Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 83 All the hard work comes with joy

Shen Zhinian noticed that someone was looking at her. She raised her eyelids and looked up, and happened to meet Zhu Ci's inquiring gaze. She nodded and smiled.

Zhu Ci also nodded slightly, withdrew his gaze and looked down at the embroidery on the handkerchief in his hand.

"Even though Cao Baolin is innocent, there are people who are jealous and dare to openly frame concubines and ignore the palace legislation. It is really audacious."

Bai Xinrui's cold eyes fell lightly on Wen Yuanyuan, and her voice was as cold as a knife, piercing her heart again and again, and the blood on her face slowly faded.

"What do you think, Wenmei?"

Wen Yuanyuan's legs softened and she almost slipped out of the armchair and sat on the ground. She grabbed the armrest to support her body and forced a smile.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. The Emperor and the Queen reprimanded me severely and asked me to think about it in the palace. I have deeply realized the mistake I made and have told Cao Cao Baolin has apologized for his sin. I will never do it again in the future."

"There is a first time, and there will be a second time and a third time. If you can use the wild cat incident to deliberately frame Cao Baolin because you think he has been ill for a long time, it shows that you have evil intentions."

Bai Xinrui's words were stern, "With people like you in the palace, the palace will never be at peace. If you don't like someone, and you come up with some dirty tricks to come to the palace, if I were the emperor, you would have been killed long ago." I have been relegated to the cold palace, and people like you are allowed to roam around in the palace."

Wen Yuanyuan pursed her lips for a moment, saying that she was wrong to deliberately frame Cao Baolin. But Cao Baolin didn't pursue the matter, and the emperor and queen were here, and she had never harmed Concubine Bai.

How could Concubine Bai lose face in front of so many people? If you really have this free time to mock her here, you might as well go back to the palace and lie down.

But after all, "the first level of officialdom is overwhelming", and Bai Xinrui was deeply favored by the emperor. Even if Wen Yuanyuan was not convinced, she did not dare to contradict him, so she could only secretly look at Hua Jingyun as if asking for help.

"Wenmei was also blinded for a moment, and then she did something wrong. But no one is perfect. I and the emperor have also severely reprimanded Wenmei. I think Wenmei also knows that she was wrong, and she will definitely not do it again in the future. ."

Hua Jingyun's tone was gentle and a little helpless.

"The noble concubine should treat me as a face-to-face, and don't argue with the beautiful lady. If the beautiful lady doesn't repent, I will send the beautiful lady to the cold palace without you having to tell me, okay?"

"You can deny it to other people's concubines, but Queen Mother, do you dare not to give it to your concubines?"

Bai Xinrui raised her eyes and gently turned the coral ring on her left index finger.

Huh, the queen is really good at pretending, so the emperor was deceived by her appearance. She didn't believe that the queen was really so kind-hearted. She probably had a lot of lives in her hands, right? She really took advantage of everything.

It's a pity that she was born a few years later than the queen, otherwise the position in the middle palace might be hers!

"I, my concubines, all listen to the Queen!"

"The emperor cared about the friendship with Wen Meiren, so he didn't pursue it. In the final analysis, the emperor still cared about Wen Meiren."

Xu Tingyue said with a smile but not a smile: "Even if the imperial concubine is angry, what can she do? She cannot be the emperor's master. According to my concubine, in a few years, the status of the beautiful lady may not be inferior to that of the imperial concubine. "

"Not only does Concubine Shu have injuries on her face, but her eyesight is also not good. Concubine Shu, how old are you? You are so old and faint. You should tell the imperial doctor to take a good look at you."

Bai Xinrui took a sip of tea and looked sideways at Xu Tingyue, "If I were you, I would stay in the palace all day and not go anywhere. I would wear a veil on my face every day, and I would think it was a mosquito. Your Majesty, this month I haven’t told you to sleep with me yet, right?”

Xu Tingyue bit her lip. This month, not to mention that the emperor had not sent her to bed, he had not even come to Jinghong Palace to see her. How could she have ended up in this situation if it hadn't been for Concubine Bai and Yunu Zhu.

Looking up at Bai Xinrui's face full of sarcasm and pride, Xu Tingyue's hands on the armrests were clenched tightly, and her long nails dug into the flesh without feeling any pain.

"Hmph, I don't have to worry about it for you, the imperial concubine. You should take care of yourself."

Hua Jingyun covered her lips and coughed, signaling with her eyes that Xu Tingyue should stop talking.

Seeing that Cao Wenxi was still standing, she smiled and said: "Why is Cao Baolin still standing? Sit down quickly. I'm looking at you. You are much thinner than the last time you came to Zhaoyang Palace. Is the food in the palace not suitable?" taste?"

Cao Wenxi was flattered. "Back to the Queen, I may have just recovered from a serious illness and have lost my appetite. I think it will be fine if I come here for a while."

Wen Yuanyuan secretly glanced at Cao Wenxi and rolled her eyes disdainfully.

She had long seen that Cao Wenxi was restless. He kept running to Zhaoyang Palace recently, and she didn't know what he had in mind.

Hua Jingyun did not doubt that he was there, and nodded, "You are still young, so you have to take good care of yourself. Someone who is already destined to die in this palace will put your name on it again, so you have to be well prepared. , be summoned by the emperor at any time."

Cao Wenxi secretly rejoiced in her heart. She suppressed the joy in her heart and nodded: "Thank you, Queen, I understand."

In an instant, everyone's expressions changed. Cao Wenxi has been ill since he entered the palace, and has not improved for several years. The concubines have almost forgotten that Cao Baolin is still in the palace.

Unexpectedly, she gradually recovered from her illness, and suddenly there was a person competing with them for the emperor's favor in the palace. Her appearance was not bad, so naturally she was not happy.

Wen Yuanyuan smiled angrily, "Hey, congratulations to Cao Baolin for finally succeeding after all the hard work."

"Cao Baolin is also a blessed man. There are so many concubines in the palace that even the emperor has never seen before. Cao Baolin has been ill for several years, and he is still alive today. I am really happy."

It was Yu Jieyu who said this, and she was also an old man in the palace. Because her family background is not very good, her beauty is not outstanding in the palace, and she has never been successful, so she does not receive much favor.

When Xu Tingyue met Cao Wenxi at Qifeng Palace that day, she thought she had a good relationship with Zhu Ci, so she made fun of her.

"I'm afraid it's too early to congratulate you. There are no flowers that bloom all day long. They all have seasons. That's what you have the ability to bloom all the time. If it only blooms for a while, it's better not to bloom at all."

Bai Xinrui also rarely ran against Xu Tingyue. She had always known that Cao Wenxi and Zhu Ci were very close, and their relationship was not bad.

Her appearance was sober and refined, and now that she was cured, it was reasonable for her to stay at bedside, but she felt really uncomfortable.

"Who says it's not the case? No wonder I have seen that Cao Baolin has often come to Zhaoyang Palace to pay his respects to the Queen in recent months. It turns out that I have my own little plan in mind."

How could Cao Wenxi not hear the sarcasm in their words? Seeing everyone looking at him with half-smiling faces or contemptuous eyes.

(End of this chapter)