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

Chapter 6
Gu Manqin came in with her little girl, Caiping, but Qingchen had a foot injury and couldn't get up to greet her, so she sat up on the kang, stretched out her hand, and pulled Gu Changzai to sit opposite.

"Sister sit down quickly, forgive my sister for being rude." Then she ordered Jin Xin, "Serve tea."

Gu Manqin glanced at the injury on her foot, and asked puzzledly: "What's the matter with your injury? I heard that the emperor banned your foot, which made me worry. I thought you made some mistake to anger me." Your Majesty, seeing you like this now, could it be possible that His Majesty punished you?"

Qingchen took Jinxin's tea and handed it over in person.

"The injury on my foot was caused by something I stepped on when I got up at night. It's not a problem. The reason for the foot restraint is... I made a mistake and angered the emperor, but it's not a big deal. Don't worry about it, sister."

Gu Manqin shook her head, and there was some reproach in her words.

"You are really careless. Do you still think that the life in this palace is not hard enough? It is so easy to meet the emperor, and instead of trying to please him, he angers him. You are the only one in this palace. Keep your eyes shut."

Qingchen didn't take her words to heart at all, and just smiled slightly, "Although my sister is scolding me, I know that my sister is doing it for my own good.

There are so many women in the emperor, and I'm not missing any of them, so why should I spend my leisure time and provoke others' jealousy? "

Gu Manqin sighed softly, "That being said, at least you have to take care of yourself. When it comes to jealousy, it's a pity for Lan Guiren from Xipei Palace, such a beautiful person, if you say nothing, you will be gone.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs didn't find out why, and in the end it only said that she slipped down by accident. Such words are just used to coax the emperor. Who would believe the concubines in the harem?

Eighty percent of them are offending someone..."

"Sister, let's drink tea, the tea is almost cold."

Qingchen pushed the pastel melon-patterned bowl towards her, "Mr. Lan is the emperor's favorite person. Since the emperor has approved the result, what else can we talk about?"

Gu Chang saw that she didn't want to talk about it, so he changed the topic tactfully.She is also an old man in the palace, she was originally a girl next to the concubine, the prince was drunk that time, somehow got lucky with her, and later took her into the room.

When Qingchen entered the palace, she was already the prince's concubine, but because of the two concubines Ning Qingyi and Shen Jingshu, she was always suppressed and out of favor.

The concubine was very generous to her at that time, and never criticized her.

After Qing Chen was taken over by Xiao Jun, she was often made things difficult by Shen Jingshu, and life was very sad, so Gu Manqin often came to enlighten her, and after a long time, the two became friends.

After Xiao Jun ascended the throne, he made Qingchen a nobleman of the seventh rank, while Gu Manqin was only a permanent presence of the eighth rank, but the two of them rarely cared about the issue of etiquette.

Gu Changzai is two years older than Qingchen. Although her status is not as high as Qingchen's now, she is used to Qingchen calling her sister in private.

Gu Manqin put down her teacup and said: "I don't know if you have heard that Xue Ronghua is pregnant, and the queen mother let the emperor promote her position as soon as she was happy. She was originally a sixth-rank Ronghua, but now she is a regular sixth-rank Jieyu.

The emperor and empress have sent many rewards to her palace, and if she can give birth to the eldest son of the emperor, they will be granted more.Now in this harem, I don't know how many people are jealous. "

Qingchen originally lived in a remote place, and had been recuperating from his illness for the past few days, but he had never heard of this matter.

"Even when she had no heirs, she was also spoiled by others. The emperor likes her, and she was lucky enough to conceive a dragon heir. She is truly blessed."

Gu Manqin looked sad and said: "Yes, even if there is no emperor's favor, it is good to have a child, even if it is a princess."

Seeing the melancholy look on her face, Qingchen persuaded her softly, "Sister is still so young, why are you moaning and sighing?
It is not guaranteed that the emperor will think of his sister again one day, let alone a princess, even three or five princes will not be difficult. "

Gu Manqin spat at her, blushed and said: "You girl has been in the palace for so long, and you still speak so inappropriately. If this gets out, others may laugh at our wishful thinking. I don't have any extravagant hopes now, just I just hope you can live safely in the palace."

Qingchen smiled and said: "I don't believe that my sister really doesn't miss the emperor. The emperor is only 23 years old this year. He is in his youth. He is as handsome as a jade tree. Who wouldn't be fascinated by this woman in the harem?
Even if he is not the emperor, he is still the dream man of many boudoir girls, not to mention the king who rules the world, I don't believe that my sister can really stop thinking about the emperor. "

"Then what about you?" Gu Manqin asked back with a smile: "Are you really not tempted by what the emperor said?"

Qingchen pursed her lips and smiled, "Don't worry, sister, I will never compete with you for favor. In the past, the emperor went in and out of Xihe Palace every day, and I didn't want to take a second look at him."

Gu Manqin looked at her with weird eyes: "You are really outspoken, so you are the only one who dare to say this.

By the way, when I came in just now, I saw that your place was becoming more and more deserted, and there was only Xiao Xiangzi outside.

As a rule, you should also have four maids and four eunuchs to serve you. Where are your palace servants? "

Qingchen's slender fingers caressed the wooden patterns on the table, he remained silent for a long time before he said helplessly: "When Mrs. Lan in Xipei Hall is here, the emperor often comes over. She needs manpower to serve her. The few servants on my side So they scrambled to help, and the three gangs and the two gangs never came back. Now that nobleman Lan is gone, they must have been reassigned to other places by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Gu Manqin was a little annoyed when she heard this, "At least it was a master-servant affair, why did they leave without even saying hello, and they really don't take you as a master seriously.

Why did you endure it? It's time to go back to the empress and punish those slaves. "

Qingchen didn't seem to care, "They don't care about it, so it's pointless to hold them back. As the master, I want to see their faces, so I might as well go clean."

On Gu Manqin's face was a look of resentment, "I'm not talking about you, you have a better temper. If it were me, I would have to go back to the empress, even if I let them go. Let's see who will take care of this commotion. How dare you want such a slave who betrays the master and seeks glory!"

Qingchen said with a faint smile: "One thing more is worse than one thing less. Why bother to get angry with a bunch of slaves. Since they are people who betray their masters and seek honor, if they are left to cause trouble sooner or later, it is better to send them out earlier to save worry."

Gu Manqin took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to be big-hearted, if this is me, I will have to get bored again."

There was a trace of melancholy in Qingchen's tone, and he said slowly: "I'm different from you. Although you served the queen before, the queen is kind and knows that you were involuntarily serving the emperor back then. You are not arrogant, if you are willing to respect her as the master, she is also willing to protect you.

But I have nothing to rely on in this palace. If I offend that villain and let them play tricks, I have no place to sue.

This is the case under the favor of Lan Guiren, let alone me? "

(End of this chapter)