Hot Changchun Palace

  "The princess's speculation was indeed accurate" Qingyi sincerely praised after reporting back on the rumors from the palace.

  The virtuous imperial consort hooked up the corner of her mouth "This palace has always seen deeper than them"

  "How is the young lady preparing?"

  "How" Consort Xian shook her head "This palace doesn't plan on doing anything This palace just wanted to test the waters"

  "The Empress is still the Empress, and above her is Consort Shu. Even if the Empress falls, it's not my turn yet. Dealing with Su Jing so early on doesn't bring much benefit to me."

  "After the empress falls, the emperor wants to promote Zhen Ronghua"

  "Hmph" Xian Fei snorted with a laugh "Qing Yi, do you think all the consorts in the palace are vegetarians? And what about all the civil and military officials of the court? Su Jing has only looks but no family background, no children, how can she have the qualifications to ascend to the throne? Not to mention there's also the Empress Dowager, who is eager for her own granddaughter to become the Empress?"

  "The girl said: 'Green clothes and thatch cottage suddenly opened, she had just been worried for nothing'"

  "If I were to take action and people found out, it would be a loss for me. So the best approach is to let them fight, even encourage them to fight more fiercely. The more intense their struggle, the more beneficial it will be for me. Do you understand?"

  "Is this understood?" The maid nodded and bowed. "But what if the Emperor truly loves Zhen Ronghua?"

  "True heart" Xian Fei snorted in disdain "How many men in this world have a true heart, let alone the emperor? At most it's just a temporary infatuation. Once there's something new, they'll naturally discard the old one. Didn't the previous emperor also dote on Xi Fei, but didn't he eventually...

  Xian Fei thought of something but didn't continue speaking. She also accidentally found out that the emperor's birth mother was Xi Fei, who was favored by the emperor at that time. However, it seemed that due to some special reasons, she took her own life in Chang Le Palace. Xian Fei also heard about this from an old nanny, and only knew a little bit more when she asked her mother during the New Year.

  As for what exactly happened at that time, she had no way of knowing. The people who could have clearly known the course of events had all been executed by the previous emperor in a fit of rage after Hui Fei's death. Perhaps the only person still alive now would be the one in Cining Palace.

  Thinking of Xianfei's smile, the emperor and the empress dowager's relationship seemed harmonious on the surface, but after long observation, she found that it was not so simple. Perhaps Xi Fei's death also had something to do with the empress dowager. After all, a woman's jealousy is the heaviest, and the empress dowager was not a good person either.

  It has to be said that women still understand women best

  Perilla Garden

  "Sister, this is not a good way to treat your younger sister." Du Wanru walked in and said with a smile on her face, looking impatient.

  "The master and servant can't stop it" A palace maid next to Du Wanxiao said with a bitter face, "Can't stop it is true, dare not stop it is also true"

  Du Wan also knew her difficulties and shook her head to indicate that nothing was wrong. "What do you want this time?"

  Since Du Wanru asked the Empress Dowager to lift the ban on Du Wanyue, she would occasionally come to Zhiyuan Garden, pretending to be there to share sisterly feelings, but in reality, it was just to seek a sense of superiority.

  Du Wan was extremely helpless, but there was no way out. She had no one behind her and Du Wan was pregnant. If something unexpected happened here, it would definitely be her fault. At that time, she couldn't explain anything clearly. So every time, she could only endure until Du Wan vented enough and left herself.

  "I didn't mean to, I just came to see my sister." Du Wanru's gentle face was like a delicate jade, and she spoke while fiddling with her handkerchief, waving it gently. "Sister, this place is really too shabby, it's pitiful to look at."

  It's clear that the two of them have long been in different positions. One sentence from her elder sister, one sentence from her younger sister. Especially when she intentionally emphasizes the pronunciation, it sounds very sarcastic.

  Du Wanxian couldn't be bothered to express her feelings anymore, and she responded with a faint, indifferent tone.

  Zi Yun Yuan and Yan Qing are both located in Chuxiu Palace, and they are very close to each other. Du Wanru would often come to her Zi Yun Yuan whenever she was feeling down or too excited, and she had gotten used to it.

  "Sister, what's wrong? Don't you want to care about your little sister?" Du Wanru admitted that she did it on purpose. Du Wanyu was unhappy, so she was happy instead.

  She has always been the inferior daughter in the family, and even when her aunt was favored before, she would be taken out to gatherings and outings. When there were good things, they would also be chosen by the main room first, and then it would be their turn. She had always disliked Du Wan's arrogant attitude, and now that she had the opportunity, she naturally wanted to step on her a few more times.

  Du Wanru saw that she still didn't speak and smiled faintly "Sister, I heard that mother is seriously ill, so she can't smile"

  Du Wan's calm face had a slight crack. Upon hearing this, he finally looked at her with his eyes open and said, "What did you say? Say it again."

  She had been under house arrest for a long time and after being released, she still hadn't contacted her family. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but there was no way. Her status was too low and she had no money. Those eunuchs simply didn't want to help her.

  "Ha! It seems sister doesn't know after all." Du Wanru let out a snort of laughter, not even wanting to hang her appetite. Compared to this, she would rather see her worry but be unable to do anything about it.

  "A few days ago, my sister inadvertently learned that our mother's health has not been good since last year and is getting worse and worse. Especially after hearing about the experience of my sister in the palace, she was heartbroken and worried."

  Du Wan couldn't control her inner anxiety. Her mother was already in poor health, and she feared that if she knew Du Wan was having a hard time, her heart would become even more worried and her illness would worsen, fearing that it might really be the end.

  Moreover, she can guess that her father is infatuated with women and greedy for power, fearing that compared to the two, he has long abandoned her and chosen her younger sister. Then her aunt will also rise with the tide, making her mother's life even more difficult.

  "How do you want" Du Wanxiang is not a saint, she can hold on to live until now largely because her poor mother heard that her mother's body was weak and couldn't be as calm as before.

  Du Wanru touched her already rounded belly "I want to or I don't want to, it's not that I just wanted to tell my sister"

  After finishing speaking, she didn't give Du Wanxiu a chance to continue talking. She stood up and put her hand on the palace maid's hand: "Little sister is tired, go back to sleep first, big sister sweet dreams."

  "You" Du Wanxian also stood up, but could only watch her figure leave.

  "The master is in a predicament, it's better to go and plead with Du Liangwei," said the palace maid who had been standing by.

  She wasn't a palace maid brought in by Du Wanxiang, but was assigned to the palace by the Department of Internal Affairs when she first entered. After the master was put under house arrest and others either left or died, only she remained. It's not that she didn't want to leave, but rather she felt sorry for her and had a sense of sympathy, as she herself also had no backing. So she just drifted along like this.

  "Even if she begged her, she wouldn't help me." Du Wanxiang's heart was still worried, but it wasn't to the point where she couldn't see clearly. Moreover, her mother's current situation was mostly due to the doing of those aunts in the Du family, and among them, Du Wanruo's aunt was the most severe.

  "What can be done about it"

  Du Wan shook her head "I don't know, let me think about it first"

  Chonghua Palace

  Green silk walked over and picked up a thin cloak "Your Majesty, wear it tonight when it's cool"

  Shu Gui Fei withdrew her gaze "No need, close the window"

  "Girl, why must you be like this?"

  These days the emperor basically hasn't set foot in Chonghua Palace, and the master of the house doesn't go to find the emperor either. The two of them haven't seen each other for many days, which is a situation that has never happened before.

  If the master of the house didn't have the power to control the six palaces, those slaves would probably not take their master seriously long ago. However, even so, there are still some hypocritical slaves who pretend to be loyal, but in fact, they don't care about their master at all.

  Qiao Jing smiled faintly and said, "I'm just doing what I should be doing."

  "But the princess's heart is bitter, perhaps she should also think more about herself" similar words, Lu Qiao couldn't say out loud.

  She had been serving Shu Gui Fei since she was a child, and then followed her to enter the palace. She always knew that her master valued the Qiao family very much, and even if it made her own heart bitter, she would not neglect the Qiao family.

  "How can I continue to deceive myself?" Qiao Jingxuan saw it very clearly, or perhaps she should say that she had always been good at deceiving herself.

  When she was favored by the emperor, she could deceive herself into not seeing the cruelty hidden beneath his favor and not thinking about his true feelings for her. But now that the emperor has withdrawn his favor, she no longer has a reason to deceive herself.

  No one is present to deceive.

  She let out a sigh in her heart. As a personal palace maid, she naturally knew that the emperor's attitude towards his wife was not as loving as the outside rumors had it, but rather somewhat cold and distant.

  Even in the past, even if I occasionally stayed with my master, it wasn't always a pleasure. Especially after last autumn, I basically never touched my master again. Each time was just listening to my master play the piano or a game of chess, and then we would each go our separate ways. The two of us often sat in silence, not speaking to each other.

  Perhaps Your Majesty has his considerations, but as a slave of Shu Gui Fei, she can only think that her master is heartbroken and it is also her master.

  "It's not a bad thing to live more clearly. Clouds sail, the moon operates the boat, and the shore moves. You owe me my life, I'll repay you with this debt. It's because of this cause and effect that we've been through hundreds and thousands of kalpas. This life in the mortal world should be returned to the Qiao family."

  If there is an afterlife, she would rather be born into an ordinary family and live a simple life. One generation, one couple, two places to call home.

  Palace Concubine (Yi Shu)

  Gong Shu