Harem Daily Life

Chapter 235 1 They are all troublemakers

After Imperial Doctor Liu examined Zhao, he bandaged her wound, gave Xiangcao a bottle of golden wound medicine, and told her to apply the medicine to Zhao every day.

Then he showed it to Xu, took out a silver needle, pricked a few acupuncture points, and then packed up and left.

"Doctor Liu, why don't you prescribe medicine for me?" Xu asked anxiously, looking at Doctor Liu's back.

"You don't have any external injuries, just take some rest." Doctor Liu left the cold palace without looking back.

Two days later, Xiangcao got up to prepare breakfast for the two demoted concubines. When breakfast was ready, Xu didn't come out, so she ignored her. But when there was still no movement at noon, she went to take a look, and found that Xu was dead and her body was stiff.

Xiangcao was frightened and hurriedly went to call for help. However, Xu's death did not attract anyone's attention. The body was hastily buried and finally handed over to Xu's family to deal with.

When Tao Yanyan heard the news, he felt nothing at all.

"Has Xiangcao been in the cold palace for almost a month?" Tao Yanyan asked. Xianglan, who was serving beside her, quickly said, "Yes, Zhaoyi, it's been almost a month."

Tao Yanyan thought for a moment and called Chang Tai over: "Take the plum vase that His Majesty gave me and send it to Li Zongguan. Tell him that I want him to help me release the vanilla from the cold palace and place it in the imperial farm managed by Yu Guanshi. Ask him if he can do it. If he can't, I'll find another way."

When Xianglan heard this, she immediately knelt down to express her gratitude on behalf of Xiangcao: "Thank you for your consideration. If Xiangcao can leave the palace, she will never forget your kindness."

Tao Yanyan asked her to get up: "Of course you can't stay in the palace. Fortunately, Manager Yu was promoted by me personally. Let him help take care of Xiangcao. He will take care of everything."

Tao Yanyan's network is expanding little by little. After almost a year in this world, he can be said to have gained something.

Li Zongguan handled the matter quickly and took a young eunuch to the cold palace to pick up the person. Xiangcao kowtowed to Zhao Shi three times: "Master, if you had not made things difficult for Tao Zhaoyi, you would not have ended up like this. Tao Zhaoyi is a good person. She helped me leave the palace. I will take my leave now. Please don't make trouble here anymore."

Zhao was now unable to speak and could only watch Xiangcao with tears streaming down her face.

It would be a lie to say that she had no regrets. She herself couldn't understand how she had ended up like this.

Back then, her position was higher than Tao Yanyan's. Tao Yanyan was just a low-ranking lady, and she was already a beauty. But because she had troubled Tao Yanyan, she gradually fell to this point.

Thinking of Shu Fei's promise, and remembering that Xian Fei and Xu had poisoned her and made her mute, a cold light flashed in Zhao's eyes. She hurriedly grabbed Xiangcao and whimpered for a long time. Xiangcao nodded reluctantly and asked the eunuch to find paper and pen to write a letter to Zhao.

Zhao wrote the letter very quickly and after giving it to Xiangcao, she asked her to make sure to give it to the imperial concubine. Xiangcao had no choice but to agree.

When she came out with the letter, she saw Li the chief steward waiting outside. Before Xiangcao could read the letter, Li the chief steward took it away.

"Now that you have come out, you don't need to bring anything with you. I will send you to the manor according to the instructions of Tao Zhaoyi. You should keep a low profile and don't let Tao Zhaoyi down."

Xiangcao immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Manager Li: "Thank you Manager Li for saving my life."

Xiangcao looked at the letter that was taken away again, gritted her teeth and said, "Zhao Liangyi instructed that it must be delivered to the Imperial Concubine. Please ask Manager Li to take a look and help pass it on if possible."

Manager Li rolled his eyes at her and said, "You can't take care of yourself, and yet you still meddle in her business! Well, hurry up and leave. Xiao Shunzi will take you out of the palace and take you to the manor. When you get there, find Manager Yu. Zajia will greet you. Just behave yourself and don't cause any trouble there. In a few years, no one will remember you."

Li Zongguan had someone hand her a bundle: "This is what your good sister prepared. There is also 20 taels of silver given by Tao Zhaoyi in it. You can take it out."

Xiangcao had no choice but to thank him again and let the matter of the letter go.

After everyone left, Manager Li looked around to see that there was no one around, so he opened the door and looked inside. When he saw this, he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

He quickly pinched his philtrum and said angrily: "They are all troublemakers. Why are they writing letters for no reason? Are they asking the media to report it or not?"

After much deliberation, Manager Li decided to report it. After all, Shu Fei, Xian Fei, the Empress Dowager and Tao Zhaoyi were involved in this matter, and he didn't have the courage to hide it.

When the imperial concubine heard that it was still about Zhao in the cold palace, she was extremely annoyed.

But seeing that Manager Li looked nervous, he still took the letter and read it.

Seeing this, the imperial concubine was almost frightened.

"Is this true?" The imperial concubine felt that she should verify it first out of caution.

"Reporting to Her Majesty, I think it is nine out of ten times true. In fact, we don't need to worry about Shu Fei's part. The Empress Dowager has already reprimanded Shu Fei before. The main thing is the matter of Concubine Xian. If it is true, then..." Butler Li didn't say anything else. If it was true, then Concubine Xian would be finished.

The imperial concubine thought for a long time, frowning, and walked back and forth several times before she said, "You follow me to Changchun Palace, Wenlan, go to Qinzheng Palace to invite His Majesty."

The Queen Mother will be going to the hot spring palace in a few days. Today, Xiao Jin'an has recovered from his illness, so she specially brought him over to play with her. Tao Yanyan naturally followed and was making lunch in the kitchen.

When the imperial concubine arrived, the empress dowager was still a little suspicious. This imperial concubine would never come to her Changchun Palace on her own initiative, so why did she come today?

"Your Majesty, Zhao from the cold palace wrote a letter of accusation. I feel that the matter is of great importance and I dare not conceal it. So I come here to disturb you at this time. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." After saying this, she presented the letter.

Eunuch Qin took the letter, glanced at Steward Li standing behind the Imperial Concubine, and handed the letter to the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager didn't think much of the previous content, as it was nothing more than how Shu Fei instigated Zhao. Although Shu Fei denied it, the Empress Dowager already knew it. But when she saw that Xian Fei's fetus could not be saved and she deliberately blamed the abortion on the Empress Dowager's punishment, the Empress Dowager became upset.

"How ridiculous! Someone, tell Consort Xian to come over here! And send someone to the Qinzheng Palace to get the Emperor to come over as well!"

The imperial concubine said hurriedly: "Before I came here, I had already sent someone to invite His Majesty. I think he will be here soon."

Tao Yanyan had prepared the meal and was about to come out to ask the empress dowager to move aside when she saw the imperial concubine there with a furious look on her face.

"You are so brave. You knew that the virtuous concubine's fetus could not be saved and you blamed it on my punishment, but you didn't say anything? You knew that the emperor felt guilty about this and promoted the virtuous concubine, but you were indifferent? Tao Zhaoyi, do you want me to punish you?"

The Queen Mother's voice was a little high. The Emperor, who had just entered the room, heard the last sentence and immediately quickened his pace and came in: "Tao Zhaoyi is very well behaved, why did the Queen Mother punish her?"