Concubine An was not polite either. Her voice was as cold as water. On this hot summer day, Jianhong felt as if she had fallen into an ice hole. "You must have gotten into trouble in the laundry department. It was the palace that rescued you. Now you are going to Taixing Palace. It was also the palace's intention. But why haven't you received any news?"
Jianhong's knees softened, and she fell to her knees with a thud. She was shaking all over, and trembling, she said, "I was punished, beaten, and locked up yesterday, and I was only released today... I haven't heard much news yet."
Concubine An frowned slightly and asked directly without being polite: "What's the matter with Qiao Yuange? What is her relationship with the emperor? How come the harem didn't know there was such a woman before?"
The moment Jianhong㱗 heard the name Qiao Yuange, he felt as if his heart was lifted up by someone. It was almost unbelievable.
What did Qiao Yuange do during the few hours he was locked up? Why was he pushed to the forefront again? Why did even Concubine An pay attention to Qiao Yuange?
Rather than asking why, Jianhong wanted to ask why? Why did Qiao Yuange become a completely different person after leaving the laundry department? Even her life became smooth sailing, and she had a name in front of the emperor, and even got the attention of Concubine An?
She gritted her teeth and said fiercely, "Before, she and I were both maids in the laundry department, and we had a bad relationship. Until one day, Nanny Xi, who was beside the empress dowager, came and said that she was the emperor's savior, and took her away."
With just a few words, Concubine An already knew that Qiao Yuange was not a simple woman.
The Queen Mother was a very smart old woman. She would not just go to the laundry department and find a woman to send to the Emperor. The fact that she asked Qiao Yuange to go there proved that this woman might be of extraordinary status.
It seems that Concubine An was too stupid before. She thought that the emperor really didn't like women at all. Now she knows that the emperor didn't dislike women, but just didn't like concubines like them.
It's time to pay close attention to the Emperor.
So she said to Jianhong, "Go back and keep an eye on Qiao Yuange. Tell the Queen immediately if there is any new news. Don't let a little maid like her show off. Do you understand?"
This was exactly what Jianhong wanted. Jianhong sneered and retreated.
On the rockery, seeing Concubine An leave, Concubine Shu was upset, but there was nothing she could do. She turned to Concubine Ming and said, "Um...what's going on with Qiao Yuange? Is she so pleasing to the emperor?"
Ming Fei was upset, but she didn't know much about Qiao Yuange, and didn't even know her name. When she heard Shu Fei mention her name, she asked curiously, "You actually know this woman's name, which means you still care about the emperor. If so, does it prove that you like the emperor?"
“How…how is this possible? I actually…” Shu Fei wanted to refute for a moment, but suddenly stopped talking. She couldn’t say that she didn’t like the emperor at all. After all, she was the emperor’s woman at this moment.
But if she said that she liked the emperor, it would seem that she was inferior to the other concubines. She didn't want to be looked down upon - after all, the emperor didn't like any woman. If she liked the emperor, wouldn't she be at the bottom of the "food chain"?
Actually, she already has someone in her heart, and her feelings towards the emperor are actually very complicated.
Seeing Shu Fei's hasty denial, Ming Fei was not polite and said to Shu Fei: "Since you don't like the emperor, then who the emperor likes seems to have nothing to do with you. You should bless the emperor."
Ming Fei said it quite calmly, but Shu Fei was furious after hearing it. She really didn't understand why these well-educated ladies always made people feel uncomfortable when they spoke? Why were they always so arrogant, as if they were bystanders who could see things clearly?
Just a bunch of hypocrites!
Shu Fei also left angrily, leaving Ming Fei alone standing on the rockery.
Although what she said just now made Shu Fei quite unhappy, Ming Fei herself was also unhappy in her heart. She didn't understand why, but she obviously felt that the incident between the emperor and Qiao Yuange this time had caused more or less changes in the hearts of the emperor's women.
Qiao Yuange followed the emperor into Taixing Palace, and saw the eunuch directing the palace maids to arrange something in the main hall of Taixing Palace.
Seeing the emperor coming back, Eunuch Gu hurried over and said to the emperor with a smile: "Your Highness, this is the calming incense sent by Prince Liang. This calming incense is very different from the previous ones. Prince Liang said that this was specially prepared for him by his mother. He said that the fragrance is very sweet. If you smell it for a long time, it can make you feel good and optimistic, just like him."
The emperor had not been in a good mood recently. When he heard what the eunuch said, he chuckled, but the smile did not reach his eyes. He said to the eunuch, "It's funny. The prince of Liang has a good attitude. Could it be that he has become so optimistic because he has been smelling this fragrance since he was a child? Isn't that a bit strange?"
The emperor sat down as he spoke, and then asked the eunuch, "Did Prince Liang say when he would send his tea to me? I have run out of food."
Eunuch shook his head, indicating that Prince Liang had never mentioned this matter.
The emperor did not move, just smelled the fragrance, leaned back in his chair, and closed his eyes to rest.
But at this moment, the eunuch outside rushed in, his voice was not loud, but still very urgent: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince and the eldest princess are back, and they are already running this way."
Qiao Yuange was standing beside the emperor, and when he heard the eunuch's words, he paused, and actually felt a little nervous and excited.
Is she finally going to see her first relative in this world?
The man called His Highness Xiao Yuli?
I don't know what kind of person Xiao Yuli is. Is he the bookworm that the emperor mentioned? Or is he the mature and steady prince in everyone's mind?
Would he be willing to recognize her? Or did he not remember Qiao Yuange at all? Was she just being sentimental?
The emperor leaned against his desk, with no expression on his face. He just nodded, signaling the two important people to come quickly.
Qiao Yuange raised his eyes and saw two people slowly walking towards him from not far away.
A man and a woman, the man was wearing a white robe, tall and thin, with his hands behind his back. He walked straight over with a firm step and a calm look, without looking to the side.
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