This palace comes back in this life, only to be Nian Shilan

Chapter 12: Supporting Concubine Hua

When the Queen woke up early in the morning and was about to have breakfast, she heard Jiang Fuhai outside the door announcing that the Emperor had arrived. She was very happy and quickly asked Huichun to prepare a set of bowls and chopsticks so that she could have breakfast with the Emperor.

The emperor came in, sat opposite the queen, and had a bowl of millet and red date porridge.

The queen looked at her husband lovingly. The emperor had not had breakfast with her for a long time. The Jingren Palace was only warmed up once when the emperor came.

After the meal, the Emperor took the handkerchief handed to him by the Empress and wiped his mouth. Then he said, "Hua Fei's headache has not healed yet, so I will exempt her from paying respects to you these days. When she is well again, let her pay respects to you again."

The queen was still immersed in sweet fantasies, but the emperor's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on her head.

The Queen almost couldn't hold back her fake smile, her eyes flickered as she replied, "Sister Hua Fei, you have been helping me manage the six palaces and sharing my worries. You should take a good rest. Jian Qiu, send the cordyceps in my storehouse to Yikun Palace to nourish my sister's body."

"That's good." The emperor picked up another pickled cucumber and took a bite. "I heard that the new palace attendant Xia was disrespectful to you on the day she came to the palace to see you."

"Mrs. Xia still lacks some manners. I have already asked the teaching nanny to teach her well. She does not need to sleep with me for the next three months."

"Xia is disrespectful. Even when Concubine Hua gave her advice, she still refused to obey. In this case, she should be demoted to a concubine."

"I obey your command." The queen felt a little regretful. She should not have protected Xia when all the palaces came to see her that day.

After finishing what he wanted to say, the emperor wiped his hands to indicate that he had finished his breakfast, stood up, put his hands behind his back, and prepared to return to the Yangxin Palace to review memorials.

"The affairs of the harem are complicated, and the queen should be more attentive in managing the affairs of the six palaces."

Before leaving, the emperor gave the queen a gentle reminder, and when the queen heard it, her heart sank to the bottom.

The emperor is here to support Concubine Hua.

***

Suiyuxuan, under the crabapple tree.

Zhen Huan was lost in thought as she watched the dug mud pit being filled up again.

Just now, Pei'er found that there was something strange about the ants under the crabapple tree, and Xiao Yunzi dug out a bag of pungent spices from under the crabapple tree.

Now Huanbi goes to the Imperial Hospital to ask for Doctor Wen.

Zhen Huan had a bad feeling. She thought of what Kang Luhai had said, that Concubine Fang, who used to live in Suiyuxuan, was sent to the cold palace after having a miscarriage.

Zhen Huan had a hunch that Concubine Fang's miscarriage was closely related to this bag of spices.

Sure enough, after Doctor Wen arrived at Suiyuxuan, he picked up some spice and put it in front of his nose and sniffed it carefully, then his pupils dilated in shock.

Wen Shichu told Zhen Huan that the oil paper was wrapped in musk, which was made from the secretions of extremely strong male musk deer. If a pregnant woman smelled this for a long time, she would easily have a miscarriage.

When Zhen Huan heard what Doctor Wen said, she secretly confirmed her guess in her heart.

The musk must have been buried under the crabapple tree when Concubine Fang was pregnant. When the crabapple blossomed, the fragrance of the flowers mixed with the musk, making it difficult to distinguish.

Concubine Fang often stood under the crabapple tree to admire the flowers. After a long time, she had a miscarriage.

But who is the person who wants to harm Concubine Fang?

Zhen Huan couldn't figure it out for the time being, and suddenly felt that the palace was full of dangers. Tonight, the emperor would recruit new concubines to sleep with him, and she couldn't be the first one and become the target of public criticism in the harem.

Zhen Huan suddenly burst into tears and told Wen Shichu her guess and expressed her wish not to serve the emperor in the bedchamber.

When Wen Shi first saw Zhen Huan crying, he was upset and had to promise to help her.

After coming out of Suiyuxuan, Wen Shichu went to Jingren Palace to report to the queen.

After entering the palace, Zhen Huan missed her family so much that she had no appetite and was physically exhausted. After the audience with all the palace members, she was caught in a wind on the way back to Suiyuxuan from Jingren Palace. The wind evil entered her body and she caught a cold. She needed to be well taken care of.

In the morning, the Emperor came to ask for leave for Concubine Hua, and in the morning, Imperial Doctor Wen also asked for leave for Zhen Huan. Ulanara Yixiu felt like she was out of control.

This harem seems to be out of his control.

"In that case, let Wanchang rest and recuperate."

Ulanala Yixiu just felt that Zhen Huan was unlucky. Not only did she have a face that resembled her sister Chun Yuan, but her body was also sickly like her sister and was not useful.

If keeping her wasn't useful, Yixiu would just want to kill this woman who looked so much like her sister.

Seeing such a face greeting her every day, Yixiu felt upset.

In the morning, the Emperor had just reminded the Empress to be kind to the concubines in the palace. Less than half a day later, another maid caught a cold after paying her respects to him.

If word gets out, it will be known that Ulanala Yixiu is a very mean queen.

After Wen Shichu left, Yixiu began to think about how to alienate Shen Zhen and the other one.

***

Inside the Yiku Palace, Concubine Hua was lying on the Xiangfei couch, eating grapes and flipping through the new storybook that Zhou Ninghai had recently gotten for her - "Reborn as a Concubine in the Harem".

Mr. Sanjin’s latest masterpiece.

After her rebirth, Concubine Hua originally planned to study and practice calligraphy to change her image of being illiterate and rude in her previous life.

Copying Buddhist scriptures and practicing calligraphy every day can help calm the mind, and Concubine Hua has made great progress.

However, when it comes to reading... I remember the last time Hua Fei picked up a copy of the Analects, she fell asleep after reading only two pages.

The past was too hard to recall, and she could not get into reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but Concubine Hua found the trick in the storybooks.

She learned this trick of showing weakness to win the emperor's sympathy from a storybook, and it was very effective. I heard that the emperor went to the queen's palace this morning and let the queen eat the first meal.

There is great wisdom in the storybook.

"My lady, what did the Concubine Dowager do after she found out that the Emperor didn't love her?" Song Zhi asked about the plot while rubbing Concubine Hua's legs.

It was all because her young mistress was so good at telling stories. Yesterday, Songzhi also asked Zhou Ninghai to bring her Mr. Sanjin's latest storybook, but Zhou Ninghai hadn't brought it yet.

She had no choice but to ask Concubine Hua to tell her the rest of the story.

But Concubine Hua kept her in suspense and tricked Songzhi into making her a bowl of almond cheese and a plate of crab meat pastry, only then was Concubine Hua willing to tell her the rest of the story.

Just as Concubine Hua was about to show off, she saw Zhou Ninghai limping in to report that he had found out everything about Concubine Xin in the palace.

Concubine Hua asked Zhou Ninghai to report in detail.

Zhou Ninghai reported everything from the people coming in and out of Changchun Palace to the number of times the Changchun Palace collected the night-scented toilets, and Concubine Hua did not hear anything wrong.

I had no choice but to ask Zhou Ninghai to go down and investigate further.

Concubine Qi is a member of the Queen's party, so it is inappropriate for Concubine Hua to go to Changchun Palace, so she can only rely on Zhou Ninghai to inquire about the news.

When Zhou Ninghai stepped down, he decided to collect one penny for each piece of useless news.

He had spent a whole purse of money on the news about Changchun Palace yesterday, but not a single word of it was useful!

Ever since Concubine Hua forbade him to accept bribes by relying on his position as the eunuch in charge of the Yikun Palace, he has had much less money to make.

You have to be frugal with your money!