Chapter 36 The Palace Maid Who Disobeyed Was Caned
Meng Yan was slightly startled, then she realized that Bai Yuxin had noticed.
"knew."
She nodded slightly and stepped over the threshold. Sure enough, she saw an unfamiliar palace maid standing in front of Le Zhixuan's door. She must be Bai Yuxin's dowry.
When the palace maid saw her come in, she hurriedly turned around and went back inside.
After a while, a beautiful lady walked out of the house, walked slowly towards Meng Yan and bowed to her.
"Promise Bai, I will pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine. May the Imperial Concubine live in peace and happiness."
Seeing her respectful expression and thorough manners, Meng Yan curled her lips into a smile and personally helped her up.
"Sister, there's no need to be so polite. Just live in the back palace and we'll be one family."
Bai Yuxin saw the imperial concubine reaching out to her, but she didn't dare to ask her to support her. She quickly stood up and smiled shyly.
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. I am just a humble concubine, my position is low and my status is low. How dare I call you my sister?"
Meng Yan looked at her carefully.
Bai Yuxin had an oval face, a medium build, neither fat nor thin, fair skin, and unremarkable features, though of average appearance. When she smiled, a shallow dimple appeared on her cheek.
Today she was wearing a moon-white silk shirt with long sleeves embroidered with orchids, and a six-panel pleated skirt with embroidered turquoise water patterns tied around her waist. Her hair was combed in a bun with clouds, a common style among women in the capital, with only a few silk flowers in her hair. A pair of bright jade pendants under her ears made her look more eye-catching.
Dressed like this, she is extremely gentle, dignified, modest and reserved, but one cannot tell the ambition of a newly selected concubine who has just entered the palace and is determined to rise to the top.
Meng Yan thought back to her previous life, when Bai Yuxin had always been unknown. Not to mention being favored, she had never even heard of sleeping with the emperor in bed. It seemed that her green card had been hanging there for many years, and in the end she was only a concubine, and she got there based on seniority.
The book pays very little attention to this person. If it weren't for the plot where she provided silver and charcoal and she visited her in the cold palace, this person probably wouldn't even have a proper name and would have just been a concubine in the book.
This so-called fate was truly miraculous. Even though the author of the book had intended only to step on her, it still created this opportunity for them.
Bai Yuxin stood there upright, letting her stare at her for a long time without flinching. She had a proper smile on her face without any embarrassment.
Meng Yan has a straightforward personality. Seeing her so dignified, she already had a good impression of her from her previous life, and she liked her even more.
"What's the point of being lowly? Once you enter the palace, you're just a concubine. You've only just arrived, and you still have a long time to live. Saying things like that is just disgusting."
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Meng Yan invited Bai Yuxin to the main hall for a chat.
Bai Yuxin did not refuse. She smiled and agreed, then went there happily.
After entering the main hall, the two of them took their seats according to their status, and the palace maids served them tea and snacks.
Meng Yan asked Bai Yuxin where she was from, how old she was, and who else was in her family.
Bai Yuxin answered each question one by one, "Your Majesty, my ancestral home is in Suzhou, but my father is an official and is always in the Fujian and Zhejiang areas. I am sixteen years old this year. My parents are still alive, and I have a younger brother and sister. My sister is fourteen years old and will soon be coming of age, while I am just beginning to learn."
Meng Yan knew from the beginning that she was not of high birth, but seeing that she had just entered the palace and was in the Changchun Palace, a palace with exquisite furnishings and gorgeous decorations, she did not seem uncomfortable at all. Her conversation was elegant and her manners were appropriate, showing that she was a person who could hold her own.
She felt something was a little strange. Why was such a person so unknown in the palace in his previous life?
But then he thought, wasn't it that he had been suppressed by that storybook for his entire life, wasting his youth in vain? It wasn't surprising that other people were nameless.
Anyway, everything written in that crappy book revolves around Lin Yanrong.
"Since you've entered Changchun Palace, you can live here peacefully." Meng Yan picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. After a busy morning, she was really thirsty. "If you need anything for your daily expenses in the future, or if the servants are negligent, don't be shy and tell me."
Bai Yuxin smiled hastily, "Your Majesty's love and care, I am truly unworthy. I have just entered the palace and know nothing. But since this Forbidden City is the most prestigious place in the world, I believe everyone here is reasonable. I don't think there will be anything to bother Your Majesty."
"Oh!" Meng Yan waved her hand and said with a smile, "You don't know, the people in this palace love to flatter the powerful and look down on the weak, especially those bastards in the Imperial Household Department. They look down on others because I'm young and new to the palace. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, or if someone gives you a hard time, don't hesitate to tell me."
Bai Yuxin looked at her, seeing her bright eyes, white teeth, beautiful eyes, and charming smile. She was a little dazed. After a long while, she smiled and nodded, "Okay."
As they were talking, someone from outside came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Yangxin Palace has sent someone to deliver a message."
When Meng Yan heard that it was someone from the imperial court, she thought it might be about Lin Yanrong being poisoned, and the smile on her face immediately faded.
Bai Yuxin was a perceptive and clever person, so she stood up immediately and said, "Your Majesty is busy with palace affairs, and I cannot disturb you any further. I will be leaving now. If Your Majesty has any further instructions, please send someone to tell me."
Meng Yan thought to herself that it would be bad to hear such a thing as she had just entered the palace, fearing that she would be frightened, so she nodded and smiled and let her go.
After Bai Yuxin left, the person sent by the Yangxin Palace came in. It was Rong An's apprentice Xiao Tang.
Xiao Tang went up to the palace and knelt before Meng Yan, then said, "Your Highness, the Emperor has instructed the Imperial Household Department to investigate Concubine Lin's poisoning. He assured you that he knows you've been wronged and that this matter has nothing to do with you."
"Um."
Meng Yan responded with a snort, but the corners of her crimson lips curled up slightly.
The Imperial Household Department will investigate? What the hell will they find?
The Imperial Household Department is Liang Chengbi's territory. She and Lin Yanrong are good sisters who are in cahoots with each other. No matter what case she is investigating, it's almost like she is covering up for her!
Meng Yan was actually somewhat confident that this case had come out of nowhere. The flaws were so obvious that Lu Haozhi would not continue to accuse her without any reason.
After all, no matter how powerful the heroine Lin Yanrong's status is, she is still just an unfavored concubine. Even if she had a romantic encounter in the imperial garden before, she still doesn't weigh that much in Lu Haozhi's heart.
Lu Haozhi was also considered a capable and wise ruler. The book described him as a man of great talent and strategy. In his previous life, it seemed that except for the time when he met Lin Yanrong, he was clear-headed most of the time.
She had pointed out that there was no way that thunder god vine could be put into the bowl of ginger soup, and with the evidence from the Imperial Hospital, she could not be blamed for Lin Yanrong's poisoning.
Xiao Tang's words didn't bring her any surprise.
Then Xiao Tang continued, "There is one more thing. The Emperor has instructed me to tell the Imperial Concubine that the servant Xiuzhi who offended the Imperial Concubine has been taken to the Ministry of Punishment for caning. Please calm down, Imperial Concubine."
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