It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

Yuan Buwei also developed the first version of the antidote.

She sent it to the palace as soon as possible and asked the noble lady to give it to the emperor.

I don’t know if the emperor has a weak constitution or he was poisoned before, but he hasn’t gotten sick until now.

But since he witnessed the poisoning, the patient looked crazy.

He now cannot sleep well every day and asks the imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau to watch over him all day long. The doctors are afraid but dare not say anything.

Now that the imperial concubine brought the antidote, the emperor swallowed it without saying a word.

"My dear, this is all thanks to you, otherwise I would have become a monster." The emperor held the lady's hand, his eyes burning with unprecedented heat.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Bu Wei and her two sisters are working day and night to develop an antidote. Young Marquis Lu and the soldiers of the Gale Battalion are also taking good care of the sick patients. It's just that Young Marquis Lu has limited energy..."

"I will give the order now and ask Commander Luan to go and help. If Lu Sui needs anything, he can just ask."

It was rare for the emperor to be so generous, so the imperial concubine would naturally not let it go: "Your Majesty, the Swift Wind Battalion has been busy with this matter recently, which has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, the kitchen was bombed before, and countless people were killed and injured. The injured are still lying down."

"Yes, although Lu Sui did not go to the battlefield this year, he did a lot. I know that."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The imperial concubine expressed her gratitude immediately.

"My Royal Concubine, the Queen and the Crown Prince are still under house arrest, and the affairs of the six palaces are all handled by the Royal Concubine. Are you unhappy?"

"I am terrified." The noblewoman knelt down hurriedly, her face anxious. "I remember that when I first entered the palace, I knew nothing. It was the Imperial Concubine who was kind and patiently taught me. When I gave birth, I was extremely weak, and it was the Imperial Concubine who helped me take care of the third princess. I will never forget such kindness. How could I not be happy?"

When the emperor heard the imperial concubine say this, his originally stern face immediately turned into a smile and he stretched out his hand to her: "I was just asking, look how scared you are."

The imperial concubine hesitated for a moment, but still held the emperor's hand and slowly stood up: "You asked me this suddenly, and I was unsure, so I was naturally scared."

"Okay, okay, I won't ask these questions anymore." The emperor said with a smile.

"Then I will take my leave now."

"it is good."

As soon as the imperial concubine left the emperor's bedroom, her tearful face suddenly turned cold.

Having accompanied the emperor for so many years, she had long understood that the emperor was a suspicious person who only cared about his own interests. Not to mention people, even the grass and trees in the palace could become his pawns.

The reason he asked this just now was simply because he felt that the Queen and the Crown Prince were useless and he needed someone to help him deal with the matter. He didn't want blood on his hands, and he didn't want to be talked about.

The imperial concubine was originally hesitant about whether to tell this matter to Princess Jinghe, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the emperor would not ask this on a whim.

So she said it.

"It just so happens that the people in the city are being poisoned on a large scale. He must want to take this opportunity to get rid of the queen and the prince, but someone has to be held responsible for this, right?" Princess Jinghe was not surprised by the imperial concubine's words. She stroked her bulging belly and sneered, "For now, Prince Li is indeed the best candidate for the prince. The imperial concubine has a good reputation in the harem, so no one will object to her becoming the queen. The imperial concubine's family is also very important in the court."

"I don't care who becomes the queen. I just feel that since the queen is his wife, then those of us who are his concubines..." The imperial concubine sneered, "Fortunately, I have never been sincere to him. What I am doing now is just to find a good future for my daughter."

"Sister-in-law Ran Xin, I actually always felt that you are more suitable to be the queen than the queen or the imperial concubine."

The imperial concubine was shocked when she heard this: "Jinghe, you can't say such things carelessly."

"What's there to be said?" Princess Jinghe stood up, holding her waist, and walked slowly. "Now the queen is just a figurehead. The reputation of the imperial concubine is indeed good, but that's all because she wants to be the queen. If she really becomes the queen, it will be the beginning of the disaster for everyone in the harem."

"What do you mean?" The imperial concubine didn't quite understand.

"The Imperial Concubine is quite magnanimous, generous and graceful. She dares to love and hate, and values sisterhood. Compared with the Empress, she is more popular with the concubines in the harem. She loves the Emperor wholeheartedly and is willing to give everything for him. Is this what outsiders think of her?"

"Yes." The imperial concubine nodded, "I always felt that she was the only one in the harem who could have a say."

"She loves the emperor wholeheartedly and is willing to give everything for him. Do you think she will tolerate you?" Princess Jinghe snorted and laughed. "It's like, he doesn't like me and Xie Yunting, but when I said I wanted to have a few lovers, he would jump up and down to express his anger. Is the imperial concubine really that magnanimous? If her character is really that good, would she raise a son who colludes with his clique and tries to interfere in politics?"

The imperial concubine, who was still deep in thought, widened her eyes instantly when she heard Princess Jinghe's last sentence: "Jinghe, what did you say? Prince Li colluded with his followers and tried to interfere in politics? He has always been a good person, how could he do such a thing?"

"Doesn't Youshi have many believers? I mentioned it to him last time, and I didn't expect that he would take it to heart and actually help me find out. I even got the list of names."

The imperial concubine looked at Jinghe, who was smiling, and finally understood why she had been staying in her room since she became pregnant.

It is not for the purpose of keeping the fetus safe, but to take charge of the overall situation behind the scenes.

"Jinghe, may I ask you a question, do you want to pull the emperor down from the throne and ascend the throne yourself?"

When Princess Jinghe heard what the imperial concubine said, she was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "Sister-in-law Ran Xin is really bold, but that was my previous thought, and now I have changed my mind."

"Change your mind? Are you going to give up?"

"Not entirely. Compared to the throne, I prefer to stand behind the scenes and manipulate the overall situation." Princess Jinghe lowered her head and gently stroked her belly. "I used to be a person, I could run wild, but now I have children and a lover, I have to consider them and don't want them to worry."

"Isn't that a pity?"

Now it was Princess Jinghe's turn to be surprised: "Sister-in-law Ran Xin thinks it's not good for me to give up after all this?"

"I saw you suffer so much, and I'm afraid you'll regret it in the future."

"Will not."

Princess Jinghe said: "I wanted to be an empress before, just to prove that I was better than my brother. I wanted the whole world to see my brilliance. But after I met Bu Wei, I learned a lesson from her."

"What's the point?"

"I was born to be brilliant. I don't need to gain recognition from others or the outside world." Princess Jinghe smiled warmly at this moment. "I found that being an empress is just a title, not what I really want to pursue."