Chapter 51 The Queen Mother Disdains

The emperor kept Xu Lanshan in the Ganyuan Palace to serve him yesterday, and the atmosphere in the harem became relaxed.

In the next seven or eight days, the emperor summoned Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Rou respectively, and also went to sit with the queen. The harem was quite lively.

But all this excitement has nothing to do with Concubine Lian.

Concubine Lian was furious, and the Empress Dowager was also furious. However, the son was the emperor, and the Empress Dowager could say a few words, but could she really reach into her son's room and force him to favor someone?

On the one hand, she was angry that the emperor did not give her, his biological mother, face, and on the other hand, she was angry that Concubine Lian was not living up to her expectations.

What a waste of such status and beauty!

Without a good temper, you are really useless.

Concubine Lian hated Xu Lanshan so much that she took all her anger out on her. She spoke ill of Xu Lanshan in front of the empress dowager and even wanted to kill her with the empress dowager's help. However, she ended up making things worse and was scolded by the empress dowager instead.

"She's just a cheap thing from a former palace maid, and you're not afraid of losing your dignity by competing with her! Even if she's in favor, what good is it? She's just a toy! The Emperor is in high spirits right now, why do you have to make things difficult for her? Isn't this clearly opposing the Emperor? Even if you hate her so much, can't you be a little more patient? When the Emperor's novelty wears off, what will she be? I'm afraid he'd even think it was dirty to step on her! How can you be so ungrateful!"

Concubine Lian was so angry at the Empress Dowager's words that she was speechless. In her heart, she was extremely dissatisfied. "Aunt, although that bitch is lowly, she has some seductive tricks. Who knows if the Emperor will be bewitched by her and lose his sense of propriety? What if the Emperor is determined to praise her? As long as the Emperor praises her, who can say anything! I'm afraid that if that happens, it will only bring disaster to us!"

The Queen Mother sneered, "Your talk is pure nonsense. Even if the Emperor continues to favor her, what good will it do? If that day ever comes, hmph, I will naturally take care of her."

A lowly woman with no background at all, even if she was made a concubine, it would be no problem for the empress dowager to deal with her if she really wanted to.

After all, other concubines cannot be touched at will, and one must always consider their families. What family does she have to consider?

Concubine Lian was still unconvinced. It wasn't that she didn't believe the Queen Mother had the ability to deal with Xu Lanshan, but she felt that was a matter for the future. Why should she watch her arrogance now? Why couldn't she just kill her now?

Even if she was killed, she would be dead. The emperor would just be angry for a few days, what else could he do?

Concubine Lian wanted to say something more, but the Empress Dowager lost her patience and scolded her, warning her to be more gentle and kind in front of the Emperor, and to stop showing jealousy all the time. She would say things the Emperor didn't like to hear...

Concubine Lian feels so aggrieved!

A few days later, the queen announced that the emperor would go to the palace fifty miles outside the city to escape the summer heat in five days, and would probably stay there for three months.

The accompanying list has been finalized. In addition to the Queen and Concubine Lian, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Yu, there are also Concubine Lin, Concubine Rou, Concubine Bai, Concubine Deng, and Concubine Xu.

The concubines accompanying them should hurry up and pack their luggage properly so as not to cause any trouble before departure.

Now the uterus was excited, and the concubines accompanying the emperor no longer cared about being jealous or causing trouble for others. They were all busy packing clothes, jewelry and other things.

You have to know that the summer palace is different from the Forbidden City. There are not so many rules and you have more opportunities to see the emperor.

In addition, the palace has beautiful scenery, which is more suitable for romance. You should prepare well. If you can catch the emperor's eye and please him in the palace, wouldn't that be better than anything else?

Those who were not chosen to accompany the emperor were naturally in a very low mood, but since they were all out of favor and of low status, they did not dare to complain openly.

Yuchan, Yuxing and Xiaofuzi were also happily busy packing clothes, rouge and powder for Xu Lanshan.

Xu Lanshan herself didn't care too much about it. She was born beautiful and had a good relationship with the emperor, so she didn't need to rely on these things.

Xu Lanshan finally decided to take Yuchan and Yuxing with her, leaving Xiaofuzi behind to guard Cuiyinxuan.

The only people she could trust were Yuchan and Xiaofuzi. One of them must stay behind and there was no way they would leave Yuxing behind.

Otherwise, when she comes back, who knows what might be missing or extra in Cuiyinxuan, or even both.

Yuxing thought she would be left behind, but she didn't expect the beauty to let her go with her. She was very happy. The beauty really valued her!

She looked down on Yuchan in her complacency and couldn't help but smile in front of Xu Lanshan, "My beauty, why don't you leave Yuchan in the palace and let Xiao Fuzi go with you? He's stronger and might be more convenient for him to do some things! I can serve you well, my beauty. Besides, there will definitely be young palace maids on duty in the courtyard over there. It doesn't matter whether Yuchan goes or not."

Xu Lanshan smiled faintly: "Let Yuchan go. There will be many opportunities in the future. It won't be too late for Xiaofuzi to go later."

Xu Lanshan thought to herself, Yuchan, of course you have to go, otherwise who will keep an eye on you?

Perhaps to prevent the concubines from cultivating their own power and causing chaos, or perhaps to reduce expenses, the imperial court had very few personal attendants. The arrival of Yu Xing, a woman with ulterior motives, made Xu Lanshan feel very inconvenienced.

Yuxing wanted to say something, but Xu Lanshan remained silent with a lazy attitude.

Yuxing was very bored and had to give up.

This beautiful mistress truly had a good temper. Ever since I arrived, she had been very kind to me and didn't impose on me. But if she didn't want to agree to something, even if she didn't refute it, she would still resolutely refuse to do it.

Everyone was busy packing up, but who knew that Emperor Yuan Yong would come to Cuiyinxuan to stay overnight that night.

Xu Lanshan had already finished dinner, took a walk in the yard, and had just finished a bath. She was ready to go to bed after her hair was dry. Emperor Yuan Yong did not greet her in advance, but came on a whim.

Xu Lanshan was also startled, but then she stepped forward with a smile on her face and saluted happily: "Your Majesty, you didn't even send someone to tell me before you came. I dressed up well. Fortunately, I am dressed neatly, otherwise I would be so embarrassed to be so unkempt. I would not be able to face Your Majesty in the future!"

Emperor Yuan Yong was amused and pulled her to sit down: "Lan'er is beautiful, she looks good no matter what."

Xu Lanshan blinked, smiled and said coquettishly: "But I want to always be the most beautiful one in the eyes of the emperor!"

Emperor Yuan Yong laughed loudly.

Xu Lanshan also laughed and acted even more coquettishly: "Your Majesty, tell me, am I the most beautiful in your eyes?"

The woman's eager look for praise was so charming, as if she would be overjoyed with just a word of affirmation from me. It was obvious how important my opinion was to her!