After returning to the palace, Emperor Mingwen summoned several ministers overnight, and they were obviously busy. Chu Yunning had not seen Emperor Mingwen for several days.
I didn't even turn over the sign for the harem. Concubine Mei came once and asked a few questions overtly and covertly, but Chu Yunning dismissed them all.
Three days later, Emperor Mingwen summoned Chu Yunning and handed her a list.
"This is?"
"Didn't they say that there will be a draft during the flower viewing banquet? This is the list. There are sixteen people in total. You are responsible for recruiting people into the palace, training them, and placing them in the palace."
These are all things the queen has to do, and now it all falls on her. Chu Yunning couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
"These are the daughters of powerful officials. After entering the palace, you can be beaten or punished as long as they don't die." Emperor Mingwen said without raising his head, and kept reading the memorials. He looked very busy.
Chu Yunning looked at the list, and there were indeed many names that had given her a look. She also thought of the news she had heard in Xinghua Village a few days ago. Chu Yunning didn't ask any more questions and nodded: "I obey the order.
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"This month, three concubines must be pregnant with children, and a young prince must be born in the harem." Emperor Mingwen reminded.
There were no heirs in the harem, which made the vassal kings ready to take action.
"Yes!" Chu Yunning thought of the shop outside the palace again. She really didn't have time to take care of it, so she said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I still have a lot of properties outside the palace."
After hearing this, Emperor Mingwen took some time out of his busy schedule to look up at Chu Yunning: "I will send someone to take care of it, and the compensation will be mine!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Two days later, when the young masters of each palace asked for Ping'an pulse, three of them were actually pregnant, and Concubine Mei was one of them.
Mei Fei held her belly in disbelief; "I am really pregnant?"
The three concubines were all pregnant at about the same time. Judging from the pulse, there should be at least two young princes. Chu Yunning said to Concubine Mei: "The first two have learned from the past. It is not easy for Concubine Mei to be favored. Don't take it lightly."
Concubine Mei was obedient and obedient: "Yes, I listen to Chu Shang Palace."
"From now on, Concubine Mei is not allowed to go anywhere in the palace. I will arrange for someone to deliver three meals a day to the queen, and I will take a pulse every three days. The queen must remember not to trust anyone."
Concubine Mei nodded solemnly when she heard this.
The other two concubines also gave the same explanation. Chu Yunning arranged the three of them in the same palace and sent heavy troops to guard them. They did not instruct anyone not to visit. He also sent two imperial doctors to take turns guarding everything that was brought in.
Check one by one.
"If anything happens to any of the concubines, your entire family will be buried with them, and we will never tolerate it!" Chu Yunning ordered a group of palace maids and guards.
"yes!"
Chu Yunning's next task was to protect three people and allow them to give birth smoothly. In fact, in order to deceive others, she also prepared a fourth person.
"Empress Yan, I have wronged you."
Yan Bi was favored only three times, and every time she drank the medicine given by Chu Yuning, she was lucky enough to be pregnant with Long Zi, and her pregnancy was the longest among the other three, almost two months ago.
"Chu Shanggong, I want to thank you very much. I have already lost two children in the palace, so I will naturally be cautious. As long as the children can be born smoothly, these are not grievances." Yan Bin promised Chu Yunning that she would never do it.
Go out easily.
This time she wanted to see if the people behind the scenes could harm people under her nose!
"Chu Shanggong, the Queen, please come over immediately."
"Chu Shang Palace, Concubine Xia, please come over immediately."
The news had just been announced, but the top two masters couldn't wait. Chu Yunning went to Fengyi Palace first.
The Empress of the Palace was still ill, and she was very weak. There was a thick layer of powder on her face, which blocked the blue color of her eyes. Her eyes were full of sternness: "I heard that Chu Shang Palace was treating the concubines in the harem.
Body, three concubines are already pregnant with dragon children?"
"Back to the Queen, this is indeed the case." Chu Yunning admitted bluntly.
The Queen Palace's heart ached when she heard this, and she gritted her teeth. She knew that being tough with Chu Yun Ning would not work, so she softened her attitude: "Chu Shang Palace, I had some misunderstandings with you in the past, please don't take it to heart.
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Chu Yunning raised her eyebrows.
"Chu Shanggong, this is the queen's heartfelt wish. I hope you will accept it." The palace maid held a box of top-quality Dongzhu and handed it to her.
"Mother, what is this?"
The Queen took a deep breath. In order to be able to conceive Longzi as soon as possible, she had to bow her head to Chu Yunning: "There are many misunderstandings between me and Chu Shang Palace. These people, who specifically apologized to Chu Shang Palace, still
Please Chu Shang Gong Haihan."
Chu Yunning held up his hand and said: "No reward for no merit. Your Majesty has promoted me. I am just following orders."
"Chu Shanggong, I am the mother of a country. No matter how many people give birth to princes, they are all concubines. Only those who come out of my belly are legitimate sons and are the most likely to inherit the throne..."
After listening for a long time, Chu Yunning understood that the queen wanted to have a child, so she approached her.
"Chu Shanggong, if I am pregnant with a dragon son, I will never treat you badly."
Chu Yunning didn't have a good impression of the empress, and she didn't believe what she said. This kind of person would typically burn bridges by crossing rivers, and when the time comes, he would definitely repay kindness with hatred.
As if thinking of something, Chu Yunning took Dongzhu and asked the palace maid to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and wrote down a prescription: "I only provide the prescription. As for whether the emperor is willing to cooperate, it depends on the empress."
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No matter how much medicine you drink, it will be in vain if Emperor Wen doesn't come.
The Queen Palace ignored her headache, her hands were shaking as she held the prescription, and her tone changed: "You don't need to remind me about this. I understand in my heart, Chu Yunning, that from today onwards, this prescription cannot be given to anyone else."
Look, before I succeeded, I changed my face in a hurry.
Chu Yunning touched the tip of her nose, thinking that if she could grind the dongzhu into powder and apply it on her face, it would definitely beautify her face.
"I heard that the imperial concubine also summoned you. Chu Yunning, I order you not to give this prescription to the imperial concubine Xia." The queen looked domineering.
Chu Yunning narrowed her eyes and smiled: "The Queen has three months to recuperate her body. The Imperial Concubine has just had a miscarriage and her body has not recovered yet. Even taking the medicine is in vain."
"What about three months from now?"
Chu Yunning said bluntly: "It is difficult to disobey the emperor's order."
"You!" The Queen Palace was about to get angry. The maids on the side kept winking at the Queen Palace, telling her not to provoke Chu Yunning, so the Queen Palace took a deep breath to suppress her anger: "Well, thank you Chu Shang Palace.
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As soon as she came out of Fengyi Palace, she was asked away by the people around Concubine Xia. As expected, Concubine Xia was also anxious. Three pregnant women suddenly appeared, and Concubine Xia's favor was in jeopardy.
"Chu Shang Palace, please don't tell me secret words. I want Long Zi. Just ask for any conditions you need."
Concubine Xia is much more generous and has a much better attitude than the empress. Concubine Xia may have realized that Chu Yunning is not a concubine, but she is also the empress dowager's favorite person. There is really no need for her to feel sorry for Chu Yunning everywhere.
"The Imperial Concubine has just lost her child and has not yet recovered. It is unlikely that she will be pregnant again within three months. The Imperial Concubine has continued to favor her. Are you still worried about not having a child?" Chu Yunning patiently reassured her.
Concubine Xia shook her head. Since she gave birth to a child, the number of times Emperor Mingwen came to see her gradually became less and less. Sometimes he would sit for a while and then leave. In the past two days, he sent her young father-in-law to deliver some supplements. She was worried that if he continued, the emperor would
People will be forgotten.
At this moment, Chu Yunning suddenly felt that being an emperor was not that happy. The concubines were all like wolves and tigers, and the previous dynasty was also worried about it. How many people were thinking about it, and it was not as good as the ordinary powerful families with power, money and freedom.
"Chu Shanggong, I know that you just came from the Queen. Did the Queen give you any orders?"
Having been rivals with the Queen for so many years, Concubine Xia knew exactly what the Queen was like.
"The Queen is very insidious. You have plotted against her. The Queen will not let you go easily. Once the Queen gains power, your end will not be good." Concubine Xia took herself as an example. The Queen had tortured her a lot. If she hadn't happened to be,
If you are pregnant, you may not be alive anymore.
Chu Yunning very much agrees with this.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured and take care of your health first. We will wait until three months before we talk about anything else."
No matter how much Concubine Xia said, Chu Yunning did not let go. Finally, Concubine Xia gritted her teeth and took out a stack of silver notes: "Princess Xiao came to visit me a few days ago and gave me one hundred thousand taels of silver notes.
The palace will get rid of you. I deserve this bank note, so I will give it to Chu Shang Palace today."
Chu Yunning was slightly stunned. Li Shanshan gave Concubine Xia one hundred thousand taels of votes. Was her brain caught in the door?
"Prince Xiao was drunk a few days ago, and all he shouted was your name. Since the wedding, Prince Xiao has never been to Princess Xiao's house. Not only that, Prince Xiao also asked someone to take you away.
The place was rearranged and no one was allowed to enter. Prince Xiao stayed there every night." Concubine Xia explained that when Li Shanshan mentioned this, Concubine Xia still didn't believe it. Didn't Prince Xiao hate Chu Yunning? Why?
I will think about it with all my heart.
Chu Yunning frowned, Xiao Wang was a typical belated affectionate person, he was like that for Ye Yan'er, for He Li, and for himself, he looked like he was hit by the affectionate thing, it was really disgusting.
If you touch yourself, there is something wrong with your personality!
Chu Yunning took a deep breath: "Since the imperial concubine has accepted money to do things for others, isn't it a good idea to go back on her word?"
In her eyes, Concubine Xia and the Queen are the same type of people, ungrateful and without any trust.
Concubine Xia immediately explained: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't agree. It was Princess Xiao who put down the banknote and left. If you are willing to help me, I am willing to help you get rid of Princess Xiao. You can do it again one day."
Princess Xiao’s position.”
Chu Yunning suddenly burst into laughter. She finally got rid of King Xiao, how could she go back after all the trouble?
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. Since this banknote is presented to you by Princess Xiao, you should keep it well." Chu Yunning changed the topic and said, "I haven't seen your sincerity yet. Prince Xiao is dead.
There is Princess Xiao. If there is no more Princess Xiao, will there be rumors that Prince Xiao conquered his wife?"
Concubine Xia is also a human being. How could she not understand Chu Yunning's words? She immediately nodded: "I will definitely do it. It's because Prince Xiao didn't understand how to cherish Chu Shang Palace. The two concubines of Xiao both died unjustly."
Chu Yunning never had a crush on Li Shanshan, nor did she offend her. Li Shanshan wanted to kill her. This girl was too vicious.
In this case, she doesn't have to be merciful.
What bad luck!
When Chu Yunning came out of the Palace of Imperial Concubine Xia, she saw many concubines staring at her eagerly from a distance. This sight made her whole body feel hairy.
"Chu Shang Palace!"
"Chu Shang Palace!"
Chu Yunning turned around and ran away, for fear of being caught up.