Chapter 219: Dark Cloud Pearl & Princess Xinyue (Part 1)
Yun Lan moved her fingers gently, and before she could open her eyes, she heard a surprised female voice saying, "Princess, are you awake? Imperial Physician! Come and see."
Yun Lan woke up immediately. The words "Princess" and "Imperial Physician" both indicated that her current identity was related to the palace. Before she knew the original owner's situation, she had better wait and see.
She stopped moving and released her consciousness to observe the surrounding environment. The magnificent palace, this is - Cining Palace! Although it looks much simpler and more majestic than the Cining Palace during the Qianlong period, it can still be recognized at a glance from the layout. So according to the age of her body and the position she is lying in, she is the queen mother?
After guessing this, she felt much more relaxed. Whether this queen mother has power or not, it is free for her. She does not need to greet people, look at people's faces, or be cautious in her words and deeds. She can stand in a high position and watch the show freely. Many bloody things will happen wherever it involves the palace. She is not worried that this life will be boring.
She controlled the pulse of the whole body, and the doctor frowned and shook his head, saying, "Still no improvement."
At this time, Shunzhi came in from outside, frowned at Yunlan, "Doctor Sun, how is the Empress Dowager?"
"To reply to the emperor, the Empress Dowager is angry and worried, and the situation seems to be more serious than my previous diagnosis. I will prescribe a new prescription, but... if the Empress Dowager still does not wake up at midnight tonight, I am afraid... it is hard to predict the fortune or disaster!" Sun Zhibai bowed his head and pressed his head tightly to the ground, not daring to look at the emperor's face. The whole palace knew that the Empress Dowager fainted because the emperor insisted on making Concubine Xian the Imperial Noble Concubine. If something really happened to the Empress Dowager, then the emperor would be very unfilial!
Shunzhi took two quick breaths, and his right hand behind his back was tightly clenched into a fist, and he was faintly shaking. He thought that the Empress Dowager pretended to be sick to force him to compromise, and was very impatient when she came, but Sun Zhibai said... "It is hard to predict the fortune or disaster"? No one dared to lie about such words, even though Sun Zhibai was the exclusive imperial physician of the Empress Dowager.
Su Moer stepped forward and bowed her head and said, "The emperor is busy with the affairs of the court, and I dare not delay the emperor's time. The servants will serve you here, please rest assured."
The several big palace maids who served her closely behind her also followed her and bowed.
Shunzhi knew that Su Moer was blaming him! Blame him for not coming to pay respects to the Empress Dowager all day long, and blame him for making the Empress Dowager faint in order to promote Wu Yunzhu. But in his memory, the Empress Dowager was a woman with sinister means but extremely strong. He really didn't know that the Empress Dowager would have such a "fragile" side.
Shunzhi suddenly felt panic in his heart, "Then I'll leave this place to you, I'll come later." After saying that, he hurriedly left the Cining Palace. He didn't dare to stay any longer, he was afraid that the Empress Dowager would lie there like this and never wake up.
Su Moer looked up at Shunzhi's back, her eyes full of disappointment. This was the beloved son that the princess had worked so hard to help her to the throne, but now he treated her like a stranger. It was really disheartening. Su Moer turned around and called a confidant over, telling her to go get the medicine and boil it herself, while she sat by Yunlan's bed and paid attention to her situation.
While they were talking, Yunlan merged with the original owner's memory. Now it was the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, and she became Shunzhi's biological mother, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. In the past, I only thought that Shunzhi was an unfilial son, but now that the memory has been merged, I know how many things Shunzhi has done to make the original owner sad, and he is no different from an enemy!
And that Wu Yunzhu, who has little ability but a big heart, wants to be a royal concubine or a queen? If the original owner didn't want to make things too awkward with her son, how could Wu Yunzhu enter the palace? Since she has bumped into you, don't dream about things that you don't deserve!
After understanding her own situation, she simply took a nap. Since she was already "unpredictable", she naturally couldn't wake up so soon.
At night, at the time of Xu, when there was only one hour left before Li Shi, she slowly opened her eyes and smiled weakly at Su Moer who was crying with joy, "Look at you, you are already old, but you are still crying. You must make the younger generation laugh at you."
Su Moer wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. Seeing that she could still joke, she finally put down her heart, "Gege, as long as you get better, it doesn't matter if I am laughed at by others. Are you feeling unwell? I will ask Doctor Sun to take a look at you?"
Xiaozhuang nodded and was helped to sit up by Su Moer. Sun Zhibai came in with the maid, greeted her and took her pulse carefully, smiling happily: "The Queen Mother is blessed with great fortune, and her health is fine, but she needs to take care of herself in the future and don't worry too much."
Xiaozhuang smiled and responded, "I'm fine now, Sun Zhibai, go back and rest, Su Ma will send someone to tell the emperor that I still need to recuperate for a few days, fearing that he will be sick and don't need to visit."
Su Moer glanced at her face and went out to give orders.
Shunzhi sat at the table in Chenggan Palace in a daze, and Concubine Dong E took his hand and said self-blamingly: "Fulin, it's because of me that the Queen Mother is so angry, you should just follow her wishes, in fact, no matter what my status is, it's enough for me to be with you."
Shunzhi felt that the phrase "following her wishes" was very harsh. Just as he was about to refute, he remembered the image of Xiaozhuang lying motionless on the bed. He felt a breath stuck in his chest, unable to move up or down. After Xiaozhuang woke up, she did not allow him to visit her for fear of passing on the disease. It was clearly a slap in his face, letting everyone know that she was sick this time because of him.
Shunzhi took a deep breath, and felt distressed when he saw Dong E's tears. He held Dong E in his arms and whispered to comfort her: "Okay, don't cry. The Empress just didn't think it through for a while, I will talk to her again."
He gently placed his big hand on Dong E's belly and smiled gently: "As long as you become the Imperial Noble Consort, our son will be the same as the legitimate son, Wu Yunzhu, I can't wait to see him born. By then, I must grant amnesty to the world and let everyone know how much I love him. I will also make him the crown prince and personally hand over this great country to him..."
Wu Yunzhu leaned in his arms and listened to his excited words with relief. She had worked so hard to enter the palace and even sacrificed her reputation. If she was just a concubine, what was the difference between her and the former wife of Prince Xiang? She must become the Imperial Noble Consort and the Queen. By then, let's see who dares to ridicule her openly or secretly!
That night, the palaces were disturbed by the news that Empress Xiaozhuang fainted for a long time and woke up late at night. The next day, the front court and the harem were shocked by Empress Xiaozhuang's two imperial edicts. One said that from now on, no one could be promoted to the imperial concubine while the empress was in power to ensure that the position of the empress could not be shaken; the other said that the empress was the mother of the country and was extremely noble. Unless there was obvious misconduct or a big mistake, other concubines could not take the phoenix seal on her behalf.
These two imperial edicts might not be a big deal in normal times. At most, the empress dowager was regulating the rules of the harem. But in the thirteenth year of Shunzhi, when the previous empress was deposed and the current empress became a decoration, these two imperial edicts were clearly aimed at the virtuous concubine Dong E.
Some ministers who belonged to the Empress Dowager's faction looked at each other obscurely. It seemed that the Empress Dowager would not tolerate the Emperor any more. The Emperor was indeed a little too much. Now the court was unstable and the position of the harem was closely related to the previous dynasty. The Emperor forced his brother to death and took his brother's wife into the palace. In just two months, he not only made her a concubine, but also promoted her to Imperial Noble Consort! Such honor, huh, I'm afraid not everyone can afford it.
Shunzhi was so angry that his face turned blue after learning about this. He went to the Cining Palace angrily after the court. As soon as he entered the room, before he opened his mouth, he saw Xiaozhuang glance at him nonchalantly and said, "It's rare that the emperor is free today, are you here to visit me?"
Shunzhi was blocked by her, and then he saw her pale face and the faint fatigue on her face. Thinking that the empress had just woken up last night, he suppressed his anger and asked stiffly, "What the empress said in the imperial decree has not been discussed with me."
Xiaozhuang chuckled, lowered her eyes and played with the delicate armor on her fingers, "Does my family have no right to manage the harem now?"
Shunzhi glanced at her, frowned and said, "I don't mean that. It's just that the empress's imperial decree is really inappropriate. Concubine Xian is pregnant, and I love this child very much. Concubine Xian is smart, intelligent and kind, and there is no one in the harem who can match her. She deserves the honor of the queen. Now she is only promoted to Imperial Noble Concubine, which is not too much."
He waited for a while, surprised He looked at Xiaozhuang, and seeing that she still kept her eyes down and didn't speak, he said, "As for the Phoenix Seal, the Queen can only speak Mongolian and doesn't know common things. How can she manage the Phoenix Seal?"
"The Queen is the master of the Central Palace, so it's naturally impossible for her to only speak Mongolian. It's just that the Emperor has never noticed it. Since the Concubine Xian is pregnant, she can be exempted from paying respects and rest assured in Chenggan Palace to take care of the baby! Didn't the Emperor say that the Concubine Xian is pure and beautiful? How could such a woman care about power in the palace?
I'm not too old to move, and it doesn't mean that there will be no one to manage the harem without a Concubine Xian. I will personally teach the Queen to manage the palace affairs, and the Emperor may be relieved?"
Shunzhi frowned even more tightly. Although he wanted to give Wu Yunzhu the best of everything, Wu Yunzhu was pregnant and it would be tiring to manage the palace affairs. But he promised Wu Yunzhu last night that he would promote her to Imperial Noble Concubine. How could he be willing to give up this matter? "Empress Dowager, the imperial decree about not being promoted to Imperial Noble Consort..."
"Emperor," Xiaozhuang took a sip of tea, glanced at him casually, and said with a smile: "The emperor has erected a stone tablet in the harem, with the words 'The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics'. Now, do you want to erect another stone tablet at the gate of my Cining Palace, with the words 'The Empress Dowager is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the harem of the previous dynasty'?"
Although Xiaozhuang's expression was gentle, Shunzhi could not see a trace of smile in her eyes, not even the usual anger and disappointment. Her calm eyes only made him feel majestic.
For a moment, Shunzhi had some enlightenment, but it seemed that he didn't understand anything. He only felt that everything between him and Empress Dowager had changed, and he really couldn't go back to the time when the mother was kind and the son was filial.
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This story involves Shunzhi and Wuyunzhu, as well as Xinyue Gege. Because they are from the same dynasty, I wrote them together
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