The Qing Palace Never Meets Spring

Qingwan bit her lip and said, "During this time, let Princess Shijia stay in the house to rest and recuperate, and don't go out and wander around easily."

Furthermore, we must keep this information completely hidden from her. If anyone is foolish enough to spread the word to Princess Shijia...

Whoever it is, I'll skin her alive.

After speaking, Qingwan suddenly looked at Fuling, who had just arrived after hearing the news.

"Yes, we obey."

"Yes, this servant wouldn't dare," Fuling hurriedly replied, bowing her head. Then she quickly changed the subject, "Your Majesty is back now. Didn't you go to the garden to pay your respects to the Empress Dowager and the others?"

Qingwan looked at Mingxin, who was peeking out from behind Fuling. The child was almost six years old and a very intelligent child.

She was even more free in the courtyard; there were never any restrictions on how she wanted to behave.

She beckoned, and Mingxin came to her side: "Greetings to the Princess Consort."

"I heard you've started reading. What books are you reading lately?"

“I was just reading the Three Character Classic, but Hongchang is annoying and always bothers me.”

"How about we make a deal? If you can memorize the Three Character Classic by the time your father comes back, I'll give you the pearl jewelry you saw before, okay?"

Mingxin's eyes lit up, then fell silent again: "But that set of jewelry, my mother said I'm still too young and haven't grown my hair long enough to wear it."

"We'll have them take it apart and put a new bracelet on your wrist."

"Thank you, Madam."

"Why don't you stay in the room and study during this time? If you can memorize the Three Character Classic and then other things, I have something else for you."

"Yes, then I'll go back." After saying that, Mingxin pulled the wet nurse and ran back.

Qingwan then said to Fuling:

"Come with me, I have something to tell you." Qingwan asked Fuling to go back to her room with her.

"Yes."

Once inside, Qingwan sat down and said, "You must have come because you heard the news that we can't go out."

"Yes, when Songhua went out, my maid was right next to me and heard it."

"My lady, this servant is also anxious."

It would be a lie to say that Qingwan wasn't anxious, but so many people were counting on her.

If she gets flustered, things will only get more chaotic.

So now, in front of Bifuling, he only said the same thing as before: "Something happened in the palace, but His Majesty has not yet returned to the palace. This matter can only be put aside until His Majesty returns to the palace to deal with it."

There aren't many places in this palace that we can go, so whether we can go out or not doesn't really matter.

However, these things have nothing to do with us, and they don't involve us at all. Once things are over, everything will be the same as before.

Your two children are still young, so focus your attention on them.

Especially Mingxin, she's old enough to understand things, so don't gossip and scare her.

As for Yingyu, she's preoccupied with many things, and this pregnancy isn't going well. If something happens to her child, and I find out it's related to you, then I'll have no choice but to give her your child as compensation.

Seeing that Qingwan was not in a hurry, her mind was only focused on the last sentence: "This servant dares not."

She is no longer as favored by Yinxiang as she used to be; her two children are her Achilles' heel.

When Moyaqi was born, she worried every day that Qingwan would take Hongchang away. Later, when Yingyu became pregnant, she was worried the same way.

Fortunately, Qingwan never revealed such thoughts, which secretly pleased her. She became even more respectful to Qingwan, fearing that Qingwan might suddenly want to take Hongchang away.

Taking Hongchang away has always been her biggest worry.

"It's best if you don't dare. Go back."

After Fuling left, Qingwan said, "Father doesn't know what to say either. Right now, Father probably can't send a message to the palace."

Aunt Yan also said, "Although I have been away for many years, I have spent far more time in the palace than the Fujin."

The Crown Prince holds a truly special place in His Majesty's heart. Apart from that incident, I really can't think of anything the Crown Prince could have done to create such a spectacle and drag His Majesty into it.

Moreover, judging from the letter the master wrote to his wife, he and the crown prince had spoken with missionaries just two days before the incident; he must not have anticipated that something like this would happen.

Qingwan couldn't help but smile wryly at Aunt Yan: "I'm so anxious, I don't even know where to begin to worry."

Aunt Yan comforted her, "You mustn't be hasty, Madam. If you are hasty, things will get chaotic."

Qingwan sighed softly. She now hoped that Yinxiang hadn't sent a message back, since they were all oblivious anyway.

If today's message is simply that people are not allowed to leave, then from the second day onwards, everyone in the Prince's residence will have their personal freedom restricted.

The message couldn't get in or out. Qingwan stared at the tightly closed door, wondering if this was a unique treatment for Yinxiang's family or if all the families of married princes had to go through this ordeal.

I wonder how Yihuan is doing? I'm afraid she's worried sick, but she's always better informed than I am when she's out there.

“Madam,” Muxiang took out a bowl of longevity noodles and steamed buns from the food box, “I didn’t expect that Madam’s birthday would be missed again this year.”

This servant just tried to go to the kitchen to make a bowl of longevity noodles for the Princess Consort, but I was rejected again by the leading guard, E.

However, the longevity noodles were indeed delivered.

"We're already in this situation, it's kind of you to still be thinking of us."

Mu Xiang said, "A few days ago, the eunuchs were eavesdropping on the guards at the door and heard them talking about how His Majesty had returned to the palace."

But there was still no news from the master, so this servant thought of trying to see if I could go out, but it still didn't work.

I don't know what His Majesty's plans are. Although we're locked up, our allowances haven't been reduced. Apart from not being able to go out, things are no different from before.

Qingwan has been trying every possible way to gather information these days, and even tried to borrow Yingyu's help to summon the imperial physician for a consultation.

But they couldn't find out anything at all. If they could pass the information in, Yi Huan and Malhan would probably have done it already, as would the Crown Princess; after all, they were in the same boat.

Now it has truly become what Yinxiang said: ignoring and not caring.

Qingwan simply spent her days playing with a few children to appease everyone in the courtyard.

Hearing Mu Xiang say this, she wasn't disappointed. She picked up her chopsticks, took a bite of noodles, and put it in her mouth: "The taste and ingredients are not much different from before. Maybe the princess has taken care of things outside."

"But if it really was the princess who made the arrangements, even if the princess couldn't get in, she wouldn't have never come even once."

"This servant is afraid that the princess is now like us, unable to go out freely." Chenxiang pursed her lips and still voiced her concerns.

"But if we think that way, the princess can't take care of things for us, but everything here remains the same as before."

Maybe it's because Grandpa is fine, he was just held up by other things.

Once His Majesty has dealt with this, we might be able to leave, and His Majesty will be able to return.

Mu Xiang glared at her and quickly tried to make amends.

Qingwan simply smiled and said, "Then let's take Muxiang's good wishes and wait."

After the others left, Qingwan fell silent again, the days passing by making her anxious.