Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Spring in the Palace

Yan Wan pondered over it but had no idea of ​​the reasons. In the end, she could only attribute it to her resurrection from the dead. After all, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it in her previous life. Instead, she was obsessed with gaining the favor of Concubine Xian.

Chunchan and Lancui brought back Shupin's pregnancy-maintaining medicine. The two of them just listened to Yanwan's words and wanted to get pregnant faster.

Chunchan felt something was wrong. "If Shupin's pregnancy-maintaining medicine was effective, she would have been pregnant with a prince a long time ago." She wanted to persuade Yanwan not to take it. "After all, medicine is three-quarters poison."

Yan Wan didn't intend to take it herself, she just wanted to keep a portion for future use. When she gets a higher position in the future and has capable people around, she could send it outside the palace for inspection. Otherwise, if she left it too early, the news might leak out.

Yan Wan nodded, "Chun Chan, you are right. Let's keep it for now, and we can talk about it later if it's difficult to have a child."

*Eternal Spring Palace

Hongli was having dinner with Langya, ever since Yanwan and Jinzhong both vaguely raised the possibility that someone was plotting to murder their legitimate son.

Langya was always worried. She looked at Hongli, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Hongli noticed this and asked, "What's wrong, Queen? Why are you staring at me all the time today?"

Langya smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I spoke to Wei Da Ying today, and he reminded me that I should pay more attention to the smallpox epidemic." She looked worried.

"Yongcong is weak. I am afraid that if something happens to him, what should we do if he gets sick?" There were tears in Langya's eyes. She could not give birth again. Her only hope was Yongcong.

Hongli nodded and said, "Wei Ying's reminder is good. We should indeed pay more attention to Yongcong." He looked at the queen with tears in her eyes and his heart softened. Langya now looked like a mother who loved her son dearly.

"How about this? I will send more people to take care of Yongcong's living and traveling. More people to look after him will provide more assurance." Hongli was afraid that Langya would refuse to save money. The legitimate son of the Qing Dynasty could not afford to lose anything. "Langya, don't worry about the increase in expenses. It's good to have more people to take care of Yongcong when the smallpox epidemic is raging. When the smallpox epidemic is over, we can withdraw these people."

Langya felt slightly relieved and nodded.

The two men discussed and decided to send more smart and loyal palace maids and eunuchs to supervise the food and clothing of Changchun Palace, especially Yongcong's.

There were several people standing guard in the corner of the kitchen watching over Yongcong's meals, fearing that anything might go wrong. His clothes were also carefully supervised by palace maids.

The clothes of the wet nurses and the eunuchs who were close to her were also supervised in the same way. As for the food of the close palace servants, the queen had the small kitchen in the palace prepare it, which saved many people from supervising these things.

With such protection, Changchun Palace almost became an iron barrel.

Li Xin, the maidservant beside Concubine Jia, has contacted Concubine Mei and met Mo Xin, whose condition was even more serious. Mo Xin lied that it was the Queen who ordered the death of Concubine Mei's child.

Therefore, Meipin directed all her hatred towards the Queen, and Moxin also hated the Queen. Both of them wanted to start with the most fundamental place in Changchun Palace - the Seventh Prince. But somehow, the Queen, contrary to her usual frugal nature, instead used a lot of manpower to prevent the smallpox from happening in Changchun Palace.

Therefore, Meipin's original plan to exchange Moxin's clothes with the clothes of the Seventh Prince's wet nurse in Changchun Palace could not be implemented.

There are always people sent by the emperor to supervise the palace maids who work for Changchun Palace. This is really too strict.

Rumors gradually spread in the palace that the Queen, for the sake of the Seventh Prince's safety, had gone against the frugality she had always emphasized and taken the lead in extravagance.

In fact, it was not considered extravagant. They just added back the palace servants who had been cut in half before to take care of the prince, and added a few more.

But Meipin knew that the Queen liked the reputation of a virtuous Queen, and in order to maintain her own virtue and simplicity, she even did not care about the Second Prince, who was once delicate. She had already made such a great sacrifice, and now she was going to lose what she had protected. Wouldn't that make her more painful than if her life was taken away?

The rumors in the palace became more and more intense due to the spread of Concubine Mei and Concubine Jia. Even Yan Wan, who had just entered the imperial court and had not yet made friends with anyone, heard about them.

The Queen was extremely afraid of smallpox, and she guarded the entire Changchun Palace like an iron barrel, causing many people in the palace to panic about smallpox.

He also spent lavishly, dispatching palace staff just to take care of the food, laundry and shopping for Changchun Palace.

If the queen of a country is like this, what will happen to the people below her?

Meipin also secretly told the empress dowager that the queen was extravagant and seemed to be too panicked about the smallpox epidemic, causing panic among the people.

The Empress Dowager knew that Langya was worried about her legitimate son, but she also remembered that her daughter Jingse, whom she had raised, was unwilling to be close to her, and Yonglian was forced by her to study until death. The remaining seventh prince Yongcong was also in poor health.

Not only has he become more and more impatient in recent years, but now he has changed his style for Yongcong.

But the Queen Mother did not want to stir up trouble. Langya loved her son dearly, and if she tried to dissuade her at this moment, she would probably be unhappy, which was really unnecessary.

The Queen Mother asked Fujia to call Ruyi. She planned to let Ruyi persuade Langya.

Ruyi bowed respectfully. She was wearing a brown dress, and her eyebrows were long and dark. She looked at the empress dowager with a smile.

The Queen Mother nodded slightly and said, "Get up."

"Ruyi, I heard recently that the Queen not only locked up Changchun Palace because of the smallpox epidemic, but also assigned a large number of people to supervise the food, clothing and other miscellaneous matters of the people in Changchun Palace." The Queen Mother picked up the teacup, gently flicked the tea leaves twice with the lid of the bowl, and took a sip.

Ruyi noticed the Queen Mother's intention and understood it in her heart, "Replying to the Queen Mother, it is true." She sat upright, with all the elegant manners of the Ulanara family.

"I called you here to persuade the emperor." The empress dowager put the teacup back. "I know that this is the emperor's tacit approval, but he didn't think about it. Such a big fuss, isn't it telling everyone in the palace that the smallpox epidemic is so terrible that it makes the two most honorable people extremely cautious?"

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "And the Queen, she is the Empress, how can she waste manpower like this just for some trivial matters? If the Queen does this, and the concubines below follow suit, what will happen then?"

"The Queen has always been frugal. She must have listened to someone and lost her mind for a moment, so she made such a fuss. You have some power in managing the six palaces, so you should have advised against it in this matter." The Queen Mother's face showed no emotion, and her tone did not change.

Ruyi was nervous, knowing that the Empress Dowager was using this incident to criticize her, but she could not defend herself and felt aggrieved. The Emperor and the Empress had not discussed their arrangements with her in advance, and they had reached a consensus on what they wanted to do, so they would not allow others to dissuade them.

However, this was the Queen Mother's wish, so she had to do it. Otherwise, it would be unfilial. She had to strictly abide by her duties as a concubine and also be filial to the Queen Mother on behalf of the Emperor.