"Your Majesty, you have not eaten for a day. I beg you to eat as much as you can. Madam Zhen Zhaoyi has woken up and you have fallen down again."
Wang Dequan knelt at the feet of Emperor Xuanwu with the meal in hand: "If Empress Zhenbi wakes up and sees it, she will scold me for not being careful."
He was worthy of being the most useful servant around Emperor Xuanwu, and now Empress Zhen was summoned.
Wang Dequan saw it all. When Concubine Li was seriously injured and fell into coma, the emperor looked so anxious that he stayed awake all night, eating and drinking when he should, and there was no delay in handling the memorial.
Even after leaving Changxin Palace, he was still concerned about whether Master Zhen had been wronged when he went to Keleng Palace, and hinted that he should go to the House of Internal Affairs to explain that Master Zhen should not be neglected.
At that time, when the emperor sent Master Zhen to the cold palace, he was actually protecting her in his own way!
Otherwise, let’s look at today…
Master Jane fell into the water and fell into a coma. The emperor, without even checking, concluded that Concubine Shu and the Queen Mother had colluded to murder Master Jane, forcing Concubine Shu to commit suicide to prove her innocence.
Even so, the emperor did not have any sympathy for Concubine Shu, and even asked her to go back to his palace for treatment.
Wang Dequan could imagine that if Concubine Shu didn't commit suicide, she might not be able to do anything good.
From this point of view, the emperor tended to have false feelings for the concubines in his harem, with the exception of his master Zhen.
Oh no……
He is the emperor's chamberlain, and he shouldn't say that the emperor is hypocritical. He is really close to Master Zhen.
"I can't eat it."
Emperor Xuanwu held Jiang Xinyue's cold little hand, with red bloodshot eyes: "She climbed ashore by herself to ask for help. The maid who rescued her said... She said that before Zhen Zhaoyi fell unconscious, she pointed to the water and said someone was pulling her. Feet, how scared she must have been at that time? She believed in me so much, but I let her down time and time again, putting her in danger, even though I could obviously protect her."
Wang Dequan didn't know how to answer. He couldn't say that because the emperor was so ruthless, he didn't care which concubine lived or died in the harem!
Anyway, now that he has Master Zhen, the Emperor must be reluctant to see Master Zhen die, and he is not too unkind.
He saw Master Zhen's affection for the emperor, and Master Zhen deserved it.
A nimble-footed little eunuch ran in from outside Hexi Palace, knelt on the ground and replied to Emperor Xuanwu: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu's wound has stopped bleeding. The imperial doctor said that she should take a good rest. Concubine Shu... is pregnant. .”
The sound of a needle dropping could be heard in the bedroom. Emperor Xuanwu slowly turned his head to look at him: "What did you say?"
The little eunuch broke out in a cold sweat. He had an intuition that the emperor was not very happy, and said in a lower voice: "The Queen... The Queen sent her servant to announce the good news, and said... She said that Concubine Shu was already one month pregnant, but she was just in a mood. The fluctuations were too big and the injury was so serious, so I saw some redness, and the imperial doctor said that I need to rest well, otherwise I am afraid... I am afraid of slipping."
Emperor Xuanwu closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Wang Dequan, go to the Imperial Hospital to get some supplements and send them to Jingren Palace."
If he didn't say anything, the Queen Mother would blame Zhen Zhaoyi again.
Today I was pushed into the lake and almost drowned, but what about tomorrow?
As a woman who was a master of palace fighting in the previous term and eventually became the Queen Mother, her scheming skills are not that bad.
He can no longer let Zhen Zhaoyi take risks.
Jiang Xinyue was in coma for three days. In addition to going to court, Emperor Xuanwu stayed in Hexi Palace. Even the Queen Mother held a banquet to celebrate Concubine Shu's pregnancy and sent people to invite the Emperor.
The concubines finally understood that Concubine Shu had completely fallen out of favor.
The emperor blamed her for hurting Zhen Zhaoyi...ah no...she was already a serious concubine two days ago.
It is useless for anyone to object to the imperial edict that the emperor asked Wang Dequan to read out.
Originally, Concubine Shu's pregnancy was a happy event, but the Queen Mother revealed a shocking news the next day.
Lancai Nu of Yanxi Palace, who had been living in a very remote location far away from the Sixth Palace of the East and West, gave birth to a little prince.
In the Hexi Palace, Empress Zhu held the child and explained to Emperor Xuanwu: "I only found out about it a few days ago. It happened that Concubine Zhen fell into the water and was unconscious. Before I had time to tell the emperor, there was another news about Lan Cainv in the Yanxi Palace. She was about to give birth, so I could only arrange for a midwife to deliver the baby. As soon as he was born, I immediately sent someone to bring the little prince. Lan Cai's life was hard, and she went after giving birth to the child. I saw that it was true. I'm so pitiful, I came here to ask for mercy from the emperor."
Emperor Xuanwu knew it and asked: "What kind of grace?"
Empress Zhu knelt on the ground with a plop: "I beg your Majesty to hand over the fifth prince to my concubine to raise."
Although the Zhu family is not the head of the civil servants compared to the Song family, the Zhu family where Empress Zhu belongs is not weaker than the Song and Pei families. Otherwise, Empress Zhu would not have won the middle palace dispute.
The reason why Concubine Li was dissatisfied with the Queen for so many years was because the two families were equally matched. Before they were married, they had been secretly quarreling with each other. In terms of beauty, Concubine Li was superior, but in terms of etiquette and talent, Empress Zhu was more popular.
If Empress Zhu had a legitimate son, I don’t know how crazy Concubine Li would be.
Jiang Xinyue only felt pain in her nose and throat. Her dazed consciousness only came to her senses when Empress Zhu mentioned Lan Cainv in Yanxi Palace.
But she didn't open her eyes immediately, her mind was still confused. If she opened her eyes at this time, she would definitely be involved in the fight between the emperor and the empress.
As a beloved concubine who always thinks about the emperor, if the emperor doesn't want to do anything, she will definitely have to make trouble to make the emperor happen. It is her own idea to cherish the concubine.
But she didn't want to.
One is that her head still hurts, and she is afraid that she will offend Empress Zhu when she speaks later, and the other is that she does not want to break up with the Empress so early and stand on opposite sides.
Jiang Xinyue could imagine how much the legitimate son valued the queen, even with her eyes closed.
Ye Baolin is not the Queen's man! !
No!
It should be said that only Ye Baolin thought that she belonged to the Queen.
To put it this way, it was not that Empress Zhu asked Ye Baolin to have a child, but Ye Baolin took the initiative to go to the Empress and was willing to be her pawn.
It's just that Ye Baolin himself didn't expect that she would attract firepower from the front, leaving Concubine Li less energy to stare at Yikun Palace. Empress Zhu had already kept an eye on her belly, hiding it from everyone, leaving the mother and leaving the son.
Empress Zhu's feint shot deceived everyone, including Jiang Xinyue.
She is worthy of being the concubine of flowing water and the queen of iron. She stands on the top of the mountain and will not fall. There is a reason for her.
Empress Zhu's voice continued in her ears: "Your Majesty, my concubine's eldest prince and second prince have been gone for many years, and the pain in my heart has been difficult to heal. The ministers in the court thought that I had no children, so they forced me to abdicate the throne in favor of someone more worthy. Please ask the emperor to give me a way to survive!"
This is threatening the emperor with his life.
But Empress Zhu cried miserably, and Emperor Xuanwu couldn't get angry. Thinking of his two legitimate sons who died young, he felt uncomfortable.
