The Legend of Zhen Huan: Entering the Palace to Become the Queen Mother

Chapter 324: Sisters Fight, Queen Mother is Seriously Ill

With the demise of the Tong family, Li Si'er was secretly murdered at home late one night. His face was scratched so badly that his features could not be seen clearly.

Li Si'er's arrogant and domineering attitude had offended many people. The Tong family hated her so much that when they saw Li Si'er being assassinated, they just acted as if nothing had happened.

In this way, the last possibility of the royal family losing face was dealt with.

Here, the empress dowager, who had dealt with Longkodo, felt completely empty. Seeing the person she once loved die at her hands, how could the empress dowager not be sad at all?

Fortunately, the arrival of Fourteenth finally cheered up the Queen Mother a little.

Fu Cha Zhixi did not expect that the emperor would agree to let the Fourteenth Master meet the Queen Mother, which disrupted Fu Cha Zhixi's original plan.

She was somewhat worried that the Queen Mother would be cheered up by the Fourteenth Master and her condition would improve.

But soon good news came from Changchun Garden.

The Emperor, who went to visit the Empress Dowager, had an argument with the Fourteenth Prince. The Emperor was so angry that he sent the Fourteenth Prince back overnight.

This made the empress dowager, who had just recovered, so angry that her condition worsened again. This time, the empress dowager's body collapsed again, which completely frightened the emperor.

He wanted to call the Fourteenth Prince back overnight, but when he saw the Queen Mother still calling the Fourteenth Prince's name while she was unconscious, he gave up the idea.

But the emperor was still worried about the empress dowager's health, so he brought her back to the palace to recuperate.

Fu Cha Zhixi understood that the Empress Dowager's health was in danger of being killed by this fatal blow.

But how to realize this last step of the plan?

She thought perhaps Concubine Hua could help her.

Isn't Concubine Hua always loved listening to opera? Then let Concubine Hua perform a play of real and fake White Moonlight for the Empress Dowager.

Ever since Concubine Hua angered the Emperor last time, she has been planning to regain His Majesty's favor through the Empress Dowager.

But as luck would have it, the Queen Mother was sent out of the palace to recuperate, so she had to give up for the time being.

Of course, during this period, the Emperor almost always went to Concubine Nian's palace in order to stir up a fight between Concubine Hua and Concubine Nian.

This made Concubine Hua completely hate her sister who was competing with her for the emperor, so in order to regain the emperor's favor, she specially prepared a lot of precious medicinal materials and sent them outside the palace when she saw that the emperor was worried about the empress dowager's illness.

After the Empress Dowager returned to the palace, she immediately went to Shoukang Palace to tend to the sick. At one point, she spent more time in the Empress Dowager's palace than Concubine Hui.

The Emperor naturally understood why Concubine Hua did this. After all, he had doted on Concubine Hua for so many years, and seeing her like this now, he felt a little soft-hearted. Moreover, if he wanted to stir up a conflict between the two of them, it would not work if he just favored Concubine Nian. He had to give her a beating before giving her a sweet reward.

So, under the persuasion of the Empress Dowager, the Emperor came to the Yiku Palace that day to visit Concubine Hua.

In this way, Concubine Hua seemed to have found the best way to win favor and planned to increase her filial piety to the Empress Dowager.

But all the medicinal materials that should be delivered have been delivered, and all the care that should be done personally has been done personally.

For a moment, Concubine Hua couldn't think of anything else she could do to help the Empress Dowager recover faster.

Thinking this, Concubine Hua walked to the Imperial Garden and suddenly heard Concubine Xuan's voice.

Out of curiosity, I just listened without saying anything.

"Your Highness, your health is still not improving. I don't know what I can do to help you. I feel really guilty."

Fu Cha Zhixi naturally noticed the yellow corner of the clothes behind the rockery and knew that the show was about to begin.

"I have seen how filial you are, Empress Dowager Xuan. I'm sure you will get better."

Zhuxi smiled and spoke to comfort him.

"I thought that if I could make the Empress Dowager happy, the illness might get better faster, so I often brought Fu Zhen to visit the Empress Dowager. I wonder if this would disturb the Empress Dowager's peace and quiet."

Fucha Zhixi looked at Zhuxi and continued.

"Your Majesty is thoughtful. Prince Fuzhen is well-behaved and sensible. How could he bother you?"

"On the contrary, every time the Empress Dowager sees Prince Fuzhen coming over, she feels much better."

Zhuxi quickly explained.

"That's good. I'm always worried that if I do something bad with good intentions, it will be bad, so I specifically asked. Thank you for your help, aunt."

Fucha Zhixi said with a smile.

"Your Highness is too polite. If Your Highness has nothing else to do, I will go back first."

Zhuxi nodded and said.

"Auntie, walk slowly."

After Fu Cha Zhixi watched Zhu Xi leave, he noticed that the corner of his clothes behind the rockery had disappeared. He couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Concubine Hua must have heard it.

Next, let’s look at the Yikun Palace.

Concubine Hua did listen to what Fucha Zhixi and Zhu Xi said, but unfortunately she did not have a prince or princess for the empress dowager to enjoy the happiness of family life.

But fortunately, as long as the empress dowager can be happy, it is not necessary to use the princes and princesses.

After returning to the Yikun Palace, Concubine Hua had not thought of any good way to make the Empress Dowager happy. When she was planning to ask Songzhi to call Concubine Cao to help her find a solution, she saw Zhou Ninghai running up to Concubine Hua with an anxious look on his face and speaking.

"Your Majesty, I just heard that the noble lady next door is planning to invite a troupe of actors to the palace to entertain the Empress Dowager."

Zhou Ninghai told all the information he had just heard.

"what?"

"This noble lady is really cunning. She can even come up with such a plan. No, I can't let her take advantage of this opportunity."

"Songzhi, ask your brother to secretly find the most famous opera troupe outside the palace for me. I want to invite the Queen Mother to watch the opera. Remember not to let anyone else know."

Although Concubine Hua knew that it was her brother who sent Concubine Nian into the palace, after receiving her brother's letter of explanation, she knew that it was the Nian family who forced her brother to do so, so she chose to forgive her brother.

Now she doesn't trust anyone else in the Nian family and only trusts her brother.

"Don't worry, Madam. I will do it right away."

Not long after, Fucha Zhixi received news from the Fucha family that Nian Gengyao had taken the bait.

In fact, it is not that difficult to accomplish this. After all, the drama of real and fake white moonlight is very attractive. Even modern people in the era of information explosion cannot resist such temptation, let alone ancient people who lacked information.

The Fucha family only needed to write this story into a play script and then find someone to sell it to major opera troupes in the capital. Soon the play became popular in the capital.

Of course, the time background of this play was changed to the previous dynasty. Only the empress dowager, the person involved, would find that there was something wrong with the story, and even the emperor might not be able to notice anything unusual.

After all, the emperor doesn't know what the empress dowager's sister looks like, let alone the things that follow.

Sure enough, a few days later, the news that Concubine Hua invited the Queen Mother to watch a play spread throughout the harem, and the concubines in each palace also received invitations from Concubine Hua.

"elder sister."

An Lingrong walked in with her visibly bulging belly.

"Lingrong, why are you here? You are pregnant now and you should take good care of the baby. If there is anything, you can just ask Chuntao to come and tell me. Why bother coming here in person?"

Fu Cha Zhixi quickly stood up and walked towards An Lingrong.

An Lingrong looked at the invitation on the table and spoke with a smile.

"What's the big deal? Sister, don't worry too much about me. I can still walk around now."

"Sister, have you also received the invitation from Concubine Hua?"

"Yeah, you received it too?"

Fu Cha Zhixi picked up the invitation and asked with a smile.

"Of course, but I'm a little curious why Concubine Hua suddenly wanted to invite us to listen to an opera?"

An Lingrong asked with some confusion.

"Silly sister, Concubine Hua didn't invite us. She wanted to invite the Empress Dowager to watch the opera. We are just a by-product."

Fu Cha Zhixi smiled and looked at An Lingrong and said.

"So Concubine Hua did this to please the Empress Dowager and gain the Emperor's favor."

An Lingrong took over the conversation.

During this period, the two sisters, Concubine Hua and Concubine Nian, have been fighting with each other, making it quite lively. Concubine Nian, in particular, has been very popular recently. The emperor has almost always visited her courtyard, making her feel particularly favored.

From then on, she changed her original idea and competed more and more with others for the emperor's favor. Sometimes, even when the emperor went to other palaces, she would still find an excuse to call him over. She was regarded as the second Concubine Hua.

The only concubines she couldn't snatch away were the pregnant concubines and Fucha Zhixi's favor. The other concubines were full of complaints and hated her to the core.

You have to know that when Fucha Zhixi and Zhen Huan were in favor in the past, the emperor never treated other concubines like this. Concubine Nian's behavior can be said to have aroused public anger.

Therefore, whenever Noble Lady Nian went to the Empress's palace to pay her respects, she would quarrel with the other concubines, especially with Noble Concubine Hua. In addition, Noble Lady Nian thought that it was the Empress's credit that the Emperor went to her palace, so she took the opportunity to defect to the Empress. With the Empress's implicit support, Noble Lady Nian became more arrogant in the palace.

But she didn't expect that Concubine Hua would find another way and start with the Empress Dowager to seduce the Emperor.

Therefore, she became more and more jealous of Concubine Hua, who was obviously disfigured but still insisted on seducing the emperor. Her hatred for her was deep-rooted.

"That's right. The situation in the palace is quite interesting right now. Let the two sisters quarrel. This way you can avoid the limelight for a while and rest assured to take care of your baby."

Fu Cha Zhixi smiled and spoke to comfort him.

"You are getting heavier now, so you should refuse Concubine Hua's invitation that day."

"Sister, are you worried that Mr. Nian will cause trouble?"

An Lingrong asked uncertainly.

"I can't tell. Anyway, you're pregnant, so it's better for you to avoid crowded places like this."

Fu Cha Zhixi did not intend to tell An Lingrong about his plan. Things had to be kept secret, and if it was not necessary, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

"Okay, I will listen to my sister."

An Lingrong nodded, and felt comforted when she saw Fu Cha Zhixi's concerned eyes.

Soon, the day for the opera arrived.

Concubine Hua was the last one to appear on stage, supporting the Empress Dowager. This behavior seemed to be a provocation to the Empress, but since Concubine Hua came with the Empress Dowager, the Empress could only swallow her anger.

Concubine Nian was young and full of energy, and thought she had found Concubine Hua's weakness.

But unexpectedly, Concubine Hua blocked her plan by using the title of Empress Dowager, and for a moment she didn't know how to end the situation.

After the Queen cursed him as an idiot in her heart, she had no choice but to take the initiative to help Noble Lady Nian out of the predicament.

Concubine Hua ignored the Queen and instead looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile and introduced the troupe that would be performing today. She had spent a lot of money to invite them from outside the palace, and the play to be performed today was also a new play that was very popular outside the palace, so she specially let the Empress Dowager have a taste of it.

The Queen Mother was not very interested in whether the play was new or not. She came back today just because she didn't want to offend Concubine Hua.

She had seen everything the emperor did during this period. Although she was sick, it didn't mean that she didn't know why the emperor did these things.

Her interests are consistent with those of the emperor, so she will naturally not let the emperor's plan fail.

Soon, the people on the stage started singing.

The unprecedented true and false White Moonlight routine made everyone in the audience fascinated.

But the concubines who knew that Zhen Huan was Chun Yuan's substitute exchanged glances tacitly.

As for the Queen Mother, when she discovered the existence of a body double, she frowned with no expression of her own.

She thought of Li Si'er, who had made her sick for a long time some time ago, and she subconsciously worried that someone might have deliberately used this drama to plot against her.

But when he looked at Concubine Hua who was sitting beside him and watching the show with great interest, he rejected his idea.

Concubine Hua probably doesn't have the brains to do such a thing.

As the plot progressed, the Queen Mother discovered that this story should have nothing to do with Li Si'er. After all, the two protagonists were sisters, and she and Li Si'er had no connection to being sisters.

But at this moment, she suddenly thought of the portrait of Li Si'er.

She remembered that her sister was somewhat similar to her, and her sister also had a small mole at the corner of her eye.

She watched the show on the stage gradually reaching its climax, until her younger sister discovered that the person her lover really liked was not her, but her engaged elder sister.

She couldn't help but recall that when she and Longkodo first met, her sister seemed to have been engaged.

Could it be that Longkodo came to me because his sister got engaged?

The more the empress dowager thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong. At this point, she no longer cared about the drama or not. She only wanted to return to the palace as soon as possible to take a careful look at whether there was the mole on Li Si'er's portrait.

Fu Cha Zhixi had always paid part of his attention to the Queen Mother. Seeing that the Queen Mother's expression changed again and again, he lowered his eyelids to hide the smile in his eyes.

Queen Mother, Queen Mother, I wonder if you will like the wonderful show that I have prepared for you today?

Soon, Fu Cha Zhixi received news that the Queen Mother's condition had worsened.