Food, Color, Medicine and Fragrance: Ugly Girl Turns Over

Chapter 236 The Queen
"Concubine Jing, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you look more and more beautiful. But is there any secret that I can ask my concubine for advice?"

As soon as a woman sitting in the front put down her chopsticks, she couldn't help but want to get close to Concubine Jing.

Concubine Jing seemed very satisfied with this question, she put down her chopsticks and said with a smile, "It's very simple, just like a tree, it needs the nourishment of rain and dew to grow naturally."

As soon as the words came out, the expressions of the other concubines changed instantly. Although some of them maintained their smiles, there was obvious sullenness in their eyes.

It's fine for Concubine Jing to be the only favorite, but the whole world must know about it.

The lady seemed to know that she asked a question that shouldn't be asked, she smiled awkwardly, and obediently shut her mouth.

It can be said that in the whole hall, apart from Lin Xiaorou, there is no other person who eats comfortably and at ease. Everyone is infected by the low air pressure, and they even eat carefully.

Lin Xiaorou felt a strange look cast towards her, subconsciously raised her head to look for it, and immediately met Wan'er's gaze.

Wan'er was shocked to see her sitting in this hall eating, she realized that she was not a maid, but seeing that she was not as good as herself, she might be the wife of a small official, so she was shocked The fear it brought was gone.

Seeing the sinister flash in Wan'er's eyes, Lin Xiaorou felt her heart pounding. Seeing that she had changed her clothes, she was eating food silently with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

She was pretty sure that this was a woman with a small stomach and no brains, Lin Xiaorou was afraid that this idiot would suddenly make some fools, so she became very disturbed.

Fortunately, nothing happened after lunch, so Lin Xiaorou gradually felt relieved.

After the lunch bowls and dishes were used up, the ladies in the palace offered tea one after another.

For a while, the aroma of tea wafted up in the hall, but this seemingly peaceful scene was actually extremely hypocritical.

Lin Xiaorou was holding the teacup in a daze, she didn't know how long she would have to wait for this boring party, anyway, she couldn't stay any longer.

While he was in a daze, some woman opened his mouth again to break the calm.

"Concubine Jing, the concubine has prepared a small gift for a long time, and usually suffers from not having the opportunity to enter the palace, why not take this great opportunity to present it to the empress, and hope that the empress will not dislike it."

Lin Xiaorou looked up and saw a noble-looking middle-aged woman holding a purple wooden box in her hand and handing it over. A court lady took the test before handing it to Nangong Jing.

Inside the wooden box was a purple jade hairpin, which was exquisitely made and could be seen to be of great value. Nangong Jing liked it very much and accepted it.

"Mrs. Li really has a heart. I am very happy. I heard that Mrs. Li has a daughter, Nian Fang Shiliu, who married her?"

"Go back to your mother, I haven't promised others yet."

"Next month will be the day for the Eldest Prince to choose a concubine. Mrs. Li can make her daughter dress up and send her to the palace. Anyway, let Yun'er have multiple choices."

Nangong Jing smiled and said, Madam Li couldn't help being overjoyed when she heard that, she hurriedly knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for your kindness, thank you, lady."

Lin Xiaorou was speechless, they were all people who wanted to climb the dragon and become the phoenix, they only saw the glamorous side but didn't know how the life in the palace could be summed up in terms of splendor and wealth.

As soon as the lady gave the gift, she got the chance to choose a concubine to enter the palace. If the eldest prince became the prince one day, wouldn't it mean that his daughter would have the opportunity to fly straight to the sky, so other wives with daughters were not calm, and even more stubborn. Shengsheng took off the ancestral jade bracelet on his wrist and gritted his teeth to give it out. For a while, the hall was very lively, both the gift giver and the recipient were smiling.

Nangong Jing kept rubbing the ring on her little finger with one hand, her mood was extremely beautiful, this is power, this is status, everyone has to sharpen their heads to curry favor with her, while other concubines can only watch With jealousy.

What is Lin Xiaorou, and what is Huo Qihan, she has got more and better things now.

The corners of her lips curled up, and a smile bloomed like a flower.

"The Empress is here."

Suddenly a cold voice cut through the hustle and bustle of the hall.

Everyone was stunned, Qiqi turned around, and saw a maid from Yehua Palace standing at the entrance of the main hall with a serious expression and repeated loudly: "The empress is here!"

"It's the empress who is here."

It was only then that the crowd came to their senses, looked at Nangong Jing and then at the entrance of the hall, and finally gritted their teeth and knelt down facing the entrance of the hall.

Concubine Hua saw that none of the other concubines were moving, she sighed and stood up and knelt down in the hall, and then the concubines followed suit, but Nangong Jing gritted her teeth and insisted on sitting still. Sitting on the empress seat, the emperor promised her, how could she leave easily after finally getting it, the old woman in Yehua Palace has long since lost her power, so what if she comes out?Can he shake his position in the emperor's heart?
As the footsteps approached, a warm voice floated over: "Get up."

Everyone raised their heads, and Lin Xiaorou also looked towards the door. This was the first time she saw the queen. Although she was quite old, she had a gentle and luxurious demeanor, as if she had been polished by years of experience, and her spirit was radiant.

Every smile and every frown is full of aura and bearing, no one can ignore her even at an advanced age, she really is the queen of the royal family.

The empress swept across the crowd benevolently, and finally landed on Concubine Jing.

She didn't say anything, but Nanny Li beside the queen raised her eyebrows and shouted sharply: "Who is so presumptuous, and won't kneel down to greet the queen's phoenix coming!"

Nangong Jing was not afraid, but smiled softly, got up and walked towards the queen, did not kneel down, but bent her knees slightly, folded her hands on her waist and performed a basic salute: "It turns out to be the empress, my sister is rude, I also hope that my sister will not blame me, my sister is really busy and dizzy in the days when my sister is not around."

Anyone who understands can hear that there is no self-blame in her tone, but it reminds the queen that she is in charge of the harem now.

"Speaking of which, it's a hard work for my sister. As a sister, I have devoted myself to practicing Buddhism for many years and I have earned some peace. Today is the day of the emperor's birthday banquet. I am a little sorry for thinking about it all the way out to congratulate the emperor. Sister, it’s also my fault that I didn’t appoint any younger sister to take over the harem before I escaped into Buddhism. How about this, in order to prevent my sister from working so hard, let Concubine Hua handle half of the affairs of the harem in the future, so that my sister will be much more relaxed gone."

Everyone was shocked, and Nangong Jing's expression became even more embarrassing.

As soon as the queen came back, she would give away half of her rights to Concubine Hua, so the next step would most likely be to completely dismantle Concubine Jing's power.

Now Concubine Jing is in charge of all the affairs of the entire harem, and even the daily expenses of each concubine is under her single-handed control, that's why those concubines are so afraid of her.

Now that the empress is so powerful as soon as she comes back, the concubines all smiled gloatingly.

"Sister, actually my sister doesn't work hard."

"Sister, that's the decision, otherwise, I can't bear it. I heard that my sister broke the dragon fetus, so I should feel at ease to raise the fetus."

Nangong Jing could no longer open her mouth to speak. Although the Queen's voice was soft and her eyes were kind, every word was weightless and suppressed people invisible.

The queen finally sat in the seat that really belonged to her, and everyone else sat back in their original seats. The only vacant seat was a slightly lower ordinary seat next to the queen's seat.

Nangong Jing gritted her teeth and had to sit down.

The gifts just received are still by the queen's seat, the queen picked out two at random and looked at them, she couldn't help sighing: "They are all good things, but who is the gift for?"

These words were asked knowingly, but the queen was just asking casually like a kind old man.

Those wives are people who follow the trend, and they also know that the queen is the eldest prince's biological mother. It is better to please the existing queen and the future queen dowager than to please the concubine Jing, so they all opened their mouths to flatter and say: "This is all dedicated to the queen. Mother's gift."

The Empress nodded with a smile, her eyes swept across the crowd gently, and said: "I usually neglect to communicate with all the ladies. Today, all the ladies can still remember me. I am really grateful."

"Where is the empress, even if the empress is not in the palace, the concubines still pretend to be the queen in their hearts!"

Nangong Jing felt a kind of humiliation, seeing that the gift just now was dedicated to her and changed hands so silently, she was indescribably annoyed.

"Mother Li, let's take all these gifts and distribute them to the masters of the palaces."

"Yes."

Nanny Li put away all the exquisite and luxurious jewelry, and distributed them to the various palaces after the banquet.

"Empress, please be the master for my concubine!"

At this moment, Wan'er suddenly got up from her seat and knelt down in the center of the hall with a plop, two lines of tears streaming down her face, her appearance of pear blossoms with rain was very cute.

Lin Xiaorou rubbed her forehead with a headache, the most worrying thing happened, can't these women calm down a bit!Can you still have fun.

"Who is this?" The queen obviously didn't know Wan'er, so she asked softly.

"The concubine is from the Shangshu Mansion. I chatted with a lady this morning. It was meant to be nice, but I didn't know that sentence made the lady unhappy, so, unexpectedly pushed me into the pool."

After Wan'er finished speaking, she began to cry again. The queen had a headache. She knew better than anyone else the war among these women. Love is for status.

"It would be good if the misunderstanding is solved, don't be too persistent."

The queen practiced Tai Chi and pushed the question back.

Wan'er refused to let go and continued to cry: "Queen, this is the first time in Wan'er's life that Wan'er has been so angry, and it is really hard to express herself, so I ask the empress to make the decision."

Yep, I'm really begging for nothing.

The queen glanced at the crowd, and said, "Which lady are you talking about? If there is a misunderstanding, just clarify in person."

(End of this chapter)