I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 367 An Lingrong 23

But now the Queen Mother has passed away, and the only person who will protect the Queen is gone. If the Queen wants to harm others in the future, she will have to consider more and be hesitant in doing things, which makes the Queen somewhat angry.

Moreover, the Queen Mother's death was sudden, and Zhu Xi was also dealt with suddenly by the Emperor, so she had no idea about the Queen Mother's manpower and she got nothing.

But it's too late now. I have to be more careful in the future, but it is impossible to prevent her from harming others.

She is not living a good life, why should others live better than her.

The epidemic is not over yet. In order to avoid being infected, no one went to Shoukang Palace to pay tribute to the empress dowager after her death. The emperor only ordered the concubines to mourn for the empress dowager in their respective palaces.

In their own palace, there are their own people, so the mourning is very complicated. Some of them have never seen the empress dowager or do not take her seriously. They just do what they are supposed to do in normal times and just do the mourning in a confused manner.

The emperor was afraid that she would be the next person to be infected with the plague, so he ordered the people in the Imperial Hospital to develop a prescription to treat the plague as soon as possible.

As for An Lingrong, she took a health pill and gave one to Hongmin, so even if something happened to others, both she and her son would be fine.

Moreover, the epidemic has dragged on for too long, and we don’t know how many people will die.

Although she was not a good person, she did not want the epidemic to continue. Her son would be the emperor in the future and the world would belong to her son. Naturally, she hoped that the Qing Dynasty would become better and better.

So An Lingrong sent a message to an imperial physician whom she had previously won over in the Imperial Medical Bureau, asking him to give the prescription for treating the epidemic to the emperor.

The imperial physician named Wu did not delay and summoned him immediately after the emperor learned that there was a way to treat the epidemic.

With the existence of this prescription, the epidemic that had been raging for more than two months finally showed significant improvement.

As a result, Doctor Wu was given an important position.

After this incident, Imperial Doctor Wu officially appeared before the Emperor.

After the epidemic, the weather gradually became warmer.

At this time, the emperor's patience with Nian Gengyao had reached its limit. After learning that he had colluded with Prince Dun, the emperor could no longer tolerate it and planned to take action against Nian Gengyao.

Now Hua Fei is still relatively favored. After the plan to deal with Nian Gengyao was made, Hua Fei's favor in the palace became even more outstanding, and no one could compare to her. She did all this to paralyze Nian Gengyao and let him relax his vigilance.

While Hua Fei was proud, she was also a little uneasy.

But when she thought about the fact that she had been favored by the emperor before, the worry in her heart quickly dissipated.

Zhen Huan knew the emperor's intention, so when Concubine Hua took advantage of her favor to humiliate her, she swallowed her hatred and did not show any dissatisfaction.

She persuaded herself in her heart that this was all for the purpose of dealing with the Nian family. As long as the Nian family fell, she could take revenge.

Moreover, the Queen also took action. In order to make the Emperor even more dissatisfied with the Nian family, after learning that Nian Gengyao's wife was ill, Nian Gengyao took away all the imperial doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau, and her head began to hurt.

This time her headache was so severe that she could not get out of bed and needed a royal physician.

But all the imperial physicians had gone to the Nian Mansion, and the Queen had no imperial physicians available.

This incident caused a big stir and successfully made the emperor even more dissatisfied with Nian Gengyao.

The Queen's plan succeeded.

The emperor knew Nian Gengyao well, and if he wanted to deal with her, the best way would be to praise her to death.

So for the following period of time, the emperor praised Nian Gengyao again and again, and Nian Gengyao gradually lost himself and became particularly arrogant.

Concubine Hua had advised her many times to keep a low profile, but Nian Gengyao was proud of his great contributions and did not think that the emperor would do anything to him, so he was not afraid at all.

At this time, Nian Gengyao's arrogance and domineering behavior also caused dissatisfaction among many court officials.

If there are many people who are dissatisfied with him, everyone will push him down. Then the emperor can stand on the moral high ground and deal with him.

At that time, people would not say that he was cold-hearted, but that Nian Gengyao did not appreciate the emperor's kindness.

As the weather got hotter, the emperor took his concubines to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat. An Lingrong and Hongmin still lived in Natural Painting.

But this time was different from the relaxed atmosphere of last year when people just wanted to escape the summer heat. Many people had already sensed that a storm was coming, so the concubines who knew something about it rarely went out and spent more time staying in their own residences.

An Lingrong didn't go out much, but when she felt bored, she would still take Hongmin out for a walk.

Jiuzhou Banquet.

The court officials were extremely dissatisfied with the arrogant Nian Gengyao, so many of them came before the emperor to list Nian Gengyao's faults.

Among these people were those who had been offended by Nian Gengyao, and some were the emperor's men. They followed the emperor's instructions and listed Nian Gengyao's faults in detail.

Concubine Hua has been in charge of the harem affairs for quite some time, and she has developed some people under her.

Therefore, Concubine Hua soon found out what happened at the Jiuzhou Qingyan. She rushed over upon hearing the news with an anxious look on her face. She was particularly worried that the status of the Nian family would be in jeopardy because the emperor had listened to the slander of those ministers.

So I tested the emperor.

Of course, the emperor would not say that he was very afraid of Nian Gengyao and was trying to get rid of him. Instead, he comforted Concubine Hua, saying that Nian Gengyao had helped him so much and was a great contributor, and he would not punish him.

The emperor's words were sincere and Hua Fei temporarily relaxed, but she was still a little worried.

Of course, the Emperor knew what Hua Fei was worried about. In order to reassure Hua Fei, he specially called Zhen Huan to discuss a strategy.

Zhen Huan was very proactive in finding ways to deal with Nian Gengyao and Concubine Hua, and she quickly came up with a plan.

So, after Zhen Huan left the Emperor, her style of behavior changed a little. Before, no matter how much she hated Concubine Hua in her heart, she was always respectful to her on the surface. But now, when she met Concubine Hua, she dared to ridicule her.

Concubine Hua was so blocked that she couldn't speak.

Concubine Hua was very dissatisfied, so she embarrassed Zhen Huan at the banquet hosted by the Emperor.

Zhen Huan is still favored by the Emperor, but Concubine Hua wants to teach Zhen Huan a lesson.

"Your Majesty, Wan Changzai is disobedient to the superior, does not know the difference between high and low, and is disrespectful to me. Your Majesty, you must punish her."

The emperor was silent for a moment, then suddenly became furious. He then had Zhen Huan taken away and imprisoned her in the Bitong Academy, not allowing her to come out without his permission.

Looking at Zhen Huan's surprised and disbelieving expression, Concubine Hua smiled triumphantly.

Now she finally felt relieved. The emperor still cared about her, and for her sake, he would not punish her brother.

An Lingrong held a fan in her hand and watched the emperor and Zhen Huan acting out. Besides her, the queen also noticed that something was wrong.

But Concubine Hua didn't notice anything and was still immersed in the illusion created by the Emperor. An Lingrong didn't know what to say.