Chapter 21 Jin Ling 21
Even though she had been chosen as a concubine by the two palace masters, Jin Ling did not reveal anything. She could not relax for a moment until the matter was settled.
Even more cautious.
After all, there is Ma Yuanyi waiting to send his goddaughter into the palace.
Thinking of how he was willful and reckless in the early days, stepping her into the mud and turning around to save the rabbit nest, he got the evaluation of "kind by nature" from Sanhao.
Jin Ling looked at Sanhao, who was waiting in her room late at night and was filled with gratitude towards her. She smiled softly and beautifully.
Sanhao, please don't let me down this time...
On the day when Liu Sanhao was giving acupuncture, she was also arranged to stay in the Empress Dowager's bedroom. Ruan Sizhen and Zhong Sizhi worked together to play music from their hometown for her to distract her. Gao Xianyang and Yao Jinling were very distressed when they saw her.
Li Yi was probably the most relaxed person in the whole audience.
After encouraging the imperial physician, he stood beside Jin Ling, with no intention of avoiding suspicion at all.
Now is a critical moment for the good sisters. As Jin Ling, she certainly would not pay attention to Li Yi's small action.
Jin Ling glanced at him and tacitly agreed to his approach. The system in her mind screamed excitedly:
[Ahhhh! He's coming closer, can you see that? He has you in his heart, he loves you so much!]
[…As I recall, you're the Queen System, right?] Jin Ling rubbed her temples, her expression inexplicable. She waved her hand to indicate to Li Yi that she was fine, then asked the system in her consciousness a sincere question:
【Why are you like a pure love warrior now? 】
The system naturally crowed in her mind: [Seventeen years apart, mountains and seas, the full moon on the fifteenth night sealed their love. Jin Yi's marriage is real, woo woo woo, I'm going crazy~!]
Jin Ling hadn't expected this system to be quite humane in these strange places. She then used a tone of pity for a fool and gently ravaged the stupid system in her mind:
[Be good, those are just commercial products, all industrial saccharin. Let's not take them, haha. Taking anything will harm you.]
Ignoring the other person's tantrums in her head, Jin Ling rushed over immediately after the acupuncture was finished, shaking hands with Sanhao and smiling.
…
Sanhao's hand still needs some time of care after it heals, so she will still be temporarily in charge of the treatment for the next few days.
At the same time, the issue of the emperor's selection of a concubine was also put on the agenda.
Those who are in the know, such as Liu Sanhao and Gao Xianyang, can probably guess who the event is for, but for those who are not in the know, some people with ulterior motives see this as an opportunity.
For example, Ma Yuanyi, General Ma.
He could hardly wait to go to the Wan Mansion. Sun Jiabi was naturally overjoyed and agreed immediately. Wan Baoxian, who was standing beside him, looked shy, but also proud and complacent.
Although Wan Jianfeng was a little hesitant, he was overjoyed to see his mentor taking on the responsibility with confidence, and considering that people at that time thought that marrying into the royal family would bring her immediate success, he thanked him repeatedly.
This time, Jin Ling did not stay with Queen Mother Zheng under the pretext of testing Sanhao's needles. Instead, she was caught up in an unprecedented bustle in the Sizhen Room.
"Ms. Yao, look at this one, Duozi Duofu. I chose Nanhong, but I always feel like something is missing."
"And me, Ms. Yao, look at this filigree..."
"It's so difficult for Ms. Yao to inlay kingfisher feathers. Can she use a glazed vessel instead?"
Jin Ling was like a high-speed spinning top. Ruan Sizhen above her would ask about their work progress every day, and all the problems with the jewelry made by the ladies below would be solved by her.
She was so busy that she even had to go to the cafeteria to arrange work with a few capable ladies.
"Sister Jin Ling..."
"Ah! Are there any jewels missing? Or are there any problems with the craftsmanship?" Jin Ling jumped up from the table, still muttering about the work of the past few days.
"No, no, I saw that you hadn't eaten anything all day, Sister Jinling, so I asked a friend in the kitchen to make you a bowl of yellow hen noodle cakes. I thought it would be convenient for you to eat it all at once since it has soup, noodles, and meat."
Jin Ling saw that the noodles were skimmed with oil, and she quickly took two mouthfuls of the fragrant chicken soup. She felt the heat slowly flowing from her esophagus to nourish her limbs.
"Huh... I'm alive again." Jin Ling picked up the chopsticks and ate up the whole bowl of noodles with the soup in a short while.
The man next to her held her face with his hands and smiled, and handed over a handkerchief at the right time. Seeing that Jin Ling had eaten and drunk her fill, he looked at her awkwardly, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's wrong? Why are you so shy?" Jin Ling smiled and slapped her face. "Sit down and tell me what you want to say."
"Sister Jinling, are you...going to be an imperial concubine?"
Jin Ling raised her eyebrows and pinched her nose: "What does it have to do with you? You just sit there and do nothing."
"Oh, I was asking you seriously, and you were making fun of me." She shook her arm with a smile and pouted with dissatisfaction.
Jin Ling stopped teasing her. "It's not certain. Instead of worrying about it, why don't you help me finish today's work and let your sister Jin Ling relax for a day."
She nodded with a confused smile, but she had always been Jin Ling's lackey, and would do whatever Jin Ling said.
But as he left with a pile of documents, he didn't forget to remind her: "If Sister Jin Ling becomes the imperial concubine, don't forget me, your lackey~"
"Go ahead, what girl would describe herself like that?" Seeing that she was still clinging to the door frame and staring at her stubbornly, she reluctantly agreed: "I know, I know. I won't forget you, my little bastard."
Only then did he give her a sweet smile of satisfaction and walked away.
[Wasn't this girl originally quite delicate and shy? Why has her personality become so... uh, clingy now?]
[I don't know anything, so don't ask.] The system downloaded a voice imitation package and imitated the smile she had just said to disgust her.
[Get lost, you are becoming more and more provocative.]
Jin Ling blocked the system in disgust and continued to work hard.
However, rumors spread from the Empress Dowager's palace that the Emperor and General Ma had parted ways on bad terms, and then it was heard that the selection of a concubine would be postponed.
The Shanggong Bureau had no choice but to stop the work that was half done and wait for the Queen Mother to summon them.
Jin Ling finally got some time off from the endless paperwork and had a good rest.
She first visited Sanhao, ignoring his hesitant look; then she asked him to go flower viewing with her, smiling, and also ignored his sad look; finally, she went to Eunuch Bu's place, holding a rare book that Eunuch Bu had never allowed her to touch, and read it with relish.
"Jinling...you, do you want some snacks?" Bu Jixiang called her cautiously from the side and pushed the plate of golden milk pastry towards her.
"Isn't this something Zhong Sizhi gave it to you specially? I won't eat it." Jin Ling didn't even raise her head, still buried in the book.
"Then do you have anything on your mind that you want to tell me? Or if there's anything that makes you unhappy, you can tell me."
Jin Ling: ...
Jin Ling: "I'm really fine."
Seeing the look on Eunuch Bu's face that said, "Stop pretending, Dad knows how miserable you are," Jin Ling could only sigh helplessly.
"I'm really not sad. His Majesty can't marry me for the time being, not because he has changed his mind, but because he is forced to do so by Ma Yuanying's threat. Since he hasn't changed his mind, what is there for me to be sad about?"
Bu Jixiang was relieved when he saw that she looked serious and sincere, and seemed not to be sad about the matter.
"It's best if you think so."
The two were chatting and did not notice a piece of Ming Dynasty-colored clothing flash past the bookcase.
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