After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

What the old nanny said made sense, so Zhao Fangping sent someone to invite the imperial physician. However, today was the day when the Chang'an government office was vaccinating the people, and all the imperial physicians had gone to help. There was not even one imperial physician left to see the patient. There was no way to invite an imperial physician, and Zhao Fangping was so anxious that he kept crying, and he couldn't think of any solution.

In the end, it was the old nanny who suggested that she go find her grandfather, Grand Tutor Gui. Zhao Fangping had no choice but to send someone to find Grand Tutor Gui again.

Grand Tutor Gui was invited, and when he saw his daughter being beaten like this, even if it was the emperor who beat her, he was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves and went to cause trouble for Zheng Xian.

Zheng Yan told Zheng Xian what I said about the Ninth Prince. Zheng Xian almost forgot that he had a son named Xiao Jiu. Thinking about Gui Lanzhi's personality, she didn't look like someone who could raise a son for him, so he planned to bring Xiao Jiu back. But the Queen was weak and had to lie in bed half of the year to recuperate. It was obviously unrealistic to send Xiao Jiu to her palace. Zheng Xian had a headache. He couldn't take Xiao Jiu with him himself, right?

At this time Wei Yi suggested that one of the twenty or so concubines who remained in the palace could be selected as the surrogate mother of the Ninth Prince. Zheng Xian felt that this idea was feasible, but Zheng Xian was not a lustful person. Except for the queen and a few imperial concubines, he could not remember any of the other concubines. Finally, Wei Yi proposed to give the child to a Zhaoyi named He Wan'er to raise.

Why is He Wan'er?

He Wan'er's father was originally a small county magistrate. Because of his integrity and fearlessness of the powerful, he was harmed by a villain, lost his position, and committed suicide. He Wan'er and her mother were left alone at home. Her mother was unable to find a good family for He Wan'er, so she had to send the thirteen-year-old He Wan'er to the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, she passed the palace examination and successfully entered the palace, becoming a little concubine.

After entering the palace for so many years, He Wan'er only slept with Zheng Xian once. Zheng Xian didn't even know whether she was round or square. As for why she was promoted to Zhaoyi, it was all due to her age. As long as the concubines in the palace were not dead, they would be promoted every two years. He Wan'er did not fight for it, and was promoted from Cainu to Zhaoyi.

She didn't want to leave the palace because she was old, and she had food and drink in the palace, people to serve her, and a monthly salary, which was much better than leaving the palace and marrying again. Besides, her own mother was dead, and she had no relatives, so her situation might be even more miserable if she left the palace.

Such a person, with no backing, no connections, and pure qualities, no one is more suitable than her to be the surrogate mother of His Majesty the Ninth Prince.

After listening to Wei Yi's analysis, Zheng Xian felt that it was very much to his liking, and immediately issued an order to promote He Wan'er from Zhaoyi to Guifei, and gave her a palace. Since those palaces were once occupied by concubines, who either died or left the palace, Zheng Xian felt that it was unlucky, so he sent someone to summon the Ministry of Works to immediately repair the palace awarded to He Wan'er. During the repair period, He Wan'er and His Highness the Ninth Prince temporarily lived in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and by the way, they kept me company.

When this imperial edict was issued, not only He Wan'er was stunned, but even Gui Lanzhi, who had just woken up, was so angry that she vomited blood again, tilted her head, and fainted again.

The Jinxiu Palace was also in an uproar.

When the imperial edict reached Jinxiu Palace, the queen was playing chess with herself. After hearing the imperial edict, the queen actually spat out a mouthful of blood, which frightened her chief maid Ling Xiao so much that she screamed and shouted, "Call the imperial physician."

But the queen seemed to have gone mad. She refused to accept the imperial edict and madly pushed the chessboard on the table to the ground, crying and shouting, "Not only have you taken away my power as empress, but you didn't even ask for my opinion on appointing a concubine. You also want to keep her in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Where is my dignity? What's the point of me living?"

The queen made a big fuss, and the eunuch saw that the situation was not right, so he had to slip away quickly.

The harem was in chaos, but no one told Zheng Xian. He just pretended not to see it and immediately ordered people to take He Wan'er and the Ninth Prince to the Hall of Supreme Harmony and arranged accommodation for them.

From the enthronement to bringing the person into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it took only half a day, leaving no chance for the person to react.

When I returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, I saw He Wan'er carrying the Ninth Prince out of Zheng Xian's imperial study.

I didn't know He Wan'er, and He Wan'er didn't know me either, but when He Wan'er saw me, she still bent down respectfully and saluted me.

He Wan'er was about thirty years old, dressed very simply, with her hair tied up and pinned up with a jade hairpin, and no extra jewelry on her head; she wore a pair of small green jade earrings on her ears, which made her skin look even whiter.

He Wan'er was born clever and beautiful, and at first glance she was an intelligent woman, no wonder she had been able to survive in the cruel harem.

I glanced at the Ninth Prince in her arms. He was almost half a year old, but he was skinny and had yellow skin. He looked malnourished.

I was shocked that there were malnourished children in the palace. How did Gui Lanzhi take care of the children?

I quickly stopped He Wan'er and said, "What happened to your Highness the Ninth Prince? Why do you look like you are dying?"

He Wan'er said, "His Majesty the Ninth Prince looked like this when he was brought back from the Laurel Palace. His Majesty said that he would summon the imperial physician to the palace later to take a closer look at His Majesty the Ninth Prince."

He Wan'er's voice was gentle and appropriate, like a warm breeze blowing past, making people feel warm even to the heart.

I nodded and said, "We need to ask the imperial physician to take a good look at His Highness the Ninth Prince. He doesn't look well."

As we were talking, a eunuch ran up to me, bowed, and said, "Second Master Zhao, His Majesty invites you."

I smiled and said to He Wan'er, "Take His Highness the Ninth Prince back to his room to rest and take good care of him."

He Wan'er bowed to me again before leaving with the Ninth Prince in her arms.

I didn't know that He Wan'er had been promoted to a royal concubine. I just thought she was the maid who took care of the Ninth Prince.

Seeing that she was neither humble nor arrogant, and spoke generously and appropriately, my liking for her increased.

Zheng Xian was in the imperial study. I was led into the imperial study by the eunuch. When Zheng Xian saw me, he asked with a sullen face, "Didn't I tell you to rest in the room? Where did you go this afternoon?"

I helped to sort out the messy memorials on the desk and put them aside, saying, "This room is too stuffy, I'm going to practice martial arts with Li Qingshan for a while."

Zheng Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Li Qingshan was once Chang Guang's most capable right-hand man. Unfortunately, he was seriously injured during a mission and could no longer go out to fight. So I arranged for him to be a coach at the horse training ground. Li Qingshan is a martial arts expert. Before he was injured, he was second only to Chang Guang. Even if he was injured, he would be hard to beat in Dayu. I'm afraid you beat him up badly, right?"

I said unconvincedly: "Don't underestimate me. I'm not very good at martial arts, but I'm very strong. It took him a lot of effort to beat me."