Sumei's dog barked continuously for 48 hours, and her voice was basically hoarse. Sumei used to think she had a good singing voice, but now it seems that it is useless, which makes her feel very depressed!
Sima Zhan stayed in the Weiyang Palace every day, which caused dissatisfaction among everyone in the harem. Someone reported this to the Empress Dowager, who summoned the Emperor and said, "Emperor, you have so many concubines but you choose to favor a married woman. How can this be disgraceful?"
"Mother, you can't say that about Yu'er. Yu'er saved my life." The emperor had no choice but to perfunctorily answer the empress dowager.
"Even if I saved your life, I could have been rewarded with some money or something. How could I have made her a concubine?" the Queen Mother said dissatisfiedly.
"Mother, that's because you haven't seen Yu'er. She is beautiful, gentle and kind. You will definitely like her when you see her!" Sima Zhan's eyes lit up when he mentioned Jiang Meiyu.
The Queen Mother was an experienced person, so how could she not know that her son had fallen in love? No, she could not allow such a beauty to cause trouble. This Concubine Chen must be eliminated, otherwise the entire harem would not be at peace.
Jiang Meiyu didn't know that she had gained a new enemy, and that she was the most powerful woman in the entire palace.
The Queen Mother continued, "Then you can't favor her alone. As the Emperor, you must treat everyone equally. Only in this way can the royal bloodline be continued!"
Sima Zhan did not want to argue with the Queen Mother. After all, this was not his biological mother. The reason why he never stepped into the harem before was because he knew that the women in the harem were all spies selected by the Queen Mother, so he tried his best to disguise himself.
"If your Majesty Mother has nothing else to say, I will take my leave and come to pay my respects to you another day!" The emperor stood up and left.
The Queen Mother was furious: "He has grown so arrogant that he doesn't even take me seriously. If I hadn't adopted him, how could he have become emperor? Now he doesn't even listen to me!"
"Your Majesty, please don't get yourself sick from anger. We can't do anything to His Majesty, but can we do nothing to Concubine Chen?" Nanny Gui said flatteringly.
"Yu'er, do you know? You are my first woman and my only woman in this life!" Sima Zhan hugged Jiang Meiyu's slender waist and whispered in her ear.
Jiang Meiyu was very surprised: "Then Your Majesty has never favored the concubines in the harem?"
"Yes, those were all the work of the Queen Mother and the Empress. They both wanted to place their spies around me so they could monitor my every move. My mother died early, and the Queen Mother only gave birth to a princess. In order to hold onto power, she adopted me!"
So that's how it is. That means the eldest princess is not the emperor's sister from the same mother. It will be easier to deal with her then!
Jiang Meiyu turned around and put her head on Sima Zhan's chest, listening to his heartbeat: "dong dong", raised her little face: "Your Majesty, please believe Yu'er, Yu'er will never betray you, and will stay with you forever!"
Sima Zhan couldn't contain his excitement, he bent down and kissed her tender and tempting red lips, and the two of them were passionate all night until the morning court.
As usual, the emperor did not allow Jiang Meiyu to change his clothes, so Jiang Meiyu had no choice but to lie in bed and continue to sleep soundly.
Mu Ying pushed open the door and walked to the bedside: "Your Majesty, it's time to get up. Today is the fifteenth day of the month. We need to go and pay our respects to the Queen Mother!"
Jiang Meiyu had no choice but to get up obediently and let Ziye and Zhucui dress her up. Today she wore a white and blue long dress with pearls embroidered on the skirt and cuffs. She looked beautiful and charming, very eye-catching!
She took Zhu Cui and Zi Ye and went to the Cining Palace. As soon as she entered the Cining Palace, she felt that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone was there. She walked forward and performed the standard palace etiquette: "Your concubine pays homage to the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager live a long and healthy life!"
"Bold Concubine Chen, you rely on His Majesty's favor and don't even take the Empress Dowager seriously. Everyone is here, but you are late even for paying your respects," the Queen shouted.
The other concubines all had smug looks in their eyes. It seemed that they had deliberately joined forces to come to the Cining Palace early just to accuse her of disrespecting the empress dowager.
Jiang Meiyu raised her head and observed the Empress Dowager for a moment. Seeing that she didn't say anything, she must have wanted to scold herself. "Your Majesty, I came to pay my respects to you on time. However, I heard a few days ago that you are a Buddhist, so before I left, I prayed to the Buddha in Weiyang Palace to bless you with good health and a long life!"
The Sumerians only remembered the food and not the beating: "Humph, who would believe you just by saying that? No one saw it!"
"I think as long as the Buddha sees it, my heartfelt thanks will be there. I've also heard that the Queen Mother is always compassionate. If she knew I was praying for her, she wouldn't blame me!"
The Queen Mother looked Jiang Meiyu up and down. What a beauty! Not only was she stunningly beautiful, she was also very eloquent. No wonder she had charmed the Emperor to such a tee. The Queen Mother cleared her throat and said, "Get up! It's rare that you're so thoughtful!"
"Empress Dowager..." Lady Su wanted to add fuel to the fire.
"Okay, don't be so presumptuous!"
Everyone felt a little unhappy when they saw that Jiang Meiyu was not punished.
"Mother, in my opinion, since Concubine Chen is so thoughtful, why not keep her in the Cining Palace to copy scriptures for you? And since Concubine Chen cares so much about you, mother, I must kneel down to copy the scriptures so that it will be effective!" The Queen has new tricks all the time!
"Concubine Chen, what do you think?" The Queen Mother's eyes flickered, and her expression could not be seen.
"Your servant obeys your order." Jiang Meiyu was not afraid of copying the scriptures because she had the system to help her. But what did the empress dowager want to do by keeping her in the Cining Palace? Was it really as simple as copying the scriptures?
Not long after, everyone left. Jiang Meiyu came to the Buddhist hall in the Cining Palace and knelt down to copy the scriptures. Two palace maids were guarding outside the hall. Ziye and Zhucui were extremely anxious: "Your Majesty, what should we do? Are they going to keep you in the Cining Palace forever? There's no telling how long you have to copy!"
Jiang Meiyu began to copy the scriptures seriously, and finally someone brought lunch.
"Yu Yu, the Queen Mother wants to poison you. She put a chronic poison in the food!" Thirteen said with a sneer.
It is true that like mother, like daughter. It turns out that the eldest princess's cruelty and viciousness are all inherited from the empress dowager.
"Thirteen, give me a laxative for the Queen Mother. I want to see if she can handle it at her age! I also need two antidotes for these two little girls."
"Okay, Yuyu, that's 700 points in total, 5600 points left."
"OK" Jiang Meiyu took out two antidote pills and gave them to the two girls. The two girls swallowed them without asking any questions because they believed in their queen!
Mu Ying was extremely anxious in the Weiyang Palace. Why hadn't the Empress returned from paying her respects? Had something happened?
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