bayedsolid Chapter 499: Another upgrade?
Chapter 499: Another upgrade?
As expected, someone passed the letter on their behalf.
Emperor Chongzhao had just arranged for Prince Yong to leave the capital when Chen Duo hurriedly presented Jia Wangshi's letter of apology.
The emperor took a look, sneered, and ordered Chen Duo to throw it back to her: "Just tell him that this thing is trivial and the emperor will not read it."
Chen Duo understood and said with a smile: "I originally said that this memorial was written in a mess. It doesn't seem to be addressed to the emperor, but to the imperial concubine."
Emperor Chongzhao smiled and waved his hand, telling Chen Duo to leave quickly.
Chen Duo went to Rongguo Mansion in person and asked someone to call Jia Wangshi to the second gate and threw the memorial on the ground.
Jia Wangshi's face turned purple, she was extremely ashamed and angry, but she could only grit her teeth and ask humbly:
"May I ask this eunuch, does the emperor refuse to read my memorial?"
"If your subordinates pass things up for you, you'll be responsible for that!
"As of now, the investigation of your Jia family's affairs has only touched upon the Ning Mansion and the main branch of your Rong Mansion. Your second branch has nothing to do with it.
"But you can't just write about these wives handing over their tongues just to clear yourself and prove that your second room is clean, right?!
"If the Emperor asks us later who was so bold as to bother him with such trivial family matters, do we have to risk our lives to do your job for you?
"Wang, wake up, you are no longer the second wife of Rongguo Mansion, you are a sinner!
"If there is nothing important to do to make amends for your crimes, then don't waste the emperor's precious time here!
"I might as well tell you again that the Empress Dowager has passed away and the Emperor is about to return to the capital! The Emperor is so busy that he has no time to deal with your nagging!"
After saying that, he was about to leave impatiently.
When Jia Wang heard this, she was so frightened that she didn't care about anything else. She grabbed Chen Duo's sleeve and knelt down crying:
"My lord, please allow me to report!
"I really don't know what's going on outside. Even if I want to do my best to help Your Majesty, I can't do it...
"but!
“But I think, then, me, our eldest wife and the old lady might know something!
"I, I will try to persuade them again tonight, and write a letter of apology tomorrow. Is that ok?"
Chen Duo turned around, looked at Wang who was kneeling on the ground, and sneered: "Okay! Why not?"
Go ahead and go.
Jia Wangshi then lowered her head, gritted her teeth and climbed up. She returned to her room, thought about it, and secretly called Baoyu, who was only eight years old this year:
"I'll read and you write. Come and write a memorial for mother."
Baoyu opened his eyes wide and looked at her with a hint of innocence: "Didn't Madam ask my elder sister to write the memorial for you before? Why did you change it to me now?"
"Your elder sister's handwriting, um, her handwriting is too soft and charming, uh, the emperor doesn't like it, so he sent it back."
Jia Wangshi coaxed him, "Your handwriting has improved recently. You can write for me. The emperor likes to see boys' handwriting."
Hearing that it was a compliment, Baoyu became happy. He immediately spread out the paper, dipped it in ink, and rewrote a memorial for his mother word by word.
This memorial was not delivered until the next day, but was delivered to the Daming Palace before dark.
Emperor Chongzhao looked at the memorial coldly and said softly, "Women have the most vicious hearts..."
Chen Duo also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, should I take this to the trial?"
Emperor Chongzhao was silent for a while before he said, "Jia Zheng and Shi Ding are already on their way to the capital. When they arrive, you can take this to interrogate Jia Zheng."
Chen Duo nodded in agreement.
"Now," Emperor Chongzhao sighed, "take it and go find the imperial concubine first."
Chen Duo was stunned: "Should we tell the imperial concubine?"
"This Jia Wangshi has even brought up her father's affairs, and even involved all sorts of things about Prince's clothes. If we don't tell the Imperial Concubine, when she gets the news in the future, you and I will both be in trouble!"
Having said that, Emperor Chongzhao couldn't help but smiled.
Chen Duo's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he quickly agreed, taking the memorial into the harem.
Changying watched from the side, pursed his lips and said nothing.
He turned around and looked at Nanny Duan.
Nanny Duan received his gaze, took a half step forward with a smile, and asked Emperor Chongzhao in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, do you intend to ask the Imperial Concubine to take charge of the harem for a long time?"
Emperor Chongzhao smiled and said, "She treats the children very well.
"Madam, you don't know that this morning, when I summoned Prince Jing and his men, she was in the harem forcing Li Wan'an to check the pulses of the concubines one by one.
"Li Wanan said that none of the women in the harem were really pregnant. She was so angry that she smashed the teacup and forced Li Wanan to look again.
"At the same time, I also called two other imperial doctors to take another look together.
"As a result, she actually found out that Shi Ronghua was pregnant, even though she was very young."
Aunt Duan was pleasantly surprised and clapped her hands, saying, "This is great news!"
He frowned again, "But why didn't the imperial physician come to report?"
Emperor Chongzhao smiled and said, "I am ill, but she refused to disturb me, fearing that I would be overwhelmed by the mixture of sadness and joy.
"However, she did instruct the imperial physician to find an opportunity to check Madam's pulse and treat you in the next few days.
"Shi Ronghua is a foreigner, and her rules are different from ours. She is afraid that the child will eat recklessly, so she wants to wait until you recover and then go over to take care of him."
Madam Duan almost smiled like a flower, but then she sighed, "It's such good news, please don't make any more trouble."
Emperor Chongzhao curled his lips and said softly, "I said she treats the children well, right here.
“Shi Ronghua has lived in the countryside since childhood and loves the charm of nature.
"After the imperial concubine received the good news, she began to check the imperial farm outside the capital. She wanted the nanny to bring the old doctor Kong and Shi Ronghua to the farm to take care of the pregnancy."
Emperor Chongzhao spoke with a gentle expression.
Nanny Duan was also stunned.
There are too many women in the palace, and there are many hidden dangers ahead.
If this Concubine Wang was a jealous person, a cunning and black-hearted person, or even just a housekeeper who was paid to do her job, she would not have risked being speculated to have bad intentions and come up with such a trick to help Shi Ronghua keep her pregnancy.
"Madam, go and see Shi Ronghua tomorrow and tell the Queen about this happy event.
"Look at the Queen's reaction, and you'll understand why I favor the Imperial Concubine."
Emperor Chongzhao finished speaking softly, looking out of the palace with a distant gaze.
Changying blinked and lowered his eyes.
"Yes. In fact, I can imagine it." Nanny Duan sighed softly, "Xiao Xia and Chang Ying later told me what happened when the emperor was in a coma.
"The way the imperial concubine handles things is really unlike a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She is experienced, thoughtful, bold and careful.
"If it weren't for Brother Tao, I would have wanted to persuade the Emperor to give the Imperial Concubine a higher rank!"
Emperor Chongzhao remained silent.
Chang Ying looked innocently puzzled and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't there another level below the Queen, the Imperial Noble Consort?"
"That's when there's no queen in the palace, so they'll appoint a royal concubine, with the same status as the vice queen!"
Nanny Duan spoke with deep sincerity.
Changying covered his mouth with his hands, his face full of regret.
Emperor Chongzhao seemed to be thinking about something.