Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 19 Something happened (please vote)

Zhu Ci kept watching Shen Que's figure disappear, and then reluctantly looked away.

She turned around and looked at Cao Wenxi next to her. She also looked in the direction Shen Que was leaving, with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"Cao Baolin, you're not in good health, so don't stand at the entrance. You'll fall ill again later. Go back to the palace and rest."

"Thank you so much for my sister's rescue. If my sister hadn't appeared in time, I don't know what kind of trouble I would have suffered from Zhuang Cairen."

With that said, Cao Wenxi bowed to Zhu Ci heavily, "Sister, please accept my bow!"

"Baolin, please get up quickly." Zhu Ci smiled and stretched out her hand to help Cao Wenxi up.

"I didn't do anything to help you. If the emperor hadn't happened to pass by here, I might not have been able to escape being humiliated by Zhuang Cairen today. Both of us should thank the emperor."

Zhu Ci smiled gently and changed the topic without leaving any trace, "Baolin lives in Weiyang Palace, right? Weiyang Palace is half an hour away from here, why did Baolin think of coming here to relax?"

"I originally just wanted to take a walk around, but suddenly I heard the palace maid say that the pear blossoms in Chunse Garden were in bloom. I suddenly felt homesick and thought of my aunt at home. Her favorite is pear blossoms, so I didn't realize that we were far away."

Cao Wenxi smiled slightly, with a seven-treasure coral hairpin stuck in his black hair, making his face look like hibiscus.

Her voice was very soft and gentle, as if she could not catch the wind, "Anyway, thanks to my sister's generous action today. I will definitely visit you in person some other day."

"Since Baolin calls me sister, why should I be so polite?"

Zhu Ci smiled and patted the back of Cao Wenxi's hand gently, "If Baolin doesn't mind, I'll call you sister, how about that?"

"It's what I asked for." Cao Wenxi has been experiencing coldness and warmth since she entered the palace. She has never had anyone so kind and friendly, and she couldn't help but feel a slight soreness on the tip of her nose.

"It's time for me to go back and take medicine, so I'll leave first. I'll go see my sister another day."

With that said, Cao Wenxi made a Wanfu salute, turned around and left.

"Let's go back too." Zhu Ci was also a little tired, so he turned around and walked back.

"This Cao Baolin is really pitiful. The clothes she is wearing are almost rotten from the washing. Even the servants in the palace wear better clothes than her."

Zhuying sighed and said: "You can see that if you are not favored, even if you live in Weiyang Palace, it is not much different from the cold palace."

"Yes. People in the palace are accustomed to worshiping those who are superior and those who are inferior to others, and they will fawn over whoever is favored. And vice versa."

This is why Zhu Ci tried so hard to climb onto the dragon's bed by any means necessary. If she stays as a palace maid, she might one day become someone else's scapegoat, and there won't even be anyone to collect her body.

So she can only protect herself by climbing up and becoming the most noble and powerful woman in the world!

"It's really distressing that Cao Baolin is living like this. But I'm afraid she has had enough of this kind of life."

Zhuying's face was full of doubts, "How do you say this? I don't understand."

"Do you really believe what she said, that she went all the way to Chunseyuan because she missed her aunt at home?" Zhu Ci raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Even if what she said is true. But Cao Baolin has been there since he entered the palace. They didn't have the chance to sleep with him, and they were weak, so they probably never had the chance to see the emperor.

In addition, the emperor was wearing casual clothes today, how could she be sure that the other party must be the emperor? Isn't she afraid of making a mistake? "

"You mean that Cao Baolin somehow got the news that the emperor would pass by Chunse Garden, so he wanted to have a 'chance encounter' with the emperor. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Cairen thought exactly the same way, and the two happened to meet each other. On."

Zhuying suddenly realized that no wonder she felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. When the master said this, she understood.

"But if Cao Baolin wants to 'encounter' the emperor by chance, why doesn't he dress up nicely? Even if there is no Zhuang Cairen here today, he may not necessarily be able to catch the emperor's eye."

"The emperor has usually seen concubines wearing heavy makeup, but when he first encountered Cao Baolin's fresh look, it made people remember him deeply."

Men are all about looks, even the emperor who is used to seeing beauties is no exception. As long as your face is beautiful enough, it doesn't matter if you don't dress so glamorously.

Zhu Ci carefully recalled the scene just now, "Since she dared to do this, she naturally had some way to attract the emperor. But neither of them thought that 'the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows', I will also go Spring Garden.”

"I'm just worried. Zhuang Cairen has lost face this time and been reprimanded so harshly by the emperor. I'm afraid he will hate you, my master."

Zhuying's face was full of worry, "Your hand is still so badly injured. If I had to tell you that you shouldn't go out, the emperor would still go to Qifeng Palace with the concubine on your side. Why are you doing this?"

"With Zhuang Cairen for comparison, the emperor will only think that I am considerate. He will think that I have attracted Zhuang Cairen's jealousy because of his favor, and then the emperor will feel guilty about me."

Zhu Ci stretched out her hand to twist the hair on her temples behind her ears, and the sunlight fell warmly on the red walls on both sides. Behind the red wall stands the Qiongtai Jade Pavilion, with red towers, green tiles, and glazed tiles shining with charming brilliance.

"I didn't agree to serve the emperor because the imperial concubine promised me glory and wealth. On the contrary, I did it because my heart pleases the emperor. What else could be more exciting than a woman who has her whole heart and eyes full of herself?"

"Look at your mouth, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zhuying slapped her mouth twice.

"My master is sincere to the emperor. Even my servant was moved when I saw it. I believe that the emperor would be the same if he knew my master's thoughts."

Ahead was Qifeng Palace. After walking for so long, Zhu Ci felt a dull pain in her legs.

The closer she got, the more clearly she could hear the muffled crying coming from within the palace wall.

Zhu Ci and Zhuying glanced at each other with doubts on their faces. They raised their legs to cross the threshold and saw Hongxiu rushing towards them in a panic.

"Master is finally back, something happened."

"What happened?" Zhu Ci also looked panicked, and she forced herself to calm down.

"Don't get excited, calm down and tell me slowly, what happened?"

"It's like this. At noon, the Shang Food Bureau brought food, including a piece of fried crispy fish. Jingyue put the food away and prepared to find you, the master. Who knows if someone is not careful, he will be caught by a fish from nowhere? The wild cats that jumped out were eaten.”

Hongxiu spoke quickly and spoke clearly: "Jingyue didn't think much, so she kicked the cat a few times. Unexpectedly, the cat suddenly foamed at the mouth. Later, the slave girl found out that the cat was raised by Lucairen. Lucairen When I found out, I became very angry, and I arrested Jingyue and told her to sacrifice her life for that cat."

(End of this chapter)