Chapter 352 Confession

"Royal Concubine, you are overstepping your authority!"

The emperor's cold words finally sobered up the Royal Concubine's head, which was like a ball of paste because of her illness.

She knew very well that the Queen Mother had always been a person who loved the emperor and loved everyone in the house, or in other words, she would not deal with anyone the emperor liked. The Queen Mother cared more about the mother-son relationship than anyone else.

But at this time, the emperor's seemingly light words made her kneel down on the spot.

The cushion prepared by Nanny Sun was finally put to use.

"Your Majesty, I was confused because of my illness and lost my sense of proportion in my words." Royal Concubine Li admitted her mistake quickly.

The emperor looked at her sick face and swallowed the words he wanted to blame. He said, "Go back. I will assign a few good palace maids to serve you."

The Royal Concubine was immediately disheartened. She didn't have much hope when she came here. Now, listening to the emperor's words, she barely tried to find out that the emperor was not going to let her go.

"Taozhi is a maid assigned to me by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. She has made a mistake now, and it is my fault for not disciplining her. Please punish her, Your Majesty." The Imperial Concubine said.

The Queen Mother could hear that she was retreating to advance, and wanted to distance herself from the relationship, but the Emperor had long been accustomed to favoring the Imperial Concubine, and at this time she directly said to the Imperial Concubine:

"Don't worry, she is she, you are you, I will not be angry with you because of her, go back and recuperate." After the Emperor said this, he looked at the people serving on the side.

Two maids came forward and helped the Imperial Concubine up from the ground.

After the people left, the Queen Mother said: "The Emperor has a deep affection for the Imperial Concubine, and I don't know if she can understand it."

The Emperor did not speak. Although he was used to favoring the Imperial Concubine, no one wanted the woman he favored to be a vicious person. He couldn't help but recall his first encounter with the Imperial Concubine, and a trace of pity rose in his heart, and he was not even willing to continue to pursue Taozhi's faults.

After all, although it was a poisonous incense, it did not cause a big mistake in the final analysis.

Although Niu Niu and Luo Meiren were on the side, they did not speak just now.

At this time, the little girl and others left, and then asked the emperor: "Uncle Emperor, have you finished checking?"

The emperor suddenly came back to his senses and continued to look down at Niu Niu's homework. He gradually dispelled the thoughts that had just arisen in his mind, and the palace returned to the previous harmonious scene.

The queen mother was also relieved. Her son was too miserable, and there was no one in the harem who could relieve his mood. Since Niu Niu came, even if she was not a biological child, she could make the emperor feel the joy of family.

"The handwriting is very good, much better than last time." The emperor said with a smile.

Niu Niu raised her little face and said, "I said I did my homework seriously!"

"Okay, okay, I almost wronged you." The emperor replied.

Luo Meiren was on the side, took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped the sweat on the little girl's forehead.

"Is it hot?" The emperor looked at the sweat coming out of Niu Niu and was a little puzzled.

The Queen Mother said, "Children are naturally hot."

The Emperor and the Queen Mother were old, and their physical functions were much worse. They were inevitably afraid of cold more than heat. Now there was only a basin of ice in the corner of the palace, and they didn't feel hot at all.

Niuniu sighed and said, "I really want to eat ice cream."

The Emperor and the Queen Mother looked at each other, and the Queen Mother asked, "What is ice cream? Tell me, I'll ask the Imperial Kitchen to make it for you."

"Ice cream is cold, milky, and delicious..." The child's words were upside down, and he couldn't describe it clearly for a long time, and the Queen Mother was a little anxious.

But Luo Meiren whispered, "My Queen, from what I heard, it sounds like ice cream."

The Queen Mother immediately said, "Madame Sun, go ask the Imperial Kitchen to make a portion of ice cream for Niuniu."

The Imperial Kitchen moved quickly. When Madame Sun returned, she brought a food box and took out a dozen portions of ice cream.

"Is this the ice cream you mentioned before?" The Queen Mother asked with a smile.

What child is not greedy? Niu Niu looked at the table full of ice cream without blinking: "Although they look different, they smell the same..."

Her greedy look made the adults present laugh.

Madame Sun explained: "The imperial kitchen provides a portion of ice cream to the high-ranking concubines every day. It was a coincidence when I went there. I heard that our Shoukang Palace wanted it, so I sent it all over. The masters will make it separately."

Niu Niu immediately took a portion and sent it to the queen mother: "Grandma, please try it quickly. It's delicious!"

The queen mother had eaten ice cream before, so she shook her head and said: "I am old and can't eat such cold things."

Niu Niu sent it to the emperor, and the emperor also shook his head.

She turned around and gave it to Concubine Luo. Concubine Luo saw that the emperor and the queen mother didn't take it, but she was greedy and didn't know whether she should eat it.

The queen mother smiled and said: "Niu Niu is filial, don't let her down."

Concubine Luo happily took the ice cream.

Niuniu immediately passed it to the other palace maids and eunuchs who served their masters in the palace.

This was something that only high-ranking concubines could eat, so they dared not take it and quickly refused.

“Why don’t they eat it? It’s delicious!” Niuniu said puzzledly.

The Queen Mother said casually: “They don’t like it, so you should eat it quickly, otherwise it will melt in a while.”

Niuniu turned around and looked at a large table of ice cream, her eyes suddenly lit up: "So are all these mine? That's great, when I was at home, Sister Shuying never made so much for me at once!"

Niuniu suddenly realized that she had let the cat out of the bag.

But no one else seemed to pay much attention to the name "Shuying".

"That's right, how can a child eat so much cold food at once? It's easy to get a stomachache!" said the Queen Mother.

Madame Sun immediately took away the other ice creams, leaving only one.

Niuniu was visibly disappointed, but she didn't eat it immediately. Instead, she came to the Queen Mother and said, "Can I give some to my friends?"

The Queen Mother sighed, "You always think about them."

Lady Luo, who was standing by, looked at this scene and suddenly felt dazed for a moment.

She always felt that this scene seemed very familiar, like a dream she had experienced before. In the end, she shook her head gently and said nothing.

Originally, the Queen Mother and the Emperor thought that Taozhi's interrogation would take a lot of time, but they didn't expect that Niuniu had just finished eating the ice cream.

Qian Rongsheng hurried in again. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Luo Meiren and Niuniu, so he had to shut up.

"My dear, go play in the yard with your beautiful sister for a while." The Queen Mother sent them away.

After they left, Qian Rongsheng just opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, Taozhi was afraid of implicating her family, so she pointed out that Concubine Li was the mastermind, and she also confessed something else."