Yinzhen glanced at the queen, said nothing, and did not respond to the queen's words.

The Queen lost face in front of everyone and her face was not good, but she could not say anything to complain to Yinzhen, so she had to use the power of the Queen of the Central Palace to tell everyone to save some face: "Noble Lady Chun is very lucky this time, but you servants must not take it lightly in the future, especially those who serve Concubine Zhao, you must take this as a warning, and never let down Noble Lady Chun again."

"Yes, I'll remember that." The palace maids and eunuchs answered in unison.

The Queen then stood up and apologized again, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was my incompetence that caused such a thing to happen in the harem. In the future, I will strictly discipline you and ensure that such an accident will not happen again."

Since the queen had already apologized, the concubines naturally followed suit and knelt down.

Suddenly, a bunch of people knelt in the room.

Concubine Qing helped Xia Dongchun kneel behind the Queen. The two looked at each other, feeling quite helpless.

Yinzhen looked at the people kneeling on the ground and felt a headache. However, it seemed that whether this matter was an accident or man-made, it would not be solved in a short time, so he simply said, "Everyone, stand up. Let the queen handle this matter. We must find out whether this was an accident or someone did it on purpose."

"Yes, I will find out the truth." The queen answered, and then she stood up with the help of Jianqiu, and the other concubines followed suit.

"Let's all go. If you all stay here, it will not help Concubine Yu Chun to be pregnant." Yinzhen was annoyed seeing so many people here. He might as well let them all go back to their own palaces, so that there would be less trouble.

Concubine Qi looked at the others, then at Yinzhen. Seeing that he seemed to be planning to stay here and wait for Concubine Chun to wake up, she stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, I feel sorry for Concubine Chun and get along well with her. I want to stay and wait for her to wake up before leaving."

After saying this, she raised her eyes slightly and met Yinzhen's gaze, her eyes truly full of affection.

The other concubines who were about to leave couldn't help but look at Concubine Qi with different expressions.

Concubine Duan's gaze stayed on Concubine Qi for a moment, then she asked the wet nurse to hold Wen Yi, and turned and left.

Now she just wanted to take Wen Yi away as soon as possible. She always felt that there was something fishy about this incident, but she was not sure yet who had set his sights on Wen Yi and who wanted to use Wen Yi to cover up his or her intention to harm others!

Concubine Qi looked at Yinzhen expectantly.

Xia Dongchun deliberately slowed down her pace. She wanted to see if Concubine Qi could get what she wanted.

The Queen quickly looked away, and judging by her expression, she seemed to be unhappy with Concubine Qi's self-willed decision.

But after thinking about it carefully, the Queen felt that it would be better if Concubine Qi could stay, rather than if they all left and only Zhen Huan was left here.

Yinzhen was in a bad mood and didn't bother to give face to others. He didn't even look at Concubine Qi and said directly: "What can you do if you stay? Too many people can easily cause trouble. I don't see you and Concubine Chun have any friendship on weekdays. It's enough to have the imperial physician here."

Concubine Qi felt a little aggrieved, but still wanted to fight for it: "Your Majesty, please let me stay. I want to wait with you until Concubine Chun wakes up."

Under normal circumstances, if Concubine Qi acted like this, Yinzhen would be happy to indulge her. But Yinzhen was not in a good mood right now, and all the six palaces were watching. In Yinzhen's eyes, Concubine Qi's behavior at this time was not just girlish coquetry, but unreasonable behavior.

"What Concubine Qi said, where does that put the Empress? Even if someone really needs to stay with the Emperor and wait for Sister Chun to wake up, that person should be the Empress." Xia Dongchun saw Yinzhen's thoughts. Others gave Concubine Qi face, but she was too lazy to play along with her. "If you have nothing to do, why don't you go to the Yanxi Palace and talk to me? Didn't you always say that you wanted to get closer to me?"

Yinzhen didn't say anything, but from his expression, he agreed with Xia Dongchun's words.

How could Concubine Qi really be worried about Concubine Chun? She just wanted to stay with Yinzhen, but now not only can she not stay, but she has to go with Xia Dongchun.

Anyone who is not a fool can see that Xia Dongchun doesn't like her, and her position is lower than Xia Dongchun, so she will definitely not be comfortable staying with Xia Dongchun.

But before she could refuse, Yinzhen spoke up, "Okay, just follow Zhaopin. Didn't you tell me before that you felt close to Zhaopin and wanted to interact with her more? Why don't you want to go now that you have the chance? Doesn't that mean you were lying to me before?"

Now Concubine Qi had no choice but to go, otherwise wouldn't it be confirmed that everything she and Yinzhen said before was false?

There was no way out. Concubine Qi didn’t dare to stay any longer. She looked back every three steps and followed Xia Dongchun out.

When they arrived outside the Suiyuxuan, Yinzhu helped Xia Dongchun get on the sedan chair. Concubine Qing and Concubine Qi also got on their respective sedan chairs and went towards the Yanx Palace together.

On the way, Xia Dongchun's sedan chair went side by side with Concubine Qing's, while Concubine Qi followed behind.

The snow had not melted yet, and there were still young eunuchs sweeping the snow on the palace road. Occasionally a breeze blew, and it was still a bit cold.

Xia Dongchun gathered the hot water bottle in her hand, and Yin Zhu leaned in and whispered, "Does the queen really plan to invite Concubine Qi to our palace? We know that she doesn't really want to get close to us, and the queen is pregnant now, so it's better not to ask her to disturb us."

Xia Dongchun chuckled, "I didn't really plan to invite her to sit around in our palace. I just used her excuse to bring her out first. She is also stupid. She wants to act like a spoiled child to win the emperor's favor, but she doesn't know whether the emperor has the time and mood. Although Concubine Chun's child is saved, she hasn't woken up yet. And that's Sui Yuxuan. Even if the queen doesn't accompany her, it won't be Concubine Qi's turn, but she herself doesn't understand."

"So that's how it is. I was worried that Your Majesty would really invite her to sit around." Yin Zhu nodded.

They arrived at the Yanxi Palace. Just as Concubine Qi was about to get off the sedan chair, Xia Dongchun said, "I feel a little unwell suddenly. It's a bad day today, so I won't invite Concubine Qi to sit with me. You can go back first."

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