Harem Daily Life

Chapter 234 People are under the roof

Tao Yanyan tucked him in and said, "It's getting late now. It would be a hassle to trouble Your Majesty to go to other palaces. Your Majesty, please bear with it. I have put a hot water bottle in the quilt. You will be warm after sleeping for a while."

He Linzhang was helpless: "Yan Yan, I know all the grievances in your heart. Don't worry, Zhang Fuhai has suppressed the rumors in the palace. They misunderstood you, but neither I nor the queen will misunderstand."

Tao Yanyan didn't understand what was going on. She had been busy calling the imperial physician to treat Xiao Jinan since she returned to the palace, and she didn't know anything about the rumors.

"What rumors are you talking about, Your Majesty? I have been busy since I returned to the palace, and have not had time to ask Mingyue and the others if anything happened today." Tao Yanyan said suspiciously with her eyes wide open.

He Linzhang choked and briefly explained the rumors in the palace today. Tao Yanyan could only remain speechless after listening.

"I really didn't mean to cause trouble for the Queen. Who would have thought that the butler Wang was actually the second master of the Duke's Mansion! But I have already made it clear in front of the Queen last night. I don't bother to pay attention to these rumors. Instead of getting angry, you might as well take care of Jin'an and stay healthy." Tao Yanyan pursed her lips.

He Linzhang pinched her face and said, "I misunderstood you last night. I thought you were still angry with me and deliberately avoided me. It turns out that you were avoiding suspicion."

Tao Yanyan blinked and wanted to say, I'm just angry!

She glanced in the direction of Xiao Jin'an and found that the child had fallen asleep, so she lowered her voice and said, "Your Majesty, whether you say I am hypocritical or annoying, I admit it. To be honest, I am still angry with you in my heart. I am so angry that I don't want to talk to you. But..."

Tao Yanyan glared at him, "But what's the point of being angry? I've helped you take care of the child. Jin'an and I have a deep mother-son relationship now, and I don't want him to see us quarreling all the time. As a concubine, I can't leave the palace. Alas, I can only swallow my anger to make a living under your majesty's roof."

He Linzhang: “…”

"Then... I will try not to make you angry in the future." He Linzhang sighed and made a promise.

That night, the three of them slept on separate beds in Xiao Jinan's room.

He Linzhang lay on his side, looking at the two people, one big and one small, on the bed not far away, his eyes extremely gentle.

Little Jin'an felt a little better the next day, but he still had a cough. Tao Yanyan did not arrange for him to go out again and decided to take good care of him. He would deal with the royal property matters after the child was fully recovered.

Li Zongguan also took advantage of his free time to deal with some urgent matters. He was arranging for the replacement of personnel in various places, when he heard the eunuch from the cold palace report that Zhao and Xu in the cold palace had a fight and both of them were not well. If they did not invite the imperial physician, they might not survive for a day or two. He considered it for a while and went to the imperial concubine's Qingyun Palace to report.

"My Lady, Zhao from the cold palace has been holding a grudge since her throat was poisoned and she was mute. Xu was also banished to the cold palace, so the two of them often have conflicts. I heard from the people below that Zhao strangled Xu's neck last night. If it weren't for the maid Xiangcao who stopped her, Xu would have died last night. Xu was not to be outdone. When she recovered this morning, she took a stool and hit Zhao. Zhao was seriously injured, so I came to ask if we can ask the imperial physician to see them both?"

When the imperial concubine heard that it was about these two people, she didn't take it seriously: "They are all commoners now, and according to the rules, they can't ask the imperial physician. You can ask someone to bring some golden wound medicine over. Wealth and honor are determined by heaven, life and death are determined by fate."

After listening to this, Manager Li concealed the dark look in his eyes and said, "Yes, I will take my leave first."

As he turned around, the imperial concubine called him, "Li Zongguan, you have been in the palace for thirty years, right?"

Chief Eunuch Li smiled and said, "It's been thirty-three years. I entered the palace at the age of eight and became a young eunuch. In a blink of an eye, I'm already forty-one."

"General Manager Li has always been upright, that's why he has been in charge of the Imperial Household Department for so many years. But recently, I have noticed that General Manager Li and Concubine Tao are quite close. I wonder what benefits Concubine Tao has promised General Manager Li that would make you favor her." The imperial concubine asked bluntly, and General Manager Li was a little surprised.

However, he had served in the harem for decades and had already become very adept at it. He knew exactly what questions his master would ask, why he asked them, and how to answer them.

"I wasn't familiar with Tao Zhaoyi before. We just went to visit the imperial property together recently and spent a few days together. We can't say that we have a deep relationship. As for favoring her, I haven't paid special attention to it."

Seeing that he was also very cunning, the imperial concubine snorted coldly, "No flower lasts forever. Now that she, Tao Zhaoyi, is in favor, there are naturally many people who cling to her, but the palace is not short of new people. When she falls out of favor in the future, those who cling to her will be even more miserable than her, because loyal ministers do not serve two masters. Even if they surrender in the future, they will hardly be reused. Li Zongguan is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is the real power. I hope you don't choose the wrong person and stand on the wrong side."

Steward Li bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your advice. However, I am in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and I only follow your Majesty's orders. I never dare to stand in any team or follow anyone randomly. Your Majesty, you are worrying too much."

The imperial concubine looked at him coldly: It seems that this Manager Li cannot be won over. He is just like Concubine Tao, stubborn and unyielding.

After leaving Qingyun Palace, Chief Eunuch Li's face turned cold. He told a young eunuch beside him, "Go to the Imperial Hospital to get some wound medicine and send it to the two people in the cold palace. Take care of Xiangcao and tell her to keep an eye on her. Don't fight again."

It would be unlucky if both former concubines died suddenly in the first month of the year. His Majesty would definitely be angry and would punish him for failing to supervise them properly.

In the cold palace, Xiangcao got two bottles of golden wound medicine and applied it to Zhao first. The bleeding on the forehead stopped, but Zhao was drowsy and didn't even have the strength to speak.

Xiangcao was a little worried, fearing that Zhao would die and she would be implicated, so she asked the eunuch outside the cold palace to help find Tao Zhaoyi in Changle Palace and ask Tao Zhaoyi to think of a way and find an imperial physician to come and see her.

"Oh, don't waste your energy. Tao Yanyan is the most vicious person. I didn't hurt her at all. She tricked Your Majesty into sending me in with just a few words. Your Zhao Liangyi once slandered her. It would be strange if she would help to invite the imperial physician!" Xu rolled her eyes at Xiangcao, thinking that she was daydreaming and was doing useless work.

On Tao Yanyan's side, Imperial Doctor Liu was just checking Xiao Jinan's pulse. She hesitated for a moment and then told Imperial Doctor Liu.

"A doctor is like a loving parent. I'll go there then. It's freezing cold and I'm injured. If I don't get treatment, I'm afraid I won't make it to spring." Doctor Liu packed up his medicine box and went with Dong Fang.

When Xiangcao saw Dongfang coming with Doctor Xu, she was so excited that she shed tears.

When Xu saw that Tao Yanyan had really sent an imperial physician, she angrily said, "She is so hypocritical and vicious. She deceived Your Majesty and brought me in, causing me to fall into this situation. I hate her and I wish she would die!"

Doctor Xu looked at Xu who was shouting wildly, and his eyes darkened.