Chapter Seventy-Six: Concubine He's Abacus
Ryan Palace.
Mo Guhan asked the Queen Mother to say goodbye, sat down in front of the Queen Mother, and the palace people served the refreshments, and then quietly withdrew.
"Why is it so late, and the queen mother still hasn't rested?"
The Queen Mother was holding a fat and lazy Persian cat in her arms, and when she saw Mo Guhan, she couldn't help but squint her eyes and smile kindly: "I heard that the emperor went to the queen?" β
Mo Guhan nodded: "It was from the queen who just came to eat." β
"What the mourning family told the emperor, does the emperor still remember?"
"Although the queen mother can rest assured, the child has her own arrangements."
The Queen Mother stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the hair on the back of the Persian cat, and still did not forget to tell her bitterly: "If the emperor favors the queen, the mourning family will not stop it, after all, there is the queen mother, and now the war ahead is counting on Chang Zhiyi to dispatch troops, and it is not good to snub her like that all the time." But the emperor must remember that Chu Yuehua is a member of the Chang family, and he has inherited the ambitions of the Chang family, and he must have a plan. Even if the emperor spoils her again and makes her arrogant, it doesn't matter if he makes her arrogant, but he must not let her participate in politics, let alone conceive a royal heir. β
Mo Guhan lowered his eyes, his face was dark and uncertain: "Gu Han knows the stakes. β
"It's good to know." The Queen Mother sighed: "The mourning family is so worried, lest the queen is clever, and the queen mother is behind the clouds, and you fall into their trap again." β
Mo Guhan responded one by one, and was a little impatient with the Queen Mother's clichΓ©: "Is this why the Queen Mother Xuan Guhan came?" β
The Queen Mother shook her head: "I am in a hurry to call you over today, it is about Jun Jieyu, I am afraid that the emperor will be impulsive in front of the queen, and I will promise her something." β
"What's wrong with Jun Jieyu?"
"Concubine Shicai Crane has come to the mourning family."
Mo Guhan heard her mention Concubine He, and his face sank obviously: "What is she doing here to come to the queen mother?" β
She said that she went to Qingqiu Palace today to greet the queen. The queen already knew that Jun Jieyu was pregnant, she was very unhappy, and she was much colder to her, her nose was not a nose, and her face was not a face. And as soon as she left on her front foot, the queen went to the queen mother today. The mourning family suspects that they are beating Jun Jieyu's idea of the dragon in her belly. β
"What's the idea?"
"Has the emperor forgotten how the Empress Dowager sat firmly on her throne back then? She herself has no children under her knees, and she has not succeeded the princes born to other concubines to her knees, taught hard, and finally borrowed the light of your father to sit in the honorable position above these ten thousand people. I'm afraid that the queen has the same mind and wants to take Jun Jieyu to herself. β
Mo Guhan hesitated a little: "Now that the two of us have just gotten married, she won't be so anxious." β
"What a shrewd and powerful character the Queen Mother is, could it be that the emperor hasn't learned it yet? She has always been cunning and cunning, taking precautions, and she has no last resort, she will definitely pave the road behind the queen as soon as possible, and she will not miss any opportunities. β
Mo Guhan wrung his brows: "I heard that today Yuehua disobeyed the Empress Dowager and was punished to kneel in the courtyard for a whole afternoon, presumably she didn't have this intention, and the Queen Mother was too worried." β
"This is not necessarily a bitter ploy!" Seeing that Mo Guhan defended Yuehua again and again, the Queen Mother was alarmed, and said earnestly: "The emperor has lost his guard against the queen, right?" The queen mother expected it early in the morning, so she hurriedly called you out. Did the queen ever mention Jun Jieyu to you? β
Mo Guhan shook his head.
"That's fine, it's not too late." The Queen Mother looked stunned, and said solemnly to Mo Guhan: "The mourning family plans to take Jun Jieyu back to Concubine He's palace to raise a baby." β
"Why? That Concubine Crane is narrow-minded, there is no room for people, Jun Jieyu and her are not close, when she lived in the side hall of the Leisurely Palace, she was abused many times, and I gave another palace for Jun Jieyu to live in. Why did the queen mother have to let her live in front of Concubine He? β
"It's because the crane concubine has a lot of messy hearts, so the mourning family entrusted Jun Jieyu to her, if there is anything missing, she is the only one who asks, she will always be more restrained. Moreover, do you think, if Jun Jieyu is taken care of by Concubine He's cousin, is she embarrassed to ask for someone after the Queen Mother? Even if she had such an abacus, she had to fall short. β
"Has the queen mother forgotten that Cui Zhaoyi was born prematurely?"
"Hasn't the emperor been relieved yet? At the beginning, Concubine He was only implicated, and Cui Zhaoyi's miscarriage was not caused by her, why did the emperor still linger on her and treat her like this? β
"I just don't like that she's too deep in her mind and doesn't have room for people." Mo Guhan thought for a while, and shook his head solemnly: "She took the initiative to go to the queen mother to say this time, I don't feel at ease, it would be safer to let Jun Jieyu move to the queen mother, she has a soft temperament, and the minions below are more lazy." β
The Queen Mother saw that Mo Guhan was not at ease, so she took a step back: "It's okay, tomorrow the mourning family will let the servants clean up the side hall and let Jun Jieyu move over." It's just that the emperor, since this Jun Jieyu is pregnant, the other concubines are also looking forward to grace, and you have to level a bowl of water. β
Mo Guhan became more and more impatient, and stood up: "It's not early, the queen mother should rest early." β
"Why do you want to leave at the mention of this? You have a good relationship with Jun Jieyu, and the queen mother is also happy, but I just advise you to go to Ling'er and the others more. β
The queen was dark, still chattering, Mo Guhan had already left Ci'an Palace.
Early in the morning of the second day, just after breakfast, the imperial doctor went to the Qingqiu Palace at the behest of Mo Guhan to diagnose Yuehua's pulse. In addition to prescribing a few decoctions to condition the body, he left a bottle of medicinal wine, a few ointments, and told Xiangshen to pour a little on the Yuehua psoas every morning and evening, rub it hard, and the texture is absorbed.
Yuehua thanked the imperial doctor, rewarded the silver, and then asked Mama Qin to personally send it out of the door.
Then, I heard that Jun Jieyu was promoted to Shuyuan, and at the behest of the Queen Mother, she moved out of her original residence and lived in the side hall of the Queen Mother's Ruian Palace.
Although Jun Shuyuan entered the Queen Mother's Ruian Palace, she was exempted from the daily morning and dusk provinces, and the Queen Mother only told her to give birth to a baby and raise a baby, and she didn't have to get up in the morning every day, so Yuehua couldn't see her when she went to the Ruian Palace. It's just that I heard that she had a big initial reaction and didn't think about eating.
Moreover, Yuehua heard Huai En say that because of Jun Shuyuan's family background, the Queen Mother actually didn't treat her very much, and she used to lose her face in public. Jun Shuyuan moved into Ci'an Palace, but she was not as free as before, so she could still go over and talk to her for a while.
Out of courtesy, Yuehua was worried about Concubine Ling's birthday banquet, Jun Shuyuan's intercession for herself, and she should visit her alone.
She ordered Mama Wei to prepare a few good supplements, Xiang Shen hugged them in her arms, and went straight to Ruian Palace.
When the Queen Mother heard that she was resting, the palace people were not alarmed, and took Yuehua straight to the side hall where Jun Shuyuan lived.
The little eunuch Rong Xiang in front of Mo Guhan was guarding the door of the side hall, and when he saw her, he knelt down and saluted.
When Yuehua saw him, she knew that it was not the right time, just in time for Mo Guhan to come to visit, and quietly made a gesture, signaling to come back later.
Mo Guhan inside had already heard the movement outside, and asked in a deep voice, "But the queen mother is here?" β
Rong Xiang hurriedly responded: "Your Majesty, the queen has come to visit Jun Shuyuan." β
"Then come in."
Mo Guhan's voice was not cold, and he couldn't hear any emotion.
Yuehua Xiangshen handed over all the supplements he brought to Jun Shuyuan's subordinates and entered the house by himself.
Although the side hall is not big, it is very comfortable, the brazier is burning vigorously, a south kang is set up, a thick mattress is spread, Mo Guhan and Jun Shuyuan are sitting on the south kang and talking.
Yuehua went in and bent over to Mo Guhan and bowed: "The concubine has seen the emperor." β
Jun Shuyuan sat on the kang and owed a debt, her face full of apologies.
"The queen is flat, don't be so polite. Jun Shuyuan was unwell, and I specially pardoned her for the big gift, so I didn't have to get up to say hello to the queen. β
Yuehua raised her eyes and saw Jun Shuyuan sitting on the warm kang, with a brocade quilt behind her back, her face didn't look very good, and a pair of slender and weak white hands were wrapped in a thick palm by Mo Guhan.
When Jun Shuyuan saw her looking over, she struggled in a panic, but was held tighter by Mo Guhan, and could only smile apologetically at Yuehua.
Yuehua squeezed out the smile that she thought was the most decent: "Since you are unwell, you should naturally be well raised, it is not the right time for Yuehua to disturb the emperor." β
The palace people in the side hall moved the pestle and laid the brocade mat.
Mo Guhan raised his eyelids slightly: "Sit down." β