Harem Daily Life

After He Linzhang finished dealing with the memorials, he got up and went to Yingyue Pavilion as the shadow guard had not returned yet.

After taking a bath, Tao Yanyan put on a suspender nightgown of her own design inside, and a pajama jacket outside. With the straps tied, she looked soft and flexible, and her curvy figure was more prominent.

She took off all the hair accessories and used a crabapple hairpin to hold up her hair, with a few strands of hair hanging down, making her delicate facial features look even more lazy and charming.

As soon as He Linzhang entered the room, Tao Yanyan stood up to help him undress. When she raised her hand to untie his hair crown, her white and tender arms were exposed. He Linzhang directly grabbed her and hung her around his neck, then gently picked her up with one hand and put her directly on the bed.

After cuddling for a while, He Linzhang let her go and went to take a bath alone.

Maybe it was because the two of them had said a lot of their inner thoughts today, so they felt much closer in the evening. Tao Yanyan was also willing to cooperate with him, which made He Linzhang enjoy himself very much tonight.

"There is no news from the Shadow Guards yet, but since you met someone today, tonight should be the best time to assassinate him. Whether it's killing him directly to silence him or framing you, tonight is the most suitable night."

Tao Yanyan was in a daze, but when he heard the word "assassination", his mind became clearer: "Then, should we wait for your shadow guard to come?"

He Linzhang looked at her cute face trying to stay awake and said with a smile: "Go to sleep, I'll wait a little longer."

Tao Yanyan yawned, found a comfortable position like a kitten, and fell asleep in a few seconds.

He Linzhang didn't have to wait long before he received the secret signal from the shadow guard.

He stood up, put on his coat, lowered the curtains, and called the shadow guard out.

"Your Majesty, we have captured him. He is a eunuch who has been in the palace for many years and is very good at martial arts. Judging from his martial arts skills, he looks like someone from the Canglong Sect."

Hearing the words "Canglongmen", He Linzhang narrowed his eyes: "Canglongmen has been against me all these years, and now they have arranged people under my nose!"

"Interrogate him thoroughly. Tell him when you entered the palace, what you did, why you wanted to kill Concubine Tao, and whether you have any accomplices. Interrogate him clearly." After He Linzhang gave the order, the shadow guard went down and disappeared in an instant.

He lay down again and held her in his arms again. So, was the little beauty implicated because of the Canglong Sect's revenge against him? Or did the little girl with a simple background accidentally offend that sect?

On the second day, He Linzhang told Mingyue what happened and asked her to wait until Concubine Tao woke up before telling her. Then he went to court first.

When Tao Yanyan heard the words "Canglongmen" for the first time, she had no impression of them. She also did not find any clues in the original owner's impression, so she simply waited for the results of the emperor's investigation.

When paying respects today, the first thing the Queen said was that Fu Baolin had been assassinated in the laundry department and his life or death was in danger.

"Lady Tao, I heard that you went to the laundry department yesterday and had an argument with Fu. She was even injured by you, and you called a doctor overnight?" asked the Queen.

Everyone looked at Tao Yanyan suspiciously.

Tao Yanyan stood up and said, "Your Highness, Fu asked someone to ask me to go over and see her, so I went. She asked me to intercede for her and let her go from the laundry department, but I really didn't have the ability to do so, so we had an argument. Later, she told me that someone wanted to harm me when I fell into the water, and I thought that she was the one who harmed me, so I slapped her."

The Queen looked at her directly and asked, "What about the man in black who assassinated her at night?"

Tao Yanyan shook her head: "I don't know, but His Majesty said that it might be sent by the real person behind the scenes who wanted to harm me."

The Queen's expression turned a little colder. Speaking of the Emperor, she couldn't help but think of the fact that the Emperor had been staying in Yingyue Pavilion these days.

An assassination attempt on a former concubine occurred in the palace, and yesterday Concubine Tao fought with Fu again. The emperor didn't even suspect that Concubine Tao was taking the opportunity to vent her anger, and he even stayed with her to comfort her. It's really infuriating!

But she was the queen, and she couldn't accuse Concubine Tao without evidence, so she could only wait for the results of the trial by His Majesty's people.

After talking about some preparations for the emperor's birthday banquet, everyone knelt down to pay their respects. The concubines and above accompanied the queen to pay their respects to the empress dowager. Tao Yanyan followed the concubines and went to Changchun Palace.

"Lady Tao, please go and cook. As for the rest of you, I'll just say a few words and you can all go back."

"Yes, please give your instructions, Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother was very pleased with their respect and said, "First, you are all here to serve the Emperor, so you must be friendly and humble, and must not get jealous and cause death. Second, I don't care what you quarrel about in private, but if you harm the heir to the throne, I will never forgive you. Remember these two sentences, and the Queen will convey them to the lower-ranking concubines tomorrow."

"Yes, I'll remember it!" said the Queen.

Everyone knelt down to pay their respects to the Queen Mother. It was obvious that the time they spent paying their respects to the Queen Mother was very short. It only took a moment from the time they entered to the time they left. When Concubine Shu reached the door, she suddenly said, "Oh, I remembered that I have some matters from my mother's family that I want to report to the Queen Mother. Please go ahead, sisters. I will go back later."

The imperial concubine looked at Shufei thoughtfully for a few times, but in the end she said nothing and followed the queen.

The Empress Dowager did not expect that Concubine Shu would launch a surprise attack.

"Hmm? Is there something you didn't tell me?" The Queen Mother raised her eyelids and asked.

Shu Fei said, "Queen Dowager, my mother found a miracle doctor for me from the folks. He is good at gynecology and wants to send him to the palace for me to see. If he can treat me well, I can get pregnant soon and give birth to a child with royal and Shu family blood."

The Queen Mother also knew that she had not gotten pregnant in the five years since she entered the palace, and she was getting anxious. After thinking for a while, she said, "Don't tell others that he is a miracle doctor. Give him a distant relative's identity and say that he came to the palace to pay a visit to me. You should also come directly to my palace to take my pulse, so that people won't gossip and ruin your reputation."

Shu Fei was extremely grateful: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your consideration and for always thinking of me."

"You are my niece, who else can I help? But don't hold your hopes too high. The palace doctors have been checking your pulse and can't see anything abnormal. I think you are fine, but you are not destined to have children yet. Think of some tricks and ask His Majesty to visit more often."

A trace of confusion flashed across Shu Fei's face. She couldn't say that she had thought of everything she could think of, but His Majesty still came seldom.

"Yes, I am dull and lack interest. I am not as good as Lady Tao in pleasing Your Majesty. When she was on tour, Lady Tao was very favored. Your Majesty stayed at Lady Tao's place half of the time in a month. At that time, I thought that maybe there were fewer people and Your Majesty had little choice, so he favored her more. I didn't expect that after returning to the palace, she still spent most of her time with Lady Tao. The sisters in other palaces saw Your Majesty even less."

Shu Fei's tone was calm, but the Queen Mother smelled a sour taste in it.

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and gave a thumbs up to Lady Tao for her ability to confuse her son.

Please work harder and completely charm my son. It would be even better if he never thinks about Concubine Li again!