Author: Qing Yunmo

While he was extremely confused and frightened, Shen Yi was waiting at the door to come in.

Shouan vaguely knew Shen Yi's abilities. At this time, the emperor was too ill to call anyone in. Shouan gritted his teeth and took the decision, bringing Shen Yi in with him.

Shen Yi gave Shouan a pill and a talisman.

The talisman paper was affixed to the bedside, and the medicine was taken with the rainwater.

Shou'an also went to the harem and found a concubine who kept rainwater, snow water, etc., so he went to ask for a jar.

After sticking the talisman paper and taking the medicine, it only lasted one night. The emperor woke up the next day.

Although his face was still a little haggard, he didn't look seriously ill at all.

Shouan was shocked. When the emperor woke up, he told everything.

The emperor himself felt it, and with the testimony of the imperial physician and Shou'an describing it beside him, the emperor believed it.

So he tentatively asked Shen Yi if there was a longevity pill.

Shen Yi naturally knelt down immediately and said no.

But the more he behaved like this, the more the emperor felt that there was something wrong.

After grinding like this for a few days, Shen Yi finally gritted his teeth and gave the recipe.

In Xuanzheng Pavilion.

As soon as the emperor recovered from his serious illness, he summoned several important ministers to discuss the matter.

The ministers knelt down to salute at first, but after being allowed to stand up, they unconsciously and quietly raised their heads to look at the emperor.

The emperor's face looked weak, but it looked like there was really no big problem.

Speaking of which, the emperor looked weaker some time ago.

And some time ago, it was after Concubine Ping used it for a month.

Several ministers murmured inwardly when they saw this, thinking that the emperor's illness might be fake and just a smoke bomb for the outside world.

After all, it is impossible to be so seriously ill and recover in just one night.

As for why His Majesty did this, several people looked at each other and had the answer in their hearts.

They thought it was because the princes fought too fiercely and formed cliques for selfish ends, regardless of the slightest bit of brotherhood.

In fact, the truth inside is not like this.

Even the emperor didn't care at all how hard these sons fought.

Because he himself has experienced that what his sons can do is not even half as good as what he does.

When the emperor finished speaking, the ministers sitting below stopped talking.

If this were in the court, the ministers would have to whisper.

But this is in the Xuanzheng Pavilion, there are only a few people in total, and if you say anything, you have to be seen by the emperor.

Although they were dissatisfied with the emperor's words, they did not want to get rid of the head on their necks.

only……

One of them looked to the side, and finally gritted his teeth and hesitated, "The Queen has managed the harem for many years without making any mistakes. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for Your Majesty to let other concubines take charge of it now."

"If Your Majesty feels that there are too many things in the harem, you can send a decree to ask the Queen to come back."

"Of course, praying for the crown prince is a big deal, but if the harem is not stable, the court will be unstable, and His Majesty will not feel at ease."

"As for praying for the prince, it's the same in the palace."

The emperor's heart moved, thinking about the possibility of these words coming true.

Of course he thought it was good that the Queen was back, but he thought about it carefully and shook his head.

The queen will not come back because of a decree.

He made a wrong move and had no chance to go back and try again.

So before a few people could speak, the emperor had already stood up and prepared his decree.

He gave the power of managing the harem to two people.

One is the Queen Mother and the other is the Concubine.

As soon as this decree came out, everyone was shocked.

Although the other concubines were dissatisfied, especially those with princes, they were afraid of the emperor, but they were just dissatisfied and did not dare to show it on their faces.

The concubines couldn't help but turn their attention to Fuying Tower.

Concubine Zheng was the most favored in the past. She had children and a high status.

How to manage the harem? Even Concubine Ping can manage it, but she cannot.

Concubine Zheng must be making trouble.

This is what everyone thinks.

Including the two maids beside Concubine Zheng, Bamboo and Liuxu.

When Concubine Zheng became ill, her whole person changed especially greatly.

Now she is sitting on the small couch, her clothes are plain and simple, and her hair is held in a loose bun.

"Queen Mother and Concubine Heping?" Concubine Zheng felt subconsciously uncomfortable.

However, this discomfort did not last long. The power to manage the harem was indeed good, but it was also a hot potato.

Whoever holds it will be unlucky.

Concubine Zheng frowned, "Did you hear wrongly? How could it be these two people?"

Shi Zhu could guarantee that she heard it right, even though she couldn't believe it when she learned about it.

This decree seems to show how much His Majesty respects and loves the Queen Mother.

But who doesn't know that the Queen Mother is just a decoration in the harem.

Even though His Majesty has been there a few times recently, it doesn't make any difference whether he goes or not.

In the past, the queen was in charge of the harem, and the concubines who fell out of favor had a good life, and the queen mother who was not the emperor's biological mother naturally had a good life.

If the emperor went more often, he would only have more people to please.

Concubine Zheng thought of Concubine Ping again, "Just the Queen Mother, why is there still Concubine Ping? Who does she count?"

"She has only been in the palace for a short time, she has no children, and she has never accomplished many important things. How can she manage the harem?"

Concubine Zheng was indeed unconvinced by this decree. Her son was about the same age as Concubine Ping, so she had to be controlled by Concubine Ping, who was about the same age as her son.

This is too outrageous.

As soon as Concubine Zheng got up, she was persuaded to go down by Shi Zhu and Liu Xu.

Concubine Zheng sighed and said, "That's all."

She could only stay angry in Fuying Tower, and she had to pretend to be obedient to the imperial edict when she was left outside.

You can't pretend to be sick, Concubine Zheng thought.

There must be a lot of concubines pretending to be sick. If there are too many concubines, Your Majesty will find out. If His Majesty is in a bad mood, he will have to take action on this trivial matter.

Sure enough, on the second day, there were five people among the concubines.

Some were greedy for coolness and ate too much ice cream, and some were cold due to lack of clothing. In short, the reasons were given well and none of them were repeated.

The Queen Mother sat at the top with a somewhat ugly face. It was not like she couldn't guess that these concubines were pretending to be sick.

She is a new official who has been on fire since she took office, and she really wants to make a big splash.

But no.

The person who pretends to be sick here either has a high position in the family or has children.

Concubine Ping had expected it, and walked forward with a smile, sat on the right hand side of the Queen Mother, and then said, "Since several sisters happened to be sick together, then I, the younger sister, should go over and take a look."

When Concubine Ping said this, the Queen Mother was surprised and then followed her.

So Concubine Ping led a group of people to visit the residences of those concubines who had complained of illness.

It was not voluntary for the concubines to follow her, but Concubine Ping wanted to go there, so there was no way they could not follow her.

Concubine Zheng watched the group of people walking away and waved her hand to signal Shi Zhu to help her.

She doesn't join in the fun.

The concubine who pretended to be sick kept her lips moving, indicating that she was sick, but she would not actually paint her face white or sprinkle bitter medicine in the yard.

So as soon as Concubine Ping passed by, she saw that they looked quite good.
Chapter completed!