Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 405 The Queen's Hint

Although she looked very calm on the surface, she was still a little apprehensive in her heart. After all, she was far away from the familiar General's Mansion and came to this strange palace.Just when Jing Ning was restless, the queen came, and Jing Ning quickly saluted the queen.

"There's no need to be too polite, are you still used to it here? What's missing?" The queen had a smile on her face, but that smile made Jingning feel chills.

"Thank you, Empress, for your concern, everything is fine."

The queen nodded, she waved her hand lightly, and the craftsmen brought up trays of exquisite pastries.Those pastries are beautiful in shape, and the smell is extremely sweet, even a little cloyingly sweet.Jing Ning looked at the queen, feeling a little nervous.

"I don't know what flavor you like, so I ordered someone to prepare some, you can taste it quickly." The queen smiled enthusiastically, while Jing Ning was trembling in her heart.But since the Queen has already spoken, it is inconvenient for her to refuse.The queen would not poison the pastry, would she?
Jing Ning hesitated for a while, and finally picked up a piece of hibiscus cake, put it in his mouth and took a small bite.

"How does it taste?" asked the Queen.

"The taste is mellow, very good." Jing Ning smiled lightly, and slowly let down his vigilance.

The queen raised her eyebrows when she heard the words, and the smile on her lips was a bit weird. She said softly, "In that case, then eat all of these."

The smile on Jingning's face froze, eat all of these?She glanced at the queen to confirm that the queen was not joking.Seeing Jingning's expression of hesitation, the Empress said in a cold tone, "Why, Young Madam is not willing? Or Young Madam thinks that with today's status as the General's Mansion, it is already possible to go against my wishes?"

Jing Ning shook her head quickly when she heard the words, she took a deep breath, and ate one piece after another, Wen Xing beside her was anxious and wanted to speak out to dissuade her, but Jing Ning stopped her with her eyes.She reluctantly swallowed the pastry in her mouth, and her throat became more and more dry.

Seeing this, the Queen personally poured a cup of tea for Jing Ning, and Jing Ning quickly took it and drank it, almost choking because she drank too much.

"Although the pastry tastes great, you will get tired of eating it all the time, right? Bengong guesses that the young lady won't even want to eat a piece of pastry right now?" The queen looked at Jingning with a smile, and poured her another cup of tea.

Jing Ning coughed lightly, but did not answer the Queen's words, she vaguely guessed something about the Queen's thoughts.

"Young Madam, you are like these cakes, and Yashan is like this cup of tea. If General Xiao eats too many cakes, he still needs tea to moisten his throat. This is all I have said. Young Madam, please take care of yourself." Consider it." The queen stood up, looked down at Jing Ning, turned around and walked away as soon as she finished speaking.

Jing Ning managed to slow down, she stared coldly at the direction the queen was leaving, and clenched her fists tightly.Sure enough, the queen made things difficult for herself because of Cai Yashan, but what is the relationship between the queen and Cai Yashan?In my impression, the two of them don't seem to have any connection?

Jing Ning frowned, feeling more and more that this matter was not simple.Wen Xing on the side didn't care about that much, she patted Jing Ning's back lightly with red eyes to help her calm down.

"The empress is really too much, Miss, why don't we go to the emperor and go back to the general's mansion, otherwise, if this happens every day, who can bear it!"

Jing Ning sighed, since she came, she wanted to ward off disasters for the General's Mansion, if she left at this time, I'm afraid the Emperor would be dissatisfied.

"It's okay, it's just eating snacks." Jing Ning looked at the snacks on the table while talking, she frowned, and her face was a little pale, obviously tired.

"Take it away." Jing Ning turned his head and waved to Wen Xing.

"The snacks given by the empress, it doesn't seem good to throw them away like this?" A female voice sounded, and Jing Ning looked up, and it was Cai Yashan who was dressed in blue.

There is still a faint scar on Cai Yashan's forehead, obviously from the bump that day.Seeing Jingning look over, Cai Yashan showed a bright smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"Why is Ms. Cai here?" Although Jing Ning was upset, she still got up patiently and said with a smile.

"Of course I came to visit you, Young Madam." Cai Yashan spat out these words with great force, looking at Jing Ning with a bit of hatred.

Jing Ning was startled, if it was a resentment, she knew why, but why did she harbor such hatred?
"I've visited at this time, but Ms. Cai is leaving?" Jing Ning faintly felt that there was something she didn't know, and she picked up the teacup, showing the intention of seeing off the guests very clearly.

Cai Yashan didn't seem to be able to see it, she sat down in front of Jing Ning, picked up a piece of hibiscus cake and ate it, Jing Ning frowned when she saw this, and said in a deep voice: "If Miss Cai likes it, you can go to the Empress's Palace go eat."

Cai Yashan chuckled lightly and said: "You don't have to test me like this, I'll tell you directly that the empress is my own aunt, and she changed her surname when she was adopted into the Li family when she was young."

Seeing that Jingning didn't speak, Cai Yashan showed a bit of complacency on her face, she paused and continued: "Why do you think the emperor announced you into the palace? It's not just to restrain the general's residence."

Jing Ning's heart skipped a beat, could it be that he wanted to torture himself?Just because he refused to make peace with Xiao Lin?Jing Ning looked at Cai Yashan coldly.

"Miss Cai, you understand the truth that twisted melons are not sweet, right? Even if you torture me with the Empress, you probably won't be able to enter the door of the General's Mansion."

Cai Yashan's expression twisted when she heard this, and a mocking smile appeared on her lips.

"Do you think I treat you like this just to marry into the general's mansion? Oh, do you really not know or pretend not to know!"

Jing Ning frowned a little bit, looking at Cai Yashan's appearance, could it be because of this matter?But apart from this matter, I have no enmity with her.

Seeing Jingning's confused face, Cai Yashan's expression became even uglier.

"That day you humiliated my father in the palace, and after that day my father became seriously ill. You made my family lose face and made my father bedridden. Zheng Jingning, tell me, I should pay for this debt." How can I ask you?" Cai Yashan said angrily, took the teacup aside, and raised her hand to throw it at Jingning.

Jing Ning quickly reached out and opened the teacup in Cai Yashan's hand. The teacup shattered into pieces on the ground. Cai Yashan looked at Jingning with a terrifying gaze.

"You dare to hit me? Don't you feel guilty? Heh, Zheng Jingning, you really have a thick skin!" Cai Yashan gritted her teeth honestly, and her originally pretty face appeared particularly ferocious and distorted.Jing Ning looked at Cai Yashan speechlessly, a little confused about what she was thinking.

Is she thick-skinned for avoiding that cup of tea?What is the logic?

(End of this chapter)