Chapter 3: Delicate Palace Maids VS Cold-blooded Emperor 3
also includes the two concubines who were slapped on the ground, the kneeling palace maids and eunuchs, and the imperial concubine and her entourage.
"May the Imperial Concubine be blessed with good health. I am a maid sweeping the palace in front of the Emperor. I have offended the Imperial Concubine unintentionally. Please forgive me."
Su Zhiruan is as her name suggests, with a soft personality, gentle and calm. She seems to be easy-going, but deep down she is a person with strong adaptability. No matter where she goes, she can adapt to the environment quickly and has a stable mood. The sufferings of the outside world are just passé in her life.
She explained her identity. The imperial concubine wanted to say something, but the senior palace maid whispered, "Your Majesty, she is just a lowly servant and insignificant! But she is serving in front of the emperor after all. If she brags and is seen by His Majesty, it will be a nuisance. If His Majesty asks about it and it involves Your Majesty, it will be a loss!"
That's true.
But when the imperial concubine looked at this young and beautiful face, she always felt uneasy in her heart.
Even with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes subdued, this little bitch is still extremely good-looking.
She had a pair of round almond eyes with long eyelashes, and a lively look in her eyes that showed that she was young and inexperienced. She had a fair face and rosy cheeks, and she was dressed simply, a goose yellow palace maid's outfit, but she looked pretty and charming. She had a long, slender and soft neck, and a small nose tip, but she was inexplicably charming.
"Little bitch! You must have put a lot of effort into dressing up like this. You're so young and yet you're already thinking about seducing people. You're really deep-minded!" The imperial concubine sneered, folded her arms, and her nails occasionally scratched the agate on the sedan chair. She still felt uncomfortable letting her go like this. Looking at the big sun above her head, she came up with a good idea to torture people, so she spoke to the two beaten concubines on the ground in a yin and yang tone, "Empress Song, Empress Wang, you two have really met an honorable person today. Look, someone is willing to kneel with you two on the palace road for two hours. The three of you are brothers in distress, so just get together. I'm leaving first."
After saying this, the imperial concubine signaled to the eunuch to lift the sedan chair, and then she left with a grand procession of ceremonial guards.
At this time, only Concubine Song, Concubine Wang, and Su Zhiruan who was innocently implicated were left at the scene.
"I'm so unlucky. I had a bad day today and I actually ran into her! I'm so mad!" Concubine Wang rubbed her knees but didn't dare to speak, let alone stand up.
At this time, Concubine Song was more interested in this pretty little palace maid, so she tried to talk to her, "Don't take it to heart, that woman is narrow-minded and can't stand beauties prettier than her. I think, in the entire harem, except for the ugly Concubine Shu who is willing to follow her around as a lackey, the rest are basically all bullied."
"So we are so unlucky today!!" Concubine Wang was like a firecracker that could be ignited at any time. She was very angry now.
The two of them sang in unison, and Su Zhiruan gained a lot of information that was not in the plot.
There are quite a few concubines in the entire harem, and the imperial concubine is the most powerful one. However, she is too jealous, and when she sees someone prettier than herself, she will suppress and humiliate them. This can be seen from the fact that the imperial concubine wanted her to be slapped in the face just now.
Also, there are really no offspring in the harem.
In addition to Your Majesty, Prince Duan has several sons.
But it is rare to see even a child in the harem.
Lectures like today's basically occur every three days, and the main initiator is the Queen Mother.
The empress dowager was eager to have a grandson, and at first she had time to protect her niece, but she was the empress dowager after all, and she and the emperor were one family, so her urgent desire to have an imperial heir was even stronger.
So it’s not that she would satisfy the imperial concubine’s requests without reason.
The harem had no offspring, which even became a taboo word around the empress dowager and the emperor. The empress dowager was very anxious when she saw it, and she would talk to the concubines all day long and ask the imperial physician to check.
It is no exaggeration to say that if a concubine in the harem is pregnant with the emperor's child, no matter if it is a prince or princess, she will immediately become the darling of the entire palace and even the whole world, and directly ascend to the position of queen. Even if she wants the position of empress dowager, the empress dowager will probably happily abdicate and let the concubine pregnant with the emperor's child take the throne.
"Hey, hey, hey, you said your name is Su Su, right? Then we'll call you that too," said Concubine Wang, who was born the niece of a military commander and had a straightforward personality. "Su Su, how many children do you think His Majesty will have? There's not even a hint of one yet."
Su Zhiruan casually said a number, "I guess, there should be at least six or seven."
"Hahahahahahahahaha, I see, there probably isn't even one. Susu, you're really honest. You really guess when I ask you to guess. You're so cute~"
With the gossip and information sent by Concubine Wang and Concubine Song, this trip was worth it for her!
Su Zhiruan rubbed his knees. Two hours later, the three of them helped him stand up and then left in different directions.
Two hours, that is, four hours of kneeling on the bluestone slabs, when she stood up, it was almost dark.
She was so hungry that she felt dizzy and her knees were in excruciating pain. She almost groped her way back to the imperial study while holding on to the wall.
There is a side hall next to the imperial study, where various cleaning tools can be used.
Su Zhiruan rubbed her knees again, picked up a wet cloth, and brought a basin of water with flower petals floating in it. She needed to wipe the bookshelves and dusty places in the imperial study.
Your Majesty does not like too many people, so there are twenty eunuchs, ten personal maids, and thirty palace maids serving in his presence.
Su Zhiruan was one of the palace maids who did menial work.
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She and several young palace maids walked in a line and, at the signal of the chief eunuch, filed in.
Then he began to wipe and clean the imperial study silently.
In the imperial study, the scent of fruit and wood lingers around your nose, making you feel relaxed.
The current emperor Shen Qi is reviewing memorials. He is wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, has a tall stature, and a handsome appearance. The temperament of a mature man makes him particularly charming.
After reviewing memorials for an hour, he raised his body slightly, preparing to stretch his muscles. However, out of the corner of his eye he saw a little palace maid limping and quietly wiping the bookshelf in front of him.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, like a sharp eagle sizing up his prey.
He had some impression of this girl, but in his memory and what he saw now, she seemed like a different person.
"What's your name?" Shen Qi picked up the teacup and used the lid to skim the tea leaves. "Come and answer me."
Su Zhiruan paused with the rag in her hand and looked around carefully. In the entire imperial study, there were only her and the emperor, so she was being called.
She walked out from behind the bookshelf. Her legs were not in good condition, so she walked slowly and almost fell to the ground. "Your Majesty, my name is Su Su."
(End of this chapter)