The harem is full of gossip, Your Majesty, you are being cheated Ch. 138

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"Mother, Lady Lin is reserved and can't say these intimate words, but it doesn't matter, I've said it for her." Jiang Zhimiao said softly, "I also want to take care of you personally, but Lady Lin is filial, and mother likes her to serve more. I'll just give up and give Lady Lin the opportunity to be filial."

Empress Dowager covered her heart.

She stared at Jiang Zhimiao for a long time, then slowly lay back.

Lin Qingqing had no choice but to return to the bed.

Jiang Zhimiao didn't ask why Lin Qingqing didn't go to the restroom again. She retracted her gaze and continued to watch the drama.

"Useless thing." Empress Dowager lowered her voice and said with gritted teeth.

Lin Qingqing also had some complaints.

She wanted to be useful.

But she was just a Cainu*, what could she do?
(*Cainu 采女 Cǎinǚ: Maidservant, Lady-in-waiting. That's Lin Qingqing's title after she was demoted by Yue Lin, so the convenient, I use 'Lady' instead.)

At this moment, Lin Qingqing and Empress Dowager suddenly realized something.

That was, in the era of supreme imperial power, especially in the harem, their rights actually come from the current emperor! Yue Lin!

The good life they had before was actually given by the emperor.

But now, Yue Lin didn't want to give it.

They couldn't even go out.

Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Why couldn't Hua'er deal with Xie Qiu?

The Xie family left the merit of following the dragon when the Great Yong Dynasty was founded, and they have been granted royal favors for generations since then.

Now Duke Xie seemed to have retired, but he still had many hidden forces in the imperial guards stationed in the Capital.

If Hua'er married Xie Qiu, how could Yue Lin be so unscrupulous!

But now, Duke Xie clearly stood on Yue Lin's side. With Duke Xie, the imperial guards in the Capital were all in Yue Lin's hands.

If it was when he first ascended the throne, he was still a puppet emperor.

But now—

He was truly in control of the real power.

It was too easy for an emperor who controled the real power to do something.

Hua'er asked her to pretend to be sick to control Yue Lin, and Yue Lin took this opportunity to control Shou'an Palace.

Empress Dowager felt a pang of pain in her heart.

Yue Lin was really not polite to his mother.

This child looked cold before, but he was always filial to her.

Now he had become like this, he must have listened to the instigation of the traitor.

As for who this traitor was.

Empress Dowager couldn't help but look at Jiang Zhimiao angrily.

Who else could it be besides Jiang Zhimiao?

Jiang Zhimiao noticed Empress Dowager's gaze and turned to her with a sweet smile.

"Are you hungry, mother?" Jiang Zhimiao handed over a handful of melon seeds enthusiastically.

Empress Dowager's face suddenly turned ugly.

This time she was not pretending to be sick, but was angry!

Was there anyone who fed melon seeds to patients? Hah?

Jiang Zhimiao suddenly reacted, "Mother is not feeling well, I'm afraid it's inconvenient."

Empress Dowager snorted coldly, thinking that Jiang Zhimiao had not gone too far.

Jiang Zhimiao directly stuffed the melon seeds to Lin Qingqing, "But my mother wants to eat, you can help her deal with it."

Jiang Zhimiao said, and took a big pack and put it next to Lin Qingqing, "These, you slowly peel them."

Lin Qingqing: "..."

Empress Dowager wanted to ask, how did Jiang Zhimiao know that she wanted to eat?

However, let's forget it for now.

Anyway, it was Lin Qingqing who was troubled, not her.

As long as Jiang Zhimiao could calm down for a while, she could do whatever she wanted.

"Peel it, put the seeds aside first." Empress Dowager turned around and fell asleep.

Lin Qingqing looked at the big bag of seeds, but she had no time to rest, so she could only peel them resignedly.

'I am the heroine.'

'The pain now is for the happiness in the future.'

'Jiang Zhimiao will be miserable in the future.'

She kept resolute in her mind, and barely managed to hold on.

That night, Jiang Zhimiao was in the room taking care of the sick.

Yue Lin was not idle either.

Empress Dowager was sick, so someone must have failed to take good care of her.

She didn't ask for the imperial physician or report to the Emperor immediately when she was sick. The entire Shou'an Palace was so lazy!

Couldn't this be rectified?

Several of Empress Dowager's confidants, including Nanny Fang, Qiuli and others were temporarily detained by Yue Lin.

Other palace maids and eunuchs, big and small, were also interrogated one by one.

"Madam Fang, how... how did it develop into this?" In the small room, Qiuli was a little scared.

Nanny Fang's face was also a little ugly.

She knew that Empress Dowager was pretending to be sick.

In the Yong Dynasty, filial piety was as important as heaven. According to the previous situation, Yue Lin would rush over as soon as possible, and then because of worrying about Empress Dowager, she would agree to all kinds of reasonable and unreasonable requests from Empress Dowager.

But this time, Yue Lin's reaction was to take advantage of Empress Dowager's illness and take the opportunity to reorganize the entire Shou'an Palace.

Nanny Fang and others wanted to see Empress Dowager, but Shou'an Palace was surrounded by imperial guards inside and outside. How could they see her?

Nanny Fang wanted to inform Yue Hua.

Yue Hua also had several spies among the imperial guards, so it was very convenient to pass on the news.

But she was horrified to find that all the spies planted by Yue Hua were gone.

The Imperial Study Room was reorganized once, and the Shou'an Palace was reorganized once. The Emperor was planning to completely remove the nails in the harem!

"Wait a little longer." Nanny Fang was a little flustered, but still said, "When Empress Dowager recovers from her illness, we will be fine."

Yue Lin couldn't keep Empress Dowager locked up for life.

When Empress Dowager came out, she would naturally save them.

Qiuli and others nodded, but the sorrow on their faces did not decrease at all.

After staying in the deep palace for so long, they have keenly smelled some breath.

This day!

It's really going to change!

At that time, could they, the confidants of Empress Dowager, really get away with it?

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