Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 195

Except for the two court ladies who put up skirts for Shui Yanran, the other four court ladies also echoed Shui Yanran's words.

"That's right, when she is who she is, even our empress has never been so domineering to her. The good chrysanthemum garden lets her pick flowers left and right. Sooner or later she will go bald, and others will reward her." What a strength!"

"If it wasn't for the fact that the emperor still has some novelty towards her, with her status as a nobleman, how would she be able to enter the Chrysanthemum Garden?"

The chirping voices of the maids kept coming and going, and Shui Yanran also raised her lips and said contemptuously: "Yes, the pheasant has become a phoenix, but I still can't forget the nature of posing."

The voice from this end was not too loud, and it just reached Qin Guiren's ears. She paused when she stretched out her hand to pick the flowers, and her delicate and beautiful face instantly became a little unnatural.

She was already very concerned about her own background, even if there were all kinds of glazed flowers in this palace, she couldn't completely offset the feeling of humbleness in her heart. At this time, she was even more humiliated by Shui Yanran and her palace servants. Embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The little maid serving Qin Guiren naturally heard the sarcasm on the other side, and timidly raised her head to look at Qin Guiren, for fear that Qin Guiren would be angry and go forward to argue, "Your Majesty calm down, just Pretend you didn't hear it. That Concubine Yue has a high status and is the adoptive mother of His Royal Highness, we must never mess with it."

Qin Guiren tightly pinched the flower branch in her hand, her bright eyes were dyed reddish, she is now the most favored concubine in front of the emperor, why should she be angry with an old woman, that concubine Yue is already over fifty, She is at an age where she can be her grandmother, but still wants to compete with her for favor, it is really shameless.

Thinking of this, Qin Guiren couldn't help being angry, and regardless of the little maid's dissuasion, he turned around with a stride, and with a bit of feigned arrogance, Shi Shiran bowed towards the water.

"The concubine has seen the concubine Yue, and I didn't know that the concubine Yue was also in the chrysanthemum garden. I didn't meet in advance, which is rude of the concubine. However, since the concubine Yue is born as a lady, she should be a concubine than a concubine. If you know what etiquette is, it's probably not polite to gossip behind someone's back?"

She winked at her half-smugly, but she didn't believe it. With her current pampering, she couldn't compete with an old woman!

"Presumptuous! You are a little nobleman, how dare you utter wild words in front of my mother!" the maid on the left behind her with her skirt on her back scolded.

"You are presumptuous. I am talking to the concubine Yue. How can it be your turn to intervene?"

Qin Guiren's tone rose, and he gave the maid a hard look. It was this maid who slandered her the most, but she remembered it.

This dog beating also depends on the owner, Qin Guiren gave Shui Yanran's palace maid a face, is it equivalent to refuting Shui Yanran's face?

Naturally, Shui Yanran is not soft-tempered. Although she is more noble than when she was not a noble concubine after she was demoted to the concubine position, no one in the palace dared to give her the concubine's position except the queen and a few concubines who were in the same position as her. Look at the face.

"Hmph, nobleman Qin, you are really powerful. Do you think that you have the favor of the emperor, or that you can walk sideways in this palace? If you want to discuss the rank with the maids of this palace, then this palace will also treat you well." You talk." Shui Yanran snorted coldly, took a step forward, raised her hand with two gilt armors and pinched Qin Guiren's chin, her young and beautiful figure was close in front of her eyes, It made Shui Yanran even more jealous.

"You little nobleman, why didn't you give the full salute and only half the salute when you saw this palace? Could it be that you didn't even learn all the palace rules when you entered the palace?"

Qin Guiren opened his mouth and couldn't think of any rebuttal words. Seeing that the fierceness in Shui Yanran's eyes deepened, it was obvious that he wanted to force himself to be inferior.

"Hongxiu, according to the rules, teach nobleman Qin how a nobleman should salute me."

The red sleeve who was named was the court lady who was stared at by Qin Guiren just now. She smiled and said yes, then raised her hands together to the top of her head, then slightly bent her knees and knelt down straight facing the ground , kowtowed with his hands on his forehead, and imitated Qin Guiren's voice and said: "Your noble Qin, I have seen the concubine Yue, and the concubine Yue is Gui'an!"

"Yes, Not Bad."

Shui Yanran nodded in satisfaction, raised her hand to make Hongxiu stand up, then turned around and looked at Qin Guiren with a smile.

"Sister, do you understand? If you don't understand, I will ask Hong Xiu to teach you."

Qin Guiren bit her lower lip, she was not slack, but now Shui Yanran clearly has the upper hand, and Ming Shengdi is not in the Chrysanthemum Garden, if he disobeys her wishes, he will definitely get no benefit.
The little palace maid behind her was also anxious, and persuaded her in her ear: "My lord, please be soft! The concubine Yue is not a good master"

"Why, you have to be so hesitant even to see Ben Gong salute?" Shui Yanran sneered, then shook her wide sleeves and said, "Forget it, since you are so unwilling, Ben Gong will not force you, I'm not such an arrogant person, I just want to tell all the younger sisters in the palace about this matter, and see who will dare to accept the courtesy of noble Qin in the future."

When Qin Guiren heard this, his face changed. If Shui Yanran was really gossiping in the harem, she would probably kowtow three times when she met a concubine who was higher than her in the future. There are a lot of people in the palace who are hated and hated, so it's better not to cause so much trouble.

"The concubine Yue made a joke, why would the concubine not want to present to you?"

She apologized, gritted her teeth and took a step back, imitating the way Hongxiu just raised her hands together to the top of her head, slightly bent her knees and knelt down straight, kowtowing with her hands to her forehead.

"Your Majesty Qin, I've seen Concubine Yue, Concubine Yue, Concubine Concubine Gui'an!"

She spoke bitterly, but she didn't see any reaction from Shui Yanran, until she lowered her head until her neck was a little sore, and then she heard Shui Yanran lazily calling: "Get up."

Qin Guiren stood up on his knees, but he couldn't stand firm and staggered a step. Fortunately, the little maid behind her quickly supported her body, so she didn't fall to the ground and lose her posture.

"Your Majesty Qin, you have to remember that this is the palace, and it cannot compare to the market place you used to live in. Since you are a palace concubine, you have to look like a palace concubine. If you want me to see you again, it doesn't matter. Noble, next time it will be more than a simple salute." Shui Yanran said coldly, the phoenix eyes swept across her face, and started to move forward.

"Let's go, the emperor must be exhausted discussing matters with the prime minister today, so he ordered the cook in Yikun Palace to stew the white phoenix chicken for a while and send it to the palace."

And the palace servants behind Shui Yanran followed closely, and when the red sleeve brushed past Qin Guiren's side, he deliberately leaned over and bumped into her hard.

Qin Guiren rubbed her shoulders in pain, Shui Yanran and the palace man's voices gradually faded away, but she still stood there rubbing her shoulders in shock.

"Your Majesty, shall we still enjoy the flowers?" the little maid said timidly.

"Reward, reward, reward your soul!"

Qin Guiren made a nasty sound, and as if venting his anger, he chopped off the roots of the few chrysanthemums beside him and threw them on the ground to trample on them.

The full yellow and gorgeous flowers were trampled to pieces by her and blended into the soil, and will bloom again in the coming year.

In the imperial study room, there was an incense table curling up. Ming Shengdi's health is not as good as before. Although he vomited blood once, although he didn't commit the same crime again, he was always tired and flustered.After all, he is old, but he still has endless government affairs to deal with every day, but Ming Shengdi doesn't like to be left behind, so he has to take a look at all the papers before he can feel at ease.

Xia Shengqing was adding some new calming incense to the incense table for Ming Shengdi, when he listened to Ming Shengdi coughing twice.

"The emperor is tired? Why don't you just put the booklet away so that you can rest." Xia Shengqing respectfully said, and then handed over the osmanthus tea that had just been brewed, "I'm worried about your body. Isn’t there His Highness the Crown Prince to help you? If the Emperor is unwell, it’s okay to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to take his place.”

Ming Shengdi took the osmanthus tea, but glared at Xia Shengqing coldly and said, "What are you talking about, I am still the emperor, and I will naturally decide the affairs of the whole country. When will it be the crown prince's turn to replace me?" Are you in charge?"

He asked back like this, and he felt a little bit jealous of Xia Qin in his heart, and couldn't help but guess why Xia Shengqing made such a statement. Could it be that Xia Shengqing couldn't wait to replace him, so that Xia Shengqing came to say this in front of him?

"It's the slave talking too much, the emperor calm down!" Xia Shengqing pretended to be terrified, bowed and saluted, but her face to the ground was clear.

Ming Shengdi was already suspicious, and if he said this in front of Ming Shengdi, if Xia Qin said something wrong in the future, he would be suspicious all the time.

Ming Shengdi looked at him deeply, and wanted to ask something, but he heard Xiao Xiazi at the door shouting sharply: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yue is here!"

"Let her in." Ming Shengdi withdrew his thoughts on Xia Shengqing, thinking that he would not dare to have any collusion with the prince, so he gave up, put down the booklet and asked Xiao Xiazi to pass Shui Yanran in.

Shui Yanran deliberately went back to the palace and changed into pink clothes to meet Ming Shengdi, thinking that since Ming Shengdi favored the nobles of Qin, he must be fond of youthful appearance. The dignified bun was tied behind the head in a different way, but it also changed its appearance.

"The concubine sees the emperor!" She saluted Shi Shiran, but when she raised her eyes lightly, she saw Ming Shengdi's brow slightly wrinkled.

"You don't wear your clothes well. Don't wear them next time."

Ming Shengdi's voice came to her ears, but Shui Yanran was a little embarrassed, she pursed her lips and smiled awkwardly: "The emperor doesn't like this color?"

"This gouache is naturally good for young concubines. Concubine Yue, you have already passed this age, and it is really inappropriate to wear those tender colors. It is better to wear something solemn."

(End of this chapter)