Harem Daily Life

As if she could see the gloom in the empress's heart, Nanny Fang suggested, "Your Majesty, it is said that there is a Taoist monk in the Fuyan Temple outside the city who can give advice on changing your fortune. How about, after the ceremony of conferring the title of Concubine Shu, Your Majesty go there in the name of worshiping Buddha and ask the master to help you change your fortune?"

The queen sighed and said, "You go and make the arrangements. Go quickly and come back quickly." Although the queen didn't really believe in changing one's fortune, she would still make this trip for psychological comfort.

In Changle Palace, after seeing how much His Majesty doted on Concubine Tao, Nanny Jiang decided to surrender.

She hesitated again and again, and finally made up her mind to tell the queen's conspiracy.

Tao Yanyan also didn't expect that Nanny Fang would actually set her sights on the people who were being taken care of by the Second Princess.

"Madam Tao, I have been taking care of the Second Princess since she was born, and I have long loved her as my own child. During this period of time, I have seen that you are sincere to our Second Princess. You are good to the princess, so how could I become a knife in their hands and stab you in the back? Today I choose to tell you all this, just hoping that you can prepare early. If they don't give up, they will keep looking for opportunities. I am afraid that someone will be ignorant in the future and become their man, then it will be too late for regret!"

Tao Yanyan personally helped her up: "I am very grateful that you told me the truth today. Thank you for standing by my side. Don't worry, I will be extra careful. If she comes looking for you again in the future, you should hide away, but don't offend her too much, lest she be mean and take action against you."

Seeing that Concubine Tao still cared about her, Nanny Jiang was very touched: "Don't worry, Madam. I can protect myself."

After sending Nanny Jiang out, Tao Yanyan's face turned cold. She had thought that if she had admitted to the Queen that it was difficult to get pregnant, the Queen would give up the idea of dealing with her. She had never expected that she would be so persistent and even start with the Second Princess. She was really scheming.

Tao Yanyan thought for a long time. It was too difficult to dethrone the queen. She thought she didn't have the ability to do so. It seemed that she could only be more careful and not let her assassinate her.

Tao Yanyan did not go to pick up the three children today. She was going to be a coward in the next few days and try not to go out. Not long after, the three children were picked up by Chang Tai, and they ran to Tao Yanyan as soon as they entered the door.

"Empress Tao, are you okay? You scared me last night. You didn't wake up no matter how I called you." He Yue said worriedly.

Tao Yanyan touched her head and couldn't help but soften his voice: "I'm fine, thank you Yue'er for your concern."

He Yue blushed and said with a smile: "You're welcome, Empress Tao. You kissed me three times last night. You like me and I like you too!"

Tao Yanyan choked and looked at the other two children. They pouted their lips and frowned. He asked suspiciously, "Didn't I give each of them a kiss last night?"

The eldest princess He Xuan stamped her feet and said, "No way, Mother Tao, you were holding the emperor's sister and sending her off, and you didn't even see me and Jin'an."

Tao Yanyan immediately hugged He Xuan into his arms: "Oh, my negligence, let me make up for it now." After saying that, he gave He Xuan a kiss on the cheek.

He Xuan was finally satisfied and pulled Xiao Jinan over: "Come on, it's your turn."

Little Jinan looked at Tao Yanyan with a pair of innocent big eyes: "Mother, you didn't even see me, your most beloved baby, at the first place." His tone was so aggrieved that Tao Yanyan almost knelt down to him.

She quickly hugged Xiao Jinan and gave him a big kiss.

Jin An was also coaxed in an instant, and took the initiative to say generously: "Hey, it's okay, it's okay, mother was drunk at the time, it's normal that she didn't think of her son."

Tao Yanyan was amused by the speed at which he changed his attitude, and played with the three children for a while.

At night, after the children went to bed, Tao Yanyan thought that he still had to give instructions and asked Chang Tai and Ming Yue to keep an eye on these people in the palace to prevent anyone from being bribed by the Queen and becoming a pawn planted by the Queen's side.

Before the emperor came, she called Qingfeng, Mingyue, Changtai, Dongfang, Xianglan and Caiyun over: "I called you here today to make you all more alert and pay more attention to the people and things in the palace. In the future, you should pay special attention to what you eat and drink, and don't let anyone tamper with you."

Several people nodded in agreement, but they didn't know why the queen wanted to remind them of this matter specifically.

Tao Yanyan did not tell the queen about her plan. The fewer people who knew about this, the better. She said, "I raised the two princesses and the prince. If someone wants to harm them, I will be blamed. You just need to be more careful and don't tell anyone."

After a small meeting, she washed up and went to bed early.

He Linzhang came here in the middle of the night. He was already very tired, but the voice in his heart seemed to keep saying "Go see her, go see her", so he naturally followed his inner thoughts and came to Changle Palace late at night.

After his body became warmer, He Linzhang turned around and hugged the sleeping person in his arms.

Tao Yanyan originally wanted to wait for He Linzhang to come and tell him that Yue'er wanted to practice martial arts, but unfortunately, she fell asleep before the emperor came. She woke up slowly the next day when the emperor went to court.

After washing up and having breakfast, Mingyue came over holding a box: "Your Majesty, this is a gift to congratulate Concubine Shu on her promotion to the title of Concubine. I have prepared it. Would Your Majesty like to take a look at it?" Mingyue asked.

Tao Yanyan waved his hand: "You can do whatever you want. I trust you to do the job." Tao Yanyan saw that the box was of a suitable size and thought it should be a jade ornament or something, so he didn't even look at it.

Mingyue took the box and left. Qingfeng said, "Today I went to Fengyi Palace to ask for leave. I passed by the Imperial Garden and the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers there were so fragrant. Let them dry for another two days. I will take Chunlan to shake some down. When we come back, we will wash and dry them and make sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for you, my lady."

"It's the sweet-scented osmanthus season again. Time flies." Tao Yanyan couldn't help but sigh. She has been living with these people of this era for two years. At this time last year, she seemed to be preparing to go to the palace with the Queen Mother.

"Ask Caiyun to prepare some small snacks that can be stored for a long time. The empress dowager will probably go to the hot spring palace in a few days. The date will probably be similar to last year. Prepare some snacks and send a basket to Changchun Palace when the time comes." Ever since I taught the imperial chef of Changchun Palace how to cook many dishes, the empress dowager didn't ask me to cook there often. I prepared them in advance so that I could send them directly when the time comes. It was also a token of my thoughtfulness.

Qingfeng went downstairs to look for Caiyun and almost bumped into Chang Tai who was rushing in at the door.

"What are you in such a hurry for?" Qingfeng frowned.

Chang Tai said "sorry" and stepped aside to go in and report to Concubine Tao: "Your Majesty, the Third Prince is not well. Several doctors have come over and said that the Third Prince vomited milk and choked. His lips are purple."

Tao Yanyan got up and walked out immediately after hearing this: "Hurry up, hurry up, let's go to Yongning Palace!"