Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 182: Legend of Zhen Huan 52

Upon hearing the posthumous title of Concubine Nian, Yi Xin was amused by the emperor. "This is probably what the saying goes: you pay extra attention to and pursue something when you lack it."

Concubine Wan was unhappy. After all, she took action against Concubine Nian in order to completely depose her and make life better for her family in the northwest. But now Concubine Nian is indeed gone, but the emperor posthumously conferred her the title of noble concubine and gave her a posthumous title with good meaning. Even if the funeral ceremony is simple, she, as a concubine, still has to cry according to the custom!

Fortunately, because they had to rush for the New Year and the emperor had ordered that the funeral ceremonies should be simple, the palace only kept the body for seven days before moving Concubine Dunsu out. Even so, all the concubines and those below the rank of concubine in the palace went to mourn for Concubine Dunsu, and the ladies of honor from both the inner and outer courts also went to the palace to see her off according to their rank. Anyway, Nian Xiyao's wife only expressed her gratitude to Yi Xin, and had no dissatisfaction with the emperor's orders and the simple funeral ceremonies.

When Yi Xin heard that Nian Xiyao had submitted a memorial to express his gratitude to the Emperor, Yi Xin felt even more that the Nian family's decision to let the brothers Nian Xiyao and Nian Gengyao take separate sides was the right one, and choosing Nian Xiyao as the current decision-maker of the Nian family was an extremely correct decision. After Nian Gengyao and Concubine Dunsu were both gone, Nian Xiyao indeed held up the Nian family.

When Noble Consort Dunsu passed away, the position of imperial concubine became vacant. Wanpin regarded that position as her own and naturally refused to let anyone else get involved. However, it was not so easy for her to be promoted at this time.

Back then, she was able to become a concubine without having children thanks to the emperor's favor. Now she can easily become a concubine again, but the position of concubine is not so easy.

Therefore, Wanpin contacted Su Peisheng through Cui Jinxi, and asked Su Peisheng to find a tight-lipped imperial physician, and finally got Wen Shichu to talk to her alone.

After carefully examining her pulse, Wen Shichu replied to Wanpin, "Your Majesty is still in good health. All the sequelae of the musk in the past have been cured. It's just that your liver fire has been a little strong recently. Your Majesty only needs two doses of heat-clearing and fire-reducing soup to relieve it. But please relax your mood."

These words sounded like polite words, no different from those spoken by ordinary imperial physicians. Wanpin became anxious, so she asked another imperial physician to go out for tea, leaving Wen Shichu alone.

When Concubine Wan asked again why she had not been able to get pregnant for many years, Wen Shichu was also a little confused. But as a doctor, especially working in the Imperial Medical Service, he was not surprised by the countless concubines who wanted to have children.

Wen Shichu replied honestly: "Your Majesty is in good health. She is just worried about her offspring recently, so she has trouble falling asleep at night. It's not a big problem. Just relax and you'll be fine."

"As for the matter of offspring, your majesty, there is no need to be anxious. You are still young, so you can take your time with it."

Wanpin knew that Wen Shichu had always thought of her as smart and noble, so there were some things she couldn't say directly. She pretended to be convinced by Wen Shichu and said self-deprecatingly, "When I was at home, I always thought that women seeking children were far away from me, but I didn't expect that one day I would fall into such a situation."

Wen Shichu felt very distressed when he saw Wanpin like this, and couldn't help but call out the name Wanpin used before she entered the palace: "Huan'er, don't worry, you are in good health, and the little prince will definitely come soon."

Wanpin's insight was beyond that of an ordinary woman. Since Wen Shichu repeatedly emphasized that there was nothing wrong with her body, she thought of the fact that since Yi Xin gave birth to the Sixth Prince, no concubine in the palace had announced any pregnancy. She couldn't help but ask Wen Shichu about the emperor's health condition.

The Imperial Medical Bureau had actually noticed a long time ago that the emperor had not been able to make any of his concubines pregnant since the Sixth Prince, so they had discussed the emperor's pulse in private behind the emperor's back. Unfortunately, there was no major problem with the emperor's health. It was just that the emperor was too diligent in his work, which led to some physical exhaustion, but it would not affect his offspring.

Of course, Wen Shichu couldn't just say that the emperor was in good health and there was no problem in that aspect. He just told Concubine Wan that in addition to the health of both parties, the matter of having an offspring also required a bit of fate.

So Wanpin understood that there was nothing wrong with the emperor's health, and there was nothing wrong with her health, but if she wanted to have a child, it would require a little fate.

But the problem is that Wanpin can no longer wait for any fate. She wants to get the position of concubine firmly. The only chance now is to have an heir. If she can have a prince, she may be able to rely on the child and this face that is too similar to Queen Chunyuan to become a noble concubine, or even a royal noble concubine, or even the position of empress dowager.

But the prerequisite for all this is to have a child, preferably a prince.

Then some people from the previous dynasty clamored to release the queen to take charge of the situation. Some even attributed the fact that there had been no babies crying in the palace for several years to the fact that concubines had taken over the queen's duties. When Yi Xin heard this, she immediately knew that it was Ulanara who was behind it, so she turned around and sent a message to Fucha, asking them not to resist this statement too much and to cooperate in releasing the queen.

Although Fucha was a little puzzled, Ma Qi and others still had great trust in Yi Xin's brain, so they gave up after a little objection. Finally, Ulanara successfully persuaded the emperor, and the queen was finally able to come out to preside over the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace.

After the Queen came out, she indeed seemed very diligent. At the New Year's Eve banquet, she thanked Yi Xin and Jing Fei many times in front of the royal family. She also proposed to promote Wanpin to Wanfei, and proposed to release Shen Meizhuang, who was demoted to a commoner and sent to the cold palace. She also said that she wanted to promote Xiang Guiren to the position of concubine. She was really busy.

Yi Xin acted very respectful to the Queen and pretended not to hear anything else. She even voted in favor of the Queen's proposal for a general election next year. This made Noble Lady Guaerjia and Noble Lady Fucha very upset. Originally, they were both newcomers in the palace and the Emperor was still new to them, so he favored them only slightly less than Concubine Wan. If there was another general election and the newcomers entered the palace, they would inevitably fall out of favor.

However, the two of them were just nobles and did not even have the qualifications to attend the New Year's Eve banquet. They only learned about the news after the first day of the New Year when the Queen took the initiative to spread it. It can be seen that the two of them were indeed somewhat powerless in the harem.

A year later, Noble Lady Xiang was promoted to Concubine Xiang, Shen Meizhuang was restored to Noble Lady status from the cold palace, but Concubine Wan was not promoted to Concubine Wan, so she drank medicine in Suiyuxuan to nourish her body. The Queen took the opportunity to tamper with the medicine, preparing to completely cut off Concubine Wan's offspring.

Therefore, Wen Shichu, the imperial physician who was close to Concubine Wan, became the first target that the empress wanted to eliminate. Although Ulanara failed in other things, it was very easy for her to ruin the future of an imperial physician. They simply took advantage of the late spring cold and snow in the capital and designed a plan for Wen Shichu to break his arm when he was off duty and returning home. Wen Shichu could no longer continue to serve in the palace.

The emperor felt that this matter was suspicious. After all, even if Wen Shichu was not famous, he was still an imperial physician and was responsible for the health of the emperor, concubines, and royal family members. So the emperor used the blood-dripping scepter to investigate, and indeed found out that someone was deliberately plotting against Wen Shichu behind the scenes. Later, it took some time to find out that it was Ulanara, but by that time Wen Shichu had already left the Imperial Hospital, and even the queen had been convicted and deposed. This incident only added another not-so-serious crime to the deposed queen.