The queen was startled by Xiaoman's tone. Could it be that something had happened to her son? She hurried to Xiaoman's side and said, "Xiaoman, is there something wrong?"
Xiaoman shook her head: "I think the color of Yin'er's lips is a little off. Children should pay more attention to it. I think the safety of Yin'er is not a big problem."
"That's why I wanted to see if there was something wrong with the wet nurse. By the way, Queen, didn't you feed the baby yourself?"
The queen's face suddenly turned red. "I feed the baby myself most of the time, but there is a wet nurse in the palace. I will also feed the baby when it is inconvenient, but not often."
So that's how it is. No wonder she saw no problem with the Queen, but saw some minor problems with Yin'er, because she was the one who delivered the child, so even though he was a prince.
But Xiaoman always called him Yin'er and had some special feelings for this child. Of course, the Queen and others also acquiesced to this name.
Soon, two wet nurses were brought up and knelt directly in front of the queen and Xiaoman: "Your servant greets the queen and the county lady."
Xiaoman looked at the two nurses, and the color of their lips was a little abnormal. She couldn't help but frowned: "Get up first, come here."
Although the wet nurse was a little scared, she still walked over. The two wet nurses were sent here side by side by the princess, so there shouldn't be any problem.
It was just that Xiaoman was worried that someone would attack the wet nurse. After the wet nurse came over, Xiaoman stretched out her hand to feel her pulse and sighed: "You two don't need to feed Yin'er for the time being, just stay by her side and serve her."
Hearing this, the two nurses looked at each other and knelt down in fear. The queen also frowned and looked at Xiaoman: "But what's wrong?"
Xiaoman nodded: "Both of them are a little bit wrong. They ate something they shouldn't have. This thing won't have any effect on adults, but if it is passed on to children through breastfeeding."
"The child is weak as usual, and seems to have some congenital deficiencies. It seems that someone tampered with his food. This happened recently, so he is fine now."
"It didn't cause any impact. As for Yin'er, you can feed him yourself, Queen. Besides, Yin'er is already several months old, so you can add some complementary food."
"The demand for breast milk is not that high. I will prescribe a dose of medicine for you. After you drink it, feed it to Yin'er to enhance his resistance."
The Queen trusted Xiaoman very much in this regard. When she heard that Xiaoman had already made arrangements, she nodded. A hint of cruelty flashed in Xiaoman's eyes.
"Also, find out who is so bold as to lay hands on the prince's wet nurse."
The two nurses looked at Xiaoman with fear on their faces and said, "Don't worry, Princess. We will pay close attention in the future. We will not let anyone take advantage of the situation to harm the eldest prince."
Xiaoman nodded and asked the two nurses to leave, while the Queen watched from the side the whole time, waiting for Xiaoman to make arrangements for her.
There were only a few of the queen's personal maids left in the hall. Xiaoman sighed, picked up Yin'er from the cradle, and looked at the maids again.
"You all should go out first. This county lady has something to discuss with the queen."
The personal palace maids are different from the wet nurse. The wet nurse was originally sent to the palace by Xiaoman. Xiaoman is the master, so she will obey Xiaoman's orders.
These palace maids were all former secret guards and were sent into the palace by Qian Jiujiu and Xiaoman to serve the Queen. The Queen will be their master in the future, and Xiaoman can only be considered the first half of the master.
So after Xiaoman finished speaking, everyone looked at the Queen. The Queen was stunned for a moment when she saw this scene, and then she said, "Everyone, go out first."
After the Queen spoke, several palace maids bowed and left one by one, until only the Queen and Xiaoman were left in the hall.
Xiao Man then smiled and looked at the Queen. "Your Majesty, you are not used to the life in the harem now, right?"
The Queen was stunned for a moment, looking at Xiaoman with a look of confusion, but Xiaoman sighed: "My Queen, I know that you were a straightforward woman in the beginning."
"It's only because I care about the emperor that I'm willing to marry him, but he's the emperor, he has a harem, and his harem is not peaceful."
"In the first few years, the harem was not full, there were too few women, and there were only two beauties who had evil intentions but no guts, who only knew how to show off their presence but had no bad intentions.'
"So your life was easy, but now, the harem is full, from the imperial concubine to the imperial concubine, there are many people in the position, and the fighting in the harem is getting more and more brutal."
"So, Madam, are you a little confused? Madam, Yongxi has no doubt about your methods, why don't you use them?"
"People say that a mother is strong. For Yin'er, you must be strong, tough, and ruthless. As the saying goes, if a woman is not ruthless, her position will not be stable, and your position will not be stable."
"But it is what every woman in the country wants. You must hold on to your position as queen to protect your child. If you want your child Yin'er to be safe, you still have to rely on that unreliable man. Think about it yourself."
"That's all Yongxi has to say. I'll leave the palace first. My family is still waiting for Yongxi to reunite with us!"
After saying this, Yongxi didn't even look at the Queen's stunned face because of her last sentence. She directly put Yin'er on the bed and then turned around and left the palace.
At the palace gate, Prime Minister Gu had been waiting for a long time. He finally saw Xiaoman coming out and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was already evening.
"I thought you were planning to stay in the palace tonight!"
Xiaoman rolled her eyes and said, "I live in the palace, where? You are very good at thinking. Oh, I am a little hungry. Let's go and eat."
Gu Xiangning nodded: "Okay, what do you want to eat? You haven't been back to Kyoto for a long time, which restaurant do you miss the most?"
Xiaoman smiled and said, "I miss all of them. Let's go on horseback, and then wherever we suddenly want to stop, we can stop there to have a meal. How about that?"
Gu Xiangning naturally agreed to this proposal and nodded: "Okay, but pay attention to pedestrians."
Xiaoman replied: "I understand, let's go."
After he finished speaking, he whipped the horse and the horse galloped out. Gu Xiangning naturally chased after it immediately. There were still very few people on this section of road near the palace gate.
After all, no one would dare to stroll around the palace gate if there was nothing to do, so naturally no one would stop them. After Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning left.
The Empress Dowager had also prepared the incomplete Hundred Flowers Banquet and sent someone to invite the Emperor and the Empress. The people she sent out soon arrived at the Qinzheng Hall where the Emperor worked.
Sure enough, when the current emperor was still busy with official duties, he heard the eunuch beside the empress dowager coming: "Your Majesty, the eunuch beside the empress dowager wants to see you."
The emperor immediately summoned him in, and the eunuch knelt down when he saw the emperor: "Your servant greets the emperor, long live the emperor."
The emperor looked at the eunuch with his eyes; "Stand up, what's the matter with the queen mother?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has carefully prepared a Hundred Flowers Banquet and is here to invite Your Majesty to have dinner."
Hearing the answer, the emperor was stunned for a moment, and then he spoke: "Who else did you invite? Speaking of which, it was really negligent. When my mother returned to the palace, I should have someone arrange a palace banquet."
However, the Emperor did not expect that the Queen Mother would return so quietly, so he did not have time to prepare. Now the Queen Mother has to prepare herself.
This made the emperor feel as if he had been slapped in the face. The eunuch's voice rang out at the same time: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager said that this is a family dinner."
"Only the Emperor, the Empress, and the eldest prince were invited. The Empress Dowager said that she didn't want anyone else to disturb us, especially the Emperor's favorite concubine."
When the eunuch said this, his face turned pale and he didn't dare to look at the emperor. However, since the empress dowager had specifically instructed him to do so, he dared not disobey.
The emperor was indeed a little angry when he heard this, but his mother had made it known, and if he really took his favorite concubine with him, he was afraid that his relationship with his mother would be ruined...
Thinking of this, the emperor was also depressed. Actually, his relationship with the empress dowager was not a very good one originally, but they still had feelings for each other, and to speak of it.
Over the years, the one who has protected him the most is only his mother. The emperor really doesn't want to hurt the queen mother's feelings, so he nodded and said, "I understand."
"I'll be there now."
After the emperor finished speaking, when he was about to leave with the eunuch, he saw Lianzi, the palace maid beside the favorite concubine. When Lianzi saw the emperor, she knelt down immediately.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Please go and see our queen. She was frightened this afternoon and now she still has a high fever and keeps calling for you. I beg you to do so."
When the eunuch beside the Queen Mother heard this, he was furious: "How dare you, you servant, to stop the Emperor here? The Emperor wants to have dinner with the Queen Mother now."
"You are actually crying here. The imperial concubine is ill, so you should go to the imperial physician. Why are you going to the emperor instead?"
Seeing the eunuch so excited, the emperor was stunned for a moment: "Eunuch, you..."
The eunuch knelt down at once and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was impulsive, but Your Majesty, the Queen Mother hasn't seen you for several months and she misses you very much."
"The Emperor is busy with official duties during the day, so the Empress Dowager specially picked a dinner time and invited the Emperor to have dinner in the Empress Dowager's palace."
After saying this, the eunuch looked at Lianzi with contempt. Lianzi's face turned red and white, but she was angry in her heart. The emperor doted on the empress so much.
Why did the Queen Mother want to make things difficult for the Empress? Seeing the contempt in the eunuch's eyes, Lianzi said nothing, but just looked at the Emperor with tears in her eyes.
The emperor frowned: "Have you summoned the imperial physician?"
Lianzi replied, "I have been to the imperial physician for consultation and have taken medicine, but I am not getting better."
The emperor sighed and said, "You go back to serve your queen first. I will go to see your queen after dinner."
After saying this, he followed the eunuch to the Empress Dowager's palace for dinner. When he reached the door, he saw the Queen herself carrying Yin'er into the Empress Dowager's palace.