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

Chapter 170 (Spending) (money) is what I should do.

When the whole palace comes to meet the emperor, the concubines will just ask the empress dowager if she is well. If the empress dowager is well or not, she will say "I'm fine" and then give the concubines some concerned advice. If there is some reward, then the concubine will have face for the day.

Concubine Hua quietly counted the heads with her fingers in her sleeves, calculating that it would take less than a cup of tea to talk to a concubine, so how long would she have to wait after bowing before she could go back to Yikun Palace and lie down to read the storybook.

After entering the main hall of Shoukang Palace, the Queen, four concubines and Lipin performed the great ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows to the Queen Mother. Then Noble Consort Hui and Noble Consort Fucha performed the ceremony to the Queen Mother, followed by the rest of the maids-in-waiting.

"Even Concubine Duan is here today. Is Concubine Duan feeling better?"

After a year of staying at home and taking good care of herself, Concubine Duan now looks rosy-looking. Before she went out today, she asked Jixiang to apply a thin layer of pearl powder on her. Now, Concubine Duan still looks as if she is barely breathing.

When Concubine Hua heard the Empress Dowager's concern for Concubine Duan, she rolled her eyes impatiently and wanted to touch the pearls on her head to calm herself down, but what she touched were silk flowers. She felt even emptier inside. In the eyes of others, Concubine Hua's face looked really bad.

Although the silk flowers are beautiful, their texture is not as solid as gold and jade.

The Queen Mother watched Concubine Hua's expression calmly. It seemed that the old feud between Concubine Hua and Concubine Duan was still so intense.

It's really pitiful. They had the best relationship in the palace, but they became enemies because of a bowl of pregnancy-preserving medicine between her and the emperor.

At that time, he and the emperor were also considering the long term.

After so many years, Concubine Duan must have figured out the reason, and it was difficult for her to bear so many sins for herself and the emperor.

Concubine Duan: Who would believe me even if I explained it?

"Thanks to the protection of the Queen Mother, I felt much better this morning. I will certainly come for the annual audience with the whole palace." Concubine Duan replied weakly.

Concubine Hua glanced at Concubine Duan and rolled her eyes at her in hatred.

As soon as Concubine Duan entered Shoukang Palace, she felt a little uncomfortable. The feeling of suffocation was very familiar, as if she had seen it before.

A thought flashed through Concubine Duan's mind, but she didn't dare to believe it. She glanced at Concubine Hua's face and knew the reason.

Does Ulanara know that she is tortured every day by her own niece whom she protects so much?

If she knew, would she still protect Yixiu like this?

Concubine Duan was supported by Jixiang and quietly stepped aside.

Hua Fei, who was standing aside and watching the ceremony, silently calculated in her heart how many hours she had left before she could return to Yikun Palace to lie down.

"The Concubine Hua is dressed simply today." When the distracted Concubine Hua heard the Queen Mother mention her, she immediately put on a proper smile.

"Replying to the Queen Mother, I heard that the Emperor said a few days ago that the palace was short of money, so he changed the silk flowers for decoration. Isn't it better to save a little money?"

Queen: That’s not what you heard when you watched the play before.

Concubine Hua: The Queen Mother neither saw nor heard anything, so what if I just said something that the Queen Mother would like to hear?

"Well, you always think about the emperor. No wonder the emperor favors you a little bit."

"It is my duty to spend this money." Concubine Hua bowed gracefully.

The Queen couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Concubine Hua.

When the Queen Mother said to Concubine Jing that she had worked hard in taking care of Wen Yi, Concubine Qi was about to say that the Third Prince had grown taller this year.

The eunuch in charge of the Empress Dowager quickly interrupted and asked Concubine Hui, Concubine Fucha and Concubine Wan to see the Empress Dowager, so that Concubine Li was left out without even saying hello to the Empress Dowager.

Lipin was standing aside with an angry look on her face.

Concubine Hui brought Jinghe, who was as white and tender as a meat ball, to the Empress Dowager for a closer look. The Empress Dowager was delighted but did not dare to get close to her for fear of passing her illness on to Jinghe.

Jinghe is five months old now. She is not shy about strangers. Whenever she sees someone, she grins with her toothless mouth and giggles. No one minds even if her saliva remains on her bib.

Humans are defenseless against milk balls.

Concubine Hua looked at the empress dowager's pale smiling face and couldn't help but roll her eyes. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have a granddaughter to hug now.

The empress dowager looked at Jinghe again and again, and asked the wet nurse in detail how many hours Jinghe slept and how many times she drank milk. She then gave Jinghe a white jade pendant of Maitreya Buddha, and then let the wet nurse take Jinghe away.

"Maitreya is the Buddha of the future. I hope Jinghe will be happy all her life." Everyone knows that the Queen Mother has favored Shen Meizhuang since the day of the selection of concubines. It is natural for her to love her children as well.

But the Queen couldn't bear it. Her son Honghui was the Queen Mother's first grandson, but he was not given much attention.

The Queen Mother does not value Honghui, and is not worthy of enjoying the blessings of descendants and family happiness.

When Concubine Hui stood aside, the empress dowager instructed Concubine Fucha to take good care of her health and give birth to children for the emperor as soon as possible.

At this time, Noble Fucha smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know. The imperial physician came to check my pulse a few days ago and said that I am more than two months pregnant."

When the Empress Dowager heard the news that Noble Lady Fucha was pregnant, a smile immediately broke out on her face.

It happened to be the day when Noble Lady Fucha encountered a ghost in the Imperial Garden after listening to a play. She was worried and couldn't sleep the whole night. The next day, she asked the imperial physician to check her pulse. The imperial physician said that Noble Lady Fucha was more than a month pregnant.

Noble Lady Fucha gave the imperial physician a large sum of money before asking him to keep it a secret.

But Noble Lady Fucha was a person who could not restrain herself. Now that it was the auspicious day for the whole palace to attend the audience and the Empress Dowager had high expectations of her, Noble Lady Fucha could not help but show off.

The Queen's pupils dilated slightly. This Noble Lady Fucha was indeed a fertile woman. Just half a year after her miscarriage, she was pregnant again.

Wan Chang, who was standing behind, could feel Noble Lady Fucha's smugness just by looking at her back. Noble Lady Fucha would become pregnant after being favored a few times. Logically, she was the one who slept with Noble Lady the most in the harem, so why was there no movement for a long time?

Zhen Huan felt a little regretful and a little annoyed.

An Changzai suddenly realized, was this the reason why Noble Lady Fucha's attitude towards her changed drastically after that night?

Relying on what she has in her belly, Noble Lady Fucha probably thinks of herself as the mistress of the palace.

It is easy to change the country, but difficult to change one's nature.