Chapter 59: Concubine Hua catches a cold

"elder sister."

Sun Miaoqing walked in from outside.

"You came to see me as soon as the rain stopped, and you were not afraid of the slippery road." Zhen Huan said.

"Hua Fei is ill, so I don't have to go to take care of her. If I don't come to see my sister, I will be even more bored."

When Sun Miaoqing said this, she was also stunned for a moment:

This should have been An Lingrong's line.

And according to the plot, it's not Concubine Hua who is sick, but the emperor.

"Is Concubine Hua ill?" Zhen Huan was a little surprised. "She was fine, how could she be ill?"

Why else?

Song Zhi, taking advantage of the power of others, severely punished the servants in Yanxi Palace for one or two insignificant comments in order to establish her own prestige. Even Baoyu and Baoque, who were by An Lingrong's side, were implicated.

You maliciously changed the plot and got yourself punished.

Finally, I am no longer the one carrying the story for others.

Sun Miaoqing was in an especially good mood and did not notice that Zhen Huan was not referring to her as "Hua Fei" but "Empress Hua Fei". She smiled and said:

"Everyone has their days when they feel unwell."

This line seems to belong to Zhen Huan.

The emperor went to the Yikun Palace quite often after the year. Recently, Concubine Hua fell ill, so the emperor went there whenever he had time.

Sun Miaoqing speculated that it was due to the war in the north.

There weren't many things in the harem that could make her happy. The fact that the emperor rarely saw her made her even more depressed. Now she was happy to be able to speak a line as the protagonist.

It seems that what was snatched was not a word, but the protagonist's luck.

I guess I'm just comforting myself. After all, life has to go on.

Sun Miaoqing had not finished copying the scriptures yet, but she had found a solution. She gave the content she had copied to Liang Duorui and asked him to go outside the palace to find a "gunman" for her.

Copy on behalf of others.

Only then did I take a breath from the mountain of scriptures.

But she didn't dare to show off or go anywhere else, so she came to the Suiyuxuan, which was like a cold palace, to talk to Zhen Huan.

"Sister Mei and Sister An are both away tending to the sick."

Logically speaking, when Concubine Hua caught a cold, other concubines rushed to tend to her. Even Concubine Jing Feng Ruozhao, who was usually reluctant to go out, talkative, and had been tortured by Concubine Hua's meticulousness in the past, went. So she should have gone too.

But everyone in the harem knew that Concubine Hua disliked Sun Miaoqing. When she got the news, she just went to meet her and went through the motions, just to avoid any gossip.

I dare not stay long.

"Empress Hua has never asked concubines to take care of her, but Sister Mei and Sister An are very..."

Sun Miaoqing wanted to say "diligent", but that word expressed an attitude too obvious, so she changed her words to "diligent."

She was provoking him implicitly.

Zhen Huan was a little absent-minded today, and could not quite understand the hidden meaning behind her words, so she just said:

"Empress Hua is the head of all the concubines, and she should be served."

"……yes."

Sun Miaoqing didn't expect Zhen Huan to be so wary of her, and at the same time she could say to An Lingrong:

"Sister Mei will definitely run into Concubine Hua when she goes to attend to the sick. It's really difficult for her."

But to myself, it is a neutral "I should serve".

She said awkwardly, "I was just worried that others might mistake them for trying to curry favor with Concubine Hua."

"Too……"

Zhen Huan smiled and said, "Sister, you are very considerate. Let's have some tea first."

Huanbi brought the tea and she reached out to support it, but her eyes involuntarily drifted outside.

Empress Hua...

When He Gong met the emperor for the first time, he cursed himself as a villain in his heart, but he also told the Imperial Household Department not to treat him harshly, saying that she was a bad person and his enemy.

Knowing that Sister Mei and herself are good sisters, she is still willing to trust Sister Mei and let her learn about the affairs of the Six Palaces without any instigation.

Nor did he stop Sister Mei from interacting with him.

What a contradictory person.

She was full of doubts, and her eyes inadvertently looked beyond the red walls and glazed tiles to the Yikun Palace, which she had never been to.

I heard that the most magnificent place in the entire harem is there.

She... also wanted to go to Yikun Palace to attend to the illness.

Go and see how lovely Concubine Hua is as described by Sister Mei.

When I get to the Empress, maybe I will know the Emperor's purpose of pretending to be a prince to meet me, and I will know the reason why my father was imprisoned...

Serving the emperor is like being a tiger, not to mention that the emperor cannot satisfy the wishes of his worthy lover.

Favor is not the most important thing; the most important thing is to avoid all misfortunes as much as possible.

After Sun Miaoqing left, Zhen Huan asked Huanbi to wait for Shen Meizhuang outside Yikun Palace.

"My lady, the medicine is ready."

In Yikun Palace, Shen Meizhuang came in from outside holding a bowl of medicine.

In the harem, only the emperor, empress dowager, or queen have the right to let concubines attend them when they are sick. Nian Shi Lan realized that in her previous life, she had no true sisters in the harem.

It's just a cold this time.

She had Songzhi, Zhou Ninghai and others to serve her, and she did not want to overstep her authority, nor was there any need to overstep her authority by asking concubines to take care of her when she was ill.

The others were sent away, and Shen Meizhuang stayed on her own initiative.

Not just her.

Seeing that Shen Meizhuang was able to stay, An Lingrong used a phrase that Concubine Hua had thought of before and said softly:

"I am a concubine of low rank and of poor origin, and I am not worthy of serving the Majesty..."

Nian Shilan couldn't bear to see her half-dead look, and was also afraid of hurting her sensitive and inferior heart.

I'll treat you like a slave, and you can serve me if you like.

Even Huan Yi Xiang was fine, so she probably wouldn't tamper with her own medicine.

Nian Shilan went with them.

The two of them discussed and cooperated with each other.

Today it's Shen Meizhuang's turn.

"Knowing that Your Majesty is afraid of the bitterness of the medicine, I went to the small kitchen and made candied fruit. After Your Majesty drank the medicine, she tasted... Your Majesty?"

Shen Meizhuang was talking when she entered the moon-shaped door. She saw the bright yellow figure beside the bed, and the corners of her raised mouth drooped.

Why is he here again?

Afraid that Concubine Hua would think that they stayed to take care of the emperor in order to wait for his favor, Shen Meizhuang and An Lingrong both timed their departure before the emperor arrived.

I didn't expect to run into her again today.

She became furious when she thought of the emperor pulling out her hairpin in public and exposing her hair to the public.

Then I thought that once he came, I would have to leave, which made me even more unhappy.

What bad luck!

"Your Highness."

Shen Meizhuang saw that the emperor's eyes were on Concubine Hua and bowed politely, "Your Majesty, you come very early today." Come later next time.

"I'm not busy with court affairs today, so I came here right after court."

The emperor looked back and suddenly realized that Shen Meizhuang seemed different from before.

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