Chapter 32, Concubine
Chapter 32, Concubine
"What did you say?"
Outside Fanghua Palace, Xia Zhi's face showed panic.
"You came at an unfortunate time. My young mistress has already gone to Kunning Palace to pay respects. Li..."
"Oops!"
Unable to hear what Shi Liu said, Xia Zhi turned around and ran in panic. Not long after he ran out of Guanju Palace, he saw his mistress coming towards him.
"My young master——"
Li Changzai raised his chin slightly, "Is Shen Qingtang up?"
She could take the initiative to find Shen Qingtang to go to Kunning Palace to pay respects. I believe that no matter how much she didn't want to see me, she would definitely not refuse.
Then she will take the opportunity to——
When Li Changzai was thinking about how to reconcile with Shen Qingtang, Xia Zhi tightly grasped the corner of his clothes with both hands.
"My lady, Lady Shu has gone to Kunning Palace to pay her respects—"
Sure enough, as soon as Xia Zhi finished speaking, Li Changzai's cold gaze pierced straight into him.
"Useless thing! If you weren't incompetent, I wouldn't have made this trip in vain!" If you didn't know, you would think she was trying to please Shen Qingtang!
damn it!
Li Chang was furious and Xia Zhi's face turned pale.
"My lord, please calm down. Next time, I will..."
"How dare you do it next time?!"
Li Chang was furious and raised her hand to hit Xia Zhi, but unexpectedly a figure came from the side and stopped her.
"Hey? Is Sister Li so angry so early in the morning?"
……
In Kunning Palace, among the elegant ladies in fine clothes, the sound of laughter and conversation could be heard from time to time.
When Empress Ye was using rouge and powder to cover up the dark marks under her eyes, a sweet laugh suddenly came from the front hall.
"It's good to be young. I was busy all night at Linfeng Residence last night. Lady Shu came so early today, which makes me look much lazier."
This is Luo Bin.
Although she was talking to Shen Qingtang, her words made Queen Ye dazed for a moment, so much so that she didn't even hear what Shen Qingtang said, and was only immersed in the four words "torment all night".
If people knew that the Emperor had spent the night with Concubine Shu after leaving Kunning Palace last night, she, as the Queen, would be laughed to death, right?
Seeing that Queen Ye looked unhappy, Aunt Ginkgo put the gem earrings back from the little palace maid's hand, and instead took out a pair of more precious and rare gold bead earrings from the jewelry box, and gently and carefully passed them through her ear holes.
"Empress, do you think this pair of gold-inlaid oriental pearl earrings is the best match for you?"
Coming back to her senses from Aunt Ginkgo's gentle and firm voice, Queen Ye looked at herself in the bronze mirror. The warm yet luxurious gold earrings hanging on her ears made her haggard face, which even powder could not hide, look more radiant.
Dongzhu is already precious and rare, and the gold pearls among them are even rarer.
Apart from the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, the only one who is qualified to wear it is Ye Qingwu!
Queen Ye raised her hand and stroked the golden earrings. Her lost face gradually became dignified and indifferent. She stared at herself in the mirror with inviolable dignity in her eyes.
She is the emperor's first wife and the queen mother of Daqian!
No matter how favored and glorious the concubines in the harem are, they are still just lowly concubines!
"Help me out. It's time for them to pay their respects to me." Queen Ye gave an order, and Aunt Ginkgo immediately helped her up and led all the palace servants out of the bedroom one after another.
In the front hall, Li Changzai, who arrived long after Shen Qingtang, saw Shen Qingtang talking to Luo Pin as soon as she came in. She took a step slightly and was about to go over when she heard a sigh in her ears.
"Sister Li, did you see that? Concubine Shu is much more popular than us." Wan Chang was full of emotion. "Not only does the emperor like her, but Concubine Liang also looks at her differently. Now even Concubine Luo is very friendly to her. If I had known this earlier -"
Wan Changzai's eyes flickered for a moment, and he whispered in Li Changzai's ear with regret.
"If we knew that she could turn the tide so quickly, it would be better for you, Sister Li, to present her to the emperor in person. At least you could get a little favor, right?"
Li Changzai pushed the person away from her and snorted coldly, "You don't need to ridicule me. Do you know what blood ties are? I have a blood bond with her. Besides, it's not too late for me to make up for it now!"
As long as Shen Qingtang still recognizes her as her cousin, it will be enough for her to turn the tide!
When Li Changzai's eyes flickered slightly, Wan Changzai had already surpassed her and walked straight towards Shen Qingtang and Luo Bin.
"I thought there would be no overnight hatred between sisters. It's great that Concubine Shu can reconcile with Sister Li." Wan Changzai said as he knelt down to pay tribute to Concubine Luo.
As she knelt down to salute, Shen Qingtang couldn't help but frown.
"Why do you say that, Lord Chang Zai?" How despicable is she to shake hands with Lord Chang Zai and make peace?
After the reconciliation, was it to make it easier for Li Changzai to sell her next time?
When questioned, Wan Changzai did not feel embarrassed, but instead pulled Li Changzai to his side.
"That's strange. If you two hadn't reconciled, why would Sister Li go to Fanghua Palace to invite you to pay respects to the Queen?"
"That's why she took the opportunity to come with you to Kunning Palace to pay her respects to the Empress." Shen Qingtang looked at Wan Changzai seriously.
They were both concubines of the same period. She was not familiar with Concubine Zhang, nor was she familiar with Concubine Wan.
But they always try to make their presence known in front of her, do they think she is nothing?
not to mention--
Shen Qingtang was thinking about something, but Wan Changzai pushed Li Changzai, who had been pretending to be sad, in front of Shen Qingtang and tried to persuade her like a good man.
"It's not that Qing'er is talkative, but Sister Li's coming to see you today means that she wants to reconcile with you. After all, you are sisters, so why don't you give Sister Li a chance?"
Shen Qingtang was really annoyed when Wan Chang caught him and lectured him.
"Since Wan Changzai knows that he is meddling in other people's business, why doesn't he just shut up and be a quiet pretty lady?"
"Lady Shu has misunderstood. Qing'er just doesn't want you to--"
"The Queen has arrived——"
When Wan Chang was about to say something else, a shrill voice suddenly interrupted her chatter, and soon the Queen Ye appeared in everyone's sight with her magnificent appearance.
For a moment, both Shen Qingtang and Wan Ying greeted and saluted politely.
"Greetings to the Queen, may the Queen be blessed with good fortune."
Queen Ye sat upright on the gilded throne and raised her hand slightly. "Everyone, please stand up. I heard you guys were laughing just now. But is there anything funny? You may as well tell me."
Upon hearing this, Luo Pin, who had been listening to their dispute since Wan Ying appeared, immediately pointed at Shen Qingtang and the other two with great interest.
"You don't know, Queen, that Wan Changzai has just been trying to persuade Concubine Shu to make peace with Concubine Li. I don't know what kind of entanglement has occurred between them. For their sake, Wan Changzai has even come to your Kunning Palace to persuade them."
As she spoke, Luo Bin raised her lips and smiled, looking at Shen Qingtang with extreme curiosity.
"Lady Shu, I am very curious about what your sister Li Changzai has done to offend you?"
(End of this chapter)