The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 523: Many Traps (13)
Leng Zhaoyi said angrily: "Hao Shuyuan was demoted to Guirong purely at her own fault. Shu Guiyi's downfall made her have no support, but she and Rong Guiyi didn't have any enmity after all, and lived their lives honestly. , who would deliberately make things difficult for her?"

Concubine Ning had a weird smile on her lips, and then asked: "Then why are you helping Concubine Rong so much? Although you didn't go to the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, I also know that you have never been to the Plum Garden , what the little palace lady said may be true, but not all of them are false."

A little unnaturalness flashed across Leng Zhaoyi's face, and he thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, think about it, this matter involves the eldest son and Concubine Rong Gui, these are the two most valued people by the emperor, once any rumors spread and angered Long Yan How could the emperor not investigate thoroughly? Hao Guirong and Feng Changzai have frequently been in and out of the queen's bedroom recently. If the dirty truth is found out, if the queen doesn't come forward to protect them, they will jump over the wall and bite at will. Wouldn't time ruin the good reputation of the empress? The concubines have to be protected by the empress, so that they can live in peace for a few days, and I don't want the empress to have any mistakes because of those two fools."

Concubine Ning gave Leng Zhaoyi a gentle smile in relief, and said earnestly: "I don't have anyone to help me, but thanks to you, I am willing to take care of me. Shu Guiyi is gone, and I have been looking forward to Rong's help." Your concubine can help me, but she is the one who doesn't like to be restrained by others, in fact, I don't have to ask her to do something against her conscience, but she just wants to support each other."

Leng Zhaoyi smiled deeply, leaned over to support Concubine Ning's hand, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, Madam, she will soon become Madam's right-hand man. She still had choices before, but now Concubine Li lives with her." The eyes are down, do you think she has another way to go? But..."

Leng Zhaoyi changed the subject, seeming to be a little worried, "I heard that Concubine Rong Gui was ill, and I had someone go to the Queen's Palace to report her illness early in the morning. I don't know when she will recover from this illness."

Concubine Ning didn't seem to be worried at all, looking at the mist as thin as quicksand in the morning light, she slightly stretched her delicate lips, and said softly: "Escape is not the way, she will not fall out of favor with Concubine Li, it doesn't mean anything, If Concubine Li is gone, Concubine Rong Gui can continue to be in favor, then she is really capable."

Leng Zhaoyi thought carefully about Concubine Ning's meaningful words, and followed Concubine Ning's pace in silence, not even noticing that the evergreen branches on the side caught her colorful embroidered silk skirt I realized that if I didn't walk slowly, my clothes might be scratched.

"My concubine understands what your empress means. These two people are bound to be unable to coexist, and Concubine Li is the emperor's favorite treasure. With her around, the emperor's Aiwu and Wu will not treat Concubine Rong badly; but if Concubine Li commits a big crime The emperor rejected her by mistake, so the emperor naturally didn't want to see that face again. I'm afraid Concubine Rong Gui would suffer from her in vain. The queen let Concubine Li enter the palace, so she naturally hoped that she would be favored, so she arranged it at the birthday banquet The purpose of making that thrilling scene was to hurt Concubine Rong Gui, even though the emperor still misses her, but this chilling, coupled with the humiliation of Concubine Li, she might never forgive the emperor again. "

Concubine Ning said lightly: "So the empress is very thoughtful, but she has calculated thousands of times, and she didn't consider that the emperor still went to Xihe Palace last night. It seems that her wishful thinking is not as good as expected. Bengong speculates that Concubine Rong Gui's illness won't last forever, just look at the emperor's attitude towards her last night, you can get a glimpse of it."

Leng Zhaoyi also looked at a good show and said with yin and yang: "Some people are just too impatient. They wanted to make up for it to make Concubine Rong completely give up, but who knows that the emperor sees it thoroughly. In this way, if you are not careful Hide your own fox tail, I'm afraid the future is not good."

Having already reached the gate of Chengkun Palace, Concubine Ning couldn't say anything more, she just smiled knowingly, supported Cai'e's hand across the threshold, and walked towards Jiaofang Palace.

Qingchen knew that she was complaining about illness, whether it was a real illness or a fake illness, the queen expected it. Even so, she also wanted to close the palace door and be quiet for two days.

When Jin Xin came back from the outside, she seemed very annoyed, she took the scissors and gnashed her teeth to repair the dead leaves of the pot of chrysanthemums on the flower stand in the corner, while still muttering.

Qingchen shook his head helplessly, and asked: "What's the matter with you? This basin of green water has always been trampled by you since it moved in. If you really don't like it, let someone change it."

Unexpectedly, Jin Xin turned around and smiled again, "The slave girl heard that Concubine Li was going to pay her respects to the Queen Mother, and she didn't scream when she didn't see her, so she was asked to kneel in the Shou'an Palace for two hours. I can’t even walk anymore. The queen mother said she couldn’t bear her gift, so Nanny Zhou kicked her out, she deserved it!”

It was only then that Qingchen remembered that being a concubine was not a trivial matter, and he was going to kowtow to the queen mother to listen to her teachings, but the queen mother obviously didn't want to see her. From this point of view, the queen didn't ask the queen mother for her consent when she brought concubine Li into the palace. Instead, he directly hosted the matter by himself, and now even the queen is completely disgusted by the queen mother.

But how can the queen be sincere and filial?First there was Qin Guifei and then there was Qin Xueyan, the empress must have been chilled, otherwise she would not have let that girl named Qingyu do things when the emperor was in a rage.It is true that there are Qin Xueyan's bad intentions, but the queen has her own purpose. With the queen mother around, she will never let Qin Xueyan be favored.

Thinking about the queen is tiring enough, not only have to do everything possible to keep her own post, but also to keep the interests of the family.No one cares about the weight of the burden on her shoulders, and no one cares about how hard she has worked, let alone try to forgive. In this palace, there have always been only walls that are pushed down by others. When in a difficult situation, seldom Someone will be willing to lend a helping hand to you, not to mention the position coveted by so many people.

Qingchen thought about it and asked: "Then what about the emperor? Didn't he say anything?"

Jin Xin threw away the scissors and sneered, "She was forced to kneel in the Shou'an Palace, who would dare to tell the emperor? If the little eunuch from the House of Internal Affairs hadn't seen it when he sent something to the Queen Mother, no one would know about it. But The servant girl thought, even so, she would not dare to complain in front of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager doesn't like her, if she hears her gossip behind her back again, how can she be spared lightly?"

What Jin Xin said is correct, the emperor will not keep guarding Concubine Li all day long, if the Empress Dowager wants to take action against someone, she must be unconscious, even if Concubine Li has the Empress as her backer, the Empress Dowager is in the harem. How can a little power compare with the queen mother who has been in the palace for decades? How dare she openly fight against the queen mother?In any case, the queen dared not stand up for Concubine Li with the queen mother.

(End of this chapter)