Chapter 30: Unbearable (4)
Impatiens Garden, White Mountain Conference Hall.
Sether III presided over a small meeting, not too much because the number of participants was less than double digits, but not small because of the three heavyweights of the Queen, the long-absent privy envoy, Duke Infant White, and the governor of the Valle of Liyin, General Charonde, who rarely appeared in the capital.
Everyone noticed that Sang Jie still hadn't appeared—he hadn't appeared in the Impatiens Garden for a long time.
The ministers and concubines outside the conference hall couldn't help but whisper, it seems that the Lanxi family, which relied on the wealth of Mifune to pay tribute, will eventually decline? Will the Ying family rise again with its white and flawless surname and famous military exploits?
It was the first time the Empress had come to the White Mountain Council Hall for a meeting, and although she tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened, everyone could tell that she was quite nervous.
As the Empress's sole companion, Herry entered the chamber for the first time, and compared to the Empress's timidity, she seemed to be at ease and with ease—in fact, there was nothing for her to say in the whole meeting.
"The pigeon cage guard will send an additional platoon of troops to strengthen the patrol of the Carnation Palace," said Infant Zhibai, "and the defense will be strengthened as appropriate during a grand festival or special period." ”
"This is a necessary response in view of the first two foreign infiltrations into the Empire," added Sether, "and I am glad that my privy envoy, Grand Sima, and the loyal captain of the pigeon cage are back on duty, and that I have placed in his entirety all the security of the Impatiens Garden, including the mercenary camps—which is one of the main reasons I have convened this meeting." ”
"Mercenary camp?" Cried Charond, "Your Majesty, does the Liyin Valley also need the Privy Counsellor to arrange manpower?"
"Is General Cha willing?" asked Ying Zhibai rhetorically.
"There is nothing to be willing or unwilling to, as long as the country needs it, and His Majesty agrees," said the old general, who did not take the issue seriously at all, shrugged his shoulders, "I am completely fine." ”
"Good. Sether smiled and appreciated, "General Cha leads by example and is the best example of obeying the emperor's orders - everyone, do you feel anything is wrong?"
The conference room was silent.
"What about the Queen?" Sether looked at Degar, "do you think there's anything wrong?"
"No, Your Majesty. ”
"Heli?" the emperor stared straight at her, seeing her panic for a moment, "As the actual agent and assistant of the Carnation Palace, and the most loyal female official who has followed the queen for many years," Sether used these two sentences to describe Heli, the irony was overflowing, and even Charond, who knew nothing about the affairs of the harem, did not realize that he swept Heli with a puzzled look, "Do you think this arrangement will satisfy your master, that is, the queen?"
"Your Majesty's good intentions will certainly be cherished by Her Majesty. Herry knew the hidden meaning of the emperor's words, but she didn't hear it, and the emotions in her heart were seamlessly hidden at the moment.
"Very well," Sether turned his face back to the crowd again, "and now I'm going to announce to you another thing - the harem, there may be some minor personnel changes. ”
Before the emperor's words fell, everyone took a breath of cold air!
It turned out that this was the fundamental reason why he suddenly wanted to hold an impromptu meeting!
The Queen's face turned pale, and Hurry changed from her previous composure to a shaky and flustered expression—the only two women in the chamber looked at each other, trying to find some comfort in each other's faces.
But all that awaited them was the confusion and anxiety that awaited them like they were on the edge of a cliff.
Everyone knows that Sether's harem has not been expanded since Dejia married into VIA Kai three years ago.
It's not because the emperor doesn't have a new favorite, but that most of his women are outside the palace, and in order not to let the jealous nature of the harem interfere with the normal operation of the empire, plus he doesn't want to spend too much energy and reason for women is one of the principles he has always adhered to, so the emperor has always firmly controlled the number of concubines.
Now that it is said that there will be some small personnel changes in the harem, then it must be to include a new concubine.
Everyone was looking at each other, but no one could guess the identity of the new concubine - the news was like thunder on a sunny day, without warning.
For the Emperor did not seem to have any particular interest in a particular woman, except that he had been hanging out with the Kabuthas day and night.
The queen asked Herry with the same look of confusion.
In fact, Heli knew it well, and she realized that the news she learned when she had a dispute with Duke Mo Ying yesterday - the emperor had quietly taken the hidden eyebrows into the Phoenix Fairy Garden - it was indeed true!
And she had been holding on to the luck mentality before, hoping that Marquis Mo Ying had obtained the wrong information because she was jealous of the emperor, but she was wrong, Mo Ying was right!
The fierce battle of thoughts that swirled in Hurry's mind was silently recorded in Sether's X-ray black diamond eyes.
The shrewd Emperor watched with impassivity the dressing lady who appeared to be pretending to be completely overwhelmed, and she was now trying to suppress her anger—the woman's chest was rising and falling slightly with restraint, and her green eyes were flushed with bloodshot and blood.
"This is the harem change I've been waiting for for a long time," Sether continued to add fuel to the fire, revealing a rare tender expression that simply stunned everyone present, "I don't want to wait any more than a day." ”
The Emperor had a lover-like smile on his lips that no one present had ever seen, and his black diamond eyes sparkled like a teenager in love.
The queen was on the verge of crying, and Herry held Diga's head, daring to stare at the table, lest she fear that the jealousy in her eyes would reveal her true thoughts.
"So, that's all I'm going to announce today," said Sether in a low tone of sweetness that was too strong to speak, as if he hadn't seen the other guys' stunned expressions, "do you have any questions······?
Herry and the Empress helped each other out, and the others followed one after another, looking at the Empress's back, their hearts filled with sympathy and pity for the unfortunate Empire.
"Privy Counsellor, you stay," Sesher called to Infant White, "There are a few important things that need to be determined about the mercenary camp. "Seven
"Yes, Your Majesty. Infant White stopped, turned and walked back towards the Emperor.
Only these two men were left in the white mountain conference room, and the door was closed behind Infant White.
On the other side, Herry helped the queen to board the carriage, and as soon as the door was closed, Dijia immediately grabbed Herry's arm and asked in a panic, "Do you know what Your Majesty meant by the change of harem personnel this morning?"
"Your Majesty, you may be replaced. Hurry said bitterly.
"Who the hell is it?" Digga wailed in despair, "who made Your Majesty this, like this—"
"Such tenderness and sweetness, isn't it?" said Heli, taking the queen's words, "Your Majesty, who do you think this man will be?"
"Your Majesty has never broken your own conventions for any woman," the Queen recalled bitterly, "except—"
"Except for the Hidden Eyebrow, isn't it?" Hurry suddenly shouted feverishly, "Your Majesty! It's her! It's the Hidden Eyebrow's cheap slave! She's back! Your Majesty has brought her back!"
"Impossible?!" Deggar interrupted Herry in disbelief, "hasn't she been exiled abroad?
"Your Majesty's mind is unpredictable, and no one can guess it all. "Perhaps Your Majesty regrets it," said Hurry, "Perhaps Your Majesty regrets it······ Maybe Yin Xinmei has used some devilish method to seduce His Majesty again······"
"Is this conclusive? Heli? Who told you this?"
"Indeed, Your Majesty, look at Your Majesty's appearance at the meeting this morning, and after returning from seven days with that cheap slave from the Mirror Lake Palace—do you remember?"
"How I don't remember······ Of course I do!but," Diga suddenly remembered, "where is the slave of the Hidden Lotus now?"
"I don't know, Your Majesty ······"
The two women fell into a desperate and resentful silence.
Suddenly, Herry jumped up, and she said to the queen with a feverish look in her eyes, "Your Majesty, you go back to the Carnation Palace first, and I will go back later." ”
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to go back and explore," Hurry grabbed the queen's hand and held it tightly, "Your Majesty must have hidden this cheap slave somewhere in the Phoenix Garden—Your Majesty, you wait for me! Even if I dig three feet into the ground, I must dig out the hiding place of this cheap slave!"
As she spoke, Herry opened the door and got out of the carriage, and hurried back, and disappeared with a puff of smoke.
"Be careful!" Deggar shouted from afar.
Heli, whose face was flushed and light as a swallow, was shrouded in jealousy and fanaticism, and he returned to the corridor outside the White Mountain Conference Hall in a few steps.
Infant Zhibai happened to walk from the other end of the corridor, and he saw Heli at a glance, and the two of them got closer and closer.
Infant White is extremely disgusted with women like Herry, and Herry also hates him deeply because he has helped him many times.
As they passed by, the two men each glanced their heads to the other side, as if the other was air.
Hurry's pace slowed, and Infant White finally left the corridor before she could reach the closed door of the conference room.
Herry looked back again and again, and looked around cautiously until she was sure she was the only one in the corridor.
A soft voice came from the White Mountain Conference Hall.
Hurley excitedly pressed his ear to the door of the chamber.
"You'll stay here first," Sether's voice was dripping honey, "and when I'm sure everything is safe, you'll come back to my bedchamber." ”
"Okay, Your Majesty," and sure enough, it was the voice of the slut in the hidden eyebrows, and Herry began to burn again, eager to pounce on her and strangle her immediately.
"Stay here," Sether had never said in such a warm tone, as if he had completely changed a person, "don't go anywhere—maybe I'll pick you up with me in the middle of the night." Got it?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," said the Hidden Eyebrows, "I'll wait for you—you must come and pick me up." ”
"Rest assured. "I'm gone—remember thinking about me." ”
The shameless Hidden Lotus slave let out a low chuckle that made Hurry angry, "I will, Your Majesty." ”
Sether's footsteps were getting closer and closer to the door of the conference hall.
Hurry fled to the side porch on the other side and hid, his heart pounding.
Thankfully, Sesher didn't find out she was eavesdropping on the wall, and luckily no one here found out that she was hiding here - luckily, the secret of the hidden eyebrows was finally discovered by her, Herry!
"Great, Hidden Eyebrows. Before leaving the hallway, Herry stared at the door of the closed White Mountain conference room, "We're going to meet again······