Chapter 175 An Lingrong 116
After the emperor left, Zhen Huan seemed a little dazed and her responses were slow to speak.
"Huan'er, what's wrong with you?" Mei Zhuang had been her friend for many years, and she could tell at a glance that Zhen Huan was not in good condition at the moment.
"She must be tired." Ling Rong called Yu Rao, who had been hiding in the back, and asked her to sit next to her. She also sighed, "I'm a little tired too."
After hearing this, Huipin glanced at Yurao. She thought Zhen Huan was worried about Yurao, so she spoke first and considerately, "But, it's almost time for us to have fun. How about we just go home today?"
"Kang Jia will soon wake up. I'm afraid Wen Yi and Yong An will also be making a fuss about missing their mother. So let's go home today."
The pavilions, which had been bustling just a moment ago, were deserted in an instant. Zhen Huan took her sister back to Yongshou Palace, and Ling Rong also returned to Chengqian Palace on her own.
The next day, there was a new official girl in the palace, who lived in a side hall of Yanqing Palace.
"You traitor! How dare you seduce the Emperor behind the Empress's back!" Jixiang looked at Shunxin who was kneeling in front of Duan. His teeth were about to break, and he wished he could kick this bitch to death.
Concubine Duan's pale face was devoid of any color. Her gentle exterior had rarely been shed, revealing her rugged inner self. "Who helped you? The Empress, Imperial Concubine Rou, or Imperial Concubine Yi?"
"Your Majesty is as wise as a god. I dare not lie to you." Shunxin knelt on the ground, still without any extra expression. She was neither ecstatic because of being favored, nor afraid of betraying her master.
She just had a numb look on her face, so numb that no one could tell that this palace maid would do such a thing as climb onto the dragon bed.
Concubine Duan looked at her carefully, her eyes almost wanting to skin her alive and see into the deepest part of her heart.
"You're not volunteering?"
"I volunteered." Shunxin admitted it very readily, which actually dispelled some of Concubine Duan's anger.
"In the past, I lived a life worse than pigs and dogs. That kind of life was worse than death. I'm afraid of it." Shunxin said, her body trembling. "From the day I returned to the Empress, I swore that I would never go back to the past. I want to be a useful person. I never want to go back to the days of being abandoned at will!"
"So you turned to the Queen!"
Shunxin suddenly laughed. "No, it's not her, not just her. Imperial Concubine Rou gave me a fragrant pill, Concubine Jin gave me a prescription, and the Empress Dowager persuaded the Emperor to visit her today. Who do you think I've turned to?"
Concubine Duan was also stunned. In the silent wind, only the rustling of the lonely tree could be heard, but Shunxin's words kept echoing in Concubine Duan's ears.
Her face suddenly turned red, and a wave of excitement lingered in her heart. This was too bold and too extraordinary. Concubine Duan knew that she was being threatened, but she also understood the real reason why Shunxin told her everything -
"You, you deceived them. The person you wanted to seek refuge with—"
"It's me!"
"They don't need me. I'm just an insignificant chess piece. But the Queen will need me... and the child in my belly, right?" Shunxin lowered her head deeply into the dust. She almost crawled at Concubine Duan's feet, as if willing to be stepped on by her, like the most docile lamb.
"Do you know how dangerous what you are doing is?" Concubine Duan looked at her hair whorls. She never expected that such an ordinary palace maid could give her such a big surprise.
Shunxin's voice reached Concubine Duan's ears from the ground. It was muffled, but it shook her heart like a drum. "What's the danger here? The Empress hopes to use me to restrain you. Concubine Qi wants me to get pregnant to provoke the Empress to fight with you, so that she can take advantage of it and save her own pregnancy."
"As for Imperial Concubine Rou, she doesn't know what Concubine Qi is planning, but she also wants to use me to divert the Emperor's attention and cause you some trouble."
Shunxin raised her head as she spoke, and Concubine Duan saw the cheerful smile on her face, which she found strangely charming. "They all want to use me to exploit or deal with you, and you can do the same through me. The most important thing is that you can have a healthy child."
"You want to give me the child?"
"Of course, this is your child. You can even move me to another palace after I give birth."
Concubine Duan naturally understood the implication in Shunxin's words. As a palace maid beside her, she was able to move to another palace after being favored. It was natural that this palace maid could only become the mistress of a palace.
"I will have someone clear out the West Wing Hall for you to live in, and I'll assign someone to serve you. From now on, no matter what happens, you must inform me immediately. Do you understand?"
Shunxin revealed her ambition, and Concubine Duan relaxed. She let Shunxin go, and even sent Jixiang to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the next day to ask for someone to serve Shunxin.
"Your Majesty, are you going to let her go just like that?" Jixiang was still a little unwilling. She always felt that Shunxin was a poisonous snake, and it was too risky for Her Majesty to keep her.
Concubine Duan shook her head. "If I really touched her, I would be given something to use against me. A thousand-mile dam can be breached by a single ant. A person's trust and guilt are hard-earned, but lost in an instant."
"What's more, if she is really pregnant..."
[She will get pregnant.] Lingrong stroked the velvet and lay lazily in the rocking chair.
[Why are you helping this palace maid?] System N1 naturally knew how effective the prescription was. It was just curious why the host was going to such great lengths to help a seemingly useless palace maid.
[The benefits of investing in this palace maid are too great.] Ling Rong rubbed the cat's head again. [If she becomes pregnant, the impact will spread to the entire harem.]
The three main characters, Empress Dowager, Concubine Duan, and Zhen Huan, will react differently to this child, and any one of them will only intensify the struggle between the three.
[In addition, Concubine Chun, who originally wanted to use Concubine Hui's affair as a token of her loyalty, will also have to make a new decision.]
Lingrong smiled as she watched a gust of wind outside the window sweep the fallen leaves together. "Besides, hasn't Feiwen already defected to the Queen? This time, I'm going to stir up trouble completely. No one can escape unscathed."
Chaos, chaos, chaos is the best. Whenever the Queen is well, something bad happens. Whenever she is well, something bad happens. And every time she tries to shirk responsibility, how can this be tolerated?
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