Concubine, she rises step by step

Chapter 14

One dares to mention, one responds.

Huo Jiheng agreed.

Not only did he agree, but he was also a little curious. His eyes clearly showed interest in Ning Changzai.

It seems that the emperor followed this routine and went against the routine.

The next day, two things were discussed in the palace.

One is that the emperor dotes on Concubine Lan and leaves Tong Zining, who is in bed with Cheng En,—there is a means;

The second is that Ning Chang is not simple, although he did not succeed in serving the bed, the emperor rewarded a lot of things - there are cards;

Royal Garden.

"Auntie! Look at what everyone in the palace is saying, saying that the palace is just a decoration!" The queen had a whole night last night, but she got angry when she woke up this morning, and even canceled the daily greetings.

The queen mother fed the fish calmly, and couldn't help teasing the fish a few times, "Look at this fish, how beautiful it is."

The queen became more and more anxious, unable to sit still, and said in a slightly disappointed tone: "Auntie!"

The queen mother then turned her head to look at the queen, and signaled her to calm down, "You see, you just can't hold your breath, don't you just spoil Concubine Lan and Xiao Changzai?"

"It's okay for the emperor to be so kind to them on weekdays, but on the day of bedtime, Ning Changzai was frightened and sent away. Isn't it a little too pampering for her?"

The queen mother saw it and comforted her: "No matter what, you are the queen of the middle palace, and the Ai family is on your side, so no one dares to be presumptuous. Sheng favors Concubine Lan for nothing more than because her brother is a great general of the country, so there must be a balance between the relationship."

"But it's been a long time since the emperor came to Jingren Palace..." the queen said in a tone of depression.

The Empress Dowager said rather helplessly: "The Ai family can't tie the emperor to Jingren Palace, right? You have to figure out how to do favors by yourself. The Ai family can help you for a while, but you can't help them forever. If you have a son and a half daughter under your knees, you won't be so passive."

The empress's face froze. It was always a thorn in the empress's heart that the emperor would not give birth to an heir. She drank medicine, did acupuncture, and tried everything she could, but she couldn't conceive. God knows that she wanted a child even in her dreams.

"The emperor always thinks that you are upright and not gentle enough. Aijia sees that Shengyi is a girl with ideas. You might as well let her work for you. Maybe there will be a turnaround." The queen mother looked at the queen.

The queen cares so much about face, how could she ask a court lady, and didn't answer the queen mother directly.

"Right now, only Concubine Zhen gave birth to a son, and Concubine Lan gave birth to a daughter. The Ai family is about to die of anxiety. As long as there is someone to attend the bed, you can let him go." The Queen Mother saw the Queen's reluctance, and her tone was a little anxious.

The queen's face was displeased, but she could only blame herself, "Is this the way I am?"

The Empress Dowager concentrated her attention and said quietly: "There is another way."

The queen's eyes lit up, "What way?"

"Since the birth of the emperor's eldest son, the concubine Zhen has been very weak. A few days ago, the doctor Xu told the Ai family that the concubine Zhen might not survive this year. If this is the case, why not raise Peilin in Jingren Palace, and she can be regarded as someone in the middle palace."

"Hao Yi will seriously consider it." The queen squeezed out a decent smile with all her strength, but couldn't laugh anymore.

The Empress Dowager obviously anticipated this situation, she let out a long breath, patted her niece on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If the Suo family didn't have a suitable woman to enter the palace, the Ai family would not allow you to be wronged like this."

When Suo Yiyi entered the palace, the queen mother took the initiative to cancel the daily morning and evening appointments of the concubines, just to let them know that the queen was behind her. However, the queen did not live up to her expectations and did not give birth to a royal heir.

When the queen was sad for spring and autumn in the imperial garden, Ning Changzai walked into the imperial garden unintentionally.

"Empress, look!" Ai Xiang lowered her head and reminded the queen softly.

Following Ai Xiang's line of sight, the queen saw Tong Zining wearing a blue floral brocade dress.

This Ning Changzai is exquisite and lovely, delicate and cute, which is really eye-catching.

The queen is not a black-hearted person, but at this moment, seeing Ning Chang happily admiring the flowers, her heart is blocked. Why is she not only ungrateful, but also reduced to the point of adopting other people's children?
"Let her come here!" The queen's blood was surging, her tone was a little rushed.

Ai Xiang was afraid that the empress would do something uncomfortable, so she said to the empress: "Your Majesty, it's just a small one, don't disturb your empress's peace."

The queen's eyes froze, "You mean this palace deliberately made things difficult for her?"

Ai Xiang was so frightened that she plopped and knelt down, "This is not what I mean."

"Do what you want to do. Don't take care of things that you shouldn't." The queen's tone was a little serious, and this was the first time that Ai Xiang lost her composure when she met the queen.

"Yes, this servant is here to invite Ning Chang to be here." Ai Xiang responded.

However, Tong Zining should have seen the queen, and walked over in small steps.

"Chuxiu Palace Tong Zining sees the Empress Empress, wishing her good fortune and peace." Ning Chang saluted according to the rules.

The empress went against the normal way of treating the concubines in the palace with courtesy, and didn't call her to get up, "Raise your head."

Ning Chang raised his head slowly, with a fearless look on his face.

"It's really a beauty, no wonder the emperor's soul was taken away before he went to bed!" The queen said in a bad tone.

When Ning Chang first entered the palace, he was dissatisfied and asked in his heart, "What did this servant do wrong to make the empress so dissatisfied?"

No one in this whole palace dared to confront the queen so blatantly. How could he hold his face and reprimanded him: "Did this palace say that you did something wrong? With such sharp teeth and unrelenting words, who can control you!"

Ning Chang bowed his head and did not speak again.

"Since you don't speak, it's better to kneel here, and I will see whether your bones are hard or the palace rules are hard!" The queen blamed Ning Changzai when she saw Ning Changzai's appearance.

It was a lucky coincidence that he passed by the imperial garden, and saw the queen teaching Ning Changzai at a glance.

"Shangyi, let's take a detour. Empresses usually don't get angry. Maybe they really offend the empress." Zhixia said to Shengyi in a low voice.

Sheng Yi felt a little sorry, Ning Changzai had just arrived, how could he know about the empress, the only explanation was that the emperor's reward today made the empress uncomfortable.

"Let's go, keep your voice down." Sheng Yi also saw that the queen was not acting angry for a while, so she softly ordered Zhi Xia.

Walking quickly to Qianhui Palace, Huo Jiheng was looking at the new calligraphy and paintings.

"Sheng Yi, come and take a look at this calligraphy and painting. It's a rare picture of flowers and birds by Bian Luan in Tang Dynasty!" Huo Jiheng greeted Sheng Yi excitedly.

Kindly walked over, "Well, it's so pretty."

Huo Jiheng raised his head slightly, looked at Shengyi suspiciously, "It's not like your usual behavior..."

Cheng Yi hurriedly replied: "The servant girl really doesn't understand."

Huo Jiheng shook his head, "No! It's not like your style. What's wrong?"

"No, I just feel that I should communicate with Mother Jiang, who teaches etiquette, so that the new concubine doesn't understand etiquette and offends the master." She said earnestly.

As soon as Huo Jiheng's eyes moved, he knew that the kindness was aimed at him, "Tong Zining is the only new concubine, did she do something wrong?"

"When I came back today, I saw the Empress in the Imperial Garden admonishing Ning Changzai, but I didn't hear the reason because I was far away." Without knowing the truth, she kindly didn't draw conclusions easily. This is also the rule of her life in the palace.

Huo Jiheng said "Mmm" in thought, "I understand."

In the evening, there is a sign for sleeping in the respect room.

Huo Jiheng looked at the sign, and asked unintentionally, "Why is there no sign of Ning Chang?"

Eunuch Fang respectfully replied: "The Empress ordered that Ning Chang is not feeling well recently, so it is inconvenient for her to go to bed, so she removed her sign."

Huo Jiheng, who was playing with the jade bottle, turned cold, "Really?"

Afterwards, she stood up, "Good intentions, follow me to Zhongcui Palace!"

(End of this chapter)