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  But going back, since Xiang Fei, there have been cases of palace maids who broke the rules and became main consorts from a lower position. Xiang Fei and Chu Hua Shang both became main consorts while still in the rank of Ronghua. It's all about the emperor's thoughts. Now adding Lin Yuan, it can be seen that the emperor's feelings for her are not simple.

  For these three people who broke the rules, everyone felt uncomfortable in their hearts, but no one dared to complain. When Xiang Fei and Chu Shi were in charge of Ronghua, it was because of the military achievements of their maiden family that they obtained the main position, which is also a way for the emperor to reward his loyal ministers. The father of Xiang Fei doesn't need to be mentioned, but Chu Huashang's father was also a capable minister who controlled the Yellow River flood, pacified the Beigong rebellion, and exposed the Shen family's crimes. Now he has entered the military machine department and become the emperor's right-hand man. How can the emperor's favor towards his daughter be excessive? And Lin Shi, her honor is exchanged with her life, she is the one who saved the emperor's life. In the entire palace, except for Empress Xiao who drank a bowl of poisoned tea for the emperor in the past, who else has made such great contributions?

  Thus, on this restless night, while Consort Chu was graciously accepting favors in the Xianfu Palace and Imperial Concubine Lin was happily packing her belongings in the Jingyue Pavilion, others could only bite their quilts and toss about, unable to sleep, yet they did not dare mention a single word of discontent to the Emperor, nor did they know how to vent their frustrations.

  ***

  Lin Yanan waited anxiously for the move. These days, Tuoba Hong was very busy, the Military Affairs Department had just been established, and there were many things to do, so he rarely set foot in the harem.

  The five days passed by quickly and slowly. On the fifth day, Lin Yu got up early in the morning, and Chu Xue and others had already moved their things to the small courtyard, waiting for the palace staff from Shang Gong Bureau to come and clean up.

  The eunuch who came to greet them was still An Gui. He helped Chunxue pack her things on one hand, and on the other hand, he chatted with Lin Wan very warmly: "I've come to congratulate you, Master Hui! I said it before, the Emperor has always intended for you to take the throne, now that it's really happened, it shows how much the Emperor values you!"

  Lin Wan knew that he was always eloquent, and hearing this made her happy. She ordered someone to bring out a golden ingot as a reward for him, saying: "Consider it a reward for your clever words! When we were going to move the palace earlier, I didn't think I would be able to take charge either. But the emperor's edict came down, and although my abilities are mediocre, I can only pretend to be capable. My only hope is not to disappoint the emperor's trust in me."

  An Gui hurriedly smiled and said: "If Master Hui is still mediocre, then there are only a few masters in the palace who can serve the emperor well!" As he spoke, he counted on his fingers and continued: "Jingren Palace is the best feng shui treasure land among the six palaces. Firstly, the palace is bright and luxurious, secondly, it is only 300 meters away from Jianzhang Palace, and thirdly, there is a famous peony garden inside, which is not inferior to the beauty of Youlin Garden. Since its abandonment, many princesses have asked the emperor to live in, but finally, it fell on Master Hui's head. Although Jingren Palace has not been inhabited for several years, if it is cleaned up, it will not be worse than Linzhi Palace..."

  Jingren Palace is one of the six eastern palaces, and its luxury is not worth mentioning. Lin Yin had never thought that she could live in such a place before. Many of the concubines who lived here before were favored concubines or high-ranking consorts with power. The reason it was abandoned was because its previous owner, Emperor Kangjing's favored concubine, Consort Wanxian, was put to death for her crimes, and Emperor Kangjing, in his great anger, had the palace sealed off. Later, during the reign of Emperor Qianwu, Tuoba Hong was too busy with state affairs to renovate Jingren Palace, and after ascending to the throne, he did not want to spread a reputation for extravagance, so Jingren Palace was left untouched until now.

  However, now that Mu Wu Wang is dead, Tuoba Hong's entire spirit has improved a lot. Things that he didn't have time to do before are now being done properly. The Jingren Palace is also about to be opened.

  It will be welcoming a concubine with only four ranks. But in Tuoba Hong's heart, Lin Yan is completely worthy of this palace.

  While they were happily collecting things in the Mirror Moon Pavilion, a rough and anxious little eunuch rushed in from outside the palace gate, shouting loudly: "Master, it's not good! Concubine Sheng has given birth prematurely! Now everyone in the palace has gone to Linzhi Palace..."

  Lin Wan was shocked: "Premature birth?"

  "According to the calculations, Concubine Xiang will give birth after the New Year. But this is a whole month early." Chusui also looked puzzled and whispered: "Concubine Xiang's pregnancy doesn't look good..."

  "No matter what, let's not be busy for now." Lin Yanyu instructed in a steady voice: "Something big has happened on the side of Xiang Fei, the entire palace is stirred up, and I am just a fourth-rank concubine after all. I cannot move house at this critical moment. Leave these things on the ground for now, Chuxue, let's hurry to Linzhi Palace."

  Arrived at Linji Palace, inside were already seated many imperial consorts of all sizes. Successively, palace maids brought in basin after basin of hot water, the imperial physicians and medical women rushed about, faintly audible was the suppressed shouting from within the inner palace.

  Lin Yanlai arrived the latest, in the outer palace, the empress led the concubines to sit quietly, although crowded but no one dared to speak, the air was filled with silent and oppressive silence. Only Emperor Taizong of Tang had not yet arrived, heard from the eunuch guarding the gate of Linzi Palace that the emperor was busy with government affairs, just now still seeing officials, at this time rushing over here.

  Lin Wan paid her respects to Empress Xiao, whose complexion was not good and seemed to be ill. She looked at Lin Wan with a hint of disgust in her eyes, then said indifferently: "The situation with Consort Xiang inside is not too good, you may sit down as you please, it's estimated that we'll still have to wait for several hours."

  Lin Yan nodded and sat down in a seat according to her position.

  She was sitting on the left side of Chu Huashang, who was slowly drinking tea with her head down, her face expressionless, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

  The people around her had different expressions on their faces. The birth of Xiang Fei was somewhat precarious, and naturally, no one dared to put a smile on their face, but most of them were secretly delighted in their hearts. Only the consorts who lived in Lin Zhi Palace with Xiang Fei were truly worried about her - An Xiao Yi from Qi Yu Xuan was restless, constantly twisting her handkerchief. Feng Xuan Shi, who came from a commoner background and rose to her position from being a palace maid, personally went back and forth in the inner hall, helping the palace maids serve Xiang Fei. Feng Zhuang Ji was even more anxious, pressing herself against the door curtain of the inner hall, staring at the situation inside. The high-ranking Zhen Bin, on the other hand, was the calmest, only pulling over the imperial physician every half an hour to ask about the situation.

  These people usually rely on Xiang Fei, if they didn't live in Lin Ji Palace, a place with good feng shui where they can often see the emperor, they wouldn't have any imperial favor now. They are able to mix and mingle like this today all thanks to Xiang Fei's support. If something were to happen to Xiang Fei, their future days would be just like those of Liang Bin and others - after Shen Fei was put to death and Yong Shou Palace was sealed off, the people who used to rely on the Shen family all lost favor overnight and were moved to remote palaces. The people whom the Shen family had offended in the past are now taking advantage of the opportunity to bully them mercilessly, their days can be described as extremely miserable.

  Conservancy Chu Huashuang looked through the heavy curtains at those busy palace people. The palace girls brought in hot water, and took out blood water, those young concubines were all scared, their faces pale. Chu Huashuang's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, giving birth in the imperial palace was a very dangerous thing, she couldn't give birth, wasn't that a good thing?

  She was frowning along with the other ladies-in-waiting. When she asked Liang for a second opinion and received an unfavorable response, her fingers trembled slightly.

  Lin Wan did not pay attention to Xiang Fei's palace maids, she fixed her eyes on Tian Pin and Jin Pin.

  She saw that Zhen Huan's fingers holding the cup had turned pale. Was Zhen Huan really worried about Sheng Fei? She was still so devoted...

  But that's not necessarily the case. Looking at Gimhae's face, which was slightly flushed, it might be worry, but it could also be tension - the tension after doing something she shouldn't have done.

  Lin Wan's heart was gradually unable to calm down. Xiang Fei was everywhere, exuding a strange and mysterious aura, the fetus was inexplicably unstable, and she had morning sickness every day and rarely went out. And her reliable helper, Jin Piao, when Xiang Fei was exhausted, secretly went to Jing Yue Pavilion to talk to Lin Wan, and also revealed to Lin Wan the reason for Xiang Fei's serious illness.

  So now Lin Wan doesn't believe that Zhen Huan is loyal to Empress Huizhong.

  Later, Xiang Fei came to the Mirror Moon Pavilion despite her poor health and forced herself to ask a question she didn't understand - "Was it you who did it?" And later on, in the Wu Gu case, she easily turned the tables and retreated unscathed, instead making the Empress Dowager look disheveled.

  When the witchcraft case broke out, Lin Yin thought that the sentence "is it you" referred to this matter, and that Xiang Fei had discovered the Empress's frame-up but was helpless. However, later on, Xiang Fei brought a martial arts skilled palace maid, Mu Shuang, to Mirror Moon Pavilion for a fierce fight, not putting the Empress in her eyes at all. In the end, the strategy used to escape left the Empress speechless, and the matter was resolved very beautifully. If that's the case, then this matter doesn't add up.

  That is, what she asked was another implication. It's a real troublesome thing that left her at a loss.

  She gave birth prematurely again...

  She has the unparalleled poison doctor, Lan Tui, by her side. Even Liang Shouchang can't compare to him. Who in the palace can use poisonous methods on her and succeed? With Lan Tui's skills, it should be almost certain that she can protect Concubine Xiang's pregnancy. Why would there still be an accident?

  What happened to Xiang Fei's body?

  Just as they were deep in thought, three rounds of applause sounded outside the palace gate. The empress and concubines all rose to their feet and paid their respects.

  Tuoba Hong stepped in and saw that the Linzhi Palace was in an uproar, with palace staff rushing about frantically, their faces all looking worried. Seeing this chaotic scene, he felt a sense of foreboding and stepped forward to ask the Empress: "What's going on? Is something wrong with Consort Xiang?"

  Empress Xia looked at Tuoba Hong's tense face and felt suffocated in her heart. She was not an ordinary palace woman, she understood what Tuoba Hong was really thinking about - he didn't want to see Shanggui Fei become powerful, nor did he want anything bad to happen to her, he just hoped to see a balanced situation, neither side being too weak or too strong.

  Empress Xiao was powerless to change all this. She didn't like the feeling of being forever unable to gain the upper hand, but if she ever gained an advantage and suppressed Consort Xiang, the Emperor would immediately suppress her and bring things back to square one. Her goals and those of Tuoba Hong were fundamentally at odds.