Harem for a living

Chapter 29

The emperor stood up and nodded: "It should be so, but I panicked, and the empress thought it through." After saying that, he ordered someone to pass on to the imperial doctor, and he took the empress to Jingren Palace in a hurry.

"The empress, the concubine is also very worried about the concubine, can I let the concubine go to see the concubine?" Concubine Shu hurriedly said, when you can watch a good show, don't waste the opportunity.Moreover, this kind of thing is also more dangerous. If Concubine Yang Guifei is talking about it indiscriminately, if you are not present and can't tell the difference, then it will be a bad idea.

The queen was getting on the phoenix chariot, when she heard the words, she just nodded and said: "You are still pregnant, you should be careful when you get there, don't let people bump into you." As she spoke, she asked someone to lift the phoenix chariot and follow the emperor's dragon The chariot left directly.

Concubine Shu smiled slightly, and also bowed into the chariot.Concubine Liu turned her head and blinked at Chen Manrou: "Sister, sister is one step ahead, sister, don't delay."

"Yes, sister, please go first." Chen Manrou bowed to Concubine Liu and watched Concubine Liu get into the chariot. She was about to turn around and enter when she suddenly heard Concubine Cheng say, "Sister Concubine Chen, you said Concubine Liu is What's the matter? Just now, according to Shiqing, the imperial concubine was killed by someone, right? Is it because someone is jealous that the imperial concubine is favored, so they want to kill the imperial concubine?"

The corner of Chen Manrou's mouth twitched, you really know how to catch strong men!When she turned around to face Concubine Cheng, the smile on her face was a bit terrified: "What did Concubine Cheng say! The emperor and empress have not yet made a conclusion, how can you and I talk about such a thing?"

The concubine Cheng's face froze for a moment, and then she snorted coldly: "Concubine Chen, you are really cowardly! This kind of thing can be seen by a discerning person at a glance, but you still call it nonsense! Could it be that you are Knowing the truth, you dare not speak out if you have a guilty conscience?"

"Concubine Cheng, what is the crime of slandering a concubine, don't I need to remind you?" Chen Manrou was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes became sharp. It is one thing to obey the rules and be afraid of the rules, but pretending to be dirty when someone splashes her To be afraid is to be cowardly, and she didn't come to the palace to suffer.

Concubine Cheng probably didn't expect that a person who had a panicked expression one second would have such a fierce expression the next second, opening her mouth to speak, but couldn't say anything. It was indeed her who spoke quickly in front of her, and there was no evidence at all. , Just slander the concubine with your ears at will, if it is serious, it will be dealt with as a crime.

"It's my sister, I said the wrong thing, please forgive me, Concubine Chen." Concubine Cheng is flexible. She offended Hu Zhaoyi last time, and immediately apologized very tactfully. Now she accidentally offended Chen Manrou with her words. Also quickly apologize.

It's just that the situation now is different from that of Hu Zhaoyi.At that time, Hu Zhaoyi had just entered the palace, and there was the queen on top, who could appeal for grievances and be wronged, and was willing to have a face to pull down the concubine Cheng.

And at this moment, apart from Chen Manrou, who has the highest status as a concubine, there are only a few of them who have repaired their appearances. Seeing the two of them arguing, they all stood with their heads down and pretended not to see it. The concubine made a fuss.

Besides, the queen's phoenix chariot is no longer visible at this moment, if they arrive late, they don't know what will happen.

Chen Manrou's mind changed sharply, and she just snorted coldly at Concubine Cheng's apology: "Concubine Cheng should also pay attention to her own mouth, now it seems that the female rings copied by Concubine Cheng did not make Concubine Cheng develop a memory, Better to copy more next time."

After finishing speaking, she ignored Cheng Fei, got on the chariot on her own, and hurried to Jingren Palace.Fortunately, she ordered the guards carrying the sedan chair to speed up their pace. She had just arrived at the gate of Jingren Palace, and the imperial doctor had just arrived.

At this moment, Chen Manrou bowed to the Emperor and Empress, but those two ignored her, and just waved her hands to let her get out of the way, and then dragged the imperial doctor to check Concubine Yang's pulse.This time it was a different imperial doctor, the old man with white beard stroked his beard with one hand, and took the pulse of Concubine Yang with the other.

Chen Manrou also took the opportunity to see Yang Guifei's face clearly, and was immediately taken aback.Originally, she was wondering if Concubine Yang Guifei deliberately caused something to lure the emperor over.In addition, the poetry was not clear, it didn't look like she was worried about Concubine Yang's body, but more like she wanted the emperor to come over, so Chen Manrou really didn't expect that the situation was quite serious.

Concubine Yang Gui has already passed out at this moment, Chen Manrou can still tell the difference clearly.Her face was pale, there was not even a trace of blood on her lips, and the imperial doctor next to her also had a solemn expression, Chen Manrou couldn't help jumping twice in her heart.

"Your Majesty, this humble subject is incompetent. The child in the imperial concubine's belly has no pulse." After a while, Imperial Physician Hu stood up, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said cautiously: "The imperial concubine's body has also been damaged, so we must take it as soon as possible." Just get the child out of it."

The emperor's expression changed, his eyes became sharper, he stared at Imperial Physician Hu for a while, then turned around and asked Liu Cheng to call some more imperial physicians.Physician Hu did not dare to speak, and just knelt tremblingly.

Soon, Doctor Li, Doctor Wang, and Doctor Zhao were all brought over by Liu Cheng, and they took turns to check Concubine Yang's pulse.In the end, everyone came to the same conclusion. If the pulse of the child in Concubine Yang Guifei's stomach could not be felt, the child was probably stillborn.

"Didn't the pulse diagnosis the day before yesterday say it was all right?" The queen frowned and asked, "What's going on? Since it's all right, why did the baby in the concubine's belly become like that? How do you all diagnose the pulse? "

"Reporting to the empress, the imperial concubine is allergic to osmanthus pollen, and I can only diagnose that the imperial concubine has eaten osmanthus pollen or something like that." Li Yuyi was more courageous, staring at the emperor's angry eyes, and explained the reason again.

Both the emperor and the queen knew that Yang Guifei was indeed allergic to osmanthus, and the situation was serious.Others have allergies and develop pimples, and then cough a few times, but she has reached the point where she has difficulty breathing when she smells the sweet-scented osmanthus.

Just by smelling it, if you eat osmanthus pollen, it will indeed kill the child in her stomach.However, osmanthus pollen has a strong fragrance. Concubine Yang Guifei has always been very sensitive to osmanthus, so how could she eat osmanthus pollen?

The emperor was able to restrain himself, although his face was sad, but he did not anger the imperial doctor, he just waved them down to prescribe the prescription, then turned around and said angrily: "Who is serving Concubine Yang's food today, and who is responsible for it?" of?"

Huayi came over and replied with a face full of tears: "Returning to the emperor, after the imperial concubine became pregnant, she has been served by slaves and Shiqing all the time, and none of the imperial concubine's application has passed through other people's hands."

"You mean this thing mixed with sweet-scented osmanthus powder appeared out of thin air? Or did Concubine Yang get it out of her mind?" The queen said angrily with a cold face. I'm afraid that the emperor will drag this matter on her.Today, she just promised to give Concubine Shu a nanny, when Concubine Yang suddenly had an accident, if the emperor insisted on pursuing it, it would be because she, the empress, was not thinking carefully.

A queen is not only a good-sounding name, a high position, a high status, but also a lot of responsibilities as a queen. It is her duty to serve the emperor, and it is also her duty to manage the concubine for the queen. Managing the concubine is not just a list of servants. Have to take good care of it.

The job of a concubine is hard, and the job of a queen is also hard.

"I don't dare, since my mother was pregnant, I always felt sick and didn't want to eat. I didn't eat much in the past, and today it's no different from my usual food." Huayi quickly kowtowed and said, and then suddenly realized: "I want to Wake up, the imperial concubine ate an extra stack of shortbread today!"

"Where is the shortbread?" The emperor asked with a sullen face, Huayi raised his head and pointed to the plate on the table: "It's there. After eating a piece, the empress felt a little pain in her stomach. She originally planned to endure it, but she didn't want to Please trouble the empress, the pain is getting more and more bloody, the servants and Shiqing have violated the empress's wishes, and hurried to Yongshou Palace to find the empress."

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, Chen Manrou would have wanted to laugh. This poetic and picturesque sentiment was indeed taught by Concubine Yang Gui. One of them went straight to the emperor as soon as he appeared on the stage. He said inside and outside that the empress might be trying to harm Concubine Yang Gui.The other is to expressly imply that the queen has treated the pregnant concubine Yang Guifei badly. You see that Concubine Yang Guifei is uncomfortable and dare not go to the queen.

The Empress naturally understood the things that Chen Manrou could figure out, and she was almost out of breath at the moment. Fortunately, since Concubine Yang entered the mansion, she had been gaining experience in fighting Concubine Yang, so her face immediately showed Surprised: "When did Shiqing go to find Bengong? Wangxiang next to Bengong has been guarding outside, why didn't he talk about Shiqing?"

Then he turned to look at the emperor: "It's only a stick of incense time for the emperor to arrive at Yongshou Palace. If Shiqing has gone long ago, the emperor should be able to see it?" The time is not right, if Shiqing is stopped, The emperor must be able to meet that scene.

"Let's not talk about the meaning of the painting, I haven't remembered it yet, but when I talk about the meaning of the painting, I will think of one thing." The queen is not an easy-going lamp. She is provoked by Concubine Yang's people again and again, and the mud bodhisattva will also get angry. Tempered, so I looked at the poetry and picturesquely with cold eyes and said: "The emperor came to Yongshou Palace, but he greeted everyone in the palace first? Why did the concubine just say a few words to the emperor, and when Shiqing came, he called the emperor first. ? Is she treating Yongshou Palace as Qianqing Palace?"

The queen said it bluntly, anyone can understand the meaning of the queen's words.

In a few words, the queen's indifference to the concubine turned into Concubine Yang spying on the emperor's private traces.Shi Qinghuayi's face was pale, and she didn't dare to say anything else at this moment, Concubine Yang Guifei was still awake, the two of them confronted the queen, that would be like ants confronting a master, trampling one to death would be a waste of effort.

"Zitong, the most urgent thing is to ask about Concubine Yang's child first, you and I, husband and wife, how can I not trust you?" The emperor paused, and then said slowly, his eyes swept over the two people below, and said in a cold voice : "You two lowly maidservants, after asking about Concubine Yang Gui, you can deal with them later."

"Who brought the shortbread here? Who handed it in the middle? Who is in charge of the kitchen?" After saluting the emperor, the queen asked like a cannonball. The emperor didn't speak now, just sat on the side Standing, watching the queen interrogate.

Huayi didn't dare to delay, and immediately replied: "The shortbread was sent by Liu Xiurong, and Liu Xiurong's maid, Cuilan, delivered it in person. The servant girl and Shiqing were both present at the time, and there was no sweet-scented osmanthus powder in it when they checked."

"My concubine is wronged. I didn't ask someone to deliver shortbread to Jingren Palace today." As soon as Huayi finished speaking, a woman immediately came out from the group behind Chen Manrou, stepped forward and knelt down in front of the queen, and said with a pale face: " Empress Mingjian, this concubine is going to pay her respects to Yongshou Palace today, and she is bringing Cuilan, she has been by my side, how could she come to deliver shortbread to the concubine?"

Behind Liu Xiurong, there was still a servant girl kneeling. The queen glanced at it, then turned her head and said softly to the emperor, "This servant girl is indeed Cuilan."

(End of this chapter)