medicine lady

Chapter 46 Finger Marriage
The early morning of the second day was the second day of the Lunar New Year. On this day, wives from home and abroad came to visit. It was supposed to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, but it was postponed to today due to the serious illness of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager wore a bright yellow court robe early in the morning, the collar and sleeves were all stone blue, the mink border was gold, embroidered with gold nine dragons, five-color auspicious clouds, and wore a smoked mink court crown, with an oriental pearl inlaid on the top three layers, Zhu Seven golden phoenixes are embellished on the weft, and the graceful and luxurious air is more majestic.

The Queen Mother, a person with severe heart failure, just woke up yesterday but still insists on seeing the wives today. From the point of view of Ye Yunshui, a doctor, this is nothing more than an act of seeking death. He didn't dare to say any rules, seeing the heavy imperial crown pressing on the Queen Mother's head, Ye Yunshui always felt as if it was about to fall.

Seeing Ye Yunshui's hesitant expression, Xu Shi said, "Some people live their lives for power, and some people live their lives for power, but people in the palace live with their status and dignity."

Ye Yunshui's heart froze, the Empress Dowager looked at her thoughtfully, and the maid helped her to sit on the cloth chariot carried by four people, "You just go there with me and see the world."

"Yes." Ye Yunshui followed the empress dowager's chariot towards the main hall, but she raised her eyes to look at the seventy-year-old empress dowager from time to time. She knew that the empress dowager was holding herself up even though she knew she was in poor health. Empress Dowager, she must hold up this piece of sky that belongs to her. Her majesty and arrogance cannot be desecrated by anyone. Ye Yunshui suddenly felt that no woman in this world can live comfortably, including the empress dowager, but she is still the same. And how should a little person like her, an ant, adapt?

Above the main hall of the Anhe Palace, the empress and several imperial concubines had already been waiting here. Seeing the empress dowager arriving in a cloth chariot, they all knelt down and worshiped. On top of that, when the Queen Mother sat upright, Ye Yunshui wanted to hide behind the palace, but the Queen Mother called out, "Just stand by and wait."

Ye Yunshui was startled, although she didn't understand what the queen mother meant, she didn't dare to say too much, so she stood at the seat designated by the queen mother and looked at her feet with lowered eyebrows, not daring to look around, she felt that there were some eyes on her. Looking at himself, it's like a thorn in the root.

Ye Yunshui was thinking about his own thoughts, the empress handed over the roster, "...my mother is recovering from a serious illness, and it is not easy to sit outside for a long time. Today I handed over the sign to invite people to meet on the roster, why don't you just order the people you want to see, Let him go back to the rest, if you really want to be filial, it won't be a while."

The queen mother nodded, looked at the roster in her hand, and asked casually, "Have Prince Zhuang's family come?"

The queen replied immediately: "I'm waiting outside the door."

"pass."

When the queen mother gave the order, Ye Yunshui's heart skipped a beat. Isn't Prince Zhuang's family the same as Shi Ziye's family?The ones who came must be the female family members of the palace, Xu Shi and his eldest son and concubine were among them, Ye Yunshui was a little curious, she really wanted to know what the first wife of the eldest son of Liu Zuoxiang, the daughter of Liu Zuoxiang, looked like.

Eunuch Huang went to the door to pass the message, and after a while, five female relatives dressed in court clothes came in, among them were two older ones, Xu was Prince Zhuang's concubine and side concubine, and the other four young ones were obediently standing. In the back, they kowtowed to the queen mother and queen together.

"Get up." The Queen Mother's words were cold.

Meanwhile, the queen and the fourth concubine began to chat with the female relatives, and the topic was nothing more than polite talk about whether Prince Zhuang was in good health or not. Ye Yunshui could only identify these people by their voices, but did not dare to raise his head rashly. Look, at this moment she already knew that the two older female relatives were Prince Zhuang's side concubines, Wang Shi and Feng Shi.The concubine of Prince Zhuang and the biological mother of the eldest son have passed away for ten years, and the other four young wives are the wives of the three sons of Prince Zhuang and the daughter-in-law of the eldest son of Prince Zhuang. The eldest son, the eldest son is from the Wang family. His name is Qin Muyun, and he works in the Ministry of War.

And among the four young female relatives, one of them was dressed in imperial concubine court clothes, with fair skin and a good face. She was the eldest concubine of Qin Murong, the first daughter of Liu Zuoxiang, Liu Shi, and the queen and others called her her. Boudoir name, Bright Moon.

"Yesterday I learned that the Queen Mother is in poor health, but today I see her complexion is very good..." Prince Zhuang's side concubine Wang Shi said with a smile. She has been married to the palace for many years. Wang is in charge.

The Empress Dowager said very little in the morning, Wang was just flattering the Empress Dowager, and she was afraid that everyone's talkative talk would annoy the Empress Dowager. Everyone knew that although the Empress Dowager was over seventy years old, she was a heroine who served three generations of emperors. Now stomping his feet, the Emperor Ming Qi would not dare to provoke someone, and the Empress Dowager herself attaches great importance to Prince Zhuang's family. Although Emperor Ming Qi inherits the grand line, Prince Zhuang is also the Empress Dowager's biological son, and others can't compare her love point.

"Has Haoyue's stomach still not moved?" The Queen Mother didn't say a word this morning, but Liu Jiaoyue, who was standing behind Wang, froze when she said this, her face turned pale and she bowed her head in silence.

Even the empress looked at the empress dowager in amazement and did not dare to say anything, and the concubines immediately fell silent, only watching the bustle and not daring to speak.

Wang wanted to flatter her with a few words, but she didn't. The queen mother suddenly asked about it and couldn't help but look embarrassed at this moment, and Liu Jiaoyue's two sisters-in-law bowed their heads and remained silent.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the queen mother continued, "You have been married to the palace for four years, but your stomach has not moved at all. Have you checked with the imperial doctor? Don't hide this kind of thing."

Ye Yunshui looked up, and she felt that Liu Jiaoyue was shaking all over. For the royal family, doing nothing is a serious crime, and the empress dowager's hat is big enough.

Liu Jiaoyue explained intentionally, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, it's not me..."

"En?" The Empress Dowager looked at Liu Jiaoyue with dissatisfaction. Liu Jiaoyue immediately didn't dare to say any more, and quickly swallowed the second half of the sentence, but her face was full of grievances. Hold back and endure.

"Prince Zhuang is the younger brother of the current emperor, and Mu Rong is the first son and grandson of the Ai family. As the son and concubine, you have not had anything for four years. How can this delay the important event of spreading branches and leaves?" That's right, the Ai family is really worried." When the queen mother said this, even the queen couldn't help echoing a few words, but her face was quite embarrassed, then Liu Jiaoyue was the candidate for the imperial concubine that Emperor Ming Qi and she had sought out for Qin Murong , and personally pointed out the marriage, "What the queen mother said is exactly that there are not many heirs in Prince Zhuang's mansion."

"Yes, the son is the empress dowager's darling." These words may have been said by the concubine Wen Gui, and these words were nothing more than a stab in the empress's heart. The empress' face turned ugly after hearing her words like this.

Wang didn't know how to reply, she just felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, she looked at Liu Jiaoyue behind her, Liu Jiaoyue only felt her face was hot, but she was at a loss as to what to do, not knowing what to do was the biggest taboo of the royal family, even if she had grievances, she didn't dare to say it .

The queen mother looked at the performance of the crowd and sneered. She raised her eyes to look at Ye Yunshui who was standing aside. The eldest daughter is the girl who saved the Ai family this time, and the Ai family is now in charge and betrothed to Mu Rong."

Wang's heart was startled, Liu Jiaoyue raised her head even more, her face full of shock, Ye Yunshui also raised her head in shock, but she was facing Liu Jiaoyue!

Ye Yunshui immediately realized his gaffe, and hurriedly knelt down, his heart was in a mess, but he didn't know what to say...

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