CHAPTER XXXV
Concubine Shu led everyone in, and there was indeed a bouquet of flowers on the table, but it was a little wilted.
Gu Panzhi didn't look carefully, but although she didn't go out often, she had seen the Imperial Garden in the end, and this flower was clearly from the Imperial Garden.
"Lady Niangniang, look, it's this flower." Gu Panzhi really couldn't wait for a moment, and couldn't help but remind Concubine Shu.
"It's a bit like it, let's take it out and take a look, it's too crowded in this room." Concubine Shu's maid picked up the flowers and followed Concubine Shu out.
This house is indeed very small, and the status of a beauty is still not qualified to live in the main house, so she can only live in a side house.
Emperor Shuntian has just ascended the throne, and these concubines have just lived in the palace, and they are all busy packing up their things, and now the emperor wants to choose the queen, and they are all busy with this matter, and they don't have the heart to appreciate the flowers in the imperial garden.
"Sisters, do you think this is the flower of the Imperial Garden?" After all, Concubine Shu is old, and her eyes are already a little bad.
"Sister Shufei, I don't pay much attention to what the flowers in the Imperial Garden look like, otherwise we will go and see it now?" Concubine De is relatively young, although she also loves flowers, but the flowers in the imperial garden can't be taken for herself after all, so she won't pay special attention to it.
This flower looks a lot like the flower of the Imperial Garden, but whether it is or not needs to be carefully compared.
"Didn't Sister Ruan go to invite the emperor? Otherwise, let's go back and wait, let the emperor decide, everyone should have no opinion, right? Concubine Nan looked at everyone, she felt that Concubine Ruan would definitely be able to invite the emperor over, with her understanding of the Ruan family, Ruan Lingyu would definitely not be far behind, otherwise how could she have been in the position of the crown princess for so long.
Lu Jinjing saw that everyone didn't speak, so she said, "Concubine Nan, I have no problem." ”
Anyway, she is not afraid of shadows, whether it is white or black, the emperor will definitely be able to tell the difference, and he will not wronged her casually, compared to these femme fatales in the harem, she is still more willing to believe in the emperor.
Concubine Shu was a little tired from being tossed back and forth, anyway, the chrysanthemum banquet has been made like this, go back, go back, she didn't speak, and left directly.
When Ruan Lingyu went to the imperial study, Emperor Shuntian was still watching the recital.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Ruan has been waiting outside for a quarter of an hour, maybe there is something going on, do you want to see the emperor?" Gonggong Li still has some good feelings for Ruan Lingyu, he has always been by his side when Emperor Renhe was in the past, and although he has not dealt with this former crown princess, he has seen more than other concubines.
"Let her in." Emperor Shuntian was also a little tired when he saw the folds, but he wanted to see what this woman was here to do.
Ruan Lingyu entered, and Emperor Shuntian didn't look up at her, just lying on the dragon chair and squinting slightly.
"The emperor works hard day and night, it's really hard to watch!" Ruan Lingyu had never said such a thing before, but now it was just the word hard work, which shocked Emperor Shuntian's heart.
Because she is going to choose a queen, can she even change her own temperament?
Emperor Shuntian sat up, looked at Ruan Lingyu, put his fingers crossed on the desk, and after hesitating, he still asked as usual, "Is there something wrong?" ”
Ruan Lingyu smiled slightly, "Yes." Your Majesty, it has been many days since the younger sisters entered the palace, and now the concubine has held a chrysanthemum banquet in Chuxiu Palace, the emperor might as well go and take a look, so he can relax and relax. ”
"Let's go." It was rare that Emperor Shuncheon did not refute her, stood up and straightened his clothes, and went out.
Ruan Lingyu watched Emperor Shuntian leave so simply, but she was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed.
Emperor Shuntian went to Chuxiu Palace, and what he saw was that all the concubines were sitting in their positions, either not speaking, or whispering.
"Why is it so quiet, isn't it a chrysanthemum?" Emperor Shuntian saw so many concubines at once, and felt a little strange in his heart, saying that there are 3,000 beauties in the harem, but now there are only a few dozen people, it looks like there are so many, and there is a draft every three years, how many girls do you have to come into his harem?
"Your Majesty, you came just in time, the concubine has a difficult matter here, and I have to ask the emperor to decide!" Concubine Shu stood up and gave way to the main seat without a trace.
Emperor Shuntian felt a headache when he heard such words, he finally came out of the pile of folds, why did these women have so many things? However, I couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" ”
"Your Majesty, look at this flower, is it from the imperial garden?" Concubine Shu took the flower in the hand of the palace maid and handed it to Emperor Suncheon.
Emperor Shuntian grew up in the palace when he was a child, and he could see at a glance that although this flower looked similar to the one in the imperial garden, it was not in the imperial garden, but he suddenly had the idea of teasing, and deliberately asked with a calm face: "Whose flower is this?" ”
"Your Majesty, it's hers." Gu Panzhi couldn't wait to point to Lu Jinjing, she looked at the emperor's face like this, it must be it.
Although Lu Jinjing had been mentally prepared for a long time, she was pointed out in such a way, especially in the face of the emperor of the current dynasty, she was inevitably a little nervous, she walked slowly to the middle, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, this flower is mine, but this is not a flower in the imperial garden." ”
Emperor Shuntian thought to himself: This is a delicate person, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to test the people in his harem, so he asked expressionlessly: "If it weren't for the flowers in the imperial garden, everyone wouldn't have made trouble here, right?" ”
"Your Majesty, no one here knows this palace better than you. What's more, Gonggong Li next to the emperor is a meticulous person, ask him to take a look, won't he know? Lu Jinjing didn't know if the emperor couldn't see it like this, or if he did it on purpose. No matter what, she won't give up easily defending herself.
"No need, this is not a flower in the Imperial Garden, you can rest assured." Emperor Suncheon immediately felt bored.
How can you be so smart?
"Your Majesty, just said that Gu Meiren said that the concubine picked the flowers in the imperial garden, and the concubine took everyone in the harem to the concubine to get the flower, and the concubine also said that if she wronged the concubine, she would definitely give the concubine an explanation, what does the emperor think?" Lu Jinjing directly said everything that had just happened, completely ignoring Concubine Shu's dark face.
"There should be an explanation, which one is Gu Meiren?" Emperor Shuntian felt that if it weren't for this Gu Meiren to stir up trouble, where would there be so many things?
"It's a concubine." Gu Panzhi stood up, she didn't expect that she would become like this in the end.
"Gu Meiren has misbehaved and entered the cold palace." This is the result of Emperor Suncheon's treatment.
Concubine Shu was relieved, as long as she was not involved, it had nothing to do with her.