Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Concubine Ming?Concubine Xian or Wang Meiren?Concubine Shu is also possible. After all, Concubine Shu is very close to the back seat. If there is no fifth prince, Concubine Shu will be more likely to sit in that seat than her.

She must catch the person behind it, no matter who it is, she will never spare the person behind it easily.

Concubine Jing gritted her teeth, and said to Sujuan: "I know about this, first you let the fifth prince's wet nurse go back and take good care of the fifth prince, if the fifth prince is well, I can't do without her benefits, but if the fifth prince can't hold on Come on, one of them who serve the fifth prince counts as one, and all of them will be buried with the fifth prince."

Although it is necessary to investigate the person who took action against the fifth prince, the life of the fifth prince is more important now, and it is in his best interest for the fifth prince to survive.

The residence of the fifth prince was gloomy. After returning to the residence of the fifth prince, the nurse of the fifth prince faced the questioning eyes of the court ladies, and said solemnly: "I have already reported the matter to the empress, and the empress asked us to take care of the fifth prince first. .

As soon as the wet nurse finished speaking, a little maid came running outside and said, "Mother, the door of our yard was locked from the outside just now."

A court lady rushed out after hearing the words, stepped forward and tried to pull the door, but the door couldn't be opened anymore.

The people outside the door heard the sound of pulling the door, and said: "Don't bother, the empress said, you don't come out for now, you can come out when the fifth prince recovers, and the daily food Someone will send it to you, so you can take care of the fifth prince with peace of mind."

The few people in the yard immediately wept when they heard the words.

The maid who went to pull the door looked at the fifth prince's wet nurse and asked, "Nurse, what should I do?"

The fifth prince's wet nurse was silent for a while, sighed, and said, "What else can I do? Take good care of the fifth prince, and pray that the fifth prince recovers as soon as possible."

The news that the fifth prince contracted smallpox quickly spread in the palace, causing great panic in the palace.

Although the Empress Dowager has ordered people to seal Qingren Palace, everyone can't guarantee that before the fifth prince was diagnosed with smallpox, have you had any contact with people in Qingren Palace? Have you been in touch?
It's just that no matter how anxious everyone is, they can only endure now.

A few days later, several court ladies and eunuchs in Qingren Palace were diagnosed with smallpox, and two of the palace maids who served the fifth prince were also infected. The eunuch was diagnosed with smallpox.

Fortunately, there are not many of them.

These court ladies and eunuchs were all taken away as soon as it was confirmed that they had contracted smallpox.

I don't know if it's because people in Ruichang Palace don't get in touch with people in Qingren Palace on weekdays, or because Ruichang Palace has its own small kitchen. Everyone in Ruichang Palace is lucky not to be infected with smallpox.

Because almost all the palaces were closed, after the news of the frontier spread to Beijing, everyone in the harem didn't know about it.

The fifth prince's smallpox didn't get better until Luo Chengjing returned to the capital with the captured He Xiangming, and there were no other smallpox-infected people in the palace.

The empress dowager learned from the imperial physician that the fifth prince's current condition would not infect others, and that there would be no other smallpox patients in the palace, so the ban on Qingren Palace was lifted.

As soon as the ban on Qingren Palace was lifted, Concubine Jing wanted to thoroughly investigate the fifth prince's smallpox infection, but she heard the news that the emperor returned to Beijing immediately, and that He Xiangming had been arrested for collaborating with the enemy and treason.

After hearing the news, Concubine Jing went limp all over, and immediately fell to the ground, muttering incessantly: "How could it be? How could it be..."

I don't know if Concubine Jing doesn't believe that He Xiangming will collude with the enemy and treason, or if he doesn't believe that what He Xiangming has done will be exposed.

Although He Xiangming didn't tell Concubine Jing about some things, Concubine Jing was more or less aware of it.

It's just that she didn't expect the emperor to know about these things.

At this moment, the Eldest Princess rushed in from the outside, and asked angrily: "Mother and Concubine, they all said that the He family was completely ruined by my grandfather's collaborating with the enemy and treason, is this true?"

Concubine Jing thought that the Eldest Princess was concerned about her grandfather, and was thinking about how to answer the Eldest Princess, when she heard the Eldest Princess continue: "This matter will not implicate us, will it?"

After hearing what the eldest princess said, Concubine Jing slapped the eldest princess on the face without saying a word.

The eldest princess covered her face, looked at Concubine Jing in disbelief, and cried, "Concubine Mother, are you crazy? Why did you hit me?"

"Your grandfather loves you so much. They will send you anything good to the palace. Don't you feel ashamed when you say that just now?" Concubine Jing said.

The eldest princess felt guilty for a moment when she thought of her good things, but it was only for a moment, and then she immediately regained her confidence.

"My grandfather treats me well on weekdays, but I am the daughter of my father and the princess of Dayong, so I don't want to recognize a grandfather who is collaborating with the enemy and treason."

"You!" Concubine Jing pointed at the eldest princess with trembling fingers, "Get out!"

"Go away." The eldest princess said and ran out.

Seeing Concubine Jing's chest rising and falling in anger, Sujuan was almost out of breath, and while helping her to breathe, she persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't be angry with the Eldest Princess, the Eldest Princess is still young, when she grows up You'll be sensible."

"Is she still young now? She will be ten years old soon, but she is not young." Concubine Jing murmured, "Why is she so indifferent and selfish?"

Sujuan sighed, who is the eldest princess to blame for this? It's not because she blamed the empress herself for not teaching her well.

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to think about this, what you should be thinking about is how to save the He family." Sujuan said.

The emperor is going back to the palace soon, because of what General He committed, as long as the emperor returns to the palace, the whole family of He's family will probably be guillotined.

Concubine Jing lifted her spirits when she heard the words, "Yes, I have to think about how to save the He family."

But how can he save the He family?
After thinking about it, Concubine Jing felt that if the emperor didn't have enough evidence, she wouldn't have arrested her father directly. It would be impossible for her to retract the confession, so she could only ask the emperor for mercy and deal with it leniently.

Just based on the emperor's attitude towards her, could the emperor treat the He family leniently because of her?
Concubine Jing's mind suddenly became very clear at this moment. In the past, when the He family was there, when the emperor needed her father and the He family, the emperor's attitude towards her was the same. Now the emperor is even less so. Maybe because of her intercession, there was room for the He family.

If the emperor wanted to deal with the He family lightly, she would not be able to ask for it, and there might still be a possibility for the eldest princess to go.

Thinking of this, Concubine Jing wiped her face and said to Sujuan: "Where did the eldest princess go, hurry up and get her back for me."