After He Baolin's funeral, the eldest princess quickly got better under the conditioning of the imperial doctor, and the rash on her body gradually subsided, but fortunately there was no scar.

The eldest princess had two nursing mothers, and the nurse who received the ointment from He Baolin was kicked out of the palace. But Concubine Xian was kind-hearted, and she remembered that she had been loyal to the eldest princess for a year, but because she was greedy for others, she did not punish her, and gave her a small reward of silver before leaving the palace.

The queen mother of Cining Palace had recovered from her illness early, otherwise she would not have just heard that He Baolin had harmed the eldest princess and issued an edict to send her to the cold palace. After learning from Concubine Xian that there was still Concubine Shu behind He Baolin, she was so angry that she went to Shangyang Palace to accuse Concubine Shu of being talentless and virtuous and corrupting her style.

Concubine Shu's response was also very strange, and she directly did not accept the queen mother's decree under the excuse of "Your Majesty has a decree, and you are not allowed to enter or leave the palace gate of Shangyang Palace without an edict", and in the end, it was Mama He, who was beside the queen mother, who cheekily entered through the side door, and conveyed the queen mother's edict in righteous words.

This incident made the harem ladies see all the jokes, some laughed at the concubine's unconscious mind, and they all dared to argue with the queen mother when they fell to this point, and some laughed at the queen mother's weakness, and was slapped in the face like this, but she didn't pry Her Majesty to take the title of concubine.

The Queen Mother was really angry, and she also expressed this meaning to Huo Yanzhi, but the latter did not let go.

Huo Yanzhi directly recited the reason that Zhao Jiufu found for Concubine Shu, and said: "My heir is difficult, and my mother has been worried for many years, and I am also uneasy in my heart. Concubine Shu's birth is imminent, and there should be no changes in this stall. If the queen mother is really angry, she can wait for the emperor and grandson to land before punishing her. ”

Although the queen mother responded, she turned around and sent a thick tome of Buddhist scriptures to Shangyang Palace, and wanted to punish the concubine for copying the scriptures.

Shangyang Palace didn't make any trouble this time, and simply obeyed his fate. It's just that whether the handwriting on the paper sent to Cining Palace every few days is the same person, only the people of Cining Palace know.

After such a fuss, those who were still gloating began to envy Concubine Shu's confidence, saying something like "If my belly or my mother's family fight, it won't be like this".

After all, there have been rumors in the harem recently that Concubine Shu's father is going to enter the cabinet.

"Chen Ge, the chief examiner who presided over this year's Spring Festival, is old, and he accidentally contracted a cold before, but he was sick for two months and didn't get better, so he went to the fold of telling the old, and His Majesty kept it twice, and it has been approved." He Zhaorong, who was surrounded by several little concubines in the middle, shook his fan and said.

Zhou Jieyu said: "Oh, who will top the vacant place?" ”

He Zhaorong smiled reservedly: "This is not clear, we women are not allowed to discuss the government in vain, but we are just picking up people's teeth and thinking a few words." ”

Although everyone had haha on their faces, most of the well-informed and sensitive-minded people thought of it.

Concubine Shu's father is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and in terms of qualifications, the chances of winning the cabinet this time are quite good.

If Concubine Shu had an accident before, everyone would have thought that he would have won the battle, but as soon as the news of Shangyang Palace came out, there were some rumors outside, and there were fewer cars and horses in front of the Xiao Mansion.

But after all, the people outside didn't know what was going on, and they had a lot of guesses about Concubine Shu's punishment of being closed in the palace, so it was better for the ladies in the palace to be close to the water and the news.

They knew that His Majesty valued the eldest princess, and they had inquired about the news from the queen and the virtuous concubine, and they could vaguely guess that Concubine Shu was related to He Baolin, who died violently in the cold palace, and Wu Cairen, who suddenly returned.

So they are even more angry, Concubine Shu has been doing it to His Majesty's heirs, and His Majesty has only punished her for thinking about it behind closed doors?

It's like punishing a murderer to fight mosquitoes!

It seems that His Majesty's favor for Concubine Shu will not dissipate in a day or two, maybe His Majesty is just retreating as advance, thinking that when Concubine Shu gives birth, let her reappear in front of people openly?

The vigilance of the concubines has increased greatly, in addition to working harder than usual to dress up, send food and drink to the Qiande Palace, and double the time spent wandering around the imperial garden, they also visit the palaces more and more frequently.

Wen Meiren had a little headache: "They went to the queen and the virtuous concubine to sue the concubine, why did they come to me?" ”

Xiao Ya snorted and chirped: "Don't you still feel that you are a victim, master, and want to provoke you to come forward and cry to Your Majesty, so as to increase the punishment of that one?" Master, don't be soft-hearted, we can't get involved. ”

Wen Meiren nodded: "This is nature." Didn't you see that Miss Zhiwei hadn't been to the harem recently? I'm not stupid. ”

The little concubines are ready to move, and the people who notice it are naturally not only Wen Meiren.

Concubine Xian holds the palace power, and she looks a little immovable, but the queen is getting more and more anxious.

The queen began to run to Cining Palace every day, but unfortunately the queen mother was well and could not carry the banner of serving the sick, so she could only please the queen mother in a variety of ways, and from time to time took the initiative to summon Princess An into the palace to accompany the queen mother to make her happy.

Xu is queen's flattery played a role, or the queen mother's disgust for the concubine prevailed, at the end of June, Mrs. Qin was invited into the palace by the queen mother, and also brought several junior girls of the Qin family, all of whom were the queen's nieces.

At this small banquet, Princess An praised the youngest Qin girl in public, and also gave a family heirloom jade pendant that she had worn for many years as a greeting gift.

The news that Princess An wanted to marry the Qin family spread like this, and within a few days, most of the powerful families in the capital heard about it.

The supreme son of heaven in the Qiande Palace naturally heard about it.

Huo Yanzhi habitually wanted Zhi Wei to investigate the recent movements in the harem, but he didn't see anyone for two days, and took the initiative to mention it, and Zhao Jiufu explained with a subtle face that he was sick.

"Why are you sick again? Didn't you get sick a while ago? ”

The emperor said that on the night of the showdown in Yongle Palace, it was probably because he accompanied him to blow the wind on a high place, and Zhiwei started a fever the next day after he returned. However, at that time, she only had a day off, and she came out on duty with a slightly red and hot face.

Zhao Jiufu said cautiously: "Imperial Doctor Xiao Chen said that it was that, and the residual poison was difficult to clear, saying that although he was cured the previous time, the foundation was almost hollowed out...... This time, I contracted the wind and cold, and the root of the disease was hooked out again, so I ......"

It seemed that he had been awakened by the word "residual poison" and had a bad memory, Huo Yanzhi's face sank slightly.

Then he said casually: "In this case, let the imperial doctor heal well, and there is no need to be restrained in medicinal materials." ”

Zhao Jiufu had to pat his master again, boasting about how His Majesty was sympathetic, generous and benevolent, but His Majesty threw a sentence with a cold face, "Ci is not in charge of the army, righteousness is not in charge of wealth", only to know that the horse's fart was slapped on the horse's leg, and he retired stupidly.

Huo Yanzhi was not untargeted, but was reminded of Zhao Jiufu's sycophants for a longer time.

If he remembers correctly, the last time Zhao Jiufu praised himself so flatteringly for being considerate, it seemed that he was mentioning the past when he almost kicked that girl to death?

Thinking of his black history, Huo Yanzhi's face was hot, and when he turned around, he asked the big palace maid to recuperate with countless medicinal supplements, and even had no intention of saying that he saw the miscellaneous palace people being lazy one day, and used the excuse that these small palace people were too idle to take care of Zhiwei.

The generous and benevolent young emperor thought to himself, I am so generous, and I have given her such good treatment, I should get better and do things for me quickly, right?

As a result, I waited until July, and I didn't see Zhiwei return to her post.

When he went to court, seeing those ministers wearing masks and speaking high-sounding words, Huo Yanzhi was thinking about when this old guy's recent red and white wedding would be, and then he could consider bringing Zhiwei, an intelligence officer.

Wandering around the palace and relaxing, seeing the green grass and the purple and red, Huo Yanzhi began to wonder if these little guys were calling him the Dog Emperor, or gossiping about what kind of dispute had happened between Concubine XX and Concubine XX recently, and at this time, I always missed the humanoid translator of Zhiwei.

Sometimes when he went to bed alone, looking at the silent Wan Nianqing, Huo Yanzhi had to sigh for a long time in his heart, but he didn't dare to reveal the fact that he had lost his ability to the little guy, for fear that the other party would tell Zhiwei the truth.

Unconsciously, the young emperor suddenly found that the frequency of thinking of a certain palace maid seemed to be a little frightening.

He was taken aback by himself, and after thinking about it, he came to the conclusion that he only valued her abilities and had nothing to worry about.

If she didn't have this, she would be just an ordinary palace maid in his eyes.

No, this girl has a strange temper, she speaks with a needle hidden in her mouth, and even the emperor dares to mock secretly, where is it ordinary?

The Emperor was indignant and decided that he must hide his loss of powers. Otherwise, that girl knows how important she is, so she can't go to heaven?

"When she recovers, I'll have to give her a good lecture!"

The Emperor murmured to sleep.

However, after waiting for another three days, I still didn't see anyone.

He called Zhao Jiufu and asked unhappily, "Why is that girl still not well?" Don't be deliberately lazy based on my words, right? ”

Zhao Jiufu immediately felt very glad for his decision to care about Zhiwei's condition the next day.

He explained it according to the statement given by the imperial doctor, and weakly concluded: "Illness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread, it has always been like this." That girl's condition has already improved, and if she knew that Her Majesty cared so much, she would definitely get better faster. ”

The emperor said stupidly: "Who cares, I'm just afraid that she will die, and those medicinal herbs will be lost!" ”

Zhao Jiufu couldn't figure out his master's sudden thoughts, so he could only echo and said: "Your Majesty is wise, those medicinal materials and supplements are worth about a few hundred taels of silver, and the girl's ten-year salary is not comparable~"

The emperor concluded: "That's the truth!" You go and tell her that if it doesn't get any better, those medicinal herbs will be deducted from her! ”

Zhao Jiufu smacked in his heart, Your Majesty means to deduct that year, could it really be what he thought?

Zhi Wei didn't know anything about the "debts" that the emperor had stuffed over herself, and even, for several days, she had been burning so much that she couldn't tell the difference between day and night.

Since entering the palace, if you don't count the poisoning, this is the most serious illness she has been.

But this time, she didn't seem to be as scared of death as she had been before.

Maybe it was because he dug up the mastermind behind the Wen Meiren miscarriage case and the eldest princess poisoning case for the emperor, or maybe he knew the fundamental reason why the emperor valued him, plus the chief manager Zhao and others who appeared from time to time in the illness, Zhi Wei was more confident than before, knowing that she would not be negligent in treatment like an ordinary sick palace maid, and finally hastily swept it out of the mass grave outside the palace with a mat.

When she learned that Emperor Chrysostom urged her to hurry up, Zhi Wei could only smile helplessly.

She also wanted to get better as soon as possible, but unfortunately this body didn't listen to her. I was worried about dying in the battle of the palace before, but this time I have to worry about whether I will die from a little wind chill.

Seeing that this trick didn't work, the emperor stared at the fold on the desk for a long time before calling Zhao Jiufu over and muttering for a while.

The latter went to talk to the patient with a look of surprise, but the patient became even more ill under the fright.