Seizing the throne, abolishing the adopted son, the imperial concubine rose to prominence

"Last time, Concubine Zheng deliberately framed Concubine Gu in my mother's palace. The emperor was furious and confined her to the palace."

The queen said helplessly.

"Gu Zhaoyi? Is this my brother's new favorite?"

Princess Shouchang asked bluntly.

"Gu Zhaoyi is indeed favored by the emperor and is a very good person. She is currently living with the eldest prince in the back hall of Ci'an Palace. You can go and see her after you have visited the queen mother."

The Queen smiled.

"She lives with the Queen Mother?"

The queen nodded.

"What a grand ceremony! The Empress's sister-in-law is even here. She is actually waiting in the back hall for me to come and pay my respects."

"She's just a second-rank imperial concubine, yet she really thinks she's a human being."

Shouchang snorted coldly.

Her biological mother came from a humble background and cared most about her own reputation.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's go in and see Mother. She's in much better spirits now that she knows you're coming today."

Seeing that her words had taken effect, the queen curled her lips slightly and politely invited people to go to the main hall.

"Shouchang pays his respects to the Queen Mother."

Seeing Queen Mother Cui leaning on the bed, Princess Shouchang was also frightened.

She originally thought that the empress dowager was trying to use her feeling unwell as an excuse to control the emperor, but she didn't expect the empress dowager's complexion to be so bad. It was obvious that she was really ill.

The reason she could live so freely was, firstly, because of Shen Huan, and secondly, because of the Queen Mother in the palace.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Shouchang walked to the bed worriedly.

"Is Shouchang here?"

When the empress dowager saw Shouchang, her voice trembled with excitement, and she seemed to have a deep motherly love for her son.

"Ai Jia...you go down first."

The Queen Mother was about to speak when she turned around and saw her niece was there, and she waved her hand in annoyance.

"Then mother, please have a good chat with Sister Shouchang first."

The queen smiled and took her leave.

"Mother, but my brother is the emperor..."

Before the queen walked out of the palace, she could still hear Shouchang's unmistakable complaints.

"Stay outside and wait for the princess to come out, then lead her to the back hall."

"Have you prepared the gift for the princess?"

The queen looked at Zhichun and said.

"Don't worry, Madam. Everything is ready. You know the eldest princess's temper. She will definitely not give up."

Zhichun smiled.

"Return to Fengyi Palace."

In order to allow Princess Shouchang to perform well, the Queen naturally cannot stay here.

Half an hour later, Shouchang came out with an excited look on his face.

Zhichun had already been waiting at the palace gate with palace maids holding rewards.

"Greetings, Princess. These are the gifts prepared for you by the Queen."

Zhichun smiled and stepped forward to salute.

"Thank you for your hard work, sister-in-law!"

Shouchang just glanced at it casually and asked his maid to take it.

"These are usually red swallows, why are they changed to ordinary white swallows?"

Shouchang wanted to move on, but his eyes caught sight of the box opened by the palace servant.

"Replying to the Princess, the tribute from the south this year was small, and there isn't much in the Blood Swallow Palace either."

Zhichun forced a smile.

"What a joke! We, the great Zhao Palace, can't even find a few ounces of blood swallows. Maybe the Empress Dowager is trying to keep them for herself."

Shouchang sneered and directly dropped the white swallow that the maid had just taken to the ground.

"Princess, calm down. You know the Queen. She loves you so much, how could she be so stingy with these blood swallows? It's really..."

Zhichun stopped talking suddenly here.

"What is it?"

Shouchang said angrily.

At this time, two palace maids from the Shangshi Bureau happened to be walking down the corridor.

"I've met the eldest princess."

Both palace maids were holding food boxes in their hands.

"You're here to deliver some delicious snacks to the Queen Mother, right? Hurry and bring them in. The Queen Mother didn't eat much for breakfast today."

Zhichun greeted the two palace maids.

"Aunt Zhichun, this isn't for the Queen Mother. It's for Consort Gu and the Crown Prince in the back palace."

One of the palace maids said.

"Gu Zhaoyi? Queen Mother hasn't even had her dessert yet, yet the Imperial Food Bureau is rushing to serve her."

Shouchang felt even more unhappy when he remembered that Concubine Gu had not come to the palace gate to greet him.

"Princess, please forgive me. We are only following your orders."

Seeing that the princess was angry, the two palace maids from the Imperial Food Bureau knelt on the ground.

"Open it. I want to know how your Shangshi Bureau is handling my brother's new favorite."

Without waiting for the two palace maids from the Imperial Food Bureau to speak, Shouchang asked his maid to step forward and open the food box.

In one of the food boxes, there were two bowls of steaming hot blood swallows.

"No wonder the Empress-in-law didn't have any blood swallows to give me. It turns out she gave them to someone else."

"The eldest princess has misunderstood. The eldest prince suffered a few days ago, and Concubine Gu was exhausted from taking care of him. That's why the emperor and the queen asked the Imperial Food Bureau to give all the blood swallows to Concubine Gu first. It was definitely not their intention to neglect the eldest princess."

Zhichun also knelt on the ground.

"Hmph, I think the emperor's sister-in-law is too kind and virtuous, making it difficult for the people below to tell who is the master of this palace. How dare a mere concubine snatch my blood swallow."

"Come here, smash everything in here for me."

Shouchang raised his eyebrows.

"Princess, you can't do that. This Concubine Gu is the Emperor..."

"She is just my brother's temporary favorite. I am not afraid of her."

"Let's go. I will go to the back hall to meet this Concubine Zhaoyi in person."

Before Zhichun had time to persuade him, Shouchang, with an angry look on his face, took his maid and headed towards the back hall.

"The eldest princess..."

Zhichun was calling out to someone anxiously from behind, but his eyes were full of smiles.

Finally, someone can help the Empress relieve the anger she suffered today.

At Jing'an Residence, Gu Youning and his mother were reciting the text one after another when the door was violently opened.

"You little slaves, you dare to stop the princess?"

As soon as Gu Youning looked up, he heard scolding and slapping sounds outside.

"Where is Gu?"

Then, an extremely arrogant voice sounded.

After two lifetimes, Gu Youning still recognized the owner of the voice - Princess Shouchang.

"Mother..."

Xiao Yunzheng's little face was full of worry.

"Don't be afraid."

Gu Youning comforted his son in a gentle voice and took his son to the outer room.

She thought about asking her son to pretend to be sick and stay in the inner room, but Shouchang was a reckless person. He came with bad intentions today, and if he found something else to blame, he would probably become even more crazy.