Harem Daily Life

After Prince Yong paid his respects to Tao Yanyan, he was very displeased that Princess Qinghe was also here.

"The Queen is pregnant. If you have nothing else to do, Princess, please don't disturb her, lest you disrupt her pregnancy."

Princess Qinghe nearly choked on a mouthful of blood, her heart aching. In the past, she would have fought back. What husband would blame his wife for his sister-in-law? But now, her only hope of survival lay in Empress Tao, and she feared the prince had poisoned her. So, no matter how harsh the prince's words were, she would endure them.

Tao Yanyan looked at the two of them and said, "Now that war has broken out between the two countries, Princess Qinghe is upset, so she came to me to tell me a few things. Your Highness, don't worry. But your Highness, are you here because you're worried about the princess?"

Prince Yong choked. He didn't come here for Princess Qinghe at all. He was feeling depressed. When he heard that the queen was here, he came here unknowingly.

He concealed his helplessness and shook his head, saying, "I came out to sober up and accidentally walked here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Imperial Physician Liu came in. Tao Yanyan hurriedly said, "Since Your Highness wants to sober up, I won't delay His Highness. It just so happens that Imperial Physician Liu is here to take my pulse. How about Your Highness, please step aside for a moment?"

Prince Yong was stunned. He felt a little depressed because he was driven away before he could even say a few words to her. So he glanced at Princess Qinghe and said, "Then I will take Princess Qinghe back to avoid disturbing Her Majesty."

Princess Qinghe was extremely anxious. She stood up and said, "I just drank a little wine and feel a little dizzy. Your Highness, please let me sober up in the side hall. I will be there in a moment."

Prince Yong was displeased, feeling that Princess Qinghe was acting strangely today. He still wanted to take her away, but Tao Yanyan stopped him, saying, "Qingfeng, go get the princess a bowl of sobering tea. If His Majesty is worried, you can stay here with her."

Prince Yong felt a chill in the Queen's words, and since he was a stranger, it was not appropriate for him to stay long, so he retreated. However, he didn't go far, just standing at the door, thinking that since he was already out, he might as well stay for a while, at least to be closer to her.

Qingfeng gave Tao Yanyan a wink, and Tao Yanyan understood. Knowing that Prince Yong had not gone far, she asked Doctor Liu and Princess Qinghe to speak in a lower voice.

After receiving the instructions, Doctor Liu carefully took Princess Qinghe's pulse. After a while, he wrote down a prescription on a piece of paper.

"This poison is a chronic one, and the princess has been poisoned for over three months. The poison has already penetrated into her internal organs, making it impossible to completely eliminate it. This medicine can slow down the onset of the poison. Princess, take it regularly and be mindful of what you eat. It will indeed prolong your life."

Princess Qinghe hurriedly folded the prescription into small cubes and hid them in a small sachet on her body.

"Thank you, Queen, and thank you, Imperial Physician Liu. I will never forget your great kindness!" Princess Qinghe kowtowed to Tao Yanyan before following the breeze out.

When King Yong saw people coming out, he turned around to look inside and led them back to the hall dejectedly.

"You look very strange today. I have never seen you close to the Queen. Why are you chatting with her today? Do you have some thoughts again, wanting the Queen to misunderstand me?" Prince Yong found a deserted place and stopped Princess Qinghe to ask.

Princess Qinghe's biggest suspect in the poisoning was Prince Yong's wife, followed by Prince Yong. Facing Prince Yong's questioning, she could hardly suppress her anger. Frowning, she asked, "Your Highness, are you worried that the Empress will misunderstand you? That you harbor ill intentions towards her and, if you can't have her, you're looking for a replacement?"

Prince Yong clenched his fists tightly. If this wasn't the case in the palace, an inappropriate location, he would probably have gotten angry.

"Qinghe, since you entered the palace, you have provoked me many times. First, you caused me to lose my portrait, and then you deliberately lured Lin Yuanyuan to meet the Queen. How much do you hate me? Every time you try to embarrass me in front of His Majesty and the Queen. I believe that I have treated you well since you entered the palace. Why do you do this?"

Prince Yong was obviously angry, and his tone of voice was very cold.

Princess Qinghe sneered, "You treat me well? Your Highness, please check your conscience and think carefully about how you treat me. Your Highness should have seen how His Majesty treats the Queen. Even if you can do even a little bit of what His Majesty does, I won't harbor any resentment."

Prince Yong scoffed, "Resentment? If I hadn't considered your difficulties, how could I have willingly agreed to the marriage? And how can you even be compared to her?"

Princess Qinghe laughed at herself, "Yes, I can't compare to her. No one can compare to her! I'm just a poor little princess sent by the State of Yan to make amends and seek the prince's protection."

When Princess Qinghe thought about her miserable life of leaving her hometown, living alone in the Great Zhou, and being poisoned, her eyes became moist, and her heart was filled with resentment and anger.

"The prince despises me and only likes the concubine who bears a 30% resemblance to her. Even though she's only 30% like him, he keeps her by his side and dotes on her every night. I don't know whether to say the prince is deeply in love, or that he's pitiful because he can't have her. Oh, I think it's more pitiful. After all, what's the point of wanting to possess her? She's destined not to be yours. You're destined to hold a fake in your arms every night."

Princess Qinghe's eyes gradually calmed down after she finished speaking, and she turned back to the palace. Her most important thing now was to save her life. As for who Prince Yong liked, she had no control over it, and she was too lazy to care.

Compared with love, life is obviously more important.

Prince Yong was very angry at Princess Qinghe's words. After calming down for a long time, he returned to the hall with a cold face.

It was not until the banquet was almost over that Tao Yanyan was helped by Qingfeng and Mingyue back to He Linzhang. They socialized for a while, and after the banquet, the emperor and empress returned to Changle Palace together.

After washing up, Tao Yanyan asked Qingfeng to get the sheepskin fan that His Majesty had left with her for safekeeping. She opened the folding fan, pointed to a line of small words on it, and told He Linzhang about the treasure that Princess Qinghe had mentioned, and of course, the fact that Princess Qinghe had been poisoned.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to trust Princess Qinghe this time, so I asked Imperial Physician Liu to save her. But to see whether there is a treasure or not, we have to send someone to see it in person." Tao Yanyan said, pointing to the small words on the fan.

He Linzhang had no choice but to admit that he had known about the treasure for a long time: "I heard this from Concubine Rong the other day. I didn't tell you because I couldn't be sure of its authenticity. I didn't expect that Princess Qinghe was also an insider."

Tao Yanyan pouted. "Hmph! I've endured so much hardship, thinking about telling Your Majesty about this. Turns out Your Majesty already knew about it. Ha, the clown is actually me."

He Linzhang burst out laughing: "Clown? What nonsense are you talking about? As for Yan Yan's appearance, no one in the world can compare to him."