Everyone in Xianfu Palace stayed up all night. The little princess's life was saved, but the imperial doctor still refused to let go. He could not guarantee that the princess would recover. For the infant, the next step was to wait for death.
Concubine Wen has never been like a mother, whether it was her eighth prince or her biological son, her tenth prince. She still doesn't know how to take care of her children. She will only play with them when they are happy. The slightest disturbance will
She pushed the wet nurses ahead of her, and even the nobleman Jue Chan in the side hall was better at taking care of the children than she was.
Naturally, Mrs. Juechan didn't sleep a wink that night. When she came in, Xianghe was holding a plate with a bowl of white porridge and a few side dishes. Mrs. Juechan came to persuade Concubine Wen: "Your Majesty, please have some breakfast, otherwise
My body can no longer hold on."
Concubine Wen was not with the child, but huddled alone under the window. When she heard Jue Chan's voice, she raised her haggard eyes. The black eye bags and bloodshot eyes made her look more than ten years older overnight.
His voice was also a little hoarse, and he said dryly: "The emperor... is he here?"
Jue Chan felt helpless and said with a gentle face: "Long live the Lord has gone to court. I'm afraid he won't be able to come here now. The word has been spread to the front, and he will probably come after the next court."
"Probably." Concubine Wen seemed to have only heard this word and sneered, "Last night, he didn't come even if my daughter was about to die. Today, her life was saved. Will he come again?"
Jue Chan tried his best to explain what happened last night and said: "I heard that the emperor has been tired for the past few days. It was rare for him to sleep well yesterday. The people below did not dare to disturb the emperor, but they were always watching what happened here.
In the final analysis, it was those servants who kept it secret, it was not that Concubine De did not allow the Emperor to come, or that the Emperor did not want to come."
Concubine Wen suddenly raised her head, with ferocious questioning in her dark eyes, and asked Juechan one by one: "Can you help Concubine De? After that incident, did you continue to communicate? What did she give you?
Good thing, now you want to help her wholeheartedly?"
After hearing this, Master Juechan knelt down and responded to her without changing her expression: "That time, the empress summoned me to come over to change a few robes. The empress was frugal and didn't want to bother the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make her new clothes just because she was pregnant. Concubine.
I just helped change a few clothes. As for the following days, I will be in Xianfu Palace day and night, or occasionally go out to run errands for you, all in front of your eyes, where will you find the time to interact with Empress Dowager De? As for the benefits
, that day I changed the clothes for the empress, and the empress rewarded me with two hairpins, which are still in my concubine's house."
Concubine Wen listened carefully and saw that she had no leaks. She thought that it was indeed the case. Although Concubine De called her that time, she felt that Chan was in front of her almost every day after that. Occasionally she went out to do a few things and did not listen to her subordinates.
Someone came to spread the news that Noble Chan had contact with Concubine De. Those words just now were indeed an injustice to her.
Compared with Concubine Wen who wanted to completely control the Juechan family, the latter obviously understood her better. At this moment, she knew that she had to give Concubine a step down and said kindly: "My queen has been up all night. It's been really hard. You should go and take a rest first.
I am guarding the little princess. If there is a message from the front that the emperor is coming, I will come to call you immediately. Now you are too haggard. I am afraid that you will see the emperor. The emperor..."
Concubine Wen immediately touched her face and said nervously: "I can't see him like this. I'm going to sleep right now." She hurriedly wanted to come down, but then she thought of something and asked her, "You're not sleeping either, right?"
Master Juechan shook his head: "I take a nap from time to time. I am not as dedicated as my empress. I am really ashamed."
Concubine Wen's eyes flickered, and she seemed to have a guilty conscience. Who knew whether she had been worried about her daughter all night long? She hurried to the bedroom and repeatedly told Dongyun that if the emperor came, he would call her as soon as possible. He got up to get ready, but after the tired man fell asleep uneasily, in the afternoon, when he woke up, Xianfu Palace was still the same as before.
"Where is the Emperor?"
In the quiet dormitory, resentful questions came out, and it took a long time for someone to answer her: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is in Qianqing Palace, and seven or eight ministers are there. I heard that up to now, lunch has not even been passed around."
The dormitory fell into silence again. Master Juechan held the tea in her hand and did not dare to go in. She only waited for a sneer to sound. Then she took a few steps closer and saw Concubine Wen with a painful and ferocious smile: "Seven or eight ministers are nothing. What does the life of the little princess count? It’s just because of the epidemic, and even though we’re thousands of miles away, because Fourth Brother is sick, he can run back regardless of the long distance and risk to his life. Tell me, what do seven or eight ministers mean?”
Jue Chan held the tea bowl firmly in her hand, but she still remembered the sound of breaking porcelain in the hall. The person who woke up was very strong, and everything she put within her reach was knocked over. On the ground, the terrifying sounds stimulated the children. The tenth brother cried in his own room holding the wet nurse, and even the little princess in the cradle also let out a weak cry.
Concubine Wen seemed to be awakened, but she just cried when she hugged her daughter and said over and over again: "I'm useless, I can't wait for your Ama to come, I can't let Ama come to see you, your Ama is so cruel." ah……"
Seeing her tossing the weak baby like this, everyone was so frightened that they rushed up to separate the mother and daughter. The little princess turned blue because of the fuss made by her mother, but Concubine Wen just huddled aside and felt sad. Mrs. Chan cherished the little life and told Dongyun: "Send the princess to another room and you will take good care of her. I will keep an eye on the princess."
When Concubine Wen was made hysterical by her eighth prince, it was not a lie spread around. She was truly delirious. Year after year, she seemed to be getting better, but the huge gap between gains and losses once again appeared. It irritated her, as if she suddenly fell ill again without any warning. Regardless of whether she was ill or not, Master Jue Chan now treated her purely as a patient, so that she would not be half-dead from anger.
Concubine Wen made a fuss for a while and then became weakly quiet. However, at this moment, it was announced outside Xianfu Palace that the Holy Emperor had arrived. Even Juechan felt very surprised when she saw the emperor striding in and he was really in front of her.
When Xuan Ye saw the haggard concubine and the mess in the room, he not only didn't take it seriously, but also had a gentle smile on his face, comforting her and saying: "The imperial doctor will do his best to take care of the child, don't worry too much, I am really busy today, I will take the time now." I must come and see you. As for last night, Xiao Liangzi was so bold that he didn't tell me what he said. Manager Li had already beaten him, so don't be angry."
Originally, Concubine Wen should have been overjoyed to see the emperor, but she didn't have time to clean up the beaten things in the room, and her hair was messed up and her face was stained with tears. Even if the emperor walked away at this moment, she wouldn't be surprised, but the emperor didn't have time to clean it up. Turning a blind eye, she could still speak to her gently, but Concubine Wen didn't feel any comfort or warmth. Looking at the emperor's smile, she just felt it was too fake.
Furthermore, the emperor's words were later said to be Eunuch Liang's fault, but every word was used to excuse Concubine De, for fear that she would blame Yonghe Palace for blocking the holy drive, and for fear that she would vent her anger on Wu Yalanqi.
The emperor came to see her all the time. It would be better to say that the emperor came here for Concubine De. No matter it was her or anyone else, what mattered in the end was that no one should bully or wrongfully accuse Yonghe Palace.
"Are you taking care of the concubine?" Xuan Ye saw Jue Chan standing aside and said casually, "Take good care of the concubine. The concubine has always been in poor health. Don't make her work too hard."
A meaningless warning, this scene only looks warm and harmonious, but in fact everyone is cold in their hearts. The Jue Chan family doesn't matter, the emperor doesn't matter either, only Concubine Wen is desperate.
Jue Chan originally thought that Concubine Wen would make another fuss after the Holy Emperor left, but she asked herself to take care of the little princess. After she left hesitantly, she watched the princess and kept an eye on what was going on in the main hall until dark.
I didn't see any noise, so I finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the child's fragile life crumbling, I couldn't bear it.
In the main hall, the palace maids came in and out to clean the bedroom. Concubine Wen sat cross-legged on the Kang and watched them walking around. After a long time, it was finally clean. Dongyun brought hot water and asked the master to wash her face. She did not refuse and just wiped it.
Too shameless, she threw the handkerchief heavily into the basin. The water splashed everywhere and almost blinded Dongyun's eyes. Then she opened her eyes, and her master had already approached her before she knew it.
"Your Majesty..." Dongyun was startled. He held the water basin and stepped back. He awkwardly called the maid to come and take it away. But as soon as he turned around, he was pulled in front of the master. His tone was very scary. The imperial concubine was asking her.
, "Who in this palace cannot tolerate her?"
Dongyun probably knew who the master was talking about, but she didn't dare to say it, so she asked which one it was. As expected, Concubine Wen said impatiently: "Who else? The one from Yonghe Palace."
"What do you want to do, empress?"
"Answer me!" Concubine Wen's eyes were as vicious as bloodthirsty.
Dongyun was trembling with fear and said tremblingly: "I'm just afraid that there will be no one in the palace who is not jealous of that person. Can you let me tell you which one is better?"
In Yonghe Palace, Lan Qi rested early. Today Wen Xian and Yu Xi slept in Yonghe Palace. The two little sisters are now inseparable. Yu Xi is afraid that going home will have to study piano, chess, calligraphy and painting day and night, and she is happy every day
Playing behind Wen Xian. She has a good temper. She not only knows how to respect the princess, but also understands that the princess is younger than herself and needs to be modest. There has been no quarrel since that night. She has not been home for a few days and does not miss her mother at all.
, I followed Wen Xian and Lan Qi to live tonight, and now I have fallen asleep peacefully.
With the two little girls clinging to each other, Lan Qi would think of the time when Yinzhen and Yinzuo slept with her. The warm feeling seemed to be engraved into her bones, which made her feel even more lonely and desolate when she was alone. But compared to
Among the other women in this deep palace, she is already the luckiest one.
Outside the door, Xiangyue and Ziyu were on night watch. The two of them were cooking on the stove. Xiangyue got the sweet potatoes from somewhere. Ziyu said that she had bloated after eating too much. Xiangyue said with a smile: "I will rest all day and night tomorrow.
What am I afraid of when I come from outside and stay in my own house?"
Ziyu couldn't control her and let her fiddle with the fire. Looking at the sweet potatoes, she remembered that she and Eunuch Liang had been on night watch before because it was too cold. Eunuch Liang said that he wanted to eat a hot sweet potato, but unfortunately he couldn't eat these things in the palace.
Disobeying the royal family is a crime that can lead to the loss of one's head.
At this moment, the two sisters started talking and mentioned that Eunuch Liang was beaten up. Ziyu sighed: "It's pitiful for the little princess to be sick. I just hope that the noble concubine will stop messing around. It's easy to calm down. The noble lady has been missing recently."
There is no trace of you, please don’t bother us again.”
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard the master inside shouting: "Here comes someone."
The two of them ignored the sweet potatoes on the fire and ran into the house immediately. Not long after, Xiangyue ran out and called for the imperial doctor. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Princess Wen Xian had a fever.