Before going to bed, I heard that Concubine Hui had woken up from her coma.

Li Jingyan did not go to visit her, as it had been dark for a long time. Anyone who stayed up to visit a woman who was competing with him for a man was really sick.

There were quite a lot of people who were said to be sick, including all the women in the harem except Concubine Duan and Li Jingyan.

The emperor saw that the room was almost full, so he said to the queen, "The queen stays, and the rest of you can go."

Everyone who was dressed up felt disappointed when they heard the emperor's words.

Concubine Hua stepped forward and said, "Noble Concubine Hui and Noble Concubine Wan fell into the water on their way back to the palace. Since I am in charge of the palace, I want to hear what happened to my two sisters so that I can prevent this from happening again in the future."

The emperor thought what Hua Fei said made sense, so he nodded and signaled Hua Fei to stay.

When Concubine Hui saw Concubine Hua, she felt very afraid.

When the emperor asked about falling into the water, Concubine Hui just said that she fell into the water accidentally.

Seeing Concubine Hui acting like this, Concubine Wan could only come up with a common story, saying that the water beside the pool was slippery and she accidentally fell into the water.

When Concubine Hua saw that the two men did not dare to tell the truth, she felt that her plan of falling into the water had frightened them, and she felt even more proud.

The Queen said, "The people around Concubine Hui and Concubine Wan are not serving properly. I will assign a few more stable people from Jingren Palace to serve the two sisters so that they can serve them better."

When Concubine Hua heard this, she also agreed, "I also had the same idea. If there were useful people around, my two sisters would not have fallen into the water by accident, this would not have happened."

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang looked at each other. Even though Zhen Huan was eloquent, she didn't know what to say.

If the Queen wanted to punish the palace maids for their poor service, Zhen Huan could still say that the palace maids were used to her and asked them to use their merits to atone for their sins and serve well in the future.

But the Queen seemed to be kind and generous, and it was clear that she proposed this just to protect the two of them. Zhen Huan could not refute it at all, let alone refuse it.

The emperor really agreed: "Just as the queen said, Concubine Hua should also select a few useful people to serve Concubine Wan and Concubine Hui."

The queen smiled and replied, "Yes."

Hua Fei smiled even more and replied, "Yes, I will send the person over tomorrow."

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang secretly groaned in their hearts, but thanked them respectfully on the surface: "Your Majesty, the Queen, and Concubine Hua thank you for the reward."

The Emperor followed the Empress away, and Concubine Hua's pride faded a little, and she was no longer as unhappy as she had been in the past few days.

The emperor and empress returned to Jingren Palace together. After washing up, they sat by the bed and talked.

After talking about the recent events in the palace, the emperor suddenly asked, "How did the queen know about Concubine Qi's face?"

The Queen's heart was moved, but she said calmly, "I heard from Concubine Qi that it was intentional to cover it up."

The emperor's eyes were drifting away, as if he was recalling something.

Seeing this, the queen said softly, "Concubine Qi said that she is old enough to be a grandmother and will not compete for favor with the young girls."

The Queen's two sentences were meant to persuade the Emperor not to summon Concubine Qi.

It was mentioned earlier that Concubine Qi deliberately concealed the truth, which means that Concubine Qi deliberately avoided favor. If we take it too seriously, it can be said to be a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Later it was said that Concubine Qi was already old enough to be a grandmother, which was to remind the Emperor that if he summoned her, he would become a laughing stock.

The emperor was in a trance for a moment and then said, "Concubine Qi is still as outspoken as before."

After the emperor finished speaking, he lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

The queen didn't know whether the emperor had heard her or not, so she quietly went to bed and lay down.

Turning her head to look at the emperor's sleeping face, the queen felt a mixture of emotions in her heart.

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