The Virtuous Concubine

Malu patted Bai Xia's hand and said, "It's okay. I've just been a little tired because of all the trivial matters these days. I'll take good care of myself after this storm is over. Concubine Mi is very sad. It's not good for me to call the imperial physician for such a small matter. Go and give Concubine Mi something, but don't send her any supplements."

Bai Xia took the order and turned around to go to Concubine Mi's palace with the things, but was turned away.

After waiting for a while, only a second-class palace maid came out.

The maid's face was full of apology. She bowed to Bai Xia and said softly, "Aunt Bai Xia, I'm really sorry. Concubine Mi is very sad and is still resting. It is not appropriate for her to see guests. I hope Aunt Bai Xia will understand."

Bai Xia waved her hand and politely left the things behind. She then asked a few more questions about Concubine Mi's situation and said a few words of concern: "It's okay. I'm just following the order of Imperial Concubine De Zhao to bring some things to Concubine Mi. You take these things in and tell Concubine Mi that I hope she can take care of herself and mourn. After all, she is pregnant with the heir, so her health is the most important thing."

Seeing Bai Xia being so easy to talk to, the maid was somewhat grateful. After all, she was pushed out to be scolded, and she didn't expect Bai Xia to be so tolerant.

"Thank you, Aunt Bai Xia, and thank you Madam Malu for your concern. I will definitely pass on your message. But Madam Malu keeps crying, and we servants are really distressed to see this, but we don't know how to comfort her."

Bai Xia was actually too lazy to listen to her explanation for Concubine Mi. His own queen was a noble concubine in charge of palace affairs, and Concubine Wang had won some favor from the emperor because of her child and was promoted to concubine, but she had become so arrogant that she refused to even give her a first-class maid.

This clearly showed that he did not take Malu seriously. He could not help but blame his own mother for not stopping her from letting her sick son observe mourning.

On the way back, Bai Xia felt angrier and angrier. Malu was writing and found it funny to see her so angry.

Bai Xia's mood is like the weather in June, changing at any time, sometimes happy, sometimes furious. After so many years in the palace, this childish temperament has not changed at all.

"What's going on? Who dares to mess with our Aunt Bai Xia?"

When Bai Xia heard what Malu said, she quickly walked to Malu's side and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you don't know, Concubine Mi is too much! We went to send her gifts with good intentions and showed concern for her, but she didn't even let us in the palace gate, and sent a second-class maid out to get rid of the slaves."

It turns out to be this.

Malu's expression remained calm. He turned around and continued writing. As he wrote, he asked Bai Xia slowly, "What did I say? There will definitely be people who want to make a fuss about this and put the blame on me."

"If the Imperial Hospital had not clearly stated that the Sixteenth Prince had always been in poor health, and that he had suddenly developed a serious illness, which was caused by his mother's womb, and that was why he could not make it, I am afraid that I would not be able to explain it even if I had a mouth full of words."

Malu paused, the pen in his hand paused slightly, and the ink spread on the paper.

The Imperial Hospital was full of shrewd people who were usually cautious in their words and rarely made such decisive judgments. Who helped him this time?

Is it Rong Ji, or Doctor Gu from the Nalan family?

Malu narrowed his eyes slightly and decided to check it out after a while.

In fact, she believed more in Rong Ji than the Nalan family. After the eldest prince came out, even with the fourteenth prince, a small number of people in the Nalan family chose Hui Fei.

However, what she didn't expect was that the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were involved.

Since that day, the prince has placed Malu at the top of his heart. Of course, he has to protect his own woman.

As for the Fourth Prince, it was not that he had anticipated this incident while he was far away in Jiangnan, but the interaction between the Fourth Prince's staff in the Imperial Hospital and Rong Ji's favor prompted some people in the Imperial Hospital to decisively stand up and clear Malu's suspicion.

Before leaving, the Fourth Prince repeatedly instructed his men that if anything happened to a person or a dog in Yonghe Palace, these people would have to be beheaded.

With the Seventh Prince sitting in the palace and watching them, they naturally couldn't care less about protecting themselves as usual and all jumped out to help Concubine Dezhao of Yonghe Palace.

By the time Malu found out, Wenxi's seventh day of death had already passed.

Before she could take any action, she heard the prince say that the palace had been very uneasy recently. The series of funerals had shrouded the entire palace in a gloom. Several rituals should be held to pray for the souls of the dead and dispel the bad luck. In such an atmosphere, it was not appropriate to hold ceremonies such as enthronement in a grand manner.

These words were very targeted, and were obviously directed at Concubine Mi's enthronement ceremony!

But Kangxi had always doted on the prince, and would almost always grant his requests as long as they did not involve state affairs. This time was no exception, and Kangxi approved the prince's proposal without hesitation.

Because of these few words, the canonization ceremony that was supposed to be held in a grand manner for Concubine Mi was thus shattered. Not only that, every day there were shamans, Taoist priests and monks coming in and out of Concubine Mi's palace, and the noisy chanting and the collision of ritual instruments were intertwined, making a constant buzzing sound.

People in all kinds of strange costumes were busy shuttling around in the palace, jumping up and down like a group of demons dancing wildly. Concubine Mi was already exhausted by the pain of losing her son, and now she was caught off guard by the prince's words. If she hadn't been so determined, her already fragile nerves would have completely collapsed.

At this moment, the sunlight shines through the carved windows of Yonghe Palace. The two little princesses are playing and laughing with the newly born puppies of the Snow Army outside. Bai Xia is sitting next to Malu, massaging her legs with skillful techniques.

The clever little Egret was talking excitedly about the secret gossip about the concubine that he had just found out. His vivid description made the people present laugh so hard that their laughter became louder and louder.

Malu smiled, she knew in her heart that the prince was helping her vent her anger.

Concubine Mi was the biological mother of the Sixteenth Prince, how could she not know that the Sixteenth Prince might not be able to endure the funeral ceremony? She kept silent about it just to play such a role. Whether she wanted to make Kangxi feel distressed or to implicate herself, she was despicable.

However, the crisis was resolved invisibly and could not shake her position at all.

Bai Fu beside her nodded slightly and said casually, "I really have to thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince this time. If he hadn't helped Concubine Mi to be too busy, this matter would have been troublesome later."

Bai Xia didn't understand the twists and turns, so she smiled and agreed, "That's right. Your Highness, this is a really smart move! I'm afraid Concubine Mi has lost her temper after being tormented by so many people, so how could she have the energy to cause trouble to you, Your Majesty."