Ye Jun's report was indeed useful.
The next morning, just after I finished kneeling, I heard the chorus of the emperor arriving outside.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Led by the Queen, all the concubines saluted in unison.
The Queen Mother was helped to stand up and saw Ning Chen striding in.
"Why is the emperor here?"
"I heard that my mother and the Queen have been praying with the concubines in Baohua Palace these days, so I came to take a look today. The weather is hot and it is not good for crowds to gather during the plague. Now that the situation outside the palace has been controlled, there is no need to kneel anymore." Ning Chen said directly as soon as he came up.
The Queen Mother's eyes darkened, and she was about to say something when the Queen spoke first.
"It seems that the Queen Mother's sincerity has moved the heavens."
Concubine Wende also smiled and continued, "The Queen Mother's compassion for the people will never be in vain."
Who wants to kneel here every day? It's rare that the Emperor has spoken, so we can't ask the Empress Dowager to do it again.
The two of them sang in unison and said nice things, and the empress dowager had to swallow back the words that were already on the tip of her tongue.
I wanted to make these people kneel for a few more days.
"Since the emperor has said so, then from today on, you don't have to kneel anymore. However, the epidemic has not been resolved, and we can't just do nothing. We can just copy scriptures in the palace and have people send them to Baohua Hall to burn every day."
Ye Jun rolled his eyes inwardly as he listened.
The so-called evil mother-in-law is probably someone like the Queen Mother, who tries every possible way to make life difficult for her daughter-in-law.
It's time for lunch now that the party is over.
After coming out of Baohua Palace, Ning Chen went directly to Yuxiu Pavilion for dinner.
Ye Jun was taken away in full view of everyone, but this attracted a lot of hatred.
"Concubine Ming is really favored now, don't you think, Lady Yi?" Sun Xiuyi said to the person behind her with a smile.
Lady Yi's eyes darkened and she snorted coldly, "Wasn't Xiu Yi like this in the past?"
After he finished speaking, he bowed and left.
On the way, Yunxiu sneered, "You still think you are the former Empress Xiuyi. Even though the Emperor dislikes you, you still don't restrain yourself."
"Alright." Lady Yi scolded irritably, "What she said is true. Now I am slightly outshined by Ye. We both entered the palace with the same status, but she is superior to me."
This feeling of being overtaken by others is very bad.
Especially since Concubine Yi had once been pregnant with the emperor's heir, and looking at Wang Xiuyuan, who is now one of the nine concubines, she couldn't help but wonder if she would also be one of the nine concubines if she also gave birth to a child.
Thinking about it this way, I feel even more unbalanced.
Yunxi saw that she looked gloomy, thought for a moment, then spoke in a low voice.
"My beauty, the plague is a great opportunity now. Once you are infected, there is a high probability that you will not be able to be saved."
When Lady Yi heard this, her eyebrows began to twitch. She pinched the handkerchief in her hand and pondered for a moment.
"It's not easy. Let me think about it."
Ye Jun had no idea about the dark thoughts of the master and servant, and was currently setting up lunch in Yuxiu Pavilion.
The dishes on the table today were all carefully prepared by her. The combination of meat and vegetables makes people feel very appetizing.
Especially the cold-mixed cucumber and black fungus shreds, which Ning Chen loved very much.
This is the advantage of Ye Jun. She knows how to have fun and eat. When you are with her, everything is arranged very well, which makes you feel comfortable.
Ning Chen has been busy with the plague these days and was so worried that he couldn't eat. Today, he ate three bowls of rice in Yuxiu Pavilion and also ate a lot of dishes, which made Yuan Jiu feel relieved.
No wonder she is favored. She knows how to please the emperor.
After the meal, they were not in a hurry to leave. Nan Zhi served them some digestive tea and asked them to rest for a while.
"Are your legs swollen from kneeling all this time?" Ning Chen said indifferently.
Ye Jun was not pretentious and lifted up her skirt to show him.
The white and tender knee was covered with red and purple bruises, it was indeed injured.
Ning Chen frowned, "Why is it so serious? Isn't there a cushion?"
"Yes, but the cushion only looks thick. Maybe my skin is too tender, so it became like this after kneeling for a few days." Ye Jun seemed helpless.
But Ning Chen had been to Baohua Hall to kneel and worship before, so how could he not know whether the cushion was thick or not
I knew what was going on immediately.
He now knew that Ye Jun was not a pretentious woman. Although she was delicate, she would only do so when joking, and she would not be unwilling to pray for blessings.
Since he secretly passed the letter to me, something must have happened.
Ning Chen knew clearly what his mother was like, so he didn't say it out loud.
After all, it is not a glorious thing to say that the Queen Mother deliberately made things difficult for the concubines.
"You should take a good rest. I will send someone to bring you some ointment later. The court is busy these days. I will come to see you when I have time."
Ning Chen didn't sit for too long. He didn't feel like resting now, so he left after saying this.
After sending the person away, Ye Jun changed into casual clothes and lay down on the soft couch beside the bed.
Nan Zhi came over to apply medicine to her, "You don't have to kneel anymore. Jieyu is finally feeling better."
"I didn't hide the fact that I sent snacks to the emperor from anyone. I guess the empress dowager could have guessed it was me. I'm afraid she will dislike me even more in the future."
Ye Jun narrowed his eyes, with a faint smile on his lips.
"The Empress Dowager is really... She suppresses whoever is favored. Is this how Chen Wanrong will be favored?" Nan Zhi was furious.
Ye Jun didn't respond. Anyway, she now understood clearly that the best fate for Empress Dowager Chen was to give birth to a son like Ning Chen.
If the late emperor had not died so early, there would have been time for Concubine Yao to make plans. It is still uncertain who the empress dowager would be now.
With this IQ, the palace fighting is definitely worrying.
But think about the time of the previous emperor, the Empress's lineage and the Imperial Concubine's lineage were fighting fiercely. Imperial Concubine De was a person who would never fight for anything. I think it was because of this that Concubine Chen, now the Empress Dowager, was able to survive.
Do fools have good fortune
Never mind, she is not a proper daughter-in-law anyway, and the one who suffers the most is the queen.
Ye Jun stopped thinking about it and was about to take a nap when he heard Lu He outside announce that Doctor Shen had come to check his pulse.
"Call him in." After tidying up her clothes, she asked him to come in.
Shen Pingzhi entered the room and bowed politely, "I pay my respects to the Concubine!"
"No thanks. Why is Doctor Shen here at this time?" Ye Jun was surprised because he had just taken his pulse at the end of the month.
"To answer your question, Jieyu, the plague is rampant now, and the Queen is worried about the health of the concubines in the palace, so she has changed the practice to taking the pulse every ten days. Today is the first time." Shen Pingzhi bowed.
Ye Jun nodded, thinking that the Queen probably wanted to gain a reputation for being virtuous.
After Shen Pingzhi took his pulse, he seemed to have something to say, so he signaled the others to leave, leaving only Nan Zhi and Hui Yue.
As expected, Shen Pingzhi got straight to the point. "I just returned to the Imperial Hospital today, and I heard from my colleagues that the senior maidservant beside Fang Xiuyi came to look for me yesterday. But I have never had any contact with Fang Xiuyi, and I have never told anyone about my relationship with you, Concubine. I really don't know what she meant by doing this."