Chapter 155 Meeting Yu Fei Again

Xu Lanshan also hated the shivering cold weather, but she had to go.

She had single-handedly carried out this mission, and had completed it perfectly, earning a great deal of credit. It was such a glorious achievement! There were probably few people in the palace who weren't jealous.

If he stayed in the Qianyuan Palace without even paying his respects to the Empress, how could he be allowed to do so? He didn't know how he would be criticized.

It's just a trip. It's cold, so be it. It will pass after a while.

It's worth it than having no one catch the mistake.

Emperor Yuan Yong was amused, angry, and somewhat moved by her conversation. He sighed helplessly, "Forget it, forget it. Lan'er's words are so reasonable that I have no way to refute them. Then go. Put on more clothes and bring a hand warmer."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xu Lanshan was quickly dressed with the help of Yuchan and others. Holding the hand warmer, she got on the warm sedan chair and went to Fengwu Palace.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Queen!"

"Stand up and take a seat."

When the queen saw that she had returned after only a few days, she thought to herself that she was being ridiculous.

If this can be considered as "merit in disaster relief" and "a great help", then just wait and see, whether it is the harem or the court, people will definitely criticize and attack him, and no one will be convinced.

The queen even seemed to be gloating as she was waiting to watch the fun.

Regardless of what she was thinking, the Empress remained polite and said calmly, "Thank you for your hard work on this trip, Concubine Chen. Your Majesty and I will remember your contributions."

"Yes, I am deeply honored and grateful to the Emperor and the Empress!"

"Well, you are a thoughtful person!"

"Thanks to the Queen's teachings..."

The Queen didn't believe that Xu Lanshan had really made any substantial contribution and didn't want to get involved, so she didn't ask about the process and outcome of the matter.

Just keep talking some meaningless, empty words.

Since she didn't ask, Xu Lanshan naturally didn't know how to say it.

After a while, the queen ordered her to leave.

Xu Lanshan was eager to do so. She stood up, bowed and took her leave, and went back to Ganyuan Palace.

When the Empress learned she had returned, she went to the Qianyuan Palace and sneered, "I'd like to see how the Emperor will 'reward' her! He who climbs high must fall hard, and she's climbed high enough!"

Madam Qi's every expression revealed her disdain for Xu Lanshan. She scoffed, "It's only because of your kindness and generosity, Your Majesty, that you allow her to be like this. If it were anyone else, she would have fallen down long ago."

The Queen smiled and said, "Don't worry, just wait and see!"

"Your Majesty is right."

In Ganyuan Palace, she was able to enjoy the imperial meals from the palace again, which were more in line with her taste. When Xu Lanshan put the delicious food into her mouth, she felt extremely happy.

After eating vegetarian food for a few days and then eating meat, everything tastes delicious!

Seeing that she had a good appetite, Emperor Yuan Yong naturally thought that she had eaten too little in the temple in the past few days. He felt very distressed and considerately served her a bowl of perfectly cooked ham, winter bamboo shoots and shiitake mushroom soup.

Xu Lanshan took a sip and praised him with a smile: "This soup is really delicious, I like it very much!"

Emperor Yuan Yong smiled and said, "If you like it, use more."

You must be very greedy these days, right?

Dong Zhi and three or five other palace maids and eunuchs who were serving on the side had their eyes wide open and stood there not daring to move or breathe.

This—the Emperor, the Emperor actually personally served soup to Consort Chen! Consort Chen actually accepted it as if nothing had happened!

No matter what the people around them thought, the two parties were completely unaware, as if everything was normal.

The two of them had an intimate dinner, took a bath, and went to bed early.

A night of pleasure.

The next day, not long after Emperor Yuan Yong went to court, Xu Lanshan also got up. She was supposed to pay her respects to the empress today.

Unexpectedly, I ran into Concubine Yu again on the way.

Both of them were riding in a warm sedan chair. The eunuchs carrying the sedan chair stopped, and Concubine Yu looked straight at Xu Lanshan with cold eyes.

It’s so cold today, I really don’t want to move!

Xu Lanshan was a little conflicted, but decided to follow her heart and let it go.

Even if she was extremely terrified of Concubine Yu at this moment, Concubine Yu might not have any good feelings towards her. So why bother?

Besides, I was so sore all over after being tormented by that guy last night that I didn't want to move at all.

Xu Lanshan pretended not to understand Concubine Yu's look. She sat in the warm sedan chair and made no move to get out to pay her respects. She simply bowed to Concubine Yu, nodded, and said with a smile, "I hope Concubine Yu is well! I have been a little tired these past few days, so I will not get out of the sedan chair to pay my respects to Concubine Yu. Please don't blame me, Concubine Yu."

Concubine Yu was originally planning to find fault, but after hearing this, she couldn't hold her breath and sneered at Xu Lanshan, "Chen Zhaoyi is too polite. Chen Zhaoyi has made great contributions, how dare I blame her?"

"I don't deserve it. It's the generosity of Concubine Yu!"

Concubine Yu chuckled coldly, then lowered the curtain of her sedan chair in frustration. The eunuch carried it away slowly. Xu Lanshan's sedan chair followed not far behind.

Because of the interception that night, Concubine Yu's attitude towards her changed drastically.

Before that, although Concubine Yu didn't like her, she only expressed contempt and disdain. She didn't take her seriously at all and didn't think she could do anything.

After that, Concubine Yu's dislike turned into fear. Her hatred and disgust were actually also fear.

In other words, Concubine Yu felt a sense of crisis about her.

In the past, she thought that even if she was favored, she was just a thing of low birth, and her power was limited. However, she was able to snatch the emperor away from her, and after snatching him away, the emperor did not think she was disrespectful to her at all, and continued to love and pamper her.

This inevitably shocked Concubine Yu, and she then took it seriously and became wary of him - the threat he posed to her was far more serious than she had originally thought.

In this case, Concubine Yu would naturally not just watch the show with cold eyes and disdain as she did before.

Not to mention that this time she went out of the palace to pray for blessings. If everything went smoothly, she would gain an excellent reputation. It would be obvious that the emperor was praising her, and Concubine Yu would of course be even more wary and hateful.

When Xu Lanshan did that, she was very upset and annoyed with the system, but now looking back, does she regret it?

Sooner or later this day will come.

As long as Concubine Yu realizes that the threat she poses to him is more serious than she imagined, or as long as she feels that the emperor's favor towards her exceeds her expectations, she will react in the same way.

Who knows when she will realize it? She will be in the light and I will be in the dark. Who knows when she will plot against me and catch me off guard!

It’s better to be like this, at least I’m prepared.

Soon they arrived at Fengwu Palace. Apart from a few people of lower status, only Concubine Bai, Concubine Deng, Concubine Lin and Concubine Yu were there.

When Xu Lanshan entered the palace, everyone looked at her with ambiguous expressions, but Concubine Bai smiled at her with concern and a friendly nod.

Xu Lanshan greeted the concubines and sat down above Concubine Bai.