binnovel Chapter 235 Confession
Chapter 235 Confession
"I'm here to apologize to Your Majesty. Could Concubine Yu please step aside for a moment?" Shen Ningyue straightened her sitting posture.
"Apologize? No need to ask her to leave. If you don't come, I'm going to the Pepper Room to see Xiaojiu. Let's go, and we'll talk while we walk."
After saying that, Qin Zhi stood up and took Shen Ningyue out the door.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, would you please wait for me?" When Yu Sheyue saw Qin Zhi taking Shen Ningyue away, she jumped down anxiously, staggered when she landed, and hit her knees on the ground.
Qin Zhi and Shen Ningyue turned around together and saw Yu Sheyue with tears in her eyes. She looked very angry. She violently pulled off a purse tied around her waist and threw it out. The purse rolled twice and landed at the feet of a eunuch beside Qin Zhi.
"His Majesty!"
Qin Zhi didn't even look at the purse that was used to vent his anger, and asked, "Where did it fall?"
Yu Sheyue turned her head away, angrily, and didn't want to answer him.
Shen Ningyue glanced at the purse at the eunuch's feet, frowned, and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
Since His Majesty doesn't want to make a fuss, there's no need for her to be offended. But after returning, she still has to give Concubine Yu a copy of the palace rules and ask her to reflect on herself.
"Zhang Deli, prepare a sedan chair for Concubine Yu and send her back to Hanzhang Palace. Ask the imperial physician to examine her and come back to report to me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Let's go."
"Let's go to the Pepper Palace."
"Your Majesty, when Your Majesty sent Zhang Deli to tell me to summon Concubine Bai's aunt to the palace to accompany her during childbirth, I had already sent Xiaoji to the Nanxun Palace to ask Concubine Bai's opinion."
Qin Zhi nonchalantly lifted a strand of Shen Ningyue's hair and sniffed it. There was no perfunctory look in his eyes. He nodded seriously with an expression that said, "I'm listening to you."
"Your Majesty, did you know that Concubine Bai would choose to refuse to summon her natal elders to the palace to accompany her during childbirth?" Shen Ningyue stared at Qin Zhi, letting him play with the strands of her hair that were hanging down.
Qin Zhi let down her hair, stared straight into Shen Ningyue's eyes, and said expressionlessly: "Whether she refuses or not, her only candidate is her aunt. Don't worry about her, just issue the imperial decree directly."
"I have already written the imperial decree and sent someone to announce it to Li Lingjun's residence. Originally, I thought you had asked me to summon Madam Li to the palace to accompany her in childbirth without asking Concubine Bai because of the request of the Third Prince and Concubine Li. But from what Your Majesty said, is there any other secret?"
"You want to know?"
Shen Ningyue smiled and shook her head.
"It's nothing. Concubine Bai is Madam Li's biological daughter." Qin Zhi said, staring into Shen Ningyue's eyes with a smile.
Shen Ningyue's pupils shrank slightly.
"Your Majesty, you are not joking with me, are you?" She couldn't figure it out.
"You just told me that you wanted to confess a crime? What crime?"
"I concealed your order and had someone spread the word that it was my idea to summon Concubine Bai's aunt to the palace to accompany Concubine Bai in childbirth."
"Confess your guilt? I think you are here to seek credit for yourself."
"His Majesty!"
"I understand. You are my queen, the head of the imperial harem, and the mother of the country. You are responsible for handling the affairs of the harem."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."
"I have picked out a few names for Xiao Jiu. As his mother, I want you to come and give me some advice. Also, I plan to hold a grand birthday party for him, to make it lively and exciting."
"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Prince, Xiaojiu's brothers have not been named yet. Don't forget, there is also Zhaode, she doesn't have a full name yet either.
It's just that Xiaojiu's first birthday is two months away from the end of mourning. Xiaojiu has been criticized for this, and I feel guilty. Isn't it inappropriate to hold a grand celebration for his first birthday?" Shen Ningyue said worriedly.