The Virtuous Concubine

The Fourth Prince had already laid out the plan in the previous dynasty. He scattered some of his trusted minions in various places, waiting for the Crown Prince to return to the palace. Once the time was right, he would immediately launch impeachment.

The reasons for impeachment were easy to come by, including disrespect for the emperor and father, disobeying the emperor's orders, and even the accusation of plotting against his father. Together with the previous accusations of extravagance and many other crimes, a total of ten charges were fabricated.

The Hesheli family behind the prince was not to be outdone. Relying on the prince's legitimate title, they frequently took action and won over many forces.

The Fourth Prince hid in the back, keeping quiet, and only let Guo Luoluo and Niu Hulu, who were behind the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Princes, lead some of his men to be active in the front.

At this moment, Yonghe Palace is like the eye of a typhoon.

The turmoil in the former court and the harem did not affect the stable life of the imperial concubine, princesses and princes' wives at all.

After entering the palace, apart from taking care of her pregnancy, Guaerjia also looked for opportunities to go out and socialize with the prince's concubine. She felt that they got along well the first time they met last time, and they were pregnant at the same time, which was really a coincidence, so they must have a lot to talk about.

However, Malu resolutely refused to allow Guaerjia to have contact with the prince's concubine.

What a joke, who does Fourth Prince think is the fool?

But she knew that the Fourth Prince was definitely not a fool. He told Guaerjia this, which meant that this was his conspiracy. Who knows what might be involved behind the scenes.

Malu and Wen Xian have different personalities. Wen Xian is the kind of person who is willing to take risks and then turn the tide, so she would be willing to let Guaerjia enter the palace, while she would personally watch what her fourth brother is planning.

But Malu was determined not to do that and still hoped to nip everything in the bud, or even better, not have it happen at all.

That was why she did not allow Guaerjia to have contact with anyone other than herself and Wen Xian. When Guaerjia went out, Malu would arrange for many servants from Yonghe Palace to follow her, and would never let Guaerjia or Qingfeng go alone.

This is exactly what Guarjia wants!

She didn't want to harm anyone, but for the sake of her child, she had to give an explanation to the Fourth Prince.

Now it is just right. If the Fourth Prince knew about it, he would at most scold me for being incompetent, but there is nothing else he can do.

It can only be said that the Fourth Prince did not expect that his wife had learned to be passive and lazy.

Even so, others seemed to think that Malu attached great importance to Guaerjia's pregnancy and were extremely envious.

Guaerjia's belly was round, and it was obvious that she was a girl. In this palace that only values ​​boys over girls, Concubine Dezhao was really an anomaly for attaching so much importance to Guaerjia's daughter.

Concubine De Zhao loves her daughter, and people in the palace can understand that, so most people just make a few sarcastic remarks about Ma Lu's favor for Wen Xian.

But this daughter-in-law, who gave birth to a daughter, wasn't angry either? This was a bit beyond the understanding of other concubines.

At least Concubine Hui couldn't understand it. She heard that Concubine Dezhao felt sorry for Guaerjia and asked her to stay in the palace for a while, so she went to Yonghe Palace specially under the pretext of visiting to find out what was going on.

Seeing Guaerjia's round belly, Concubine Hui came back happily.

She thought to herself that her eldest brother had given birth to two daughters, so when he came back, she should be able to have a third child. As the saying goes, three times is the limit, so the third child must be a son.

Concubine Hui, who had no idea that the eldest prince had been actually imprisoned by the crown prince, was happy, but Ulanara was not happy.

She was the most anxious and the most afraid. Among the princes, only the fourth wife, Guaerjia, was pregnant. She really wanted to know whether Guaerjia was pregnant with a boy.

Originally, she thought that Guaerjia was pregnant with a girl, but she was always sensitive and suspicious, and always felt that this might be the news released deliberately by Guaerjia.

Imperial Concubine Dezhao even took it so seriously that she brought Guaerjia into the palace to take care of her. What else could the baby in her belly be other than a legitimate grandson?

Ulanara was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and once she even had a miscarriage at night.

Logically, as the de facto master of the harem, Malu should go and see Ulanara.

But she really didn't want to go.

Although she would not harm Ulanara, to be honest, she was not so saintly that she could not take care of the prince's woman. So Malu just sent some things and knocked on the Imperial Hospital, just as he did his duty, and still dutifully stopped Guaerjia from going to Ulanara.

But no one expected that Ulanara would be so ignorant of the danger and come to the door with a bulging belly, saying that she wanted to thank Concubine Dezhao!

Malu frowned tightly: "The prince will be back in two days, and she can't help it?"

Bai Xia looked helpless, spread his hands, and said with a bitter face: "Concubine Ulanala is very determined, she said she would not leave until she sees the queen."

Malu was even more annoyed, and snorted coldly, "What do you think my Yonghe Palace is? If she wants to stay here, let her stay! Serve her good food and drink, and then tell her that I am not feeling well and cannot see guests."

Anyway, the prince won’t be angry with me, so let Ulanara make trouble if she wants!

Guarjia listened from the side and felt guilty. She was wrong. Without her example, Ulanara would not have dared to follow suit.

After a moment's hesitation, she smiled and offered Malu a cup of tea: "Don't be angry, mother. I will go and see her and try to persuade her!"

Malu glanced at Guaerjia, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he said, "It must be bad news if you come here uninvited. You are also a pregnant woman, you have to be careful, so you'd better not go."

Guaerjia nodded and said: "Don't worry, mother, I won't worry about it. It's precisely because I'm pregnant that I can calm her down. If it were someone else, if there was some pushing and shoving, it would be hard to explain. And..." Guaerjia smiled confidently, "Eighty percent of the time, Concubine Ulanara is worried about this in my belly. If she sees it with her own eyes, she won't be anxious about the fetal movement."

Malu smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a mischievous person. Well, I'll leave this matter to you. But you have to bring a few more people with you. Mother will support you."

As soon as Malu finished speaking, eight palace maids came in like a stream, following closely behind Guaerjia. Even Qingfeng was pushed aside.

Seeing that people were leaving in large numbers, Malu finally felt relieved and turned to eat some snacks.

Ever since Lady Guaerjia came to Yonghe Palace, all the food in Yonghe Palace has been changed to be suitable for pregnant women.

It's true that this snack tastes really good, and Malu simply can't stop eating it. Normally, she doesn't like this kind of light-flavored food, and always feels that it's a bit bland, but recently, for some reason, she finds it particularly delicious.

Bai Fu, who was standing next to her, saw this and said worriedly, "My queen, if you eat too much snacks, you will be picky again when you eat later."