After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

The pregnant Princess Xian entered the palace and asked to see the Empress Defei.

Concubine De was talking to her daughter, the Third Princess. When she heard that Princess Xian wanted to see her, she immediately asked her to come in quickly.

"Your son pays respects to the majesty, mother. May you be well. May my third sister be well."

The virtuous princess was about to kneel down to pay her respects, but the virtuous princess hurriedly stopped her, "No need to pay your respects, come and sit next to me."

The third princess supported Princess Xian and walked to sit next to Princess De.

"Sixth Wife, you have a stomachache, why did you think of coming to the palace today? What's the matter?"

Concubine De first carefully observed Princess Xian and found that her complexion was not very good.

Princess Xian covered her mouth with a handkerchief and began to sob.

The third princess waved her hand hastily and asked all the servants to leave.

Concubine De held Concubine Xian's hand and wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

"But if Old Six bullies you, tell me and I will take care of it for you!"

Princess Xian held Princess De's hand with both hands, "Mother, save the prince!"

De Fei's heart skipped a beat, "What happened to Lao Liu?"

Princess Xian then told the story of how snakes had entered the Prince's Mansion and the Princess' Mansion, how the Rui Palace had caught fire, how the guards had been poisoned to death, how thieves had entered the Xian Palace, and now they were all in her mother's home. She told the whole story from beginning to end.

As Defei listened, her face grew darker.

"You mean the prince suspected that it was the Sixth or the Fourth who released the snake, so he's taking revenge on you?"

"Yes." Princess Xian nodded.

"Have you found out who released the snake? Who is it?"

"No, it was as if the snake had crawled out of the garden by itself."

"Has no one ever doubted the Prince of Qi?" asked Concubine De.

"I heard from my father that the Prince of Qi was sent to suppress bandits, and only the Prince of Qi's concubine is left in the palace."

"That night, a snake entered the Prince of Qi's palace. The Prince of Qi's concubine lost her baby and the eldest son was frightened to death." These were all found out by the wise king through inquiries.

"Mother, if it wasn't for the fact that the child in my belly didn't get along with the Xianwang Mansion, I'm afraid that my son and the prince would have been murdered long ago!"

Princess Xian couldn't help crying again.

A month ago, Princess Xian met a Taoist priest on the street.

After looking at her for a few seconds, the Taoist priest asked her if she had nightmares every night.

At that time, she thought he was a liar and almost had him driven away.

As a result, the Taoist priest told the year and month when she met the virtuous king, and also said that she and the virtuous king had a daughter, and the fetus in her belly was a boy.

She now has nightmares every night because there is too much resentment in Prince Xian’s Mansion.

At that time, she thought the Taoist priest was talking nonsense, so she asked someone to give her dozens of taels of silver and let her go.

When she returned home, she told the wise king about it as a joke.

As a result, the wise king believed it and started moving immediately.

It just so happened that her dowry included a large house not far from her parents' home.

As soon as she proposed it, the wise king agreed.

Now that I think about it, if the Taoist priest hadn’t said that in advance, they wouldn’t have thought of moving.

"What exactly does the prince want to do? He just takes action without finding out the truth?" Concubine De frowned.

"I heard from my father that the Crown Prince has been acting very radically since he was reinstated."

"Mother, you also understand that the prince has no intention of coveting that position, but the prince still won't let him go."

"Mother, you must think of a way. You can't let the prince hide away all the time, right?"

Princess Xian kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief.

"Okay, you are in poor health, go back first. Mother understands." Defei looked at her with concern.

Because the wise king was the youngest, he knew from a young age that it would never be his turn to take that position.

Since childhood, he has lived in the shadow of his brothers.

The virtuous king had a very good attitude. He often advised the virtuous concubine that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot, and hiding behind others was not necessarily a bad thing.

Defei also knew that her family background and connections would not be able to help her son.

Since her son didn't have that intention, she gave up the idea.

Especially when I saw the crown prince was deposed and the queen almost died.

She also figured it out. As long as her son and daughter-in-law were happy and safe, and her daughter married a good husband, she would be satisfied.

But now, how can we make things turn around?

The emperor is still in power in the court, and the prince is only assisting in government affairs.

If you want the prince to turn over a new leaf, you have to start with the emperor.

Defei and the Empress followed him when he was the emperor or a prince.

Now, I am not young anymore.

The harem has been filled with new people one after another, and the emperor has long forgotten the old ones.

Even if the queen had fallen out of favor, the emperor would still visit her on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month.

But when it comes to her, the emperor may not even remember her for a year or two.

Just as she was worrying about how to invite the emperor over, her personal maid came over.

"My lady, Lin from Fengyuan has come over and asked to see you."

"Lin agreed? Which Lin agreed? No!"

Concubine De was feeling upset at the moment.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten that a month ago, when you passed by the Imperial Garden, you encountered a conflict between the newly-admitted concubines in the harem."

"One of the concubines was pushed to the ground and almost disfigured."

"Did you happen to be passing by at that time, and you scolded him a few words, and then asked me to send him back?"

"Lin Da Ying is the young lady who was pushed to the ground that day."

"She said she came to thank the queen!" the maid added.

Only then did Concubine De raise her eyes and look at the maid, who nodded.

"You let her in."

The maid went out and came back with a woman in palace dress a moment later.

"Your humble servant Lin Wan'er pays respects to Her Majesty the Virtuous Consort."

The woman walked to the center of the hall, knelt down and kowtowed properly.

Concubine De waited until she finished performing her formalities before letting the maid help her up.

"Please take a seat and serve tea."

Lin agreed and carefully padded his butt to sit on the side.

She motioned to the personal maid behind her to hand over the plate in her hand.

Defei's maid took the plate, placed it on the table next to Defei, and lifted the cloth on it.

There was a very exquisite round fan on the plate.

"I have nothing else but this embroidery, so I made a round fan for you, hoping it can bring you a ray of cool breeze and relieve your worries."

Defei picked up the round fan on the plate and discovered that the fan was embroidered on both sides.

There are different patterns on both sides of the round fan. When the fan is waved, the patterns inside seem to move.

However, it is a very cold day now, and giving someone a round fan is really interesting.

Concubine De put the fan back on the plate and said, "That's thoughtful!"

"This winter is really cold, and next summer will definitely be hot. The gift Lin promised is really thoughtful."

When Lin Da Ying saw that Concubine De was just drinking tea, he stood up again and knelt down in front of Concubine De.

"Your Majesty, I have something to ask of you. Please ask your attendants to leave!"