Once there is chaos in the palace, there will always be people who want to take advantage of the chaos to do something.
That evening, a servant from the Cining Palace came over with a message that the Empress Dowager had summoned Concubine Ming for a talk.
"Madam Ye and Master Chu have really contributed a lot to the plague. The emperor is busy with the court and inevitably neglects the harem. The empress dowager specially invited the imperial concubine to talk to her and she also has some other things to give to the imperial concubine."
The little palace maid who delivered the message kept her head down, but her tone sounded respectful and a bit festive.
"Your Majesty, I am very kind to you, but these are what my mother and uncle should do. You don't have to reward me with anything. Go and tell them that I appreciate your kindness. Today is over, and I will go to the Cining Palace tomorrow to express my gratitude."
Ye Jun smiled and didn't really want to go.
I always felt weird asking her to come over so late.
The little palace maid bowed and said, "Please don't embarrass me, the Empress Dowager is waiting for me in the Cining Palace."
As expected, what was to come could not be avoided, but Ye Jun really couldn't guess what the Queen Mother wanted to do. But having said that, she had no choice but to go.
"Let me change my clothes. Nanzhi, please accompany me, and Baizhu should follow too." Ye Jun waved his hand.
If something really needs to happen, Bai Zhu is a eunuch after all, so it would be faster for him to run out and deliver the message, so Huiyue will stay in Yuxiu Pavilion to look after the house.
Soon, the sedan chair was prepared.
It gets dark late in the summer. It’s hazy now. I don’t carry a lantern yet because it’s not dark yet.
The young palace maid took her leave first to answer the call, and at this moment only the master and his servants were there.
"Jieyi, I always feel uneasy in my heart. Why did the Empress Dowager ask you to go and say something for no reason? Some time ago..." She was even scolding.
Nan Zhi didn't say it out loud, but her expression wasn't very good either.
Ye Jun frowned, "They specifically asked me to go, maybe they didn't want to torture me, but they wanted to win over the Ye family because they saw that the Emperor favored them."
After all, at the very beginning, Chen Wanrong wanted to add icing on the cake for her, but she was rejected.
"Bai Zhu, don't follow him into the palace later. Just wait outside. If you hear any unusual noise, go find the emperor immediately." Ye Jun warned.
"Don't worry, Concubine. I won't have to worry about that." Bai Zhu bowed.
The master was willing to bring him out because he thought highly of him. It was not easy for him to rise from a menial eunuch to the head of Yuxiu Pavilion.
We should be loyal in our work. Master and servant should always prosper together and suffer together.
The few of them said no more and walked all the way to the rockery outside the Imperial Garden. Suddenly, they saw a black shadow seem to hide behind the rockery.
But it was already dark and no one could see anything, so the servants carrying the sedan chair continued to move forward.
"Bitch, give me your life!"
A woman dressed as a palace maid suddenly rushed towards this side clutching a hairpin, stabbed the eunuch carrying the sedan chair in the shoulder, and bumped into another person hard.
Immediately, the two of them fell down. Ye Jun, who was sitting in the sedan chair, lost his balance and fell off the sedan chair and fell heavily to the ground.
My left shoulder was in great pain from the impact and my head hit the ground. I felt dizzy after falling from such a high place.
"Bitch, I'll kill you!"
The palace maid had gone mad. She pulled out the bloody hairpin and pounced on Ye Jun.
"Jieyu, be careful!" Nan Zhi was also knocked down just now, and now she rushed over desperately and hugged the legs of the palace maid.
The woman was knocked off balance and the hairpin in her hand fell beside Ye Jun's head, almost hitting her in the face.
"Get out of here, get out of here! I will kill you today, you bitch! You have hurt me so much, I will not let you go!"
"ah-"
Nan Zhi screamed as the palace maid stabbed the hairpin into her back and then pulled it out fiercely.
"Jieyu, hurry up! Hurry!" Nan Zhi still refused to let go, but her face changed in pain.
Bai Shu was following the sedan chair just now. When the sedan chair arrived, one of his legs was pinned down. Now he finally broke free, raised the whisk in his hand and swung it towards the woman's face.
The woman was hit so hard on the head that she retreated a little.
The other two eunuchs carrying the sedan chair finally reacted. Together with Bai Zhu, the three of them rushed forward and pressed the woman to the ground.
"Jieyu, Jieyu, are you okay? Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the man has been subdued." Nan Zhi endured the pain and crawled over to help Ye Jun up.
Ye Jun fell on his head, and although it was not broken, he felt a buzzing in his head. His arms were in so much pain that he couldn't lift them. Now he was completely unable to move.
The loud noise eventually attracted the servants nearby, and soon several people came over and tied up the assassinating palace maid.
"My dear, I am sorry for the offense!"
Ye Jun couldn't stand up, so Bai Zhu had to pick her up.
Even though he was a eunuch, he still had some strength. But he had broken his leg, so he had to force himself to walk.
After returning to Yuxiu Pavilion, Huiyue was frightened when she saw their appearance. She quickly called the imperial physician and ordered people to go to Jiuchen Palace to invite the emperor. She also sent someone to talk to the queen.
As for the palace maid who attempted the assassination, she had been tied up, had a cloth stuffed in her mouth, and was left in the corridor under guard.
The assassination of the master of the palace was no small matter. Everyone in the palace knew about it at once, and they all came to Yuxiu Pavilion.
When Ning Chen and the Queen arrived, there were already quite a few people sitting in Yuxiu Pavilion.
Except for Su Wanrong, who had never served the emperor in bed, Concubine Wende, who was guarding the eldest prince, and Yang Baolin, who was pregnant, everyone else was there.
"What the hell is going on? How dare someone assassinate someone in the palace at this time!" Ning Chen was furious.
It's a mess outside, and the palace is even more chaotic.
Ye Jun is already in favor at the moment, and Ye Jun and the Chu family are serving the country. If he assassinates Ye Jun at this time, how will people in the world view him as the emperor
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The imperial physician has arrived. Why don't you ask about Concubine Ming's condition first?" The queen advised.
The person who came at this time was Shen Pingzhi.
"Your Majesty, the Concubine's left shoulder was badly injured in the fall. It should be dislocated, not fractured. I have already set the bone for her. She will just need to be nursed back to health for the time being. However, the Concubine also fell on her head, and it was not light. This is a matter that can be serious or minor. She must be carefully nursed back to health, and the imperial physician must monitor her every day. There is nothing else serious."
Ning Chen heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that nothing serious was happening. God knows how his heart skipped a beat when he heard that this woman had been assassinated.
"Okay, from now on you will be the one who takes care of Concubine Ming in person. Come and check her pulse every day. Then tell Zhang Yuanpan to come with you to Yuxiu Pavilion every three days to treat Concubine Ming."
After all, he didn't trust Shen Pingzhi's youth, so he arranged for the Imperial Medical Bureau's chief physician Zhang to go with him.
The concubines present all felt sad.
The emperor really doted on Ye. Zhang Yuanpan, who usually served the emperor, the empress dowager or the queen, was assigned to serve Ye.
"Bring the assassin here, I will interrogate him personally!"
Ning Chen didn't care what these people were planning, he was already extremely angry at the moment.