Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Chapter 26: Not Smart Enough
The queen sneered, and said: "It's a shame that the noble concubine can pick out such a younger sister from her family and send her to the palace. Beauty Lu's face really stands out in this harem. I don't know if the emperor will choose beauty Lu to sleep with me tonight?"

Liuli glanced at the empress's face, and said carefully: "No matter how beautiful Lu Mei is, she is only a small beauty. Empress, you really don't need to put her in your eyes."

The queen looked at the cautiousness on Liuli's face, shook her head and said: "I really don't think of a beauty who has not been favored, but if the emperor goes to Linglong Pavilion tonight, then I can't." Don't take her seriously."

In the evening, Lu Wanning asked Zhou Man to go to the dining room to receive dinner.

After dinner, Lu Wanning walked around the small courtyard of Linglong Pavilion to digest, and then leaned back on the imperial concubine's bed to study the incense prescriptions in the book.

Seeing that Lu Wanning had no intention of taking a bath and changing clothes, Zhou Man anxiously walked around the yard twice, then found Qing Dai who seemed to be more talkative, and asked, "Don't we need to prepare for Linglong Pavilion? The emperor will come in a while, wouldn't it be good for the master to do this?"

Qing Dai smiled and said: "Master said that the Emperor will not come to our Linglong Pavilion tonight, so you don't have to worry."

"Why?" Zhou Man asked with a sad face.

Qing Dai shook her head, "Master said so, I don't know the details."

After Qing Dai finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving Zhou Man in a tangled and uncomfortable place. Those eunuchs and court ladies who do not expect their master to be favored, he has always hoped that Lu Meiren would be the first to be favored by the emperor for the past two days , and can last forever.

But now Qingdai told him to reassure him, saying that the emperor will definitely not come to Linglong Pavilion tonight, how can this reassure him?
Although Qing Dai said so, Zhou Man still didn't give up, he always kept an eye on the movements of the various palaces.

At Xushi, there was finally movement in the harem, and the emperor went to Zhilan Palace.

Zhou Man told Lu Wanning about this matter, and Lu Wanning was very calm.

But Lu Wanning can be so calm, Cui Jieyu can't be so calm, she has been waiting for the emperor since yesterday, she is absolutely sure that she will be the first to be favored, but who would have thought that the emperor went to Zhilan Palace.

When Lu Wanning had fallen asleep, Cui Ru's heart seemed to be on fire again, and she tossed and turned so hard that she couldn't fall asleep.

In fact, it wasn't just Cui Ru who couldn't sleep, among the few people who entered the palace, only Lu Wanning had a good night's sleep.

Therefore, on the second day, when Fengyi Palace said hello, no matter if it was Cui Ru or the other concubines, even if they put makeup on their faces, it was difficult to completely cover their dark circles.

Lu Wanning took her gaze away from the faces of Cui Ru and the others, and looked around among the newcomers who had entered the palace, but she didn't find Weng Jieyu who was serving the bed yesterday, and she didn't know if it was because she was late, or because of something else. what's the situation.

Just as Lu Wanning was thinking, the Empress Empress came, Lu Wanning hurriedly restrained her mind and followed the crowd to salute the Empress Empress.

After the queen called out, Concubine Hui Mingsu scanned Weng Jieyu's vacant seat with her eyes, and said directly: "Yesterday, all my attention was on Lu Meiren, and I didn't pay much attention to Weng Jieyu. Take a good look at Weng Jieyu today, who knows that Weng Jieyu hasn't come yet."

Wen Zhaoyi said: "Perhaps it was Weng Jieyu's hard work in serving the bed yesterday, which delayed paying her respects to the empress."

Xu Jieyu snorted coldly, and said: "It's as if someone has never served the bedtime. How can others greet the empress on time when they are serving the bedtime, but she is late."

"Maybe it's Weng Jieyu who is particularly liked by the emperor." Wen Zhaoyi was still gentle and gentle.

Xu Jieyu said disdainfully: "No matter what you say, it's her fault that she was late to greet the empress. This is disrespect to the empress."

Wen Zhaoyi shook her head with a smile on her face, and said: "Sister Xu doesn't need to be so harsh on the new sisters who entered the palace. After all, it was the first time that Weng Jieyu served the bed last night. I remember that sister Xu served for the first time. Wasn't it too late when I went to bed to greet the empress the next day?"

Xu Jieyu looked at Wen Zhaoyi and sneered, "I don't know why you got Weng Jieyu, let you protect her like this?"

Wen Zhaoyi said: "My sister has wronged my sister, and my sister is just telling the truth."

Cui Ru couldn't help but want to speak a few times, but she still has some brains after all, and it's really not suitable for her newcomer to enter the palace in such a scene.

The empress waited until the quarrel between Wen Zhaoyi and Xu Jieyu came to an end, and then slowly said: "The emperor has sent a message to the palace just now, Weng Jieyu worked hard last night, today I will spare Weng Jieyu's greetings."

After the empress finished speaking, the jealousy on everyone's faces could no longer be concealed.

Cui Ru's hands hidden in the sleeves were clenched into fists, and the manicured round nails sank deeply into the palm, but she didn't seem to feel any pain.

Originally, everyone had already planned to attack Weng Jieyu before paying their respects today, but since Weng Jieyu didn't come to pay her respects, everyone could only hold back no matter how jealous they were.

Everyone absentmindedly talked with the Empress for a while, and after the Empress waved everyone away, everyone left the gate of Fengyi Palace one after another.

After Lu Wanning came out, she heard someone muttering in a low voice: "The empress is really good-tempered. It's fine if the imperial concubine doesn't come to pay her respects. A Jieyu who just entered the palace dares not to come to pay her respects to the empress because of the emperor's favor."

Lu Wanning took a look, and it was Concubine Hui who spoke.

Lu Wanning turned her head and glanced at the plaque of Fengyi Palace, thinking that this is the entrance of Fengyi Palace, did Concubine Hui say such things here specifically for the empress?
Regarding the fact that Weng Jieyu did not come to greet the empress today, Lu Wanning was neither surprised nor surprised. She and Weng Jieyu lived together in Chuxiu Palace for a month. Putting ordinary people in the eyes, I always feel that among all the women in the world, she is the most talented and smartest, and everyone else is vulgar.

But I didn't come to greet the empress after serving once, but it was not smart enough. Even if the emperor opened his mouth, the empress did not show any displeasure on her face, but what the empress thought in her heart was only the empress. I know it myself.

It is not wise to offend the empress as soon as she enters the palace, but the harem concubines have always been honored by the emperor's favor. If Weng Jieyu can last forever and let the emperor support her, then Naturally, she was not afraid of offending the empress.

But, can Weng Jieyu do it?

It's hard to say whether Weng Jieyu will be able to stay in favor forever, but the emperor did go to Zhilan Palace every night for the next five days.

(End of this chapter)