Harem Daily Life

After a sleepless night, when Tao Yanyan got up in the morning, Chang Tai came to report that the emperor did not come last night. He didn't know whether he did not return to the palace or it was too late at night.

Tao Yanyan felt a little regretful: "The itinerary remains unchanged. Let's have breakfast early and check our luggage again to make sure we don't miss anything."

The Queen Mother was the first to receive the news that the Emperor was assassinated on his way back to the palace last night, and the Concubine Xian was injured, but the Emperor was not seriously injured. She said calmly, "Got it. My schedule remains unchanged. Bring some snacks for the journey. Also, pass the news to the Queen and tell her not to make it public. The Emperor will handle it during the morning court session, so don't worry about it. Tell the Queen to stabilize the harem and everything will be as usual."

As long as the emperor is fine, everything will be fine. The empress dowager is very calm.

Just as the young eunuch was about to go to Fengyi Palace to deliver the message, he heard that the Queen had come with the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine to see her off.

The Queen Mother summoned the Queen in alone and said a few words to her.

"It's not serious, don't worry. The emperor is fine, he will return to the palace today. You should guard the harem while I'm away! You should pay more attention to that virtuous concubine, she is a troublemaker and she is not easy to deal with."

The Queen is now extremely angry. She hates Concubine Xian for instigating His Majesty to leave the palace and put Him in danger. She wishes she could skin Concubine Xian to death.

"Don't worry, Queen Mother. I will protect the harem well. I will keep this news secret and will not cause panic in the harem."

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction. Although this Queen was not her most satisfactory candidate, and her methods and momentum were not as good as hers in the past, fortunately, she was still determined and would not cry easily when something happened.

The Queen, along with the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine, accompanied the Queen Mother to the palace gate.

The Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine were somewhat suspicious. The Empress Dowager was going on a trip, but His Majesty didn't come to see her off?

However, the two did not dare to ask too much. His Majesty and the Queen Mother have not had a good relationship in the past two years. What if he did not come on purpose? Wouldn't it make the Queen Mother unhappy if they asked?

In this palace, you must know how to speak, but you must also know how to remain silent. Silence is golden and it can save your life.

Tao Yanyan had already brought Xiao Jin'an and her people to the palace gate. Seeing the Queen Mother, the Queen, the Imperial Concubine, and the Virtuous Concubine coming over, Tao Yanyan and Jin'an saluted everyone.

The Queen couldn't help but give her some instructions, asking her to take good care of the Queen Mother.

Tao Yanyan agreed to all of them. It was not until everyone got on the carriage and left the palace that Concubine De couldn't help but ask, "The Queen Mother is leaving the palace, isn't Your Majesty coming to see her off?"

The queen glanced at her calmly and said, "Your Majesty has his own arrangements. We don't need to worry about them. Let's go back first!"

The queen got on the sedan chair and left without looking back.

Defei curled her lips, put away her curiosity, and got on the sedan chair to go back.

After the empress dowager's procession had gone a distance from the palace, she said, "You should go and tell her. The emperor is not unwilling to see you off. Tell her the reason and don't let her feel uncomfortable." The empress dowager thought about it and decided to be a good person and ask Eunuch Qin to pass the message. Otherwise, according to her original idea, she planned not to tell Concubine Tao, so that the foolish emperor would be misunderstood and suffer.

"What? Assassinated?" Tao Yanyan's eyes widened. "This is too bad. He was assassinated right after leaving the palace! Is there a spy around His Majesty? His itinerary was known so accurately."

Eunuch Qin choked. He didn't expect Concubine Tao to react like this.

"Don't worry, Lady Tao. His Majesty has guards with him and is not hurt. It was Concubine Xian who was injured, so the group had to return to the nunnery for treatment. That's why they didn't get back to the palace in time to see the Queen Mother and Lady off." Eunuch Qin explained.

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Your Majesty has things to do, how can he take care of everything? As long as he is fine, it doesn't matter whether I see him off or not."

Tao Yanyan did not ask about Concubine Xian's injury. It had nothing to do with him, so asking would be redundant.

Eunuch Qin did not see any concern for His Majesty on Concubine Tao's face, which made him feel a little strange. However, he did not think much about it because Concubine Tao asked Qingfeng to pass him a food box to attract his attention.

"This is a box of snacks. Please, Eunuch Qin, take it to the Queen Mother to help her relieve her boredom and fill her stomach on the way." Tao Yanyan said with a smile.

As if going on a trip, Tao Yanyan asked people to prepare a lot of delicious food so that they wouldn't go hungry.

Eunuch Qin took the food box and said, "Lady Tao is very thoughtful. I will go to the front first."

Xiao Jinan looked at Tao Yanyan eagerly and asked, "Sister, will His Majesty be alright?"

Tao Yanyan touched his head and said, "No, he is the emperor, he has his own halo and is protected by golden light."

Xiao Jin'an's eyes sparkled: "Then I want to be the emperor too, and I want the golden light to protect me too."

Tao Yanyan quickly covered his mouth: "Shh, don't talk nonsense about being an emperor, it's a capital crime, understand? Fortunately, there are only two of us in the carriage, Jinan must remember, not everyone can be an emperor, don't say the wrong thing!"

Xiao Jinan shrank his neck and nodded immediately. This was the first time that his sister spoke to him so seriously, which meant that he really had to remember this matter.

When Eunuch Qin came back with a food box, the Queen Mother instantly perked up: "Open it quickly and show me what delicious food you have prepared."

In the food box, there were tiger skin chicken feet, fried crispy dried fish, pepper and salt peanuts, candied fruits, lotus crisps, and a can of water whose content was unknown.

"Lady Tao said this is called fruit juice, which is extracted from the pulp of several kinds of fruits. Let the Queen Mother drink it today. It is specially made for the Queen Mother to relieve her greasy feeling."

The Queen Mother picked it up and saw juice and chopped fruit pulp inside. She scooped a spoonful and ate it. It was indeed sweet and sour and delicious.

The Queen Mother was in a very good mood as she ate and drank along the way.

He Linzhang and his companions did not return to the palace until noon. Seeing that they had missed the farewell party, they never smiled again.

The wound of Concubine Xian has been bandaged. Fortunately, the arrow was non-toxic, otherwise she would have to leave the palace and even if she saved her life, she would not be able to save her arm.

She herself was also very scared, and felt a little aggrieved when she saw the emperor's unhappy expression.

"Your Majesty, I never expected what happened yesterday to happen. It was all my fault that I asked Your Majesty to take me out of the palace, which put Your Majesty in danger." The virtuous concubine lowered her head, and she looked obviously regretful.

He Linzhang glanced at her, looked at the wound on her arm, and didn't say anything to reprimand her: "I will send someone to investigate the assassination. You should take good care of your wounds after you go back and pay attention to your diet. I will be very busy these days and I am afraid I will not have time to visit you. You should ask the imperial physician to check on you every day to prevent the wound from festering and get well soon. As for Concubine Li, I will also ask someone to take care of her."

After returning to the palace, the emperor was about to go to the Qinzheng Hall. Concubine Xian bit her lip, but in the end she did not ask the emperor to send her back.

She could clearly see the anger on the emperor's face, but a person who was used to being pampered would not feel that he would fall out of favor because of one thing.

Xianfei saw the emperor off with a look of pride in her eyes. Although she was injured, she also prevented the emperor from seeing off the empress dowager and Concubine Tao. Who knows how depressed they must have been!

The person who was thought by Concubine Xian to be depressed today, now seemed like a bird released back into the forest.

It rained yesterday, but today the sky is clear and the breeze is refreshing. It is a good time to travel. Tao Yanyan is in a good mood. She opened the curtain of the car window and took Jinan to see the scenery outside. The two of them are like curious babies, looking and talking all the way, breathing the air of freedom.