Harem Daily Life

The blue-clothed nurse hesitated, and Tao Yanyan frowned: "Speak now, tell me as soon as possible, so that I can send someone to protect your family."

The blue-clothed nurse made up her mind, wiped her tears and cried, "That man was a strange eunuch, and I didn't know who he was. But he told me to mention the folk saying that if I saw Your Majesty coming during the few days when the princess was sick, it was better for the child to be raised with her biological mother, because the biological mother could drive away all evil spirits and the child would grow up strong. He also said... he also said that after I finish this matter and the late queen returns to the palace smoothly, she will give me one thousand taels of silver. I think that the princess is the late queen's biological daughter, and the late queen will definitely not harm her, so... I am stupid, please spare my life, Your Majesty, and my family, please help me!"

Wang Zhaoyi couldn't believe her ears. She took a long time to figure it out. She said in disbelief, "Could it be... the late queen?"

Is it really necessary to be so outrageous to drug your own daughter?

Wang Zhaoyi didn't know that the late queen had drugged His Majesty, nor did she know that the late queen had drugged the second princess. She found it hard to accept it for a while.

Tao Yanyan looked at the blue-robed wet nurse and said, "Although you were forced, you are no longer trustworthy. You don't need to be the princess's wet nurse anymore."

She instructed Chang Tai: "Chang Tai, take her to find Li Zongguan and ask Li Zongguan to send someone to send her back. By the way, go and see the wet nurse's family. It's best to send two guards to protect them and keep them safe."

Then he looked at Wang Zhaoyi and said, "Don't have the intention to harm others, but be on guard against others. This incident has taught you a lesson. Be more vigilant in the future. Well, the person has been caught. You go and stay with the child. I will go find His Majesty."

Wang Zhaoyi was extremely grateful and kept saying, "Thanks to your majesty for helping me. Otherwise, if something happened to the Third Princess, what would I do?"

Tao Yanyan sighed and corrected him, "Don't talk nonsense. The Third Princess is blessed by heaven. Doctor Liu will take a look at her later. I believe she will get better today. You must watch everyone in and outside the palace carefully in the future. Don't be careless."

Wang Zhaoyi nodded, but still a little worried: "My queen, do you think she wants to return to the palace? But this is her own child..."

Tao Yanyan shook his head: "I am not her, and I don't know why she is like that."

After saying that, Tao Yanyan led his people away. He was in a low mood and never smiled throughout the journey.

He Linzhang received several memorials impeaching the imperial concubine in the court. Some said that she was rampant in the harem, monopolizing the emperor's favor and refusing to share it; some said that she competed with the people for profit and relied on her power to suppress merchants; some said that she was arrogant and acted recklessly because of the emperor's favor; some said that she had made no contribution to the country and should be demoted.

As He Linzhang listened, he became so angry that he almost wanted to drag the censor down and execute him.

How did his cute, innocent, smart and non-confrontational concubine become a domineering concubine in the eyes of these censors? She was clearly a soft and cute little white rabbit!

Marquis Ningyuan was so angry that he started arguing with the censor on the spot. The court turned into a vegetable market, with Marquis Ningyuan and the censor shouting and cursing at each other, causing a headache for everyone.

Some officials who had previously looked down on Concubine Tao or had a bad relationship with Lord Tao all jumped out to say a few bad things.

"Shut up!" He Linzhang frowned and looked at the noisy ministers in the court: "The imperial concubine is very good, you are all throwing dirty water on her, do you think her life is too long?"

He Linzhang angrily shouted at the censors who were shouting the loudest, "The imperial property is under the control of Concubine Tao. She can open any shop she wants. Is such a small matter worth commenting on? If you keep making up stories, you guys should go home and reflect on yourselves, and don't come to court anytime soon!"

When the censors saw that the emperor was angry, they dared not say anything more and retreated silently.

"I will take care of my harem myself, so you don't need to worry about it in the future. Instead of spending your energy on political achievements, it would be better to use it. This year's performance evaluation is about to begin. Don't let me find out that you have been busy for a year but have no political achievements." He Linzhang looked closely at the people who had just said bad things about Concubine Tao and silently wrote down their names.

These people have already lost several points before they even took the test.

After the court session, He Linzhang arrived at the imperial study and saw Tao Yanyan waiting for him. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Yanyan, are you here to have lunch with me?"

Tao Yanyan went up to him and took his arm: "Your Majesty, I have something to say. If I don't say it, I'm afraid there will be mistakes in the future."

So she told the whole story of the third princess.

"The nurse's words are quite credible, but I don't have any solid evidence. I can't find the person who passed the message, and I can't get Wang Zhaoyi of Jingci Temple to confess. I have already driven the nurse out of the palace, and Your Majesty will have to send two people to protect them to prevent them from being persecuted."

He Linzhang gave Zhang Fuhai a look, and Eunuch Zhang immediately went to do it.

He Linzhang was in a very low mood: "I never thought that she would become like this one day."

In order to achieve her goal, she did not hesitate to poison her husband and children, without any regard for family affection. She is really unworthy of being a mother.

"Your Majesty, Consort Wang of Jiqing Palace has learned her lesson and will definitely protect the Third Princess in the future. Don't worry. But as for Jingci Temple...do we need to deal with it?"

After all, she was the deposed empress and the emperor's original wife, so Tao Yanyan did not dare to act rashly.

He Linzhang didn't say anything, so Tao Yanyan didn't ask any more questions. A smart person should keep silent and not dig too deep into the matter.

It was not until after lunch that He Linzhang said, "I don't want to see her again. Please go on my behalf and convey my order to demote her to a concubine. Let her behave herself and reflect on her mistakes."

Tao Yanyan agreed and took people to Jingci Temple early the next morning.

The deposed Queen Wang Zhaoyi knelt down to listen to the decree. When she heard that she was demoted to a concubine, her face was very cold: "Humph, now that I am trapped here, what does my position matter? But you, you must hold on to the position of Imperial Concubine firmly. Be careful that one day you will fall from a high position and be more miserable than me."

Tao Yanyan looked at the late queen who had a stern expression in front of him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a wise ruler who can distinguish right from wrong. I don't do bad things and I have nothing to fear. You should take care of yourself in the future. I will protect the two princesses. You are lucky this time. I have no evidence to punish you. If I find out that you are still harming them again, I will never forgive you again!"

Concubine Wang sneered, "The children I gave birth to should be used by me. You are an outsider, why are you meddling in my affairs?"

Tao Yanyan's eyes were even colder than hers: "You gave birth to them, so you can do whatever you want? You gave birth to them, so why don't you love them well?"

After saying that, he rolled his eyes at Wang Jieyu fiercely and said, "You should repent sincerely in front of the Buddha, and never think about returning to the palace in this life. You are such a cruel person, I will not let you go back to harm the children again."