After killing four concubines, the queen was sentenced to death and reborn

"Your Majesty said so."

Weiyang Palace

Zheng Xiyan was about to take a nap when Zi Rui came in and reported, "Your Majesty, His Majesty just left Yihua Palace."

"I understand. You can leave now!" Zheng Xiyan waved her hand and said.

"Yes!"

Shoukang Palace

The Queen Mother knew what Concubine Yi had done recently and was very dissatisfied. Nanny Yu said on the side: "Don't be angry, Queen Mother. This Concubine Yi... Alas! I misjudged her before."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "She even deceived me, but perhaps you and I were not wrong about her. It's just that when this person has a certain status and position, it is inevitable that she will get carried away."

"First it was Concubine Wen, and now it's Concubine Xian. I heard that Concubine Wen had a bad temper in Jinhua Palace. Although Concubine Xian didn't say anything, people in Chonghua Palace said that Concubine Xian didn't even have breakfast this morning. The Queen Mother also understands the personalities of these two people."

The virtuous concubine was personally selected by the Empress Dowager, so she was naturally trustworthy. She also watched Concubine Wen grow up since she was a child, so she knew her character best.

This Concubine Yi is really rampant.

"Send someone to Chonghua Palace to summon her. I want to summon Concubine Xian." The Empress Dowager ordered.

"Yes!" After paying her respects, Nanny Yu was about to instruct the eunuch to summon him, but just as she was about to go out, she was stopped by the Empress Dowager.

"Forget it. The Second Prince is probably taking a nap now. Let's go after an hour. Let Concubine Xian bring the Second Prince to Shoukang Palace. I want to see the Second Prince." The Queen Mother said again.

"Yes, slaves obey."

"Empress Dowager, it's time for you to take a nap. Let me help you to rest!" said Nanny Yu.

"Ah."

When the Empress Dowager woke up, Concubine Xian had already brought the Second Prince to Shoukang Palace.

"I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager." Concubine Xian knelt on the ground and saluted, followed by her wet nurse and palace maids.

"Get up!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

"Bring the second prince here. I haven't seen him for a while." The Queen Mother smiled kindly with a benevolent look in her eyes.

"Yes." The wet nurse walked forward holding the second prince, with a faint smile on Concubine Xian's face.

The second prince was very well behaved in the Empress Dowager's arms and was not shy at all.

"Do you remember your grandmother?" the Empress Dowager asked with a smile. This child is very quiet and doesn't look like the emperor when he was a child at all. Instead, he looks a lot like the virtuous concubine.

The second prince looked at her with an ignorant look in his eyes and chuckled, "What a good child."

The virtuous concubine stood aside and looked at them with a smile.

The Queen Mother looked up at her and said, "Sit down!"

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

After Concubine Xian sat down, the Empress Dowager said, "The Emperor and the Empress have agreed to let you take charge of the harem. If so, you should pay more attention to it. If you don't understand something, go to Weiyang Palace and ask the Empress for advice."

"Yes, I will keep in mind the teachings of the Empress Dowager." Concubine Xian responded with a smile.

The Queen Mother continued, "I heard that the Emperor was supposed to go to Chonghua Palace to see you and your son this morning, but he was intercepted by people from Yihua Palace on the way."

Although Concubine Xian was unhappy, she still replied magnanimously in front of the Empress Dowager: "Concubine Yi is pregnant, and it is only right for Your Majesty to visit her more often."

"I know that you have always been sensible and don't want to cause trouble for the emperor. That's why I and the emperor look up to you. In this matter, it was Concubine Yi who was wrong. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation." The Empress Dowager's face darkened and she promised her.

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Concubine Xian was very grateful, but she was afraid that His Majesty would misunderstand that she was gossiping in front of the Queen Mother. "It's just that, Queen Mother, Concubine Yi is pregnant now. Your Majesty loves her and it's only right that you visit her more often."

The Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "The Queen is also pregnant, why is she not like this? Besides, can her child be compared with the child in the Queen's belly?"

"Yes, the Empress Dowager is right." Seeing this, Concubine Xian didn't know what to say.

"Okay! It's getting cold, take Ye'er back first!"

"Yes! Concubine, please retire."

The next morning, Xiao Xuanchen finished his morning court session and had just left the Taiji Hall when the eunuch from the Shoukang Palace stepped forward, saluted, and said, "Your Majesty! The Empress Dowager invites Your Majesty to the Shoukang Palace."

Xiao Xuanchen sat on the imperial carriage. Without much thought, he guessed what his mother wanted to say to him.

Shoukang Palace

The Queen Mother was waiting for him early. Xiao Xuanchen walked in and bowed to her, "Your son greets you, the Queen Mother. May you be blessed with good health."

"Get up!" The Queen Mother looked at him coldly and glared at him sharply.

"Thank you, mother."

After Xiao Xuanchen sat down, the Empress Dowager said bluntly: "The Emperor has been showing too much favor to Concubine Yi these days. He really has no sense of propriety at all."

Xiao Xuanchen's expression changed slightly, but he smiled and said, "Mother! Who are you listening to gossip about again?"

"Why should I listen to anyone's gossip? My eyes are not blurry and my ears are not deaf. I can see and hear by myself." The Queen Mother said with a heavy face.

"She will please you, and I feel more at ease with a lovable person by your side. Now that she is pregnant with the heir to the throne, I can turn a blind eye if you favor her a little. But what has she done these days? First she was Concubine Wen, then Concubine Xian, and will she be the Queen next?" The Empress Dowager's face became increasingly gloomy. The concubines competed for favor with their own means, but if they disturbed the peace of the harem, then don't blame her.

The queen was pregnant and inevitably overwhelmed, so she was the only one who could persuade the emperor.

Xiao Xuanchen hurriedly said, "Mother! She won't do this. I know my limits."

"You have a sense of propriety? Is your sense of propriety to indulge her blindly?" The Queen Mother said coldly. She knew her son best.

"The Queen is also pregnant. How many times have you visited the Weiyang Palace to see the Queen in the past few days? How many times have you visited the Yihua Palace? The Queen is kind and will not care about these things, but how do you let the people in the palace see her and how do they see you?" The Queen Mother would not interfere with who he favored before, but now that Concubine Yi is so presumptuous, if she continues to stand idly by, the harem will really be in turmoil.

Xiao Xuanchen was suddenly speechless.

The Queen Mother continued, "The Queen and the concubine are both pregnant at the same time. If you indulge and favor a concubine like this, wouldn't it be a joke if it got out? Even if Concubine Yi is pregnant with a prince, how can it be compared with the Queen's legitimate son?"

"What's more, Concubine Yi has repeatedly pretended to be sick to lure you to Yihua Palace. How do you think the other concubines in the harem will feel?"

"I didn't want to interfere in the affairs of the former court and the harem. Now that the queen is pregnant, and this pregnancy is particularly difficult, even the affairs of the harem have been handed over to the virtuous concubine to take charge."

"She is the queen. If you say something, the emperor will inevitably be angry, but you also have to think about the queen. You are hurting her feelings by doing this." The Queen Mother said in a deep voice.