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Chapter 507 Chu Xiyan's First Meeting with the Emperor
But the wet nurses had heard that the wet nurses who had served the eldest princess before were all beaten to death by the imperial concubine because they did not take good care of her, which caused her to catch a cold!
They were all so frightened that their faces turned pale. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously: "My Royal Highness, please spare us!!! My Royal Highness, please spare us!!!"
Concubine Liu said sternly: "In my Yongshou Palace, I never keep people who eat for free. You can't even do such a small thing, and you dare to ask me to spare your life?!"
The wet nurses did not dare to explain because they knew that their explanations would be nothing but sophistry in the ears of the imperial concubine.
Everyone could only continue to kowtow, and soon, their foreheads were bright red: "We know we are wrong! Please spare our lives, Imperial Concubine!"
Not far away, Chu Xiyan stood in the corridor, her figure obscured by the night, and the hatred in her eyes could not be concealed.
Back then...was this how my mother was executed by Concubine Liu?
Ah……
Concubine Liu said coldly: "Come here, take these useless slaves away for me..."
Cuizhu quickly advised: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
"The Third Prince is only eight months old and cannot live without the milk of his wet nurses. If you get rid of all the wet nurses, you won't be able to find a suitable person to feed the Third Prince."
Concubine Liu was furious and wanted to say something, but Li Changde's voice suddenly rang out from outside: "Your Majesty has arrived --!!!"
In an instant, Concubine Liu's face was filled with panic.
She knew that His Majesty did not like her arrogance and domineering, and she did not want His Majesty to see this scene. But the emperor had already entered, and it was too late to do anything...
The servants of Yongshou Palace knelt on the ground: "Your servants pay their respects to His Majesty. Long live His Majesty!"
Concubine Liu was like a Persian cat baring its teeth and claws. The moment she saw her master, she instantly put away all her sharpness and became extremely well-behaved. She even raised her voice: "Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"
Nangong Xuanyu wanted to visit the third prince tonight, but he didn't expect to see this scene as soon as he entered Yongshou Palace.
Looking at Concubine Liu kneeling in front of him with her head lowered, he didn't know whether to be angry or helpless: "What happened again?"
Concubine Liu sniffed and instantly put on an aggrieved look: "Your Majesty, ever since the Third Prince came to Yongshou Palace, I have treated him as my own flesh and blood. Whenever he feels a little uncomfortable, I cannot sleep at night."
"It's not that I'm angry for no reason, but these wet nurses didn't serve the Third Prince wholeheartedly, so he can only drink a little milk every day."
"I feel distressed and worried, so I..."
The wet nurses knelt on the ground. Although they felt wronged, they dared not say a word in defense.
Because... will His Majesty favor them, or will he favor the Imperial Concubine? Even a fool knows the answer to this question...
And they offended the Imperial Concubine. When His Majesty was here, she might not do anything to them. But what if His Majesty left? It would be easier for the Imperial Concubine to crush them than to crush an ant...
When the Third Prince was still at the lap of Concubine Xiao, Nangong Xuanyu heard from the wet nurse who had served him before that he had been unable to suckle milk since he was born.
Almost all the doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau examined him, but no one could find the cause.
In the end, the imperial physician simply said that perhaps the third prince was developmentally delayed and would be fine when he grew up.
Unexpectedly, the third prince is already eight months old and is still like this.
This is not Concubine Liu’s fault, nor is it the wet nurses’ fault.
Nangong Xuanyu helped Concubine Liu up: "I already know about this matter. You have worked hard in taking care of the Third Prince."
"Someone, call the imperial physician over to take another look at the Third Prince."
Xiaohuazi replied "yes" and did it immediately.
Concubine Liu took Nangong Xuanyu's hand and stood up, looking at him lovingly with her peach blossom eyes: "As long as I can share your majesty's worries, Qingqing will not be tired."
Chu Xiyan knelt on the ground with the other palace servants, looking at the bright yellow figure, her heart pounding.
After being in the palace for so long, she already understood that the only person in the palace who could deal with Concubine Liu was His Majesty!
If Your Majesty knew how her mother and her wet nurse were brutally executed by Concubine Liu, would you let Concubine Liu pay with her life?
In just a moment, Chu Xiyan realized how naive and ridiculous her idea was...
Without your majesty's indulgence, would Concubine Liu dare to be so arrogant?
How could Your Majesty punish Concubine Liu for the sake of a few worthless lives?
By then, not to mention avenging her mother and father, she would also lose her life if she exposed herself.
Chu Xiyan knelt on the ground, gritted her teeth, and suppressed the impulse in her heart.
The emperor and Concubine Liu have already entered the inner room.
The nurses were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, with cold sweat pouring down their foreheads...
Fortunately, His Majesty came tonight, otherwise, with the Imperial Concubine's temper, they would probably not be able to escape death...
Inner room.
The palace maid had already brought the third prince over.
What do people fear the most? Competition!
Having just seen the fair, tender and adorable Fourth Prince, Nangong Xuanyu then saw the weird-looking Third Prince... Even though he knew that he was his biological son, Nangong Xuanyu still couldn't love him as much as he loved the Fourth Prince.
The emperor sometimes even wondered if Concubine Xiao had done too many evil things and that was why the retribution fell on the Third Prince?
It was because Nangong Xuanyu had few offspring that he attached great importance to his only two sons.
If the emperor had more than a dozen or even dozens of sons, it would be harder than climbing to heaven to get the emperor to come and see the third prince if he looked like this...
Concubine Liu knew that it was the custom of the Great Zhou to hold grandchildren rather than sons, so she did not hand the third prince over to the emperor. Instead, she suppressed her disgust and held him in her arms.
"Your Majesty, you see, the Third Prince seems to have grown up a lot during these days in Yongshou Palace."
The Third Prince smiled dully, drooling again...
It is normal for babies to drool. When Nangong Xuanyu went to Zhongcui Palace, the Fourth Prince also drooled frequently.
But somehow... the fourth prince drools and looks very cute, which makes people feel that normal babies are like that. But the third prince is weird in every way...
Finally, the imperial physician hurried over: "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty!"
Nangong Xuanyu said: "The Third Prince still can't drink milk these days. See what's going on."
Xie Yan replied "yes" and stood up to check on the Third Prince.
However... the conclusion he finally came to was still the same as the previous imperial physician.
"Your Majesty, judging from the pulse, there is nothing wrong with the Third Prince's health. As to why this happened, I am unable to draw a conclusion..."
Concubine Liu frowned immediately: "It is said that the best doctors in the whole Great Zhou are all in the Imperial Hospital. How can you not even diagnose what is wrong with the Third Prince?"