Chapter 20: The Ruthless Queen
According to the rules of the palace, the minions' meals are all leftovers from the masters.
However, the palace is also very particular about dining, Ruan Lingwei's own chopsticks have never touched the dishes on the plate, and Yun Shu used another pair of chopsticks to make dishes for her.
But what if the master actually eats it?
These minions in the palace will not be disgusted, and everyone has a way to live.
If you follow a bad master, the rest of the meal would rather be poured than rewarded to the slaves to eat, and these slaves can only get one or two steamed buns to fill their stomachs.
"You eat first, I'll wait for the maiden to rest." Yun Shu hurriedly said.
In front of Yichun and others, she called her master "royal girl", and only called "miss" in private.
After all, after entering the palace, everything is different from the past.
"No need, you can go eat too." Ruan Lingwei gently nudged her and motioned her to hurry up and eat.
To be honest, she was a little worried about Yunshu.
Look at the minions around her, Yun Shen is the fattest, and she and Yun Shu combined, it is estimated that they are not as heavy as Yun Shen.
Looking at those eunuchs who are safe, tall and big, there are two other palace maids, Yichun and Yiqiu, who are also relatively sturdy, much burlier than ordinary women.
Their food must be very large, and if Yun Shu delays for a while, it is estimated that he will not be able to eat anything.
Not long after lying on the bed, Ruan Lingwei fell into a deep sleep.
She slept for a long time, and when she finally woke up, it was already sunset, and the sun was setting.
The melodious sound of the flute came from the half-open window, Ruan Lingwei gradually sobered up, and couldn't help but sit up and listen, only to feel that the sound of the flute was too beautiful.
"Miss is awake." Yun Shu walked in softly and brought a basin of hot water in his hand.
"Hmm." Ruan Lingwei nodded, took the handkerchief handed by Yunshu, and slowly wiped her cheeks.
"How can there be a flute outside? It seems to be coming from the direction of the Imperial Garden! Ruan Lingwei said with a smile.
I don't know which lady in the palace is, it's so late, and she is still interested in giving a in the imperial garden, isn't it to bring the emperor here?
That's stupid!
The imperial garden is quite far away from the Changle Palace where the emperor lives, and it takes more than two quarters of an hour to walk.
If these women are so competitive? The palace won't be lively!
"Yes, the sound of this flute has been ringing for a while, and I heard Yichun say that it was King Qi who was blowing the flute." Yun Shu hurriedly said.
"What?" Ruan Lingwei thought she had misheard.
"It's King Qi." Yunshu replied with a smile.
"At this hour, the palace door has been locked, why is King Qi still in the palace?" Ruan Lingwei said in surprise.
"King Qi is the younger brother of the first emperor, after the first emperor ascended the throne, except for the young King Qi at that time, the rest of the princes were killed cleanly, the king of Qi has always been favored by the first emperor, and even after leaving the palace to set up his own door, the first emperor also left the place where the king of Qi used to live, and let him enter the palace to live for a few days every month."
Yun Shu said this, with a smile on his face: "I heard Yichun say that since the emperor ascended the throne, the king of Qi has never lived in the palace in the past, and occasionally when he stayed in the palace at the emperor's invitation, he lived in the Ningxi Hall on the south wall of the imperial garden. ”
Ruan Lingwei nodded when she heard this, fortunately the King of Qi lived in the imperial garden, otherwise if she walked around the harem and met which concubine, it would be really unclear.
Recalling that she was outside the main hall of Fengyi Palace today, and heard the words of King Qi when she scolded the emperor, Ruan Lingwei couldn't help but smile.
It turns out that there are still people in this world who dare to scold that faint king, which is really good!
"Miss, the imperial dining room has already brought dinner, and the slave maid asked Yun Shen to take it to the small kitchen to warm it, Miss is going to eat?" Yunshu asked with a smile.
"Eat, I've slept for two or three hours, and I'm hungry." Ruan Lingwei nodded slightly.
"By the way, did my cousin enter the palace to see Qing Zhaoyi?" Ruan Lingwei asked in a low voice.
"No, the slave knows that Miss you care about Qing Zhaoyi's safety, so I specially asked Ping'an to inquire in the afternoon, I heard that Miss Ling Xiao went to ask the queen, but the queen didn't give her a token to leave the palace." Yunshu said in a low voice.
"What?" Ruan Lingwei couldn't believe it when she heard this.
Qing Zhaoyi was seriously injured in order to save the queen, and the queen actually didn't let Ling Xiao ask a divine doctor to treat Qing Zhaoyi's injuries, what was this going to do?
Do you want Kyung So-yi to die?
But Qing Zhaoyi is dead, what good is it for the queen?
Ruan Lingwei frowned, and after a while, she also had an answer in her heart.
Does the empress hate the emperor and Ruan Lingxi? The answer is yes.
It is precisely because the emperor is too mediocre and Ruan Lingxi is too powerful that the queen did not get everything that should have belonged to her at all.
Whether it is her husband's love or the queen's power, she has not fished for it.
But what if Qing Zhaoyi died?
Even if the Jiang family did not rebel, they would force the emperor to dispose of Ruan Lingxi.
Ruan Lingwei thought of this, and a sneer appeared on her face.
The queen's wishful thinking is really good, if it is really for her own interests, she can give up anything.
Qing Zhaoyi, that woman is really stupid, what is it to save such a white-eyed wolf?
There is also Ruan Lingxi, who used the secret recipe for giving birth to a child to stabilize her, at least within the agreed year, no matter what she does, Ruan Lingxi, the concubine, will take the blame, and their father will also have time to prepare everything.
If it's interrupted now, everything will be messed up.
No matter what, Qing Zhaoyi can't die.
"Let's go to Fengluan Palace." Ruan Lingwei said as she sat down in front of the dressing table and asked Yun Shu to help her comb her hair.
Rouge gouache is free, and she's not there to compete for favor anyway.
Ruan Lingwei didn't even eat dinner, so she took Yun Shu and Yun Shen straight to Fengluan Palace, but when she arrived at the palace gate, she was stopped.
"Imperial Lady Ruan, the noble concubine has an order, from today onwards, Imperial Lady Ruan is not allowed to set foot in Fengluan Palace for half a step." The eunuch guarding the door hurriedly said.
Ruan Lingwei almost couldn't get up in one breath when she heard this, but now that she was in a hurry to save people, she didn't bother to care so much, and hurriedly shouted a few times inside, but a team of guards came directly to drive them away.
"Ruan Ling, this idiot." Ruan Lingwei couldn't help but scold in her heart.
The palace gate has been locked, and now there are three people in the entire palace who can open the palace door and invite Su Qiming in, the emperor, the queen and Ruan Lingxi.
If the queen doesn't mention it, Ruan Lingxi can't see it, then there is only the emperor.
Ruan Lingwei took people straight to Changle Palace, fortunately Changle Palace was not far from here, and when they arrived, they stuffed a piece of silver to the eunuch guarding the door, and only after asking did they know that the emperor was in Ruan Lingxi's Fengluan Palace.
"Miss, what shall we do?" Yun Shu said worriedly.