CHAPTER XXI
Nie Yan was silent when she heard this.
Fang Wan was a smart person, she knew that just relying on these three words was not enough to win Nie Yan's trust, because she had already been ready to vote.
"Niangniang, do you know that Concubine Zhao went to Concubine Qi last night?" Fang Wanyi pointed out.
Nie Yan didn't think about it: "Concubine Zhao has always been good with Concubine Qi, even if she goes to visit at night, there is nothing wrong with it." ”
Fang Wan said: "It's just a visit, but on the contrary, Concubine Zhao came to the concubine early this morning and gave the concubine a box of tea cakes, saying that she knew that the concubine liked to taste tea, and specially used it for the concubine to cook with the concubine." ”
"Oh?" Nie Yan raised her eyebrows, not knowing what was wrong with a box of tea cakes.
"Xiaoru." Fang Wan instructed her palace maid and motioned for her to present the box containing the tea cake to Nie Yan to see.
Xiao Ru followed Fang Wan's instructions and opened the box, and Nie Yan looked sideways to see that it was made of various colored petals, and the quality was good.
Fang Wan was afraid that Nie Yan hadn't noticed anything abnormal, so she reminded her: "Niangniang, take a closer look, are there some red petals inside?" ”
Hearing this, Nie Yan looked at it a few more times, because of the fact that it was made into tea, many flower patterns had been lost, and she could only look at some fragmentary colors.
Su Yun, who was standing beside Nie Yan, changed his face a little, and whispered in Nie Yan's ear: "Niangniang, there is saffron in here." ”
Nie Yan suddenly realized, no wonder this Zhao Concubine suddenly became kind, it turned out that she had such an idea, but it was a good move!
Nie Yan has already begun to sleep, and it is inevitable that she will be pregnant one day. Concubine Qi and Concubine Zhao must not want to have that day, rather than when Nie Yan is pregnant and then eliminate all difficulties, it is better to stop the future trouble as soon as possible.
As long as Nie Yan has been taking tea with saffron, it will be difficult to get pregnant. And the risk in this is much smaller than waiting for Nie Yan to get pregnant.
"If you help the palace, aren't you afraid of offending Concubine Zhao and Concubine Qi?" Nie Yan asked.
Fang Wan said sincerely: "Concubine Zhao has been harsh with her concubines for many years, and she gave this thing to her concubines, so that if it happens in the future, she will use her concubines as scapegoats. Moreover, the concubine felt that although the concubine did not have the help of her mother's family at the moment, she would definitely achieve more than the position of the fourth concubine in the future. Even if Concubine Qi is relying on the Zhenguo Mansion, she can't fight Niangniang if she wants to. ”
Nie Yan smiled: "You have confidence in this palace. However, there is a queen in the middle palace, and among the four concubines, there are still three concubines, virtuous, virtuous, and Hui, no matter which of them is not stronger than the current palace? Why did you come to Hongu? ”
Fang Wan knew that this was Nie Yan's test for her. Exposing the calculations of Concubine Zhao and Concubine Qi before can only prove his determination to surrender. And now, to prove her ability, she is valuable, and Nie Yan will use her!
"Queen Xu of the Middle Palace, although she is a young husband and wife with Her Majesty, she has no children all the year round, and the Xu family back then was not as prominent as it is today. Her Majesty remembered the old love and left her as the queen, but there was no more favor. ”
Fang Wan started with Empress Xu, who had the highest status, and her words were already suspected of being disrespectful, but seeing that Nie Yan didn't interrupt her, she continued.
"Although Concubine Xian Niangniang has a great prince, she has a stubborn illness, and although His Majesty often visits, he does not stay in his palace anymore."
The implication is that although the status of the virtuous concubine is stable, she no longer has the power to compete for favor.
"Concubine Hui is all about the princess, if it weren't for the identity of the palace concubine and His Majesty's face, I am afraid that she would be willing to let her leave the house immediately. His Majesty was only fortunate to have Concubine Hui a few times in his early years, and now Concubine Hui is like this, except for going to visit the princess, His Majesty will hardly mention Concubine Hui on weekdays. ”
Concubine Hui, there is no need to worry about it at all.
After saying this, Fang Wan stopped, this is what she has summarized for many years in the palace, with Nie Yan's identity, those people in low positions, including Concubine Qi, are not enough to become opponents, so there is no need for her to say those nonsense.
As for Concubine De, Fang Wan hadn't mentioned it yet.
I have to say that Fang Wan did analyze it well, but these are just the trends of the harem, and it may be the restriction of her background that makes Fang Wan unable to see the court.
What about the queen having no children? As long as the Xu family is valuable to Xiao Yu, even if the queen is unbearable, it will not shake her throne.
Even if Concubine Xian is seriously ill, she has a great prince! I heard that the eldest prince was precocious, and he was deeply favored by Xiao Yu, once the eldest prince was established as the crown prince, the status of the virtuous concubine was inferior to that of Queen Xu.
But Fang Wan's ability to tell the momentum of the harem is enough for Nie Yan to recognize, after all, people who are too smart, Nie Yan will not rest assured when she uses it.
However, Nie Yan also wanted to hear Fang Wan talk about Concubine De.
"You seem to have missed one?" Nie Yan reminded.
Fang Wan naturally didn't forget Concubine De, and replied boldly: "If Concubine De fails to wake up this time, it's fine." But if God blesses Concubine De, then she is your biggest threat! ”
Nie Yan nodded with a smile, Fang Wan was right, Concubine De was the biggest threat.
When the assassin was assassinated, Concubine De was willing to block Xiao Yu's arrows, which undoubtedly made Xiao Yu feel very touched, and Xiao Yu's nervous expression seemed to be still in front of Nie Yan's eyes at that time.
And Concubine De already has four princes, although the four princes are only three years old now. But who can guarantee that he will not become a crown prince?
If Nie Yan is really Princess Nanzhan, even without Xiao Yu's favor, she can live a lifetime in Chu Palace in peace.
But Nie Yan is not. She worked hard to return to the capital to overturn the case for the Nie family!
However, the case decided by the first emperor can only be ordered by Xiao Yu, the current emperor, and it is possible to retry it.
Before that, Nie Yan must become the first person to be ignored in Xiao Yu's heart, so that there is a slight possibility of overturning the case, otherwise everything will be in vain.
"This tea cake, this palace has accepted it." Nie Yan said with a smile.
Fang Wan breathed a sigh of relief, Nie Yan's move could be regarded as accepting her.
"Niangniang went to bed last night, and she was very tired when she thought about it, so the concubine didn't disturb Niangniang, and the concubine retired." Fang Wan said goodbye.
Nie Yan smiled and agreed.
After Fang Wan retreated, Nie Yanfang asked Su Yun to put away the tea cake.
"Niangniang, there are red flowers in it, why do you want to stay?" Su Yun asked puzzled.
Nie Yan smiled: "This is a good thing, isn't it as secret as the red flower?" But few people can look carefully, didn't this palace just be hidden? ”
When Su Yun heard this, she thought that Nie Yan was worried that something like this would happen in the future, so she said: "Niangniang, don't worry, the slave maid has learned some medical skills since she was a child, and she will definitely not let harmful things enter her mouth." ”
"You've studied medicine?" Nie Yanqi said.
Su Yun thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't hide it from Niangniang, the slave's father used to be a doctor." ”
Nie Yan listened, but didn't ask any more. Wan Hui said that Su Yun is in the middle of the family.
Comparing her heart to her heart, she didn't want anyone to mention the old things, just like when she heard from Wang Zhikou in Qixia Palace that Xiao Che had rebelled five years ago, her heart was uncomfortable.
It was Nie Yan who didn't ask what happened in Su Yun's house back then, if Su Yun wanted to say it, she would naturally take the initiative to tell her.