"Mother, what should we do next?"
Songzhi looked at Nian Shilan and asked.
Nian Shilan glanced at Xiao Lizi. Since someone was also looking at Ma Ma to agree, she felt relieved.
"Let us all withdraw in a while. Since some people are worried about Ma's promise, we won't be needed."
"Yes, slave, go and get all our people back."
Xiao Li nodded after listening to Nian Shilan's words and was about to leave, but Songzhi stopped him.
"Wait a moment."
As soon as Songzhi spoke, Nian Shilan and Xiao Lizi both looked at him.
"Your Majesty, I feel that since this horse has been targeted, we must know who is targeting her."
"Isn't it Gu Bin? Who else could it be?"
Xiao Lizi disagreed after listening to Songzhi's words.
Songzhi didn't explain, just looked at Nian Shilan.
Nian Shilan smiled, as if there was nothing.
"Then let's do what Songzhi said first and let our people follow the man who stared at the horse and promised."
Although Xiao Lizi didn't understand what the two people were talking about, he also knew that Nian Shilan must have her reasons for doing this, so he didn't dare to question it and left.
"My dear, if Concubine Gu really has such an idea, the person who made the promise to her behind the scenes may be very courageous."
Nian Shilan listened to Songzhi's words but just moved his neck carelessly. He had been sitting for too long just now and wanted to go back and lie down for a while.
"No matter what she promised, if this palace is not abolished, they will all be just wishful thinking."
Nian Shilan stood up as he spoke: "I don't have that much free time to spend on useless people. I am very tired and want to go back and sleep for a while."
"Then my servant will help you go back and rest."
Songzhi had taken care of Nian Shilan for so many years, so he naturally knew Nian Shilan's physical condition. As soon as he heard Nian Shilan say she was tired, he quickly stepped forward to support her.
"Your Majesty, please let Dr. Jiang come and take a look at you sometime."
Songzhi was still a little worried.
For example, although Nian Shilan is not old, she is not young yet, and there are many things in the palace. Songzhi is really afraid that something will happen to Nian Shilan.
"Let him come and see me next month. It's okay now. I know my body well."
Nian Shilan counted the time, and next month would be almost there. Now that the New Year is approaching, Nian Shilan doesn't want to cause trouble to the harem.
"What about the Ping'an pulse during this period? I think I can't hide it from Imperial Physician Wen."
Songzhi was a little worried.
"Of course there is no need to hide it from Wen Shichu. I will tell him."
As Nian Shilan spoke, he was supported by Songzhi and lay down: "Just do as usual, don't let anyone see anything unusual."
"My slave understands. Please rest, my dear."
The Yikun Palace here is peaceful, but Concubine Gu over there is not very stable.
After she knew that Ma promised to be left in Yikun Palace, she immediately had someone guard the door of Suiyuxuan.
Originally, Ma promised to come back very quickly, and she thought she was being overly concerned. But she didn't expect that Ma promised to just come back in a hurry and then went to Yikun Palace again, which made her restless.
"Your Majesty, Ma promised to come to say hello."
Concubine Gu was anxious when she heard the palace maid coming to report.
Gu Bin thought for a while and said, "Let her come in."
"Greetings to Concubine Gu."
Although Ma promised to suspect that Concubine Gu wanted to harm her, she had no evidence and according to the rules, she had to come to pay her respects.
"Sit down, why are you here at this time? Didn't you say hello to me this morning?"
Gu Concubine asked with a smile: "The Queen came to see you just now, but what's the matter?"
"That's exactly why I came here."
Ma promised to listen to Gu Concubine's words with a wry smile on his face: "The Queen asked me to go and take care of the noble concubine."
"Serving the sick?"
Gu Bin was a little surprised when she heard Ma's promise.
Unless the emperor, queen or queen mother is ill, the concubines in the palace will take turns to take care of the illness. Why do you still have to take care of the concubine when she is ill now?
"Yes, I brought a sachet today. The Queen thought it looked good, so I came back and got an unused one for the Queen."
Ma's promise was also because he was afraid that Gu Concubine would find out that he had gone back to his bedroom in the future: "But unexpectedly, after seeing the concubine's sachet, the empress felt that the concubine was careful, so she asked the concubine to attend to the concubine. ”
When Gu Bin heard that Ma promised to talk about the sachet, although she was relieved, she had an unhappy look on her face.
When he was made a concubine, in order to express his gratitude to Nian Shilan, he made a sachet and took it with him, but he didn't expect that all his hard work was thrown away by Nian Shilan.
"I thought the Queen didn't like worthless things like sachets."
Gu Bin's words were extremely sour.
Ma promised to listen to Gu Bin's words and pretended not to understand: "How could it be? The Queen doesn't look like such a person?"
Concubine Gu glanced at the horse and agreed, without explaining the reason, and waved her hand: "Since the Queen has given the order, you can go. Until Concubine Jing's illness recovers, there is no need to come here to pay her respects every day. As for the Queen's place , just follow your arrangements."
"The concubine will go back first."
Ma promised to leave as soon as she was good, but Gu Bin didn't want to talk to her anymore, which was exactly what she wanted.
"Empress,"
Yun Lu, Gu Bin's personal maid, came over and asked, "Will this horse promise to discover anything?"
"Just her?"
Gu Concubine snorted coldly: "According to my opinion, it was the empress who deliberately gave her a look."
"Yes, when she entered the palace, she offended the Queen. She never thought that the imperial concubine at that time would become the queen. Now she is afraid that she even avoids the Queen."
Yun Lu smiled and said: "But if she is not in the palace next time, what will happen to our plan?"
"Concubine Jing will never be sick. Once Concubine Jing recovers from her illness, won't she still have to come back obediently?"
Gu Bin didn't take it seriously: "Just ask those who follow her to be careful so they don't get discovered."
For several days in a row, Ma promised to spend the rest of his time in Xianfu Palace except to pay his respects to Nian Shilan.
Although she was pointed out by Nian Shilan to help her out, she was not lazy at all and took care of Feng Ruozhao's bed every day.
Originally, Feng Ruozhao's illness was almost healed, so he didn't want to leave the palace and wanted to have some peace and quiet before staying in the palace. Unexpectedly, Ma promised to take good care of her, which made her feel embarrassed.
"Just let Hanzhu and the others do these tasks. I'm very happy that you can stay with me here."
Ma promised to give Feng Ruozhao medicine in person every day, even though Feng Ruozhao had said many times that he would not use her.
"The concubine is here to take care of the mother-in-law, so naturally she can't just talk about it."
As Ma promised to speak, he handed the spoon to Feng Ruozhao's mouth: "What's more, this is what I am willing to do, so the queen doesn't have to say this to make it difficult for her to hold her pearls in her mouth."
"Since my young master came to Xianfu Palace, the servants have almost no work to do."
Hanzhu said jokingly: "It's just that you are also the little master after all, and the slaves can do it."
"I'm not here all the time. Aren't you still taking care of me when I go back at night? I just come more often during the day when I have nothing to do. I was also afraid that Concubine Jing would find me annoying, so I hurried Just please me."
In fact, Songzhi had already explained why Ma promised to come, so Feng Ruozhao didn't care whether Ma promised to work or not.
But she didn't expect that this Ma agreed but didn't say a word that Nian Shilan asked her to come here to avoid trouble. She only said that she came here because of love, which made Feng Ruozhao feel better.
"Since you love to come here, if there is an opportunity, I will go and ask the Queen to let you move here, okay?"
Feng Ruozhao asked.
Ma promised to listen to Feng Ruozhao's words, which was indeed unexpected.
But when she thought about her current situation, she shook her head: "It's better to forget about moving here. I'm in a lot of trouble now, so I'd better not get involved."
Feng Ruozhao didn't expect that Ma Zhengyi would speak so bluntly, and he couldn't help but brush off her kindness, so he smiled and nodded: "I'm always not afraid of trouble, but since you said so, then After all your matters are settled, I will go to the Queen to ask for help."
"Then concubine, I would like to thank you for your favor."
Ma promised not to take it seriously. After all, Feng Ruozhao was a noble concubine. If he wanted to live in her palace, it was not something ordinary people could do.
Ma promised not to be in Suiyuxuan, so Gu Bin naturally wanted to find trouble but couldn't find Ma promised to do it.
Nian Shilan didn't take this matter to heart. Now she just wanted to wait until her pregnancy was stable before solving other things.
Qi Yuebin and Shen Meizhuang were busy, but Zhen Huan was free.
Although Nian Shilan didn't need them to come to greet her, Zhen Huan still came every day.
This happened more times, and Zhen Huan realized that something was wrong with Nian Shilan.
"Your Majesty, I've been feeling very tired lately. Are you feeling a little unwell?"
Zhen Huan asked tentatively.
Nian Shilan didn't want to hide it from her, and smiled very proudly: "You are also a mother-in-law, how can you not be meticulous?"
"it is true?"
Zhen Huan asked in surprise: "I'm going to congratulate you."
"It's still early. Now only you and Songzhi know."
Nian Shilan said with a smile: "It's less than three months and I don't want to publicize it yet."
"Your Majesty's concerns are of course right. Has the imperial doctor come to see you?"
Of course Zhen Huan understands what Nian Shilan said. There are many pregnant women in this palace now. And Nian Shilan is the middle palace. If someone knew about her pregnancy now, it would inevitably make people think something.
"Not yet, but I know it well. In a few days, I will send Doctor Wen to come and take a look."
After all, Nian Shilan still wants to be on guard, not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case.
Zhen Huan looked at Nian Shilan's belly with some envy and said, "I am not as lucky as my empress. I only have a child named Long Yue."
Nian Shilan looked at Zhen Huan and said comfortingly: "How many years have I been in the palace? How many years have you been in the palace? How old is I? Your good days are ahead."
Zhen Huan nodded: "Thank you for your blessing."
"Since you have figured it out, I won't hide it from you."
Nian Shilan changed the topic and said: "Ma promised to be pointed out by me to Xianfu Palace to take care of Concubine Jing because she found Xun Yicao in her palace."
"What? She found it on her own?"
Zhen Huan was shocked when she heard Nian Shilan's words.
Nian Shilan nodded, his face solemn.
"Just because I don't want to talk to them now doesn't mean I won't look back and investigate in the future. Being pregnant at this time is not a good time, but it can help me solve a lot of troubles."
Zhen Huan has good comprehension skills and immediately understood what Nian Shilan meant: "Is there anything that my concubine needs to do?"
"You are so smart. It's good to talk to smart people, it doesn't take any effort at all."
Naturally, Nian Shilan was not polite to Zhen Huan: "Back then, there was a Fanggui man who lived in Suiyuxuan. She got pregnant and then had a miscarriage. I thought it was a little strange, but at that time, I was criticized by the Sixth Palace. Fang Gui The noble man believes that I am the one who did it, so naturally I can’t say anything anymore.”
"Do you want me to investigate what happened back then?"
Zhen Huan did not understand what Nian Shilan wanted to do specifically.
"What I need you to do is not to find out what happened back then, but to find out what happened to Sui Yuxuan, and then make Gu Bin trust you."
Nian Shilan looked at Zhen Huan and said seriously: "Ma promised to say that someone was in Gu Concubine's palace. The two of them were talking about something, but no one saw that person. I want to know."
Zhen Huan thought for a while and said: "Even if I find something, I'm afraid that Gu Concubine will not trust me 100%25."
After all, murdering a princess is no small matter.
Of course Nian Shilan knew.
"You are smart. I naturally don't want her to really trust you. As long as you two have a reason to interact with each other, then you can know what you want to know."
Zhen Huan understood that this was a new way of asking about things.
"Then I understand, in the following days, if I don't have the summons from the empress, I won't come here anymore."
Nian Shilan watched Zhen Huan become more and more satisfied. If the emperor hadn't really chilled Zhen Huan's heart in the previous life, Zhen Huan wouldn't have murderous intentions towards the emperor, right? No wonder she was able to return to the palace after becoming a monk. No matter how Zhen Huan did it at the time, it showed that her plan was much better than his own.
"Sister Lao Zhen has everything."
Zhen Huan stood up, bowed and left.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Xingui is here."
Not long after Zhen Huan left, Songzhi came in.
After listening to Songzhi's words, Nian Shilan remembered that it seemed that Xingui hadn't taken the initiative to visit Shu Yue in some days.
"Are you here to see Shu Yue?"
"No, Mr. Xingui wants to see you."
Songzhi was also a little surprised. Xingui always came to Yikun Palace to see Shu Yue, so why did she ask to see last year Shilan today.
Nian Shilan glanced at Songzhi and nodded.
"Just tell me to change my clothes and come, and let her wait in the main hall."
Nian Shilan couldn't see through the current Xingui people, so to keep herself safe, she didn't want Xingui people to see that she was pregnant.
