NFBE Chapter 176: See if there is anything inside that can cause miscarriage
Chapter 176: See if there is anything inside that can cause miscarriage
Minghua Hall, Tianxiang Pavilion.
Wang Defa looked at Xue Qingyao kneeling on the ground and announced the decree in the courtyard, "By the grace of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: The beauty Xue of Minghua Palace is gentle, kind, and respectful, with a gentle demeanor, and she has won my heart. She is to be canonized as a fifth-rank noble lady. I decree this!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Xue Qingyao immediately bowed to express her gratitude.
After reading the imperial edict, Wang Defa smiled and congratulated Xue Qingyao, "Congratulations, Noble Lady Xue, you are the second concubine to be promoted this year. This shows how much the emperor values you."
The word "second" was particularly jarring to Xue Qingyao's ears. Her hand stiffened slightly as she took the imperial edict, then she smiled and replied, "Thank you for the trouble, Eunuch Wang, for making this trip. This is just a small gift. Please accept it."
As the chief eunuch beside Murong Che, Wang Defa had many people who wanted to bribe him to curry favor with him, but he would only accept the money if they were worthy of his favor.
At this moment, he looked at Xue Qingyao, who was in high spirits, and did not refuse. He took the bulging purse from her hand and turned around to leave.
When he saw the three people entering Minghua Palace and heading in this direction, he quickly saluted and said, "Your servant greets Concubine Xue."
The smile on Xue Qingyao's lips froze, and the hand holding the imperial edict clenched tightly.
When she first entered the palace, Xue Youli was clearly inferior to herself, yet she caught the emperor's eye.
After she became favored, she was afraid that she would steal the emperor's limelight, so she always monopolized the emperor's attention and prevented him from getting close to other women in the harem.
Fortunately, I took advantage of the opportunity while she was bedridden and successfully slept with her last night.
Everything has one and there are two.
There was incense to liven up the atmosphere last night, and I’m afraid the emperor won’t be able to leave me in the future.
Thinking of this, Xue Qingyao raised her red lips again, "Why did Concubine Xue come to my Minghua Palace?"
Now she is the only one living in Minghua Palace, but I believe it won’t be long before she will become the mistress of the palace.
Xue Youli glanced behind him, and Banxia immediately handed over a statue of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility, which her master had picked out from the warehouse.
"Sister Xue, I heard that you were promoted. I'm very happy for you. This statue of Guanyin is a gift for you. I wish you a son soon."
"Then I'll lend you some good advice."
Xue Qingyao looked at the Fertility-Giving Guanyin in Banxia's hand, motioned for Biyu to accept it, and smiled softly, "No one in the harem can be favored forever. The Fertility-Giving Guanyin you gave me might help me give birth to a little prince next year!"
She thought that she had just gained favor, and Xue Youli was the first to come and show her goodwill to her, which showed that the emperor was already tired of Xue Youli.
Xue Youli probably wanted to become her ally, hoping to get some favor from her in the future.
But how could Xue Qingyao possibly pull Xue Youli in?
She had already made up her mind that when her position was higher than Xue Youli's, she would return the humiliation she had suffered from Xue Youli a thousand times over!
Xue Youli smiled slightly, "Sister Xue has finally made it through. If she can really get pregnant with an heir to the throne, it will be a great achievement."
Xue Qingyao replied, "After all, I've only just entered the imperial court, so I'm not in such a hurry. But you've been favored for over six months now, so why haven't you had any pregnancy? It's like an old hen in a chicken coop, all brooding but not laying eggs. Sooner or later, it'll turn into a pot of chicken soup."
Banxia could tell that Xue Qingyao was taking advantage of her status as a concubine and deliberately scolding her master.
She was so angry that she stared at Xue Qingyao with angry eyes.
However, Xue Youli remained unfazed. "Sister Xue, it's only her first day in bed, and she's already looking down on others and being disrespectful to her superiors. Eunuch Wang, what is her crime?"
Wang Defa noticed the tense atmosphere between them and lowered his head and replied, "According to palace rules, you need to slap your face twenty times."
Xue Qingyao's eyes tightened when she heard this, and she quickly bowed to Xue Youli and apologized, "Madam Xue, I just wanted you to drink some chicken soup to replenish your body. I didn't mean to be disrespectful to you. After all, you are still young, and there is no need to rush to have a child."
"That's true. Sister Xue is older than me. If you don't take advantage of my illness to seduce the emperor, he won't even look at you anymore when you're old and ugly."
Xue Youli slowly retorted to her, and seeing her grim expression, she smiled and raised her lips, "Banxia, is the ginseng soup in our kitchen almost ready?"
Banxia replied, "Yes, the ginseng soup is warming in the kitchen."
"Then let's hurry up and bring soup to the emperor. He's very busy, and there are so many women in the harem waiting for him to pick their names at night. Don't let him get tired."
After Xue Youli finished speaking, he led Banxia and Ayan away.
A Yan followed her and Ban Xia, and glared at Xue Qingyao before leaving.
Before A Yan entered the palace, Murong Ye told her that Xue Qingyao in Minghua Palace was his.
Before A Yan entered the palace, Murong Ye told her that Xue Qingyao was the woman he liked. However, Xue Rongche forcibly took her into the harem, breaking up the lovers.
He said this to establish an affectionate image in front of A Yan, so that A Yan would help Xue Qingyao without reservation.
However, Xue Youli deliberately induced Xue Qingyao to be jealous of him, and even brought A Yan to watch a live version, just to let A Yan know that Xue Qingyao was willing to sleep with him, and had great ambitions.
At this point, her goal was achieved, so she no longer lingered and headed home, preparing to deliver ginseng soup to Murong Che.
After they left, Biyu held the fertility-giving Guanyin in her hand and asked, "Master, what should we do with this fertility-giving Guanyin?"
Xue Qingyao didn't dare to take the gift from Xue Youli lightly. "Send someone to check and see if there's anything in it like musk that could cause miscarriage."
In fact, she actually hoped that there was something wrong with the Goddess of Childbirth, so that she could go to the emperor and cry her heart out, and maybe even have Xue Youli sent to the cold palace again.
"What if there isn't?"
"If you don't have it, throw it away! Xue Youli is a doctor. If she wants to hide poison, others may not be able to find any clues!"
At this time, Xue Qingyao's attention was all on the Goddess of Childbirth, and she did not notice that when Xue Youli left, he walked in an unnatural way, limping.
……
Yonghe Palace.
Caixia also heard about Xue Qingyao's promotion.
She looked at Rong Qingyue, who was sewing winter clothes for the little princess in the courtyard, and was almost dying of anxiety. "Your Majesty, the one in Minghua Palace is about to become favored. Aren't you worried at all?"
In Caixia's view, her queen is the only concubine in the harem who has given birth to a child for the emperor, and is also the person most likely to sit on the throne of queen.
However, the emperor now only favors two concubines with the surname Xue, and he has not come to Yonghe Palace for a long time.
She was really worried about her master. After all, the queen was the person who had been with the emperor the longest. How could the emperor be so fickle?
Rong Qingyue was originally a non-competitive person, and she had an agreement with Murong Che.
Over the years, she has used herself and her children as a shield for Murong Che just to have a place to stay.
It’s up to the concubines who entered the palace this year to fight with each other. As long as they don’t hurt her and her children, she doesn’t bother with these women.
Now that her child's asthma has improved, she only hopes to leave the harem, a place of trouble, when she has enough ability to protect the child.
Therefore, Rong Qingyue looked at Caixia's anxious expression and said calmly, "Caixia, it is the emperor's freedom to favor whomever he wants. If you dare to criticize the emperor again in the future, don't blame me for punishing you according to the palace rules."
Seeing that she had no intention of competing for favor, Caixia quickly bowed her head and admitted her mistake, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again."
"You must remember that your responsibility is to take good care of the little princess. We don't need to worry about other things."
"Yes, I have remembered it."
Rong Qingyue looked up at the little guy playing on the swing under the big tree, and a hint of tenderness appeared in her eyes.
In the harem, she asked for nothing but peace and safety for herself and her children.
……
Zicheng Hall.
Murong Che lowered his head to review the memorials. After Wang Defa went to Minghua Palace to announce the imperial edict and came back to report, he stood beside the table and served tea and water to the man.
Murong Che sat upright at the table. Although his eyes were fixed on the memorial in front of him, the intense scenes in Xue Youli's bedroom last night emerged in his mind.
He drank a lot of plum wine last night. Although his mind was still clear, he was still half drunk.
He really didn't expect that his misogyny would break through the treatment bottleneck and be completely cured in that state.
When he thought of the scene last night where Xue Youli was bullied by him and cried and begged for mercy, he curled his lips and couldn't help but chuckle.
Wang Defa, who was standing aside, looked at the smile on the man's face and was extremely curious.
What interesting things were written in this memorial that made the emperor so happy?
Wang Defa was still wondering when he heard Murong Che nod his chin towards the door and say, "Princess Xue is here to bring me some ginseng soup. Go and invite her in."
"I obey your command." Wang Defa took the order and walked to the door of the hall. After opening the door, he saw Xue Youli and Banxia standing at the door.
Seeing this, he was shocked.
How did the emperor know that Concubine Xue was outside the door at this moment? Could it be that they had telepathy?
Xue Youli looked at Wang Defa who opened the door for her, her eyebrows curved, and she took the food box from Banxia with a smile, "Eunuch Wang, I'm here to serve ginseng soup to the emperor."
"The emperor has been thinking about you since you were not here!" Wang Defa took two steps back with a smile. After Xue Youli went in, he considerately closed the door of the hall for the two of them.
Xue Youli stroked her lower back with one hand and held the food box with the other, and slowly walked towards Murong Che.
[Chu Xinyue really didn't lie to me. A guy in his early twenties is indeed very attractive, but it really tires my waist! After being tormented by Murong Che all night, my old waist is almost broken!]
At this moment, she was still several feet away from Murong Che, but Murong Che could clearly hear the complaints in her heart.
Just now, when Xue Youli stopped outside Zicheng Palace, he heard her mumbling in her heart and realized that she was here.
After last night, the distance at which Murong Che could hear Xue Youli's inner thoughts became longer.
He thought about it for a moment based on Xue Youli's inner thoughts, and suddenly found out what changed the distance at which he could hear Xue Youli's inner voice!