When I opened my eyes, Zhen Huan knelt in front of me and had a miscarriage

She put the chess piece back in her hand, looking completely absent-minded.

Zhen Huan looked at her with amusement, "What's wrong with you? You've been absent-minded today. Look, you've even got acne."

Shen Meizhuang touched her cheek and immediately became anxious, "Is there?"

Zhen Huan chuckled, "I was just teasing you, Sister Mei, honestly, what happened to you today?"

"I... I'm fine. It's just that there have been a lot of new people entering the palace recently. These things happened, which reminded me of when we first entered the palace. I don't know how long it will take for these new people to become like us."

Zhen Huan nodded, "Noble Lady Chen has a strong character and acts straightforwardly. After all, she is a woman from an aristocratic family, so her temper is different. But she doesn't look like a troublemaker, so she should be easy to get along with."

"But Concubine Chen is the Queen's person, and today it seems that the Queen is trying to win over Nan Changzai. The Queen is really playing a good chess game, and now she has two important officials in her hands."

Shen Meizhuang held her breath and concentrated, her brows furrowed, looking worried.

Zhen Huan carefully put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the box, "No matter what she does, we just need to live well in the present."

I don't know what she was thinking. After a moment's glance, Zhen Huan said, "Oh, Sister Mei, I heard from Doctor Wen that the Queen Mother is not feeling well."

Hearing this, Shen Meizhuang sighed again, "The Queen Mother is ill and unpredictable, which is really worrying. Sometimes I often think that we are really pathetic in this palace. We have been fighting and trapped for a lifetime. Even though the Queen Mother is above everyone else, do you think that in her last days, will she regret it?"

Zhen Huan's eyes flickered, "Maybe. If it's not against one's will, who would be willing to do it?"

……

Yikun Palace.

Side hall. Qingzhu came in with a food box and saw Tong Jiarubi sorting out the papers she had just copied on the shore. She didn't look closely, but she saw that the papers didn't seem to be all words, and there seemed to be some drawings on them.

"My dear, the kitchen staff has brought some snacks. Why don't you take a rest?"

Qingzhu said as he put the food box down, only to discover that the painting on the paper seemed to be of the Imperial Concubine.

"Ah, my lady, you paint really well. Your painting skills are the best among the ladies in Beijing, and you have not fallen behind in this skill."

Tong Jiarubi was not very satisfied, "Is the painting good?"

She picked up the paper and put it in front of her to look at it carefully. "But I always feel like something is wrong."

"Don't think too much, young master. There have been so many things today. Clear your mind first."

She took out the snacks from the food box and placed it on the table on the other side. At this moment, the eunuch came in from outside to deliver a message.

"My lady, Yu Changzai is here."

Tong Jiarubi looked at the painting in her hand and said to the eunuch, "Please invite her in."

After the father-in-law left, he rolled up the painting in his hand and said, "Qingzhu, quickly put these away and don't break them."

Qingzhu nodded. It seemed that the young lady attached great importance to these paintings.

Yu Shu walked in slowly, smiled at Tong Jiarubi, and the two saluted each other.

"I pay my respects to Sister Chen." Yu Shu said lightly, "Thank you Sister Chen today. Sister Chen was punished for her innocent deeds and was implicated in this. I feel really guilty. These are some treasures that I brought from home. I hope you can accept them."

Tong Jiaru said calmly, "Sister Yu, you are too polite."

From then on, Yu Shu would often come to Tong Jia's Rubi Palace to chat with her.

Yu Shu has a calm and quiet personality, and there is nothing that she and Tong Jia Rubi cannot talk about. In fact, the two of them can talk about anything.

It’s just that Tong Jiarubi is not good at opening up to others easily, but after a few interactions, their relationship is better than before.

The days in the palace went on as usual, until one day...

"Hurry up and do it quickly. If you delay the Queen's treatment, you will all lose your heads!"

Jiang Fuhai hoarsely, with a veil wrapped around his face, hurriedly commanded the palace maids and eunuchs in Jingren Palace.

The eunuchs were very busy. Almost all the eunuchs from the Imperial Medical Bureau had arrived and were kneeling in a row waiting to be summoned.

The concubines stood in the outer court, all with anxious looks on their faces.

Concubine Xin was the first to mutter, "How could the Empress suddenly fall ill with an epidemic? The Empress has always been cautious, and wasn't the epidemic resolved long ago?"

Concubine Jing continued, "I heard that it was Xiao Tang who was delivering fresh fruit from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His relatives who came to visit were infected, and the disease was passed on to Xiao Tang. When delivering fresh fruit every day, he came into contact with the palace maids of Jingren Palace. The Empress has always been in poor health, so she fell ill."

Everyone in the palace knew that Yixiu's palace never used incense, but would place some fresh fruits and vegetables in the palace every day to add fragrance.

Having said that, Zhen Huan raised her eyes inadvertently and glanced at Nian Shilan.

Seeing that there was no expression on her face, he understood, lowered his brows and stopped talking.

Shen Meizhuang had suffered from the epidemic before and knew how terrible it was. She and Caiyue stood in the corner, covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs and not speaking to anyone.

When the queen fell ill, the concubines naturally had to come and serve her.

At this time, Jiang Fuhai walked in and greeted the ladies.

Nian Shilan also showed her rare kindness, "The Queen is ill, and we should take turns to serve her. Jiang Fuhai, why don't you let me go in and serve her first?"

Jiang Fuhai lowered his head, "The Imperial Concubine is delicate and fragile, so let us servants handle this matter. The Empress said that in order to avoid infecting the nobles in the other palaces, the nobles should go back to their own palaces first. As for all the affairs in the palace, they will be temporarily handed over to Imperial Concubine Hua to take care of."

Jiang Fuhai knew some speaking skills, and he deliberately emphasized the words "delicate body" and "temporary".

Nian Shilan glanced at him coldly, too lazy to say anything more to a servant like him.

"In that case, I'll go back first, and you all can go too." Nian Shilan stood up, swayed her waist, and walked out.

"Yes."

Jingren Palace.

The queen was lying on the hospital bed, and Jianqiu came in to report.

"Your Majesty, everyone has gone back according to your instructions. Imperial Concubine Fang Caihua even said that she would come in to serve you, but I don't know what her intention is."

The queen was in agony and spoke with great effort, "My sudden illness this time must have something to do with her. She wants to serve me, but she has bad intentions. Maybe she is looking for an opportunity to attack me."

"Your Majesty is right. I will never allow the Imperial Concubine to take advantage of me."

“Make sure everything is arranged!”

"Yes!"

……

The Queen suddenly fell ill and the Jingren Palace was sealed off.

What was strange was that, although all the palaces were in a panic, they did not expect that the Empress was the only one in the harem who was infected with the disease.

When everyone gathered in Yiku Palace to hear the case, Nan Xu raised some doubts.

"Why did this disease infect so many people before, but only the Queen got sick this time?"

Nian Shilan was originally resting with her eyes closed, but after hearing what she said, she opened her eyes and looked at her.