Abandoned Concubine's Promotion

Chapter 2 Garden Gossip
"Greetings to the empress, the empress is blessed and safe." In the harem, an indispensable activity every day is to greet the empress in Qifeng Palace.

Empress Xiao is the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Zuo, but it's a pity that because of her frail body, she hasn't done anything for so many years.

Even so, Empress Xiao's seat in the middle palace is still very secure. Although she has no children, Emperor Jing Bailichen respects her very much.

"Su Fangyi came so early, get up quickly." The queen above waved her hand at Su Qingyan with a smile on her face.

In response, Su Qingyan stood up and sat on a chair not far from the hall door.

The chairs in the Jiaotai Hall are not just for sitting. Those with high status are closer to the queen, and those with low status are naturally closer to the palace gate.

In the Jiaotai Palace, apart from Su Qingyan, several concubines also came, and those who were close to each other couldn't help but whisper a few words.

Su Qingyan lived in a remote place and was not favored, so she sat alone at the entrance of the hall, waiting for the other concubines to come to greet the queen.

"Hey, isn't this Su Fangyi? I heard that Su Fangyi met the emperor in the imperial garden yesterday, and the emperor even said a few words to Su Fangyi. I thought Su Fangyi's hard days were finally coming to an end?"

Hearing the voice, Su Qingyan raised her head and looked at the other party. The one who spoke was Cao Jieyu, who had entered the palace with Su Qingyan back then. At this moment, she was covering her lips and smiling lightly, with irony in her eyes.

As soon as Cao Jieyu said this, many eyes fell on Su Qingyan.

There are too many beauties in the harem, and there are only a few who are favored. Most of them are forgotten by the emperor. For them, even if they can say a few words to the emperor, it is very good.

Although Su Qingyan was not favored, many concubines knew about the fact that she had not mentioned her position in the palace for three years and had never been favored.

Now hearing from Cao Jieyu that the emperor spoke to Su Qingyan in the imperial garden yesterday, everyone naturally had their own thoughts.

After all, Tao Ranju is not close to the Royal Garden, and Su Qingyan will appear there, so these women have to think about it.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Jiaotai Hall was a little weird, Su Qingyan felt the eyes of everyone, she sighed inwardly, knowing that she was asking for trouble.

Speaking of which, it was a coincidence that he appeared in the Imperial Garden yesterday. Usually, Tao Ranju was held too hard, and it was very difficult to drink tea. So yesterday, seeing the good weather, Su Qingyan took the red sandalwood to go to the Imperial Garden to pick it. some petals to make scented tea.

But he didn't expect the emperor and Concubine Shen to appear before the petals were picked.

"Sister Cao." Although she felt helpless, Su Qingyan still had to stand up and salute her concubine who had a higher status than her.

"Sister Cao's words are wrong. The empress is kind and loving, and takes care of her sister in every possible way. How can there be a hard life?"

After saluting, Su Qingyan smiled and spoke with respect in her words, Cao Jieyu choked up in place as soon as she spoke.

Now, even if Cao Jieyu wanted to say something, she couldn't say it. After all, Su Qingyan carried the queen out.

If Cao Jieyu said anything else, it would be tantamount to saying something wrong with the queen, so she gave Su Qingyan a bitter look, turned around and sat in her own seat.

Empress Xiao sat in the first place, and she could hear the conversation between Su Qingyan and Cao Jieyu. She glanced at Su Qingyan, and a trace of surprise flashed in Empress Xiao's eyes.

Because the queen's health is not very good, after all the concubines have paid their respects, the queen let them go.

With her head lowered, Su Qingyan waited for all the high-ranking people to leave, then supported Zitan's hand, and walked slowly towards the outside of Qifeng Palace.

"Master, do you want to go back?" After leaving Qifeng Palace, Zitan asked Su Qingyan in a low voice, because Su Qingyan's status was too low, so she could only walk back to Tao Ranju.

"It's still early at noon, so let's go to the small garden near Tao Ranju, there are few people there."

Hearing what Su Qingyan said, Zitan responded and helped her walk towards the small garden.

Although the small garden is not as good as the imperial garden, the scenery is also very good. It is spring now, and there are many flowers blooming in the small garden.

Peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, pear blossoms, and cherry blossoms were full of fragrance, which made Su Qingyan feel better immediately.

"Master, I will pick some flower petals and make you some cakes when I go home?"

Looking at the trees full of flowers, Zitan smiled and said, Su Qingyan nodded, Zitan is very good at making cakes.

With Su Qingyan's permission, Zitan picked petals from the trees around her. Seeing Zitan busy, a smile appeared on Su Qingyan's face.

"Zitan, sometimes I really envy you." Su Qingyan's words made Zitan slightly startled, she turned her head to look at her master, apparently not understanding why she said that.

"When you and Zisu are 25 years old, you can leave the palace without being trapped in this deep palace, but I want to stay here for the rest of my life. Even though the scenery is charming, there are countless crises. Only by being careful can we survive.”

Seeing Zitan looking at her, Su Qingyan still had a smile on her face, but the words she said were filled with loneliness.

"Master, this servant will not leave the palace, and this servant will always be by your side." After hearing Su Qingyan's words, Zitan walked to her side, stared into her eyes and said earnestly.

"Silly girl, the outside world is still very exciting. If I can leave, I will definitely not stay."

Reaching out to pick off the petals on the red sandalwood's shoulders, Su Qingyan smiled and said.

"Okay, let's stop talking. I'll help you pick petals and go back to make tea." Seeing that Zitan was still talking, Su Qingyan spoke again. She took out a handkerchief from her bosom and picked the peach blossoms on top of her head.

Seeing the master like this, Zitan secretly sighed in her heart, she knew that the master was unhappy in the palace, but there was no way, once in the palace, she could only help herself.

The master and the servant were picking the petals, but they didn't know that not far away, Emperor Jing, who was wearing ordinary clothes, heard all their words.

"Kang Ninghai, which palace's concubine is that?" The chief eunuch beside him lowered his head, heard Emperor Jing asking himself, and quickly raised his head to look at the master and servant who were picking petals.

Although covered by flower petals, Kang Ninghai still recognized Su Qingyan's identity, after all, he had seen her yesterday.

"If you go back to the emperor, it's Su Fangyi from Tao Ranju."

"Su Fangyi?" The face he saw yesterday appeared in his mind, and Emperor Jing was expressionless at this moment.

Kang Ninghai carefully scrutinized the emperor's expression, not sure about his master's mood at the moment.

Which of the women in the harem is not looking forward to the emperor's favor, but this Su Fangyi actually wants to leave the palace, and I don't know if her words will annoy the emperor?

After picking the petals, the master and servant left the small garden and headed back towards Tao Ranju.

Emperor Jing stood where he was, watching Su Qingyan go away, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.

want to leave?What if he insisted on trapping people in the palace?
(End of this chapter)