Chapter 1975: It Wasn’t Like She Broke a Leg
Ning Shu was speechless. How could she possibly control every single wagging tongue in the inner palace?
Yet whenever something went wrong, it was her fault.
Ning Shu looked at Zhao Xu and said, “This matter is only the gossip of the palace maids and eunuchs. It’s because of the assassin incident from earlier. A lot of people saw it and, truthfully, that was a really strange event. So these people secretly spread rumors.”
“It didn’t even take ten days before Noble Lady Zhou was able to get out of bed. These servants have never seen anything like that before. Noble Lady Zhou got better so quickly, surely she had some kind of good medicine. This subject wife will certainly sort out the inner palace and prevent these servants’ disorderly conduct from spreading.”
“Her body was merely injured. It wasn’t like she broke a leg and was stuck in bed,” Zhao Xu said while rubbing his forehead.
Ning Shu nodded. “These people are just blindly gossiping without any idea of the truth.”
“Noble Lady Zhou was injured on her upper body, it wasn’t like she could take off her clothes and show anyone her scars. These people just thought that Noble Lady Zhou’s injury was very serious, so when she got better and was back on her feet so quickly, they thought it was outrageous,” Ning Shu said with a sigh.
“Even Consort Zhuang joked that a celestial being must have given an elixir to Noble Lady Zhou for her to heal so quickly.” Ning Shu’s expression was very exasperated.
Zhao Xu’s own expression was heavy, his eyes narrowed as he pondered her words.
“I’m going to see Noble Lady Zhou.” Zhao Xu stood up. “Empress, you should keep a close eye on this matter. This is the imperial palace, not a teahouse or tavern that spreads irrelevant gossip all day long.”
“Yes.” Ning Shu curtsied, eyes following Zhao Xu as he left.
Ning Shu stared at Zhao Xu’s back. Could it be that Zhao Xu had really been enchanted by Noble Lady Zhou?
Even if rumors spread that Noble Lady Zhou was a demon, he didn’t turn his back on her.
Zhao Xu seemed calm and indifferent. Where was his love-fueled rage?
If a person he loved was slandered like this, then he wouldn’t be a monarch if he didn’t bury a million corpses in his rage. Although he wouldn’t go so far as to actually bury a million corpses, the inner palace should definitely see blood spilled.
However, nothing was happening right now. That was why, Ning Shu suspected that Zhao Xu was trying to get something from Noble Lady Zhou.
There was no such thing as a free lunch. There had to be some benefit!
Zhao Xu’s inner palace has so many women, yet he insisted on doting on Noble Lady Zhou alone. He had her attend to him for several consecutive nights, giving her great glory.
Zhao Xu wasn’t a foolish man. If he were to choose between power or a woman, he would definitely choose power. As long as he had power, he could have anything. Even more women.
That was why Ning Shu was puzzled by Zhao Xu’s actions.
Was it possible that he wanted this supposed elixir of immortality?
Ning Shu sneered, abruptly feeling like that made more sense.
Whatever Zhao Xu was expecting, Ning Shu didn’t know.
Although Ning Shu’s attempted suppression was powerful, and the matter of Noble Lady Zhou was deeply taboo, the palace maids and eunuchs all avoided Noble Lady Zhou when she was seen in the imperial garden.
Even the people who served Noble Lady Zhou looked at her with particularly strange gazes.
When Noble Lady Zhou heard that rumors of her being a fox spirit were spreading, her face turned purple with rage. How could she possibly be a fox spirit!?
The people in this inner palace were all fed with BS to be able to think of such outrageous rumors.
Noble Lady Zhou believed it was spread by the women in the inner palace because she had attended to the emperor recently and they wanted to use the rumor to slander her.
Her expression turned dejected. It seemed that she had been stealing the limelight too much lately, causing the women in the inner palace to bear a grudge against her.
Noble Lady Zhou felt somewhat regretful. She shouldn’t have attended to the emperor so soon. Her injury had healed a little unnaturally fast, but that was due to the favored concubine system’s capabilities.
But she had been in a difficult position at the time. Moreover, Zhao Xu made her attend to him. She couldn’t refuse. If she did, she wouldn’t know when the next opportunity would come.
She had been a little too impatient.
Translator: Kiara
MTL Editor: Shark
TLC: Kaho
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