After reading my heart, my mother-in-law went crazy and I drank milk and melons.

Chapter 70 Deliberately competing for favor
  Concubine Shu's heart skipped a beat.

She looked sideways at Emperor Qing Ling, who was not paying attention, and lowered her eyes.

His eyes were gloomy, but his heart was very calm.

She stood up gracefully, walked slowly to Emperor Qing Ling, knelt down, and said in a pious tone, "Congratulations to the Emperor on your beautiful wife."

Emperor Qingling withdrew his gaze from the Prime Minister and looked at Concubine Shu.

For some reason, his heart was suddenly stung.

Just when he was about to speak, the guard outside the door walked in anxiously, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the people from Chengqian Palace came to report that Concubine Xian fainted!"

Emperor Qingling was startled: "What's going on!"

Wei Weiran lowered his eyes and replied: "The palace people said that the concubine became ill with longing, depressed and unhappy, and even..."

Wei Weiran was hesitant and frightened.

Emperor Qing Ling suddenly panicked, walked around the table to Wei Weiran, and whispered: "I have no patience."

Wei Weiran kowtowed quickly and replied: "Xianbi... has suicidal tendencies."

Emperor Qing Ling's face froze instantly.

He clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "Prince Heng, Prime Minister, today's matters are over for now. You can go back yourselves."

The Prime Minister said hurriedly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Prince Heng also followed suit: "Your Majesty, concubine Xian is important."

Emperor Qing Ling nodded, raised his legs and was about to leave, when he suddenly thought of Concubine Shu behind him.

He turned back to look at her from a distance.

Concubine Shu happened to be looking at him. She had already stood up and stepped forward anxiously and said: "Your Majesty, I am with you. Aunt Chen, please send the princess back to the cold palace first."

Emperor Qingling's eyebrows flickered, but he finally said nothing.

Aunt Chen bent her knees and said, "Yes, your Majesty."

When Emperor Qingling was stunned, Concubine Shu had already walked to his side and said, "Your Majesty, let's go. Concubine Xian's body is important. Eunuch Wei, Imperial Physician Xuanma, and Imperial Physician Lin have entered the palace. Also, call Imperial Physician Zhao." Come with us."

Emperor Qing Ling looked at her deeply and said lightly: "Yao He, I am very happy to have you here."

Concubine Shu frowned: "Your Majesty, let's go. If it's later, I'm afraid sister Zhiyao won't be able to wait any longer."

When Emperor Qingling heard this, he said in a deep voice: "I will take charge of the Qian Palace!"

The two left side by side. Throughout the whole process, Concubine Shu did not glance at the Prime Minister and his wife.

She seems to be a good concubine who cares about her concubines.

Very much like the mother of a nation.

But only the madam saw the stubbornness in her eyes. Who could see her husband indifferent to other women's greetings?

It's just that I have to hide my emotions because of my position.

Prince Heng stood beside the Prime Minister with his hands behind his back, and said, "I didn't expect Concubine Shu to be so broad-minded. Concubine Xian came to compete for favor, and she was able to persuade the emperor to hurry up. She is really tolerant."

The Prime Minister glared at him sideways: "Yao He has been kind-hearted since she was a child, and Concubine Xian has been like that, so she is naturally very anxious, but Prince Heng, on the other hand, does he think that Concubine Xian is deliberately competing for favor, so he let the palace people lie? I don't know. If the emperor knew that Prince Heng speculated about Concubine Xian, how would he punish Prince Heng?"

Prince Heng was speechless for a moment, frowning and glaring at the Prime Minister.

"You...you are so slanderous!"

The prime minister curled his lips and said mockingly: "Isn't every word said by Prince Heng himself? I did not tamper with your words, nor did I lie about the people's sentiments. What's wrong?" Prince Heng snorted coldly and walked away.

The Prime Minister looked at his back and raised his lips to sneer.

It is really daring to dare to shake the clan's position in Daling!

The lady beside him saw that Prince Heng had gone away, so she also left first with a pale face.

The prime minister raised his legs and chased after him, walking side by side with his wife.

"Madam, what do you mean by this? How can we be willful in the palace! Do you want everyone in the capital to know that our husband and wife are separated?"

The lady said solemnly: "Prime Minister, let's make peace."

The Prime Minister's face changed. He quickly raised his head and looked around. After confirming that no one was around, he lowered his voice and said angrily: "Madam! You can say this casually! Yao He is now a noble concubine in the palace, and Yao Zhi is also a spring queen who has to take the scientific examination. If At this time, there may be some gossip in Beijing about Heli, don’t you want the reputation of the child? Yaozhi hasn’t discussed the marriage yet!"

In the palace courtyard, at the feet of the emperor, the lady could no longer control her tears and fell down.

She slowly raised her hand to brush the slightly wrinkled corners of her eyes that had been left traces of time, wiped away her tears, and said with parted lips: "Do you think of us, mother and son, in my husband's heart?"

The Prime Minister frowned and said impatiently: "Yao He and Yao Zhi are my biological flesh and blood, how can they not be there?"

Madam's tone was cool and full of helplessness: "In the eyes of the Prime Minister, there is only the glory of the clan, the relationship between Yao He as husband and wife, and the relationship between you and the emperor as a monarch. To you, they are nothing. You are worried that Yao He's temperament will not be strong enough to take the throne." You are in a high position and disobey discipline, so you want to cultivate Yaoxiang and please Aunt Lian, but have you ever thought that doing so will separate our husband and wife and make Yaohe and Yaozhi feel bad for their father?"

The prime minister's patience had reached its peak at this time, and his voice was cold: "What nonsense are you talking about! Yao Xiang is not as good as Yao He in everything, why should I spend so much effort to train her? I just want to give Yao He one more confidant in the palace. Yao He doesn't understand, she just thinks she's still young, but even you don't understand my good intentions!"

The madam slowly said: "It is precisely because she is not as good as Yao He in everything that you have to train her. The easy-to-control pillow style is more popular with you than the powerful one, because what you want is not a very popular minister who can be under one person." Out of ten thousand people, what you want is Daling!"

Chengqian Palace.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

"Concubine Shu has arrived——"

The concubine was dressed in pink, pretty and charming, lying on the couch with a pale face, like a gentle and lovely sick beauty.

Concubine Shu's face was solemn, her brows furrowed, and she hurriedly stepped forward to ask Imperial Physician Zhao: "Quickly, go and see Concubine Xian. I order you to cure Concubine Xian!"

Imperial Physician Zhao was frightened, lowered his head and said, "Yes, Concubine Shu."

Emperor Qing Ling looked at Concubine Shu's back behind her. He realized that Concubine Shu was now so arrogant and unrestrained, and seemed to be deliberately acting like she cared about the concubines.

He knew the sadness in her eyes.

That's caring, that's love.

She was feeling dejected that he cared about the concubine, and was deliberately suppressing her feelings.

Her humiliation and obedience were like arrow feathers at this moment, piercing his heart.

But Concubine Xian was still unconscious on the bed, so he put away his thoughts, came forward and sat beside Concubine Xian, quietly held her hand, and looked straight at Doctor Zhao taking Concubine Xian's pulse.

Doctor Zhao was sweating profusely and wiped his own sweat from time to time.

After a long time, he let go of his hand, took a step back and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, my concubine is depressed, has a heart disease that cannot be cured, and is depressed. She has fallen into a dead end, as if her heart has been locked, and no one can enter. Go, people call this disease depression, which is a type of mental illness."

Emperor Qingling was so flustered that he even held Concubine Xian's hand a little harder.

"Then how is this disease treated? And why does it appear?"

“A disease of the heart still needs a heart medicine.”

"As for why she appeared..." Dr. Zhao looked at Concubine Shu cautiously, then lowered his eyes and opened his lips and said: "Concubine Xian is very affectionate and devoted to you, so when she sees the emperor appearing with other women, she will be heartbroken. It’s hard to get rid of the knot and punish yourself.”

(End of this chapter)