newbobooks Chapter 208 The Emperor Thinks This Is His Blessing
Chapter 208 The Emperor Thinks This Is His Blessing
"Princess, please eat slowly. Concubine Hua has ordered that you must finish all your dishes." Lingzhi felt that the princess had been sick for a few days and her face had become much thinner. She felt so distressed standing aside and watching her.
If the imperial physician had not said today that the princess could eat some meat, Concubine Hua would not have allowed herself to deliver it.
Princess Linglong was really suffering. Lingzhi got permission and quickly went to the imperial kitchen to ask for a chicken to nourish the princess.
That little bitch Ling Xiang wanted to harm the princess. Back then in Yiku Palace, I was too polite to her, a second-class maid.
Linglong's condition gradually improved, but the queen's headache recurred, but she had to come out to take care of the chores.
He didn't expect that after he was sick all night, the Imperial Hospital would be unattended, Ling Xiang would actually be pregnant, and there was no movement from Noble Lady Fucha.
The emperor threw Dingxiang's mess back to him, making it clear that the emperor wanted to keep Lingxiang's baby.
Naturally, someone has to take responsibility for the mistakes Ling Xiang made.
The Queen was already dissatisfied with the fact that Ling Xiang had caused trouble without informing her in advance. Unexpectedly, she even got pregnant. When the Queen learned about this, her head started to hurt before she even began to suspect anything.
With a noble lady named Fucha and a woman from the Lingguan clan, they had to act more covertly.
But why did Ling get pregnant?
How could Ling be pregnant?
In order to prevent misdiagnosis, the Queen specially sent Zhang Mi to check Ling Xiang's pulse.
The news that Zhang Mi brought back was that Ling Xiang was indeed pregnant, but the fetus was unstable, which might be related to the blood-activating drugs she had used before.
Zhang Mi, the cunning imperial physician, had a good sense of measure in his words. He knew what the empress wanted to confirm. The emperor had already sent him to confirm it once, and now the empress wanted to confirm it again.
Zhang Mi said: Practice makes perfect.
But Zhang Mi was not wrong. Perhaps Ling Xiang had not served much in the main hall of Yikun Palace before. Plus, she had a good physical foundation, became the master, had fine clothes and delicious food, and stayed away from Huan Yixiang of Yikun Palace, so it was natural for her to get pregnant.
Zhang Mi's words were very effective, and even smart people like the emperor and the empress liked to give evasive answers like that.
The emperor felt that this was his blessing. Although Concubine Hua would never get pregnant again, God had mercy on him after all and allowed other women in the palace to become pregnant one by one.
The suspicious emperor naturally sent people to secretly check the allocation of Huanyi incense to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the expenditure of Huanyi incense in the Yiku Palace.
He even arranged for Jiang Cheng to check Concubine Hua's pulse for three consecutive days to confirm that there was indeed Huanyi incense burning in the Yikun Palace.
Ever since Concubine Hua returned to Yiku Palace from Changchun Palace that day, she asked Songzhi to light the Huanyi incense, so naturally there would be no flaws.
Concubine Hua never liked being served by others and only liked Songzhi to serve her closely. Lingxiang was a second-class maid, so it was natural for her not to often stay in the main hall. The emperor and the queen persuaded her at the same time.
As the spring weather warmed up, the queen's headache improved slightly, the epidemic in the palace was basically under control, and the epidemic outside the palace was also effectively controlled thanks to the prescription improved by Wen Shichu, and everyone returned to normal life.
Only Noble Concubine Fucha and the Yanxi Palace are still under lockdown, and Noble Concubine Fucha recovered from the epidemic slower than others.
The queen issued an edict that Ding Xiang intended to murder the princess and framed the concubines. She should have been sentenced to death, but because there were many pregnant concubines in the palace, it was not appropriate to kill them, so she was sentenced to 50 strokes of the cane and three years of service in the Ministry of Punishment.
Concubine Xin was weak and alone, so she had to ask Concubine Hua for help. Concubine Hua asked Zhou Ninghai to secretly give money to the Ministry of Punishment to make Dingxiang suffer less.
In addition, the empress sympathized with Ling Guan's hardship during her pregnancy, and felt that she had been framed by the palace maids, suffered injustice, and had a miscarriage, so she issued an edict to promote Ling to the rank of concubine.
He also bestowed numerous precious gifts on Ling to help her maintain her pregnancy.
An Lingrong, who was imprisoned, looked indifferent when she heard about this. Baojuan advised An Lingrong to work hard to leave the Yanx Palace as soon as possible and get pregnant to become a noblewoman.
Now that the Yanx Palace is under control because of Noble Lady Fucha, An Lingrong seems to have been sent to the cold palace, which makes Baojuan very anxious.
But An Lingrong just kept doing needlework and thinking about other things.
On the day when Noble Lady Fucha was diagnosed with the epidemic, she had planned to write down some ideas about opening a shop and send them to Miss Sun outside the palace for discussion. Unexpectedly, the Emperor called her over, and then she encountered the epidemic.
This matter was delayed.
I heard that the epidemic outside the palace is also very serious. I guess Miss Sun’s new shop may not be able to open successfully.
Now that spring has arrived and flowers are blooming, I have to find a way to pass the message on.
Why are all the servants in the palace recovered from the epidemic, but only Noble Lady Fucha is still bedridden?
It was obvious that Noble Lady Fucha was the first one to be diagnosed with the epidemic, but now she is the slowest to recover.
This matter is quite strange, and I have to pass the message on when Baojuan is not paying attention.
But now it is not easy for people in the Yanx Palace to go out, so he can't send Baojuan to get the silk thread.
Now Baojuan was still chattering in her ears, making An Lingrong even more annoyed.
"Baojuan, what you said makes sense. Why don't you go and find the palace maid beside Noble Lady Fucha to help me find out how Noble Lady Fucha's condition is now?" An Lingrong felt that she couldn't think calmly with Baojuan by her side.
Seeing that An Lingrong had an idea, Baojuan went to find Sang'er, who was by Noble Lady Fucha's side, to inquire about the news.
The room became much quieter, and An Lingrong began to plan a way out with Baoque.
When Zhen Huan heard that Ling Xiang was pregnant, she was secretly heartbroken for a long time in Sui Yuxuan. How could all the women in the palace get pregnant, but there was still no news from her after so long?
When Concubine Jing and Noble Lady Hui were having dinner with their children, they heard that Ling Xiang had been promoted and was pregnant.
Concubine Jing paused holding the chopsticks and looked at Meizhuang. How come it has been so long since the beginning of spring and the Emperor and the Empress have not mentioned the ceremony of making Concubine Hui a concubine?
Shen Meizhuang didn't care. The position of concubine was given to her by the empress dowager, not by the emperor himself.
It has been dragged on for so long, maybe the emperor himself is not happy about it.
The person who was happiest when she learned that Ling Xiang was pregnant was Lipin of Qixiang Palace. Lipin was even thinking about how to ask the Queen to let Ling Xiang move to Qixiang Palace.
She is the mistress of the First Palace. If Ling Xiang comes to Qixiang Palace, the child she gives birth to should be raised by the mistress of the First Palace.
After Linglong recovered from her illness, she still shuttled back and forth between Changchun Palace and Yiku Palace.
Today was the 25th time Linglong had asked Concubine Hua to exempt her from copying the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" as punishment.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Concubine Hua, please, please." Linglong shook Concubine Hua's arm with her chubby little hands.