Love on the Pillow: Pampering the Unscrupulous Queen

Chapter 42

In the early morning of the next day, Su Qing got up to help Feng Jun change her court clothes. Looking at the handsome man in front of her, she couldn't hide the worry in her eyes: "Prince, it's not for nothing that the Wang family is made one of the three tigers by the common people. You can act on your own." You need to be careful. What's more, Han Shangshu and Li Guogong support the first prince, and the other is inclined to the fourth prince. These two people are covetous, and they must not be underestimated."

Smiling, Feng Jun took Su Qing's hand which was tidying his collar, and kissed the back of her hand: "Xiao Li'er should know about me, don't worry, nothing will happen. It's still early, you Go to sleep and wait for me to come back."

Su Qing watched Steward Zhou prepare the sedan chair and send Feng Jun out of the mansion before returning to her room.

"Miss, don't worry." Seeing Su Qing's sad face, Shi Shu relieved her and said, "You told Shi Qin to let her communicate with the master and the young master by sending gifts back to Su's mansion, presumably the master He and the young master will definitely help the crown prince in the court hall."

Shi Qin also nodded and said: "What Shi Shu said is right, miss, why don't you go back to sleep for a while? Also, don't let your wild thoughts disturb your mind."

Su Qing heard the words, thought for a while and said: "Forget it, now that the matter has come to an end, I can only wait here for the news. You go and show me the account books of the Prince's Mansion, so as to pass the time. "

The servant took the order to leave, but just as he walked out of the room, Steward Zhou was waiting outside.

"Butler Zhou, what's the matter?" The servant asked strangely.

Steward Zhou looked at the servant with a sad face: "Miss the servant, do you know that the empress dowager set off to Wutai Mountain to visit the Buddha yesterday. On the Buddha's birthday, the empress dowager always has to go to worship the Buddha in person. I am afraid that there will not be half of the time when I come and go. The moon can't come back."

The waiter nodded: "I know this, the Crown Princess also specially found a string of Buddha beads bracelets for the Empress Dowager."

Housekeeper Zhou said with a bitter face: "As soon as the empress dowager leaves, the imperial concubine will temporarily take over the power of the harem. Just now someone came from the palace to spread the word that the imperial concubine wants to invite the crown prince into the palace for a talk. His highness just left, and now I don't Know what to do."

The servant was stunned, and then hurried into the princess' bedroom, and hurriedly told Su Qing the news: "Miss, what should we do? The imperial concubine is the birth mother of the fourth prince, and she has always been at odds with the prince. .Now she just invites you into the palace while His Royal Highness is not around, which shows that the visitor is not kind."

Su Qing was also taken aback, she didn't have much contact with the imperial concubine in her previous life, she didn't know what purpose she had in summoning her this time, but the soldiers came to cover her up.

After thinking about it, Su Qing ordered: "Shiqin, change clothes. Shishu, go and find Xia Meng."

The servant gave a hum, turned around and went to the nursery in the backyard of the Prince's Mansion.

There was originally a barren garden behind the Prince's Mansion, but Xia dreamed of it and found it as a treasure. He asked Su Qing for the barren garden and cultivated it himself. The garden was full of medicinal herbs and poisonous weeds. Ordinary people usually avoid that garden. Xia Meng's food, clothing, housing and transportation are all in the garden.

After receiving the servant's order, Xia Meng also understood what Su Qing meant, immediately changed into clean clothes, and followed the servant to the princess' bedroom.

When they arrived, Su Qing had also changed into a light yellow court dress, wearing a crown of double phoenixes and facing the sun on her head, looking graceful and luxurious yet stunningly beautiful.

"Xia Meng, come here." Su Qing beckoned Xia Meng to come forward, and whispered a few words in her ear.

After hearing this, Xia Meng smiled and took out a white jade bottle from her sleeve and stuffed it into Su Qing's hand: "Princess, don't worry, this one will definitely try everything."

Su Qing stuffed the white jade bottle into her sleeve calmly, then slowly went out with the support of Shiqin, and said indifferently: "Xia Meng, you and Zixiao follow me into the palace. The rest of you stay in the palace. The Prince's Mansion, beware of other people's schemes to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and no one is allowed to approach the Prince's study and bedroom, understand?"

Hong Ling nodded and said: "Please rest assured, Crown Princess, Hong Ling will definitely go all out to protect the safety of the Prince's Mansion."

The sedan chair of the crown princess drove straight into the palace, and because of the imperial concubine's grace, it stopped directly outside the imperial concubine's Yuluan Palace.

Before getting off the sedan chair, Su Qing took out the white jade bottle, poured out a brown pill inside, and swallowed it with her head raised.

Then he got out of the sedan chair, walked into the gate of Yuluan Palace under the guidance of the palace servants, and glanced left and right. There were several palace servants standing on the left and right in front of the main hall, and they looked here intentionally or unintentionally.

At the two corners of the platform in front of the main hall of Yuluan Palace, there is a sundial in the east and Jialiang in the west.Surrounded by dozens of pots of colorful and delicate flowers, the carved beams and painted pillars in front of the hall are very magnificent.

Su Qing walked through the open space in front of the hall without looking sideways, and walked into the main hall of Yuluan Palace.

The main hall of Yuluan Palace is even more extravagant, with purple pillars and golden beams, and a throne in the middle of the hall, on which are several sapphire soft pillows with incense.The floor of the main hall is paved with white marble, and a layer of hand-woven carpets with lotus flowers as tribute from the Western Regions is laid on top of it.

On the left and right of the throne are incense burners of jade dragons and golden phoenixes. At this moment, light cigarettes are slowly rising from the incense burners. Su Qing knew that it was not the Suhe incense commonly used in the harem, but Zhan Sandalwood, which is known as one or two incense and one hundred taels of gold.

This kind of spice is extremely rare, and there are only a few people from the Western Regions who pay tribute to the court every year. In the past, it was reserved exclusively for the empress.

Su Qing wanted to laugh a little. The most valuable thing about this kind of spice is that its fragrance is long-lasting but indifferent. The imperial concubine was born in a small family, and she didn't know the beauty of this sandalwood, but she burned too much like ordinary spices, causing the whole body to burn. There is that strong smell in the main hall, it is like a cow chewing peonies, recklessly.

The imperial concubine is not in the hall, there is only one female official in the hall, seeing Su Qing enter the hall, she bowed and said: "Please wait a moment, the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine will be here soon."

Su Qing nodded, and calmly sat down on the pear blossom wooden chair beside her and waited quietly.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the imperial concubine unhurriedly opened the crocodile pearl curtain at the side door of the main hall, and led a pretty girl into the main hall.

Su Qing immediately stood up and saluted: "The concubine has seen the imperial concubine."

The imperial concubine glanced at Su Qing lightly, and didn't let her get up, she just smiled and turned to the girl beside her and said, "Han'er, this is the princess, you haven't seen it before, right?"

The girl called Han'er looked Su Qing up and down, concealed the look of jealousy in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Auntie, the princess is indeed as beautiful as the rumors say."

Su Qing still maintained a bowing posture and listened to the conversation between the two, and instantly guessed the girl's identity.

The imperial concubine's mother's family name is Zhou, this girl should be the concubine's elder brother's legitimate daughter, and also the imperial concubine's niece Zhou Yahan.

After the imperial concubine sat on the throne and pulled Zhou Yahan to sit beside her, she waved to Su Qing indifferently: "I forgot about you, get up. They are all from my own family. Why be polite?"

(End of this chapter)