Luoyang Brocade Chapter 302: Falling from a horse (1)
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The emperor's oral instructions quickly spread throughout the palace.
Queen Xu is seriously ill and cannot see people. She has to stay in confinement for rest!
The palace affairs in the palace are presided over by Concubine Li Shu and Wei Jieyu.
The concubines, maids and chamberlains in the palace all knew that there was something fishy about Queen Xu's "urgent illness". However, since the emperor has made such a conclusion, naturally no one dares to inquire into the root cause without knowledge.
Empress Xu "fell ill" and no one was allowed in or out of the Jiaofang Palace to visit. The people taking care of the palace affairs are Concubine Li Shu and Wei Jieyu. They are quick-thinking and have already begun to walk around the two palaces.
Concubine Li Shu is King An's biological mother. She is several years older than Queen Xu and has long since lost her favor. However, by virtue of her contribution to giving birth to a prince, she firmly occupied a place in the palace.
Not to mention Wei Jieyu. Although her position is not high, she has always been favored by the emperor. Princess Anya was born again, and she became the first among the concubines in the harem.
The emperor decreed that Concubine Li Shu and Wei Jieyu should jointly preside over palace affairs. On the surface, it seems that Concubine Li Shu is the chief guard and Jieyu is the deputy. However, between Concubine Li Shu, who has lost her grace in age and beauty, and Wei Jieyu, who is young and beautiful and in her prime, everyone knows who to follow.
As a result, Lingbo Palace quickly became lively.
Even Wang Meiren, who used to always compete with Wei Jieyu, now has a flattering face and goes to Lingbo Palace to get close to Wei Jieyu all day long.
Wei Jieyu was born in a quiet manner and did not like to go out of the palace, let alone chatting with the concubines. Nowadays, I have to deal with the rush to put the duck on the shelves, and I really don’t feel much joy in my heart.
You should have a polite and friendly smile on your face.
"I don't know how long the Queen will be closed to the palace to recuperate due to her illness." Wang Meiren smiled affectionately and said: "There are many affairs in the palace, and it is most suitable for Sister Wei to take charge of them."
The other concubines immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, Sister Wei has a gentle temperament and is thoughtful and careful in her actions. She is the most suitable."
"We should ask Sister Wei to take more care of us in the future."
Wei Jieyu cheered up and responded with a smile: "Sisters, please don't say that. I am young and have little knowledge. When encountering big problems, I have to ask Concubine Shu for advice."
After some insincere greetings, the concubines left one by one.
After Wei Jieyu saw everyone off, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
Princess Anya couldn't help laughing when she saw Wei Jieyu's frown: "The good thing that others can only ask for falls on the mother-in-law. Why does the mother-in-law not feel happy at all, but sighs instead?"
Wei Jieyu gave a bitter smile and whispered: "Anya, you are not too young. You should understand the principle of big trees attracting the wind. Mother and daughter, we used to live a comfortable and comfortable life in Lingbo Palace, but now we are considered to have been abandoned. Put it on the stove to bake. This is just the beginning, I don’t know how much trouble it will be in the future."
Princess Anya comforted Wei Jieyu with a smile: "Don't worry too much, concubine. Things are already like this, and there is no point in worrying. You should just think about how to deal with it! The empress has recovered from her illness, and concubine will be fine. I can relax now."
Will Queen Xu’s “illness” be cured one day?
I don’t know how much trouble will be caused in this harem!
Wei Jieyu twitched her lips, but she didn't want to talk about these embarrassing things in front of Princess Anya, so she quickly changed the topic.
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The news that Queen Xu was seriously ill spread quickly to the palaces outside the palace reads(); girls in the parallel world.
No one is a fool. If you think about it for a moment, you can see that something is wrong.
Queen Xu was ill, why did she need to stay in confinement to recuperate? Half of the maids and chambermaids in the Jiaofang Palace are missing. Why?
The female officials were imprisoned in the sky prison, and the rest were sent to do the heaviest and most tiring menial work in the palace, without any of the glory they had in the past. There are new faces inside and outside the Jiaofang Palace, and there are imperial guards guarding the place in shifts.
With so many strange things, do you really think everyone is a fool?
The emperor just said so!
No one would be stupid enough to get to the bottom of it. Everything in the palace is the emperor's family affair. No one dares to say anything about how the emperor wants to deal with Fa Luo.
Didn’t you see that even King Yan has been much more low-key and restrained recently? He stayed in Prince Yan's Mansion every day, almost never leaving the house, and even the banquets were stopped.
As for Princess Changping, she was immersed in the beautiful dream she had weaved, and was "busy" in secret. She didn't notice anything strange in the palace for a while.
Soon, the news came that Prince Consort Xu had unfortunately "accidentally fallen off his horse and died", and Princess Changping was secretly happy.
On the surface, he looked sad and distressed, and went to Xu's house crying.
Unexpectedly, Prince Consort Xu’s body was just placed in the coffin, with no funeral ceremony at all.
The Xu family, who have always been weak and temperless, behaved extremely tough this time, and everyone treated Princess Changping coldly.
Princess Changping began to feel something was wrong. However, she believed that the arrangement was well kept secret and would not reveal any clues at all. His attitude was as domineering as ever: "Since the prince-in-law died in an accident, he should have gone to the palace to report his funeral as soon as possible and let him rest in peace as soon as possible. Why do you just let him lie in the coffin like this?"
Xu Guogong, Xu's biological father and Empress Xu's brother, had a gloomy face and squeezed out a few words through his teeth: "Those who died violently will not be at peace even if they are buried in the ground!"
Princess Changping had a guilty conscience. When she heard such words, her expression suddenly changed: "What do you mean by these words? Didn't the consort fall to his death accidentally? Is there any other secret?"
Gong Xu Guogong glared angrily and said through gritted teeth, "Your Highness the Princess should know better than anyone how Qian'er died."
Princess Changping's heart sank and she suddenly panicked.
When Xu Guogong said this, could it be that he was already suspicious of her?
No, this is absolutely impossible!
She did it so secretly~IndoMTL.com~There is no way the Xu family would notice!
Princess Changping's expression changed again and again, and she soon calmed down: "The Duke is sad about the death of the consort, so how can I not be sad? But people cannot be resurrected after death, so I ask the Duke to express my condolences."
Seeing Princess Changping's pretentiousness, Duke Xu Guo felt the anger in his heart almost burst out of his chest.
No matter how mediocre and incompetent Xu Qian is, he is still his biological son.
Princess Changping didn't like Xu Qian, so she lived alone in the princess's mansion, keeping a pet and going wild. The Xu family dared not speak out, but silently endured the cowardice. Became the laughing stock of the whole capital!
Unexpectedly, Princess Changping was not satisfied and actually wanted to kill Xu Qian.
Thinking of the evidence that the emperor's grandson secretly sent, and looking at Princess Changping's fierce expression, Xu Guogong could no longer bear it, and said coldly: "Qian'er was secretly designed to kill me. As a father, No matter how incompetent you are, you can't pretend to be deaf and mute and turn a blind eye. Now go to the palace and ask the emperor to seek justice for our Xu family!"
Princess Changping finally changed her color! (To be continued.)
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