon as possible and wear old clothes in advance, so that the emperor will dislike her and send her to Ganlu Temple! ]
[I am not the old woman like the queen. Once she leaves the palace, she will never be able to come back in her lifetime! ]
[It's a pity that I can't tell the emperor the truth, otherwise Lao Deng would be grateful to me if he knew it. ]
[After all, Zhen Huan has never given up, so where did the four masters come from? And where would someone come to her bedside and anger her to death? ]
It turns out that in the previous life, Huanhuan and herself became estranged and had an irreconcilable hatred because of an old piece of clothing.
In this case, as long as there were no old clothes, no, Huanhuan was set up, even if she wore old clothes by mistake, now that I know the truth, I will never blame her.
I don't blame her. The old clothes will only make the relationship between me and Huanhuan better.
The emperor was in a better mood and turned to business:
"The weather is unpredictable these days, and it's easy to get sick. Your eldest brother came just now, and I wanted to let you see him, but unfortunately there was an epidemic outside the palace. He said the epidemic was dangerous, and he was anxious to go back and think of a way to deal with it."
"That's what my brother is like. He's an official in the Ministry of Industry, but he's obsessed with medicine and spends all day messing around with his herbs."
【Wait...epidemic?】
I know what she's thinking!
[Oops, I forgot about this.]
She remembered every detail of jealousy between women, but she was able to put such an important matter behind her.
You are so eager to have a child, but at this critical moment, you don't even care about the child's safety?
A woman who is not worthy of being reused.
[In the previous life, the danger of epidemics started with fever and headaches, and then the epidemic spread. If one person got sick, the whole room would be infected, and if one room got sick, the whole palace would be infected. No one in the capital, including the palace, was spared.]
Nian Shilan only mentioned the epidemic situation, including symptoms, dangers, scope of impact, duration... and never mentioned any treatment methods.
After all, she didn't know any medicine, so she took whatever medicine the Imperial Hospital told her to take. It was normal that she couldn't explain the details.
Without Sun Miaoqing, no, even if Sun Miaoqing was there, she wouldn’t know what medicine was written on the prescription.
The emperor thought Shilan was useless. If the queen were reborn, she would know the prescription by heart.
The emperor's vigilance against this little girl who only knew how to compete for favors could not be that high no matter what.
After learning the seriousness of the matter, the emperor immediately ordered that the matter be handed over to Nian Xiyao.
In order to prevent a major illness from causing chaos, Nian Gengyao provided assistance to prevent the movement of personnel from causing a wider spread.
The palace is managed by Zhang Mi, who takes precautions in advance.
As soon as the emperor's order was passed down, the Imperial Medical Bureau received a lot of medicines such as mugwort and atractylodes, and the medicine sachets were made overnight and sent to various palaces.
Wine and moxa were sprinkled in various places in the inner palace in advance.
After telling the Queen about the epidemic, Nian Shilan ordered that no one in Yikun Palace was allowed to leave the palace to avoid contact with people outside the palace.
So Xiao Dezi was not infected with the disease.
Nian Shilan was afraid that her two children would be implicated, so she personally went to inspect each palace and strictly prohibited the concubines from visiting other palaces without permission.
At this time in the previous life, Shen Meizhuang was still under house arrest. Zhen Huan was favored and took a few more medicine sachets, which she went to Yanxi Palace to give to An Lingrong.
He happened to meet the Imperial Hospital delivering medicine, and nobleman Fu Cha got in front and snatched it away.
In this life, Zhen Huan was fully focused on competing for favor and had no time to care about An Lingrong.
Nian Shilan thought of this matter and feared that something might go wrong, so she went to the Yanxi Palace in person.
"…What are these?"
"To answer my lady, this is the newly delivered Cangshu from the Imperial Hospital. It is better to burn it together with Cangshu. This is from the Yanxi Palace."
"Send them all to me."
Because of the epidemic, An Lingrong was worried about her mother and the others, so she sent someone to send some silver and medicine sachets back yesterday. At this moment, she is reading Aunt Xiao's reply in her own room.
Baozhu, who was standing at the door, saw that Fucha Guiren was about to take all the things away, so she ran over and started a quarrel with them.
"It was agreed to be given to the Yanxi Palace, so our lady should have a share too. Why does Lady Fucha want to take it all?"
Mr. Fucha's temper was such that even Nian Shilan dared to offend him in person.
How could she possibly take An Lingrong seriously?
"Tian Changzai is in good health, why would she need these?"
An Lingrong didn't want to argue, but she was afraid that if something went wrong, she would bring trouble to the six palaces, especially the two young masters, who would inevitably come out to argue:
"The Empress and the Imperial Concubine have already instructed that the Imperial Hospital's medicinal materials must be evenly distributed to each palace and hospital. Why do you want to monopolize them all, sister?"
"Do you think that you can curry favor with the imperial concubine and be superior to others just by embroidering two pieces of things that are not presentable? You are just a concubine. With your humble background, do you dare to use the empress and the imperial concubine to suppress me?"
If Fu Cha Guiren hadn't been a bit reckless, he wouldn't have lived up to her nickname of Fu Yibiao. She rolled her eyes at An Lingrong and said, "Today I want to monopolize you. Let's see what you can do to me."
"Someone, carry it away!"
An Lingrong has always been inferior to others in her ability of talking and stealing.
She was just wondering what to do when the Imperial Concubine's very personal voice came from behind her.
"Mr. Fucha, you are so majestic~"