Chapter 90

The morning sun illuminated the imperial palace into a piece of gold, and the palace maids of each palace began to serve their mistresses to get up.

Inside Ruyi Palace, Imperial Concubine Yu had a peach-red face, looking charming and favored. She was serving Qin Yuan, putting on the bright yellow dragon robe for him to go to court, and tying his belt.

"Emperor, today I had the little kitchen make your favorite—" Imperial Concubine Yu hadn't finished speaking when a guard came to report.

"Reporting to the Emperor—" The guard knelt on the ground, just about to continue, but when he looked up and saw Imperial Concubine Yu's angry eyes, he hesitated and didn't dare to continue.

"Speak." Qin Yuan glanced at Imperial Concubine Yu beside him, only to see her eyes immediately turn into smiles, "The Emperor told you to speak, so continue."

The guard continued: "Emperor, we captured an intruder in the cold palace—"

"An intruder in the cold palace?" The Emperor frowned slightly, "Where did the intruder come from?"

Imperial Concubine Yu felt strange: everyone stayed away from this cold palace; how could anyone dare to break in?

"Emperor, the intruder claimed to be from Qingju Pavilion. She said she was sleepwalking and went to the wrong place, and—" The guard himself didn't believe it when he said this.

Hearing that it was Qingju Pavilion making trouble again, Imperial Concubine Yu was furious and immediately interrupted the guard, scolding, "Idiot, how are you on duty! How could you let someone break in?!"

"It was our negligence!" The guard hurriedly kowtowed to admit his mistake, but still insisted on saying the matter, "That woman took advantage of our shift change and snuck in—"

Qin Yuan glanced at Imperial Concubine Yu, and Imperial Concubine Yu knew she should shut up, and only then did she ask the guard, "What did she go to the cold palace to do?"

"The woman said she was trained in medicine and was treating people in her sleep, so she carried a medicine box and sleepwalked to the cold palace to take pulses and treat people."

"You believe this stupid talk!?" Imperial Concubine Yu still couldn't suppress the anger in her heart and scolded the guard: "You—"

"Imperial Concubine Yu," Qin Yuan finally couldn't help it, he raised his voice and interrupted Imperial Concubine Yu, "Let him finish speaking first."

"Yes." Imperial Concubine Yu could only bow unwillingly.

"I think Lin Guniang had no malicious intent, just accidentally went to the wrong place." Qin Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, as if seeing Lin Jiaojiao sneaking into the cold palace.

He thought she didn't quite understand the rules of the inner palace, but she couldn't be allowed to wander around anymore, otherwise, it would be hard for him to protect her life.

"Send her back to Qingju Pavilion," Qin Yuan pondered, "and send two more guards to Qingju Pavilion. From now on, wherever she goes, have people follow her."

"For places she shouldn't go, they must be blocked, and someone must be sent to report to me."

"Yes," the guard was still kneeling and didn't stand up, as if there was still something left to say.

Qin Yuan frowned and asked: "Anything else?"

"The intruder said—she said someone in the cold palace is pregnant."

"Oh?" Qin Yuan was surprised and at the same time quickly fell into thought: most of the women in the cold palace were locked in half a year ago. If someone were pregnant, it would have been reported long ago.

The one who is pregnant must be Xi Pin, who was locked in a week ago!

Imperial Concubine Yu, standing on the side, had her face change again and again. She also figured out the crux of the matter.

Imperial Concubine Yu feigned a reminder to Qin Yuan, "Emperor, the diagnosis of a sleepwalker cannot be taken seriously."

But Qin Yuan believed in Lin Jiaojiao's medical skills. Now that Lin Jiaojiao used the excuse of sleepwalking to break into the cold palace, her diagnosis didn't count, and he still had to let the imperial physician go and take a look.

Thinking that someone in the inner palace was pregnant and he was going to have another heir, he felt slightly happy and ordered: "Pass my oral edict, let Imperial Physician Chen go to the cold palace. If someone is really pregnant, release her from the cold palace and take her back to her original palace to raise the fetus well."

Imperial Concubine Yu still wanted to speak, but Qin Yuan turned his face forward, "Someone, prepare the carriage for Taihe Hall, go to the morning court!"

Finally, before walking out the door, he didn't forget to look back at Imperial Concubine Yu, "Imperial Concubine, since you already have the power to assist in managing the inner palace, if someone is really pregnant in the inner palace, I order you to be responsible for managing the pregnancy of the concubines, to ensure the peace of the inner palace and the health of the heirs."

Although Imperial Concubine Yu had resentment in her heart, she could only bow and accept, "Yes, Emperor."

After the Emperor left, the palace maid just brought the breakfast. She waved her hand in anger, and with a few "clangs," the good breakfast was smashed to the ground, and the exquisite porcelain bowls were all smashed to pieces!

"Niangniang, calm down! Niangniang, calm down!" The palace maids knelt on the ground!

"Good for you, Lin Jiaojiao!" Imperial Concubine Yu was furious, "It's not enough to harm my father, you also transferred my physician to treat that filthy Sixth Master Qin, and now you've broken into the cold palace and released Xi Pin, who is specifically against me!"

"For these things, I must make you pay back a hundred percent!"

"I can't kill the pregnant Xi Pin, can't I kill you!?"

At this moment, Lin Jiaojiao was standing in the cold morning wind in her pajamas, sneezing several times in a row.

She was still being blocked by the guards at the gate of the cold palace and couldn't leave the cold palace, nor could she return to Qingju Pavilion.

When she snuck into the cold palace in the morning, she knew she shouldn't be made difficult by the guards, but she didn't expect to stand in the cold wind for so long.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, she finally saw the little guard who went to report come back.

Seeing Imperial Physician Chen running over in a hurry behind him, the stone in Lin Jiaojiao's heart finally landed.

"Lin Guniang, why are you here?" Imperial Physician Chen looked surprised when he saw Lin Jiaojiao, "Could it be that you are pregnant—?"

Lin Jiaojiao was amused by Imperial Physician Chen's words, "No, no, someone in the cold palace is pregnant. Imperial Physician Chen, please go in and take a look."

The guard who brought her back rolled his eyes at Lin Jiaojiao. It was this woman with a ruined face who gave him and his brothers trouble early in the morning, and he was scolded by Imperial Concubine Yu for no reason!

Although he wasn't serving by the Emperor's side every day, he could still see: the Emperor was very tolerant of this girl! Even intending to protect her!

He passed the word to the other guards, "The Emperor has replied, let Imperial Physician Chen take the pulse of the person in the cold palace to see if she is really pregnant. If she is pregnant, let her go back to her original palace to raise the fetus well."

"As for this Lin Guniang," the guard made a gesture of invitation, "please return to your Qingju Pavilion."

After the guard finished passing the word, he took Imperial Physician Chen into the cold palace and ordered him to take the pulse.

"This commoner thanks all the officials!" Lin Jiaojiao bowed to them, but the guards all looked unwilling to accept it: if it were someone else breaking into the cold palace, not to mention losing their heads, even they would be punished!

Fortunately, the Emperor was magnanimous and didn't pursue it!

"Hurry up, hurry up!" The guard urged impatiently, "Don't let us see you again!"

"Alright!" After Lin Jiaojiao responded, she walked toward Qingju Pavilion with light steps.

But before she reached the door, she saw two guards guarding outside Qingju Pavilion!

Just as she was puzzled, she saw Qingdai walk out anxiously. When she saw her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Lin Guniang, where did you go early in the morning! We looked everywhere for you!"

"Now Imperial Concubine Ning has sent breakfast over, telling you to eat breakfast and then go to Yonghe Palace to take the Crown Prince's pulse and adjust his body!"