Yao Xiang acted magnanimous, and the eldest princess looked at him with her round eyes again.
In the end, Ning Chen agreed.
But he felt that Yao Xiang had been wronged, so he ordered people to send a lot of rewards to her courtyard.
"Jieyu, the emperor really went to Xiaoxiang Garden."
Nan Zhi walked into the room carrying a stack of lotus cakes with a smile on her face.
"My daughter personally intercepted it, so how can I not give her face?" Ye Jun curled his lips.
“But, wouldn’t this just give Concubine Shu a free advantage?” Nan Zhi said.
She hated Concubine Shu for humiliating Huiyue in the past.
Ye Jun narrowed his eyes, a bit of coldness appeared on his face, "Do you think the eldest princess, who is so young, would take the initiative to come to the emperor and say these things? The emperor is not stupid. It's impossible for him to like her if she uses his offspring to compete for his favor."
Besides, Concubine Shu has been out of favor for many years. If she didn't have a daughter, she might not even be able to see the emperor. Now asking her daughter to compete for favor on her behalf will only make Ning Chen hate her even more.
When I went to have dinner today, I refused Fang Xiuyuan's respect. That was for the sake of the child. I couldn't bear to make my daughter sad, not for Concubine Shu.
So even if I went there, it would be absolutely impossible for me to stay overnight, and I would definitely be given a beating.
"Jieyu has a plan in mind, so we don't have to worry about it."
Huiyue sat on the footstool and peeled lotus seeds for Ye Yun, speaking softly.
Ye Jun put down the fan in his hand and held her hand.
"Don't worry, I am eager to avenge you. I will definitely take revenge when I find the chance."
Huiyue felt warm in her heart and nodded with red eyes.
In fact, at that time, the master's position was so low and his favor was not stable, so he risked making the emperor unhappy and insisted on sending Concubine Shu back to the palace. She was very moved.
She didn't expect that her master still remembered these for her.
As Ye Jun expected, Ning Chen didn't treat Concubine Shu well when he arrived at Xiaoxiang Garden. He just kept coaxing his daughter.
After the eldest princess had eaten her fill, she asked the wet nurse to take the child away.
Concubine Shu wanted to pour wine for Ning Chen, but was stopped.
"I know I have ignored you for a long time, but I will not stop visiting you. The eldest princess is sensible and will say whatever the adults teach her. If you can't teach the child well, you can send her to Ruyi Pavilion to raise her. She is five years old now, and it is not the time for her to be inseparable from her biological mother."
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what the emperor is saying, but Yu'er said something wrong and made you unhappy?"
Concubine Shu's heart trembled, but she still remained stubborn.
Ning Chen looked at her indifferently, feeling even more disappointed.
"You should know what I said. It's getting late. You should take a rest. I will go back."
"Your Majesty, I respectfully send you off." Concubine Shu knelt down hurriedly.
I didn't even dare to say anything to keep him.
It’s not like she had not used children to win favor in the past. At the beginning, when the eldest princess was the emperor’s only child, she even kidnapped her from the queen.
Later I was reprimanded and never dared to do it again.
After so many years, the ending was still the same. Concubine Shu couldn't help feeling disappointed.
In fact, she was just unlucky.
Ning Chen was just annoyed by Yi Xiuyuan's use of the third prince yesterday, and he was still feeling uneasy. Now it's the eldest princess again.
This happened one after another, making him feel that the concubines in the harem had the bad habit of using their offspring to compete for favor.
So Concubine Shu really did run into trouble.
Of course, this was something Ye Jun did not expect. It could be considered as an unintentional doubling of the damage.
Anyway, neither Yao Xiang nor Concubine Shu got what they wanted today, so Concubine Shu should be hated by her.
What she did was just to have someone whisper some advice to Concubine Shu in a roundabout way.
Upon hearing that the emperor had returned to Jingqian Palace as expected, Ye Jun was in a good mood and ate some more chilled fruits.
It was unusually hot and stuffy at night, and two basins of ice in the room were of little use.
The maids opened two more windows for ventilation.
Unexpectedly, it started to rain in the middle of the night. It was a light rain at first, and it was quite cool with the wind, but slowly it turned into a rainstorm.
The window was not closed in time, so I ate too much ice at night.
When Ye Jun woke up the next day, he felt a terrible pain in his throat.
"It's all my fault that I fell asleep while on guard last night and forgot to close the window, causing Concubine to catch a cold. I'll go get the imperial physician."
Nan Zhi blamed herself so much.
Ye Jun waved her hands hurriedly, "Don't go. The imperial physician will definitely ask me to take medicine when he comes. Medicine is poisonous. It's okay for me. Just make me some honeysuckle tea."
Chinese medicine is so bitter that she doesn't want to drink it at all.
Seeing that she had no other discomfort symptoms, Nan Zhi nodded in agreement.
Ye Jun thought of fighting poison with poison, so he had no taboos on food and even ate a lot of spicy food.
As a result, I couldn't stand it on the third day. I felt groggy when I woke up.
Huiyue touched her forehead and it was terribly hot.
This is too bad, let’s go and get the imperial physician right away.
As soon as he left, Ning Chen came.
When I entered the yard, I found that there were not many servants working outside.
He couldn't help but feel a little nervous, thinking back to the Double Ninth Festival last year, when he only confined Ye to her room for a month, and the servants under him didn't even let her eat properly.
Now that you haven't come for more than half a month, could it be that the servants are no longer serving you wholeheartedly
Just as he was about to enter the house, he saw Nan Zhi coming out with a basin of water.
He was obviously frightened when he saw him and quickly put down the basin and luggage.
"Why is there no one serving in the yard?" Ning Chen frowned.
Nan Zhi knelt down and answered, "Today is the time to collect the monthly salary. I guess she will be back in a while. Concubine Jieyu had a fever this morning. Huiyue went to ask the imperial physician, and Baizhu took people to boil water."
"Oh, why did he get sick for no reason?" Yuan Jiu was surprised.
Before he could finish his words, he saw the person next to him enter the house and he hurriedly followed him.
Ning Chen took three or two steps to the inner room and saw the slender figure curled up on the couch with her back to the outside.
It was so painful to watch.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're really making a fuss."
I originally wanted to show concern, but who knew that when I said it, it turned out like this.
Ye Jun raised his eyelids but didn't turn around.
"Your Majesty is here to make fun of people. Go ahead and laugh. I don't have the energy to hit anyone."
She was so ill and in such a bad mood that she didn't even call herself a concubine when she spoke.
Ning Chen felt uncomfortable. He regretted it and wanted to bite his tongue, but he couldn't humble himself and say something soft.
Fortunately, the imperial physician arrived at this embarrassing moment.
The person who came was naturally Shen Pingzhi.
"I pay my respects to His Majesty, and to Ming Concubine Yu."
"No thanks, just check her pulse." Ning Chen waved his hand.
Shen Pingzhi responded, took a handkerchief and spread it on Ye Jun's wrist before feeling her pulse.
He withdrew his hand after only a moment.
"Jieyu, these symptoms are caused by the cold entering your body and eating too much spicy food. It's not a big deal. I'll write you a prescription. Boil the medicine and take it. The fever will go away."
Huiyue, who was waiting nearby, finally breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly, "I will follow Doctor Shen to get the medicine."
Ye Jun nodded weakly, and the servants withdrew.
Yuan Jiu looked around and saw that there were not many people in the room, so he simply asked everyone to leave.
Leave the space for the two masters.
Ye Jun raised his head, refusing to look at Ning Chen, and pulled the quilt over to cover his face.
Anyway, I'm stubborn.
In the end, Ning Chen lowered his head first.
He sighed softly and reached out to lift the quilt.
"It was my fault last time. I shouldn't have taken my anger out on you."