kingnovel Chapter 366 Making a fuss out of a molehill
Chapter 366 Making a fuss out of a molehill
Chapter 366 Making a Mountain of a Molehill
The emperor still felt that it was not enough, and he only felt disgust and disgust towards Concubine Li, so he issued another order.
"Investigate the people Concubine Li has come into contact with while in the palace and after entering the palace. If there are any suspicious ones, deal with them directly. The rest will be sent to do hard labor and are not allowed to serve the concubines in the harem."
Jing Wu: "I obey your orders!"
Hui Xiuyi was confused as she listened, and also felt an inexplicable fear.
Wasn't Concubine Li a princess presented by the Rakshasa Kingdom after the Emperor ascended the throne? When had she ever stayed in the palace?!
The emperor has bestowed many honors upon Concubine Li, but now when he mentions her, he is filled with only disgust.
In an instant, a terrible guess emerged in Hui Xiuyi's mind.
She couldn't control her emotions very well, and her thoughts were all revealed on her face, which suddenly looked very ugly.
After the emperor made the arrangements, he finally felt relieved.
Turning around, he saw Hui Xiuyi's face full of shock and fear, and his heart sank, becoming even more annoyed.
He flicked his sleeves and said, "Take good care of the Third Princess. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Hui Xiuyi actually wanted to keep him, but she was unsure of the emperor's temper and was afraid that if she spoke she would not know how to speak and would only make the emperor more disgusted.
She could only bow respectfully: "I respectfully send off the Emperor."
The emperor turned and left without looking back.
The emperor was just upset and didn't want to stay in Huixiuyi Palace and watch her pretending to be calm, but after leaving Yongming Palace, he didn't know where to go.
The emperor wanted to go to Showa Palace, but Xie Run got involved in the matter, so he couldn't help asking a few questions, and the emperor was in no mood to explain.
After walking a few steps, she saw two familiar palace maids. One of them was holding ginseng soup in her hand. When she saw the emperor, she excitedly said, "Your servant greets the emperor!"
The emperor paused and asked, "Which palace are you from?"
The maid looked at the emperor eagerly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I am from Fanghua Palace. I am here on the orders of Hua Zhaorong to bring ginseng soup to Your Majesty."
The emperor suddenly regretted that he should have rushed to Zhaohe Palace as soon as he left Yongming Palace.
The maid continued, "Your Majesty, my master has been feeling unwell lately. Even the imperial physician has been treating her, but it's no use. She feels very uncomfortable every day."
"When I saw the jeweled hairpin the Emperor gave me this morning, I burst into tears. I think it's because I'm so worried about the Emperor during my pregnancy."
The emperor said in a tone that was neither light nor heavy: "She is worried during her pregnancy. Can't you servants offer more comfort?"
"Or I'll just feed you guys like pigs?"
The maid was frightened and her face changed color. She immediately squatted down and saluted, "I dare not!"
The emperor left without even looking at them.
After the emperor's figure disappeared, the palace maid who had spoken quietly looked back. When she saw no one, she breathed a sigh of relief and almost collapsed beside her companion.
After a while, she said, "Just now, I saw the direction the emperor left. It seems he was heading towards Showa Palace."
Another maid quickly asked, "Should we tell the master? If the master finds out, I'm afraid she'll be furious again."
When he had no children, he could not compete with Concubine Zhaode, and now that she is pregnant with the royal heir, he still cannot compete with her.
"Of course I will tell you!"
"The master specifically asked us to send ginseng soup because he wanted to invite the emperor to our palace. Now the emperor has gone to the Showa Palace, and we haven't invited anyone. If we don't tell the truth, how will we explain it later?"
After the two returned, Hua Yu in Fanghua Palace heard the news and became angry again.
The emperor arrived at Showa Palace, and everyone in the palace was filled with joy.
Xie Run didn't know that the emperor was the one who saw Hua Yu, so he didn't want to go to Fanghua Palace, so he came to Showa Palace on purpose.
She greeted the visitor with a smile, without showing any trace of worry about being in the middle of a lawsuit.
"It's snowing heavily outside, why is the emperor here?"
Xie Run had clean features and was not wearing any makeup. She stood up and gently untied the emperor's outer cloak.
She remembered that the emperor went to see the third princess today.
The emperor didn't come when Wu Baolin sued her in Fengyi Palace. It was strange that the emperor suddenly came to her palace after half a day had passed.
After all, if it really came, it should have come a long time ago.
The fact that he didn't come meant that the emperor didn't want to come, but he changed his mind for some reason.
The emperor lowered his eyes to look at her face, feeling only comforted, and his tone unconsciously softened a little: "After leaving Yongming Palace, I ran into Hua Zhaorong's people."
Xie Run understood immediately and suppressed a smile, saying, "Your Majesty, Hua Zhaorong is now pregnant with the royal heir. Your Majesty should visit her more often."
"I heard that she had a difficult pregnancy this time and has been summoning the imperial physician every day these past few days."
The emperor heard the teasing and joke in her words, and said helplessly: "I just don't want to see her, so I came to Showa Palace to relax."
"The imperial physician said her pregnancy is relatively safe, and her discomfort is simply due to excessive anxiety." The emperor sighed, "You should know that she likes to make a big deal out of nothing."
"I'm going to see her today, what's going on?"
Hua Yu is one of the few pure love-brained people in the harem today, and her heart and eyes are filled with only the emperor.
Others fight for their lives, all they want is offspring and status, but she only wants the emperor's favor, to see the emperor every day and to pester the emperor.
The emperor is just an ordinary man.
He likes simple and lovely women, but he doesn't like being clingy.
Therefore, every time he pampered Huayu for a period of time, he would become annoyed by her and then ignore Huayu for a while.
Now that Hua Yu is pregnant, the emperor has taken the opportunity to confer the title of Marquis on her brother Hua Jiang. This is a supreme honor, and he also wants to take the opportunity to have some peace and quiet.
Who knew that after Hua Yu became pregnant, she would find more excuses to pester the emperor, bringing soup to the imperial study whenever she had time, or saying that she had a stomachache every now and then and asking someone to see the emperor.
The emperor was fed up with this, so he sought refuge and ran to other palaces.
Thanks to Hua Yu, the other concubines in the palace who had not seen the emperor for a long time were able to see the emperor once or twice.
Xie Run smiled and said, "Isn't her personality like this also due to the emperor's pampering?"
The emperor's expression was a little complicated for a moment.
After warming himself up by the fire in the house for a while, the emperor asked, "Where is Taotao?"
"The child can't be kept in. He's playing in the bamboo forest at the back."
The emperor took Xie Run's hand and covered it. "Today, Wu Baolin made a scene at Fengyi Palace and wronged you. Do you blame me for not coming to see you?"
Human nature is strange like that.
The emperor didn't want to come to Showa Palace because he was afraid that Xie Run would complain about his grievances and keep harping on the poisoning incident.
But when he arrived at the Showa Palace and saw that Xie Run didn't mention Wu Baolin at all, the emperor couldn't help but bring it up himself.
Xie Run glanced at the emperor in surprise, "What is the emperor talking about?"
"What is there to worry about if I didn't do anything?"
"If the Emperor really came to see me, I'm afraid others would think that the Emperor is partial to me and unfair. That would make me feel wronged."
Xie Run’s acting skills are not outstanding, but only when the truth is accompanied by lies can he be most convincing.
There was a hint of dissatisfaction in her gentle voice: "Wu Baolin is a narrow-minded person. She is pregnant with the royal heir and may give birth at any time."
"She just filed a complaint, and the Emperor came to my palace right after. If her anxiety affects the unborn prince, I will have to suffer another injustice."
"Then I shouldn't have come yet?"