Chapter 306 The Road to Beloved Queen 42
Jingren Palace.
After the concubines left for a while, Sheng Huan still didn't speak. She sat at the top, not knowing what she was thinking, motionless, and her eyes looked a little dazed.
"Master..." Xuelu and several other palace maids looked worried.
Sheng Huan heard the voice, glanced at them, and a smile seemed to appear on the corner of her lips, but it looked a little forced. She forced herself to cheer up:
"I'm fine, please serve the meal."
"Yes."
Fengqi and the others were worried, but they didn't know how to comfort them.
Breakfast was served quickly, but Sheng Huan obviously had no appetite. He held the chopsticks for a long time and only took a few bites. He looked absent-minded, and it was obvious that the concubines' words had touched his heart.
Xuelu felt bad, and thinking of the concubines' aggressive attitude at the end, she couldn't help but speak angrily: "Master, don't listen to what they say, they just come here to deliberately annoy you. Master, if you take it to heart, wouldn't that make them happy?"
Sheng Huan didn't say anything, her eyes were slightly melancholy. She put down her chopsticks, completely losing her appetite. Her palm unconsciously fell on her lower abdomen. She sighed in a voice so low that it was almost inaudible:
"you're right……"
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Cining Palace.
The Empress Dowager slept less as she grew older, so even though the weather was very cold, she still got up very early.
The Empress Dowager has always been in good health and she pays attention to her health preservation. After washing up, she started to drink milk tea.
"Master, the concubines of each palace just went to Jingren Palace, and now they have dispersed."
At this moment, a little palace maid came in from outside.
The Grand Empress Dowager was leisurely drinking tea and eating snacks. When she heard this, she thought of the Queen's pregnancy and the fact that the Emperor had been resting in Jingren Palace for many days. A gleam of light flashed across her kind eyes.
She asked: "Come as it is, what happened over there?"
The young palace maid bowed her head respectfully and said, "The ladies in the other palaces knew that the queen was pregnant, so they came to congratulate her and come again..."
She paused and said, "Besides, the Queen is not feeling well and cannot sleep with you. The ladies in the other palaces are very considerate and want to share the Queen's worries."
"Oh?" The Empress Dowager smiled meaningfully, "They are very considerate. I just hope the Queen is sensible and doesn't disappoint the concubines."
The Empress Dowager waved her hand: "You can go down."
After the maid left, Su Malagu stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for the Empress Dowager: "My Lord, the concubines have now joined forces. Even for the sake of her own reputation, the Empress will push His Majesty out."
"Master, you don't have to worry anymore."
"Yes." The Empress Dowager drank milk and sighed: "Su Ma, I was too biased before. Which concubine in the harem would be happy to see herself fall out of favor and the Queen dominating? Sooner or later, they will take action. Look at this time, they can't sit still and have joined forces."
Su Malagu replied: "Master, just wait for good news."
"Yes." The Empress Dowager nodded: "Go and keep an eye on the movements of Jingren Palace."
"Yes."
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Qianqing Palace.
When Little Leo saw Kangxi coming back from court, his eyes lit up and he wanted to come over, but he hesitated after thinking of something.
Kangxi obviously noticed his abnormality. He glanced at him calmly with his phoenix eyes, and said with an almost imperceptible pressure: "What's the matter?"
Little Li subconsciously lowered his head. Liang Jiugong secretly cursed his disciple for being useless, but he always had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard Little Li's stuttering voice: "Your Majesty, this morning, all the concubines went to Jingren Palace to pay their respects to the Empress..."
Little Li's expression was not good. His somewhat anxious look instantly reminded Kangxi of what some ministers said during the morning court session. Moreover, today was not the day for the concubines to pay their respects. He pressed the ring on his hand and said in a cold voice:
"They are disrespectful to the Queen?!"
The emperor's aura seemed to bring with it an overwhelming pressure.
With a plop, Little Li couldn't stand the emperor's overwhelming anger, so he knelt on the ground and told the concubine what she meant.
"Your Majesty, the concubines of the palaces know that the Empress is pregnant. They said that the Empress is not feeling well and is not suitable to take care of Your Majesty, so...so, they want to share the Empress's worries. They also said that the previous dynasty was dissatisfied with Your Majesty's favoritism towards the Empress, and that the Empress has more responsibilities as the Empress Dowager, so they persuaded...persuaded Your Majesty to share the rain and dew... equally."
"How dare they! They can arrange things for the Queen and me, and they can find out about the previous dynasty. Yet they dare to threaten the Queen and me!"
The air pressure around Kangxi suddenly dropped and he became furious.
What are these people planning to do? They are targeting him in the former dynasty and his Pan Shu in the harem!
Very good. Very good.
All the palace servants around knelt down in horror, not daring to move.
Liang Jiugong was particularly shocked. In the middle of winter, with the cold wind blowing fiercely, he even broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
"Tell me, who is involved!" Kangxi's voice was extremely cold, like a thousand-year-old ice in a cellar, making people shiver.
Little Li was affected by Kangxi's anger, and his whole body was shaking like a sieve. His speech became incoherent again: "Almost all... all the concubines in the harem... have it."
"Good, good, good!" Kangxi laughed in anger: "You have united together, great job!"
"Zhou Kai." Kangxi suddenly called out a name.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed like a secret guard appeared silently and knelt down.
Kangxi said: "Make a list of all the names, tell me who the masterminds are, who jumped the hardest, and tell me one by one."
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At this time, the concubines in the harem had no idea what had happened in the Qianqing Palace, nor did they know how Kangxi would deal with them next.
At this moment, almost all the concubines were happily busy in the palace, getting ready and dressing up.
After all, in their opinion, the queen is the queen after all, and has to abide by more rules than them. Now that she is pregnant again, they are considerate and offer to share the burden. If the queen refuses, it will be her fault and she will be scolded by everyone. They haven't done anything wrong, and everything is in accordance with the rules and laws.
Even if the Emperor came, they would not be afraid.
Of course, they still have a little idea that the law should not be used against everyone.
If the Queen was more sensible, she would have pushed the Emperor out even if he went to Jingren Palace tonight. Otherwise, it would be ridiculous for her to monopolize the Emperor with her big belly.
Yikun Palace.
"Bring me that bright rose-red palace dress."
"Also, bring out the pair of embroidered flat-soled shoes that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to you earlier."
"Hurry up and don't dilly-dally. If you delay me, I will never let you off easily."
Concubine Yi knew that there would be a tough battle today, so she had to prepare herself early, as she would be meeting the Emperor soon. She guessed that the other concubines in the harem must be thinking the same thing, so she couldn't let herself be left behind.
Chenglan and the other palace maids were so busy that their feet were almost covered with dust.
"Master! Qianqing Palace, someone is coming from Qianqing Palace! From a distance, I saw that it was the eunuch Li from Qianqing Palace coming towards our palace. He is almost there!"
A young eunuch ran in quickly, his face full of smiles, his brows raised with joy, his mouth grinning with joy.