At this time, there were no outsiders in the house, and Xiaochengzi also dared to say such things. Lin Yu waved her hand at him: "Ye Shi and Xiang Fei are not yet our turn to worry about. You quickly go down to arrange the meal, remember that I want to eat braised pork belly today. Also, the emperor said yesterday that he wanted to eat pickled cucumber, but it's unknown whether he'll come tonight, so instruct Shangshen Bureau to prepare it."
Recently, Tuoba Hong has been very diligent in visiting Jingyue Pavilion. Even with Xiang Fei's approaching childbirth and Ye Shi's recent good news, his favor towards Lin Yuan has not diminished. Lin Yuan's current life is beautiful like heaven, except for the fact that it's a bit dull. With two pregnant women blocking the way, she doesn't have to worry about being too favored; Tuoba Hong, who is skilled at coaxing women and has a good face, makes Lin Yuan feel like she's enjoying a spiritual pleasure every day, even if there isn't much true love, she's found some happiness in love. Ah, this life is really not bad.
Unfortunately, Tuoba Hong didn't come to the Mirror Moon Pavilion that night. Xiao Chengzi later received news that Ye Liangyu's body wasn't feeling well and the Emperor was accompanying her in the Changxin Palace. Lin Yu also couldn't be bothered with him, after dinner she played a round of Pai Gow and then went to bed.
On the second day, the weather was fine, and the snow outside had melted. The warm winter sun shone everywhere, casting a pale golden light on everything. Even the windowsills of the Mirror Moon Pavilion's bedrooms were coated with a layer of fluorescent-like substance that made people feel comfortable. Lin Wan woke up early from her lazy bed, and she could even smell the scent of sunlight in her sleep. She then had a wonderful dream about returning to modern times to play games. Just as she was sleeping soundly, Xiaochengzi suddenly pushed open the door with a bang and loudly called out to the servants inside, including Chuxue: "Has the master not gotten up yet? Something big has happened in the palace...!"
Lin Wan was woken up and got out of bed in a daze, with a fire burning in her heart. Just as she was about to erupt, Chu Xue suddenly pulled the quilt off her. Xiao Chengzi rushed into the inner hall, panting heavily, grabbed Lin Wan's arm and shook it, saying: "Young master, get up quickly! Ye Liangyuan has been poisoned, the emperor has ordered a search of the palace, and the people from the front are already at the gate of Jingyue Pavilion!"
Lin Wan suddenly woke up from her dream, and rolled out of the quilt. The eunuchs who were ordered to investigate were still waiting at the gate of the Mirror Moon Pavilion. Chun Xue and others hurriedly helped Lin Wan wash and dress, without even bothering to style her hair, they hastily put a black fox fur coat on her and supported her to the front hall. Then, they opened the palace gate to let the people outside in.
Lin Wan only felt her heart beating a little faster, and the wound began to ache again, but she didn't know if it was because of the sudden movement of putting on clothes. She drank a cup of cold tea to calm herself down and asked Xiao Chengzi: "What's going on? What kind of poison did Ye Liangyuan take that requires searching the entire palace?"
Yeshi's situation is not optimistic, and Tuoba Hong is obviously furious, as the search of the palace has been carried out on such a large scale.
Xiao Chengzi's face was pale, listening to the footsteps outside getting louder and louder. She lowered her head and whispered to Lin Yuen: "The search of the palace just got the news... In a flash, they arrived at our place. Ye Liangyuan fainted in front of the Tai Temple yesterday, but at that time, it was said that she was tired, and there was nothing serious about it. However, after Ye Liangyuan returned to the palace, her condition worsened, and even the emperor accompanying her for a night did not see any improvement. Today, early in the morning, she saw red, which shocked the emperor... These are what I heard from the people of Changxin Palace, and later it was rumored that Ye Liangyuan was poisoned and fell ill. The emperor was furious and ordered General Yao to lead his men to search all palaces except for Changxin, Changle, and Xiangfei's Linzhi Palace. They must find the real culprit..."
Lin Wan felt a little suffocated in her heart. She already regretted sleeping so late, and this kind of thing didn't happen often. It was her first time experiencing it. Before the search, she should have been prepared, even if there was nothing that shouldn't be hidden in her palace, she should have instructed her trusted palace maids to tidy up beforehand, just to have a bottom line; and then instruct people to guard each place well, to prevent traitors from bringing in dirty things to frame her. But now, she didn't have time for these things.
She sat in the main seat, pretending to be calm and holding a cup of tea, listening to the sound of the first snow outside and the conversation between An Gui and the eunuch, but her mind was only thinking about why Ye Xiu Xin was poisoned and how she was poisoned. After a while, she suddenly slapped her forehead and pulled over Huan Gu Gu beside her: "Ah! We have to hide the Yezi cards we played last night quickly! Although it has nothing to do with poison, this gathering is also a crime!" Huan Gu Gu listened and became anxious, busily taking down a small cloth package from the top of the cabinet and carrying it to the backyard.
As they spoke, the people in front had already entered the palace gate. The leader was An Gui, Yao Fu Sheng's apprentice, who was also a dignified person in the imperial court. Although they were searching the palace, the Mirror Moon Pavilion was different from other places, and everyone dared not to be presumptuous, carefully accompanying Lin Yu with a smile and paying their respects. An Gui repeatedly instructed the eunuchs to be careful, absolutely not to damage any of Princess Wei's belongings.
Lin Wan ordered someone to serve An Gui a cup of tea, and only smiled: "It's hard for you, Master Gui, to come and do chores so early in the morning. This princess has been recuperating for a long time and is quite ignorant of external affairs. I don't know how Ye Liangyu is doing now? Is the dragon fetus still safe?" While speaking, she stroked her chest: "Alas, the emperor's children are originally few, this one must not be missed."
For Tuoba Hong, having children was a major hardship in his life. But Lin Yuanyan didn't care whether he would cut off his descendants or not. In her opinion, the imperial harem of Great Qin was such a place where Ye Xiuhe's downfall was inevitable, it was just unexpected to happen so soon, on the sixth day after the news of her pregnancy broke out.
The children in the palace look precious on the surface, but they are actually suffering from all kinds of hardships and difficulties, much more than those outside. Lin Wen couldn't help but think of Xiang Fei again, with Ye Shi's incident, Xiang Fei's side wasn't easy either, not to mention that she had been feeling unwell for a long time, suffering from morning sickness and drowsiness every day, looking so weak that even the imperial doctors were worried.
An Gui gave a hand signal and led the people to search the house from behind. Seeing a group of people rushing in, Chu Xue hastily made eye contact with Xiao Chengzi, wanting him to follow behind and keep an eye on them. Lin Yuan, however, raised her hand to stop him, saying: "There's no need, An Gui is a person from the imperial court, he won't be bribed by anyone. If something bad is really found, it must be trouble from elsewhere, what's the use of us keeping an eye on them?"
The first snow, it's also a good idea to have breakfast together with Xiaochengzi. Lin Yu slowly drank a bowl of mung bean porridge, narrowed her eyes to look at the warm winter sun reflected on the red plum outside, and the small snowflakes floating in the air fell to the ground, time quietly passed as usual.
The people in the Jingyue Pavilion were all a bit tense, they stood with their heads bowed and served their masters with a wooden expression, but their faces were tight, giving off a sense of impending doom. However, soon An Gui and his men retreated from the back hall. An Gui laughed and apologized to Lin Yu: "The concubine's bedroom did not have anything out of the ordinary, I disturbed the concubine for no reason, I'm really sorry..."
Lin Wan and Chu Xue couldn't believe it would be over so quickly, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Xue waved her hand towards An Gui: "Master An has worked hard, I wouldn't dare to trouble you." An Gui also smiled: "The bedroom of Concubine Wei is indeed a bit small, it's easy to investigate. However, I recently heard from my master that the Emperor intends to move you to a new palace. Among the twelve palaces, Huayang Palace and Jingren Palace are the best..."
Lin Yantan smiled and said, "The emperor is joking, I'm just a concubine, how can I take the master's position?" An Guizhen laughed even more: "Your Majesty, you can't be compared to others! Rules are dead, people are alive. When Consort Hui was still in her prime, didn't she also hold the main position of Xianfu Palace? It all depends on the emperor's liking."
An Gui was always smooth and slick. Although he came to search the palace, when it was time to leave, he spoke a lot of polite words, everywhere flattering Lin Yu.
The first snow saw An Gui off, and when she returned, her face was much more relaxed. She smiled and said: "We've only been back for a few days, and the palace is already starting to stir up trouble again. Fortunately, our young master has been resting quietly due to illness, this time Ye Liangyuan was poisoned, it's not possible that you took your injuries to poison her, where can these dirty waters be splashed on us..."
She had hardly finished speaking when the noise outside started again.
The sound of the announcement gradually approached, and the inner monitor cleared his throat to shout loudly. The voice was sharp and piercing, but it had a strong penetrating power, which made Lin's ears ache. "The Empress Dowager has arrived, the Sheng Imperial Concubine has arrived——" Before these two Buddhas entered the narrow inner courtyard of the Mirror Moon Pavilion, the palace people around Lin could not help but rush out to welcome them, and they knelt down with a rustling sound.
Lin Wan didn't know what wind blew today, and suddenly the Empress and Shang Fei both descended upon her, especially Shang Fei, who hadn't left her room in days, yet still bounced over to stir up trouble with Lin Wan. Indeed, she and Shangguan Li were born to be arch-enemies.
She was sitting on the warm couch in the inner temple, not to mention standing up and paying respects, but even nodding her head lazily. The Empress's complexion was more than a little better than when she was in Beisi, wearing a rose-purple peony flower-patterned brocade, with a purple-gold string of twelve jade hairpins on her head, and an air of majesty that commanded respect. Behind her, the Sheng Concubine did not have the same beautiful makeup as before, but wore only a lotus-green embroidered jacket with gold thread, her belly bulging high, and was carefully supported by two palace maids as she came in.
The two of them arrived, and naturally there were large groups of servants surrounding them. In comparison, the small Mirror Moon Pavilion seemed somewhat shabby. Lin Yu looked at them as they entered the house, and only then smiled and said: "Her Majesty the Empress and Consort Sheng have graciously condescended to visit this humble place, it's truly making me, a lowly concubine, feel apprehensive. I, a concubine, am not worthy, and for any disrespect, I hope Your Majesties will forgive me."
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