“Empress, I am the biological mother of the crown prince, and I also have the power to assist in managing the palace. If I were to track down the thief, how would that be overstepping my authority?” Concubine Zhao raised her chin slightly, her eyes full of pride.
"So what if you are the prince's biological mother? I am his legal mother, so what if you are a noble concubine or an imperial concubine? Without sitting on my throne, you are no different from those concubines to me, just a concubine." The queen handed the jade in her hand to the head nanny: "How dare a mere concubine come to Fengyi Palace and act rashly? It seems that I am too lenient with you."
When Concubine Zhao heard this, veins bulged on her forehead, but what the queen said made sense. She was just a concubine, and it was indeed an act of usurpation to want to take him away from the queen. However, if the emperor was unconscious, this was the best opportunity to deal with the genius doctor Lingjun.
She would never allow anyone who posed a threat to her son's succession to the throne to live, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
After all, which emperor had a smooth journey to the throne?
Who didn't step on the corpses of others to ascend to the throne?
She looked at Wen Gang behind her. He understood what she meant and walked up to Shang Ruoyi: "Master Lingjun, please come with me."
A silver needle slipped from her hand. When she was about to make a move, the queen's majestic voice came: "Today, I will put my words here. Without the emperor's oral order, no one can take anything away from Fengyi Palace. Those who violate it will be considered treason."
As soon as the words fell, no one dared to say another word.
If you plot treason, you will be executed along with your entire clan.
Shang Ruoyi curled the corners of her lips slightly. This queen seems to be quite good.
Concubine Zhao's face flushed, but she couldn't utter a word to refute.
She turned around and was about to leave when she heard the queen say faintly, "You are becoming more and more ignorant of etiquette. You are leaving before you even greet each other. Who taught you the rules?"
Concubine Zhao had no choice but to pay her respects properly. She did not dare to leave until she heard the Queen's order to leave.
The lower-ranking guards who came with her left in disgrace.
Concubine Zhao returned to the palace, picked up something and threw it down.
"I'm so mad! I'm so mad!" She threw the vase to the ground, panting heavily, "She relies on being the queen to humiliate me like this. I'm the prince's biological mother, how dare she! How dare she!"
Bixi, who was standing by, consoled her: "Don't be angry, madam. You are looking at the dragon baby in your belly!"
Concubine Zhao touched her belly and sneered, "Dragon child? Ha, I tried so hard to get pregnant with a dragon child, but what happened? The emperor gave me a broken jade hairpin, and I ran to Concubine Shu with the jade bracelet. Why do all the women want to compete with me? Even the broken dragon child is not as good as Concubine Shu!"
She swept the teapot off the table to the floor, and the splashing tea fell on her shoes. The slightly scalding temperature slightly eased her out-of-control emotions.
“My queen, no matter how angry you are, you must take care of yourself. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, you will be the queen dowager in name only. The queen will not dare to do anything to you, but how to take revenge is up to you.” Bixi’s words brightened Concubine Zhao’s mood.
yes! When the new emperor ascends the throne, I will be the empress dowager. Then, won't I have the final say on how to torture her?
Seeing that her mood had calmed down a lot, Bixi ordered her servants to come in and clean up.
At this time, Concubine Zhao said slowly: "What is the name of the fruit that the prince sent to me some time ago?"
"Reply to the Queen, 뇽 Strawberry."
"Although it's a little sour, Ru꿷 really wants to eat it." She touched her still flat belly: "I guess it's because the child wants to eat it."
"Your Majesty, there is a folk rumor that 'sour boys and spicy girls', your baby might be a little prince!" Bixi naturally knew what Concubine Zhao wanted to hear.
"It would be great if he was a prince." She smiled and said, "Go ask where else we can get this strawberry fruit."
When the news that the emperor had fainted due to anger spread out of the palace, everyone in the court was in a panic, and the prince's lineage was secretly waiting for news.
In their view, if the emperor fell ill and could not get up, the prince would be involved in government affairs and it would not be long before he completely controlled the court.
By then, it is unknown whether the emperor's health can be recovered.
In fact, they hoped that Emperor Shun would die at this time.
He Lingsheng seemed extremely anxious on the surface, but in fact, the imperial physicians and Dr. Jiang who treated the emperor were all members of the prince's party and naturally did not want the emperor to recover.
At night, He Jingheng came to the side hall again, and Shang Ruoyi asked in a low voice: "I see that you are idle all day long. What do you think this palace is? You can come and go as you please."
He Jingheng frowned and whispered, "Can you cure the emperor's illness?"
Shang Ruoyi just took a sip of tea and spat it all out: "Ahem, what did you say?"
Let her treat the emperor?
"The Emperor's illness."
"He has brought your Dingguo Palace to this point, and you are still thinking of saving him. Are you a Bodhisattva?"
He Jingheng sighed: "If he dies, the court will be in turmoil, and it might bring disaster."
"Disaster? What kind of disaster could it be?"
"When the late emperor dies and the prince ascends the throne, the Zhao family will rule the entire court. The prince is not strong enough to fight against the Zhao family. By then, the emperor will not be the emperor and the ministers will not be the ministers. With the interference of the foreign relatives in government, there will inevitably be chaos."
Shang Ruoyi drank the rest of the tea and curled her lips and said, "You are an exiled prisoner, and you still worry about the affairs of the royal family. When you were exiled from Dingguo Palace, the royal family showed no mercy and even wanted to put you to death."
"The monarch changed, the court was shaken, the country was in chaos, and the people suffered. We, the Dingguo Palace, can ignore the emperor's life or death, but we can't put the people in danger." He Jingheng's face was stern, and he said seriously: "The Dingguo Palace is a sharp sword, and it will never be wielded against the people."
Shang Ruoyi's heart trembled slightly.
These words ran through her mind.
녊Because of this, she could better understand He Jingheng's feelings.
"Forget it." She took out a porcelain bottle: "Let him drink this, he will wake up soon." The porcelain bottle contained spiritual spring water.
When I think of Emperor Shun's anxiety, perhaps these treasures are of great value.
After searching the mind space, a square box caught her attention.
When I opened it, I found a seal inside.
She blinked and asked awkwardly, "Um, a seal that is slightly larger than your fist, all golden, with a dragon on it. What is that seal?"
He Jingheng narrowed his eyes slightly: "You mean the Imperial Seal?"
It was over. She actually stole the imperial seal.
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