si-mexico Chapter 417: Finding Another Backer
Chapter 417: Finding Another Backer
In the middle of winter.
It's cold.
Princess Yuqing, however, was not cold at all.
She held her feverish nephew, and she herself broke out in a sweat.
It was hot, and it was urgent.
She looked at Consort Zhen with a cold and stern expression: "Has the imperial physician been summoned to examine her?"
"I've seen him. His Majesty summoned the Imperial Physician and several other physicians. His life has been saved, but the high fever just won't go down."
"Go and invite all the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau." After Princess Yuqing finished speaking, she handed the token in her hand to Granny Feng.
Xiao Yu'er is destined to be the Crown Prince.
If anything were to happen to him, it would probably cost the Crown Prince most of his life.
She felt as if she were holding two lives in her hands; Yu'er absolutely could not be harmed.
It's so pitiful that Yu'er is so young and has to suffer like this.
"Who was it? Who pushed Yu'er into the lake?" That heartless bastard! If she finds out, I'll tear that person to pieces.
Princess Yuqing made a silent vow in her heart.
The murderous look in his eyes sent chills down Consort Zhen's spine.
Miao Miao was also startled by Xiao Yu'er's appearance. Her little face was flushed, and her little hands were burning hot. Her half-open eyes, which were still dazed, lit up with a hint of light after she saw them.
Look at you!
“Mother, Yu’er’s fever will damage his brain. Let’s bring down his temperature first. Apply ice to his forehead and wipe his body with warm water, wiping his back, armpits, and limbs…” Miao Miao remembered that her mother did the same thing when she had a fever.
The priority is to lower the temperature.
Fortunately, there was snow outside, so using snow to cool down would have the same effect.
Although the icy cold was quite uncomfortable, it was still better than being brain-damaged by the fever.
"Hurry up and go, what are you standing there for?" Princess Yuqing glanced at the palace servants serving her.
The palace servants seemed to have forgotten who their mistress was, and they did whatever Princess Yuqing told them to do.
The high fever subsided in no time.
The room was also filled with a dense crowd of imperial physicians.
Princess Yuqing's single sentence could mobilize the entire Imperial Medical Bureau, something Consort Zhen hadn't anticipated.
It is evident that the Empress's power was far beyond what Prince Chen could contend with; at least, Prince Chen could not do it.
Her gaze fell on the Crown Prince, whose face was flushed red, and she felt a pang of unease.
The human heart is made of flesh.
She would whisper sweet nothings in the emperor's ear and sow discord among them.
She just couldn't bear to watch a child die in front of her.
Moreover, this child is the Crown Prince's grandson. If the Crown Prince survives, this child is very likely to become the future emperor.
Consort Zhen seemed to realize something.
Because she resembled the emperor's deceased favorite concubine, she transformed from a peasant girl into a member of the Fang family and became the emperor's concubine.
Now she has become an Imperial Noble Consort.
Everything came so hard, yet so smoothly.
But what about the Imperial Concubine?
She was still young, while the emperor was nearing the end of his life.
Concubines like her who had never given birth, no matter how favored or prestigious they were in the past, would still be sent to the Three Saints Nunnery if they were not empresses, where they would continue to spend their lives with the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp.
In the end, it's all just a mirage, a fleeting illusion.
If you have enemies, you probably won't live to a ripe old age.
Just like Consort Shu, the current Consort Shen has had her rank lowered considerably by the Emperor, but once the Emperor passes away, she will become a Dowager Consort and can rightfully go to her son's fiefdom.
They were still being pampered and supported by others.
Taking her life would be as simple as saying a few words.
But she, in an instant, plummeted to nothing.
They became meat on someone else's chopping board, at the mercy of others.
Therefore, it seems that no matter how high she climbs, it will be of no use if she has no children.
She is unwilling to do so.
As long as a person is alive, they must have hope. Even if there is only a sliver of hope, she does not want to give up.
Should we choose Prince Chen?
This person gave her goosebumps.
She used to think that Prince Chen was gentle and refined, with the demeanor of a gentleman, and that she could entrust him with her life.
But ever since Ya'er told me about her master and Prince Chen's deeds, I felt a chill run down my spine. They were too ruthless and cruel.
He easily abandoned the loveless Princess Chen, and without hesitation abandoned Miss Jiang, who was deeply in love with him. It's unclear what else he couldn't bear to give up.
Or perhaps this person has no heart at all.
Such a person is probably not even suitable to be an ally.
Just seeing her dedication to the child moved Consort Zhen.
However, she was also well aware that none of the women in the palace were pushovers, and Princess Yuqing, who had grown up in the palace since childhood, was no exception.
Don't be fooled by Princess Yuqing's ethereal appearance.
If she knew who pushed the Crown Prince into the water, that person would surely suffer the consequences.
After the imperial physicians had finished their examinations, Consort Zhen spoke up: "Princess, I suspect that person was after me and the Crown Prince, trying to use the Crown Prince's death to get rid of us, killing two birds with one stone. Why don't we turn the tables on him..."
"What a clever scheme to kill two birds with one stone! Is Consort Zhen perhaps trying to use someone as a pawn?" Princess Yuqing raised her eyes and looked at her coldly.
The woman with the deepest resentment in the palace was none other than Consort Shu.
She stole Consort Shu's favor, and because of her dead cats, Consort Shu was demoted.
Consort Shu must hate her to the bone and wish her dead.
But if the two of them wanted to fight, they should have fought; if they wanted to die, they should have died. The worst thing they could have done was to lay a hand on a child.
Miaomiao felt that her princess mother was very serious at the moment, and her gaze was somewhat fierce.
She had never seen a princess like this before.
When Princess Yuqing asked her this question, her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
But he still brazenly said to Princess Yuqing, "I know the princess has some prejudice against me. I was wrong in the past, but that was not my intention. Now that we are facing a common enemy, why not put aside our past grievances..."
"Is Consort Zhen forgotten her own surname?" Princess Yuqing interrupted her before she could finish speaking.
It seems that Consort Zhen isn't stupid.
After all, someone who can survive in the palace and bewitch the emperor cannot rely on just a pretty face.
This woman has some skill.
However, this sudden act of goodwill and reconciliation left her somewhat bewildered.
Miao Miao was also a little confused.
She sorted out the complicated relationship.
Consort Zhen was brought to the palace by Jiang Zijin, and she entered the palace under the name of Consort Chen's cousin. In front of the emperor, she was surnamed Fang and belonged to the Fang family.
To outsiders, she and the Fang family were interdependent, sharing both prosperity and ruin.
Suddenly they want to switch allegiance to the princess.
What's going on?
Consort Zhen had already dismissed all the palace servants. Only when she saw Princess Yuqing's people guarding outside did she speak again: "Your Highness must know that I am not a member of the Fang family. In the past, I was controlled by Prince Chen because of my family, but now my family is no longer in his hands. I am free. Whether Prince Chen and the Fang family live or die is none of my business."
She had thought about this for a long time.
The emperor's princes all wished for the crown prince's death and for the emperor to die soon.
They're all itching to make a move.
Especially Prince Chen. Despite the Emperor's high regard for him, he was only confined for a few days before being given a chance to redeem himself and was released.
In reality, the emperor didn't like him either.
But they insisted on pretending to value him and want him to replace the crown prince.
She seemed to still reveal some of her true feelings to the Eighth Prince, after all, his mother had once been favored by the emperor, and the son's status depended on his mother.
The emperor showed him more genuine affection than he did for the other princes.
As for the Ninth Prince, Tenth Prince, and Prince Jing.
The Ninth Prince's mother, Consort Xu, came from a weak family and didn't even have a chance to compete.
The tenth prince was only five or six years old, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't compete with his much older brothers.
These two rarely lingered around the emperor unless absolutely necessary.
Being favored and valued by the emperor was not a good thing for them.
The most unfortunate was Prince Jing, who was almost the least favored by the emperor. Every time he entered the palace, the father and son would exchange a few words.
The emperor was furious with him.
He rarely enters the palace now; I heard he stays with his pregnant wife.
She is almost the least noticeable one.
But since he is the Empress's legitimate son and the Crown Prince's younger brother, if the Crown Prince were to succeed to the throne, the position would either be passed to the Imperial Grandson or to him.
The chances are quite high.
After much deliberation, she still felt that the Crown Prince's faction had the best chance of winning.
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