Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 299 Undercurrents surging
Changchun Palace.

When all the concubines saw the queen appearing in the lobby, they all stood up to pay their respects.

"Greetings to the empress, the empress is auspicious and healthy."

The queen cast a disdainful glance at everyone, sat down on the main seat with Er Chun's support, and then raised her hands: "Get up."

After all the concubines were seated, the queen said seemingly unintentionally: "I heard that the emperor invited Princess Ling into the palace? And moved to Chunyang Pavilion?"

As soon as the queen mentioned Chunyang Pavilion, all the concubines who came to pay their respects couldn't help covering their faces with handkerchiefs, and smiled, but there was a little gloating in that smile.

As long as someone is a little proficient in the news, even if they are not old people in the palace, they will know Chunyang Pavilion. That place has been abandoned for five or six years.

In the past, the Chunyang Pavilion lived in Concubine Shu, who was loved by the emperor, but somehow, after giving birth to the fourth elder brother, she went crazy and was found by a maidservant one morning and hanged herself.

Concubine Li has always had nothing to do, and the fourth elder brother was still in his infancy, so he let the fourth elder brother be raised under Concubine Li's knees.

Later, a Chungui man lived in the Chunyang Pavilion, and a strange thing happened. The Chungui man also hanged himself shortly after he moved in.

Since then, some rumors have spread in the palace, saying that this Chunyang Pavilion is an ominous place. Since then, Chunyang Pavilion has been abandoned, and the position of Concubine Shu has always been vacant.

"Your Majesty, I heard that it has been three days since Princess Ling moved into the palace, and she doesn't leave the gate without leaving the second door. If you don't know, you might think that the women in our harem are beasts who can eat people!"

The people who made the jokes were the latest batch of beautiful women who entered the palace. They were named nobles early on. Because of their good voice, they were given the title Ying. As soon as they entered the palace, they hugged the queen's thigh tightly, and they were in full swing.

As soon as Mrs. Yinggui finished speaking, Yun promised to snort coldly: "What Mrs. Ying said is really inappropriate. The empress is still sitting here. How can you represent the three thousand beauties in our harem?"

As soon as Yun promised, Yinggui's face immediately turned pale, she stood up from her seat, and knelt down towards the queen: "Your Majesty, my concubine didn't mean that."

What Yun promised to say lightly made Yinggui so terrified, because what Yinggui said just now was really inappropriate.

When Yun promised to say this, it was to tell people that Yinggui was suspected of acting as a substitute and dared to try to replace the queen. Even though Yinggui didn't have this intention, but if the queen really listened to Yun's promise, Yinggui would not be able to escape. punish.

Even after hearing what Yun promised to say just now, the queen still had a faint smile on her face. Looking at Yinggui who was kneeling in fear and fear on the ground, she immediately chuckled and looked at Yun promised: " Yun promised that it was really serious just now, and I believe that Mrs. Ying didn't mean that."

Yinggui was relieved after hearing what the queen said.

"Get up, Mrs. Ying."

"Thank you, empress." After Yinggui got up, she sat on her seat and gave Yun Xu a hard look, but Yun Ying didn't take it seriously.

Among the new batch of beautiful women, Yun Xu could be said to be Ying Guiren's biggest rival, and it was normal for the two to compete against each other, so the concubines in the palace had long been used to it.

"However..." The queen changed the subject, "The question Yinggui just said is also reasonable. This Princess Ling came to live in the palace. She is a newcomer after all. After all, she is a guest. If she is not familiar with the place, she will inevitably feel that it is better to live in the palace. The palace is comfortable, the sisters should go out and about frequently, don’t let King Ling who is on the front line worry that Princess Ling is not used to living in the palace and get distracted and lose the battle, that’s our fault.”

The queen seldom talks so much in one breath, she has her own purpose, of course, it will not be kind.

The queen is the prince's own mother, so naturally she wants to pave the way for her son everywhere. This King Ling is the prince's deadly enemy, and the wife of his son's deadly opponent naturally wants to take good care of her.

Concubine Li heard the empress's insinuation that she wanted people from her faction to trouble Princess Ling, she immediately felt that she couldn't take it anymore, she stood up, walked straight to the center of the hall, and blessed her body: "Concubine Chen If I feel unwell, I will leave first.”

There was a crack in the smile on the queen's face: "Since my sister is not feeling well, let's go back and rest first. Like everyone, let's stop here today."

"Yes."

As soon as the queen finished speaking, the people sitting around stood up, blessed the queen, and then walked out of the palace one after another.

The Queen leisurely drank Er Chun's own tea, but did not leave, as expected, after a while, she saw Noble Ying leaving and returning, and Concubine De came with her.

"Your Majesty, that Yun promise is used to provoke people's hearts, you must not listen to her nonsense, the concubine dare not have such thoughts."

As soon as Yinggui entered the palace gate, she began to complain about Yun's promised behavior just now, for fear that the queen would cause a rift with herself.

The queen lowered her head and chuckled, and handed the teacup in her hand to Er Chun: "You have been with me for a while, why haven't you made any progress at all? If you do things rashly, you will never achieve great things."

Although the queen had a smile on her face, the chill in her words made people shudder.

"Your Majesty taught me that." Immediately, Mrs. Ying no longer wanted to complain, she lowered her head and said nothing more.

Concubine De, on the other hand, sat upright on her seat: "Your Majesty, I just got a few bolts of good fabric a few days ago, and I'll go to Chunyang Pavilion to send it to Princess Ling tomorrow. I can't let people think that We slack off, the honorable guest."

After listening to so many people's words today, hearing this finally made the queen feel a little bit relieved, and her eyes showed a little bit of appreciation: "It's still Defei who is thoughtful."

Lady Ying curled her lips, feeling a little dissatisfied when she heard the Queen's praise of Concubine De.

"Your Majesty, I have the Yuqian Dragon Well that the Emperor rewarded me a few days ago, why don't you also give it to Princess Ling to taste?"

After experiencing the reprimand just now, Mrs. Ying didn't dare to talk too much now, so she had to say this sentence in a questioning tone.

After hearing this, the queen nodded lightly: "Alright, you and Concubine De's time should be staggered."

The serious matter was finished, and after the three of them chatted for a while, Yinggui and Concubine De left Changchun Palace.

After leaving the gate of the palace, looking at the figure of Concubine De in front, Lady Ying quickly ran a few words and caught up with her: "Empress De Concubine, please stay still."

Concubine De stopped in her tracks and glanced lightly: "Your Honor, what's the matter?"

"Does Empress Defei have any objections to me?"

Although Concubine De never said any vicious words to Lady Ying, Lady Ying always vaguely sensed from her eyes that she had some disdain or opinions for her.

Concubine De laughed lightly after hearing this: "What did Ying Guiren say? You and I are both serving the Queen, so we should live in harmony."

After finishing speaking, Concubine De nodded her head towards Noble Ying, turned around and left with no smile on her face.

Lady Ying watched her gradually walk away from the background, and couldn't help but tightly clutched the handkerchief in her hand. Whenever she was in front of the queen, she was always crushed by this concubine, really unwilling!

(End of this chapter)