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I was sick for a few days. Finally got better on a fifth day. I guess I'm kinda lucky.

I didn't die, even if I felt like I could have.

Well, the cold is a deadly disease for this time period.

But I guess there are some benefits to being an imperial concubine.

You get better doctors than common folks.

I spent tumultuous days laying in the bed and drinking bitter concoctions.

They were really awful.

They looked and smelled terrible, but they tasted even worse.

No amount of sugared fruits could remove their taste.

I couldn't wash out their aftertaste.

Disgusting.

But they did help me, so I can't really complain.

While I was sick, it seemed like my aunt abandoned me.

She didn't come to visit me again even when I was delirious with high fever.

I cursed her so many times in my mind.

Alas, it didn't make me feel better.

I guess she was really disappointed that I didn't win emperor's favor.

At least she didn't make me die. Doctor was treating me behalf of her orders.

So I suppose I was still useful to her.

I would like to know her future plans in advance so I can counter them perfectly.

I really don't wanna to end up as her pawn.

In the meantime, there was a few more assassination attempts on an emperor.

I think third prince sent few of them.

I guess he is the most disgruntled one.

His throne was snatched in front of his nose. I would also be pissed off.

He probably wouldn't be as angry if any of his rivals inherited the throne.

It was a huge blow to his ego to be defeated by practically unknown prince.

He calculated everything, but didn't see that coming.

How laughable.

But even if I suspected third prince, he hid his tracks deeply and found a few scapegoats.

I guess I can congratulate Jiang Qingyuan on surviving for now.

His backing should be strong.

It seems it's not only Yang family that supports him.

Ah, I found out the relationship between them.

His maternal grandmother was from Yang family. She was grandaunt of current empress dowager.

I guess Yangs feared for the future, so they choose usually invisible tenth prince to support.

Yang family is strong, but they didn't have anyone in imperial harem. So they didn't have any prince to support.

And because they are strong, any new emperor would try to suppress them.

Third prince, fifth and ninth prince already had strong backings.

So they couldn't support them.

They sent empress to the harem in hopes she can give birth to the little prince quickly, but they soon found out that emperor already became sterile.

I guess they then decided to support Jiang Qingyuan because he had some familial relationship with them.

At least, that is what Huifen told me.

So, those were just rumors going around the palace.

I suppose you can stop assassination, but you can't stop the people from gossiping.

This is so complicated.

And tomorrow is finally a day when my aunt is allowed to go pay her respects to the old emperor.

She already decided I'm going with her.

Now that Chunhua knows that I recovered, I can't give my aunt some half baked excuse.

Ugh, I really don't really want to attend old emperor's vigil.

Can I get few more vacation days?

Pretty please~