Chapter 4: Rivalry

"Queen Mother, why did you come back" Xiao Yue ran over eagerly, sweating profusely, as if she had just escaped death from the ghost gate.

"What's wrong" Zhu'er said calmly, picked up a cup of tea on the table and drank a few sips, it was difficult to burn the Hades Palace, so nervous.

"The emperor has just come"

"What" Zhu'er hurriedly came to Xiao Yue's side, "didn't you break it?"

"That's not true, I'm just saying that the queen occasionally feels cold and needs to recuperate."

"Then, is the emperor worried about me?" asked Zhu'er expectantly.

"The emperor is going to see you before leaving, and tells me to let you rest more and let the imperial doctor take a look."

"It seems that the emperor still cares about me," Zhu'er felt excited

Xiao Yue rolled her eyes, looked at her with a look, and then said, "I don't know if Guan doesn't care, I just know that I was about to die just now, if he saw that there was no one on the bed, only some bedding, then she would really have a close contact with the king of Yama, at this time, it was Concubine Yang who saved her, and sent the maidservant over to say that she was unwell, and the emperor hurriedly drove Concubine Yang's side, so she didn't show her stuffing."

"Concubine Yang, it seems that she is more important in his heart" Zhu'er was a little lost, but she didn't think too much about it at first, as long as he still cared a little about herself, it meant that everything could be changed, so she had to do something, so that Long Yan was moved to cry bitterly, and from then on she only had her in her heart.

In the imperial dining room, I only heard a crackling sound, and everyone looked at each other, for fear of catching fire at any time, and their lives were at stake. "Look at what scared other people's chefs,"

"Hey, why hasn't this been cooked yet" Zhu'er hurriedly drew a scoop according to the gourd and began the first step of making vegetables.

"Niangniang, that's okay, bring it down quickly, otherwise it will become a landmine, and it will explode at any time" A royal chef cried urgently, he was old and young, and the family's economic pillar ha.

"Queen Mother, what are you doing" Long Qu asked curiously as he looked at the soup mixed with various miscellaneous ingredients in front of him

Zhu'er squinted at Long Qu, who came and went without a trace, and didn't speak, at this moment she was focused on the soup, how could she pay attention to him.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness," the eunuch and Xiao Yue said in unison

"Well, you're doing that again,"

"I'll make soup for your emperor's brother," Zhu'er said angrily

Looking at the beads covered in stains, Long Qu felt a little funny. People who have always kept their fingers on the spring water suddenly boiled the soup, I am afraid that the imperial brother will suffer again, but at the same time, a trace of unknown emotions welled up in his heart, and he felt a little sour.

"It's finally good," Zhu'er said with great interest

"It looks good, but I don't know how it tastes" Long Qu looked at the soup that looked good.

"The palace is going to deliver soup to the queen" said and glanced at the remaining soup in the pot, "There is still a little left in the pot, you drink it, otherwise it will be a pity to pour it"

"Eh" didn't expect his dignified second prince to fall into the field of leftovers, hey, I couldn't help but sigh at the same time I tasted a mouthful of soup while my life was bitter, the taste was not bad, and I wiped out all the remaining soup directly, several cooks were surprised, the second prince had not eaten any delicacies from the mountains and seas, and now there is not a drop left in this soup, is this soup really so delicious, it seems that the queen is a master, and she will learn to ask for advice another day, and her eyes showed admiration.

"Say hello to the queen" spoke as the chief of internal affairs, Eunuch Ge.

"Is the emperor here?"

"The emperor went to Concubine Yang"

Hearing this, Zhu'er was a little lost.

Xiao Yue saw her unhappiness, reached out and took the soup, and cautiously asked tentatively, "Do you want to go to Concubine Yang?"

''Well, let's go check it out.''

In the elegant palace, Zhu'er looked around, but did not see the shadow of the emperor, but although Concubine Yang said that she was unwilling in every way, after all, she was humble and orderly, and she still greeted her.

"Concubine Yang, please say hello to the queen's mother"

"Well, get up, Your Majesty."

"The emperor is doing business, I should come over later," he said, glancing at the soup in Xiao Yue's hand, paused for a while and then smiled, "The queen mother, please sit down, originally my sister married in the palace for many days, according to the rules handed down by the ancestors, the younger sister should ask you for peace, how can I be too weak and not blown by the wind, but the emperor has always loved my sister, so I specially approved to exempt all the invitations, the queen mother as an elder, although the sister is exempted from asking for peace, but it is also necessary to arrive every day, but sister, as a sister, is too weak, can't stand such a toss, I'm always uneasy about being a sister at this point, how can my sister be so favored, can she get such a favor from the emperor"

As soon as Zhu'er heard it, she knew that Concubine Yang was showing off at the moment, but because of the queen's demeanor, she still said slowly: "Since my sister is unwell, then take more rest, if you are infected with wind and cold, then don't lose a big one because of a small one."

Concubine Yang saw that Zhu'er was calm and unhappy, so she made another plan and continued, "Sister, it's good to understand my sister's hardships, but the emperor has a very good heart, and he has repeatedly ordered people to send supplements to his concubines," said and walked to Xiaoyue's side, picked up the soup that Zhu'er had worked so hard to boil, and snapped, a crisp cracking sound pierced the peace that Zhu'er had endured for a long time.

"Oh, the concubine is not careful, my sister is not strange" pretended to be frightened.

"You're enough, you're just a concubine, if this palace punishes you, no one dares to speak, Concubine Yang, you have to try it" Zhu'er said angrily, she is not a person who swallows her anger. Although her mother always tells her left and right to let her cause less trouble, she is not a soft persimmon and is kneaded by others.

"That's right, no matter what, you're just a concubine" Xiaoyue echoed, she has endured it for a long time, which can be regarded as a great pleasure.

"Sister, but I forgot whose palace I am in now, although my sister is the queen of the world, but the punishment of the concubines has to be reasonable" said gorgeously walked to Xiao Yue's side, and slapped it down suddenly, and suddenly Xiao Yue's face appeared red finger prints, "You cheap maid, no matter how you say that I am also the emperor's concubine, how can you say this humble slave maid"

"You" Zhu'er said angrily, she is the queen who holds the power of the harem, as the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat the dog, this slap was waved over, and it was clear that it was a demonstration to her.

"Ah, sister, I didn't mean it" Concubine Yang deliberately pretended to be very aggrieved, and then said, "Although I am a concubine, but I am also the emperor's concubine, how can I let a maid point finger at Sang and scold Huai, sister don't blame the concubine, to tell the truth, my sister really envies my sister's life, she gave birth to the daughter of the prime minister, the queen mother is an aunt and uncle, and she sits in this queen's position as soon as she enters the palace. This position is not easy to get, the queen has to sit firmly, otherwise she will fall down, and her sister will have no choice."

"You" Zhu'er's hands trembled, she has been pampered since she was a child, and she has been loved by thousands of people, how humiliated she has been today, although she knelt down to ask the Queen Mother for marriage, but no matter how she said it, it was not her turn Concubine Yang to talk nonsense here, she is not a bully Lord, since she beat Xiaoyue, then a tooth for a tooth, it is not too much, one hand was raised, snap.

"Queen, what are you doing" Zhu'er was stunned for a moment, and when she looked back, it was Long Yan.

It's over, this is obviously designed for the emperor to see, and he blames himself for being reckless, Zhu'er said with regret in her heart, but the slap on Concubine Yang's face just now feels pretty good.

"The Emperor" Concubine Yang immediately covered her red little face and greeted her, hiding in the arms of the emperor

"Your Majesty, it's not what you see," Zhu'er quickly explained

"Your Majesty, don't blame my sister, it's wrong to be my sister, my sister didn't say hello to my sister because she was weak and sick, and my sister should teach me a lesson."

"Good, Concubine Yang, don't cry" Long Yan gently coaxed the beauty in his arms, and glanced at Zhu'er impatiently, "Do you still have something to say?"

"Your Majesty, you believe in him like that? Obviously, it was Concubine Yang who insulted the palace first, and she also beat the maid of the palace in front of the palace, but the palace is also the master of the harem, and she also has the power and responsibility to discipline it," Zhu'er said, anyway, she had a clear conscience.

Long Yan glanced at Concubine Yang in his arms without waves, although he was silent, but there was a strong pressure, "Is this really the case?"

"Your Majesty, the concubine knows that it is wrong not to go to my sister to say goodbye, but my sister should not let the maids around me insult me, although I am a concubine, but how can I also be the emperor's concubine, insulting me is like insulting the emperor, I just think that the palace should abide by the rules of the palace, just teach her a lesson, lest she be indiscriminate, the queen mother may feel sorry for the maid, reach out to beat me, beat me is a small matter, but breaking the rules handed down by the ancestors is a big deal," Concubine Yang said aggrievedly.

"Is that so," Long Yan asked solemnly

"The concubine has nothing to say, let's see who the emperor believes"

"Come on, drag this maid out for me to play forty boards, and the queen will give me a three-day grounding"

"Emperor" Zhu'er knows that forty boards are equivalent to half a life for a weak woman.

"If the queen says more, then she will be punished more than that"

"Your Majesty, the concubine is not pleading, it's just that Xiaoyue is so ignorant of the rules today, and I am also at fault, so I hereby beg the emperor to change Xiaoyue's forty boards to twenty boards, and I will punish the rest."

"Don't, Queen Mother, I'm already cheap, I don't deserve you like this" Xiao Yue stopped repeatedly, her throat was a little choked, after all, there are a few masters who are willing to be punished for the slave maid.

"Don't say that, Satsuki"

"Your Majesty, you see, the queen shields her subordinates and stages a deep love between master and servant, but in fact, she is not strict in her discipline, and she should add twenty more boards" said and glared at them viciously.

"You guys are enough, drag the queen and the maid out and play twenty boards each"

Concubine Yang still wanted to say something, but seeing the emperor's impatient expression, she knew that the emperor must not want to mention this matter again, staring at the figure they dragged out, she smiled, the show had just begun, and helped the emperor into the palace.

"Oops, it hurts," Satsuki cried out in pain

"It's okay, it'll be over in a while" Zhu'er endured the pain and comforted, a childhood scene appeared in front of her eyes, he taught him to write, played with her, she played the mother, he played the father, it turned out that everything was a dream, it was all her own passion, is it my fault that Long Yan loves you?

Stick after stick hit their bodies hard, at this time, beads of sweat overflowed on her forehead, the hot, burning feeling of her body made her a little out of breath, and gradually her consciousness was a little blurred, only to hear a familiar voice to stop, is it the emperor? There is still a glimmer of hope in my heart.