Chapter 10 The Delicate Palace Maid VS the Cold Emperor 10
"You don't need to know this, just follow us obediently." The old nanny smiled and didn't say much. She just stretched out her hand towards Su Zhiruan, and the meaning was obvious that she had to follow us today.
Su Zhiruan didn't say anything else. She followed the old nanny and the group went towards the Empress Dowager's bedroom.
Inside the Cining Palace at this time.
The Queen Mother sat at the back, wearing a crimson auspicious cloud dress. She held up the teacup with her left hand and brushed the tea leaves with the lid with her right hand. Then she took a sip slowly and looked at the Imperial Concubine below her. "I have already invited you here, but if you go too far, I will not stand idly by."
"Aunt! That servant has gone too far and has been taking advantage of the Emperor for more than a month. I think she is just a vixen and a disaster! You should personally take action and teach her a lesson!" The imperial concubine tore the handkerchief in her hands as if she was tearing Su Zhiruan. Her expression became a little ferocious and she kept looking outside the door.
The Queen Mother said nothing more, and she slowly looked out the door.
The Queen Mother had just learned about Su Zhiruan's affairs from the Imperial Concubine, but she had different thoughts.
The emperor rarely set foot in the harem. If it were not for the sake of having an offspring, he might not come in once a year.
Now there is a girl that the emperor likes, but she has not been canonized. This is enough to show that the emperor wants to keep her by his side. If the Zhougong ceremony is performed every night, perhaps that palace maid may really give birth to an heir to the throne.
For the empress dowager, although she and the imperial concubine had the same maternal family, she was not only the daughter of a minister, but also the mother of the current emperor and the empress dowager of the royal family. If Su Zhiruan gave birth to a child, the imperial concubine would be insignificant to her.
The reason she called him here now was nominally to vent the imperial concubine's anger, but she also wanted to see in person what this servant was capable of, and to test the emperor's mind at the same time.
While the empress dowager was thinking actively, she heard footsteps coming from outside the gate of Cining Palace - the person should have been brought.
The old nanny entered the palace first, "Your servant pays respect to the Empress Dowager and the Imperial Concubine. Following the Empress Dowager's order, the imperial maid Su Su is waiting outside the palace."
The eunuchs were the imperial concubine's men and did not come in. At this time, there were only the empress dowager, the imperial concubine, and several palace maids and old maids serving her in the hall.
"Drag him away and give him forty lashes of the cane!" The imperial concubine slammed the table and stood up. Her long armor slid across the golden nanmu table, making a series of extremely sharp and piercing sounds.
The old nanny looked at the Queen Mother. As someone who had followed the Queen Mother for forty years, she naturally knew that the Queen Mother had other plans.
And this concubine...
The old nanny was thinking imperceptibly in her heart that if it weren't for her prominent family background and the fact that she and the Empress Dowager had the same mother's family, she would have died without knowing how in this ruthless harem. Not showing one's emotions on one's face was the first rule one had to learn in the harem.
"Empress Dowager..." The old nanny raised her eyes and glanced at the Empress Dowager.
"A servant girl." The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, her eyes raised, as if she was smiling, "Since you are here, wait a moment. I have a headache again."
After hearing this, the old nanny immediately understood what the Queen Mother meant.
Letting Miss Susu wait downstairs is both a humiliation and a test.
"By the way, let the emperor know something," the empress dowager invited Su Zhiruan not only to help the imperial concubine bully her, but more importantly, she wanted to test the intentions of her beloved son.
"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I'll go right away." The old nanny bowed and was about to leave, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.
"No need, just find a few little girls to spread the news. I don't believe that the emperor doesn't know that there is one less person by his side." The empress dowager smiled. She knew her child best.
Now that there are no heirs in the harem, the Imperial Concubine is the eldest. As the Imperial Concubine's aunt, she naturally has to protect her.
Su Zhiruan was kneeling outside the Cining Palace. He was not surprised by this result at all. It could even be said that it was expected.
People in ancient times, especially the concubines in the harem, even the empress dowager was no exception, all liked to be punished by kneeling.
She changed into a more comfortable position and continued to kneel upright without any complaints. She estimated that the kneeling punishment would not be short, so she simply woke up the system.
[Host, what's the matter?] The system didn't know what was going on. It just woke up from sleep and saw Su Zhiruan kneeling on the ground. It was startled and almost thought that the mission had failed again.
"I want to ask what will happen after completing the mission?" Su Zhiruan is a go-with-the-flow person, but she is not a sentimental person. On the contrary, she is skeptical about something as intangible and uncertain as feelings. So a mission is just a mission for her, and what happens after completing the mission is what she wants to see.
[Host, after you complete all the tasks, you can choose to return to the real world, and then you will receive 10 billion, and your life span will be increased, as well as a house, a car, etc. As long as you want, I can give it to you]
[After completing a short-term mission, that is, a mission in the current plane, you can choose to live with the mission target for life until the other party dies. Or you can leave directly, and our system world will create a similar copy of you to replace you. This is all your own choice.]
Su Zhiruan digested it and said that he understood it.
All in all, the degree of freedom is relatively large. After completing the task, you can stay or leave directly. After completing all tasks, you can return to the original world and live a rich life, and your lifespan will also be increased.
She had never experienced such a good life in her previous life as a worker.
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Thinking about it this way, even if I am being deliberately left out now, it’s not that bad.
As the saying goes, there are thirty-six strategies in military strategy, and the strategy of inflicting pain on one's self is one of them.
She showed no expression and continued to kneel with her head lowered.
* After two quarters of an hour, the imperial concubine who was staying in the Cining Palace was the first to lose patience, "Aunt! This little bitch is so patient! She has not moved for two quarters of an hour! In my opinion, she is just good at pretending, and Your Majesty has been deceived by her appearance of a fool!"
"You are indeed very tolerant." The Queen Mother did not expect this. She originally just wanted to vent the Imperial Concubine's anger and punish her as long as she caught Su Su doing anything wrong. However, she did not expect that she remained silent and was still kneeling upright for two quarters of an hour.
This made her, a woman over fifty years old, immediately feel good about him.
Nowadays, little girls, especially those like the imperial concubine, have always been spoiled at home. I guess she wouldn't be happy even to stand for half a quarter of an hour, let alone kneel for two quarters of an hour.
She actually found this calm and dignified little girl very likable.
The Queen Mother decided not to make her kneel for an hour. She put down the teacup and said, "Someone, let the maid come in."
"Aunt Empress Dowager!?" The imperial concubine opened her mouth wide.
"Yes, Your Majesty." After receiving the order, the servant went out to summon Su Zhiruan.
(End of this chapter)