The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 603 Conspiracy to seize the emperor's heir (4)
Qingchen folded the note he had written and put it into the Kongming lantern, lit the candle inside, held up his small Kongming lantern with his own hands and watched it rise slowly, watched the light gradually go away and become A little farther away, he said: "The concubine thanks the emperor, the concubine's wish is to be safe, there is nothing else to ask for."

The Kongming lanterns of the concubines in the distance have also risen high in the sky, Xiao Jun looked at the star-like lights in the night sky with his hands behind his back, and said with a complicated expression: "Chen'er, there are so many people, I'm afraid that your wish is the only one. The most ordinary, but also the most difficult to satisfy. Even if you don't tell me some things, I know. The harem is like the previous dynasty, and it has never been truly peaceful. When I was young, I was not loved by the Queen Mother. I still don't know if I can survive. I have so many brothers, but few of them can grow up. I don't understand the reason for this. I have seen the twelve brothers poisoned to death with my own eyes. The dead body, the prince is so difficult to protect himself, which shows how dangerous the struggle between the concubines in the harem is. I hope you are safe, and I also hope that you will be safe and stay by my side for a long time."

He stretched out his hand to her, but she quietly tightened the cloak on her body and wrapped her hands in the fox fur. He felt embarrassed, so she looked at the little lights in the night sky again, only as if Not seeing his embarrassment, he said flatly: "Even if there are no concubines, the emperor will not be lonely. There are such beautiful plum blossoms in the concubine Li's yard, accompanied by beauties. Longing for life. Touring the fragrant grassland in spring, enjoying the green lotus pond in summer, drinking yellow flower wine in autumn, and reciting white snow poems in winter. The concubine Li always knows how to please the emperor, and she will surely make the emperor happy all the year round. The emperor and his wife are deeply in love. From now on, we will never be lonely again."

When she was speaking, her eyes kept looking at the sky indifferently, with a slight smile on her lips, and her tone was indifferent and gentle, which did not make people feel any emotion, but Xiao Jun knew that she was angry with him, he understood The more indifferent her temperament seemed, the more disheartened she became.What's more, he couldn't hear the sarcasm in these words.

"Today is the Lantern Festival, I have to save some face for Concubine Li, not to mention..."

There were fireworks rising not far away amidst the crackling sound, Qingchen's eyes were attracted, and he turned away before he finished speaking. This was a very rude behavior for the concubine, but if it wasn't for the fact that he really didn't want to hear it, he seemed to have no choice but to She wouldn't be so disrespectful, is Concubine Li's face more important than her life?
Seeing that Qingchen didn't give the emperor face like this, Fuquan secretly glanced at the emperor cautiously, thinking that the concubine Chen's temper was too strong, even the emperor dared to show face.

Xiao Jun didn't get angry, but just sighed deeply: "Sooner or later, you will understand my painstaking efforts..."

Back in Xinhua Hall, Qingchen saw that Xiao Jue's seat was always vacant, and only after asking Concubine Ning did he find out that he was reported to be sick, saying that he was suffering from the cold and would not be able to come to the dinner tonight.Ever since Meiyuan met him and Concubine Li, she had never seen him again. It's okay if Qingchen didn't think about it, but he had better not come here to get involved in the harem, a place of right and wrong.

The Empress Dowager did not attend the dinner today, and it is said that her health is getting worse. Gu Yunfeng diagnosed that the Empress Dowager is due to long-term exposure to chronic poisons. fundamental.But the strange thing is that the queen mother took a lot of antidote, but her health has never recovered, and the source of the poison has never been found out.

Xiao Jun suspected that Xiao Hong's people had tampered with secretly in order to avenge the Queen Mother, but the strange thing was that they couldn't find any clues. There was nothing wrong with everything from food and medicine, but the toxin was accumulating in the Queen Mother's body Deep, it is really puzzling.

In order for the queen mother to recover as soon as possible, the queen decided to take the three concubines to bathe and fast for seven days and seven nights to pray for the queen mother.In order to show his filial piety, the emperor decided that after the Lantern Festival, he and the empress would fast in the Buddhist hall together.Just because the emperor has to go to court to deal with government affairs every day, the queen suggested that the emperor spend two hours a day to go to the Lianxin hall to read scriptures and meditate. The queen thought thoughtfully, and Xiao Jun agreed.

The dinner was coming to an end, Qingchen thought that the meal was quite peaceful, although Concubine Li got the emperor's forgiveness and made many people feel uncomfortable, but after all, it will be a matter of time, even if she feels upset, there is nothing she can do about it.

Just as he was thinking about something, he saw Leng Zhaoyi over there turned around and heard what a little girl said in his ear, his face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine's servant girl came to report that the eldest prince is feeling unwell. , the concubine should go back and have a look first, and ask the emperor for permission."

When Xiao Jun heard this, she got up and said, "I'm going with you." When she walked to the gate of the hall, she turned her head and saw Xiao Jieyu anxiously wanting to follow but she didn't dare, looking at him with tears in her eyes, she said: "You come too."

After hearing the emperor's words, Xiao Jieyu hurriedly followed to Leng Zhaoyi's bedroom.

Seeing that the emperor followed, the queen would not displease the emperor if she, as the aunt, ignored it, so she said to everyone: "After the banquet is over, everyone should go back to the palace. I will also go to see the eldest prince, but I hope he's okay."

Seeing the empress leaving in a hurry, Qingchen was still wondering what would happen to the eldest prince, so she heard Concubine Ning beside her say: "She is really ruthless, in order to compete for favor, she will not let go of even the infant child."

Qingchen looked slightly stunned, but blurted out, "Leng Zhaoyi is not that kind of person. Because the eldest prince is raised by her, the emperor will visit her palace every now and then. For Leng Zhaoyi, others can't match her." She is favored, she should not be so greedy, and intentionally make the eldest prince sick in order to lure the emperor to her palace."

Concubine Ning looked at her inexplicably, and shook her head lightly, "I didn't say anything about her, the child is raised with Leng Zhaoyi, and the eldest prince is safe, so she won't be left out in the cold. She knows this better than any of us. I will never make fun of the eldest prince's safety. The person I am talking about is not her, just think about it, if the eldest prince is ill, what will happen to Xiao Jieyu?"

With a flash in Qingchen's eyes, he suddenly looked at Concubine Li opposite him, seeing her with a sneer on her face, leisurely tasting the fruit plate, seeing that beautiful face, Qingchen felt sick Feeling sick, I really want to tear open her chest to see what her heart is made of, how can it be so vicious?

"If the eldest prince is seriously ill, with Xiao Jieyu's temperament, she will definitely feel resentful, thinking that Leng Zhaoyi doesn't take care of the eldest prince. It's okay for her to think so, even if the emperor thinks the same way, it will definitely be embarrassing for the eldest prince." When the prince changes his adoptive mother, Concubine Li may be the most suitable candidate at that time. If she gets the eldest prince, she will no longer be afraid of Lin Wanyi getting pregnant, let alone losing the emperor's favor, but this is just our guess after all. , maybe the eldest prince just feels unwell occasionally and it's not a serious problem."

(End of this chapter)