Chapter 139 Didn't she charm the Emperor to death?

The next day, Shen Chaoyan slept until noon in Sikong Yan's residence.

Not long after she got up, Suqiu, who was beside the Empress Dowager, came over to pass on a message.

"The kitchen has prepared grilled lamb chops, fried crabs, goose with five-flavor apricot cheese, shrimp and fish belly soup, winter bamboo shoots and duck casserole, and osmanthus cakes for lunch. We would like to invite Concubine Hua to try them."

Shen Chaoyan heard that they were all her favorites.

But the Empress Dowager would definitely not invite her to dinner without a reason.

Could it be because of Lin Qianqian, who was not invited last night?

This is not a big deal, she thought, and agreed readily, "Okay."

When they arrived at the garden where the Empress Dowager lived, Shen Chaoyan saw from a distance that the Empress Dowager and Lin Qianqian were sitting in the pavilion chatting.

Of course, besides them, the concubines in the harem were also there.

Everyone was drinking tea and chatting, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Shen Chaoyan glanced at everyone and immediately stepped forward to pay respect to the Queen Mother, "Greetings to the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother

smiled and replied, "I've been waiting for you. The osmanthus crisps are freshly baked in the kitchen. I love this every year when I come to the hot spring palace." After

saying that, she asked someone to bring lunch to the table.

"I was greedy a few days ago and was still thinking about osmanthus crisps. I didn't expect to have a good time today." Shen Chaoyan smiled and sat down in the empty seat next to Xue Youran.

The palace servants came in one after another and placed delicious dishes on the table.

In addition to the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, there are seven or eight kinds of pastries, and the stewed winter bamboo shoots and duck shreds have the fragrance of duck meat, the tenderness of winter bamboo shoots, and the softness of rice. Not only does it leave a lingering fragrance on your lips and teeth, but it also warms your stomach.

Everyone ate cautiously, and only took one or two bites of each snack.

Shen Chaoyan never treated herself badly when it came to food, "Delicious!" The empress

dowager watched Shen Chaoyan eat so deliciously, and her appetite was also opened. She drank half a bowl of rice more than usual.

When they had almost finished eating, the empress dowager put down her chopsticks and got back to the topic, "Huapin, I heard that you stayed at the emperor's place last night?"

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Shen Chaoyan.

In the past, these concubines would definitely be jealous.

But now, they have let it go.

Instead of fighting with Shen Chaoyan in the palace and becoming a loser in the end, moving to the cold palace in disgrace, it is better to be a bystander and watch the love affair between Shen Chaoyan and Sikong Yan.

After a long time, they found that watching other people fall in love is much more interesting than trying their best to be favored!

In response to the Queen Mother's question, Shen Chaoyan raised her hand to lift the hair by her ear, smiled and nodded very sincerely, "Yes, the emperor asked me to accompany him to take a hot spring bath last night."

Aaaaa!

The eyes of several concubines sitting opposite her were bright, especially Shen Qingwan, who looked at Xie Cairen and smiled knowingly.

A man and a woman taking a hot spring bath together, it must be like two ducks playing in the water!

What a wonderful scene!

I want to see it!

Shen Chaoyan didn't think much of it at first, but when she saw more than ten pairs of eyes staring at her with gossip, her mind couldn't help but flash back to the scenes of her hugging Sikong Huang's waist last night.

Even though she was thicker-skinned than all the concubines present, her ears still blushed. The Queen Mother

was an experienced person, so she naturally understood the looks of these concubines in an instant.

She coughed lightly, "The emperor is young and energetic. If you can't handle it, you are all your sisters here, and you can ask them to help share the burden."

Xue Youran was the first to speak up and declined, "My waist has not been feeling well recently, and I'm afraid I can't share the burden."

After a series of setbacks, Shen Qingwan has completely lost interest in competing for favors, "I sprained my ankle when I climbed up the mountain, and I can't do anything."

"I was greedy for coolness last night and caught a cold, and I'm powerless."

"Cough cough cough... I have been coughing since I left the palace, and it hasn't healed yet."

"I..."

Lin Qianqian was stunned to see these women racking their brains to find excuses.

Are these women fools?

The Queen Mother wants to give them the opportunity to serve the emperor, but they don't want it?

Lin Qianqian was eager to sleep with the emperor in advance. Since these women did not cherish the opportunity, she immediately volunteered, "Aunt, since the sisters are not feeling well, Qianqian is willing to share your worries..."

She relied on her family's relationship with the Queen Mother, so she deliberately called the Queen Mother affectionately so that others would know how close her relationship with the Queen Mother was.

"Qianqian."

Seeing Lin Qianqian so anxious, the Queen Mother frowned and called her lightly.

Lin Qianqian heard the warning in her words and immediately shut up.

The empress dowager turned her gaze and swept towards the concubines, smiling again, "Come to think of it, there are only about twenty concubines who came to the Wenquan Palace this time. There haven't been new people in the harem for a long time, and it seems to me that it is very deserted."

At the end, her eyes settled on Shen Chaoyan's face.

Shen Chaoyan knew that the empress dowager was pointing a finger at her, but she didn't buy it. "I, your sisters and I, are reading and practicing calligraphy in the palace, but I don't feel it's lonely. If your Majesty is bored, your sisters and I can visit your palace often in the future."

"Yes, your Majesty, if you feel it's lonely, it must be because we go to Shoukang Palace too few times. Let's be more diligent in the future."

Seeing that none of the concubines followed her words, the empress dowager simply stopped beating around the bush and pointed at Lin Qianqian who was sitting next to her and spoke again, "Huapin, Qianqian and I get along very well. I plan to bring Qianqian into the palace to talk to me."

In fact, the empress dowager had already decided to take Lin Qianqian into the harem.

As the most powerful woman in the harem, she had the right to recruit concubines for the emperor.

When she talked about this, she deliberately mentioned Shen Chaoyan, which made her suspect of having ulterior motives.

Obviously, in front of everyone, she asked Shen Chaoyan not to monopolize Sikong Yan all the time, and let other concubines in the harem also get a taste of the emperor's grace and favor.

Shen Chaoyan smiled, "As long as the queen mother likes it."

The concubines present were all shrewd people, and they could see that Lin Qianqian was going to enter the harem and do something big.

So, they also followed suit and ordered, "Yes, the queen mother likes Miss Lin, and when you go back, bring her into the palace together!"

"Miss Lin is so lovely, and we, the concubines, like her very much!"

"That's right! Our harem is lacking a lady like Miss Lin!"

"After all, we are too familiar with each other, and we are already disgusted with each other!"

As the Queen Mother said, the harem would be too lonely without people fighting in the palace. If

Lin Qianqian enters the palace, maybe there will be more excitement.

Lin Qianqian doesn't know whether these concubines really welcome her to the harem, or they are just pretending to be affectionate in front of the Queen Mother.

However, these are not important.

The important thing is that as long as she can enter the palace, she will have the opportunity to get close to the emperor.

As these concubines said, the emperor must be tired of looking at their old faces all the time.

But she is different. She is multi-talented, has a good voice and a good waist.

After entering the palace, she opened her voice and twisted her waist, and she fascinated the emperor.