Steal my marriage? Turn around and marry the tyrant to take the throne

Chapter 418: Noble Zhou takes action (22 reward points plus additional content)

Shen Zhinian's heart was filled with alarm, but she had a respectful smile on her face: "Your Majesty, this is what the imperial physician said."

Queen Mother Liu looked at her belly and nodded lovingly: "Good! Good! You are all heroes who have helped the royal family to expand!"

Shen Zhinian smiled and said, "It is the duty of concubines to expand the royal family. Your Majesty the Queen Mother is too kind to praise you."

She had suspected that the person who bribed the midwife was Empress Dowager Liu, with the intention of killing the mother and taking away the child!

But Shen Zhinian thought again and felt that with Empress Dowager Liu's shrewdness, she would not use such a simple method.

But not necessarily.

What if bribing the midwife was just a trick used by Empress Dowager Liu to confuse her, and the real crisis was hidden behind it...

No matter what, facing the most noble woman in the harem, Shen Zhinian always remained extremely vigilant!

As the ceremonial officer shouted "The full-month ceremony begins", the wet nurse carried the second princess wrapped in a bright red swaddling cloth, walked to the center of the main hall, and saluted the emperor and Queen Mother Liu.

A month later, although the second princess still looked very weak, she was much bigger than when she was born. It was obvious that she had been well taken care of during this period.

Xuepin covered her mouth with tears in her eyes.

Her daughter...

Everyone presented their gifts one by one, which were registered by special palace servants and stored in the warehouse.

Just like last time, Shen Zhinian specially invited two imperial doctors to check the gift she prepared and only sent it over after confirming that there was no problem.

Not only her, many concubines followed suit, because they were afraid that something would happen to the second princess and someone would frame them.

Soon, it was time for the final stage.

Concubine Xue carefully took the second princess from the nurse's hands, held her in her arms, walked to the emperor and knelt down: "Your Majesty, please give the second princess a name!"

Nangong Xuanyu touched the eldest princess's cheek lovingly and said softly, "May you be blessed with health, peace and happiness. The second princess will be called 'Nangong Anyou'."

Because the imperial physicians said that the second princess was born weak and might not live past her first birthday, the emperor only hoped that she would be healthy and grow up smoothly.

Concubine Xue lowered her head and touched the Second Princess' cheek with her own face, smiling and saying, "Our Second Princess has a name. Little Anyou will be safe and sound, and God will bless her!"

After the full moon ceremony, Concubine Xue took the second princess to bid farewell to Concubine Zhou.

Thinking of what Concubine Zhou said, Concubine Xue was always a little worried and advised: "Sister Zhou, no matter how well I treat the Second Princess, I am not her biological mother after all. If anything happens to you, the Second Princess will be left without a biological mother."

"Even for our little Anyou, you have to live well, understand?"

Concubine Zhou forced a smile and said, "I know..."

The royal family could not keep a disabled concubine, which would damage the royal family's reputation. Logically, after Concubine Zhou's arm was broken, she should have been moved to the cold palace.

Because she was pregnant, she had stayed in the harem until today.

Considering the contribution of Concubine Zhou in giving birth to the second princess, the emperor gave her two choices.

The first was to move to Gyeongbokgung Palace where De Fei previously lived.

The second option was to leave the palace and live in the summer palace in Chengde.

No matter which choice you make, you can live the rest of your life without worries about food and clothing.

Lady Zhou thanked her and said that she needed a few more days to think about it.

Many bad comments were heard in the palace, saying that she was just a disabled noble, and His Majesty had taken such good care of her, but she still dared to make trouble.

But no matter what, for the sake of the second princess, the emperor was still willing to give this little honor to Concubine Zhou.

She continued to live in Lihua Pavilion.

Concubine Zhou has finished her confinement and is recovering.

That day, she dressed very simply, took out a carefully polished hairpin with an extremely sharp tail from her dressing table, inserted it into her bun, and walked out the door.

Caiyi has already followed the second princess to the Yanx Palace, and now another palace maid is serving Concubine Zhou personally.

Seeing Concubine Zhou coming out, the maid asked in surprise, "My lady, are you going out?"

Concubine Zhou looked up at the azure sky, and a smile slowly appeared on her face: "Yes. I will never be able to see the scenery of the palace again. I will take a last walk around."

The palace maid had no suspicion and followed behind with her head down.

Concubine Zhou was wandering aimlessly, and before she knew it she had entered the Taiji Hall and arrived at the gate of Yawen Garden.

There was only one one-armed lady in the palace, and the guards politely saluted: "Your subordinate greets the noble lady Zhou!"

Concubine Zhou smiled and said, "I want to go see Madam Jiang."

The guards were still polite, but they did not back down. "My dear Lady Zhou, His Majesty has ordered that Yawen Garden be closed. Please do not embarrass your subordinates."

Concubine Zhou's attitude remained gentle: "Your Majesty only said to close the Yawen Garden, but did not say that people are not allowed to visit."

"The second princess is already one month old, and I am leaving the palace soon. I just want to see my former sister one last time and say goodbye to her."

"I believe that even if His Majesty knew about this, he would not blame you. Just be flexible. I will be out soon!"

When Concubine Zhou said this, she stuffed a large bag of silver over.

The guards were not aware of the struggles between the concubines in the palace. After hearing what Concubine Zhou said, they thought that she and Jiang Wange were really good sisters in the past.

No matter what, Concubine Zhou is the biological mother of the second princess after all, so she should give the Buddha the benefit of the doubt.

Several guards looked at each other and stood aside: "Then...Mr. Zhou, please be brief and come out as soon as possible."

Concubine Zhou nodded and said to the maid behind her: "Just wait for me here."

Although the maid had doubts in her heart, she did not dare to stop Concubine Zhou: "...Yes."

Inner room.

Hearing the noise, Jiang Wange looked over and said, "It's not time to deliver the meal yet, why is the door open?"

"Is it because of the recipes I researched that made a lot of money for the national treasury? His Majesty finally came to his senses and decided to let me go?!"

Lady Zhou walked in against the light and sneered at Jiang Wange: "You want beauty!"

Because of the light, Jiang Wange hadn't seen Concubine Zhou's appearance clearly. When she heard her voice, a look of guilt and fear flashed across her face: "How did you get here?!"

"What do you want to do?!"

Concubine Zhou slowly walked towards Jiang Wange and said, "I am a disabled person, what can I do to you? Why is Concubine Wen so nervous?"

Jiang Wange had long been demoted to a commoner, so her words "Empress Wen" were full of irony.

Jiang Wange was unwilling to lose out in front of Concubine Zhou, so she straightened her back and snorted coldly, "Stop being so sarcastic here, just say what you want to say!"

Concubine Zhou came closer and closer: "I came here today just to ask you a question. I have no grudge against you in the past or in the present. Even if there was some friction in our words, it was just a minor quarrel."

"Why are you so vicious that you broke my arm and ruined my life?!"