Yuqiongyin

"This is Eunuch Zhao. He has been with me for more than ten years. Now that the palace is full of intrigues and deceptions, even I cannot protect you on behalf of your father. Let Eunuch Zhao follow you."

The Queen Mother still had that gentle smile on her face, but there was a subtle flash of deep meaning in her eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xie Chenning looked up at Eunuch Zhao, only to see that the man called Eunuch Zhao was slightly hunched over, with a kind face yet a hint of shrewdness.

He bowed slightly, saluted everyone, and then stood quietly aside.

Xie Chenning casually looked at the strange old man in front of him, then nodded obediently and said, "Thank you for your concern, Queen Mother."

"Okay, let's eat."

After lunch, Xie Chenning talked with the empress dowager for a while in the Cining Palace, and then took a sedan chair back to the Kunning Palace.

Kunning Palace is only a quarter of an hour away from the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace.

As soon as Xie Chenning got off the sedan chair, the palace maid came to announce, "The emperor is here."

Hearing this, Xie Chenning couldn't help but be slightly startled, and subconsciously reached out to hold his forehead. A trace of silence flashed across his delicate face, and he secretly groaned in his heart.

You know, she didn't get a good rest last night, and today she was summoned to the Cining Palace by the Empress Dowager, where she stayed for two hours and was also nagged for two hours.

At this moment, he finally returned to his Kunning Palace and was about to take a short rest, but he didn't expect to have to deal with the troublesome Wei Ming.

It really made her feel exhausted.

"How long has the emperor been waiting?"

"Half an hour."

Xie Chenning waved his hand, "Got it."

As soon as she entered Kunning Palace, Wei Ming came out to greet her with a smile on his face, "The queen is back."

"Yeah." Xie Chenning nodded, performed the greeting perfunctorily, and then quietly avoided Wei Ming's approach.

Her tone was cold, without any warmth, "What is the emperor doing in Kunning Palace?"

"I, I came to see you." Wei Ming's eyes flickered, and he seemed uncomfortable saying such words.

Xie Chenning's heart skipped a beat. It was obvious that Wei Ming was trying to be a weasel visiting a chicken with ulterior motives.

"I heard from General Xie that you have been in poor health since you fell into the water. You worked hard last night. I brought the imperial physician to help you check your pulse today."

"Then thank you, Your Majesty." Xie Chenning walked straight into the hall and lazily lay on the chaise longue.

Since Wei Ming thought that last night was an accident, he came here to feed her contraceptive soup. After all, he would not allow the queen to get pregnant.

"Doctor Zhang." As Wei Ming's low and majestic voice fell, a figure slowly walked in from outside the door.

He was an old man with gray hair. He was dressed in a dark blue official uniform of an imperial physician. He walked with steady steps and a respectful look on his face.

"Your humble servant greets the Emperor and the Empress!" Imperial Doctor Zhang walked closer and bowed respectfully.

"Get up."

Xie Chenning raised her hand slightly to signal. Seeing this, Nanny Lu beside her hurriedly stepped forward and gently placed a snow-white silk handkerchief on Xie Chenning's slender wrist.

Doctor Zhang did not dare to be negligent in the slightest. He carefully stretched out three fingers and gently placed them on Xie Chenning's wrist under the silk handkerchief.

For a moment, the entire hall was so quiet that one could almost hear Wei Ming's nervous breathing.

After a while, Doctor Zhang withdrew his hand with a serious expression, then knelt on his knees and lowered his head.

"Your Majesty, after my diagnosis, the Empress is now in poor health and has a serious lack of Qi and blood. In my opinion, she needs to be carefully nursed back to health for a period of time."

After saying this, he raised his head slightly and stole a glance at the emperor and empress sitting above him, secretly guessing their attitudes towards the matter.

"Then prescribe the medicine."

Wei Ming: "Go down."

"Yes." Doctor Zhang retreated silently.

"I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some of your favorite dishes. I will stay here and dine with the queen today."

Xie Chenning glanced at him calmly. At first glance, his eyes were full of concern, but deep inside, they were full of calculations.

"Your Majesty, please speak frankly if you have something to say." She didn't want to beat around the bush with Wei Ming, so her tone became even colder.

"I want to ask you for a concubine position."

Seeing Xie Chenning being so direct, Wei Ming also directly stated his purpose.

Xie Chenning's eyes fell on the flowers blooming in the courtyard, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to discuss with me who you want to give the title of consort to. Is there any woman in the harem who is lacking your favor?"

Wei Ming smiled awkwardly, "Don't misunderstand, Queen. I just think there is a woman who is talented, gentle and kind, and suitable to be a concubine in the palace."

Xie Chenning raised the corners of his mouth slightly, outlining a cold smile, and his tone was full of sarcasm.

"The woman that Your Majesty is talking about must be extremely beautiful and stunning. She has long caught Your Majesty's eye and left a deep impression on Your Majesty's heart. Since Your Majesty values ​​her so much, how dare I stop her?"

Wei Ming naturally heard the sarcasm in Xie Chenning's words and thought it was a sign of dissatisfaction with him.

For Mu Ni's sake, he hurriedly began to explain.

"Queen, I don't mean what you think. I just think that in this huge harem, there should be more beauties by my side, so that my royal family can have more offspring and more branches."

Xie Chenning raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Wei Ming casually, and the fragments of memories left by the original owner quickly flashed through his mind.

She knew that the man in front of her had never been a single-minded person.

Deep in his heart filled with power and desire, the so-called love is nothing but a passing cloud.

The original owner and the numerous concubines in the harem, after all, were just pawns in his hands to maintain the face of the royal family and consolidate his own ruling position.

Thinking of this, Xie Chenning's face was as calm as water. She opened her red lips slightly and responded lightly.

"Since the emperor has made up his mind, I will not say anything more. However, the power to manage the six palaces is not in my hands now. If the emperor is interested, he may go to discuss this matter with the imperial concubine."

"After all, there's really nothing I can do about it."

When Xie Chenning said this, his voice was soft and gentle, like a clear mountain stream flowing without the slightest ups and downs.

However, who could know that beneath her seemingly calm appearance, she actually hides an unfathomable heart?

Of course, she didn't care which woman Wei Ming was going to take into the harem. It had nothing to do with her.

She knew clearly in her heart that it would not be long before the emperor would face his tragic downfall.

Of course, all of this included the various plans and arrangements she made in secret.

I'm really looking forward to that day.