Donggong Zhangjiao

Zhongcui Palace.

Qiu Baolin couldn't help but darken his face when he looked at the lunch on the table.

"Is this what the dining room provides?"

"Yes, my servant also asked, and it is indeed these." Rong Xiu's face didn't look good either.

On this table of dishes, the braised pork is all fatty, not yet soft and half-cooked. The crucian carp and tofu soup has a fishy smell that makes you not want to eat it. The stir-fried pork slices are just missing a few pieces of meat. A few hot peppers. The smell was so spicy that I could choke from a distance. In the end, the green vegetables were edible, but they were a mixed bag, and some of them had yellow and wilted leaves.

Qiu Yao felt vaguely annoyed. This was not as good as the food she had before she was favored.

But if you are angry in your heart, just be angry. You have to eat.

I had to pick out the good green vegetable leaves and eat less than half a bowl of white rice.

After all, I didn’t eat anything for breakfast.

I thought it would be better when I had snacks in the afternoon.

But I didn't expect that the food that was delivered was either a bit burnt or too sweet to be eaten.

When it came time for dinner, there was a table full of seemingly sumptuous dishes, but there was nothing to eat.

Looking at it this way, no matter how stupid you are, you will know that you are being targeted.

"I'm afraid that Imperial Concubine Zhao won't like me and will order people to make things difficult for me and treat her harshly." Qiu Baolin said solemnly.

Rong Xiu's eyes were full of worry, "What should we do? The emperor has not made any move since he summoned you. I can't even ask the emperor to make the decision for Baolin."

"Even if the emperor summons me, I don't dare to go and criticize Concubine Zhao in front of the emperor." Qiu Baolin sighed, "Concubine Zhao has been favored for many years and has a pair of children. How can the emperor be angry with her for a while and still be angry with her forever? With my position like this, if Concubine Zhao uses some tricks to get the emperor's favor again, she will definitely crush me to death."

"Then what should we do? Just endure it like this?" Rong Xiu said aggrievedly.

Qiu Baolin raised his eyes and looked at her, "Then let me ask you, is there any other choice besides patience? If I go all out now and ask the emperor to make the decision, no matter whether I succeed or fail, it will not affect Concubine Zhao's bullying of me. Unless my family background and Lan Like Liangyuan, she still has some scruples. Otherwise, the more trouble I make, the more the imperial concubine will hate me, and the more dangerous I will be. It is better to make dough and let the imperial concubine knead it into a round shape. Seeing that I don’t resist, she finds it boring and can’t explain it. Just stopped."

Hearing these words, Rong Xiu was so distressed that she wiped away tears.

"Paulin is already thin. If she doesn't eat well and her health gets bad, how will she live her life?"

"It's not as serious as you said."

Qiu Baolin sighed, looked out the window and said.

"I can't eat anymore now. Please ask Sister Wang to come and talk to me."

Rongxiu nodded and silently retreated.

In the next five or six days, meals were still the same. Not only meals, but also other places began to be deducted.

It's so frustrating.

No, just keep holding it in, news came out in Zhongcui Palace that Qiu Baolin fell ill.

A maid in Rongxiu cried so much that she didn't know what to do, so she asked Wang Cainv to help. The imperial doctor Wang Cainv sent for was howling loudly. Not long after, word spread throughout the harem that Qiu Baolin was People are sick from hunger.

When the news came out, the queen immediately sent someone to check on it and inquire about the situation.

After asking, I found out that Qiu Baolin had not eaten a few bites for seven consecutive days and had fainted from hunger.

In this way, the queen immediately sent someone to the dining room to hold him accountable.

Naturally, a group of people were thrown out of the dining room to take the blame and were punished.

As for who was behind it, naturally I couldn't tell. In fact, there was no need to ask, it was obvious.

Who in the harem hates Qiu Baolin the most, Yuzhang Palace, and Concubine Zhao.

After hearing this, Wan Bin was not idle, and immediately sent people to Jingqian Palace.

Although he did not meet the emperor directly, he still ordered someone to pass the news on purpose.Pei Yao was handling government affairs here. Originally, a little Baolin's illness would not come to his ears so quickly, but didn't he have Wanbi's help? Soon, Pei Yao went to Zhongcui Palace in person. Came to see it.

Qiu Baolin was lying on the couch, his sick little face turned pale, and he looked like Xizi was praising him, which really made people pity him.

Pei Yao ordered people to send a lot of supplements, then questioned the imperial kitchen, and drank a bowl of porridge with Qiu Baolin before leaving.

I went to see it in person the next day.

With this attitude, everyone in the harem began to think about it again.

It seems that the emperor is still somewhat fond of Qiu Baolin.

Therefore, Qiu Baolin was not treated harshly during the following days of recuperation.

During this period of time, people in the harem saw that Pei Yao did not come to Yuzhang Palace, but instead visited Xu Mei and Lan Liangyuan respectively.

Faintly, there seems to be a feeling that Yuzhang Palace is falling out of favor.

Concubine Jin couldn't sit still, so she ran to Yuzhang Palace several times, overtly and secretly, to persuade Fang Yun to be soft on the emperor so that she could get the Sacred Heart back again.

Concubine Song also said a few words, but not much.

Because in Song Bin's opinion, Fang Yun would not do such a thing. Since he did it, there must be other reasons.

The Queen also had the same thoughts as Song Concubine.

"Concubine Zhao has been a steady and stable person from the East Palace to the Harem these years. She has never been jealous or acrimonious, and has used such low-level methods to tease people. Now it seems that she is doing it for real, but I always feel that there is something inside. "

"How are you going to deal with this period of time?" Minsi asked.

The queen narrowed her eyes and said, "It's just like before."

If you don’t know what’s going on and if you have doubts, don’t get involved.

After a pause, he asked again, "Concubine Yan asked you to check, do you have any clues?"

When she asked, Minsi shook her head, "Nothing was found. Concubine Yan just moved into Yining Palace recently, so there is nothing strange."

"Keep staring, I always feel that the emperor suddenly promoted her for other reasons." The queen whispered.

After all, if you want to promote someone, you should give her the concubine position when you first enter the palace. Why suppress her for so long? It means you don't intend to promote her in the first place.

Then there must be a reason why you have changed your mind now.

Yuzhang Palace.

Fang Yun was lying on the beauty's couch, and Qingrong and Yanwei applied koudan.

After hearing Yuan He's report, his beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

"The emperor went to visit Qiu Baolin again. It seems that Qiu Baolin has tasted the benefits of his illness. Is he not going to get better?"

"How can anyone not be greedy for the holy grace?" Yuan He smiled, "But where the holy grace will stay depends on the empress."

Hearing this, Fang Yun's red lips were slightly raised, and his face was full of interest.

"How can I have such ability? I have made the emperor angry this time, so I should repent and repent. After the kodan is applied, go to the Baohua Hall with me and chant sutras to pray for the emperor."

"Yes."

Yuan He nodded and silently retreated.

So in the evening, while Pei Yao was still handling government affairs in the imperial study, he received a purse personally delivered by Concubine Zhao.

"Concubine Zhao said that the weather is getting hotter and hotter now, and the emperor is busy with many things every day, so he is agitated. Wearing this purse has the effect of calming the mind. In addition, there is a talisman in this purse that the concubine prayed for while kneeling in the Baohua Hall and reciting Buddhist sutras for half a day. The treasure is said to wish the Emperor good luck and good health."