The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 325 You still have me (1)
It's not too late for Qingchen to wake up, even she never thought that she slept so soundly last night, could it be because of him being there and her heart at ease?

Because she didn't have to go to pay respects to the queen, she could sleep a little longer, and after breakfast, she took Yun Lan to the palace of the empress dowager.

The old ancestor was pruning a pot of luxuriant jasmine flowers on the porch, and Xiao Jue was waiting on him. Qingchen never expected to meet him here so early, but was a little surprised.

She bowed down respectfully, and said in a soft voice: "Concubine sees the ancestor, ancestor is blessed, concubine pays respects to His Royal Highness."

The Empress Dowager turned her head and saw her, raised her hand to signal her excuse, passed the scissors in her hand to Nanny Gui who was waiting on the side, wiped her hands with a handkerchief and asked, "Did you sleep well last night? "

Qingchen hurriedly stepped forward to serve her, took the patriarch's handkerchief and handed it to Yun Lan behind her, carefully helped the Empress Dowager to walk into the hall, "The concubine is fine, thank you for your pity on the patriarch."

The Empress Dowager turned her face to look at her a few times, and saw that she was refreshed and did not show any signs of panic. She was as calm as ever, and nodded appreciatively with a smile, "The emperor will not punish you for such a big matter. Reward, no one in this palace would dare to make things difficult for you anymore. Do you know this matter well?"

"I really don't dare to speculate about such a rebellious thing." She took the tea that had been prepared from the small table and handed it over, "I just hope that the emperor can find out the real culprit as soon as possible, so I can avenge Beauty Li."

The Empress Dowager took the tea, sighed slightly, and said to Nanny Gui: "You said these little people are all beautiful and delicate, how can they be so cruel?"

Nanny Gui probably didn't want to admit that such an ugly thing was done by the concubine, so she gently fanned the old ancestor behind her and said, "Didn't you say it was done by a man? It may not be what the Empress Dowager thought. So unbearable."

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly and said nothing, Xiao Jue on the side quietly stared at her every move, even a subtle expression was not let go, slowly the originally frowning brows seemed to relax a lot few.

Putting down the teacup, the Empress Dowager stood up and said, "I'll go to the Buddhist hall for a while. If you have nothing to do, you can sit there and copy a few volumes of the Ksitigarbha, and save Li Meiren's mother and child. They are all dead, and you should let go of any grievances. Don't worry about it so much anymore, just count it as accumulating blessings for yourself."

Qingchen hurriedly said: "Yes, the concubine obeys."

As soon as the Empress Dowager entered the inner room, Xiao Jue casually tasted the top-grade cloud in her hand and said with a slight smile, "I really don't know whether to sympathize with you or congratulate you. If you are really as indifferent as you seem on the surface, Then I really want to look at you with admiration."

Qingchen walked to the desk, dipped his pen into the ink, took the purple jade beast paperweight and pressed the plain paper in front of him, and said calmly, "Should I sympathize or congratulate? Since ancient times, there is no absolute relationship between good and bad, and concubines can only answer this way. As for indifference, what does His Highness want to see concubines? Terrified all day long, bedridden by fright, unable to sleep all night? Isn’t that true? Is there such a thing as a person with a guilty conscience?"

"That's not what I meant. Don't get me wrong. You should know that I don't want anything to happen to you." Xiao Jue got up and walked to her desk, picked up a few pages of Buddhist scriptures that she had copied, and her eyes lit up. The writing in small letters is quite beautiful, "You said that only those with a guilty conscience would be restless day and night, but when I came here just now, I met Dr. Sun on the way to Concubine Xin's Palace, saying that Concubine Xin was frightened by her nightmare. Will it be her?"

(End of this chapter)