HCB Chapter 114 I seem to be sick
Chapter 114 I seem to be sick
Concubine Rou sighed, "Let her do whatever she wants. It's only three days. If I really sell it to her, I'd think it's a waste."
Concubine Li curled her lips and said, "I should have asked for less if I had known. Anyway, the game is over, so if you can give me some, it's better to give it up."
Concubine Rou was thoughtful, "Maybe she will come back."
Concubine Li waved her hand and didn't care. She didn't have much hope in the first place.
Unexpectedly, just after Nanny Lan left for a while, she actually came back.
She was still smiling, and Concubine Li felt sick to her stomach, but she was not forgiving at all, "Hey, isn't this Nanny Lan? Why are you back again? It's only been a while."
Nanny Lan was now timid and submissive, "Please forgive me, Concubine Li. I just went back to get the money."
Concubine Li took a quick look at the banknote in her hand and did not take it. She gathered the hair around her ears and said, "It was 20,000 taels just now, but now I have changed my mind."
She looked at Nanny Lan and said word by word, "Forty thousand taels, not a cent less."
Nanny Lan's face turned red with anger, but she still spoke in a soft tone, "Didn't you just say 20,000 taels? How can you raise the price? I really don't have that much money."
Concubine Li's expression darkened. "I can even take out 20,000 taels. I trust you. 40,000 taels is nothing to you."
Seeing that Concubine Li's idea wasn't working, Nanny Lan turned her gaze to Concubine Rou.
Concubine Rou gave her a helpless look.
Nanny Lan gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, 40,000 taels is 40,000 taels. Your Majesty, wait a moment. I will go get it right away."
Before Nanny Lan stepped out of the palace, Concubine Li changed her mind again, "How about 50,000 taels?"
Nanny Lan felt very uncomfortable and her voice became much higher. "What?"
"I say," Concubine Li sat up straight, "it costs fifty thousand taels. Madam, you'd better go and come back quickly, or I'll raise the price again in a while."
Nanny Lan looked at the unmoved Concubine Li, then looked at Concubine Rou who kept her head down and said nothing. She then remembered the creepy look of her own Imperial Concubine, gritted her teeth, and left.
Concubine Li's face completely drooped, "Where did this damn old woman get so much money?"
Concubine Rou shook her head. "Maybe she is saving all the reward money given by Concubine Yin."
Concubine Li snorted coldly, "Over the years, His Majesty has given me a lot of rewards, but none of them are as rich as this old woman's."
As she spoke, Concubine Li seemed to remember something, "I've felt something is wrong these past two days."
Concubine Li hesitated to speak, looking unsure, "I seem to be sick."
Concubine Rou raised her eyelids when she heard this. "You? Are you sick? You eat everything with relish all day, eat the meals of two people by yourself, and sleep so soundly. How can you be sick?"
Concubine Li ran over and said, "It's true." Anyway, she had been feeling weird these days, a kind of indescribable weirdness.
Concubine Rou frowned, "How about asking the imperial physician to take a look?"
Concubine Li shook her head. "No? If I really had a terminal illness and the imperial physician diagnosed it, given His Majesty's character, he would definitely throw me into a mass grave with a rolled-up mat."
Concubine Rou did not refute. It was true. There were several concubines before who had contracted some diseases that were difficult to cure, and His Majesty directly ordered them to be executed.
Zui Xiang whispered, "How about letting Master Jiu take a look?"
Concubine Rou nodded, thinking it was feasible. Concubine Li had never seen him before, so she asked, "Who is the Ninth Young Master? I seem to have heard you mention him before."
"Then should I ask the Ninth Master to come over?" Zui Xiang asked.
Concubine Rou nodded, and Zuixiang went out immediately.
Concubine Li was a little worried, "How did the Ninth Master get in? He won't be in danger, right? What if he's discovered?"
Concubine Rou smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, you will know when the Ninth Master comes."
Concubine Li curled her lips. Who on earth is this? So mysterious.
In the end, Nanny Lan still came with 50,000 taels, but this time she was away for a longer time. In addition to the banknotes, she also brought silver. It seemed that she had added all her belongings.
Nanny Lan pleaded, "Please tell Concubine Li."
Concubine Li waved her hand. "That's fine. I'll send the things to you in two days."
Nanny Lan's face changed when she heard this. Did she want to buy it for her? She wouldn't tell her how to buy things, so she spent 50,000 taels to buy a box of perfume powder?
Nanny Lan stood up and asked, "What does Concubine Li mean by this? Are you going to break your promise?"
Concubine Li sneered and replied, "How did I break my promise?"
Nanny Lan stiffened her neck and argued, "Your Highness, are you going to tell me about the future? Why is it that you are buying on my behalf now?"
Concubine Li couldn't believe it. "Mammy, are you old and your hearing is not working well? I said I would give you perfume powder. I never said I would let you be the one to buy things."
Nanny Lan was speechless. Just for a box of perfume powder, she actually put all her belongings into it.
Immediately, he decided to snatch the box from Concubine Li.
Although Concubine Li was ambushed, she was a girl who grew up doing farm work after all, and Nanny Lan was old, so she was knocked down by her in just a few moves.
Nanny Lan refused to accept the offer and tried to snatch it again, but she heard a voice from outside the palace, "Stop."
The three of them looked over and saw Qi Zi coming with her husband.
When Nanny Lan saw that it was her own princess, she quickly ran over and knelt down, crying, "Princess, this bitch bullied me. Ahhhhh, I will not live any longer."
Qi Zi looked disgusted and said, "Madam Lan, my mother and I are both alive and well, who are you mourning for?"
Nanny Lan suddenly stopped crying and looked at Qi Zi with disbelief. Wasn’t the princess here to help her?
Qi Yan tried to suppress her discomfort. She really didn't want to call that crazy woman her mother. "Mammy, shouldn't you be serving my mother now? Aunt Qing is gone, and my mother can't be without someone around. You're my mother's wet nurse."
"Besides, I clearly saw that you were the one stealing Concubine Li's things. How can you say that Concubine Li was bullying you?"
Nanny Lan was scolded by Qi Zi for no reason, and her old face turned red. She looked at Qi Zi with resentment. She was just a servant girl and a lowly creature, yet Qi Zi dared to teach her a lesson?
Concubine Li was also confused. What was going on? She thought Princess Chunshan came to help Nanny Lan, but why did it seem like she was here to support her?
Nanny Lan suddenly stood up, startling Qi Zi. Ye Jiu had already prepared to stand in front of Qi Zi, "What are you going to do, Nanny?"
Nanny Lan didn't dare to offend Ye Jiu. She knew that Princess Chunshan's husband was a doctor. She had been afraid of doctors since she was a child and was afraid that someone would poison her in retaliation.
Seeing Ye Jiuhu in front of Qi Zi, Nanny Lan stopped talking and took one last look at Concubine Li. "Your Majesty, remember what you said."
Concubine Li crossed her arms and snorted coldly, "I am not like some people who don't keep their words."
She would buy the perfumed powder, but whether Concubine Yin was still alive or not was none of her business.
Nanny Lan looked at Qi Zi again and said coldly, "Princess, you came to the palace without being summoned. Why don't you follow me to plead guilty to the Imperial Concubine?"