Chapter 11: Concubine Hua and Concubine Duan Reconciliation
"Your Majesty, Concubine Hua and Concubine Shen are coming to us."
Jixiang, the maidservant beside Concubine Duan, walked in quickly from outside, with a look of panic on her face that she couldn't hide in time.
Not to mention her, a little maid, even Concubine Duan was shocked when she heard who the visitor was.
Is Concubine Hua still unable to bear seeing her in this state? Does she really have to kill her completely?
After all, she is the daughter of a general and her family background is not low. After entering the palace, she never fights for things, and she and Nian Shilan can be considered good sisters.
She never thought that despite her personality, she was still schemed against by her partner and became a scapegoat, causing her former good sister to lose her child, and she completely lost the desire to be a mother.
"Please invite them in."
Thinking back on the past, Concubine Duan still felt bitter. From the deep sisterly love in the past to the hatred of her son's murder today, she didn't know how to face Concubine Hua.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Her Majesty Duan. I wish Her Majesty good health."
After Shen Meizhuang walked into the house, she respectfully bowed to Concubine Duan.
"Sister, please get up quickly."
"Jixiang, serve the tea quickly."
Concubine Hua didn't wait for Concubine Duan to call her and sat down on a chair beside her.
I have the impression that Qi Yuebin hasn't appeared in public for a long time. The last time I saw her seemed to be the emperor's birthday.
Concubine Duan glanced at Concubine Hua, wondering how she was planning to torture herself today.
"I wonder what Concubine Hua is doing today?"
After they sat down for a while, Qi Yuebin saw that Nian Shilan didn't speak, so she had to ask. After all, what was coming couldn't be avoided.
Nian Shilan's face paused when she heard Qi Yuebin's words.
In fact, she didn't know why she came here. When she heard Zhen Huan and the others say they were coming, she said it all at once. When she came to her senses, they were already on their way.
"Empress Duan, I heard that you were unwell, so I thought I'd come over to see you. On the way, I happened to meet Empress Hua, who was also heading this way, so we came together. Concubine Wan was also planning to come, but unfortunately, she was unwell, so she had to ask me to convey her thoughts on her behalf."
Although Chen Meizhuang was not quite sure about the past grudges between Concubine Duan and Concubine Hua, she could still tell from the way they looked at each other that they seemed to have some inexplicable emotions towards each other.
"Thank you for your concern. Please also give my regards to Consort Wan on my behalf. When you feel better, we will definitely have a chance to meet."
"After all these years, you've been staying in the remote Yanqing Palace all day. What's the matter? Are you afraid that I'll cause you more trouble?"
Looking at the sick look on Qi Yuebin's face, Nian Shilan's eyes flashed with pity.
Although it was Qi Yuebin who brought her the bowl of medicine that took the life of the fetus in her womb, she ordered people to feed her safflower every day afterwards and treated her harshly in terms of food, clothing and other expenses. In fact, it was already unclear who owed whom between them.
What's more, Qi Yuebin was actually a victim in that incident.
"Hua Fei, you're joking. It's just that my health isn't good enough for me, so I can't chat and laugh with you sisters. I have to trouble you to come and see me. It's really a great honor for me."
Qi Yuebin could see that Nian Shilan didn't come here to deliberately cause trouble today. On the contrary, she saw the kindness she showed to herself many years ago.
This really made her secretly think about what had happened during this period of time. She heard that she had punished a new concubine who had entered the palace some time ago. What was going on today?
"The snacks in your palace are so disgusting, how can you still swallow them?"
Hua Fei picked up the snack that Jixiang had placed on the table and took a bite, but the indescribable taste made her frown. She wanted to suppress the taste with tea, but it was difficult for her to swallow the tea in her mouth.
“…”
Concubine Duan looked at Concubine Hua with an indescribable look, which made her feel guilty unconsciously.
Well, she remembered that it was she who ordered the reduction of the monthly salary in her palace, and even the food sent to them were the leftovers picked from other palaces.
It was not known whether he felt sorry for her or felt guilty about her, but the emperor did not stop her from being harsh on Concubine Duan in private, and the servants in the palace always served her according to her circumstances. As a result, over the years, Yanqing Palace seemed to have been gradually forgotten by everyone.
"Songzhi, go and ask the kitchen to send over the freshly made snacks today, and also have someone send over some of the palace's finest tea."
"yes."
Songzhi walked out of the house with full of doubts in her heart to arrange what Hua Fei had ordered.
From the time Concubine Hua said in the palace that she was going to Suiyuxuan, to now when she and Concubine Duan were sitting together and chatting calmly, she completely couldn't understand her master's actions.
But these are not her concerns. All she can do is to do her best to arrange her master's requirements.
"Your body is getting weaker and weaker. Do you want to ask the imperial physician to take a closer look?"
"No, it's just an old problem for me."
Even though neither of them said it, they both knew that Concubine Duan's body began to weaken after she was fed safflower, and she did not receive timely treatment from the imperial physician, which led to the serious damage.
"Whatever you want. I'm going back now. Remember to eat the snacks that were sent to me."
Concubine Hua also thought of this, but she couldn't bring herself to explain the past to Concubine Duan, so she could only stand up and leave proudly.
Concubine Duan looked at the undisguised embarrassment on her face and smiled slightly. The Concubine Hua in front of her now seemed to have returned to the days when they were sisters with deep affection, and her temperament was still the same as many years ago.
Maybe Nian Shilan herself didn't notice that she even changed the way she addressed herself when she spoke just now.
After they left, Concubine Duan sat there with a smile she had never had on her face before.
"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today. I haven't seen you smile like this for a long time."
Jixiang was also genuinely happy for her master. For so many years, her master had been spending every day in worry. She saw it all, but she couldn't help. The only thing she could do was to stay by her side.
"Yeah, it's been so long. It seems like it was just a nightmare, and now I finally wake up."
With Jixiang's support, Concubine Duan walked into the courtyard and looked at the sky in the distance. The depressed mood that had been weighing on her heart finally disappeared.
She had never had such a luxury that in her lifetime she could still sit there and chat quietly with Hua Fei like she did just now, without any tit-for-tat, but just ordinary greetings.
Hua Fei, who was in the same mood as her, returned to her bedroom and smiled silently at herself in the mirror.
The reconciliation with Concubine Duan was her explanation to her previous life. After so long, the torture they had endured between each other should have ended.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Su just came over to tell you that the Emperor will come to our Yikun Palace tonight to have dinner with you."
Songzhi walked gently to Nian Shilan and spoke to her.
"Got it. Go and light up the Huanyi incense."
In order not to attract the emperor's attention, she usually doesn't use this incense, but she will light it when the emperor comes.
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