The Concubine of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 357: The Death of Concubine Bila

The essence of human beings lies in hypocrisy!
She didn't know whether Li Shufei wanted to stay with the Fifth Prince and Yehenala Shufei, but she didn't want to. Sometimes, she even despised herself, but she had to flatter others in life.

The queen had no intention of keeping anyone here. She shook her head, her fatigue evident in her eyes and eyebrows, and said to everyone, "Fifth Prince is not feeling well. If so many of you stay here and disturb him, it will be a great sin. I am here for him, so all of you should leave!"

A concubine and the Fifth Prince, even if it was a group of concubines and the Fifth Prince, there was no comparison! How could the Queen do such a thing to dig her own grave?

"Yes, we obey your order." As soon as the Queen said this, the concubines bowed together. Concubine Li may not really want to stay, but the Emperor's eyes, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are watching, so they can't just not show any expression.

They don’t care about the Fifth Prince, but they care about their self-image in the minds of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

The Queen had spoken, and the concubines had no choice, whether they were happy or not. They all returned to their respective palaces. Knowing that Dashan was in a bad mood, they all kept a low profile and didn't even dare to chat!

Qin Rou also returned to Zhen Shun Zhai, feeling unhappy. ——A bird in a cage will always feel unhappy sometimes.

I just sat there blankly, leaning on the small table on the couch. My body was there, but my heart was somewhere else.

When she came to her senses, Aunt Chen was already waiting on her carefully. Qin Rou looked at Aunt Chen, who gently lowered her head and whispered, "Concubine Bila is dead."

Concubine Bila was also a famous person! She was so proud when she was pregnant with the emperor's heir, but now she died quietly on a day like this. In a short while, this fact should be known to everyone in the palace.

Even if she didn't know it now, the concubine would know it from others later. Aunt Chen didn't hide it, and reported it to Qinrou as if it was accidental.

It's not unintentional; it's intentional!

Qin Rou couldn't figure out who Bila Concubine was for a while. She looked at her blankly with her fox eyes for a while before she replied, "Why did she die?"

It seemed that since she entered the palace, there had been constant deaths in the palace. Now, after hearing such news, she was actually numb, as if death was a common thing.

"After the death of the young prince, Concubine Bila became ill from missing him. She had not taken good care of herself after her miscarriage, and her fall made her condition even worse. She suddenly had a hemorrhage at 11 pm, and died of excessive bleeding." Aunt Chen spoke in official language slowly. This was the most official and orthodox answer given by the empress, the grand empress dowager, and the imperial doctors.

In the palace, birth, aging, sickness and death, the word "sickness" is too easy to describe.

"The beginning of the hour?" Qin Rou's face showed no joy or anger. She repeated the time.

"Yes!" Aunt Chen said calmly. She knew that the concubine had compassion and doubts in her heart, so she should not be sad or happy! So she answered frankly.

That was shortly after the Fifth Prince fell ill. How could it be such a coincidence?

In this palace, people really eat each other. Qin Rou didn't dare to believe it. This was an accident. She wanted to know if it was just one person who did it, or if all the people were the ones behind it.

"Wei Shi!" Qin Rou had calmed down and repeated in a low voice, "Which two imperial doctors went to treat the patient?" Qin Rou had questions and she asked them out loud, "As far as I remember, the Empress was in Xianfu Palace the whole time, and it seems that no servants from Xianfu Palace went to ask to see the Empress."

Qin Rou no longer wanted to think about what the imperial doctors said, as she couldn't pry a single word out of them.

The imperial doctors' mouths were all tightly shut. As a concubine, she was not important enough, nor did she have the courage to open the wounds that the imperial doctors had sealed.

"It's Lin Qingshui, the imperial physician, and Xilin Jueluo, the imperial physician Jingtai." Aunt Chen replied softly. There were too many deaths in the palace, so many that it was no longer a big deal. It didn't matter whether they died or not. What mattered was the cause of death. It was a lesson!

If you don't learn a lesson from this, you will be the next one.

Aunt Chen also tried her best. She could only hint at what she couldn't say: "The servants of Xianfu Palace have not come to Yanxi Palace to report to the Queen. When the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager were riding in the sedan chair to Yanxi Palace, they happened to run into the servants of Xianfu Palace who came out to ask for help."

Aunt Chen reported the details: "The Grand Empress Dowager has never liked to take charge of things. She only thought about the fact that Concubine Bila had just conceived a royal heir for the Emperor, even though she had just had a miscarriage. She gave a waist badge and ordered the servants of Xianfu Palace to take the waist badge to invite the imperial physician. She also thought about the fact that there was no queen in charge of Xianfu Palace, so she ordered Aunt Suma to take care of it."

I really didn't see Aunt Suma just now. Qin Rou listened calmly, listening to these glamorous and coaxing words. Everything in the palace is glamorous, even death! The cause of death is also!
"The Empress Dowager first thought of the fact that Concubine Bila had once conceived a child for the Emperor; secondly, the Master had to look after the Fifth Prince and was not available, so the Empress Dowager asked Aunt Suma to look after him."

When the emperor was young, he was taken care of by the Grand Empress Dowager. Aunt Suma was the Grand Empress Dowager's maidservant. She stayed with the Grand Empress Dowager for as long as she stayed. She and the Grand Empress Dowager were not only master and servant. The emperor also needed Aunt Suma's care. She was also the person that the emperor called "Ene" in person. She also taught Emperor Kangxi personally.

With Su Malagu's respected status in the palace today, it would be no less respectable for her to be in charge of Xianfu Palace than for Concubine Nianhulu to be in charge herself.

The Queen cannot leave. Between a concubine and an heir to the throne, which is more important? Even without using her brain, she can make the right choice.

Therefore, even if the queen knew about it, she would be too busy to do anything else; she could only ask Concubine Niuhulu to go to Xianfu Palace to take charge. It was enough for a concubine to take care of a sick concubine, Bila.

Therefore, Su Malagu was the most suitable person to be by the side of the Empress Dowager and to take charge of the Xianfu Palace.

"The Empress has to look after the Fifth Prince! Concubine Bila has fallen ill at an unfortunate moment, and the Empress is unable to spare time. The Grand Empress Dowager loves her great-grandson and the Empress, and wants to relieve the Empress of one more thing to do. It would be most appropriate to ask Aunt Suma to take charge." Qin Rou replied calmly.

Concubine Bila’s death was not unjust!
There had been rumors about her being unlucky, although it didn't cause any stir at the time.

But the wind never calms down, and the wind never stops even when the trees are still. The Second Prince has passed away, the Second Princess is sick, and the heir in her belly has also fallen out. Now! The Fifth Prince is sick again!

It is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go. Where is the way out for Concubine Bila?
I just don't know who in the harem did it? The Empress? The Empress Dowager? Emperor Kangxi? Or did everyone know about it?

Qin Rou only understood that from now on, she understood even more clearly the saying that the royal family is ruthless.