C26 Draw the Fish

Leaning against the soft couch to calm her mind, she looked at the crabapple in Phoenix Palace.

The leaves were thick and green, and there were a few blooming flowers hanging from a thin stem.

When the spring wind blew, it swayed slightly. It was so beautiful that it almost took away the beauty of spring.

The crabapple that Xin Yi had sent over was said to be undefeatable.

She smiled as she grabbed the branch and pinched off the biggest one.

If she remembered correctly, it was also at this time in her previous life that Concubine Ren's brother had contributed to pacifying the rebellion in the southern barbarians. After returning to the capital, he was proud of his achievements and was impeached by other officials.

Concubine Ren's elder brother was in charge of the Imperial Examinations in the previous dynasty, selecting talents. He was an honest man, but the wife he married was extremely greedy. She stole the first place's exam paper and broke the first place's leg.

Although Concubine Ren's father was at home, he was secretly in contact with many officials in the imperial court.

Chi Hongze's tolerance for this family had reached its limit.

That was why he allowed the previous Concubine Ren to be arrogant and despotic in the palace, just like in his previous life.

Then, he would use her, the Queen of Monan, to get rid of Concubine Ren.

And because she had forced Concubine Ren to death with a cup of poisonous wine, she had left behind a vicious and domineering reputation.

"Lianye." Throwing the crabapple on the ground, she said lightly, "Spread the news of the haunted Imperial Garden. It will definitely reach the ears of Noble Consort Hui. In addition, find the eunuch Liuzi in Concubine Ren's palace and ask him to come to Phoenix Palace.

And the guard named Sheng Ann, give him this note and tell him to go out of the palace to find this person."

She narrowed her eyes and carefully hid the letter in Lianye's palm.

In a low voice, she said, "Go out of the palace alone and hand this letter to the manager of the Furong bakery. Remember, don't let the Emperor's secret guard find out."

No one knew that Lianye, who had grown up with her since childhood, had an extremely good Light-body Technique.

A few days later, news suddenly spread out from the Benevolence Palace. The empress dowager's head injury did not improve at all, on the contrary, it became more and more serious.

The imperial physicians went in and out, all of them frowning, but they could not see anything.

All the concubines who came to visit the empress dowager, other than the empress, were all stopped outside the palace. They did not accept any flattering gifts.

Concubine Ren was furious. She slapped the face of the palace maid beside her, "Trash!"

She scolded in a sharp voice, "All of you are trash! I would rather raise a dog than raise you!"

"If you can't even do such a small thing, how can the people of the Empress enter the Benevolence Palace? And you can't even send things in!"

The little maid was so scared that she did not even dare to cry. "Your Ladyship, Wet Nurse Lee has the same cold expression on her face towards all the palace maids. Before I could get close, I was chased out by Wet Nurse Lee."

Concubine Ren raised her eyebrows in doubt, "Wet Nurse Lee?"

"Yes, yes, I saw with my own eyes that Lianye, who was beside the Empress, sent Wet Nurse Lee an embroidered bag. It was heavy, and I'm afraid it was silver."

"Idiot! Don't you know how to send some silver to Wet Nurse Lee?!"

Concubine Ren slapped her again.

The little palace maid trembled and retreated. Not long after, she came back with a smile to report.

"Replying to Her Majesty, Wet Nurse Lee really did accept the silver and told me that Her Majesty, seeing that Her Majesty's head illness had worsened, secretly planned to go to the Lotus Temple outside the palace to invite a god or Buddha back.

Your Majesty believes in this the most. I'm afraid that when the Buddha comes back, Your Majesty will have your eyes on her again."

Concubine Ren sneered," Humph, I didn't expect the empress to steal the limelight. "

She turned around and ordered, "Send someone to Lotus Flower Temple. You must invite the god back before the Empress does."

"Wait, is there any movement from Noble Consort Hui?"

The maid helped her undress and said, "They say that Noble Consort Hui's place is haunted these days and can't sleep well all night. They say they want to invite a magician to the palace to take a look."

Concubine Ren stroked the hairpin in her hand and snorted in disdain, "Hmph, only those who have a guilty conscience are afraid of ghosts."

Overnight, she galloped away and returned in a hurry.

The next morning, a few young eunuchs carried a clay Buddha statue into the house and carefully carried it to the altar.

Concubine Ren entered with satisfaction. She glanced at the red scarf covering the Buddha statue and frowned in confusion. "Why is there still this annoying thing covering it? Hurry up and pull it off."

With a glance, the palace maid beside her was about to pull it off.

The eunuch who was carrying the statue of the Buddha hurriedly stopped her, "Your Ladyship, please do not. The master of the Lotus Temple said that the gods and buddhas will arrive at the palace in less than three days. You must not remove the red cloth, or else there will be a bloodbath."

"Bloody disaster?"

Concubine Ren felt a little disappointed, so she ordered someone to burn a few more incense sticks.

When she thought about how she had stolen the limelight from the Empress Dowager, she would definitely treat her very well.

Even the Emperor would look at her with affection. The position of Empress would definitely belong to her!

She could not help but smile, and her expression when she looked at the eunuchs became much better.

She waved her hand, "Liuzi, you have contributed the most to this matter. All of you can go down and receive your rewards."

That night, she slept soundly.

In her dream, she wore a phoenix robe and the Emperor beside her was gentle and affectionate.

She enjoyed the worship of tens of thousands of officials and endless glory.

Noble Consort Hui, Worthy Lady Soong, Yun Zhiyu, Noble Consort Jing, all of them were lying at her feet like dogs.

"Your Majesty -"

The next day, Concubine Ren deliberately woke up early. Just as she knelt in front of the Buddha statue, she heard a notification from outside.

"The Emperor has arrived - -"

She hurriedly got up and went to the outer hall to welcome him.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was not the only one who came. The Empress, Noble Consort Hui and the other concubines had all arrived.

She was a little confused, "Your Majesty, this is?"

Chi Hongze stood with his hands behind his back. His unfathomable phoenix eyes swept over, bringing with it a bone-piercing chill.

Before she could ask, he ordered in a cold voice, "Search!"