"What do you mean, Mu Fengqie?" The Grand Dowager's face instantly turned ugly after hearing Mu Fengqie's words. What did she mean by not letting her manage the affairs of the harem anymore? Wasn't this stripping her of her power? In this harem, without power, what could she do?
"I have no other meaning. It's just that the Grand Dowager has been too worried about things. Currently, the most important thing is the Grand Dowager's health. Please follow the doctor's advice." Mu Fengqie was not at all afraid because of the Grand Dowager's gloomy face.
"Your Majesty, I think what Princess Tianlin said makes sense. Grandmother is already this old. She should enjoy a comfortable life." The Queen looked at the Grand Dowager and said. Wouldn't it be nice to simply dote on her grandchildren?
The people sitting in the palace had different expressions. Some were happy, while others were angry. The happy ones were naturally the concubines sitting below. Since the Grand Dowager took power, they had never had a peaceful day in the palace. Although there was now a queen, from the past few days' interactions, it seemed that this queen was relatively easy to get along with and not the kind of person who would act recklessly.
The unhappy ones were the Grand Dowager and Mu Xingrou. She had finally managed to curry favor with the Grand Dowager, but now, because of Mu Fengqie's words, it was all gone. How could she not hate Mu Fengqie?
"Queen, what do you mean? I'm still alive, and you're so eager to get the Phoenix Seal?" The Grand Dowager said with a gloomy face as she looked at the Queen.
The Queen immediately knelt down and said tearfully, "Grandmother, I'm wronged. I did this for your health. Your Majesty, I had no other intention when I said this. If the Grand Dowager is not willing, I won't say anything. After all, I'm the Emperor's woman. Whether I have power or not doesn't matter."
Yuan Yuchuan couldn't bear to see the Queen kneeling on the ground. Since the Queen entered the palace, there had been much less trouble in his harem. She was truly a woman from a noble family. Yuan Yuchuan then glanced at the Grand Dowager. She was really old and was no longer up to the task. Before the Queen entered the palace, all kinds of things had happened.
Yuan Yuchuan looked at the kneeling Queen on the ground and then at the Grand Dowager. His eyes gradually became firm. "Since it was what Fengqie said, then do as she says. Hand over the Phoenix Seal to the Queen. The Grand Dowager should just focus on recuperating."
The Grand Dowager looked at Yuan Yuchuan in disbelief. She didn't expect that he would really take away the power in her hands. She had held power for so many years. How could she just watch it slip away?
"Your Majesty! I have something to say." The Grand Dowager looked at Mu Fengqie and said, "I suspect that this Mu Fengqie is fake. The real Mu Fengqie has already left the city."
Whoa!
Everyone in the palace was shocked. No one had expected the Grand Dowager to say such a thing.
Yuan Yuchuan looked at the Grand Dowager with an ashen face and said, "Is what you said true? Is this really not Mu Fengqie but an impostor?" Yuan Yuchuan pointed at Mu Fengqie and said suspiciously.
"I'm very sure. I know that the real Mu Fengqie has already left the capital. That's why I came up with this way to call her into the palace to distinguish the real from the fake. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true." The Grand Dowager said proudly as she looked at Mu Fengqie.
"Bold! Who are you? Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the Emperor!" Yuan Yuchuan said with a dark face as he looked at Mu Fengqie.
Mu Fengqie was amused by the Grand Dowager's words. It was really ridiculous. Since the Grand Dowager had already admitted that she had feigned illness, it would be easier to handle.
Mu Fengqie curled her lips and said, "Your Majesty, I am Mu Fengqie. I'm not an impostor. I don't know why the Grand Dowager wants to slander me."
"If you're the real Mu Fengqie, then why couldn't you tell that I'm not ill at all?" The Grand Dowager said as she stepped closer to Mu Fengqie.
"I'm not lying. The Grand Dowager is really seriously ill," Mu Fengqie glanced at the Grand Dowager. If you're not ill, I'll still make you ill. "If you don't recuperate well, you'll be terminally ill."
Yuan Yuchuan watched the two of them arguing non - stop and felt a splitting headache. Where on earth did the Grand Dowager get this information? He, the Emperor, didn't even know about it. How did she know?
"Your Majesty, I have a way to prove whether this Princess Tianlin is real or fake." Concubine Jing thought the timing was right and stood up.
Yuan Yuchuan was just having a headache. When he saw Concubine Jing stand up, he immediately agreed. "Tell me, my love. What's your way?"
"Isn't Princess Tianlin the master of the Pharmacist Valley? We can ask her to identify herbs. Let the people from the Imperial Hospital be the witnesses. Isn't it much simpler?" Concubine Jing looked at Yuan Yuchuan and said.
After hearing Concubine Jing's words, Yuan Yuchuan's eyes immediately lit up. Right! Wasn't Mu Fengqie the master of the Pharmacist Valley? Identifying herbs should be no problem for her.
"What does the Grand Dowager think?" Yuan Yuchuan asked the Grand Dowager's opinion. It was more like a notice than an inquiry.
"I have no problem, but I have a condition. Let this person identify the herbs with her eyes covered." The Grand Dowager looked at Mu Fengqie and said. Who knew if this impostor knew any medical skills?
"Okay, I have no problem." Mu Fengqie agreed without any hesitation. Anyway, it wasn't difficult for her.
Yuan Yuchuan quickly sent people to make arrangements. It didn't take long for the people from the Imperial Hospital to get ready. Mu Fengqie let someone cover her eyes with a black cloth. She didn't move her hands at all throughout the process. Even the herbs were brought to her by others. Mu Fengqie covered her eyes and smelled the herbs carefully under her nose. She accurately named the herbs.
The Grand Dowager watched as Mu Fengqie made no mistakes at all. Her face became increasingly ugly. How could this be? Wasn't it said that this Mu Fengqie was fake? Why was she still so amazing?
Before long, Mu Fengqie had named all the twenty herbs prepared by the Imperial Hospital. She took off the black cloth and looked at the Grand Dowager with bright eyes. "Grand Dowager, you should believe me now, right? I didn't even move my hands throughout the process, and the person who brought me the herbs didn't know anything about herbs."
Everyone turned their eyes to the Grand Dowager. The Grand Dowager was really panicked now. Her face became paler and paler, and her lips were trembling. "This... This is impossible..."
Mu Xingrou also didn't expect that this person was really Mu Fengqie. She tightly clenched her fists. She didn't even feel the pain when her fingernails dug into her flesh.