Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 270

"Chen Cai Nu has been released?"

In Jingming Palace, Xie Jiu was sitting and chatting with Consort Liu while drinking tea when they heard this news.

Liu Cairen was slightly taken aback, then realized, "Oh, so Xin Baolin went to talk to Wei Jieyu today, could it be that she went to plead for Chen Shi?"

After speaking, he frowned, a hint of self-reproach on his face.

"My brain is so stupid, I didn't even think of that. When I saw them talking, I didn't bother to ask them anything. I was just focused on coming to the Empress's place."

Xie Jiu has been back in the palace for three days now. He sent someone to deliver some things on the first day, and now it's time for him to visit her in person.

"It's not your fault." Xie Jiu's face also showed surprise. "I didn't expect Xin Baolin to speak up for the Chen family either."

The two got along very well at the hunting grounds, and Xie Jiu thought that Xin Baolin must know what was going on. Since she wanted to be close to her, the Empress's faction should stay away.

This Chen Cai Nu is one of the Empress's subordinates. Now that both of them are under house arrest, what a good thing! I never expected that Xin Bao Lin would do things for Chen and help her get out of house arrest.

It should be noted that Chen's current predicament is largely due to Xie Jiu's secret accusation that her maternal family accepted bribes. Chen hates Xie Jiu to the core, and now that she has escaped, she will certainly not let Xie Jiu off the hook once she gains power.

"What a waste of kindness!" Consort Liu lost her appetite for melon seeds and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe her hands. "We know Consort Wei's temperament. If she knew that the person who harmed her was not Chen, she would definitely not have wronged Chen. Sigh."

Xie Jiu lowered her eyes. "The Emperor already knew that it was the Empress who drugged Consort Wei to make her infertile. Zhang Li confessed to everything, but to save face for the Empress, he has not announced any of her crimes to the public. He only said that she was ill and needed to rest."

"That means if no one had mentioned it, the Emperor definitely wouldn't have lifted Chen's confinement. I really don't know what to say!" Consort Liu clenched her handkerchief and patted her leg.

Xie Jiu was also a little annoyed, but she didn't blame Wei Jieyu or Xin Baolin. She was just a little helpless because of Wei Jieyu's naivety. But the root of the problem still lay with Chen Shi.

This person is quite cunning. He seized the opportunity and quickly extricated himself from the predicament. He will have to be even more careful in the future.

"After Lady Chen is released, will she find a way to help the Empress escape this predicament?" Lady Liu asked.

These words revealed Xie Jiu's thoughts.

"Most likely." Xie Jiu stroked the jade ring on her hand, her eyes darkening slightly. "But it won't be easy. She herself is already struggling, so she probably won't make a move anytime soon."

Consort Liu nodded, "That's true. The matter of the Empress arranging for someone to assassinate the Empress is still in the spotlight, and the Emperor is angry. Chen wouldn't be so stupid. If she goes to plead for the Empress now, she might get implicated again."

Xiefang Hall.

Having just seen the imperial physician off, Shanhu turned around, went into the room, and tucked the blanket around Consort Chen.

Yes, thanks to Consort Wei's defense of Consort Chen, Zhao Xingjin has reinstated her. After all, she was innocent and had given birth to the Sixth Prince. For the sake of the child, he will give her some dignity.

Promotion was no longer an option, and Zhao Xingjin was also dissatisfied with the fact that Consort Chen had taken the blame for the Empress.

At that time, Consort Chen's actions could be seen as choosing to side with the Empress between the Emperor and the Empress. Therefore, Zhao Xingjin had to suspect how many of the Empress's wrongdoings were actually committed by Consort Chen, or that she had instigated, provoked, or pushed the Empress to do them.

As Xie Jiu said, although Chen Meiren has been released from the ban, her situation is still not optimistic.

"That's wonderful! The Emperor has restored the beauty's status and lifted her confinement. The imperial physicians have finally come to examine her properly," Coral said happily.

Chen Meiren, however, was not in the mood. "The situation has just started to improve, but my health has been affected and I am not recovering as well as I have."

With high psychological pressure and material lack, it's no surprise that postpartum women don't have a proper recovery period.

"Yes, the imperial physician just said that it would be best for Your Highness to have a double confinement period and rest for an extra month. I think so too. Health is the most important thing. If your health is ruined, you won't have any resources left," Coral advised. Fortunately, Consort Chen understood this and nodded.

"Now that I have just been released from confinement, my situation is still not good. Going out and showing my face could easily cause more trouble. It's good to rest for another month and see how things go. As for the Empress, I don't know if things will improve after a month."

Coral sighed and remained silent.

For the next two weeks, the court was quite busy, and Zhao Xingjin hardly ever came to the inner palace.

Meanwhile, news of the change of ruler of Xichi Kingdom spread widely, and Xie Jiu even received gifts from Zhao Zhiyu.

This surprised her greatly.

In this life, there were many changes. Gao Sui ascended the throne three years earlier than expected, which was undoubtedly due in no small part to the help of Zhao Zhiyu and Zhao Xingjin.

In her past life, Zhao Zhiyu defied the imperial decree for love, causing the marriage between the two countries to fail. But things have changed too much now.

“Things are different now. Princess Heyi will be the Empress of Xichi from now on. I wonder if the next emperor of Xichi will have Zhao’s bloodline.” Xie Jiu looked through the gifts, a faint smile on her lips.

For some reason, she felt that Zhao Zhiyu could do it.

"Go and ask the Emperor when he will send an envoy to Xichi to personally congratulate the new emperor on his ascension to the throne. I also have some return gifts for Princess Heyi, so please ask the envoy to take them with him at that time," Xie Jiu said.

Chunrong responded and left immediately.

Upon returning, he informed Xie Jiu that the envoy had set his departure date for ten days later.

Without delay, Xie Jiu immediately ordered his men to sort through the items in his storeroom, select the best ones, and pack them up. He also sent a message to Zhao Zhiyu's family outside the palace, saying that if they had anything they wanted to send to Xichi, they could put it in Xie Jiu's belongings and send it together.

Needless to say, Zhao Zhiyu's family was extremely grateful for Xie Jiu's actions.

After all, Zhao Zhiyu is now Princess Heyi, personally bestowed by the Emperor, and is now the Empress of Xichi. According to the imperial register, she has been adopted by the Empress Dowager and is considered the Empress Dowager's daughter. Therefore, it would be quite difficult for her biological parents to send her gifts.

Yes, but that would be presumptuous and troublesome; it's best not to send it.

However, the opportunity Xie Jiu offered was much more convenient.

So a few days later, when the gifts were delivered to the palace, Xie Jiu was also given many generous gifts.

"A mother's love for her child, no wonder," Xie Jiu murmured softly.

No wonder Zhao Zhiyu hated him so much. In this second life, she was willing to marry Xi Chi far away to protect her family and create a new world for herself.

It was only then that Xie Jiu understood why Zhao Zhiyu chose to marry far away. It was mostly because she felt guilty and ashamed to face her parents' love. So she chose to stay far away and watch her family live a life of wealth and honor because of her sacrifice in the marriage. That would satisfy her.

Time flies. In the blink of an eye, almost two months have passed since the day I returned to the palace.

Xie Jiu's arm wound has mostly healed, and the scabs have started to fall off naturally, but she still needs to apply medication daily.

Whether it was due to weakness caused by injury and blood loss, or some other reason, her period was a full month late.

They should have arrived about seven or eight days after returning to the palace.

Xie Jiu felt very uneasy about this. A thought was about to come to her mind, but she was too afraid to face it.

Since her injury, she has not served the emperor again, but on the first day she arrived at the hunting grounds, their lovemaking was exceptionally intense, and she did not take any medication afterward.
"Qingfang, please summon a royal physician to check my pulse. I haven't been feeling well these past two days."