Chapter 359: Unworthy
"Take these peach cakes for example. The Empress thought they were not good and looked down upon them, so she gave them to the Empress. Isn't this just another way of saying that the Empress is not worthy of being on the stage?"
The virtuous concubine was promoted by the Queen, and her family background was not high. The Queen's move was indeed to deliberately remind her of her background and prevent her from overstepping her duties.
"Also, our Second Prince is already so old, he will have to live in a separate residence next year. Your Highness mentioned the marriage, but the Queen said that we have to wait until next year's Peach Blossom Banquet, which will take several more months."
"If they really want to, there is still half a month before the New Year, so it is not impossible to invite a few ladies to the palace for a small gathering. At worst, there are still ladies and young ladies who come to the palace to pay homage during the New Year. This will lead to the Peach Blossom Banquet. It is clear that they don't want the Second Prince to get married too soon."
Lingzhi was indignant, "The Queen is afraid that our Second Prince will marry a powerful concubine and have the opportunity to challenge the First Prince in the future, so she is on guard everywhere!"
This sentence touched the heart of Concubine Xian, who also sighed, "How could I not know what the Queen is planning?"
"Take the incident of Miss Yan falling into the water, for example. Heng'er had already jumped into the water to save Miss Yan, but the eldest prince got there first. He would rather risk offending the Yan family and let Miss Yan become a concubine than let Miss Yan marry Heng'er. It's really abominable!"
When Concubine Xian mentioned this matter, she became very angry.
Especially when I think of what Qin Peiheng said, that Qin Peiyuan was originally staying away from Yan Siying, as if he was trying to avoid her, but for some reason, he suddenly went to save her.
The virtuous concubine thought about it and felt that there was probably nothing wrong with it.
Instead, Qin Peiyuan saw that Qin Peiheng was going to save Yan Siying, and felt that it was inappropriate for Qin Peiheng to have such a marriage, so he simply snatched it away.
He really was unwilling to leave even the slightest benefit for them and their son.
Isn’t the loyalty that mother and son show on a daily basis enough?
The virtuous concubine gritted her teeth and clenched the handkerchief in her hand tightly.
Lingzhi stuffed the hand warmer into the hands of Concubine Xian, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for saying something presumptuous. Although the Empress and the First Prince have some selfish motives, they are not the kind of people who would kill us all. However, such selfish motives cannot guarantee what they will do in the future."
"Your Majesty and the Second Prince should plan more for their own benefit, so as to avoid being left with nothing and relying on others for support, leading a miserable life."
"And then again, they are all princes, all sons of the Emperor, so who can be worse than who? Moreover, Your Majesty, you are a concubine, and you are on an equal footing with the Concubine Shu, and you are also highly respected in the harem."
Yes, who is worse than who? After all, she is the virtuous concubine.
Shufei is just a concubine, and Qin Peiyou is just a concubine's son, but the Queen and the Crown Prince regard Shufei and Qin Peiyou as their great competitors.
Are she and Qin Peiheng not a good match? Concubine Xian hesitated for a long time and said, "It's almost the end of the year, and the gifts from various palaces have basically come down. Pick out a few good ones, and take out the rubies I have kept in my warehouse, and send them to Princess Yue tomorrow."
"Send someone to deliver a letter to Heng'er later, asking him to come and have lunch with me tomorrow. Just tell him that I have something to say to him."
Seeing this, Lingzhi responded excitedly, "Yes, I'll do it right away."
The virtuous concubine nodded, and gently slid her nails, which were painted with marigold juice, across the hand warmer.
The bright color of the Impatiens juice made her fingers look even more slender and white.
The virtuous concubine was stunned for a moment, then turned around and lifted the brocade covering the mirror on her dressing table.
The bronze mirror was polished very smoothly, and her face could be seen clearly. The bright candlelight in the hall made her look even better, with smooth and fair skin.
The virtuous concubine is much younger than the queen, and is actually the same age as the virtuous concubine.
But in terms of appearance, she was born with a thin frame and a delicate face, full of the grace and charm of a beautiful girl. If she dressed up seriously, she would be even more beautiful than Concubine Shu.
It was also because of this that when she first received the emperor's favor, she was summoned by the emperor every day, which even made the empress very alert at one point.
At that time, Concubine Xian, who was still Zhaoyi, was afraid of offending the Queen and even more afraid of losing the Queen as her support, so she had to hide her beauty and dressed in an old-fashioned and tacky way on weekdays.
It's time for women to dress up to please themselves.
The virtuous concubine opened her dressing box, picked out a few brightly colored jewels, and gestured at her dark black hair. "The weather is dry in winter, and the emperor is busy with state affairs all day, so it is inevitable that he will get angry. Ask the kitchen to make a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup tomorrow morning. After the morning court tomorrow, I will go to Chongyang Palace to pay my respects to the emperor."
It's time to remind the Emperor of her existence.
Seeing that her queen was full of fighting spirit, Lingzhi smiled more and more, "Yes, queen." - The next day, the sky was clear.
The sun is shining brightly, bringing a bit of warmth to this cold winter day.
As the year draws to a close, Qinghe County is bustling with people coming and going.
Because there are so many people coming and going, business in each shop is very busy at the end of the year, so Fei Maotui has been very busy these days.
Also because of the busy schedule, everyone in the Scud team did not wear thick cotton coats at this time, but only wore padded jackets to avoid sweating profusely while doing work and running errands.
Huzi and Xiaoguai took on a lot of work delivering miscellaneous goods to Feng's shop today. They were carrying one or two rolls of cloth and delivering them to the addresses marked on the list one by one.
Just when the two were so busy that their feet were hitting their heads, when they went to Feng's shop to pick up goods again, Feng's shop assistant said, "Don't be busy with this for now. Lord Ye just came and said that he wants you two to go to the government office. He needs your help with something."
Fei Maotui was under the jurisdiction of the government office, and when the government office usually had matters to deal with, Fei Maotui would be asked to help.
Huzi and Xiaoguai didn't think much about it and hurried to the yamen.
"Hello, Lord Ye." Hu Zi and Xiao Guai saluted respectfully.
"You're here? Come on, both of you come and help me." Ye Yongwang raised his hand and said.
"What does Lord Ye want us to do for you?" Hu Zi asked.
"When Lord Ping'an was away recently, he met a merchant who looked familiar. He felt as if he had seen him before in Qinghe, but he couldn't remember exactly who he was, so he asked someone to draw a portrait for me to identify."
Ye Yongwang said, "I don't remember it clearly, but I thought that you Feimaotui would meet and greet people on the street every day and see off many merchants, so I thought of bringing this portrait here so that you can identify it and see if you have seen it somewhere before."
While speaking, Ye Yongwang opened the scroll in his hand and showed it to Hu Zi and Xiao Guai.
Hu Zi looked at the young man drawn on the paper and scratched his ear. "He looks familiar to me, but I feel like I've never seen him before."
"Xiaoguai, have you seen this person?" Hu Zi asked.
(End of this chapter)
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