Chapter 364: Reaping the Fruits of Victory
Chapter 364: Reaping the Fruits of Victory
It's a hot summer day. After a busy morning, the temperature has started to become extremely hot.
Concubine Chun was very happy when she was summoned. But when she arrived at Jiuzhou Qingyan, she was asked to kneel at the entrance of the hall, and she was stunned.
Could it be that Wei Yanwan is complaining again?
She felt annoyed and angry, and knelt down with gritted teeth.
But as time passed, she gradually began to be unable to kneel, and finally realized that something serious might have happened.
She began to feel scared and her mind started to wander.
Several times, she felt that when the chief steward passed by in the distance, the look he gave her was cold and indifferent, mixed with pity.
She thought carefully about recent events, and there was nothing else to do except testing the emperor's favor for Wei Yanwan.
Did the emperor dote on Wei Yanwan so much? For her sake, he was willing to kill himself as a warning to others?
She didn't know how many times she fell or how many times she saw ministers passing by her. Although she was in the scorching heat, her heart was filled with coldness and panic.
This time she really knew she was wrong, and she would never dare to bother Wei Yanwan again!
She had no bad intentions. She just thought that, as there were two imperial concubines in the palace, she was older and had raised Yong Zhang and Yong Rong, so it was natural for her to suppress Wei Yanwan.
She just wanted everyone to know that she was the one with a higher status.
After falling again, she couldn't get up.
Seeing Jinzhong come out to instruct the young eunuch, she hurriedly called out in a hoarse voice:
"Eunuch Jinzhong, I really can't hold it any longer. Go tell the emperor that I know I was wrong and I will never cause trouble for Concubine Ling again."
She was indeed a timid person. She was so scared that she almost fainted before she dared to call Jinzhong.
Jinzhong confirmed that she would really faint if she continued to be exposed to the sun, so he ordered two palace maids to help her into the house.
The room was cool and relaxing, but Hongli's words made Concubine Chun, who had just felt like she was in hot charcoal, feel like she was falling into an icy cave.
The clear sky outside was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and in the blink of an eye, raindrops as big as beans began to fall.
After a while, there was a sudden downpour, as if there was a hole in the sky, and heavy rain poured down.
Half an hour later, Concubine Chun staggered out of Jiuzhou Qingyan, and made it to the gate of her own courtyard, but she could no longer hold on and fainted.
Her maids carried her back with exclamations, and when they put her on the bed and changed her clothes, they found that her whole body was burning hot.
When Concubine Chun had a high fever, Empress Fucha also had a high fever.
Fortunately, Zhang Yun took Empress Fucha's pulse regularly and Yan Wan kept giving her medicine. By the second half of the night, Empress Fucha's condition had gradually stabilized.
Yan Wan was more silent than ever. She knew what was wrong with the Empress better than anyone else.
The queen felt guilty. She felt guilty that even though Prince Duanhui was dead, he was still being used by her, her own mother. She also felt guilty that she was unable to protect him back then.
And this exploitation... to put it bluntly, the Queen was doing it to fulfill Wei Yanwan's plan.
Ruyi's situation is special and she cannot die, but Concubine Chun, her accomplice, must die as long as she becomes the only target of the emperor's anger.
The Empress did not have any deep hatred with Concubine Chun, and she also knew that with Concubine Chun's personality, if she really harmed the Second Prince, she would definitely not be able to hide it.
The one who has a grudge against Concubine Chun is Wei Yanwan.
It was Wei Yanwan who refused to let Concubine Chun go.
The queen knew it, but she still followed her wishes and completed the whole plan.
As the queen and the biological mother of Crown Prince Duanhui, she aggressively forced the emperor to kill Ruyi.
Seeing Empress Fucha's eyelashes trembling, Yan Wan quickly turned her face away, wiped away the tears on her face, and looked at her with a smile, thinking that once the empress woke up, she would be able to see her smiling face.
Empress Fucha seemed to be able to sense her anticipation and opened her eyes after a while.
Yan Wan's eyes curved, "Your Majesty, you are finally awake! You scared me to death!"
Empress Fucha looked at her forced smile and patted the back of her hand with pity: "I am not in good health. I am afraid I scared you. Have you asked Zhang Yun to take a look at you?"
Yan Wan acted coquettishly: "Your Majesty wants to see Zhang Yunzha again."
Empress Fucha was amused, and after laughing, she looked at her tenderly, "Don't be afraid, I should have been sick after this incident.
The emperor is suspicious. If I could be fine after hearing the bad news, he would probably immediately suspect you and me."
Yan Wan felt sad, and hummed softly, squinting her eyes and smiling, "The Emperor summoned Zhang Tingyu to the palace overnight, and before dawn, he ordered Jinzhong to lead people to raid Keliyete's house.
There was also Concubine Chun. She had a high fever, but she did not allow the palace maids to call the imperial physician. She probably thought that this time, like the previous eastern tour, she would recover after a short illness.
But I described her symptoms to Zhang Yun, and Zhang Yun said that she would definitely not survive and it was only a matter of time before she died.
As for Ruyi, the emperor demoted her to an official woman, ordered her mother to enter the palace to serve her, and found faults in her father's previous work and revoked all previous rewards.
The Ulanara clan saw that something was not right, and they had called together the clan elders to discuss expelling Ruyi and her family from the clan tree. "
Her voice was gentle, without a trace of hostility, and she didn't seem very happy when she talked about the fate of these people.
Empress Fucha looked at her with only heartache in her eyes, no blame.
She knew how much suffering Yan Wan had endured over the years, and understood why she hated Ruyi, Hailan, and Concubine Chun so much.
She didn't want her child to only know how to be a good person and not to overdo things, but in the end lose even the most basic happiness.
She held Yan Wan's hand, pretending not to see the uneasiness in her eyes, and said gently: "You did a good job, all the details were handled very well, I have nothing to advise you."
Yan Wan's eyes were sore, she leaned over and hugged her, and whispered in her neck: "My queen, Concubine Chun will die, Sister Mei is our own, Yihuan is pregnant, Ruyi, she has become a criminal and an orphan, Concubine Jia is still counting on me to let her son die well, there is no one in this harem who can make us suffer anymore."
Empress Fucha patted her back gently and encouraged her, "This is all thanks to you, Wanwan. Only now can I feel completely relieved about you."
Yan Wan really couldn't stand hearing such words: "Don't worry too soon. The emperor is young and strong, and there will be many women he will favor in the future. What if he meets a beautiful woman who makes him lose his mind? You have to be good. You promised me that you would love me for many more years!"
The depression, melancholy and discomfort in Empress Fucha's heart were gradually taken away by her coquettishness and she soon cheered up.
When Zhang Yun came to check her pulse, he couldn't help but praise her: "The Empress is getting closer and closer to Concubine Ling. The two of you are following the doctor's advice to take care of your health. Those who don't follow the doctor's advice should be ashamed to death!"
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