Concubine's true colors

Chapter 501
When this person is in a low place, he will be extremely cautious in his words and deeds, but if he suddenly stands at a certain high place, the long-term oppression and tense bondage will only need to be released.

Then some people desperately want to control more, just because she has suffered the pain of looking at people's faces before, so she never wants to change back to the way she was then.

And it is obvious that the current Empress Dowager Chen, who was a good concubine when Emperor Ming was alive, has such a mentality now.

She is obviously the fourth concubine, as honorable as a deputy queen, but Xue Hou regards her as a thorn in her side, always looking for various opportunities to get rid of her quickly.

Therefore, Concubine Liang not only had to be careful not to be caught by Empress Xue in her words and deeds during the period of Emperor Ming.

At the same time, she has to guard the children around her in fear all day long, so as not to be secretly removed by Queen Xue who finds an opportunity.

Therefore, in Chen Hou's view, she has worked hard all her life and her mother's family is weak and can't help her at all. Now that she has finally made it through hard work, she deserves the same respect and honor.

In the eyes of Concubine Liang, power and status are symbols of status.And in her heart, after being bullied by Queen Xue for decades, she finally doesn't have to bear it anymore.

So she wants to control the harem, like Queen Xue back then, controlling everything about the other party, and venting out all the unwillingness that has accumulated deep grudges in the past.

After all, she didn't forget that when the palace was in trouble, she was even poisoned by Empress Xue. These new and old hatreds piled up, and Empress Chen never forgot.

Therefore, today's Empress Chen, who has been in the harem for many years, actually has no desires or desires in her heart.

It's just that she was very patient before, and it wasn't until now that the Queen Mother's identity was stabilized that she exposed her desire-filled side.

But now Xiao Jinxuan, who lives in Zhaoyang Palace, has no idea that after meeting Zhou Xianrui, Empress Chen, who has a bad nose, is coming to her full of anger.

Now she was looking at Wen Xin with her brows tightly furrowed, and Xiao Jinxuan's expression was extremely solemn, anyone who saw her would know that she was not in a good mood.

The main reason why she has this look is that Wenxin gave her a report on yesterday's inspection of the mass grave, and after the other party arrived there, they did not find Ji Lingfeng's body.

Thinking of that bizarre dream, Xiao Jinxuan even had an intuition that Ji Lingfeng might not have died, and immediately she couldn't help feeling even more annoyed that she was indeed careless.

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan hadn't spoken for a long time, Wen Xin, who saw that the other party was in a bad mood, had always believed that Ji Lingfeng must be dead, so he said comfortingly:
"Jinxuan, don't think about it. Although Ji Lingfeng's body was not found, but in the place where his body was discarded, he found a broken arm of his little finger. In my opinion, the other party didn't escape by feigning death, but was killed by wild animals. The dog ate it up, so only some bloodstains and mutilated bodies are left, so you can let go of your heart."

After listening to Wenxin's words of comfort, Xiao Jinxuan not only did not show a trace of joy, but said cautiously with a thoughtful look in her eyes:
"Wenxin, you should know the meaning of trying to cover up. If it weren't for a severed finger and arm left at the scene, I might also think that Ji Lingfeng's body was eaten by wild dogs. But don't you think it's a coincidence? Why? No other remains were left, but this severed arm that could prove the identity of the other party was left at the scene. No matter how I think about it, I feel that this severed arm is really intentional."

Because Ji Lingfeng's death was checked by Wenxin himself, he was sure that the other party's death was indeed true, so in his opinion, all this was Xiao Jinxuan's own overthinking.

And just when he was about to speak out to continue to comfort the other party, not to bother because of Ji Lingfeng's death, he suddenly heard the palace people outside shouting loudly that the Queen Mother had arrived.

As for this former good concubine, Wenxin knew that the other party secretly planned not to give Xiao Jinxuan even a box of snacks since the last time.

And when bestowing jewelry and jewelry, only the ones from Zhaoyang Palace were the most crude and difficult to wear, Wen Xin was full of vigilance and disgust for the Queen Mother.

After all, in his opinion, Xiao Jinxuan has always been respectful to each other, and helped the royal family take charge of the harem to eliminate Queen Xue's minions by virtue of the rebellion.

But Xiao Jinxuan has done so much, even at the expense of taking a deadly elixir to relieve hidden illnesses, but what she got in exchange for this kind of cruel treatment, Wen Xin really felt that it was not worth it for the other party.

As for Xiao Jinxuan at the side, she heard that Chen was coming, and immediately she couldn't care less about Ji Lingfeng's death.

Seeing that although Wenxin's face was normal, but her eyes were flashing with vigilance, Xiao Jinxuan immediately guessed the other party's thoughts and thoughts, so she couldn't help warning:

"Wen Xin, the empress dowager is coming, you must pay attention to your words and deeds, and don't mess up your sense of propriety. After all, the other party is the empress mother of His Majesty and Xianyu, so it doesn't matter how polite we are. Whether it's pastries or cakes, or The jewelry is too low-quality, I don't want to worry about it. After all, I still clearly remember the respectable concubine in the past in my mind. It's Xianyu."

Knowing that what Xiao Jinxuan said was reasonable, just now she was indeed somewhat hostile to Wen Xin, so she couldn't help but also nodded, and immediately went down to arrange snacks and tea in person.

As for Xiao Jinxuan, after tidying up her appearance, she walked out of the dormitory to meet Empress Chen in person.

And when she came to the main gate of Zhaoyang Palace, she saw Empress Chen standing outside the courtyard gate and didn't even come in.

Xiao Jinxuan, who didn't understand what the other party's actions meant, didn't wait for her to ask a question, when she saw Chun Xidang, the palace maid beside Empress Chen, reprimanded with displeasure on her face:

"Miss Concubine Xiao, just now someone in the palace has reported that the empress dowager has arrived, why did it take you so long to come out to greet her. You are disrespectful to the empress dowager at all. Fortunately, you are still the person in charge of the harem, and I am a servant to see Concubine Xiao, what you have done should be punished by the palace rules. I don’t know that you, who have always kept secrets from the people in the Six Palaces, would justly convict and punish yourself, so that the empress can serve everyone.”

There are four happy events in Yanqing Palace: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Apart from Dong Xi, who sold good news to Xiao Jinxuan before, this Chun Xi is not only eloquent, but also the personal palace maid who always pleases Empress Chen the most.

Originally, when Empress Chen was still a good concubine, she treated Xiao Jinxuan as if she was her own. When Chunxi saw her, she also greeted her with a smile, extremely respectful and polite.

But as Empress Chen's attitude changed, in order to please her master, Chunxi would not get too close to Xiao Jinxuan now, and this would be an opportunity to scold Xiao Jinxuan even more.

However, Zhaoyang Palace occupies a large area, so it will take some time to walk from the sleeping hall to the main entrance, which is completely normal.

Seeing that Chunxi's attitude was so bad, Empress Chen, who was standing outside the palace gate, not only did not say a word of reprimand.

Xiao Jinxuan, who has always been careful, even noticed a flash of satisfaction in the other party's eyes.

Immediately just now, Wenxin was warned not to be unreasonable Xiao Jinxuan, she could indeed tolerate the small tricks that Empress Chen did behind her back.

But if she still endures being bullied to the point of being bullied by a maidservant of Yanqing Palace, then she is not courteous, but weak.

Xiao Jinxuan, who had been submissive all her life in her previous life, no matter what kind of situation she faced in this life, she would rarely choose to back down.

Only because Empress Chen is Zhou Xianrui's adoptive mother, and she is a stepmother who has cared for Zhou Xianyu, so Xiao Jinxuan doesn't care about Zhou Xianyu many times.

But this will see Yanqing Palace up to the master, down to the palace servants, because of her previous forbearance, they all look like they are determined by her.

This will be even more humiliating and provocative, Xiao Jinxuan is not going to bear it anymore.

Immediately, Xiao Jinxuan waved her hand without saying a word, pointed at Chunxi, and ordered to the guards of Zhaoyang Palace:
"What are you still doing in a daze, and immediately capture this thing that has no dignity in my eyes. Is this concubine negligent and rude? After the Empress Dowager, the empress herself has never asked this concubine, Chunxi, you are just a mere palace maid Why are you questioning this concubine. Unless your words just now are taught by the empress dowager, if that is the case, this concubine will not touch you. But when the empress dowager was still a good concubine, there was a virtuous and magnanimous beauty in the palace The name, but this concubine does not believe that it is the other party's intention to make things so vicious and difficult."

Seeing that after Xiao Jinxuan finished saying this, she looked at her with a smile that was not a smile, and was satisfied with Chunxi's performance in her heart. Chen Hou, who was watching the play silently, was stunned by the questioning, not knowing how to say this Just pick it up.

After all, if Empress Chen agrees with Chunxi's statement and protects her, she will inevitably end up with the reputation of being a conniving palace official and a concubine without courtesy.

Even more so, she completely turned against the positive Xiao Jinxuan, and at worst, she would be dissatisfied with Zhou Xianrui, and complained and held grudges by Zhou Xianyu.

But if she didn't protect Xia Chunxi and the people from Zhaoyang Palace punished the people from Yanqing Palace in front of her, Empress Chen couldn't afford to lose this person.

Even if I have personally seen how difficult Xiao Jinxuan was before, especially her mouth is like a knife, and her tone is always gentle, but she directly presses people until she blushes and has no power to fight back.

But after all, Empress Chen and Xiao Jinxuan had a common enemy in the past, so she hadn't personally experienced each other's strength.

But now seeing Xiao Jinxuan's few short words, not only helped her out of the siege, but also turned her back immediately.

Immediately, the idleness that Empress Chen had suffered from Zhou Xianrui hadn't dissipated yet, and now she was very angry again, and immediately felt a sharp pain in her heart.

As for the guards of Zhaoyang Palace, they were the elite soldiers that Zhou Xianyu directly promoted to Xiao Jinxuan from the Beijing military camp.

Therefore, they didn't care about the identity of Empress Chen standing in front of them, obeying orders was the most important thing for these guards.

So ignoring Chunxi's terrified look, she was forcibly pulled out from Queen Chen by two guards, and was immediately escorted to kneel at Xiao Jinxuan's feet.

In the past few months, the influence of Empress Xue in the palace was too great.Since Xiao Jinxuan took over the harem, in order to quickly suppress and pacify the Six Palaces, anyone who has anything to do with the rebellion basically cannot escape death.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone in the harem, Xiao Jinxuan is definitely a cruel and terrifying existence.

Chun Xi, who thought she had the backing of Empress Chen just now, now sees Xiao Jinxuan capture her without a second thought, but her master the Empress Dowager has been squeezed out and cannot protect her safely.

For a while, Chunxi looked at Xiao Jinxuan who was condescendingly staring at her, and thought of the bloody storms that the other party had caused in the harem in the past few months.

Immediately, I secretly hated Chun Xi who regretted her talkativeness, and the arrogant and mean face just now was gone.

Instead, she immediately waved her hand, and slapped herself fiercely on the face dozens of times.

After Chunxi beat herself until her face became red and swollen, and the corners of her mouth ooze blood, she looked at Xiao Jinxuan crying bitterly, and kowtowed vigorously to beg for mercy.

(End of this chapter)