The Salted Fish Empress Dotes on the Harem

Chapter 24
Concubine Shu slowly put down the teacup in her hand, and asked coldly: "What's the matter? Everyone is here to cry for a funeral, what happened?"

Han Baolin immediately leaned forward courteously, and said with a smile: "Return to Concubine Shu, yesterday the emperor called Lin Cairen to attend bed, and all the sisters feel sorry for Zhao Cairen!"

Seeing Han Baolin's so attentive appearance, everyone present understood, thinking that Han Baolin had fallen in love with Concubine Shu, no wonder he dared to provoke Zhao Cairen like this.

Then Concubine Shu sneered, her fingernails painted with Danko were bright red, she tapped lightly on the tea table, and said lightly: "Isn't that the case in the palace, it doesn't matter if it's just beautiful, family background and luck are indispensable. , you newcomers, let’s endure it one by one!”

The concubines all lowered their heads, hiding the resentment in their eyes.

Not long after, almost all the concubines in the harem came, and the queen also took her seat.

Lin Cairen came a little later today, but he did not miss the time, but even so, he was still ridiculed by Concubine Shu.

"Lin Cairen looks like this, I don't know who he is showing it to? Which of the concubines present has never served in bed? It may not be so late like you. Could it be that Lin Cairen has the support of his brother who is the number one scholar?" , don’t take the queen empress seriously? He’s just a champion, when he becomes the prime minister, Lin Cairen will be proud of being favored!”

Concubine Shu implied that you are not qualified right now!
Lin Cairen didn't know where he offended Concubine Shu, and also involved her elder brother. He knelt on the ground and apologized to the queen, "Mother, my concubine didn't come late on purpose, it's my concubine who sleeps too much, and The elder brother of the concubine has nothing to do with it, so I ask the empress to punish the concubine!"

The queen cast a glance at Concubine Shu who wanted to find fault with the concubine who was sleeping with her the day before yesterday. Every time she had to ease the situation and make an appearance of harmony in the harem, it was really annoying, but she had to do it.

"Concubine Shu is joking with you, but it's not too early, but it's not too late. You worked hard to serve the emperor yesterday, so get up!"

Lin Cairen thanked the queen, and took his seat tremblingly.

Concubine Shu was dissatisfied, and was about to say something more, but the queen interrupted her conversation on the grounds of discussing the Queen Mother's birthday.

In a few days, it will be the empress dowager's [-]th birthday, so the emperor who was going to the palace to escape the summer also canceled the trip and decided to hold a grand birthday banquet for the empress dowager in the palace.

The empress handed this matter over to Concubine Yi and Concubine Jin. Concubine Shu was dissatisfied, but she couldn't say anything. Who made her the Queen of the Palace?
At the beginning, her father told her that she was able to enter the palace only to restrain the empress. Now that she has given birth to a prince, in order to maintain balance, she must not be tainted with the power of the sixth palace.

However, the empress actually asked Zhao Nuoqing to help, this was obviously partial, and Concubine Shu was even more angry.

After a while, the wind suddenly blew up outside, and the clear smoke rushed in, as if it was going to rain outside.

The empress's body suffered from a disease three years ago, and she felt very uncomfortable when it was rainy. Today, she wanted to avoid the morning and evening, but the empress dowager's birthday banquet could not be delayed, so she had to brace herself to come forward. Now that the matter is over, I will Let everyone go away.

Then Zhao Nuoqing was left alone and said a few more words before letting her go.

Below Jieyu, there was no sedan chair to sit on. When Zhao Nuoqing left Fengwu Palace, there were no other concubines outside.Seeing that the wind was getting more and more violent, and the umbrella could not be opened, she and Jin Miao had no choice but to speed up and rush to Lingyun Pavilion.

Walking halfway, suddenly a sedan chair came out of the front, Zhao Nuoqing's master and servant stopped hurriedly, she didn't know who was sitting on the sedan chair, but she recognized the maid Lanzhi standing beside the sedan chair, she was Shu Shu Concubine's personal maid.

The one in the sedan chair must be Concubine Shu.

Thinking that Concubine Shu has always disliked her, the eyes she looks at her today are even more like wanting to eat people. It is such a coincidence to meet here again, I am afraid that she will suffer a little bit today.

Sure enough, Zhilan frowned and scolded angrily, "What's wrong with being so flustered? What's the crime for disturbing Concubine Shu?"

Jin Miao wanted to refute, but they suddenly rushed out to block their way, and the Baohua Palace where Concubine Shu lived was not on this road, so why did they collide?
But thinking of Jinhe's entrustment and Concubine Shu's family background, if he accidentally used his quick tongue, it would inevitably drag the master down, so he swallowed his words back.

Zhao Nuoqing glanced at Jin Miao in relief. Concubine Shu must be here to accuse her of an unwarranted crime so that she can be punished. Now that she knows this, she might as well follow her and suffer less. After she leaves, go to the queen for help.

So he bent his knees and confessed to Concubine Shu: "Go back to Concubine Shu, because it is going to rain, the wind is too strong and I can't hold an umbrella, my concubine left in a hurry, I didn't see Concubine Shu's sedan chair, is it Concubine's fault!"

While speaking, the raindrops as thin as a cow's hair had already floated in the sky, hitting his face with an icy chill.

Concubine Shu sneered, but she didn't expect Zhao Cairen to be so knowledgeable about current affairs, she said coldly: "Since you know your mistake, you have to keep this matter firmly in your heart, Zhao Cairen knelt here for a few hours Make a long memory, when the rain stops, when will you go back!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Jin Miao and said, "And you, a lowly servant, don't know how to warn your master, so let's kneel together! By the way, the empress is not feeling well, so I think you should feel embarrassed to bother her, right?"

After finishing speaking, Concubine Shu sat on the sedan chair with a smug smile and left slowly.

Concubine Shu's words broke her way to find the queen's support, so she could only accept her fate and kneel on the ground obediently.

Jin Miao didn't expect that his master would be bullied like this only once, and he was not a real servant. If he really served him, would it be okay?
Sure enough, fighting for favor is not a good job, and immediately began to miss the carefree days when he was not favored.

Zhao Nuoqing comforted her a few words, telling her to kneel obediently and stop talking nonsense.

Zhao Nuoqing said: "I let you suffer with me for nothing today, and I will buy you candy when I go back!"

After finishing speaking, Jin Miao let out a chuckle, and wiped away the tears on his face, "This servant is not a child, why do you still use sugar to coax your servant!"

On the other palace road separated from the two, Shen Bochen, who was sitting on the sedan chair, laughed so happily watching the master and servant being punished. This was the first time he could laugh when he saw being punished!

Suddenly, heavy rain poured down without any warning, and Han Mingde, who was watching all this silently, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's raining, do you still want to go to Concubine Shu's place?"

Thinking of Concubine Shu's domineering appearance just now, a look of disgust floated in Shen Bochen's eyes.

"Concubine Shu is still in the mood to punish people, thinking that the eldest prince's illness is just an excuse for her, so don't go!"

Last night, Concubine Shu sent someone to report that the Eldest Prince was not feeling well, and asked the Emperor to go and have a look.

The eldest prince has just passed his fourth birthday, and his physique has always been strong. If he said that he was unwell, it might just be an excuse for Concubine Shu to compete for favor.

When Han Mingde reported this matter to the emperor, Lin Cairen was already in Yangrong Hall.

(End of this chapter)