The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

"Concubine Meng?" Although he had already determined that she was the one behind Meng Ronghua's actions, Xie Yuzhen still acted as if he had finally come to a conclusion. "So it was really her?"

"Alas... This should be the time for me to enjoy my old age, why are there so many troubles?" Xie Yuzhen lowered his eyebrows and looked drowsy.

The emperor sneered: "She has been thinking about her own son all the time. After staying in the Beigong for too long, she began to think that I was the one who killed him..." As he was speaking, he found that the woman's breathing on the bed had gradually become steady.

After a moment of hesitation, the emperor closed his mouth, stood up gently, and walked out of the delivery room quietly.

After leaving the delivery room, the emperor finally held his daughter as he wished. Both the emperor and the empress were surprised that the little girl did not cry but laughed when she was born. The empress loved her more and more, but the emperor said frankly that she was worthy of being the reincarnation of Xuannv.

This shocked the queen, who had no prior knowledge of the situation. Looking at his smug look, the queen was just about to ask him, since he had known that it was a reincarnation of an immortal, why didn't he protect Xie Cairen and her daughter strictly?

However, before she could finish her words, the Queen had already formed a guess in her mind - that the Emperor deliberately used the matter of Concubine Xie's childbirth to lure the person behind the scenes into taking action.

This thought made the Queen's eyes turn colder: "Thank you for your contribution in giving birth to a daughter, and for suffering such a great injustice. Your Majesty, have you thought about how to comfort and reward the talented person?"

The emperor happily asked the palace maids to carry his newborn daughter away, saying, "I have already thought about it. Since Xie came to the palace, she has been neither arrogant nor jealous, gentle and kind..."

The concubines who were punished by Xie Yuzhen and the Hong who was slapped: ???

"...She is very much in my heart, and since the imperial concubine is pregnant, according to the rules, she should be promoted one level..."

Wang Xuanshi, Liu Yunu, and Zhang Meiren, who were pregnant but failed to advance: ???

"...Now that she has given birth to a daughter, she has been meritorious. This daughter has my dream of pregnancy and is born with extraordinary qualities. Moreover, what happened today has caused both mother and daughter to suffer injustice... With all these things, I am thinking, why not promote Xie to the rank of noble concubine and grant her the title of 'Zhao'? What do you think, Queen?"

As a married couple for many years, the queen knew very well that once this man started talking for a long time, he was bound to be up to something, but she was still shocked by what he said.

A talented person was of the fourth rank, but a noble concubine was of the second rank, and she was promoted directly by skipping three ranks. Not only was there no precedent in this dynasty, but it had never been seen even in the previous dynasty. What's more, the word "Zhao" has a very good meaning, which especially highlights the emperor's preference for Xie Yu.

Although in the eyes of the Queen, Xie Yuzhen is indeed worthy of being favored, but she is so extraordinary that she is afraid that her future life will be uneasy again: "Zhao means to be bright and clear, and it is also said that a gentleman should make himself clear and virtuous... This word is indeed very suitable for a talented person, but if she is promoted to a noble concubine in one go... a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. I am afraid that people in the palace will be uneasy because of this, and there will be hidden waves."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this queen. I will take good care of them. Since you have no objection, then it is settled. When this matter is settled, I will go back and draft an edict to promote Mrs. Xie."

......I hope you can really take it seriously.

The queen thought helplessly that it would be better to find a few reliable people with clean backgrounds and take advantage of this promotion to give them to Xie Yuzhen to use.

The queen, who had been waiting outside the delivery room for a long time, knew that the culprit behind the attack had not been found yet, and it was not the time to relax. However, she was weak, and after staying up all night, she felt a little dizzy.

Just at this time.

Several palace maids were grabbed and dragged into the main hall of Jinghua Tower.

These palace servants should not have appeared around Shouning Palace at this time, but they ran into the patrol network instead.

They were escorted in, and when they came before the Emperor and Empress, they were all trembling, their faces were pale, and they were sweating profusely. One look at them and one could tell that they were hiding something.

"This palace maid looks familiar." The emperor looked at her for a few seconds and suddenly said.

At the moment, Li Zong, his most handy eunuch, was not around because he was interrogating a prisoner, so other eunuchs took his place. Eunuch Feng Xiang, who had some friendship with Concubine Zhang, turned pale when he saw her, but he couldn't get close to her. The person standing next to the emperor was an acquaintance of Xie Yuzhen, the eunuch Wang who had come to convey her orders and rewards several times.

Eunuch Wang's original name was Wang Cheng. Xie Yuzhen originally thought that he was just a second-rank eunuch in front of the emperor, below the great eunuchs such as Li Zong. However, after several contacts, she discovered that although Wang Cheng was not prominent, he was actually more trusted by the emperor than others.

At this moment, Wang Cheng stood beside the emperor, bowing his back slightly. "Your Majesty, these three people are Zhao Er, the eunuch who runs errands for Meng Ronghua of Changrui Palace, Pei'er, the personal maid of Zhang Meiren of Chonghe Palace, and Fuzhi, the maid of Liu Shuyi of Dexin Palace."

The one that the emperor found familiar was Pei'er, but after hearing the identity of the last person, the emperor simply ignored her: "Didn't I order Liu Shuyi to stay in confinement? Why is her maid still running around?"

Fuzhi knelt on the ground and apologized immediately after hearing this: "Your Majesty, please allow me to report that Empress Shuyi suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma at night. I was in a hurry to find the imperial physician, but was stopped by someone when passing through Shouning Palace. I was so anxious that I had a conflict with the patrol, and that's why..."

"Send someone to invite an imperial physician to Dexin Palace." The emperor said this, but he had no intention of letting Fuzhi go easily. Instead, he still ordered her to kneel aside.

His eyes fell on the trembling Pei'er: "You and your Lady Zhang have been quite free recently."

Especially this palace servant, who provoked Concubine Li and bumped into the princess... Considering that Concubine Zhang was pregnant with the dragon heir and her emotions could not fluctuate drastically, the Second Princess did not want to pursue the matter any further, so she was only beaten with a few boards and did not impose a severe punishment. But today, she appeared sneakily around Shouning Palace late at night, it was hard not to make the emperor suspicious and annoyed.

Pei'er kowtowed while trembling: "Your Majesty... I... I came to Shouning Palace to collect dew for my wife... My wife has had a hard time eating since she became pregnant, so I..."

"Oh." The emperor sneered, "I didn't have this bad habit when I was a palace maid, but now that I'm a concubine, I've become more pampered than others."

Pei'er, who originally just wanted to use the fact that Concubine Zhang was pregnant to protect himself, realized that he had made a wrong move and became more and more terrified.

"You palace maid, why don't you tell the truth? Do you have to be tortured before you behave yourself?" Wang Cheng raised his voice, which was shrill and inexplicably eerie, making people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Pei'er was not a person with a strong mind. Hearing this, he trembled violently again and fell to the ground: "...Yes, yes, my wife got the news that Concubine Xie gave birth today. She is pregnant and it is inconvenient for her to come, so she sent this servant to keep an eye on her..."

"When will it be her turn to 'watch' my concubines giving birth?"