When the queen returned to the palace in the evening, her expression suddenly changed.
"Where is the Emperor tonight?"
The queen asked with a cold face.
"The emperor went to Yikun Palace."
Jian Qiu looked at the Queen and replied carefully: "My Lady, today is Princess Minghui's full moon, so it is appropriate for the Emperor to go there."
The queen felt better after going to Yikun Palace.
After all, Nian Shilan has been a favorite in the palace for so many years. But her special favor was not only because of the emperor's love for her, but also because she was the daughter of the Nian family, so the queen had already seen through it after being suppressed by her for so many years.
But now that more and more people are pregnant in the palace, her role as queen is becoming less and less interesting.
"More and more people in this palace are pregnant."
The queen said with an unhappy look: "It would be great if Concubine Hua Guifei didn't have children before."
"Your Majesty, Princess Minghui is the Emperor's favorite now."
Jianqiu felt a little scared when she looked at the queen.
The queen naturally knew, but she had no children. If her eldest brother was still alive, she would not be so helpless.
"If the eldest brother is still here, he must be the emperor's favorite prince."
"Mom, if you really feel lonely, I think Brother Xia is also a good choice."
Jianqiu couldn't bear to see the queen so sad, so she said what she had been thinking about for a long time: "Brother Xia has no biological mother. If he is raised under your knees, you will have someone to rely on, right?"
"Brother Xia's biological mother is so disgusted by the emperor that even Brother Xia cannot enter the palace. If I raise him, wouldn't I be going against the emperor? Don't mention Brother Xia's matter again in the future."
But I didn't expect that Brother Xia was not even on the queen's candidate list.
"Then there is only Third Brother, but Concubine Qi is still here."
What Jianqiu means is that even if you want to raise it, the emperor may not agree.
Of course the queen knows this, so she has to think of a way.
But before she could come up with any solution, an epidemic broke out in the capital, making the emperor uneasy.
Nian Shilan remembered that the epidemic was the first to break out in her palace. Now that she has two children, they cannot be infected by this thing.
Nian Shilan asked the wet nurse to take Shu Yue and Minghui to his bedroom. No one was allowed to enter or leave his palace at will.
"Mother, don't worry. We have followed the imperial doctor's instructions and cleaned everywhere in the palace. We have also burned mugwort leaves."
Zhou Ninghai looked at Nian Shilan's anxious look and said, "Don't worry, Madam, I have told them not to let them move around as they please."
Nian Shilan nodded, but he did not let go of the sadness between his brows.
"The imperial doctor has sent a medicine bag and some lime powder. Madam, please take the two princesses inside. We have to continue cleaning."
Songzhi was afraid that the smell would hit Nian Shilan and wanted her to hide away. At this time, Nian Shilan also knew that it was not the time to show off, so she took her child back to the inner hall.
Nian Shilan thought while coaxing Minghui that Wen Shichu later developed the antidote in his previous life, and he would probably develop it this time as well. Moreover, nothing has happened to Huigui now, so he probably won't be infected with the epidemic.
But unexpectedly, within a few days, Songzhi came back and said that Ji's concubine was infected with the epidemic and her life was in danger.
Nian Shilan felt something was wrong when she heard this. Ji Bin was almost eight months pregnant and rarely went out. Now that the epidemic is so rampant, it is even more impossible to go anywhere. What's more, I haven't heard of an epidemic anywhere in the palace, so why did she catch the epidemic without any problems?
"How many months is Ji Bin now? Is the child in danger?"
Nian Shilan thought that if Ji's concubine hadn't been pregnant, and she had focused all her attention on Ji's concubine, she might not have given birth so easily, so she was still a little worried.
"There is no news over there yet. Zhongcui Palace is now under guard. The Queen has decreed that no one is allowed to enter."
Songzhi looked at Nian Shilan and told Nian Shilan everything she had learned about: "But I heard that Xu Guiren seems to have been moved out."
"The Queen's decree?"
Nian Shilan heard that it was the queen's order and she had moved Xu Yanyi out, so she had something to think about.
"Where's Concubine Jing?"
"Concubine Jing is also helping to deal with the affairs of the East Sixth Palace, so she doesn't know about the affairs of Zhongcui Palace yet."
As Songzhi was talking, he suddenly thought: "Empress, do you think there is a medical doctor at Empress Ji's house?"
This reminded Nian Shilan, yes, if there is no imperial doctor there and she is infected with the epidemic, it will kill two people. The queen is very calculating.
"Songzhi, you ask Zhou Ninghai to go to the Taiyuan Hospital to invite Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen to Zhongcui Palace. Then you go to the Yangxin Palace and tell the emperor that I can't bear the hard work of honoring the concubine, and I have sent someone to arrange for the concubine Ji. .”
Nian Shilan can't be a good person silently. Since he has done good things, he must let people know about it.
Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai are both clever and can tell the truth.
Especially Zhou Ninghai, who not only sent Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen to Zhongcui Palace, but also followed him in.
The queen had decreed that no one should enter Zhongcui Palace, but she couldn't blatantly prevent the imperial doctor from entering. Zhou Ninghai also had Nian Shilan's token, so the three of them entered smoothly.
As soon as Zhou Ninghai entered, he saw that there were only two maids serving her personally in Ji's palace, and the others had been sent out long ago. This harmful intention is really known to everyone on the road.
"Concubine Ji, this servant is from Yikun Palace. I am here to help you with your pregnancy by order of Concubine Hua."
Zhou Ninghai saw that Concubine Ji was already very weak, but she still had to say something according to etiquette.
But never thought that Concubine Ji opened her eyes hard when she heard Nian Shilan: "Please, please Concubine Hua, save, save, my child."
The two personal maids should be concubine Ji's dowry. As soon as she heard concubine Ji's words, one of them immediately knelt down.
"Father-in-law, our mother-in-law was wrongly accused. Our mother-in-law did not contract the epidemic at all."
Zhou Ninghai listened to her words, nodded, and didn't care about it at all: "You two adults, please quickly take a look at the concubine Ji. I see that the state of the concubine is not good."
Jiang Cheng and Jiang Shen had taken precautions when they came here, fearing that they might be infected with the epidemic. They were a little timid at first, but when they heard that Ji's concubine had not contracted the epidemic at all, there was nothing to worry about, so she quickly Go ahead and check.
"Your Majesty's fetus has moved, I'm afraid she's going to give birth prematurely."
Jiang Cheng looked at the little palace maid and said, "Where are the other people in the palace?"
"Everyone was sent away by Xu Guiren for fear of infecting other people."
The little palace maid said angrily: "She clearly wants to kill our queen."
Zhou Ninghai still didn't understand anything, so he immediately said: "You two imperial doctors, please ask for treatment, I will go back to find Concubine Hua."
