Feng Yu Heng did not have good intentions, that was for sure, but did Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui have good intentions? This was just a competition, it was not just a competition of wits and schemes, there was also time — — Emperor Tianwu's time.
Feng Yu Heng did not know how long Emperor Tianwu could last under the control of this Gu technique, how long did he have to live? How long could the court be maintained? She knew, no matter how Emperor Tianwu's body was, the person controlling the Gu would not let him live for too long. Once the Eighth Prince's power stabilised, or rather, once the Eighth Prince ascended to the position of Crown Prince, the old Emperor's life would end there. This was a race against time, she could not wait any longer.
She raised her head to look at Emperor Tianwu, this old Emperor did not immediately agree to her request, but she could faintly see anticipation on his face. Having a child at an old age, this was a good thing that everyone would silently hope for, right? She went one step further to fight for herself, saying: "Father Emperor, Father Emperor should be aware of Imperial Concubine Heng's medical skills, for Her Highness Imperial Concubine Gui to successfully conceive a dragon seed, only Imperial Heng's treatment of her body is the best choice, Father Emperor, don't you think so?"
Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui could not sit still anymore, standing up with a "bang", she rushed to say: "This One's body is fine! There is no need for treatment. "
Feng Yu Heng was not annoyed, continuing to say with a smile: "Your Highness' words are wrong, treatment is not saying that your body is not good, if a woman has a specialist to treat her body before conception, not only will it increase the chances of conception, it can also ensure that the fetus will develop well. The child born will be healthy, good-looking and smart. Your Highness, what do you think, why not? "
Among the concubines, Imperial Concubine Gu Xian who never really cared about matters interjected at this moment, saying: "Originally, there would be imperial physicians visiting every few days to check on the concubines after entering the palace, but how can the imperial physicians in the palace compare to Royal Consort Yu's medical skills."
"Yeah!" Imperial Concubine Shi De also spoke up, "His Majesty is eager to have a son and has deep feelings for Imperial Concubine. It is precisely because of this that he has to take good care of Imperial Concubine's body so that in the near future, he can have another prince."
As soon as these two spoke, Emperor Tianwu was tempted. Furthermore, he had always remembered that Jiu 'er's wife was a godly doctor. He also remembered that she had a Hundred Herb Hall outside. He had heard that any difficult and complicated illness that could not be solved was not a problem for her. He looked at Consort Gu Xian again. He vaguely remembered that many years ago, he had heard that this Feng Yu Heng had cured the Great Prince of his infertility, allowing him to have an imperial grandson after Xuan Feiyu.
Thinking like this, Emperor Tianwu felt that Feng Yu Heng proposing to take care of Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's health at this moment was too sensible and too considerate of him. With Feng Yu Heng taking care of her, if he wanted to have another child, it would not be an easy matter. So he laughed loudly, leaning forward to ask Feng Yu Heng: "Then can you let Us have a daughter? We already have nine sons, there is no meaning in having one more. We only want a daughter, that would be considered complete. "
Feng Yu Heng said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law will do her best, Father Emperor can rest assured." After saying this, she said to Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui: "Your Highness, do not worry, Heng will definitely take good care of your body and guarantee that you will have a daughter in the near future."
Other people said to have a son in one fell swoop, but she said to have a daughter in one fell swoop, it sounded a little ironic. But everyone in the Dashun court knew that Emperor Tianwu liked daughters, otherwise, he would not have praised Princess Wuyang higher than the heavens, so no one thought much of it. It was just that Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's heart was in a mess, Emperor Tianwu agreed to let Feng Yu Heng take care of her health just like that, didn't that mean that this Feng Yu Heng had to enter the palace frequently and interact with her frequently? She always felt that this girl was evil, but she could not pinpoint where the evil was. In short, the more she interacted with this Feng Yu Heng, the more worried she felt.
Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui glanced at the Eighth Prince Xuantian Mo, but seeing that her son was also frowning, her heart hung in the air, unable to settle down for a long time.
However, things were already set in stone, no matter how unwilling she was, she could not change it. Although Emperor Tianwu was extremely close to her under the control of the Gu technique and listened to everything she said, that stubborn temper of his did not change at all, no one could shake his decision on something, or else there would not be a good ending.
Feng Yu Heng asked for this task herself and returned to her seat in satisfaction, looking at the princes again, she saw that Xuan Tianming, Xuan Tianhua and Xuan Tianfeng were all looking at her with worried gazes. She shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine. But in reality, how could she be fine? It could even be said to be extremely dangerous. The Gu poison was pervasive, the more she interacted with Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, the more dangerous it was for her.
But, how could one catch a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den? If she did not interact with Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, how could she solve the mystery of Emperor Tianwu's sudden change in personality? For all of this, she had to take one step at a time, hoping that every step she took in the future would develop in a good direction and the situation would not worsen.
"Elder Sister." Zirui tugged at her arm from the side, asking softly: "Can Zirui leave the palace with you today?"
Feng Yu Heng looked at Zirui, sighing faintly, "These days, our Zirui has been wronged."
Zirui shook his head, "It's not wronged, without experiencing all of this, how can I understand that the palace is the same as the Feng manor in the past, it is also a tiger's den? Of course, this place is a hundred times more dangerous than the Feng manor, if Elder Sister needs it, Zirui can continue to stay, this is not a problem. "
Feng Yu Heng patted this child's head helplessly, telling him: "Elder Sister has never needed our Zirui to take any risks, there is nothing we can do about leaving you in the palace. You have grown up and should participate in these matters. Today, you saw it with your own eyes, the current imperial palace, the current Emperor, is completely different from before. On one hand, we need to investigate the reason, and on the other hand, we need to think of ways to correct this mistake. Of course, if it really does not work, you need to learn how to protect yourself in this kind of situation. Don't worry, Elder Sister will do her best to bring you out, if it really does not work, then tomorrow. Anyway, Elder Sister will not let you stay in this imperial palace any longer. "
Feng Yu Heng comforted her younger brother on this side, and on the other side, the officials started to congratulate the Eighth Prince, the concubines and womenfolk also started to gather closer to Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, saying some celebratory words. After all, this imperial banquet was equivalent to being held for Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and her son were the biggest winners today. Everyone could tell, this Dashun, it would be this mother and son pair's world in the future.
The concubines in the imperial palace were already divided into a few factions like this, most of them were naturally close to the Eighth Prince's faction, after all, there were more people who did not give birth to a son. And those with princes, they either chose to be neutral, or like Imperial Concubine Gu Xian and Imperial Concubine Shi De, they simply leaned towards the Ninth Prince's side. But there was still one person who was more special, that was Consort Li.
At this moment, Consort Li was sitting in her seat in deep thought, her two hands were placed on top of each other, but her right hand was touching the bracelet on her left wrist that she had always been wearing.
That bracelet was given to her by Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, it was left behind by her grandmother when she was still in her maternal home, causing her to always have feelings for it. After the bracelet was given to her, she kept wearing it, feeling that wearing this bracelet on her wrist was like returning to the days when she was still in her maternal home and was cared for by her grandmother, it was very considerate. Because of this, she was very grateful to Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, at least the other party gave her something to reminisce about. Even in this kind of situation today, she hoped so much that her son, the Sixth Prince, could inherit the throne, but when she heard the Emperor's promise to Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and the Eighth Prince, she did not have much resentment, other than a little jealousy, her emotions were still considered stable.
It was just that Consort Li always had something hidden deep in her heart, she did not dare to say it, but she kept it in her heart and felt slightly worried, even afraid. That was before Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui gained power, at that time, the Eighth Prince was sent to the death row prison, and because she had just been restored, the palace servants and concubines could not guess what the Emperor meant at that time, they were afraid of offending her and angering the Emperor, so Consort Li had quite a bit of power in the imperial harem.
She made use of that period of time to secretly transport someone in from outside the palace. That person was someone she had interacted with in her maternal home when she was very young, he was the son of a Gu Master who was on good terms with the Liu family. That Gu Master had received the Liu family's favour back then, so their relationship had been quite good for many years. She had also met that Gu Master's son a few times, those methods of stabbing figurines and performing Yang Funeral were learned from that time. It was a pity that she only understood half of it and did not seem to have any effect.
During that period of time, she felt that the Eighth Prince was deposed, and only the Ninth Prince was left who could compete with her son for the throne, so she thought of that Gu Master's son and did everything she could to bring that person into the palace, wanting to ask him to help her. But that person did enter the palace; however, he did not come to Zhang Ning Palace. He actually disappeared along the way and did not appear again. This caused Imperial Concubine Li to be completely puzzled. This matter and that person were like a thorn in her heart.
After that, Emperor Tianwu's personality changed greatly, letting go of the Eighth Brother and reinstating Consort Yuanshu's position. This made her have a guess, that person must have been kidnapped by Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui midway, then used the Gu techniques that that person learned from his father since young to control the Emperor, resulting in the current situation.
Consort Li felt that her guess was most likely correct, because the Emperor's situation was too similar to being poisoned by Gu, only Gu techniques could control a person to this extent. Thinking about it again, the reason why she had the idea of finding that person and bringing him into the palace to help her, was because Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui mentioned this in private, causing her to have this idea.
Consort Li felt more and more that that person was kidnapped by Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui, but she did not have any evidence, and with Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's influence enveloping the imperial harem, it was even harder for her to investigate. Consort Li's brows furrowed into a knot, thinking non-stop, once Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui successfully pushed the Eighth Prince to the throne, then, where would she, Feng, go? Would the Eighth Prince treat her Feng well? Should she continue to think of all ways to help her son, or should she quickly build up sisterly relations with Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui and think of a way out for Feng's future?
Consort Li was conflicted on this end, and Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's gaze also secretly moved towards her, but it landed on the bangle on her wrist that was slightly exposed. The corners of Imperial Concubine Yuan Gui's lips curled up slightly, her smile was arrogant and noble, no matter what, she had to leave a way out for herself. If someone really wanted to investigate the Gu techniques, then she would push Consort Li out, someone would have to take the blame in the end.
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