Chapter 847 The Empress's Seal

Qian Zhuo was taken aback. She hurried to have a look, but didn't find anything wrong. She paused and said, "How could it be fake? Did Lady Shu do it on purpose? Has she kept the real one herself without permission?"

With a faint look in her eyes, the Empress put the seal into the box held by Qian Zhuo and said softly, "Both the Emperor's seal and the Empress's seal have been engraved since the State of Xia was established and passed down from generation to generation. The State of Xia has been established for more than two hundred years. But judging from the carving technique and the jade used on the seal, I'm afraid that the seal is relatively new, at most twenty years."

"But Lady Shu..." Empress Hua narrowed her eyes, "His Majesty asked her to return the Empress's seal in the presence of so many ladies. I don't think she had done anything to it. It's too risky. If I exposed it on the spot, what could she do?"

Qian Zhuo opened her mouth and looked at the seal in the box. After a while, she said, "Then this is..."

Empress Hua was also confused. She kept silent for a while and said, "Put away the seal first. I'll ask His Majesty in detail When he comes here later."

Hearing this, Qian Zhuo answered and carefully hid the box in the jewelry box.

After lunch, Empress Hua took Qian Zhuo to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and then went back to Weiyang Palace and took a nap. For the whole day, no one came to recommend themselves.

Qian Zhuo asked anxiously, "Your Majesty has promised to promote four ladies as noble consorts. Why hasn't anyone come?"

Empress Hua was not in a hurry. She took a book and read it. "No hurry. They are still watching today. Tomorrow, I think someone will come. And the first one is very likely to be Lady Li."

Qian Zhuo didn't know why Empress Hua was so sure, but she was a little worried. "Lady Li has been in the Palace for a long time, but she is still only a low-ranked concubine. I'm afraid she can't be qualified to the title as a noble consort."

Empress Hua smiled, "Why couldn't she be qualified?"

While they were talking, Xia Huanyu's voice came in from outside, "Qualified for what?"

Qian Zhuo hurriedly curtsied to Xia Huanyu, who opened the bead curtain and stepped into the bedroom. Then she poured tea for Xia Huanyu in a hurry and stepped aside. Xia Huanyu sat down next to Empress Hua, smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"

Empress Hua flipped through the book casually without raising her eyes. "In the morning, I made a promise to those concubines that I will choose four from them to help me deal with the imperial household affairs. I told them that they could come to me to recommend themselves."

Xia Huanyu was stunned. He fixed his eyes on Empress Hua, as if he was observing her expression. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said, "It seems simple to run the imperial household, but there are a lot of trifle things to deal with every day. You do need to find someone to share the burden."

"Okay," said Empress Hua indifferently. She put down the book and finally lo

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

the bookshelf and bring the medicine for wound healing. Apply some for me."

Not daring to disobey, Lyu Ya hurriedly went to the bookshelf to look for the medicine, and asked someone to fetch water to carefully clean Lady Shu's wound before applying the medicine.

With a snort, Lady Shu continued, "Since Lady Li has been promoted, I'm afraid that all the other ladies in the Palace will be ready to make a move. Order someone to keep an eye on Weiyang Palace and report to me who have come to meet Empress Hua."

"Your Highness, please don't be angry about this. We have something on several ladies and we could take advantage of them. We'd better let them pretend to join Empress Hua's camp. It will be a good opportunity for us if they could get Empress Hua's trust. As long as Empress Hua has our people around her, it's easy for us to set some trap for her."

Lady Shu closed her eyes slowly and sighed, "You can arrange it."

Lyu Ya nodded.

Lady Shu didn't say anything for a long time. After Lyu Ya applied the medicine on her wound, Lady Shu sighed slightly and said, "How long hasn't His Majesty come to our Shuya Palace since he returned to the Palace? Which palaces has he been to these days?"

After a short pause, Lyu Ya lowered her head and said in a low voice, "His Majesty hasn't come to Shuya Palace for ten days. He has been staying in the Weiyang Palace every day since he came back to the Palace."

"Hmm.." With a sneer, Lady Shu kept silent for a while and said, "It seems that Empress Hua do have some tricks. Why don't we have a try and see how capable she is..."

Lyu Ya was stunned for a moment and then understood. She quickly responded.

On the early morning of the second day, the pestilence in the Jin City became much more serious. Rumors began to rise, and people were talking about the words of the Imperial Astronomer. Empress Hua was a comet that would bring disaster...

In addition to this, another rumor was that the Empress's seal in the Palace was a fake one, and the real one had long been missing.