"I understand what you mean, my lady. The Virtuous Consort will soon no longer be a concubine. As long as you give the order, I will arrange for her to be eliminated without anyone noticing.
Without her, the Fourth Prince will only have you as his mother. No matter what ideas he has, he will have to follow your opinions.
"I know this is the truth, but right now I just want to quickly take the throne of Queen. Only when I become the head of the Central Palace will I have the leisure to think about other things.
You know that the Emperor dotes on the Imperial Concubine, even more so since she became pregnant. She just gave birth to the Tenth Prince. If she gives birth to twins or a boy and a girl this time, I'm afraid I'll have no chance.
I have been planning for so many years, not to make wedding clothes for others. The position of Queen can only be mine. Anyone who dares to covet it will not be spared by me. "
"Your Majesty, Yongshou Palace is heavily guarded. If you want to attack them, I'm afraid it won't work."
"I know. I never said I would take action against her now. I have never harmed the Emperor's children, but this time, I must kill the child in Nianhulu's belly."
The palace maid did not respond, but stood behind the imperial concubine, waiting for her to finalize the plan so that she could arrange it directly.
"Based on my understanding of her, she certainly didn't expect me to take action on the day of her delivery.
I think after spending a few months in peace, she must have relaxed a lot. If something goes wrong during childbirth, she can't blame others. Who made her slack off?
Also, send someone to take good care of the Fourth Prince. Although Concubine De is now under house arrest in Yonghe Palace, there is no guarantee that she will not find ways to contact him.
I have suffered a loss once and will never suffer a loss again. Concubine De wants to gain benefits through the Fourth Prince, but I will not agree.
After Concubine De gives birth, whether the Emperor likes it or not, I will send her to the cold palace.
The old Empress Dowager is devoted to Nianhulu. I remember that she refused to see me before. I sent a message to my family, asking them to find a way to drug her.
When I think of her putting pressure on me and preventing me from taking the throne of Queen, I wish she would die immediately."
The palace maid had been listening attentively and was about to carry out her ideas, but she actually said that she wanted Empress Xiaozhuang to die. She was so scared that she hurried out to check.
"Your Highness, how can you say such words so easily? If anyone hears, you won't be able to keep your position as Empress, let alone Imperial Consort.
Not only that, I'm afraid you and the Tong family will suffer. Listen to my advice, the Empress Dowager is old and will leave one day, so there's no need to keep thinking about her.
When the Empress Dowager passes away, you will be the highest-ranking official in the palace. Who will dare to disobey you then?"
Although the Imperial Noble Consort was somewhat reluctant, she still listened to the palace maid's words. As long as she became the highest-ranking person in the harem, wouldn't she be able to control anyone she wanted?
Even she didn't notice that not only her, but even the people serving in her palace had forgotten the existence of the empress dowager.
Even if Empress Xiaozhuang was really gone, it would not be the Imperial Noble Consort's turn to make decisions in the harem, as she had the Empress Dowager above her.
"You're right, but I still feel a little uncomfortable. If I don't teach her a lesson, I'm really afraid that I'll become depressed and seriously ill."
The palace maid was helpless. She had clearly persuaded the imperial concubine, so why was she starting to feel conflicted again?
It's not that she looks down on her. What kind of place is the Cining Palace, and what kind of person is Xiaozhuang? If she really attacks her, then she should be prepared to die.
The key point is that it doesn’t matter if she dies, but as her personal maid, I will be buried with her!
Even if she is not buried with him, she will not have a good ending based on what she knows and has done. She might even bring trouble to her family. Therefore, she must be stopped.
"Your Majesty, please don't ever think like that again. As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry. What if it gets discovered..."
Seeing the heavy expression on the palace maid's face, the imperial concubine finally gave up on drugging Empress Xiaozhuang.
Unfortunately, she had no intention of drugging Xiaozhuang, but her thoughts and what she had said before were known to Xiaozhuang and Kangxi.
Inside the Cining Palace.
"I knew she wasn't a good person. When you said she was dissatisfied with me and even had murderous intent in her eyes, I didn't take it seriously. I didn't expect she really wanted to attack me.
Xuanye, if she was a good person, I would have made her the empress after Empress Xiao Zhao passed away. Alas!
Kangxi's face was equally ugly. The imperial concubine's behavior was a slap in his face.
Moreover, Xiaozhuang was his biological mother. If she wanted to take action against his mother and he remained indifferent, he would not have the face to call himself the emperor.
"Don't worry, Madam Royal, I will give you an explanation on this matter. I have seen over the years that few of the women in the harem are simple.
Please take good care of the Imperial Concubine. She is simple-minded and lazy. Although I have instructed her to stay in Yongshou Palace to take care of her pregnancy, I am still worried that she might be plotted against."
After hearing this, Empress Xiaozhuang curled her lips helplessly. Since this grandson knew that there were few simple women in the harem, how could he be sure that Mu Sili was a simple one?
However, this did not affect her attitude towards Mu Sili. With Empress Xiao Zhao around, she was absolutely tolerant of Mu Sili.
"It's good that you know this. As for the Imperial Concubine, I will take care of her, but I won't let the Imperial Concubine go easily.
I have been in the harem for so many years, how can a woman under thirty compare to me? If you dare to attack me, even if I don't want her life now, I will teach her a lesson. "
"I understand. It's up to the Royal Mam to decide. I have no objection."
In Kangxi's view, even if Xiaozhuang did not take action against the Imperial Noble Consort, he would still punish her. This was better, as it saved him the trouble of not knowing how to deal with her.
A week later, the Imperial Noble Concubine suddenly fell ill. After examining her, the Imperial Physician said that it was nothing serious and that she just needed to rest well. The Imperial Noble Concubine did not take it seriously.
As time went by, she found that her illness seemed to be getting better, but her body functions were getting worse.
If she still can't see that she has been tricked at this time, then all these years in the palace would have been in vain.
"What on earth is going on? Why did I get caught for no reason? This Chengqian Palace is full of my people. I don't believe anyone would betray me. Investigate for me! I want to see who dares to attack me!"
The Imperial Concubine's expression was filled with immense anger. Who on earth was so blind as to dare to harm her? When she found out who was behind this, she would grind her to dust!
She was so focused on crushing the person behind the scenes into ashes that she didn't notice that her personal maid's face was getting paler and paler.
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