Little Cardamom - Chapter 94

Concubine Lan’s move was obviously beyond everyone’s expectations, and even Concubine Shu couldn’t help being stunned for a moment.

Concubine Lan…how could it be? She is very noble in her bones, she doesn’t bother to invite pets and flattery, she doesn’t bother to act against her will, but now she actually…

The only concubine in the room couldn’t understand the situation in front of her, so she knelt forward: “Your Majesty, the Lanwu Palace has been found, you can’t listen to the one-sided words of Concubine Lan, Concubine Lan——”

“Shut up!” Cheng Kangdi gritted his teeth.

Concubine Rou was so frightened that she quickly swallowed back the words, and subconsciously looked at Concubine Shu.

But Concubine Shu didn’t look at her.

idiot.

She took it for granted that Concubine Lan was a noble person who disdained to flatter her and act against her will, so what would His Majesty think?

The favor in this palace has always been Jane in the emperor’s heart, and so is the trust.

Concubine Lan did this today, not to mention just finding a bottle of moonshine powder in her palace. Even if she admits that she is the heir of the emperor who killed her, the emperor will only think that she loves him badly, and won’t see other women have it. His heirs can be easily exposed with a little punishment.

In today’s game, she underestimated the enemy.

Emperor Chengkang ordered at the right time: “Come here, send Concubine Shu back to the palace first. Concubine Shu has had a miscarriage and is in unbearable grief. She should not stay here anymore. I am here, and I will find out what happened today!”

Concubine Lan’s heartfelt confession made the Holy Majesty believe in her, and if she tried to push this matter to her, the gain would not be worth the loss. The two most important goals of left and right have been achieved, and the rest of the mess will be left to that idiot.

Thinking of this, Concubine Shu just acted in a state of unbearable grief and loss of soul, and let her servant Gong’e help her up.

When it was possible to reach the door, Jiang Xu suddenly said, “Mrs. Concubine Shu, please stay.”

Concubine Shu paused, and Emperor Chengkang also frowned at him.

“Doctor Feng will be here soon.”

“What did you call Imperial Physician Feng for?” Cheng Kangdi asked.

Without waiting for Jiang Xu’s response, Imperial Physician Feng hurried in with a medicine box on his back: “My servant, please greet Your Majesty.”

“rise.”

Imperial Physician Feng stood up respectfully, then nodded to Jiang Xu as a salute.

Jiang Xu glanced at him: “Take Concubine Shu’s pulse to see if she has had a miscarriage.”

As soon as this remark came out, Concubine Shu’s expression changed: “My lord, what do you mean!”

She was astonished, how could King Dingbei know about this? Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Jiang Xu didn’t even bother to look at her, he just ordered quietly: “Take the pulse.”

Concubine Shu panicked, she knelt down with a “plop”, her eye circles suddenly turned red, and she burst into sobs in the next moment: “Your Majesty, my concubine was just talking nonsense. It was because of the loss of our child that I didn’t notice it for a while. The prince has a high position and authority. , deeply favored, but why do you want to be so domineering! In front of you, you have to humiliate the concubine! The concubine lost her fetus today, and she didn’t want to live. If you want to suffer this humiliation again, the concubine The concubine would rather die here by bumping her head!”

“…”

In this Shangyuan Festival, everyone is going to die or live, what’s the point? ! This Jiang Qizhi would find trouble for him!

But Concubine Shu is not Concubine Lan, Emperor Cheng Kang complained in his heart, but his trust in her was far less than that of Jiang Xu.

He knew very well that it was impossible for Jiang Qizhi to act like this for no reason, so no matter how much Concubine Shu cried and made misery, he just lowered his voice slightly: “All the imperial physicians are here, it won’t be too late to get the pulse back.”

Concubine Shu’s eyes widened, and she couldn’t help stepping back. However, Emperor Chengkang had already spoken, and his own servant pushed her back to the bed and sat on the bed, and appointed the imperial physician to feel her pulse.

After a while, Imperial Physician Feng got up and said cautiously: “Concubine Shu did have signs of miscarriage.”

Ming Tan was startled.

But Imperial Physician Feng then said: “It’s just that Concubine Shu’s miscarriage is a false sign caused by taking drugs, and it’s not actually a miscarriage.” He paused, “My minister carefully checked Concubine Shu’s pulse, The imperial concubine should be… not pregnant at all.”

Everyone in the room was shocked except Ming Tan and Jiang Xu.

“What did you say? Concubine Shu has never been pregnant?” Cheng Kangdi asked in disbelief.

Imperial Physician Feng nodded: “Concubine Shu’s pulse condition is not happy at all, and today’s pulse condition is easily misdiagnosed as miscarriage. After careful examination, I can confirm that it is indeed caused by taking medicine. Tell your lord to come and see him.”

Imperial Physician Feng’s words have reached this point, Concubine Shu’s face has lost all color, and she has completely disappeared from the previous grief and anger, what else Cheng Kangdi doesn’t understand.

Jiang Xu passed the words of the imperial physician again at the right time, and said without emotion: “On the day Shen Yu sent the Lingzhou account book and the bribery list to the palace, Shuanglu, the servant of Qinzheng Palace, was cleaning and changing shifts with the servant of the same room, and went to Qiyun secretly. palace.”

The seat of Qiyun Palace is Concubine Shu.

When Cheng Kangdi heard this, he slowly came to his senses.

So all of this was planned by Concubine Shu?

Before he starts to deal with it, he preemptively strikes, and uses years of companionship and the dragon child in his belly as bargaining chips to protect his father and brother.

It’s just that this fake pregnancy can be concealed for a while, but it cannot be concealed for a lifetime. As the months go by, the belly does not show, and it will not be concealed in the future.

So she wanted to use the hands of Princess Dingbei to conceive this baby in a logical manner, and by the way, harm the dragon child in the womb of the noble lady, and then push all of them to Concubine Lan, and use the guilt of Princess Dingbei and Concubine Lan’s love to make him feel Jiang Qi’s heart There is a rift.

She might have expected Jiang Qizhi to hold great power, and even if he had suspicions about Jiang Qizhi, he would not immediately turn against him, so no matter what, he would not deal with Princess Dingbei.

Since she can’t deal with Princess Dingbei, she can only compensate her as a victim. Her father and brother can continue to be preserved, and she can even be promoted because of this——

Cheng Kangdi’s face was livid, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: “You poisonous woman!”

Concubine Shu sat on the bed, exhausted all over her body, tears poured down one by one, she stretched out her hand to wipe them away vigorously, her expression was unprecedentedly calm.

She is a smart person, and she never makes unnecessary struggles. The matter has come to this point, no amount of sophistry is useless. His Royal Highness King Dingbei obviously came prepared, the imperial physician, the servant… those clues that could have been concealed must have been all at this moment He held it in his hand.

She didn’t know what to think, and suddenly chuckled: “The concubine is a poisonous woman, that’s right.”

She turned her head, her eyes stopped on Concubine Rou, Ming Tan, and Concubine Lan one by one, then raised her eyes slightly, facing the furious Emperor Cheng Kang.

“But in this palace, who has been a poisonous woman from the beginning? Now, all the things are thanks to His Majesty!”

She raised her head, tears slipped down her nose, and the corners of her lips curled up again.

“Concubine Lan met you when you were young, but the concubine entered the East Palace when she was sixteen. The concubine’s family background is not obvious. When she first entered the East Palace, she was just a little girl who didn’t understand anything.

“It was a joke to enter the palace to greet the empress. After returning to the East Palace, the concubine was too ashamed to go out. You came to the concubine’s courtyard to comfort the concubine. You said that the concubine was chosen because she was innocent and kind. Your Majesty, do you still remember?

“At that time, I thought that what you said was fancy was really fancy. But it was only later that I found out that you can fancy the innocence and kindness of your concubines, and you can also fancy other women who are graceful, good at singing and dancing, and gentle and gentle.” , Bright and generous… You have too many fancy eyes! There are so many that the East Palace can’t fit, and this harem can’t fit too!

“The concubine also looked forward to it again and again, but in the end, she was always disappointed. It was only later that the concubine realized that the most useless thing you fancy is innocence and kindness.

“If the concubine had been innocent and kind for ten years, the bones would have already turned into ashes. How could she stand in front of you and tell you how cheap your likes and wishes are?”

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at him, and the corners of her lips curled up in a cold and sarcastic arc.

Cheng Kangdi was extremely angry, his face was twitching, and he was speechless.

Concubine Shu, however, had nothing to fear, and she just said to herself: “Sometimes I really envy Princess Dingbei and Princess Yujun, they have such a good family background, and they don’t have to spend their lives in the palace.

“No matter how rare or delicate the flowers in this palace are, they will either be pruned, not appreciated, or turned into mud. They will never end well.”

As her voice fell, the room fell into deathly silence again.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty Jia had a difficult labor, and she has already collapsed!”

At this moment, someone hurried in from outside to deliver a message.

When Emperor Chengkang heard this, he turned around and walked into Mrs. Jia’s room. When he reached the door, he paused: “Show me this poisonous woman first!”

Concubine Shu pulled out a clear and sarcastic smile from behind, her eyes moved slowly, and when she moved to Concubine Lan, she said without beginning and end: “I underestimated you, I didn’t expect you to be so busy, In the end, I made a wedding dress for you.”

She didn’t mean to harm Mrs. Jia’s fetus. At seven months, the fetus has already formed. If Mrs. Jia dies in a dystocia at this time, then the prince or princess who will give birth must find a foster mother. How can I ask in this harem? Who is more suitable than her, a high-ranking concubine who has lost her dragon fetus and can no longer have a child?

With another emperor’s heir under his knees, the position of imperial concubine is close at hand. It would be even better if she was a prince. Mrs. Jia was born in the Du family in Longxi. In order to help the prince, she would not have to worry about getting the Du family to be her backing. In this way, her father and brother would also have stronger support.

It is ironic that such a good plan should be woven with Concubine Lan.

Concubine Lan got up, looked at her calmly, and said nothing.

At the beginning of the Hai Dynasty, Mrs. Jia gave birth to a little prince, but she fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss. The imperial physician said that Mrs. Jia’s blood collapse has damaged her health, and even if she wakes up, she won’t last long.

When Emperor Chengkang heard the words, he was silent for a long time, and immediately decreed that Jin Jia’s nobleman should be a good concubine, jumping two ranks in succession.

Concubine Shu was taken back to Qiyun Palace to be strictly guarded and waited to be punished, while Concubine Rou was sent to the Leng Palace without even a chance to defend herself.

The full moon hangs high on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is cold and bright, there should be fireworks being set off on the Xianjiang River, and the “one night fish and dragon dance” scene on both sides of the river, but in the deep palace, there is a tight silence.

After leaving Ruyan Pavilion, Ming Tan stood on the steps and said softly: “Thank you.”

Concubine Lan stood beside her, her voice was light and ethereal: “No, I’m just… telling the truth.”

She couldn’t admit that she liked Jiang Qizhi, not in the past, not now, not in the future, not to anyone.

She couldn’t bear the innocence of a single thought, and that single thought would ruin herself, her family, and possibly Jiang Qizhi. The price was too heavy for her to bear.

After all, she is just an ordinary person.

Concubine Shu thought she had won, but she was the only one who knew how uncomfortable it was to tell other men against her will in front of the person she liked. What’s even more sad is that she will suffer like this for a lifetime.

Maybe it’s uncomfortable and uncomfortable, and I can get used to it slowly from now on, after all, I have never been each other’s lover.

The palace gate has been locked, and it is destined to stay in the palace tonight.

Ming Tan and Jiang Xu walked slowly to the Huayin Building where they rested temporarily. On the way, she asked many things that she didn’t know before. For example, what is the relationship between the list of bribes and Concubine Shu, and when he found out that Concubine Shu was pregnant in another way.

Knowing that the servants of Qinzheng Palace were found out by Queen Zhang, Ming Tan was stunned again.

Queen? There is actually a queen’s handwriting here?

In that case, the queen also knew about Concubine Shu’s fake pregnancy a long time ago? But the empress was not involved in anything from the beginning to the end, even when the incident happened tonight, she was still guarding the nobleman’s room…

Thinking of this, Ming Tan suddenly realized——

This is the brilliance of the empress. She is the empress who sets an example for the mother and the world. Most of the time, she doesn’t have to do anything. She just needs to pick herself out of the disputes and avoid the embarrassing moments that the emperor may face, and she will always be the queen. Daxian is a virtuous and benevolent queen who is praised by everyone and recognized by the emperor. Perfect, impeccable.

It’s just that after listening to Concubine Shu’s words tonight, she was inexplicably emotional, and also inexplicably curious, whether the impeccable queen empress would ever have a moment of youthful emotion?

It’s a pity that she has no way of knowing, and even if she once had it, she probably won’t have it now.

Ming Tan looked at the cold moonlight, and couldn’t help whispering: “In this way, the emperor has failed many women.”

“I want you to love me, so why not let me down.” Jiang Xu was not moved by her, and tried to correct her in vain, “The harem is originally an exchange of checks and balances between the court families. If they don’t want to, the emperor will not force them into it.” In the world, there must be gains and losses. It is necessary for the family to be honored and favored, and the emperor’s heart is the same. This is not dared to write like this. On the day they enter the palace, they should think that the king of a country cannot spend all day. in love.”

Ming Tan was silent, she understood the truth, but she still couldn’t help retorting in a low voice: “I don’t dare to say it, I have read several books.”

“…”

“If you look at it, it’s different. It dares to do anything. Don’t you dare to write seven times of water overnight?”

“…?”

Ming Tan stared wide-eyed, and suddenly exploded!