Harem Daily Life

The two of them stayed together for a while until Qingfeng came over and said that dinner was ready and asked His Majesty and Concubine Tao to move over. Then the two of them left the room hand in hand.

He Linzhang naturally stayed in Changle Palace tonight. In the middle of the night, Tao Yanyan was held in his arms, feeling a little sleepy. He Linzhang said, "People are not plants or trees, who can be heartless? When I saw her haggard appearance last night, I softened my heart. I asked Zhang Fuhai to investigate. It was said that since she framed you with the art of aversion last time, the Queen and Shu Fei have taken turns to punish her, forcing her to kneel and deducting food, which caused her to be so weak. Yanyan, in the end, you are kind-hearted, kind and generous. At least you did not retaliate against her privately. As for the Queen and Shu Fei, I didn't expect that their means of torturing people were so severe."

Tao Yanyan closed her eyes and said lazily, "Your Majesty had already punished her in front of me at that time. I accepted it and will naturally not trouble her again. But in that incident, framing me was one thing, and harming the Queen and Shu Fei was another. No wonder they were angry. If I were pregnant in the future and knew that someone was cursing me and my unborn baby in such a sinister way behind my back, I might have gone to their house to fight. This is not a question of kindness or not, it is a matter of revenge, it is a matter of principle."

He Linzhang patted her on the back and said, "I know that you have to vent your anger, but you have to know the limit. The Queen and Concubine Shu went too far this time."

Tao Yanyan remained noncommittal and would not admit that he had leaked the news to the Queen and Concubine Shu, and had also contributed to the situation.

In her opinion, no matter what kind of punishment Li Meiren received, she deserved it and she did not feel wronged at all.

The next day, Tao Yanyan still couldn't get up to send the children to elementary school. Fortunately, Jin'an and He Xuan were used to it now. After having breakfast, they set out to meet the second princess and share the delicious food of Changle Palace with her.

But they didn't expect that the second princess would not show up that day. They waited for a long time and were about to be late, so they hurried to the primary school.

In Fengyi Palace, the Queen was extremely worried as she looked at the Second Princess lying unconscious on the bed.

"Doctor Zhao, how is the second princess? Is she... okay?" The queen's eyes were filled with tears and her clenched hands were shaking.

Doctor Zhao gave the second princess acupuncture and said, "Your Majesty, a head injury can be serious or minor. I'm afraid there is blood clots in the brain, which is why he is unconscious. Even if he wakes up in the future, he may forget some things, or...his intelligence may be impaired. If he still doesn't wake up in half an hour...please call a few more doctors to treat him together!"

The queen almost fainted, and it was only with the support of Nanny Fang that she was able to steady herself.

"Hurry, hurry to the Imperial Hospital to see who is there, and invite them all in!" The Queen anxiously called on the eunuch to find the imperial physician.

Nanny Fang's eyes flashed and she gently squeezed the Queen's arm. The Queen was stunned, and then the two looked at each other and went to the side hall.

"What did you mean just now? Are you asking me not to call the imperial physician?" The Queen sat down on her seat, wiping her tears.

Nanny Fang stepped forward and whispered, "Madam, the Second Princess heard what we said, so she ran away in a hurry and fell down the stairs and hit her head. If she wakes up, what if... what if she remembers it, what should we do?"

The queen's face turned pale. "She...she is my own child. She will definitely side with me and will never tell anyone else those words."

Nanny Fang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the Second Princess is very close to Concubine Tao. At the palace banquet the night before, she was clearly on Concubine Tao's side. The child doesn't have any thoughts, but she's afraid that she might let it slip... Your Majesty, you don't have a legitimate son now. If you don't have one in the future, have you thought about what to do? When the new emperor takes the throne after His Majesty's death, how will you deal with it?"

"This palace... this palace is, after all, the Queen Mother. No matter whose child ascends to that position, they must not disrespect this palace," the Queen said solemnly.

Nanny Fang shook her head, "But Concubine Tao is different. Your Majesty, Concubine Tao's father is now a third-rank official and has a good family background. She is young and favored by His Majesty. Even if she gives birth to a prince in a few years, it will be completely in time. What if... what if she gives birth to a prince, then her child will have a much higher chance of success than other children. She is a strong opponent for you, you have to be on guard! It is better to destroy her hope of giving birth now while she is still young than to compete with you in the future."

The queen looked a little nervous, and added: "But we should also think on the bright side. The child she gives birth to at least has a better chance of winning and can surpass the eldest prince."

Nanny Fang sighed, "But Concubine De is easy to control, but Concubine Tao is very opinionated, you can't control her at all."

Seeing that the queen looked a little serious, Nanny Fang urged: "First suppress this powerful rival and make her unable to give birth. Even if she has a high position in the future, she will not have any biological children to her name and will not be able to play any tricks."

The Queen bit her lip and said after a while, "Even if I agree, what should I do now? Before the plan is implemented, Yue'er...what should I do now? Yue'er is my biological daughter. If something happens to her, what should I do?"

The Queen was at a loss, for she had never expected that as soon as the two of them talked about giving Concubine Tao a sterilizing drug, the Second Princess overheard it. The child was so frightened that she fainted from the fall.

Nanny Fang's eyes darkened: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. Didn't Imperial Doctor Zhao say that she might temporarily lose her memory after waking up? I thought...why not...why not let the princess lose her memory directly, then..."

The queen looked at Nanny Fang in surprise, but she knew that this might be the best solution at the moment.

But after all, she was her own daughter, so the queen was a little hesitant.

Nanny Fang advised, "It's just amnesia, it won't harm your body. How about I go and test the doctor Zhao's opinion first?"

The queen was in deep thought for a long time, and the loud cry of a baby outside brought her back to her senses.

She closed her eyes and finally made up her mind: "First ask Doctor Zhao if there is any way to make someone lose their memory and whether it will harm the child's body. As for the rest, let's wait until she wakes up. I'm very confused now. Go out and check on the third princess first and ask the nurse to hold her farther away. Her crying is giving me a headache."

Nanny Fang went downstairs to do the work immediately.

After a while, the crying of the baby outside the side hall disappeared. The queen sat in the side hall in a daze, with a dull look in her eyes, like a petrified statue.

The imperial doctors arrived quickly. After Imperial Doctor Zhao talked with Nanny Fang, he stood by the Second Princess' bed with a serious expression.

Doctor Xu, Doctor Wang, and Doctor Liu came forward to check on the Second Princess. Doctor Xu frowned deeply, observing the injuries on the Second Princess' head and the scrapes on her hands and knees. He shook his head and said, "She hasn't woken up for so long. I'm afraid there is blood clots on her head."

This diagnosis was exactly the same as that of Imperial Physician Zhao, and the other two imperial physicians came to almost the same conclusion.

The Queen was supported by Nanny Fang from the side hall, her face was filled with sorrow, "All the doctors must treat the Second Princess well. Who could have thought that she would fall like this by accident!"