Seeing the gold medal, the eunuchs and eunuchs in Chengming Palace knelt down one after another.
Only Concubine Li and Jiang Yijia stood.
Concubine Li stared at the imperial gold medal in Concubine Hui's hand with a livid face.
As the woman with the highest status in the harem, she doesn't even have a gold medal from the emperor. Why should a bitch like Concubine Hui have one
Jiang Yijia shouted directly: "You actually have a gold medal given by your father! Why! Why do you have a mother and concubine?"
Concubine Hui paid no attention to them, but said indifferently: "Seeing the gold medal is like seeing the emperor, but you don't kneel down!"
Jiang Yijia still wanted to scream, but Concubine Li held her back, suppressing the resentment in her heart and knelt down.
Seeing that they had surrendered, Concubine Hui put away the gold medal and said condescendingly: "Concubine Li, it doesn't matter how you bully me. I don't care, but Zhu'er is the one your Majesty wants to use. You touched her today." On behalf of Your Majesty, I will impose a three-day grounding on you."
After saying these words, Concubine Hui turned and left Chengming Palace.
As soon as Concubine Hui walked out of the palace, Concubine Li stood up, picked up the tea cup on the table, and threw it to the ground.
Broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere, but none of the kneeling palace eunuchs dared to stand up.
"I'm so angry! Concubine Hui is that bitch! I want to kill her!"
In Qianyuan Palace, the residence of the palace maids.
Wen Qingzhu lay on the bed, swallowed the wind-expelling pills with warm water, and drank all the warm water before lying down.
Not long after, Dr. Gan came over.
At this moment, Wen Qingzhu felt very good. Before falling asleep, she held Imperial Physician Gan's wrist with her backhand and whispered to him: "If you want to restore your status as the Eighth Prince as soon as possible, you'd better tell me that my condition is more serious. If the imperial doctor comes over, I will have my own way to deal with it."
Dr. Gan understood and nodded immediately.
Half an hour later, Concubine Hui went to the Xuanzheng Hall to wait.
After Fu Lie came out, Concubine Hui hurried in.
When she arrived in front of Jiang Yue, she knelt down directly and held up the gold medal in her hand to plead guilty: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of this concubine. Please punish me."
Jiang Yue was in a good mood after discussing things in Youzhou with Fu Lie just now.
Seeing Concubine Hui's solemnity, she became confused: "What crime is my concubine guilty of?"
Concubine Hui then recounted what happened in Chengming Palace one by one, and finally said: "Your Majesty, I abused your majesty's gold medal and betrayed your majesty's trust. It's just that when I rushed over, Miss Zhu'er looked wrong. , and Concubine Li's status is higher than that of my concubine, so I have no choice but to do this. Your Majesty, please take back the gold medal and punish me."
After a moment of silence, Jiang Yue turned to tell Eunuch Fang: "Fang En, go to Chengming Palace and Qianyuan Palace to see what's going on?"
As soon as Eunuch Fang left, Jiang Yue stood up in person and went over to help Concubine Hui up.
"Get up. I gave you the gold medal. I won't take it back for such a small thing."
Concubine Hui looked very worried, but she still obeyed Jiang Yue and put away the gold medal.
In less than two quarters of an hour, Eunuch Fang hurried back.
"Your Majesty, Zhu'er is very ill. Dr. Gan, she alternates between hot and cold too quickly. The cold is deep into her bones. I'm afraid it will be even harder to recover in these dog days."
Jiang Yue's face darkened, Concubine Li actually touched the people of Qianyuan Palace!
Xiaomeng's death was closely related to Concubine Li.
That night, Jiang Yue was originally going to Chengming Palace, but he favored A Li again.
After finishing sleeping, A Li happily put on his coat and prepared to leave.
As soon as he walked out of the inner door, he met Eunuch Fang. The little eunuch behind him was holding a bowl of dark soup.
"Li Liang, please drink this Bizi soup."
A Li was startled and looked back subconsciously.
But the door has been closed, leaving only a cold light.
A Li felt as if someone had poured cold water on his head, and all his joy was gone.
The little eunuch delivered the Bizi Soup to A Li.
A Li reached for the Bizi Soup with an expressionless expression, and then drank the Bizi Soup in one gulp with a bitter heart.
In the next more than half a month, Jiang Yue never went to Chengming Palace except Jingping Palace where Concubine Hui lived.
Concubine Li was so angry that she beat and smashed her. If anything went wrong, she would either punish her with a cane or go to Yeting to do rough work.
Prince Ning went to the palace several times to comfort him, but it still had no effect.
Early that morning, King Ning called out Jiang Yijia alone.
"Then what is Zhu'er's background? Why does the father care so much? It seems that he doesn't intend to include her in the harem?"
Jiang Yijia has been very angry these days.
The emperor disgraced Concubine Li, and her status also declined.
On the contrary, Concubine Hui and her daughter became more and more proud.
"You're not even a bitch. You know where it came from, but you actually have such abilities!" Jiang Yijia was full of resentment and couldn't make a correct judgment at all.
Prince Ning felt that this incident was unusual, as Concubine Hui was a cautious person.
She didn't dare to challenge Concubine Li so openly, because the Marquis of Jingyuan was still standing behind Concubine Li.
Unless the emperor acquiesces that Concubine Hui does this.
Prince Ning decided to go to Qianyuan Palace in person, but he didn't expect that just as he arrived at the gate of the palace, the High Court Judge walked out with a serious look on his face.
"The High Court has judged that you came to Qianyuan Palace because your father is unwell?"
The judge from the High Court finally came to his senses. After saluting Prince Ning, he looked at him with complicated eyes: "It was Zhu'er, the maid in charge of your Majesty's side, who died of illness."
"What!" Prince Ning's forehead jumped. Last time, his mother and concubine only punished Zhu'er, but her father went into action.
Now that Zhu'er is dead, wouldn't that mean...
Prince Ning quickly stopped the High Court judge: "Wait a minute, Master Gao, does he know the cause of Zhu'er's death?"
Just as the High Court judge was about to speak, little Eunuch Fang walked out quickly.
When he saw Prince Ning, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, Prince Ning, you came just in time. His Majesty has something to ask you and the noble concubine."
As soon as these words came out, Prince Ning had a bad intuition and stopped Xiao Fangzi: "Eunuch Xiao Fang, may I ask who else is in Qianyuan Palace now?"
Little Eunuch Fang thought it didn't matter if he said it, since everyone would know it later anyway.
"Empress Hui and Concubine Wan are both here."
Half an hour later, Concubine Li arrived at Qianyuan Palace, already knowing that this matter would not go well.
That Zhu'er actually died like that!
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Jiang Yue didn't talk nonsense and directly ordered: "Since Concubine Li doesn't like the people in Qianyuan Palace, then just hand over the Phoenix Seal and stay in Chengming Palace with peace of mind. From now on, Concubine Hui will manage the harem, and Concubine Wan Help from the side.”
After hearing this, Concubine Li stood up from her chair and knelt down in a hurry: "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. I was just confused for a moment and did not want Zhu'er's life. Didn't Zhu'er just suffer from the cold? Why are you dead now?"
"Concubine, you don't have to worry about this. As long as you leave Chengming Palace in the future, you won't meet anyone from Qianyuan Palace." Jiang Yue was in a really bad mood.
He never expected that when the news of Su Huo's disappearance came back, Zhu'er's condition suddenly worsened.
Today he is so dead!
All the plans he had prepared were disrupted by Concubine Li.
Jiang Yue looked at Concubine Li with deep eyes and did not reply.
Next to him, Prince Ning immediately raised his hands and asked: "Father, what is the temperament of my mother-in-law? You have always known that if she really wanted Zhu'er to die, she would never invite her to Chengming Palace in an open and aboveboard manner. Why should I invite my father to do so?" Insightful."
Jiang Yue looked at Prince Ning inscrutably: "You don't have to worry about the harem. I have another thing to give you. Su Huo disappeared in Lingcheng. I heard that you are very familiar with Jiangnan. Why don't you go there? Let’s go and find out the whereabouts of Su Huo.”
In early July, King Ning left the capital, the harem Fengyin was handed over to Concubine Hui, and the Wei family began to reappear in everyone's sight.
The seventh day of July, Xue Mansion.
Wen Qingzhu took off his long-lost mask and finally revealed his true face.
After not seeing the sun for a long time, Wen Qingzhu's complexion turned sickly pale.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Wen Qingzhu touched his face and felt a little strange.
"Miss, General Fu is here."
After Wen Qingzhu returned, Shaoyao returned to his original appearance.
Wen Qingzhu stood up and walked to the door happily.
In the courtyard of Luoying Pavilion, Fu Lie was wearing armor. The moment he saw Wen Qingzhu, a smile appeared on his eyebrows.
"Qingqing."
Wen Qingzhu crossed the threshold, rushed forward, and threw herself into Fu Lie's arms.
"Brother Fu, long time no see."
Fu Lie stretched out his hand to block Wen Qingzhu's back, feeling the long-lost warmth, and a warmth passed through his heart.
Thousands of words finally converged into one word: "Yeah."
After sitting down in the pavilion, Wen Qingzhu explained to Fu Lie: "Sorry, when I was in the palace, I was worried that the emperor would find something wrong with me, so I never dared to contact you. Brother Fu won't blame me, right?"
"No." Fu Lie looked at her, quietly looking at her eyes, eyebrows, nose, and mouth, everything was just as he remembered it.
The originally empty heart was instantly filled at this moment.
Wen Qingzhu leaned gently on Fu Lie's shoulder, looked at the maple trees in the yard, and asked with great peace of mind: "Is the sky over there in Youzhou filled with yellow sand, and are there very few people? Their customs are the same as those in the capital." Is it the same?"
Fu Lie smiled and explained: "There is yellow sand, but not all over the sky. There are also a lot of people, but not as many as in the capital. The customs are quite different..."
The two of them just kept chatting.
I thought there would only be the two of them today, but the peace was finally broken.
Peony from the front yard hurried into Luoying Pavilion. Although she couldn't bear to interrupt them, she still walked over quickly.
"General, Miss, Master Yang and Eunuch Fang are here."
Wen Qingzhu and Fu Lie looked at each other. Yang Dong came to see Fu Lie, and Eunuch Fang came to see Wen Qingzhu.
Both parties nodded, and Fu Lie went to see Yang Dong through the back door.
Wen Qingzhu went to the front hall to greet Eunuch Fang.
As soon as he walked into the front hall, Wen Qingzhu was about to salute with the support of Peony and Green Tao.
Eunuch Fang glanced at Wen Qingzhu's pale face, which still looked sick.
But she finally woke up, and Eunuch Fang helped her up: "Miss Wen, you're welcome. You've just woken up. I shouldn't have called you into the palace so quickly, but this matter is related to Princess Cheng, so we still need to Come to the palace."
"Okay." Wen Qingzhu didn't doubt Eunuch Fang, but why was Dowager Daocheng involved now
Half an hour later, Wen Qingzhu arrived at Qianyuan Palace.
There was a room full of people kneeling in the room, and to Wen Qingzhu's surprise, Crown Prince Jiang Yuansheng and Crown Princess He Wenru were also among them.
"Your Majesty, I am here to see you." Wen Qingzhu's voice was very soft, and as soon as he came in, he was filled with a strong smell of medicine.
When Jiang Yue saw her for the first time, he almost looked like Zhu'er.
After letting her lie flat, when Wen Qingzhu's bright and moving face lifted up, the familiar feeling in Jiang Yue's heart dissipated.
"Regarding Princess Cheng, were you sure that the source of infection was that colorful bird?"
Jiang Yue's voice was calm, as if he was suppressing some emotion.
Wen Qingzhu nodded: "I checked at that time and happened to know a little bit about the plague. Rats are more contagious, but Princess Cheng has only been exposed to colorful birds. The ninth floor may have been brought in by that bird."
"Okay, I understand, you can go down."
Wen Qingzhu glanced at He Wenru and found that although she was kneeling, her posture was different from usual.
From the look of her, she seemed to be protecting her belly.
Thinking of Jiang Yue calling her into the palace in such a hurry, could it be that-