Ma'am, she only wants to be promoted

Chapter 36
The emperor went to Qingren Palace where he respected his concubine that night.

This is also understandable, after all, the eldest princess fell into the water today, out of reason, the emperor should go to Qingren Palace today.

However, those in Linglong Pavilion who knew what happened today are still disappointed. The master has shown his face in front of the emperor several times, but the emperor has not come to Linglong Pavilion. Could it be that the master is not destined to be favored?
Others were just muttering in their hearts, but Zhou Man's heart seemed to be on fire again. In order to be able to serve in Linglong Pavilion, he gave all the money he had saved in the palace over the years to Eunuch Qiu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If Lu Meiren has no favors in the future, then his money will be wasted soon?
Zhou Man was full of anxiety, but there was nothing he could do. It was too late for him to regret it now, so he could only pray to the heavens that for the sake of his sincerity, the emperor would show some favor to Lu Meiren.

Although the matter of the eldest princess falling into the water was just an accident, the group of servants who served the eldest princess were still dealt with by Concubine Jing. The queen empress gave a few lessons, neither serious nor serious.

"Concubine Jing, you are the concubine's concubine, and you should treat the princess more in the future. If Lu Meiren hadn't met you yesterday, the consequences would have been disastrous."

Concubine Jing gritted her teeth and admitted her mistake, "What the empress said was that the concubine did not take good care of the eldest princess."

The queen nodded and said: "Thinking about what happened yesterday, you have also learned a lesson. If the eldest princess does not have capable people to serve you, I will assign two people for you later."

How could Concubine Jing let the Queen send someone into Qingren Palace so openly and to the side of the Eldest Princess, she immediately refused after hearing the words: "The concubine thanked the Empress for her concern on behalf of Yan'er, those who do nothing around Yan'er The idiots and concubines were disposed of yesterday, and now they have been replaced by a few smart and sensible ones, so I won’t bother the empress.”

The queen was not annoyed when she was rejected, and she said with the air of a mother-in-law: "Concubine Jing, since you have already dealt with it, then I will not interfere, but since the eldest princess calls me the empress, then I will deal with it." After mentioning the concubine, if something like this happens to the eldest princess next time, Concubine Jing, don't blame me for asking you as a concubine."

Concubine Jing could only answer: "Yes, empress."

After the greetings were over, Concubine Jing's expression was very ugly. The low-ranking concubines were afraid that Concubine Jing would vent her anger on them, so after the greetings were over, they all walked around Concubine Jing.

Naturally, Lu Wanning would not approach her, but she did not expect Concubine Jing to walk in front of her on her own.

The concubines around were a little farther away from Lu Wanning, and stood by to watch the fun.

"Ms. Concubine Jing?" Seeing that someone stood in front of her without speaking for a long time, Lu Wanning couldn't help asking in doubt.

"Cough!" Concubine Jing coughed dryly and said, "Thank you for what happened yesterday."

Although the tone was very blunt, but at any rate it was a thank you, not to find fault, Lu Wanning smiled and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Jing, you are being polite."

"For this matter, consider that I owe you a favor, and I will find a chance to repay you in the future." Concubine Jing turned around and walked away after finishing speaking.

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, the people who were waiting to watch the excitement left one by one.

Qingzhi whispered to Lu Wanning: "I never thought that Concubine Jing would thank you, Master, in front of so many people."

Lu Wanning smiled and shook her head, "I didn't think of that either." She just thought that it would be good for Concubine Jing not to pick on her in the future.

However, Concubine Jing is wise to do this. Everyone knows that she saved the eldest princess. Now Concubine Jing is thanking her and saying that she owes her a favor. Everyone will only feel that Concubine Jing is grudges It is clear and can be handed over.

If the emperor knew about this, he would be satisfied with Concubine Jing's actions.

Leaving from the gate of Fengyi Palace, Qingzhi asked Lu Wanning: "Master failed to reward the lotus yesterday, do you want to go again today?"

Lu Wanning thought for a while, then shook her head, "Forget it, let's go another day."

The lotus flowering period lasts from June to August, so there is no need to be in a hurry to appreciate the lotus. Something happened to Wenxin Lake yesterday, so who knows if it will be peaceful today.

Lu Wanning took Qingzhi and Qingdai to go back to Linglong Pavilion, but after walking a few steps, they bumped into the red note next to Concubine Lu Gui.

Lu Wanning stopped in her tracks, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect such a coincidence, I met Miss Hongjian here, where is Miss Hongjian going?"

Hong Jian bowed her knees and bowed to Lu Wanning, saying: "This servant came here specially to wait for Lu Meiren under the order of the imperial concubine."

"What orders does the imperial concubine have?" Lu Wanning asked.

Hong Jian smiled and said: "It's a good thing, the emperor is going to have dinner at Zhaoyang Palace at noon today, the imperial concubine asked Miss Lu to dress up and serve the emperor at Zhaoyang Palace at noon."

"Really?" Lu Wanning asked with a look of surprise, and seeing Hong Jian nodded, she happily said to Hong Jian: "Please trouble Miss Hong Jian, I'll go back and clean it up, and I'll go as soon as I finish it." Zhaoyang Palace."

After finishing speaking, Lu Wanning seemed impatient to bring Qingzhi and Qingdai back to Linglong Pavilion.

Qingzhi and Qingdai were also very happy. As soon as they returned to Linglong Pavilion, they chatted about what hairstyle, jewelry and clothes they wanted to wear for Lu Wanning.

"Master, how about just wearing that set of bright red clothes, your skin is fair, wearing this set of bright red clothes will make you look more delicate and lovely, the emperor will definitely like it if he sees it." Qingzhi said.

Qing Dai nodded, and continued: "The hairstyle is a simple Lingyun bun, decorated with golden hairpins and steps, it must look refreshing and luxurious."

Lu Wanning let them finish speaking, sat in front of the dressing table, nodded and said: "Just do your makeup according to what you two said."

Qingzhi and Qingdai were about to do it when they heard the words, but Lu Wanning said again: "Qingdai combs my hair first, Qingzhi, go and deal with the apricots on the table, and bring me a few almonds."

Apricots are considered seasonal fruits at this time, and many palaces have been distributed, and Linglong Pavilion has also been distributed to a large plate.

The fruits that can be sent to the palace are all carefully selected. The plate of apricots on the table is not only very pleasing in appearance, but also big and plump. The skin is orange-yellow, and the taste is even better. There is a slight sourness in the sweetness. , is the taste that most people like.

It's a pity that Lu Wanning couldn't eat sour by nature, and even the slightest sour taste couldn't be tolerated.

Originally, she wanted to give this apricot to the palace servants of Linglong Pavilion when she turned around, but she didn't expect that she would use it first.

Qingzhi and Qingdai were stunned for a moment, Qingzhi asked: "Master, what do you want almonds for?"

"Eat." Lu Wanning said quietly.

(End of this chapter)