Sister, look at him!

Chapter 219 The Empress Dowager, the Empress's Enemy

After Xuan Yi and He Lianshi left, Ruyin whispered a few words to He Qingwan.

He Qingwan sat on the couch and replied without even thinking, "For those who want to leave the palace, don't send the tonic. Give them some silver and help them leave incognito. For those who want to stay in the palace, they must drink the tonic."

"Yes, slave, I'll do it now."

He Qingwan felt that he had been tolerant enough.

In this feudal society, women had many things they could not decide for themselves, so she gave them choices. For those who did not want to be trapped in the palace, she found a way to send them out and gave them some money to secure their second half of life.

But for those who insist on staying, don't blame her for being cruel. After drinking a bowl of tonic, you will never get pregnant again in your life.

"Ooohhhhhhh-"

The loud cry of a baby came over, and He Qingwan closed his eyes in pain, "Bring the prince here."

It’s amazing that the child stopped crying and started giggling as soon as he saw He Qingwan.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has sent something here." Xianglu walked in with light steps and a humble attitude.

"Let him in." He Qingwan held the prince in his arms without even raising his eyelids.

If a child doesn't cry or make a fuss and looks cute, He Qingwan is still willing to take care of the child.

The man was tall, dressed in black, with long black hair tied into a ponytail, and his sharp facial features showed no expression.

It's a woman.

It seems that the King of Chu is quite observant and knows that outsiders are not allowed to enter the harem.

Ying brought two boxes, one contained the thousand-year-old ginseng, and the other was also filled with jewelry.

As soon as the box of jewellery was opened, Baozhu's eyes widened. She had seen many good things with He Qingwan, but she had never seen piles of good things.

He Qingwan casually took out a bracelet and threw it to Baozhu, and then casually took out a jade pendant and threw it to Ying, "This is a reward for you."

Ying's eyes froze when she saw the jade pendant, which was specially put there by her master. But as a servant, she couldn't refute her superior, so she could only take it back.

"Baozhu, send this ginseng to Duke Dingguo's mansion."

In front of Ying, He Qingwan began to distribute the ownership. Ying didn't say a word. The things had been given to He Qingwan, and they were all He Qingwan's property. She could just throw them into a puddle and watch the splashes.

"The things sent by His Highness are ordinary. I have seen a lot of them. Do you think you look down on me by sending these?"

He Qingwan deliberately found fault.

film:"?"

Damn it, why is there such a link? She doesn’t understand.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu definitely has no intention of looking down on the Imperial Concubine." Ying explained dryly.

"Then why did you send these junk?" He Qingwan signaled Baozhu to take down the box full of jewels. Then she continued to find fault, "Tell the King of Chu not to send these junk in the future. I don't like them."

"Yes." Ying took note of He Qingwan's words carefully. She would relay them word for word to King Chu later.

"It's nothing, you can go down." He Qingwan impatiently drove her away.

Ying did not fail to observe the etiquette and only left after performing the greetings and saying auspicious words.

As soon as Ying left, He Qingwan asked Baozhu to bring back the box of jewels. "Where did he get so many good things? Never mind. Give this to Xueyan, this to Huaiyu, and this to Ruyin. Oh, and this one, Xianglu, take it."

*

Prince Chu's Mansion.

Ying relayed He Qingwan's words word for word.

The King of Chu held a jade pendant in his hand and looked at a painting of a lady hanging on the wall with the ink not yet dry, with his back to the shadow.

The beauty in the painting was wearing a lilac-colored fairy dress embroidered with twin lotus flowers, a golden necklace with peony and phoenix patterns around her neck, and her three thousand black hair tied up in a bun.

She has a graceful figure and wears luxurious clothes. Just by looking at these, you can tell that she is a beauty. It's a pity that her facial features are not painted.

"She's right." The King of Chu was not angry, but laughed, "Those vulgar people are not worthy of her."

"Can you please sober up?" The young man in blue couldn't help himself. "That's your brother's wife. You...you...you...are so...disgraceful!"

"So what?" The King of Chu was not ashamed but proud. "The Third Brother can only make her the Imperial Consort, but I can make her the Queen."

"Isn't it because the third brother doesn't want the one from the He family to be the queen? If you were in my shoes, you couldn't let a general's daughter be the queen! If she had a child, would the family be named Xuan or He a hundred years later?" Wanqi Fei wanted to dig into his friend's mind to see what was inside.

"Besides, the girl is only 19 years old this year, and you are already 28. You are not ashamed of being an old cow eating young grass." Wanqi Fei spat, "I feel ashamed for you."

"The third brother is also 25 years old, and I am only three years older than him." The King of Chu looked unhappy, "Okay, I have made up my mind, you don't need to say anything more."

Wanqi Fei looked at the King of Chu and suddenly asked, "What if she doesn't want you to be the emperor?"

The King of Chu was slightly stunned.

"She is now the adopted mother of the current crown prince. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the honorable empress dowager in the future." Wanqi Fei analyzed calmly, "If you mess things up like this, even in the future, she will be a demon concubine who brings disaster to the country and the people."

The King of Chu's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Wanqi Fei felt uneasy when he looked at him, "Why are you looking at me? I am telling the truth."

"It's not pleasant to hear because it's the truth." The King of Chu sat down. "She has a good relationship with the Crown Prince's biological mother?"

Wanqi Fei only said, "As close as one person."

The King of Chu fell silent for a long time. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "I understand."

*

February.

The sycamore trees in the Kunning Palace courtyard have sprouted tender green leaves.

It has been some time since the King of Chu returned to Beijing. During this period, the King of Chu sent things to Kunning Palace almost every day, ranging from rare antiques to poems, books, calligraphy and paintings.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor hasn't come to Kunning Palace for some time." The little maid said indignantly, "Even the selection of concubines has been handed over to the Empress."

He Qingwan didn't say anything. She was playing with the Nine-Linked Jade Ring that the King of Chu had given her yesterday.

Xianglu suddenly appeared from behind the little palace maid like a ghost, covered her mouth and dragged her away.

"Who sent this?" He Qingwan didn't even look at it.

"Your Highness, this was sent by the Queen Mother." Ruyin looked worried, "Do you need to tell Madam?"

He Qingwan nodded, "Well, tell mother about this matter with exaggeration, then cut off the tongue of the palace maid and send her to Shoukang Palace in the middle of the night."

Ruyin said "yes" and stepped back.

The bedroom was quiet, with no other sound except the sound of the nine jade rings colliding in He Qingwan's hands.

He Qingwan couldn't figure it out. Why did the Queen Mother target her? Did she do anything wrong?