All the concubines in the harem are time travelers

When Cui Lihua heard the Queen Mother calling her Lihua, she felt even more aggrieved.

"I am angry with myself. I am as angry with myself as the Empress, because I cannot let you hold the Emperor's grandson!"

"God has his own plans. You are still young, so don't force it."

The empress dowager sighed so softly that it was almost inaudible. Although she was trying to comfort Cui Lihua, she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy in her heart.

He added another sentence.

"I like both of you. No matter who gives birth to a prince first, I will tell the emperor to appoint that child as the crown prince."

Cui Lihua's eyes lit up and she was extremely happy.

She looked at Fucha Yuxiu with pride, but Fucha Yuxiu remained calm, as if she didn't care at all about who the prince's son was.

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Fucha Yuxiu bowed respectfully to the empress dowager. She had always been like this, neither close to the empress dowager nor distant from her.

The Queen Mother just thought that she was like that by nature and didn't say anything to her.

If there were no girls among the younger generations of the Lin family, she would not have handed over the throne to the Fucha family.

After sitting and chatting for a while, Fucha Yuxiu stood up, bowed and left. The empress dowager then slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said to Cui Lihua.

"The lack of heirs in the palace is indeed a problem."

Fu Cha Yuxiu hummed and said nothing.

How dare she say that? The emperor had not favored her for two and a half years. She had thought it was not a big deal before. Among so many concubines in the harem, she was the only one favored by the emperor. It was only a matter of time before she gave birth to an heir and was crowned queen.

But now, Bu Ji appeared out of nowhere and took possession of the emperor. Every time she had a nightmare, she had Bu Ji getting pregnant with the royal heir, being canonized as Imperial Noble Consort, and riding on her head.

The Queen Mother smiled.

"I heard from the Guangchusi people early this morning that you took a lot of Ophiopogon japonicus and White Peony Root?"

Cui Lihua paused, and was just thinking about what to say when she heard the Queen Mother's voice turn cold:

"Giving this herb to someone who hasn't recovered from a cold yet, are you trying to take her life while she's sick?"

Cui Lihua quickly knelt on the ground and spoke stutteringly.

"Empress Dowager...I am not..."

The Queen Mother was still smiling. She had been extremely beautiful when she was young. Time had taken away her arrogance, but it had not diminished the elegance in her eyes and eyebrows.

"I'm already helping you, why are you still so impatient?"

"If she really did something wrong, there is no need for you to take action. I and the Emperor will naturally make the right decision."

Cui Lihua knelt tremblingly, but could not help but clench the handkerchief in her hand.

The Queen Mother punished people by either confinement or beating with a stick. How could this be considered helping her? What she wanted was Bu Ji’s death.

The Queen Mother still has the nerve to say it was a wise decision?

The punishment of Bu Ji was not messed up by the emperor's interference. The empress dowager felt she owed her eldest son and was unwilling to break off relations with the emperor.

The Queen Mother was silent for a while until Cui Lihua whispered.

"I was wrong, please forgive me, Queen Mother!"

"What's the issue of pardon or no pardon..."

The Queen Mother sighed softly.

"Am I such a cruel person?"

Hearing this, Cui Lihua slowly raised her head and wiped the tears that were sliding down her face.

"Queen Mother, I really know I was wrong..."

The empress dowager's expression remained gentle, but the light in her eyes was dark and unclear.

"By now, she should have taken the medicine. If the emperor asks, have you thought about what to say?"

Cui Lihua nodded vigorously.

"I have already arranged everything. The maid who delivered the herbs has already taken the money and left the palace. There is no witness. I do not admit that I delivered the Ophiopogon japonicus and White Peony Root."

"This matter has nothing to do with me, and naturally has nothing to do with you, the Queen Mother."

The empress dowager sent someone to investigate, and found out that there was no Qiu Sheng in the palace at all. The maid who delivered the medicine was an orphan that Cui Lihua bought from a human trafficker outside the palace. She paid money and told her to do whatever she wanted.

Once such a person is sent out of the palace, he will naturally never be found again.

Cui Lihua really put some thought into doing this, but it's a pity that she has seen many such tricks.

If Bu was smart, she would not have looked for Qiu Sheng at all, but would have instigated the emperor to torture Qin Yin, Cui Lihua's personal maid.

The palace maids who followed her naturally knew what the master had done.

The Queen Mother smiled and said to Cui Lihua.

"Don't kneel in front of me. You should go check what Bu did after leaving the palace so that you can keep a trump card for yourself."

The Queen Mother spoke these words as if she were chatting with her family. Cui Lihua listened, looked up at her in shock, then quickly lowered her head and kowtowed heavily.

"I know I was wrong. Thank you, Queen Mother!"

The Queen Mother was giving her some ideas, and she was smart, so she understood it immediately.

Bu Ji had been in the palace for two and a half years, and had never said that he wanted to leave, not even to visit his parents.

There must be something wrong if he suddenly sneaks out of the palace.

Maybe she went to meet her lover in secret. The affair between her and Lord Liang spread from the former court to the harem. Although the rumor was small, it reached her ears.

She stared at Bu Ji more closely than she stared at the emperor.

"Do you really know you are wrong?"

Cui Lihua clenched her teeth, biting her tongue, and the smell of blood filled her mouth. She didn't know she was wrong! Why should she know she was wrong?

In the past two years, she has treated the Queen Mother better than her own mother, and has been respectful and obedient to her.

She did whatever the Queen Mother said.

But just now, when the empress dowager saw Fucha Yuxiu, her eyes lit up and she kept urging the empress to give birth to a prince.

If she didn't speak, the Queen Mother wouldn't even think of her.

Cui Lihua took a deep breath and said with difficulty.

"I really know I was wrong."

The Queen Mother nodded and said calmly.

"Then go down, do what I ask you to do, and don't think too much about other things."

These light words were like a slap in the face, landing heavily on Cui Lihua's face.

The Queen Mother meant to stop her from taking action.

Cui Lihua endured the humiliation and returned to the Yanx Palace. When she passed the Qianqing Palace, she could not find the emperor or Wang Huai. She hurriedly asked the guards outside the palace, who said that the emperor had taken Eunuch Wang out for a walk.

Taking a walk?

Cui Lihua sneered. When did the emperor suddenly feel like taking a walk? He just wanted to use the walk to meet that bitch.

"Your humble servant greets the Imperial Concubine."

Suddenly, a familiar male voice came from behind her. She turned around and saw Lin Chengrui clasping his fists towards her.

The Queen Mother's nephew.

She had just been lectured by the Queen Mother, so naturally she didn't want to meet anyone from the Lin family again.

"Get up."

Cui Lihua spoke in a cold voice and glanced at him lightly.

Lin Chengrui put down his hand, stared at her, stood there motionless, with no intention of leaving.

The palace road was so wide and Cui Lihua couldn't get around him because he was blocking the way.

Cui Lihua saw him staring at her, frowned and said unhappily.

"You can't look me in the face!"

Lin Chengrui shifted his gaze to his own rivet combat boots and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, ma'am."

Cui Lihua was speechless. Just as she was about to reach out and push him away, an embroidered handkerchief appeared in front of her.