Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business

Chapter 126: Serve Carefully

Concubine Rong is a willful person.

But no matter how willful a person is, there is a limit after all, not to mention that the palace is a cannibalistic place, and there are mischievous people all around. After a few years of being influenced by this, even the most willful person will know how to restrain himself.

Knowing when to push the envelope and when to hold back is the core reason why the Imperial Concubine has remained prosperous for so many years and has never had a quarrel with the Emperor.

Such a person who knows his limits will naturally not let himself be isolated and helpless.

In recent days, Yao Jinse has been busy dealing with trivial matters in the palace and has not had a good chat with the imperial concubine for two or three days.

Of course, Yao Jinse would not be so arrogant as to think that the imperial concubine came to her just to talk to her. Every action taken by the superiors has its own mystery. This is the experience she has summed up after years of working as a cowherd. Therefore, what the subordinates have to do is to understand the connotation of every action of the leader.

"The emperor has been staying at Liuchun Pavilion for the past two days. Do you know about this?"

Yao Jinse nodded, saying docilely, "Your Majesty has been enjoying being with Lady Qiao recently. Although it is winter, Lady Qiao is in better health now and is not as delicate as before."

After hearing this, Concubine Rong sneered: "I underestimated you. It's fine that the emperor was deceived, but you see Qiao in the palace every day. Does she look delicate and weak?"

Yao Jinse complained in her heart, is there anyone in this palace who is not as delicate and weak as you, who has practiced martial arts since childhood?
However, even though she was thinking this in her heart, Yao Jinse put on a gentle smile on her face: "Your Majesty, why should you be sad about this matter? Qiao has only spent more time with the emperor in the past two days. The emperor has also visited you more often in the past period of time. Moreover, I heard that Qiao's father seemed to have made some achievements in the previous dynasty, which is why she won the emperor's favor."

Talking to Concubine Rong is always very tiring. You have to be careful not to say that the Emperor is just looking for something new, nor can you say that Qiao Yanran is pretending to be weak, otherwise Concubine Rong will always make random accusations about herself - so since you can't let Concubine Rong feel that she is not new, and you can't let Concubine Rong feel that she is not weak, you can only shift the reason to outside the palace.

As for the fact that Qiao Yanran's father had made great contributions in the previous dynasty, it was not something Yao Jinse made up. There was indeed such a thing written in the book. It was precisely because of this that the relationship between Qiao Yanran and Xie Yun'an quickly heated up. After all, having family members who can really help in the previous dynasty is the confidence of a concubine.

As for the exact time of this incident... Yao Jinse couldn't remember it clearly. Anyway, the imperial concubine would not really investigate it, so it ended up being left unresolved.

As she expected, after hearing these words, Concubine Rong thought for a moment and slowly let out a breath.

"Let's not talk about her. Why have you suddenly become so concerned about palace affairs recently? I looked at the accounts sent by Concubine Zhuang, and found that quite a few of them were handled by you."

"I have no special talents, but doing these things well will only bring honor to Your Majesty. Otherwise, if the Queen blames you, Your Majesty will be implicated. How dare I not do my best?"

Concubine Rong didn't care about these things at first, but after hearing what Yao Jinse said, she couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

She always felt that Yao Jinse's appearance was not outstanding, at most she could be considered pretty, and her daily dress was not very eye-catching. Although she was fortunate enough to give birth to a princess, she could not share the emperor's favor with her, so she always praised Concubine Yi more. Now that Concubine Yi is gone, it shows that Yao Jinse's pleasant personality is even more evident.

After Yao Jinse said this, not only did the imperial concubine feel relieved, but Wanqiu, who was watching from behind, couldn't help but give her a thumbs up. No wonder Yao Jieyu was always able to smooth over her own queen's tone. Her words sounded better than others.

After she recovered from the pain, the imperial concubine could no longer stay in Yuxiu Palace. Chengqian Palace was magnificent and she felt comfortable there. She was not used to staying in this simple place. So a group of people came and left in less than half an hour, which really made the eunuchs who served around gossip.

——The Imperial Concubine left so soon. Could it be because Concubine Yao made the Imperial Concubine angry? She didn't look angry.

These tiny gossips were only circulated among the eunuchs and never reached the ears of the nobles. Yao Jinse respectfully saw Concubine Rong off and before she had been idle for half a day, she received news from the Qianqing Palace in the evening.

It’s still Yuanshan.

Yao Jinse stood at the door, listening to Yuan Shan's voice outside. Since Yuan Shan had troubled her to make the trip in person, it must be more than just serving her in bed.

"…Your Majesty dined with the Imperial Concubine at Chengqian Palace tonight and seemed a little drunk. My lady, please be more alert."

Yao Jinse paused, raised her head and asked, "Since Your Majesty is drunk, why don't you just stay in the Imperial Concubine's palace? You're being blown by the cold wind, what if you catch a cold?"

Yuan Shan understood what Yao Jinse meant, so he said, "The Imperial Concubine is not feeling well today, and she said she came to see the princess, which is why His Majesty came here today. Don't worry, the Emperor didn't drink much today."

Even if you really drank too much, you can't say it.

The first principle of survival in the palace is that the emperor is never wrong. Even if the emperor is really wrong, it is someone else's fault. So Yuan Shan's words just now contain a lot of warnings.

The emperor's favor never comes out of thin air, and it requires people to deal with it with caution.

"Thank you for your reminder, Eunuch Yuan. I understand now."

Yao Jinse raised her hand slightly, and Bai Tan immediately understood. She pinched a small purse and went out to see Yuan Shan off. They took a walk outside before coming back.

Everyone in the palace has their own channels to get information. Bai Tan went around outside and confirmed that the emperor did not come here because he was angry with the imperial concubine. When Yao Jinse heard the news, she knew what was going on.

I think it was because the imperial concubine came to Yuxiu Palace today and remembered that she had not been favored for a long time, so she deliberately helped to give it a push.

The Imperial Concubine has never been very accurate with her dates, so if she said that she was not clean today, no one would doubt it. It’s just that when the Emperor came before, Yao Jinse still lived in a side hall and was restricted in her actions. Now that the Emperor has come again, there is no other pair of eyes watching her in the Yuxiu Palace.

She could also clean herself up and prepare for the upcoming Xie Yun'an.

The emperor had just appointed her to assist in managing the harem a few days ago. She couldn't let the emperor forget that there was someone like Yao Jinse in the harem.