Chapter 42: The Queen's Aftermath
On the palace road, the corridor twists and turns, the coolness of the morning light has not yet receded, Jing Concubine and Yao Shunren walked slowly on the road, and just came back from the queen.
"The emperor has ordered this autumn draft to be postponed until next spring." Concubine Jing sat on the side and said to Yao Shunren, "In the blink of an eye, my sister has been in the palace for three years. β
Yao Shunren looked at the green scenery on both sides of the palace road, and was in a good mood, the second princess Xilan would finally call her mother, and now she has just turned eighteen years old, and she will finally have something to rely on in this palace wall in the future.
Seeing that Yao Shunren didn't hear her words clearly, Concubine Jing sighed faintly, which pulled Yao Shunren's thoughts back: "Sister, what's wrong?" β
Concubine Jing said softly: "Now that Sister Yao lives in the Guerlain Hall of the Imperial Concubine, her temperament is quite similar. There are so many concubines in this palace, isn't my sister worried that after the newcomer enters the palace, the emperor will forget about my sister? β
"The emperor's thoughts, sister and sister can't guess." Yao Shunren said.
Concubine Jing looked at these scenes, but said, "Pity Qiao's and make a wedding dress for someone else." β
Yao Shunren didn't know what to do, the two of them entered the Chengqian Palace together, Concubine Jing and Yao Shunren asked the imperial concubine to say goodbye, and when they came together, they were also extremely happy, and ordered the jade pendant to bring the plum cheese up.
Concubine Jing looked at the appearance of the jade pendant a little familiar, and asked, "There is an extra girl in the imperial concubine's palace, why is it so familiar?" Yao Shunren didn't know who Concubine Jing was talking about, but he was a little curious.
"She is Scarlet Winter's sister, Scarlet Winter died, and the jade pendant happened to enter the palace, so the palace asked her to come to Chengqian Palace to serve." The imperial concubine smiled slightly, and the jade pendant also showed a little gratitude.
"I see, it's also fate." Jing Concubine said.
The imperial concubine remembered the purse, and couldn't help asking: "When Sister Yao embroidered the purse, did anyone see it or mention it to others?" β
Yao Shunren was slightly stunned, glanced at Concubine Jing but asked, "What does my sister mean?" How can the gift embroidered by my sister to my sister be seen by others at will? β
With a little anger in her words, the imperial concubine didn't know, but she just distinguished: "After you left, the emperor came, and my sister presented the purse to the emperor, saying that it was embroidered for the Empress Dowager Xianhui, but I didn't expect that the queen also followed, and the news leaked too quickly." β
Concubine Jing said: "How can the imperial concubine present the purse to the emperor? β
The imperial concubine glanced at the silent Yao Shunren: "Alas, this thing that exceeds the etiquette system is always inappropriate, and this palace doesn't think about it so much, I'm afraid this Chengqian Palace has someone else's eyeliner." β
Concubine Jing saw that Yao Shunren had not spoken, and thought that she was still angry: "Sister, don't be angry, Sister Ling is also unintentional." β
Yao Shunren sighed faintly: "Since this Chengqian Palace has someone else's eyeliner, it must be the queen's, otherwise why did the queen happen to come too?" β
"This matter will be investigated by the palace, Yao Shunren heard that he has been learning the sleeve folding dance with Concubine Jing in the past few days?" The imperial concubine took a sip of tea gently, "Look at your body is thinner than before, pay attention to your body." β
Seeing Yao Shunren bowing her head and being silent, the imperial concubine said again: "In the past few days, Shuolan has often come to Chengqian Palace to ask for peace, not for the palace, but for Xi'er. β
Concubine Jing smiled: "Yes, I will be running away in a few days, and now I look at Sister Yao, and I am much more energetic than before, but it's a pity that Qiao's family made wedding dresses for others." β
The imperial concubine remembered that when she entered the palace in the past, Qiao's free and easy, but it has become a memory, just like the osmanthus tree in the imperial garden, dead and helpless.
"Another day, we should pay tribute." The imperial concubine said
Concubine Jing sighed: "The palace people in the incense hall all say that the incense hall is haunted, haven't you heard of it?" β
The imperial concubine touched the delicate tea bowl in her hand, the tea was easy to cold, but now it was cold to the bone: "I'm afraid it's not good for the third prince to be with Ning Guiyi." β
Concubine Jing nodded: "The death of the nurse also knows?" β
The smile on the corner of the imperial concubine's lips was like nothing: "This palace believes that there is an inside story here, what does Concubine Jing think?" β
Concubine Jing glanced at Yao Shunren: "What does Sister Yao think?" β
Yao Shunren smiled: "Ning Guiyi is afraid that she will not dare to be ruthless, someone must have planted it." β
The imperial concubine smiled and didn't say anything else, and Concubine Jing led Yao Shunren to leave.
On this day, when the imperial concubine was going to Taiye Pond to accompany the emperor to feed the fish, it happened that Scarlet Xia entered the palace, but said that Xue Cainu of Lengguang Pavilion died and died by throwing herself into the well.
The imperial concubine shuddered, and asked again: "Is there any clue, what did the queen say?" β
Scarlet Xia said: "The queen doesn't know, but the slave knows that Yao Shunren invited Zhou Xuanzhi and Xue Cainu to tea the morning before. β
The imperial concubine raised her brows, thinking of the grievances suffered by Yao Shunren in Yutai Pavilion, and heard Concubine Jing say that it was not because of these two women? Now the delicate and timid Yao Shunren has also begun to take revenge?
"What are you going to do?" Scarlet asked.
The imperial concubine restrained her expression: "The queen's side shouldn't know yet, otherwise Sister Yao will definitely be taken to Kunning Palace for questioning." β
Scarlet said, "How is this good. β
The imperial concubine sued sΓΉ sη»―ε€: "Sue sΓΉ Yao Shunren, don't act rashly." β
Scarlet Xia answered and hurriedly walked towards the side hall.
As soon as Scarlet Xia left, the jade pendant entered the hall with the plum cheese of the imperial concubine, and looked at the hurried steps of Scarlet Xia when she left, and wondered, and put the plate on the table: "Niangniang, your plum cheese is ready." What did Sister Scarlet Xia do, in such a hurry. β
The imperial concubine smiled and finished the plum cheese: "You little girl, your sister Scarlet Xia has gone to the Guerlain Palace." β
Yu Shen's eyes turned and he said with a smile: "Sister Scarlet Xia is so busy, she doesn't even have a chance to talk to Shen'er." β
The imperial concubine looked down: "You can't talk much in this palace, if you talk too much, you will be killed." β
Yu Shen's heart was shocked, and she didn't know what the imperial concubine knew, but she said with a smile: "Niang Niang is right, Shen'er will learn more palace rules from Aunt Scarlet Chun in the future." β
The imperial concubine saw that the jade pendant was pale, and she wanted to scare the little girl. After a few words of comfort, I didn't expect Scarlet Xia to come over again, and Jade Pendant found a reason to retreat.
The imperial concubine looked bad when she saw Scarlet Xia: "What's wrong with the Guerlain Palace?" β
Scarlet Xia Fufu: "The emperor has belittled Yao Shunren, and now Yao Shunren has been grounded and fined three months." β
The imperial concubine wondered: "Why is the emperor's news so fast, have you heard that the emperor punished Yao Shunren for something?" β
Scarlet Xia attached to the ear of the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine spread out on the chair: "I see, but the purse, the palace clearly said that it was embroidered for the queen mother, how did it involve Sister Yao." β
Scarlet Xia said: "This is also a grievance for the mother, Yao Shunren embroidered the purse privately and handed it to the imperial concubine, but the queen happened to come, and no one would think about it." β
The imperial concubine nodded: "The queen's methods are really powerful, and the palace is paralyzed by her." β
Scarlet Xia said, "Do you want to invite the master of Jing Concubine?" β
The imperial concubine shook her head: "Now Sister Yao is afraid that she is going to suffer, this matter, the queen provokes the palace and Sister Yao, and the palace should go to the Tongtai Palace to beg the emperor." β
Scarlet Xia nodded, and served the imperial concubine with a solemn service, the imperial concubine sighed lightly, and went out with Scarlet Xia.