Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

When Empress Cheng came out of her bedroom, Nanny Xi and Nanny Wang hurried forward to ask with concern, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

She walked in the silent corridor without saying a word. Aunt Xi quickly took a clean cloak and put it on her, and then went to support her, "My lady, walk slowly. Be careful of the slippery road. Your skirt is wet. How are your legs? Take a ride!"

Queen Cheng didn't know whether she was happy or sad. When Su Tingwan told her the news, she just felt a sense of relief as if she had gotten revenge. All the cells in her body became active. Her son would become the emperor, and she could finally hold her head high.

She had suffered injustice for more than twenty years, and she had the last laugh. She did not love the emperor, and did not care whether he favored Su Qingqing or not. But now, when she saw the emperor's icy and bone-chilling eyes just now, a trace of pain arose in her heart.

The emperor even told her personally that he wanted to make his son the crown prince.

Empress Cheng fell ill as soon as she returned to Kunning Palace. This time, she was really ill. Her whole body was burning hot and the high fever wouldn't go away. Nanny Xi and Nanny Wang stayed by her side all night but the fever didn't go away. The imperial physician also stayed by her side, taking her pulse and making medicines. He was so busy that he was dizzy.

Jiang Fenghua only received the news that the Queen was ill the next morning. After returning from the Qianqing Palace, she didn't want to go out again because it was too cold. She felt like her bones were ice.

When Aunt Xu saw that she had finished washing and was about to go to Kunning Palace, she hurriedly stopped her and said, "Have breakfast first, then go. The Queen is ill and you may have to take care of her. How can the princess with a big belly bear all this trouble? Now is the most critical time, you can't go hungry."

"I'll have breakfast first." Jiang Fenghua also listened to the advice. If she didn't eat in the morning, her stomach would feel uncomfortable. The two little ones needed more and more nutrition, and she couldn't run around. It was also because the queen was sick, so as a daughter-in-law, she had to go.

When Jiang Fenghua arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, Nanny Wang stopped her and said, "Princess, go back and have a rest. The servants are here."

"What happened to the Queen Mother? Is she seriously ill?"

Nanny Wang frowned, "She was very ill. The fever just subsided this morning. Your Majesty has woken up, but she just won't talk. I was afraid that your Majesty's illness would be passed on to the princess, so I took the initiative to report it to the princess. If the princess stops you, you can go back to take care of the baby."

Nanny Wang knew the Queen's temper, but fortunately she listened to the advice and did not deliberately make things difficult for the Princess.

Jiang Fenghua remembered that last night she told the Queen and Nanny Wang the news that the Emperor would not punish them, and then returned to Chenxi Palace.

She thought: The emperor is angry, Queen Cheng should not go and bring bad luck upon herself.

She asked, "Did the queen get sick when she came back last night?"

Nanny Wang did not hide it from her. "After the princess left, the queen was going to return to the palace, but she went to see the emperor again and came out not long after. After she came out, the queen didn't say anything. I don't know what the emperor said to the queen. The queen has never been like this before. After she came back, the servants helped her to sleep. It was also when I went to pick up the wet clothes for the queen that I found that her body was very hot..."

Every time Empress Cheng went to see the Emperor, she was in a hurry. When she came back, she was furious and kept muttering for a long time. She would not stop until she felt comfortable. But this time was very strange. She didn't say a word.

Nanny Wang told her everything that happened last night. "Princess, you are very smart. Can you help us think about what happened to the Queen?"

Jiang Fenghua didn't know either! She said, "Since you are sick, let the mother take good care of herself! Fortunately, after the New Year, there will be nothing to worry about for the time being."

Nanny Wang added, "Thank you, Princess, for helping me out in front of His Majesty yesterday. Otherwise, I would have died last night."

"I know Nanny Wang. You wouldn't do such a stupid thing. Even if you did, you wouldn't let anyone get hold of you." Jiang Fenghua didn't pretend to be nice to her. No one who could serve the queen was stupid.

Nanny Wang smiled and said softly, "Everyone is walking on thin ice when serving in the palace, especially since the Queen and the Emperor don't have a good relationship. We have to be more careful. Although Concubine Su has the support of the Su family, the Emperor still has the final say in this world."

Nanny Wang was reminding her that if she wanted to fight against Concubine Su, it was not enough to just win the prince's heart, she also had to rely on the emperor's protection. The Su family was not omnipotent, otherwise the position of queen would have changed hands long ago.

The emperor hated the queen so much that he never even allowed her to sleep with him or come to Kunning Palace. The Cheng family had long been abandoned by the emperor. If the emperor had no feelings for the queen, there was no reason for him not to depose her.

Nanny Wang is also a bystander and has a clearer view.

Jiang Fenghua understood it immediately, but she didn't expect that the emperor would have feelings for the queen.

Men from the royal family are the most heartless. They hold high positions and have great power, and they change women like they change clothes.

Xie Ling'er was not punished by the emperor, and he asked Eunuch Cao to send a new nanny to teach her the rules. The matter was never followed up, and Xie Ling'er did not come to Kunning Palace to visit the queen.

If she hadn't come, there would have been no changes in Kunning Palace, and Empress Cheng would have thought less of her, but she could no longer torture her under the pretext of teaching her etiquette.

After that, Queen Cheng remained ill for several days and had not fully recovered. Jiang Fenghua took advantage of her better spirits to chat with her.

She found that Queen Cheng had really changed her temper. She spoke less and her voice became softer. She no longer mentioned taking a concubine for Xie Shang. She seemed to have become a woman in the deep palace with no desires or demands.

It's like I have no fighting spirit anymore.

Jiang Fenghua felt more and more puzzled. The Queen didn't say anything, and even Nanny Xi and Nanny Wang, her confidants, didn't know. So she naturally didn't dare to ask what had happened in her bedroom in the Qianqing Palace that day.

She took Nanny Wang's words to heart, and she would have done the same, so she went to the imperial study to pay her respects to the emperor.

The emperor was as busy with state affairs as usual, as if what happened on New Year's Eve had never happened. It seemed as if there had never been a person named Wang Zhaoyi in the palace. After all, she had been favored by the emperor for a period of time, but now it seemed that she was like a floating duckweed, not worth mentioning.

"News came from the border that we won a victory. The leader of the Hu tribe's wish to seek revenge on Shang'er was dashed. He was still no match for Shang'er even after ten years of hard work." The emperor couldn't hide his joy when talking about the victory. "New year, new atmosphere, great!"

Jiang Fenghua probed, "My daughter-in-law has also heard about the prince's killing of the leader of the Hu tribe. The prince was only fifteen years old that year and he made great contributions, saving the territory of our Great Zhou and protecting the well-being of the people of Great Zhou."

The emperor looked sullen, "He was not the commander-in-chief that year. He disregarded military rules and orders. If he hadn't been careful, he would have been killed in a sea of ​​fire and swords. Without him, my Great Zhou would not have been defeated. He loved to show off too much and was complacent. He should be calm and steady now."

Jiang Fenghua's eyes were clear and calm, and she said neither servilely nor arrogantly, "My daughter-in-law thinks that if the prince had been asked to be a coward back then, he would not have been willing to do so."