Empress Abandoned in the Cold Palace: Queen Juan, she doesn't talk about martial arts

Chapter 10 Three Punishments
Later, Xiao Zhaolin was too numb to move, so he was pulled up by the rope.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to delay any longer, so he left directly.

Su Lijin looked at his embarrassed figure, and the smile on the corner of her mouth deepened a bit.

The next morning, Su Lijin dressed up and arrived at the Palace of Yanxi Palace. This was when she was summoned by the Queen Mother after she was out of the cold palace. She must have been gossiped by someone, so she should be careful.

"The concubine pays respects to the empress dowager."

She bowed to the queen mother in front of her very politely.

"Get up."

The queen mother has always been dissatisfied with Su Lijin. After all, since the emperor ascended the throne, the harem has had nothing to do. Su Lijin, the queen, should lead by example.

Thinking of this, she went straight to the point and said: "Queen, you have been serving the emperor since you came out of the cold palace, why has your stomach not moved for so long, Ai's family is getting old, and I hope to have a grandson as soon as possible."

The queen mother has always attached great importance to the issue of offspring.In the previous life, he even saw that he and Xiao Shengyun were at odds, and asked himself to abdicate to let the virtuous, and let his niece take the position.

"It's not up to the concubine to have the final say on such things as pregnancy, let's do everything according to the destiny." Su Lijin said perfunctorily.

The Queen Mother frowned in dissatisfaction. She thought that Su Lijin would agree, but she didn't think that she would be so perfunctory, and said, "Hmph, if you are not in good health, you should go to the imperial doctor early and prescribe an anti-fetal medicine to take care of yourself." Body, as a queen, how can she not even have a child of her own?"

"Really? If my concubine remembers correctly, His Majesty is not your heir, right? Aren't you sitting in this seat now?"

"you!"

The queen mother was poked at the sore spot, and was about to reprimand Su Lijin angrily.

At this moment, the servant's voice sounded from outside.

"Empress Dowager, His Royal Highness is here to see you."

Hearing that Xiao Zhao was coming, the queen mother calmed down a little, nodded and asked the servant to let him in.

A man in a dark black robe came in and bowed to the queen mother who was sitting in front of him.

"The Empress Dowager."

"Zhaolin is here? Sit down."

For this grandson, the queen mother was naturally happy, and a kind smile appeared on her face again, as if the person who had just snarled was not her at all.

After Xiao Zhaolin took his seat, the Empress Dowager looked at him and smiled again.

"Zhaolin is not too young now, it's time to marry you a wife who is worthy, but the Ai family has no one yet."

Xiao Zhaolin subconsciously glanced at Su Lijin who was sitting opposite him, although Su Lijin didn't respond, he still explained: "Grandma, I already have someone I like in my heart, and I still want to wait for a while for the marriage, I have to After asking the girl's family's meaning, I will make a decision."

The queen mother was overjoyed when she heard that, and asked in surprise.

"Zhaolin, do you already have someone you like? Which family's lady is it? If you really like it, let the emperor marry you."

Xiao Zhaolin's eyebrows and eyes fluttered, and he didn't answer the queen mother's question immediately, as if he was thinking seriously, but also seemed to be a little hard to speak.

He was actually hinting at Su Lijin.

As the woman Xiao Zhaolin said he liked, Su Lijin was not at all happy, and there was even a faint coldness in his eyes.

In the last life, I was deceived by this man's rhetoric, and I was deceived so miserably in the end.

She finally had a chance to start all over again, how could she not hear such false words.

Now, instead of being moved in the slightest, she felt disgusted.

"Why isn't Zhaolin talking anymore? Why are you embarrassed to say that?"

The queen mother was slightly helpless, and spoke again.

"Grandmother, don't ask. If it is possible then, I will personally come and beg the Empress Dowager for a decree to grant the marriage."

The Empress Dowager's complexion changed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, she agreed with a chuckle.

"Since this is the case, the Ai family will not ask questions. You can make up your own mind."

"Thank you grandma!"

In the hall, several people were still talking, but Concubine Shu hurriedly appeared in front of everyone.

"Empress Dowager, my concubine is late, please ask Empress Dowager to make amends."

She also ignored the etiquette and directly knelt in front of the queen mother.

"Yesterday, the Ai family specially asked people to tell you to come here early. The Ai family has something to say, but you are lucky. Even the queen came early, but you came so late. Don't you take the Ai family seriously?"

The Empress Dowager's tone became more and more cold, obviously indifferent to Concubine Shu's actions, but even more angry.

Concubine Shu heard this, and quickly explained: "The empress dowager made an atonement. I really feel a little uncomfortable today, so I got up late, and I ask the empress dowager to punish me."

She knew that what happened today was ultimately her own fault, but if it wasn't, if it wasn't...

I will not come so late, I can only plead guilty directly, in order to ask the Queen Mother to forgive me.

With Concubine Shu's appearance, the Empress Dowager couldn't make people kneel down all the time, she wanted to make people stand up.

But at this moment, Su Lijin spoke up.

"Empress Dowager, why don't you punish Concubine Shu to clean the courtyard in the back garden. If there are no rules in this harem, everyone will not have to come to see her in the future."

Speaking of this, Su Lijin paused again.

"Cleaning the courtyard is not a very tiring task, so it should be regarded as a small punishment and a big warning?"

Concubine Shu knelt on the ground, although she didn't say anything, she clenched her fists angrily.

The queen mother thought for a while, but she also felt that it made sense, so she nodded and agreed.

"Forget it, since that's the case, I will obey the queen's arrangement and punish you to clean the courtyard."

"Okay, Aijia is tired, you all step back."

After the queen mother finished speaking, she got up and went back to the inner courtyard to rest.

Seeing the queen mother leave, Su Lijin had a faint smile on her face, and her eyes fell on Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu gritted her teeth, no matter how angry she was, she could only endure it.

"The sun is really good today, why not take a walk."

After Su Lijin left the queen mother's bedroom, she smiled and spoke to the servants beside her.

After wandering around for a while, he walked straight towards the back garden.

Before he had walked for a long time, he saw the maid who was diligently sweeping the floor with her head down, and Concubine Shu who was sitting beside her with a face full of anger.

She approached with a smile, and then opened her mouth to Concubine Shu.

"Isn't Concubine Shu going to clean the courtyard? Why are you sitting here? But you don't feel well?"

The maid who was still sweeping the floor was probably brought by Wei Shu from home. Seeing Su Lijin approaching, she obviously wanted to vent her anger on the master, so she raised the broom.

"If it weren't for...our lady would not be punished! It's all your fault! Don't get close to our lady!"

Seeing the broom that kept approaching him, Su Lijin's expression changed, and she backed away in fear.

(End of this chapter)