Chengshun Hall.
Long Jingchen looked at the memorial in his hand with annoyance, while constantly glancing towards the door.
Yang Qi clearly saw through his thoughts, and he looked at Long Jingchen with schadenfreude as he said, "Your Majesty, Mingyue Palace is already locked..."
Long Jingchen: ...
He put down the memorial in his hand, and Yang Qi instantly felt the air cool down a few degrees.
He hurriedly tightened his grip on the whisk in his hand: "Your Majesty, shall this servant go and take a look?"
"What are you looking at? Go to Consort Shen's place." His tone was calm, but the slight clenching of his teeth betrayed his feelings.
After he finished speaking, he got up and walked out.
Yang Qi quickly grabbed the whisk in his hand and ran outside.
...
Consort Shen's place is usually quiet and deserted, but today it's unusually lively because of Long Jingchen's stay. Just now, she used the excuse of feeling unwell to send away the group of women who seemed to be chatting with her but whose eyes were actually looking outside.
The group of women, seeing that she had lost interest and that Long Jingchen hadn't made any moves all day, left in disappointment.
After everyone had left, Consort Qi slowly stood up: "You're quite the star now, with more people coming to your room than to mine."
Her tone was tinged with barely concealed bitterness.
Hearing this, Consort Shen stepped forward and said, "Sister, what are you saying? I owe everything I have today to you. Without you, I wouldn't have a day to live. Don't worry, sister, you will always be my good sister."
Consort Qi snorted: "That had to be the case."
After she finished speaking, she walked away, swaying her hips, supported by a palace maid.
Consort Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Among those who came today, there were quite a few of higher rank than her, and some of them were her mortal enemies. She not only had to curry favor with one of them, but also had to please the other.
If Long Jingchen really favored her, she would have some reason to be proud. The problem is that there's nothing between Long Jingchen and her, so how could she dare to say anything now?
It was only when Consort Qi interrupted her today, when she was about to say that nothing had happened between her and Long Jingchen, that the group of women became slightly more polite to her.
She stood up, looked at Yuanyuan, and said softly, "Go get some water to wash up and rest."
Yuan Yuan nodded and had just turned to walk to the door when she heard Yang Qi's voice outside: "The Emperor has arrived!"
Yuanyuan was startled and turned to look at Consort Shen: "Your Majesty?"
Before Consort Shen could even nod and speak, she saw Long Jingchen walk in unhurriedly from outside.
From her angle, she could also see Consort Qi, who had just walked out and was looking back at Long Jingchen. Consort Qi's hands, hanging at her sides, were clenched into fists.
Yaqi looked at Consort Shen's house and said with dissatisfaction, "Look how smug she is, but she didn't actually have anything going on with the Emperor."
Consort Qi tightened her grip on her hand, the veins on her fist bulging: "How dare you speak of the master's affairs? Slap yourself!"
Yaqi's expression changed: "Your Majesty!"
Consort Qi glanced at her and walked straight ahead, showing no intention of showing her any pity.
Yaqi pursed her lips and slowly slapped her face: "This servant was too talkative, this servant knows her mistake, Your Majesty, please forgive me."
Consort Qi walked to the door, pushed it open, and then turned to look at her: "Alright, hurry up and follow me!"
She still felt sorry for Yaqi after all, since Yaqi was someone she had always taken care of. She was angry now, but she had nowhere to vent her anger.
Yaqi stopped what she was doing and quickly ran to her side...
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