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Fengyang Palace, inside the palace.

Wang Wanning leaned leisurely on the beauty chair. The maids Lingqian and Lingxi were beside her, beating her legs and squeezing her shoulders to serve.

At this time, people from the first palace walked in, knelt down and saluted the Queen, and then said, "To report to the Queen, the Queen Mother's personal grandma just now went to the Yuehua Palace, and now Concubine Chen Already headed to Ningshou Palace."

Lingqian continued to beat the Empress's legs, and asked: "Your Majesty, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, because Concubine Chen was not present, please explain to the Empress Dowager. At that time, the Empress Dowager didn't say much. She just said that Concubine Chen was not in attendance. If she feels unwell, let her rest well. Why did the Queen Mother suddenly want to summon Concubine Chen today?"

Lingxi did not stop squeezing the Empress's shoulders with her hand, and then echoed Lingqian's words and said: "Yes, the Empress Dowager always said that she would devote herself to worshiping Buddha, and she never asked about the affairs of the harem. On weekdays, the Empress and the other palaces The young master doesn’t have to go to pay his respects. He or she will show up only if there are important matters or on some important days. Madam, is there anything wrong with the Queen Mother summoning Concubine Chen?"

Wang Wan Ning's tone was cold and she said: "What could be wrong? The Queen Mother must have asked the imperial physician at the imperial hospital. She knew that Concubine Chen's physical condition was basically stable under the imperial physician's care during this period. She also chose a time when lunch was approaching. , the sun is warm and you won’t catch cold even if you go out, so I summoned her at this hour.”

Lingqian said smoothly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is interested in Concubine Chen. Does the Queen Mother have other plans?"

Wang Wan Ning sneered and said: "After all, Concubine Chen is the legitimate daughter of Duke Dingguo. Entering the palace in this capacity is naturally worthy of being summoned by the Queen Mother alone. As for whether the Queen Mother has other plans, even if she does, it doesn't matter. When the time comes, Concubine Chen will The chess piece used by this palace to deal with Concubine Lan, when the purpose is achieved, that is, when she becomes an abandoned child, who will care about it."

After hearing what the Queen Mother said, Lingqian and Lingxi also understood what the Queen Mother meant. Even if the Queen Mother had intentions and wanted to use Concubine Chen to interfere with the harem, a sick Concubine Chen, and the Queen Mother's side, There is already a layout, how can it become a climate?

The empress sits on the back of the phoenix throne and is the master of the harem. No one can interfere. Although Concubine Lan has the power to co-manage the harem, once she loses it, how can a mere concubine compete with the empress in the bright moon.

At the moment, Lingqian and Lingxi also responded to the Queen's words.

Turning around, Lingxi said again: "Today, Imperial Physician Liu has asked his apprentice to start delivering medicine to Yuehua Palace with him. The empress has given Imperial Physician Liu something to do. Everything is going smoothly. It will not take long." Use this to give Concubine Lan a serious blow."

Lingqian echoed: "No, that disciple of Imperial Physician Liu, even if he gets the respect of Imperial Physician Liu and is brought back to the Imperial Hospital, compared with the Queen's place and the Prime Minister's place, Imperial Physician Liu doesn't even have the faintest light of a firefly. No, as long as he does what the Queen has told him to do, the Queen will make his family prosperous in an instant with just one word."

Wang Wanning smiled and said, "Okay, don't talk about this anymore."

Lingqian\Lingxi: "Yes."

……

Zhaohua Palace.

Zheng Shiyao listened to the report from the palace people in front of her, "Oh? The Queen Mother actually summoned Concubine Chen to Ningshou Palace at this time."

Hong Ling stood at the side and asked softly: "My Lady, do you think there is something fishy here?"

Hong Jian thought about it and said: "That shouldn't be the case. The Queen Mother has never interfered with the affairs of the harem. She usually has nothing to do. It's not like she didn't even show her face on a special occasion. When summoning Concubine Chen, she should just care about Concubine Chen's mother's family. The relationship is at the level of Duke Dingguo’s mansion, what’s so fishy about this?”

Zheng Shiyao ordered people to remove all the clothes and materials piled up in various styles, sat down on that chair, and asked: "Is there any movement from the Queen's side regarding this matter?"

The palace attendant who came to report replied: "Concubine Chen came out of Yuehua Palace and went to Ningshou Palace. The Queen must have known about it, but Fengyang Palace didn't seem to care about it."

Zheng Shiyao said: "Step back."

The palace man: "Yes, I will resign."

After the palace man retreats.

Hong Jian then said: "Your Majesty, there should be no problem here. Is it possible that the Queen Mother still wants to use Concubine Chen to intervene in the harem? If Concubine Chen is in good health, she is not a troublemaker. , maybe it’s still feasible, but with Concubine Chen’s body and bones, let alone worrying about hard work, if she goes out to walk around a lot, she might faint on the side of the road, what use can such a person do?”

Zheng Shiyao was thoughtful. From this point of view, it was indeed the case. She suddenly asked: "How is the progress of the matter arranged by me?"

Hong Ling arrived immediately: "Don't worry, Madam, everything is going according to plan. The medicine that Madam asked Imperial Physician Zhou to prepare was mixed into Concubine Chen's daily decoction by the hands of Imperial Physician Liu's apprentice. It was so easy that no one could detect it. It was perfect." , all we need to do is wait patiently."

Zheng Shiyao sneered: "No matter what the Queen Mother had in summoning Concubine Chen suddenly, it will be all empty talk when this matter is over."

Hong Ling and Hong Jian said in unison: "What the empress said is absolutely true."

Zheng Shiyao knew very well that with Concubine Chen's method, the emperor would have to worry about the Prime Minister's Palace in the end. It would be impossible to abolish the queen and establish a new one. However, the queen would be able to shed a layer of skin after all, and she could take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation. To go further, let the queen exist in name only.

At that time, if she cooperates with her father, everything she wants will eventually come into her hands.

……

Here, Qin Shu came out of Yuehua Palace, sat on the sedan chair, and arrived at Ningshou Palace where the Queen Mother lived.

The sedan chariot fell, Xinlian and Xinyi stepped forward and helped her get off the sedan chariot.

Qin Shu sighed lightly, guessing that by now, everyone in the palace knew that the Queen Mother had summoned her.

Xin Lian lowered her voice to a very low voice and asked again, "Empress, come see the Queen Mother, will everything be okay?"

Qin Shu gave Xinlian and the others a look that reassured them. She was summoned by the Empress Dowager Zheng'er. Could it be that the Empress Dowager could do anything to her in Ningshou Palace? She was not worried about this. She even wanted to know the real purpose of the Queen Mother summoning her.

Walking all the way in, Grandma Sun did not bother to report, but led Qin Shu into the inner hall of Ningshou Palace.

Not long after, Qin Shu saw Queen Mother Guo sitting at a table. There was a chessboard on the table, and Queen Mother Guo was holding what should be a chess book in her hand, as if she was studying the chess game.

Qin Shu stepped forward and saluted the person in front of her, "I, my concubine, see the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed and safe."

Queen Mother Guo closed the chess book in her hand and her eyes fell on Qin Shu, "No need to be polite, sit down."

Qin Shu: "Thank you, Queen Mother." When she saw the Queen Mother motioning for her to sit down opposite, she didn't hesitate and sat down gracefully. However, the Queen Mother's eyes on her always felt that something was wrong.

Queen Mother Guo smiled calmly and said, "You are more blessed than the Ai family."

ah? Qin Shu was confused by the Queen Mother's unreasonable and somewhat incomprehensible words. What did the Queen Mother mean by these words?