Chapter 28: Anger

Rong An had served him for many years and was like a worm in his stomach. As soon as he saw the emperor's expression, he understood a little bit.

He beckoned the maid to come forward, "You, you, come here, I have something to ask you."

The little palace maid holding the orchid didn't understand what was going on. She stepped forward and bowed, "What are your instructions, eunuch?"

While observing the emperor's expression, Rong An asked, "Where are you going with this orchid?"

He knew what the emperor wanted to hear, but he couldn't let go of his imperial airs and condescend to ask in person. That would be so humiliating.

Therefore, such things were naturally done by these servants.

The fact that Rong An could become the chief steward shows that he has mastered the art of scratching the right spot.

Lu Haozhi curled his thin lips slightly and stood behind, waiting quietly for the little palace maid to answer.

As expected, the young palace maid said, "Eunuch, this orchid pot was ordered by our queen to be placed in the Lezhixuan decoration."

This statement surprised both Lu Haozhi and Rong An.

Rong An hurriedly asked, "Le Zhixuan? You must have heard it wrong, didn't you? Le Zhixuan is no longer inhabited. Why are you still sending things there?"

The young palace maid laughed and said, "Eunuch Rong really loves to joke. How could this servant have misheard the Imperial Concubine's order? A new bride has arrived today, and our Empress has placed Concubine Bai in Lezhixuan. This morning, the Empress suddenly remembered that the Marquis's Mansion had sent this pot of gold-edged black orchid, so she asked that it be sent to Lezhixuan to add some elegance to Concubine Bai's home."

As soon as the words fell, Rong An immediately knew that something was wrong.

In recent days, I don’t know what’s wrong with the Imperial Concubine. She has become less and less attentive to the Emperor. Not only has the green card been hung up, but she is no longer seen in the Yangxin Palace.

Even he, a servant, could feel the imperial concubine's coldness, so how could the emperor not notice it?

This incident has dashed the emperor's expectations, and who knows what will happen!

"Since the Imperial Concubine has sent you on a mission, why are you still sitting here chattering? Hurry up and leave! Stop standing here!"

With just two words, he chased the maid away. Seeing her actually enter Le Zhixuan, Rong An tentatively said to Lu Haozhi, "Your Majesty, the wind is strong and the rain is heavy. You'd better go in quickly to avoid hurting the emperor's body."

Lu Haozhi stood in the courtyard, looking at the palace maids coming in and out of the main hall of Changchun Palace, silent and with a gloomy face.

No one knows what the Emperor of the Great Zhou is thinking at this moment.

Raindrops dripped from the eaves. It was already March, but in the blink of an eye it was as cold as late autumn.

"The Imperial Concubine is so virtuous, I won't bother her any more. Let her be busy. I'm going back to the Yangxin Palace."

After saying this, Lu Haozhi left Changchun Palace again.

Since she likes to play hard to get so much, why should he insist on trying to please her?

In such a huge harem, all the concubines are his women!

At this moment, Meng Yan was wearing a silver fox fur waistcoat and holding Doukou's little hand, teaching her to write stroke by stroke.

The four-year-old child is already able to learn, and although Doukou still cannot speak, Meng Yan plans to teach her to read and write first.

Doukou grew up in the royal family and was not like an ordinary girl.

She didn't want her child to be delayed by the illness and continue to live in a daze, being illiterate at the age of five or six and having the empty title of a royal family in vain.

In her previous life, Lin Yanrong didn't care much about Princess He'an's upbringing. It was enough for her to raise her plump and fair to please the emperor.

After all, she always thought that she would give birth to a prince or princess in the future, and she didn't want this child who had no blood relationship with her to steal the glory and love from her own flesh and blood.

Lu Haozhi also asked about this matter, but Lin Yanrong was acting coquettishly and silly, and Doukou couldn't speak, so the matter was later left unresolved.

In this life, since Doukou has accepted her as her daughter, Meng Yan is unwilling to let her be blind again.

She had only half written a large character when Ruizhu hurried over and whispered, "Your Majesty, I just heard from the people in the courtyard that the Emperor has arrived. But for some reason, he didn't come in, nor did he send anyone to announce him. He just stood there for a while and then left."

Meng Yan paused for a moment, then looked up and asked, "What's going on?"

Ruizhu shook her head. "From what I heard from outsiders, nothing happened. After the Emperor came in, he just stood in the courtyard for a moment without saying a word. It was just that Eunuch Rong'an took Qiuyu, who was delivering the orchids, and said some unimportant things to her."

Meng Yan frowned slightly and thought about it several times. In her previous life or in the book, she did nothing except sulking in Changchun Palace today. In this life, she was just obedient and practiced calligraphy with Doukou. What on earth did she do to provoke this emperor?

But she changed her mind and thought, today is the day when the heroine Lin Yanrong enters the palace. If something unexpected happens and she is still kept in the dark, and someone uses it to make a fuss, that would be bad.

At that moment, she gave Ruizhu a few instructions. Ruizhu nodded in agreement and hurried out.

Meng Yan led Doukou to write two large characters. Seeing that the little girl was a little tired, she put down her pen, rubbed her fingers for her, and asked the palace maid to bring a bowl of almond milk.

Doukou has the same personality as her and loves sweets. She finished a bowl of almond milk in no time, and her little mouth was covered with candy.

Meng Yan looked at the greedy look of the child and felt warm in her heart. She smiled and took the towel from the palace maid and wiped the child's face.

At this moment, Ruizhu came back with the news.

"Your Majesty, I heard from the eunuchs sweeping the streets that Concubine Lin got caught in the rain when she entered the palace, and the Emperor happened to see her. Although the Emperor didn't say anything, he stood there for quite a while."

When Meng Yan heard this, her brows, which had been slightly furrowed, suddenly relaxed.

Oh, it turns out that Lu Haozhi was dissatisfied with her for not taking good care of his confidante, so Tete came to her house to ask for an explanation!

It is true that although Liang Chengbi was pardoned, the authority to preside over the affairs of the six palaces has not yet been returned.

At present, Meng Yan is still the head of the harem.

Lin Yanrong entered the palace only to be drenched in the rain, a scene Lu Haozhi witnessed. She was well-versed in the misery of the heroine being wronged and the hero taking his anger out on the supporting actress.

Meng Yan had a smile on her face, but she didn't take the matter to heart.

Ruizhu saw her master smiling brightly, not seeming to care at all, so she spoke up for him, "Your Majesty, this Concubine Lin really has a seductive temper. She just entered the palace, and she's already pretending to be pitiful, even catching the Emperor's eye. It's not like she doesn't have servants, so how could these people who follow her not know how to take care of her? It was clearly her intention to let her young mistress get drenched like that!"

Meng Yan didn't know whether Lin Yanrong did it on purpose, but based on her personality in her previous life, it was not impossible.

Meng Yan didn't care how she tried to seduce the emperor to win his favor, but since something like this had happened, as the concubine in charge, she had to at least explain it to avoid exacerbating Lu Haozhi's bad impression of her.

Her beautiful eyes flickered as she spoke, "Send someone to the Imperial Hospital to instruct them to prepare some cold-repelling soup to distribute to the new young lady entering the palace, to prevent her from catching a cold and falling ill."

Ruizhu saw that her master was not angry at all, but was willing to take care of the newcomers. She felt quite sorry for her and had no choice but to go and do her job.

When the oral order reached the Imperial Medical Bureau, Xiahou Yu was writing medical records.

Upon hearing this, the slender fingers holding the rabbit-hair brush paused slightly, and a drop of ink fell on the page.