The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 308 Difficulty on the Road
At that time, the gate of the Palace of Mercy and Ren was closed, and Qingzhu, who was serving the Empress Dowager Renxian, was waiting outside the palace. Occasionally, concubines came to pay their respects, but they were all rejected.

When Rong Yue came, he was blocked, and Fang wanted to leave, but he heard the Empress Dowager Renxian shouted 'presumptuous' in the hall, and then there was the sound of jade objects being smashed to the ground.

Rong Yue frowned at Qing Zhu, and asked softly, "Lan Xu is still inside?"

Qingzhu nodded and replied: "I came here in the morning, and I have been kneeling for two full hours."

"After all, she is the emperor's new favorite. If the queen mother is like this, I'm afraid it will hurt the emperor's face. Why doesn't aunt persuade her?"

"Persuade? How can I persuade?" Qingzhu sighed slightly, shook his head and said: "It's not that the imperial concubine doesn't know that it was because of her that the emperor and the empress dowager had a dispute in the past. The anger in the empress dowager's heart has disappeared. Anyone who tries to persuade them will be in trouble."

Rong Yue glanced at the palace door helplessly: "Forget it, aunt will inform this palace when the queen mother is free, saying that this palace has come."

In the hall, the Empress Dowager Renxian was sitting on the seat, and shards of sapphire cups and cups were flying all over the ground. Lin Lan was kneeling respectfully on the cold floor tiles, staring at the patterns of the tiles with her head down and frowning.

The Empress Dowager Renxian took a sip of the clear tea silently, and said without anger, "I'll ask you again, what kind of tricks did you use to seduce the emperor?"

Lin Lan said indifferently: "Your servant has already said this several times. This is not what your servant intended. If the Queen Mother is unhappy, you can go back to the emperor and revoke the title of your servant, and let her be your maidservant."

"It wasn't your intention?" Empress Dowager Renxian snorted coldly, a thin layer of crushed ice seemed to form between the corners of her mouth and her eyebrows, which made people feel cold: "You think you have some beauty, if you didn't seek it deliberately, how could the emperor not Canonized you out of nowhere?"

"Your maidservant knows that no matter how much you argue, the Queen Mother will not believe it. Otherwise, the maidservant will return to serve in front of the imperial court from now on. If the Queen Mother doesn't like it, it is not impossible to choose the maidservant to go to Xinzheku." Lin Lan raised her head suddenly, her gaze Resolutely looked straight at the queen mother: "After all, the queen mother is also bored when she sees the slave girl, slave girl."

The Empress Dowager gave her a sharp look, and said contemptuously, "Are you going to violate the Emperor's taboo through Ai's mouth?"

"The servant has no such intention."

The warm sun and long shadows were reflected on the beaded curtains of the water chestnut window, casting blurred and overlapping shadows on the sideburns of Empress Dowager Renxian.She stared at Lin Lan for a moment, then let out a long breath and said, "The emperor has granted you the title, but now you are still calling yourself a servant, you are really used to being a servant, and you have no rules."

Lin Lan kowtowed, and said in a deep voice: "Servants know that they are not blessed, so how can they become the emperor's concubine with such a background? I also ask the queen mother to persuade the emperor to go, and hope that the emperor can withdraw his will."

"You really don't want such a heavenly blessing?" The Empress Dowager Renxian changed her expression, got up and walked to Lin Lan's side, looking down at her with great interest: "But there are still people who care about you outside the palace?"

Lin Lan shook her head to defend herself, and Empress Dowager Renxian cut her off: "The current emperor is no longer the child who was raised next to Ai's family in the past. In the end, the identity of the Ai family's aunt is only respectful and respectful in his eyes. For your status, the Ai family can't afford to argue with the emperor for a promise, so let him."

After a while, Empress Dowager Renxian's eyes drooped slightly, and the corners of her mouth curled into a smile that was not a smile and said: "Your identity is not clear, the Ai family can accommodate you, and those women in the emperor's harem are not kind. People. When you enter the harem, others will give you a lot of suffering, let's wait and see."

Lin Lan's complexion paled instantly, and she kowtowed and said, "Queen Mother, servant girl"

"Now it's time to call yourself a concubine." Empress Dowager Renxian's voice was waxy, and she stuck it on Lin Lan's face along with the sweet and greasy incense in the palace: "You don't know the rules, Ai Jiahe should remind you .From tomorrow onwards, I will come to Ai’s house every day after paying my respects in the Queen’s Palace. The Ai’s family will invite a teaching nun, and I will personally watch her teach you the rules, do you understand?”

"Slaves, concubines, and concubines respect the Queen Mother's orders."

Empress Dowager Renxian smiled gently, caressing the Youfeng golden hairpin on her forehead, turned around leisurely, and walked into the bedroom with lotus steps: "Get up, Baba'er has been kneeling for so long, and half of his knees may be useless. You can't go to bed every day, so come to the Ai family's palace to be company with Ai's family."

Linlan thanked her in a low voice, staggered up with her hands on the ground, and when she left the palace, Qingzhu saw that she was struggling to move on her knees, and wanted to pass on the sedan chair to carry her into the Changchun Palace, but Linlan repeatedly thanked her and declined, saying that she was The concubine of the new book promises that there will be no sedan chair to ride, and she must not break the rules.

Hearing the words, Qingzhu said a few words of distress and concern, then took the ointment for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and handed it to her, until she sent her out of the palace gate, then looked at her back as she bumped away and said bitterly to herself: "Oh, what a good girl, It's a pity that I have offended the Queen Mother, and the days to come will be even more difficult."

Turning around the long street, Lin Lan's pained expression turned into a complacent smile.

She stood under the sun, and the weather in September was breezy and breezy, silently blowing away the fine beads of sweat from her forehead.

She leaned over, lifted the bottom of the plain skirt, took off two round pads wrapped in thick cotton above her knees, and threw them aside.

Although she really didn't want to be the emperor's concubine in her heart, but following the emperor's decree, she has become a thorn in the eyes of everyone in the palace.

If I don't keep this position, I'm afraid my life will be lost.

When meeting Empress Dowager Renxian early in the morning, she knew that she would be embarrassed, so she made preparations early, put soft pads on her knees, and complained to her for a long time that she did not want to be a concubine or concubine.

Empress Dowager Renxian was at odds with her, so naturally she would not allow herself to seek benevolence and gain benevolence. In this way, she won the first game.

It's just that other things are easy to deal with, but what about Wannai?

It was not her intention that she feigned death to serve the imperial court, and it was not her intention to accept the pet title of permanent presence. In the past, Wanyu treated her like that, but now she suddenly became the young master of the harem, serving her husband together with Wanyu. How could she feel comfortable?

Thinking all the way like this, the pace of walking also slowed down.

When they arrived at Changchun Palace, the palace gate was half open, and there was no eunuch guarding the gate.

Lin Lan stared at the palace plaque for a long time, and the past suddenly came to her mind, she couldn't help sighing: "All this is like a dream."

She took a deep breath to settle her mind, and then pushed open the heavy palace door.

In the past, both Yu Wen and Wen Yin lived in the side hall, and this palace was always very lively day and night.

Now that the two have conferred the title of concubine and moved to the side palace to be the master, the huge courtyard was instantly emptied.

He looked carefully, and suddenly heard a soft sound in his ear: "I'm back."

Lin Lan followed the prestige and saw that Wannai was supported by Yun Chan and Shuang Ruo, and the three of them were standing on the porch in front of the main hall, looking at her together and smiling calmly.

When the old man met, the warmth surged in his chest for a moment, and he was about to cry. He bowed to Wanyu from afar, holding back his tears and said: "My maidservant pays my respects to Concubine Wan, my lady is blessed and safe."

(End of this chapter)