Shen Ninghua followed Fangxue into Ningkun Palace. A faint fragrance came from inside, which was very refreshing.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
"As you were. Fangxue, give her a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
When Shen Ninghua sat down, Zhao Huiying slowly said, "Ninghua, I left too early yesterday. Fortunately, those officials were sensible. Otherwise, I would feel very guilty."
Shen Ninghua smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you worry too much. It's not a big deal."
Zhao Huiying smiled faintly. Looking at the smoke rising from the incense burner, she said, "Ninghua, I heard that you are proficient in medicine and are also good at incense making. I have been feeling out of spirits these days. I feel that I cannot concentrate my mind when dealing with the palace matters during the day, and it is always difficult to fall asleep at night. I heard that you have concocted some incense that is good for sleep. Plea
Shen Ninghua was going to hold a plum banquet at the princess' mansion. She invited madams and young ladies from various aristocratic families to attend the banquet. It was said that she would teach everyone to make Ice Soul Incense.When this news spread out, the number of people who came to ask for incense immediately decreased. Many people were carefully preparing, waiting for the plum banquet to come and see just how miraculous the incense praised by the empress was."Miss, everything has been done according to your instructions. All the invitation cards have also been sent out."Shen Ninghua nodded and put aside the chess manual in her hand. Listening to the wind outside the window, she frowned slightly. "The weather these days is not good.""Yes, the weather is very cold these two days. It looks like it will snow in a few days. I wonder if those plum blossoms will continue to bloom after the snow."Shen Ninghua p
"What soon? Someone's already here." Baili Anning turned around to look at the door and saw the Duchess of Wei, Madam Zhang, walking in with her daughter Zhao Ruyun.Baili Anning suddenly whispered, "Ninghua, I'll take care of them. You go back to your room." With that, she stomped on Shen Ninghua's dress and a black footprint instantly appeared on it."Ah, Ninghua, I lost my balance. I didn't mean it. Go back to your room and change your clothes."Shen Ninghua looked apologetically at Madam Zhang. "Madam Zhang, if you'll excuse me, I'll change my clothes and come over soon."After she entered the room, Bai Ruo hurriedly took out the clothes she had prepared. "Miss, which one do you want?"Shen Ninghua opened the note in her hand. When she saw what was written on it, she frowned. The note said, "The empress applied a drug. Be careful."What drug did the empress use? When did she apply the drug? What was th
"Ninghua, be careful!"Chu Junyi held Shen Ninghua in his arms. He glanced at the carriage and suddenly flung the table beside him to block Shen Ninghua's body. "Ninghua, protect yourself!"The situation outside the carriage was already in chaos. Shen Ninghua held the table. The look in her eyes was tense. "The people came with ill intent. Be careful."Chu Junyi pursed his lips and nodded. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and jumped out. Then, He waved the folding fan in his hand around, downing all the arrows flying towards the carriage.Suddenly, dozens of black-clothed men rushed out from both sides of the street. With sharp swords in their hands, they quickly charged towards the people around the carriage.Imperial Guards Commander Zhou Quan was injured in the arm. Seeing the black-clothed man, he immediately frowned and shouted coldly, "Who are you? How dare you stop the carriage of the princess and imperial
Baili Qingcang was stunned for a moment. Then his brows furrowed tightly. If all officials entered the Palace together, something serious must have happened. "Ninghua, what happened in your mansion?"Shen Ninghua thought quickly, but her gaze became even calmer."Father Emperor, today, I held a banquet for enjoying the plum blossoms in my mansion. The madams and young ladies of all clans were invited. However, there was an accident during the banquet. The plum trees accidentally caught fire, and many madams and young ladies were hurt. I have used the Skin-Revitalizing Ointment to treat them."Baili Qingcang's gaze was sharp, and he looked at Shen Ninghua with a complicated expression. "Summon the officials."A group of officials came in led by Lin Yue, the patriarch of Lin family, and Zhao Kun, the patriarch of Zhao family. As soon as they entered the hall, they knelt on the ground. "Greetings, Your Majesty. We are here to ask Your
Baili Qingcang's eyes turned stern instantly. "You said you captured the persons who assassinated the Imperial Guards alive?"Chu Junyi cupped his hands and reported, "Not all of them were captured alive. Only a few persons were captured. But I think it's enough to get something valuable."Baili Qingcang ordered coldly, "Bring them in!"Chu Junyi looked at the black-clothed men who had been brought over to the hall. The look in his eyes was as cold as a knife. "Father Emperor, these persons suddenly appeared to intercept and kill the Imperial Guards when Her Highness and I were on our way to the palace. At that time, they were dressed in night clothes and wearing masks. They did not have the slightest evidence on them to prove their identities. They could have acted secretly, but they did not. Furthermore, as soon as they appeared, they shouted that they were to rescue the princess and me. Such an act was clearly a despicable method of maliciou
Baili Qingcang sat on the high throne without saying a word. But his expression became even more raging, and none of the officials dared to look directly at him.Zhao Huiying's heart tightened. She looked at the crying consorts and frowned as she said coldly, "Be quiet! Beware of where you are and stop crying!"The cries immediately stopped. The consorts held their handkerchiefs and sobbed softly.Baili Qingcang closed his eyes tightly and then slowly opened them. "This is the Palace. It is the center of the Da'an Dynasty and also my home. I didn't expect that the place where I live had become an area sheltering evil people and countenancing evil practices!""Your Majesty, calm down." The officials hurriedly knelt down."This is the golden hall where I hold court and meet the civil and military officials every day. But who would have thought that its ground would be poisoned by someone and become a place for harming pe
Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes. A trace of mockery flashed through her eyes and then quickly disappeared.A while ago, she was a popular consort enjoying the favor of the Emperor and sympathy of others. But at the moment, she was the disgusting Consort Yin. It was indeed true that the imperial family cared little about affection.The person sent to fetch Consort Yin quickly returned and reported with a pale face, "Your Majesty, Consort Yin has committed suicide to escape punishment."Baili Qingcang suddenly kicked the imperial writing desk. "Committing suicide? Did she think she could evade the investigation by committing suicide? I must investigate this matter thoroughly." Chu Junyi reported, "Father Emperor, I have just inspected the hall and interrogated the guards around. I found that the Internal Affairs Department alone is responsible for sending people to clean the ground of the hall every day. So I need to start the investigation from th
After getting up, neither of them mentioned their quarrel. However, their relationship was much closer than before, and there was even a silent tacit understanding between them whatever they did.In the past, Bai Ruo was the person who understood Shen Ninghua's habits the best. But now, Chu Junyi often got the things done for Shen Ninghua before Bai Ruo could react.One day, when Shen Ninghua was studying the news sent by Hong Ling and analyzed what had happened recently step by step, a maidservant of Baili Anning was led by Hong Ling and quickly walked in."Greetings, Your Highness.""Qiu Shi, why are you here?"Qiu Shi's face was pale. After seeing Shen Ninghua, she knelt on the ground and said, "Princess Zhaohua, please save my mistress."Shen Ninghua frowned. "Get up. What's wrong with Anning?""Your Highness, please follow me into the Palace to take a look. My mistress has been lying on t
Bu Yonghan looked up, without the slightest bit of pride of being a princess in her eyes, there was only the fear and hatred that haunted her.Shen Ninghua looked at her with a cool expression, "It really didn't occur to me that our meeting again would be like this."Bu Yonghan sneered, "Now that I've fallen into your hands, I'll do as I please if I want to kill you.""Is that so? Listen to your tone as if you are not afraid of death, but your eyes tell this palace that you are afraid.""Oh, I would be afraid of you?"Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes, a cold smile flashed in her eyes, "Don't worry, I won't do anything to you, after all, you're also Prince De's rightful consort, I'll have someone send you back, and Tai Consort Qi and Prince De will naturally settle you down properly."Thinking of the desperate scene of being locked inside the empty room before, Bu Yonghan's body shuddered violently, "I'm not going back, I'm not going back!""It'
The Daan Kingdom's army garrison was quiet, and Slaughter Shadow, wrapped in black clothing, felt his way toward the garrison's source of drinking water.This time, the place where the army of Daan Kingdom is stationed is not far away is a river, the whole army usually water, are taken from the river, the soldiers guarding the river patrol day and night to protect the river safety, for fear that someone in the water to do something.At this time, the soldiers guarding the river did not realize in the slightest that someone had already taken advantage of the night and the cover of the grass to touch the river. Because he was worried that killing these guards would arouse the suspicion of the Great An Kingdom, Tu Ying could only creep into the grass and quietly open the box he was holding in his arms.The jade bottle emitted an ethereal blue light, and a hint of relief flashed through Tu Ying's eyes that had always been devoid of fluctuations. As long as he helped th
How could Bu Linglong not expect that she would see Shen Ninghua again at this time. At this time, she was in a sorry state, bound by ropes around her wrists, weakly kneeling on the ground, her eyes gripped with blackness. Knowing that at this time, she was completely without any advantage or credentials, she still tried hard to open her eyes wide and looked at Shen Ninghua who was sitting above her.Shen Ninghua came to the border city with Baili Junyi only yesterday, after a night's rest, her spirit recovered, because of her relaxed mood, the whole person seemed to be carrying a soft light in general, sitting up beautifully as if she didn't look like a real person, "Princess Linglong, I didn't expect that we'd meet again in such a way."Bu Linglong tilted her head and looked at her with an arrogant face, "Empress Mother, I also didn't expect that you would follow the Emperor to the border city."Shen Ninghua smiled faintly, "Is the princess's body alright?"
This personal expedition of Baili Junyi drew extra attention from the people of the entire Da An Country. In the nearly one year since he ascended to the throne, the Great An Country had experienced a lot of turmoil, but in the end, it had all come through unscathed. Nowadays, the emperor emphasizes pragmatic subjects, strictly combats corruption and bribery, and the official atmosphere of the entire Da An country is exceptionally clear.When the officials are clean, the lives of the people underneath will naturally be better. They treated Baili Junyi as a bright ruler, and now, this bright ruler is going to go on a military expedition, and with the Empress in tow, which is really heartbreaking.Many of the people who originally had little feeling for the Great Yue Country began to loathe them, believing that if it wasn't for them messing with the border, the Emperor and Empress Dowager wouldn't have had to put themselves in harm's way.Just as they were discussing
Baili Jun Yi dynasty announced that the future no longer consorts, the only queen of the harem one person, although the officials on the spot have different thoughts, but after repeated thought, they all tacitly choose to shut up and do not say anything.The emperor and the empress is happy, they do the subjects, or not what hope. Otherwise, think of those who jumped before the great officials down, and go to great lengths to let the emperor will be held in the election, and then, the election is not over, their official position is not, after that, implicated in the Palace of the daughter, even if it is the show girl is not also gray back to the Palace of the?They also sort of saw that the Emperor had no intention of bringing new people into the harem from the beginning.Originally, those courtiers dared to openly call the Emperor's bluff by virtue of their influence in the court, but now they have all been driven out of the court, and their fate is pathetic. The
Prince Yi stared wide-eyed, his eyes flashing with full shock, “How could the Tu Su family be related to the Great Yue State?" These ambassadors of theirs were locked up in the post house and were extremely misinformed on weekdays, and to this day, they still hadn't figured out the reason for the Tu Su family's overnight defeat.Baili Jun Yi hooked the corner of his lips, the two countries are once again at war at the border, and these messengers are no longer necessary to maintain the surface peace, he is even more lazy and he circled:"This matter I ordered to seal the mouth, Prince Yi naturally not clear, well, there is no more other things, you will step Linglong lead back, go back after a good sharpening of temperament, the next time a similar thing happens, I will not look at the face of the Great Vietnam lightly forgiven."Icy cold words were heard in his ears, shocking Prince Yi couldn't help but tremble in his heart, "Your Majesty, this king has taught his
Bu Linglong swept a glance at Xiao Bao, only to feel that this child was just as annoying as her mother, this was just a small age, and she was this vicious.At this point, she had completely forgotten that the reason why she had received this beating was entirely of her own making, and, for someone of her age to be reckoning with a three year old, she didn't know who the truly vicious one really was!Shen Ninghua's five senses were extremely sharp, sensing Bu Linglong's hidden anger and hatred, a cold light flashed in the bottom of her eyes, originally she didn't want to be concerned, but now she wanted to make things clear, otherwise, wouldn't it be better to let Xiao Bao have to bear a bad name at a young age?"Princess Linglong, is what Luo Yao said true?"Bu Linglong hurriedly defended, "Empress Mother, how could I have such thoughts, the reason why I stayed in the palace in the first place was because you invited me, and later on, it was even more so be
Within the palace, the palace examination began. Many officials pondered to wait until the end of the palace examination, must be written to submit a good chapter to the emperor, so that the emperor will be released from the palace daughters.For such a long time, they also sort of see that the Emperor said that he was starting a draft, but he did not mean to leave anyone in the harem.Today, half of the showgirls have been sent out of the palace. Most of them were implicated because of the fall of the previous officials, and not many of them are still in the palace today, and, moreover, all of them are the kind of family mediocre, even if they are in the palace, there is no hope of being favored.Moreover, some days ago, the eldest prince turned three years old, the emperor appointed the university scholar to enlighten him, looking at this situation is from a young age is going to treat the eldest prince as the depositary training. The eldest prince Baili Yong Che
Shen Ninghua frowned slightly, also somewhat unable to find a clue, “The Tu Su family has existed for more than a hundred years, started in the former dynasty, and the words of the former dynasty ... does it mean that the Tu Su family had a relationship with the Great Yue State in the former dynasty? Even to the serious speculation, Tu Su family is the nail that the Great Yue State has planted on our side."Baili Junyi gazed in contemplation, "What you said is extremely possible, a family that has developed a bit too legendary, moreover, if the Tusu family has no other purpose, why would they be so eager to control the courtiers and make a name for themselves?"Shen Ninghua nodded, "If what we've guessed is true, then the mind of the Tu Su family is simply too terrifying."If not for Baili Junyi's deep affection for her, then the Tu Su family's plan to have Tu Su Qingli approach him could have succeeded. That kind of cold beauty of a woman, to him to give up their