After Xiao Fubao's life was stolen, he became the favorite of everyone in the capital

Chapter 352 Confession
"My Lady, you are overstepping your authority!"

The emperor's cold words finally sobered up the imperial concubine's head, which was a mess due to her illness.

She knew very well that the empress dowager had always been a person who loved the emperor and his people, or was afraid to hurt the emperor. The empress dowager would never deal with anyone the emperor liked. The empress dowager cared about the mother-son relationship more than anyone else.

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

The futon that Nanny Sun had prepared earlier finally came in handy.

"Your Majesty, I was sick and confused, and I spoke out of control." Concubine Li admitted her mistake quickly.

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

The imperial concubine suddenly felt hopeless. She had not held out much hope when she came here in the first place. Now, after listening to the emperor's words, she managed to figure out that the emperor was not going to release the person.

"Taozhi is a palace maid assigned to me by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now that she has made a mistake, it is my fault for not disciplining her properly. Please punish her, Your Majesty," said the imperial concubine.

The Queen Mother could tell that she was trying to retreat in order to advance, and wanted to distance herself from the matter, but the Emperor had long been accustomed to favoring the Imperial Concubine, and at this time he directly said to her:
"Don't worry, she is she and you are you. I will not vent my anger on you because of her. Go back and recuperate." After the emperor said this, he looked at the servants beside him.

Two palace maids came forward and helped the imperial concubine up from the ground.

After everyone left, the Queen Mother said, "The Emperor loves the Imperial Concubine deeply, and I wonder if she can understand it."

The emperor did not say anything. Although he was used to favoring the imperial concubine, no one wanted the woman he favored to be a vicious person. He could not help but recall his first encounter with the imperial concubine. A trace of pity arose in his heart, and he was even reluctant to continue pursuing Taozhi's fault.

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

Although Niu Niu and Luo Meiren were standing aside, they didn't say anything just now.

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

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

The empress dowager also felt relieved. Her son had suffered too much, and there was no one in the harem who could comfort him. Since Niu Niu came, even though she was not his biological daughter, she could make the emperor feel the joy of family.

"Your handwriting has been very well improved compared to last time." The emperor said with a smile.

Niuniu raised her little face and said, "I told you I did my homework seriously!"

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

Lady Luo stood by, took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from the little girl's forehead.

"Is it very hot?" The emperor looked at Niu Niu's sweat and was a little puzzled.

The Queen Mother said at the side: "Children are born with hot bodies."

The emperor and the empress dowager are old, and their physical functions have deteriorated a lot. It is inevitable that they fear the cold more than the heat. Now there is just a basin of ice in the corner of the palace, and they don’t feel hot at all.

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

The emperor and the empress dowager looked at each other in bewilderment. The empress dowager asked, "What is ice cream? Tell me, and I'll ask the imperial kitchen to make it for you."

"Ice cream is icy, has a milky flavor and is very delicious..." The child's words were incoherent and he couldn't describe it clearly for a long time. The empress dowager became a little anxious.

But Lady Luo whispered, "My Lady, from what I've heard, it sounds a bit like ice cream."

The Queen Mother immediately said, "Madame Sun, go ask the imperial kitchen to make a portion of ice cream for Niu Niu." The imperial kitchen acted 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 earlier?" asked the Queen Mother with a smile.

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

The adults present couldn't help laughing at her greedy look.

Nanny Sun explained, "The imperial kitchen provides a portion of iced cheese to high-ranking concubines every day. It was a coincidence that I went there. I heard that Shoukang Palace wanted some, so they sent it all over. The masters will make some separately."

Niuniu immediately took one and brought it to the Queen Mother: "Grandma Queen Mother, 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 cannot eat such cold things."

Niu Niu was brought before the emperor again, and the emperor also shook his head.

She turned around and gave it to Concubine Luo. Concubine Luo saw that neither the Emperor nor the Empress Dowager took it, but she was greedy and didn't know whether she should eat it or not.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Niuniu is very filial, you must not let her down."

Lady Luo happily took the ice cream.

Niu Niu immediately handed it to the other palace maids and eunuchs who were serving their master in the palace.

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

"Why don't you eat it? It's delicious!" Niu Niu said puzzledly.

The Queen Mother said casually, "They don't like to eat it, so you should eat it quickly, otherwise it will melt in a while."

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

After Niu Niu finished speaking, she 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 many cold foods at once? It will easily get an upset stomach!" said the Queen Mother.

Nanny Sun immediately took away the rest of the ice cream and left only one portion.

Niuniu was visibly disappointed, but she didn't eat it right away. 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, was watching this scene and was suddenly in a trance for a moment.

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

Originally, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor thought that Taozhi's interrogation would take a long time, but they didn't expect that Niu Niu had just finished eating the ice cream.

Qian Rongsheng hurried in again. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Luo Meiren and Niu Niu there, so he had to shut his mouth.

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

After everyone left, Qian Rongsheng just said, "Your Majesty, 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."