Chapter 28: Trade-offs
Concubine Li is dressed in a moonlight dress, elegant and gorgeous, compared to the grace of the queen's disguise, the Concubine Li in front of her is an innate dignified.
She walked in, looking at the mess in the Changchun Palace, obviously a little stagnant, "My sister doesn't know that my sister has made an appointment to meet the princess, but what's wrong?" β
Concubine Li came to Murong Xi with a calm expression, her eyebrows were dyed with a faint curiosity, and she bent down to help Murong Xi up, "I heard that the princess is sick before, is the princess okay?" β
Murong Xi felt the temperature coming from her forearm, and her reason gradually returned, and Concubine Chong Li smiled faintly, quite excited for the rest of her life.
The queen lowered her face coldly, "Ji'er grew up in this palace, is it possible that this palace and Xi'er have to talk to their own words and report to their sister?" β
"My sister misunderstood my sister." When it comes to acting on the spot, there is one in the six palaces, and they are all experienced masters.
Especially Concubine Li, a favorite concubine who can compete with the queen, will not be afraid of the queen's eyes at all.
"My sister is just curious, what kind of illness the princess is suffering from, her face is so pale, and her palms are so cold." She shook Murong Xi's hand and said meaningfully: "And my sister wants the princess to continue to kneel, this-"
The queen is still angry, and there is naturally no good color in her words, "What I know is that I think my sister is curious, and I don't know that I think Changchun Palace is under my sister's control." β
Concubine Li was a nobleman who entered the palace three years ago, and she was favored by the emperor.
She is the fastest-promoted concubine since the emperor ascended the throne.
Because of this, it is also a thorn in the queen's side and a thorn in the flesh.
In addition, the appearance of Concubine Li disturbed Murong Xi to drink medicine, and the queen's face could not hide her disgust.
Concubine Li didn't seem to understand the queen's cold words, and said to the queen with a gentle smile: "It's because I don't know about Changchun Palace that my sister came uninvited today." β
She pulled Murong Xi to avoid the porcelain tiles all over the ground, sat on the chair, did not continue to delve into the topic of Murong Xi, and said to the queen:
"It's not all the queen mother and Your Majesty, and they made a will to ask my sister to assist my sister in organizing the New Year's Palace banquet - it's the first time for my sister to shoulder such a heavy responsibility, and there are many things I don't understand, so I came to ask my sister. οΏΌβ
"What did you say?" The queen's expression seemed to freeze for a moment, "You say it again?" β
Concubine Li: "My sister said that the Queen Mother and Her Majesty want her sister to assist her sister in organizing the New Year's Palace Banquet." β
Over the years, the palace banquet was completed by the queen herself.
This year, let Concubine Li help with it?
After the operation, do you want Concubine Li to help her take care of the six palaces?
And then slowly figure out her phoenix position?
Concubine Li had finished what she was going to say, and she took a sip of the teacup with a calm expression.
In the huge palace, the atmosphere was suddenly so silent that it was embarrassing.
Bumped into such a real palace fighting scene, Murong Xi was a little panicked.
Fortunately, she is still a "mute", she doesn't have to stand in line to comfort anyone, nor does she have to rack her brains to greet her.
Fortunately, the appearance of Concubine Li took away all the queen's attention, and there was no time to pour her "musk gum".
Sure enough, after the silence lasted for a short time, the queen seemed to come back to her senses from the shock and sneered, "Come on, send the princess out of the palace." The matters to be paid attention to at the New Year's Palace banquet are cumbersome, and the palace must teach Concubine Li from the beginning. β
Murong Xi was waiting for this sentence, and thanked Concubine Li loudly in her heart, but she was still blessed with a blessed body on her face.
When he turned around, he didn't forget to quietly give Concubine Li a grateful look.
Concubine Li politely smiled at Murong Xi, retracted her gaze, and waited for the queen's "advice" all day long.
The two talked coldly for two hours, and when it was time for dinner, the queen let Concubine Li go back.
After Concubine Li's figure disappeared, the queen was furious, and frantically swept the tea set on the table, and the luxurious and delicate tea set made a crackling sound.
The palace ladies knelt down one after another, forgetting to even breathe.
"Swing and go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." The queen drank softly, with imperceptible hysteria in her voice.
Hurriedly changing into new clothes, the queen repeatedly confirmed her facial expressions and set off for the Heart Cultivation Palace.
The Temple of Nourishing the Heart
The emperor seemed to have anticipated the arrival of the empress, and his expression was unwavering, and he didn't care too much about sitting on the dragon chair and drinking the bird's nest soup that Concubine Li had just sent.
"The queen came just in time, Concubine Li sent two bowls, does the queen want to taste them?"
Queen: "......"
She doesn't even want to look at Concubine Li's things!
"Your Majesty, the concubine has just had dinner, so she won't share Concubine Li's sister's heart for Your Majesty."
She walked slowly to the dragon case, poured a cup of tea for the emperor, and asked softly: "Today, Concubine Li's sister came to find the concubine, saying that His Majesty issued a decree to ask her sister to assist the concubine in organizing the New Year's Palace banquet?" β
The emperor seemed to be tasting some kind of delicacies in the world, and he hummed without raising his head: "I have discussed with the queen mother, and the queen has been thinking about the eldest prince in recent days, and in order to sympathize with the queen, I asked Concubine Li to help the queen." β
The queen wanted to say that the matter of the eldest prince had been resolved, and she could do it alone, but when she was struggling with how to speak, the emperor put down the spoon and said, "The queen is unwilling?" β
"Not really." The queen blinked, and handed out the teacup with both hands, "Concubine Li has not been in the palace for long, and many things still don't understandββ"
"I don't know you can teach, not to mention that Concubine Li is cautious and prudent, and she is deeply loved by the Queen Mother, maybe the queen can also learn something from Concubine Li."
The Emperor meant something.
The queen's face turned a little pale, she smiled, and said slowly: "What Your Majesty said is-"
"Queen." The emperor didn't take the teacup, leaned back, trying to shorten the distance between him and the queen as much as possible, "Since you have gained a favor, you will have to pay some price." How did the eldest prince get out of the Zongren Mansion, you know it. β
The emperor stopped at the point.
The real reason why the eldest prince was imprisoned, he knew it, but the queen didn't know it.
Under this premise, he still routines Murong Xi, and uses Murong Xi as an excuse to rescue the eldest prince.
The emperor was intent on conniving, but he was also very risky.
The connivance was because she wanted to use this opportunity to prove to Jiang Huaiyin that the queen didn't know anything about the words of the eldest prince that day, so she would use Murong Xi again.
As for whether Jiang Huaiyin would be angry with the emperor because of Murong Xi, the emperor fell into deep thought-
The queen's eyes widened, and she gave a salute with a weak heart, "The concubine knows." β
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Outside the palace, the sky gradually obscured by smoky blue clouds, which were a precursor to snow.
Murong Xi stood in front of the palace gate and looked up at the sky and waited for a while, but still didn't wait for the people from Cining Palace to come to her.
It is conceivable that the queen's act of giving medicine was acquiesced by the queen mother.
Seeing that Murong Xi's mood was unreasonably low, Bai Lu hesitated and stepped forward to ask, "Is the princess angry in the palace?" Do you want to tell the prince? β
"I've got my own measure." Murong Xi retracted her gaze and boarded the carriage with a calm expression.
She can understand the queen's actions, but she can't accept the queen mother's thoughts.
Even if she knew for a long time, the Queen Mother had great precautions against her and Jiang Huaiyin.
But ten years of companionship in exchange for an ugly conspiracy.
Murong Xi suppressed a cloud of anger, sad for the original owner, and shocked the ruthlessness of the Queen Mother.
From this point of view, Jiang Huaiyin's ruthlessness perfectly inherited the heart of the queen mother.
Looking down at the corners of his clothes soaked with the decoction, Murong Xi said coldly and slowly, "Go back to the house directly." β
With such a big "pot" on her back, she couldn't care about being shy and shy after "losing her body", and just wanted to explain to Jiang Huaiyin as soon as possible.