Chapter 64: She is not unfamiliar with that kind of red mark
The next day.
When Yue Li woke up, her side was already cold. He Yanchen had been gone for some time.
Yueli felt a little lazy, so she fell asleep on his pillow with the quilt in her arms.
She somewhat missed the days when He Yanchen ignored state affairs. At that time, she could see him every time she opened her eyes, and could snuggle into his arms and hug him, unlike now, when she could only hug his pillow.
After lying in bed in a daze for a while, Yueli pulled the bedside bell.
Lian Qiao and Zi Su walked in upon hearing the noise and helped her up. "It's still early today, why don't you sleep a little longer, Your Majesty?"
Yue Li sat on the edge of the bed, letting them play with her. She was sore and sore that she couldn't muster any strength. Perhaps He Yanchen wanted to comfort her, so he had been particularly aggressive last night, filling her up bit by bit, leaving her with no energy to think about anything else.
"What will your Majesty wear today?"
Zi Su brought out a few clothes for her to choose from. Yue Li chose a dazzling coral-colored palace dress, her expression expressionless. "This one, please. Lian Qiao will accompany me to pay my respects later."
Lian Qiao was startled: "Your Majesty is going to Fengyang Palace to pay respects?"
It's no wonder she was surprised. After all, the Queen had been thinking of excuses every day not to pay her respects.
Yueli sat in front of the diamond-shaped mirror and put on her makeup. She was not in the mood to eat breakfast. She just wanted to go and see Huang Baolin. She couldn't even remember what she looked like.
Lian Qiao and Zi Su looked at each other, unable to guess what Yue Li was thinking, but they quickly gave orders. When Yue Li had finished dressing up and it was exactly the time of Chen, they boarded the ceremonial procession and headed to Fengyang Palace.
Zhuoyu Palace was not far from Fengyang Palace. Within a quarter of an hour, the ceremonial procession stopped in front of the palace gate.
"Yu Zhaorong has arrived——"
The originally joyful atmosphere in the hall suddenly became quiet.
Yue Li walked into the hall despite everyone's vague gazes, bowed perfunctorily and sat in her seat.
Sitting above her was Concubine Jin, while Concubine Shen sat opposite her.
Shen Zhaoyi smiled at her, but Concubine Jin curled her lips lightly: "It is really rare to see Yu Zhaorong in Fengyang Palace."
Yue Li was already furious, and Concubine Jin's veiled sarcasm just hit her right in the chorus. She said bluntly, "Concubine Jin is usually quite idle. She doesn't have to serve His Majesty or discipline the princes. Besides paying her respects to the Empress, I'm afraid she has nothing else to do."
"You!" Yueli poked her heart so hard that Concubine Jin was so angry that she almost stood up.
Yue Li glanced at her with a half-smile, "Empress Jin, why are you so anxious? Even if I couldn't come, I still respect the Empress from the bottom of my heart. But Your Majesty is sympathetic, and I can't refuse Your Majesty's kindness. I'm really in a dilemma."
The Queen's mouth twitched, and she interrupted Yue Li: "Since Yu Zhaorong is here, please talk to the sisters."
Defei and Cui Zhaoyuan took over the conversation. Yueli leaned back in her chair and glanced around the hall, finally landing on Huang Baolin at the end.
Huang Baolin was born a pretty girl, not outstanding among the beauties in the harem. Yueli remembered that it was she who came out to identify the empress dowager's maid when someone fell into the water last time. She seemed to be a timid person at ordinary times, but it turned out that she was related to the Xianwang party.
Perhaps her gaze lingered on Huang Baolin for too long, and Concubine Zheng beside her burst out laughing and said, "Why is Concubine Yu always staring at Huang Baolin?"
This sentence shifted everyone's attention to Yueli again.
Yueli clenched the cup in her hand. Before she could speak, Concubine Zheng continued, "Your Majesty went to visit Huang Baolin yesterday. I think Concubine Yu is curious too."
Yu Zhaorong had been favored for a long time, and suddenly the emperor went to someone else's palace, which surprised everyone and gave them hope.
If Huang Baolin can do it, they can definitely do it too.
Yue Li sneered, "If I don't look at Huang Baolin, will I look at you? Huang Baolin at least allowed His Majesty to take a look at him. What is there about Concubine Zheng that is worth my attention?"
Concubine Zheng felt embarrassed. When Yueli first entered the palace, they had the same rank. Now she was still a beauty, but Yueli had suddenly become a second-rank Zhaorong. How could she swallow this?
"Then Yu Zhaorong should look at it more often. After all, His Majesty likes to watch it too."
Yueli felt that Zheng Meiren's words really annoyed her and she really wanted to shut her mouth.
Thinking this, she did so.
Yueli picked up a pear from the table and threw it at Concubine Zheng on the forehead, stunning her.
"Miss Zheng is a talkative person, and I'm afraid you might offend His Majesty someday, so I asked you to shut your mouth with a pear."
After a moment of silence, Concubine Zheng burst into tears.
Yueli sat leisurely on the chair, not even bothering to look at her.
The Queen had a headache: "Yu Zhaorong..."
Before she could even utter the words of blame, Yue Li said sadly, "Your Majesty, Concubine Zheng has committed insubordination. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
"If the Empress can't make the decision, I will go to His Majesty for the decision!"
Queen: “…”
The farce in Fengyang Palace was eventually suppressed by the Queen. She could not punish Yue Li, so she could only let Concubine Zheng suffer the loss.
*
In the evening, Ji Ming came to Zhuoyu Palace and told her that He Yanchen could not come today.
He went to Fuyue Palace again.
Yue Li stared out the window for a long time, and finally sent the person away and locked herself in the hall for the night.
The next morning, Lian Qiao saw that her eyes were swollen and knew that she must have been unhappy last night.
"Your Majesty only stayed in Fuyue Palace for half an hour yesterday before returning to Linde Palace. He did not stay overnight."
Yue Li didn't say anything. He would have to stay overnight sooner or later. If he wanted to take advantage of someone, he had to give her some benefits, otherwise how could the bystanders be convinced.
Feeling bad, Yueli went to the lotus pond alone to relax.
She was sitting in the pavilion feeding the fish, and soon an uninvited guest came to disturb her.
"This concubine greets Yu Zhaorong."
The person who came was Huang Baolin.
Yueli retracted her gaze and said calmly, "Get up."
Huang Baolin was a little embarrassed: "I didn't know your majesty was here, but am I disturbing you?"
Lian Qiao glanced at Yue Li's expression and said to Huang Baolin, "Huang Baolin, you should go somewhere else. Our queen wants to be alone for a while."
"Yes, I'll leave now." Huang Baolin's attitude was very humble. She lowered her head and squatted to salute, leaving only a part of her white neck exposed.
Yueli stood up suddenly.
She walked closer to Huang Baolin step by step. Without her order, Huang Baolin did not dare to stand up and maintained this posture, allowing Yueli to see the red mark on the back of her neck more clearly.
She was not unfamiliar with red marks like that.
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