vrcanaries Chapter 138 Yixiu 7
Chapter 138 Yixiu 7
Concubine Hua returned to Yiku Palace in a trance. Songzhi carefully helped her lie down, not even bothering to take off the jewelry on her head.
She looked at the bulge buried in the quilt with worry, her mouth opening and closing.
He turned his head and looked at the incense burner in the hall, feeling uncomfortable. He quickly walked over, picked up the tea and poured it on it.
The extremely subtle "hiss" sound disappeared in the rising smoke and dust.
After a long while, Concubine Hua's voice suddenly rang out, "Songzhi!"
"My lady, I am here!"
Concubine Hua threw the quilt on the ground, wiped the tears from her face and regained her spirits. She looked at the extinguished incense burner with disgust.
"Give that thing to Zhou Ninghai and ask him to find someone trustworthy outside to take a look at it."
"Write a letter to my brother and ask him to find a way to send a doctor in secretly so as not to attract the emperor's attention."
When talking about the emperor, Hua Fei's expression became a little stiff. This was the man she had loved for many years.
It was impossible to make the queen give up completely with just a few words, but she could vaguely sense that the truth might not be what she wished.
After the work was done, Songzhi wanted to do something to make Concubine Hua happy.
Before he could say anything, he saw Concubine Hua holding the box of Huanyi incense and putting it into the incense burner one spoonful at a time.
She rushed forward in shock, trying to stop them, "Madam! What are you doing?"
"We don't even know if there's anything wrong with this thing, how can you use it so carelessly? Even if you're angry, you still have to worry about your own health."
Concubine Hua let Songzhi take the spices from her hand and watched her put the things far away as if she was guarding against thieves.
The tears that had just been wiped away flowed out uncontrollably again.
"Songzhi, look at me, I've been living like a joke these past few years."
"Your Highness, please don't think so. What if the Queen is just talking nonsense? Maybe she just can't stand seeing you being favored, so she said that to make you feel uncomfortable."
Songzhi held Hua Fei's shoulders and racked her brains to think of various excuses.
She herself didn't believe what she said, as long as it could temporarily appease Concubine Hua.
The master and servant talked for a long time. Concubine Hua vented all her grievances one by one, and she felt much better.
She raised her head and wiped the tears from her face, saying seriously, "Forget it. Life still has to go on anyway."
"Light this incense."
"Miss!"
"It's okay. If there really is a problem, stopping it hastily would only arouse the emperor's suspicion."
Then, as if she had thought of something, Concubine Hua curled her lips and sneered, "Aside from my inability to bear children, my health has always been good. I don't think this thing will cause any other harm. Go ahead."
Songzhi had no choice but to obediently relight the spices.
On that day, news came from the Yiku Palace that Concubine Hua had caught a cold and was feeling unwell, so she asked the Emperor and the Empress for permission to stay in the palace to recuperate.
The emperor was quite puzzled by the sudden behavior of the always arrogant Nian Shilan.
He thought that his recent favoritism towards Concubine Wan had made her jealous, so he specially brought rewards to see her.
"Why did you get sick when you were fine? How did the people in your palace take care of you?"
Concubine Hua lay on the bed with a pale face. She moved her hand that was being held and felt a little uncomfortable.
This action, which usually made her happy, now seemed so disgusting. When Concubine Hua heard the emperor blaming her palace maids, she became even more unhappy.
She pulled her hand back as if she was acting coquettishly. "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? I was upset and that's why I said that. What does it have to do with others?"
Since he thinks he is jealous, so be it.