The Virtuous Concubine of the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 56 Poisoning (2)

"Yes." Jiaorong replied softly, pursing her lips and smiling slightly, then turned around and planned to arrange the flowers.

But at this moment, before Jiaorong walked out of Concubine Yi's bedroom, Eunuch Yuanxiu, the eunuch in charge, hurried in and stopped in front of Concubine Yi, who was directly opposite, and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! coming!"

Hearing this, Jiao Rong was stunned for a moment, and Concubine Yi quickly got up, the smile on her face slowly disappeared, she was so nervous that she didn't know what to do.The three maidservants understood the rules, and hurriedly bowed their heads and retreated to the two sides.

Soon, the emperor came in slowly, he didn't rush to look for Concubine Yi, but first looked around Chengqian Palace, and then slowly walked into Concubine Yi's bedroom, said softly: " This Chengqian Palace has not been lived in for a long time, and it looks a little empty, let the people from the House of Internal Affairs decorate it these days."

Concubine Yi lowered her head, knelt down, and said in a low and distant voice: "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor."

The emperor's gaze was on Concubine Yi, and he didn't notice Jiaorong who was bowing her head beside her. Jiaorong secretly heaved a sigh of relief. With Mr. Yougui's entrustment, she would be extremely embarrassed to see the emperor now.

"Get up, from now on in the palace, you don't have to kneel down to greet me, I see trouble." Opening the folding fan in his hand, the emperor sat on the chair by the table and glanced at the snacks on the table , and asked Concubine Yi: "These foods in the palace, are you still used to them?"

Concubine Yi got up slowly, at this moment Jiao Rong was about to sneak away at the door, but Concubine Yi glanced at her and said softly: "The food in the palace is naturally good, and the concubine's maidservant Jiao Rong just said that the imperial dining room will be made into the sweet-scented osmanthus candied lotus root that the concubines love most, so I don't know if this will trouble the imperial dining room."

Hearing this, Jiao Rong, who had just taken a step, stopped suddenly, closed her eyes instantly, and her mood exploded.The emperor was also stunned, raised his eyebrows lightly, thinking that he had heard wrong: "Jiaorong?"

In the next second, the emperor followed Concubine Yi's gaze and looked back, only to see a familiar figure standing at the door of the sleeping hall at the moment, whether to leave or not.

Concubine Yi was completely unaware of the complicated moods of the two of them at this time, she still smiled softly, and said in a gentle voice: "Jiao Rong is a grand maid transferred from the Yanxi Palace, she has helped my concubine before, she is capable in handling things, and has a straightforward personality. I like her very much."

Now Jiao Rong had no choice but to turn around slowly with a sullen face, nodding her head in embarrassment and saying: "My servant, thank you for your praise."

The emperor stared at Jiaorong for a few seconds, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Yougui is willing to send you out?"

Hearing this, Concubine Yi was stunned for a moment, her eyes lingered between the emperor and Jiaorong, and she smiled more happily: "It turns out that the emperor also knows Jiaorong, was she also very effective in Yanxi Palace before? "

Concubine Yi was only 17 years old when she entered the palace this year. Perhaps it was because she was relatively young.The emperor also touched the corners of his lower lip slightly, and replied in a deep voice: "It's not that powerful, but this little maid is loyal enough, and Yougui loved her very much before. If she is in Chengqian Palace from now on, I can rest assured of you a bit."

"I see." Concubine Yi's smile was as gentle as a spring breeze, she looked at Jiaorong and said: "That concubine really picked up a treasure."

"Your Majesty is absurd." Jiaorong lowered her head, she really didn't want to stay here any longer, she seemed to be a little conditioned to feel uncomfortable when she saw the emperor, Jiaorong took a few steps back, and said nothing. Turn around and leave: "The slaves are going to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange for them to prepare Yan Zhiyun, so I will take my leave first."

After saying that, Jiaorong raised her foot and was about to leave, but the emperor stared at her and said, "Wait a minute."

Jiaorong's feet were firm for a moment, she gritted her teeth, couldn't help frowning, walked back slowly, with reluctance written all over her face, and said in a cold voice: "What other orders does the emperor have?"

The emperor closed the folding fan in his hand, and his eyes swept Jiaorong from top to bottom, and finally stopped on her beautiful face.This face is really attractive, no matter how long it has passed, it can make people feel extremely attractive.

However, it may be because she just came out of the Palace of Yanxi Palace, the clothes Jiaorong is wearing today are extremely plain, which is either unattractive, or makes the emperor feel that it has lowered the grade of Jiaorong's face.So, he looked away, and said softly: "Let Liang Jiugong take you to the House of Internal Affairs to pick some good materials for a while, and make some better clothes for you big ladies in Chengqian Palace, so that Concubine Yi won't look like you when she takes you out. Shabby."

Hearing this, Jiaorong was stunned, and looked at the emperor inexplicably, but before she could speak, Concubine Yi smiled and said: "The concubine thanked the emperor for them."

After saying that, Concubine Yi flirted with Jiao Rong, Yi Zhu and Bai He who were beside her, and the three of them knelt down knowingly: "My servant, thank you for your kindness."

Jiao Rong took one last look at the emperor, still very dazed, but she didn't stay long, and hurriedly left Concubine Yi's bedroom.

Concubine Yi is a member of the emperor's mother's family, so she needs to be close to her, and her personality is gentle and considerate, not in a hurry, she is much better than those concubines in the harem who are always thinking about fighting for favor, so that The emperor stayed in Chengqian Palace for almost the whole week.As usual, this was an unprecedented situation, and Concubine Yi quickly became a thorn in the eyes of everyone in the harem.

However, the Empress Dowager and Concubine Zhao, who held sovereignty in the harem, didn't have much thought.On this day, the respect room sent the empress dowager the record of the concubine's bedtime for this month. After reading it for a while, the empress snorted coldly: "The emperor really gave his mother's face enough. Palace, and become a favorite concubine."

Aunt Xinglu looked at the queen mother with her, and slowly asked: "What is the queen mother going to do?"

The queen mother silently closed the file and put it in Xinglu's hand, with the expression on her face unchanged, she picked up the teacup on the side and said indifferently: "Now the emperor spoils her so much that it is natural to use What to do if you don't go to Ai's house, those concubines in the harem are usually the most jealous, and now, I'm afraid someone can't help but do something."

Aunt Xinglu nodded lightly, then seemed to remember something, and said to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, Mr. Yougui has completely retreated from today, what is the Queen Mother's plan?"

The Empress Dowager paused slightly for shaking tea, raised her eyes and looked at Xing Lu, her face darkened a little, and asked, "Where is that little maid in Yanxi Palace before?"

Xinglu thought for a while, and responded respectfully: "Back to the Queen Mother, Yougui dismissed most of the people in Yanxi Palace before retreating, and Miss Jiaorong has been sent to Chengqian Palace of Concubine Yi today."

(End of this chapter)