Quick Wear: Everyone knows I am a good person

Shu Jiao successfully stirred up the harem with her own strength.

Not only the concubines in the harem, but also the empress dowager couldn't stand it anymore.

The next day, the empress dowager invited Emperor Xingzheng over first. She did not mention the matter of exclusive favor directly, but kept talking about the word "balance".

Emperor Xingzheng naturally understood what she meant, and felt unhappy.

He has been the emperor for so many years, and he finally met someone he likes. What's wrong with pampering her more?

In this whole harem, only when he goes to Shu Guiren's place can he feel that his life is fulfilling. Others just don't have that feeling.

As an emperor, can't he do things according to his own preferences?

Queen Mother:…

This old Deng is really confused.

The Queen Mother wanted to roll her eyes and told him directly "Of course not", but she didn't want to tear her face apart, so she said clearly: "Last time, Concubine Kang brought the fifth princess here, and I saw that she was taken care of very well."

Even if you don't spoil the new person, you have to go and see your own children, right?

"Speaking of which, there has been no cry of a baby in the palace for a long time. There must have been some rumors in the past. I am anxious just thinking about it. The emperor should also give it more consideration."

You'd better find another woman to have children with. You don't want the court officials to think that you are incompetent and can't have children because there have been no newborns in the palace for a long time, right?

Emperor Xingzheng's face turned dark instantly.

But when I thought about it carefully, I felt that what the Queen Mother said was right.

"I know, thank you for your concern, mother."

Emperor Xingzheng said somewhat unwillingly.

The Queen Mother didn't care whether he was willing or not, because he was not her own son anyway.

If it weren't for her reputation as a virtuous person, she wouldn't even bother to care whether Emperor Xingzheng favored only one person.

Yes.

Emperor Xingzheng is not the Queen Mother’s biological son!

The Empress Dowager was the empress of the previous emperor, and Emperor Xingzheng was the son of the previous emperor's Concubine Xian.

When Emperor Xingzheng was fifteen years old, Empress Xian died.

More than ten years later, the late emperor was seriously ill. The empress dowager picked and chose among the princes. Finally, she did not want to have two empress dowagers at the same time, so she reached a cooperation with Emperor Xingzheng, who was almost thirty years old at the time. The current cooperative relationship is still good.

After the mother and son had a talk, the empress dowager immediately asked Aunt Qi beside her to call Shu Jiao over just in case.

Be it copying Buddhist scriptures or learning rules.

In short, she would find a random excuse to trap Shu Jiao in her territory and not let her go out to see Emperor Xingzheng for a short period of time.

The result was unexpected. I didn't expect it.

As soon as the Empress Dowager met Emperor Xingzheng, two ghosts that had been wandering around the palace all day came to report the news to Shu Jiao.

Shu Jiao quickly pretended to be sick.

So when Nanny Qi came to call Shu Jiao, she found that two imperial doctors had just finished taking Shu Jiao's pulse. Shu Jiao was lying on the bed with a sick look on her face, coughing from time to time. It was really unbelievable.

Aunt Qi looked suspicious.

What a coincidence?

The Empress Dowager was just about to take action when Concubine Shu fell ill?

So Madam Qi had no choice but to ask the imperial physician.

The imperial physician replied, "Mrs. Shu's pulse is sluggish. She is tired and has been exposed to the cold pathogen, which has led to a cold syndrome. She needs to take two doses of medicine to recover."

Aunt Qi: I suspect you are making fun of me.

But Nanny Qi did not interfere, nor did she tell the Queen Mother that she wanted to see Shu Jiao. Instead, she said a few polite words and went back to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother slowly used the tea lid to stir the tea leaves and said, "Since you are sick, forget it."

She didn't have to see Shu Jiao.

She didn't care whether Shu Jiao was really sick or just pretending.

As long as the goal of temporarily ending Shu Jiao's exclusive favor from Emperor Xingzheng can be achieved, the process is not important.

On the other side, after learning that Shu Jiao was "ill" at the time and hearing that the Queen Mother had sent people to look for her, Emperor Xingzheng sighed and said, "Forget it."

The Queen Mother is too nosy.

However, he has been too unrestrained recently, and his body can't take it anymore, so it's a good time for him to go to the other concubines to recuperate.

"Your mistress Shu is used to being spoiled. She is sick and I am not with her. Instead, I went to look for someone else. I am afraid she will be in a bad mood again."

Emperor Xingzheng thought for a moment, and then continued: "Yi means harmony, joy, and happiness. So give her a title, let her recover from her illness, and I will visit her when she recovers."

Sun Zhong: ...

Finished!

His old master doesn't feel right.

Don't lose your mind and fall in love with it, okay?

Of course not. After all, Emperor Xingzheng was a heartless man. The only reason he was thinking about Shu Jiao was because the Empress Dowager stopped him.

In addition, there were repeated reminders from the Queen and high-ranking concubines.

The rebellious spirit emerged instantly!

The original three points of love for Shu Jiao became seven or eight points after this interruption.

So Shu Jiao pretended to be sick and got a title in return.

But the concubines in the harem were so angry that they smashed a bunch of tea cups and dishes.

When Hepin in the main hall of Yong'an Palace heard that she was ill, she immediately looked up at her personal maid.

You've made a lot of progress. Why are you so quick to act?

Hepin's maid shook her head innocently.

Master, it wasn't me.

Not really!

Hepin didn't care about this. It didn't matter whether it was true or not. As long as Shu Jiao was temporarily out of favor, the group of poisonous scorpions in the harem could temporarily shift their attention away from Yong'an Palace.

When Shu Jiao fell ill, a smell of medicine wafted through Yong'an Palace.

The boiling hot medicine was brought in and poured into a vase beside it, with flower branches inserted in it. No one could tell what was going on.

"Master, when I was boiling the medicine just now, I found that the amount of herbs delivered today was wrong, so I added some extra raw aconite."

Haitang put the medicine on the table and said softly.

Aconite itself is one of the commonly used medicinal herbs for dispelling cold, so the imperial physician added a little raw aconite, which is more toxic, to the prescription he gave Shu Jiao.

Maybe one bowl is nothing.

After taking a dose of medicine, dizziness, weakness and persistent illness are minor problems. If someone is directly poisoned to death, there may not even be any way to find out.

Haitang is well versed in pharmacology, but has never shown it in front of outsiders. The people behind the scenes don't know that Shu Jiao is pretending to be sick, otherwise this trick would really work.

“Interesting~”

Shu Jiao chuckled, her eyes slightly gloomy.

Who did it?

Shu Jiao thought deeply about who she had offended recently, and then found that the hatred value between her and the original owner seemed to be comparable.

Hey ~

There's nothing I can do about it since she's too favored.

The whole palace is full of enemies!

And the timing couldn't be better.

It just so happened that she herself was ill, it just so happened that the Queen Mother had taken action, it just so happened that the Emperor would not come to see her for the time being, and it just so happened that everyone in the harem had their attention diverted elsewhere...

Even if she died of illness, it wouldn't seem strange.

This person is not a newcomer.

Firstly, these newcomers had humble family backgrounds and had only been in the palace for less than half a month. They hadn’t even gotten familiar with the staff in their own palaces, so how could they win over the people from the Imperial Hospital to do something that would cost them their lives?

Secondly, the timing of the attack was too subtle. The newcomers were not so well-informed, nor did they have the courage or foresight.

The Queen and the Four Consorts are firmly on the throne, and she has just begun to show her talent. The other five should keep her as a pawn to deal with the newcomer, to attract firepower and divert the Emperor's attention, and they will not kill her for the time being.

That means the most likely possibility is that she is a concubine or a noble lady, and it has to be a concubine or a noble lady whose path to favor is blocked by her.

As for the promise below...

She is out of favor whether she appears or not, so there is no need to kill her.

"Haitang, who was the most favored before me?"

Shu Jiao asked softly.