Chapter 52 A Thrilling Moment

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the sun became increasingly scorching, and it was almost impossible to step out of the temple at noon.

The palace for the new concubine to live in was repaired, and Lin Zhaorong found a slightly cooler evening to invite Queen Cui and the concubines over.

Pei Tingyue also came.

She was wearing a light green embroidered skirt, with several jade hairpins inserted diagonally in her bun and green jade pendants in her ears. She was dressed in a beautiful and charming manner, and was very conspicuous among the many charming palace concubines.

Among the palace concubines, Yan Baolin was also wearing a green dress.

As the saying goes, wearing the same clothes is not a big deal, but whoever is ugly will be embarrassed.

Compared to Pei Tingyue's beauty, Yan Baolin is much duller, and their temperaments are also very different. When standing together, Yan Baolin looks like a palace maid.

Concubine Xie Xian's eyes wandered between the two for a moment, and she sighed indifferently, "No wonder Concubine Pei is so favored. The difference is immediately apparent at a glance."

As soon as she spoke, all the concubines looked towards the two of them.

Lady Pei was dressed in a simple dress and stood there holding a round fan, looking very charming.

Although Yan Baolin was wearing a dress of the same color and was beautiful, she was a little shy and petty.

After comparing themselves, the concubines whispered to each other and looked at Yan Baolin with mockery in their eyes.

For a moment, Yan Baolin's face turned red, and he froze in place, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.

Empress Cui came to the rescue at the right time: "Okay, let's go see the new concubine's palace."

Led by Queen Cui, the concubines walked slowly forward.

Yan Baolin, who was walking at the end, had a distorted expression on her face, and the handkerchief in her hand was torn to pieces. She looked at Pei Tingyue in front of her with hatred.

After taking a deep breath, Yan Baolin suppressed the hatred in his eyes and followed the crowd forward.

Soon, the concubines stopped at the door of the new concubine's palace.

Concubine Xie looked at the gilded plaque hanging on the palace gate and slowly read out: "Bixiao Palace."

Lin Zhaorong smiled warmly, "This is the new name the Empress bestowed upon the palace. It's inspired by the image of a crane soaring above the clouds in the clear sky, inspiring poetic sentiment to soar to the heavens."

The concubines flattered Kai,

"The Queen chose a very good name. It sounds very poetic."

"The Empress's artistic conception is something that none of the concubines can match."

“…”

Queen Cui just smiled warmly without saying a word.

After the concubines paused for a moment, Lin Zhaorong said, "Empress, let's go in and take a look."

Queen Cui nodded slowly: "Okay."

The concubines entered in turn according to their ranks.

After the previous concubine stepped over the threshold, Pei Tingyue was about to enter when she heard a slight noise above her head.

Pei Tingyue caught the strange sound, slowed down his pace and looked up.

The "creaking" sound gradually became louder, and the gold-plated plaque was about to fall down!

Pei Tingyue took a breath and was about to retract his legs and retreat.

But she didn't expect that there was a hand behind her, suddenly exerting force on her.

At this critical moment, Pei Tingyue reacted extremely quickly, grabbed the hand behind him, and rushed forward together.

The next moment, the plaque fell straight down towards the two of them.

"careful!"

After the exclamation, a figure pushed the two of them away, but he didn't have time to dodge and was hit by the corner of the plaque.

"Empress!"

"beauty!"

"Call the doctor!"

“…”

There was chaos at the palace gate.

Although Pei Tingyue was not hit by the plaque, she was knocked to the ground and hit her hands and legs. She was in so much pain that she couldn't get up.

Yun Shu hurried forward: "Beauty, how are you?"

Pei Tingyue shook her head in pain. She looked closely at the figure and found that it was Lin Zhaorong.

Lin Zhaorong seemed to be seriously injured and fell to the ground, unable to move, with blood oozing from her back.

As for the person who pushed her, Pei Tingyue looked aside and stared at Yan Baolin coldly.

Queen Cui frowned slightly at the chaos, then gave orders in an orderly manner.

Because Lin Zhaorong was seriously injured and her palace was nearby, she was moved back to Yongfu Palace.

Queen Cui and the concubines also moved over.

The palace maid moved Lin Zhaorong to the couch. Lin Zhaorong felt a burning pain in her back and she groaned in pain.

Not only did Lin Zhaorong feel physical pain, she also felt resentment in her heart.

Originally, since she had done a good job in repairing the palace, the queen would definitely look upon her with a higher regard, and might even be willing to adopt Yu Qi as her son.

But unexpectedly, now that such a mistake has happened, it’s good that the Queen doesn’t think she is useless! Not to mention the matter of adopting a son!

Someone must have done this on purpose because they didn't want her to lose face in front of the Queen!

Lin Zhaorong gritted her teeth and instantly had a candidate in her mind.

Xie Xianfei!

Aside from Consort Xie, Lin Zhaorong couldn't imagine anyone else holding such a grudge against her. Consort Xie must be afraid that her son, Yu Qi, would be favored by the Empress and hinder her son's future!

The more Lin Zhaorong thought about it, the more she felt that it was her. Last time in Changsheng Palace, Concubine Xie glared at her and then left!

If it was really Concubine Xie who did it, she probably wouldn't leave any loopholes. She would have to bear this loss.

Lin Zhaorong's face became increasingly gloomy.

After a moment, she struggled to get up despite the pain.

"Your Majesty, this is my fault. I failed to supervise properly..."

Empress Cui didn't blame her too much. Instead, she comforted her, "I know that this is the last thing you want to see happen. Otherwise, you wouldn't risk your life to protect the concubine. Now, stop thinking so much and stay here. The imperial physician will be here soon."

Lin Zhaorong had not expected the Empress to be so tolerant. She spoke of her grievances and was deeply moved. She choked up and said, "Thank you, Empress."

She was helped back onto the couch.

Empress Cui sat on the other side and looked into the hall: "Concubine Pei, how are you?"

Pei Tingyue stepped forward and shook her head: "Thanks to Empress Zhaorong's help, I am fine."

Empress Cui said gently, "When the imperial physician comes, let him take a look at it to make sure there are no scars left."

After Pei Tingyue expressed his gratitude, he looked back.

Yan Baolin's face was pale and there was pleading in her eyes.

Pei Tingyue sneered in her heart, and the next moment, she knelt down in front of Queen Cui.

"Please, Queen, make the decision for me!"

Empress Cui raised her eyes and said, "Concubine Pei, what do you mean?"

Pei Tingyue's eyes welled with tears, her voice trembling, "Originally, I had noticed the plaque was about to fall, and I had already retracted my steps. If nothing unexpected had happened, I could have dodged it successfully. However, I didn't expect that someone was behind me and pushed me, causing me to stumble under the plaque."

Empress Cui's expression grew serious: "Are you saying that someone saw the plaque was about to fall and plotted to harm you?

Pei Tingyue nodded: "This person is Yan Baolin who fell down with me."

The concubines were in an uproar and all turned their eyes to Yan Baolin.