Chapter 25 Jin Ling 25
After the virtuous concubine left, the empress dowager beckoned her to sit over.
"You spoke up for her again today." The Queen Mother held her shoulders and asked carefully, "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Jin Ling smiled and shook her head, then took the Queen Mother's arm and said, "I am not speaking for her today. The Queen Mother knows exactly what I am thinking."
Empress Dowager Zheng patted the back of her hand soothingly. "I know your intentions. Ultimately, the dignity of the royal family and the emperor's reputation are paramount. An accidental fall is better than the new emperor's concubines losing their manners."
As she spoke, she looked at Jin Ling seriously and said, "I'm sorry to have wronged you."
"What grievance is there? It's all for Your Majesty. Besides, I'm not hurt." Jin Ling smiled. She would take revenge anyway, and it would be much more interesting than those painless punishments.
After the empress dowager comforted her and accepted a pile of gifts, she led her people back to her Chenghuan Palace.
As she turned the corner, she saw Miyoshi standing there, obviously waiting for her.
"Three good things." Jin Ling hurriedly trotted over and took the arm of her best sister, and the two of them strolled along the way, chatting and laughing.
"Why did the Queen Mother keep you for so long today?"
"She's not the virtuous concubine. She misunderstood that Your Majesty stayed in my palace last night. Today, outside the Cining Palace, she even tried to hit me. Even after I grabbed her hand, she refused to give up and openly pushed me down."
Sanhao hurriedly pulled Jinling up and down to examine her: "You are both concubines, how could she hit you? Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine, luckily I still have a smile on my face." Jin Ling smiled and patted Zhan Xiaomo who was half a step behind, receiving a sweet smile in return.
"Then why did the Queen Mother keep you in the palace?"
"If a concubine fought outside the Empress Dowager's palace on her first day in the palace, how would the royal family maintain their reputation? He's already worried about the affairs of the previous dynasty, how can we let him worry about something like this?" Jin Ling curled her lips, pretending to be stubborn. "That virtuous concubine isn't even worthy of his worry!"
"So I helped cover it up, saying it was just an accidental fall. The Queen Mother thought the same thing, so she gave me these as compensation."
Sanhao couldn't help but smile at her little girlish demeanor, and then nodded repeatedly after hearing her handling of the matter: "Your sincerity towards His Majesty is so touching that even we outsiders are moved, not to mention the Empress Dowager."
"They will all remember your consideration for the greater good and His Majesty."
Jin Ling acted nonchalant and said casually, "I'm not grateful to them. The Empress Dowager is as kind to me as a mother. Your Majesty... Anyway, I'm only doing this for my own good."
"Just do good things and don't worry about the future."
"Just do good things and don't worry about the future... What a good sentence. Where did you hear this?" Sanhao chewed on these words silently, and felt that they were similar to the "Three Good" principles he adhered to.
"Ah? I saw it in a book. I forgot what it was called, but I just thought it made a lot of sense so I remembered it." Jin Ling wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. This sentence seemed to come from the Five Dynasties. She had to be careful with her words next time.
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As soon as she returned to Chenghuan Palace with a smile, Qiuju, who was sent back by her earlier, came up to her and said with a happy face that Eunuch Bao came to tell her that he would come to Chenghuan Palace tonight.
"I see. You cushioned me today, and I'm afraid you might have gotten hurt. Let Xiaoxiao be on duty tonight, and you go get a good night's rest."
As she spoke, Jin Ling also gave her a reward of silver as a reward for her loyalty to her master.
Qiuju held the silver and smiled with her eyes shining. She immediately responded and went out.
"Your Majesty, since His Majesty is coming, would you like me to go to the kitchen and ask them to prepare some meals that His Majesty would like to eat?"
"No need to give any special instructions, just ask them to prepare some light meals."
Jin Ling and the others smiled and took the order to leave, while he turned around and went to the bedroom at the back.
This bedroom was separated by an eighteen-panel Suzhou embroidery landscape screen. Outside were all kinds of knitting tools for embroidery work; inside were an eight-immortal table and a Qiangong Babu bed.
Seeing that it was still early, she simply opened the window, moved the embroidery booth under the window, and started embroidering. This kind of mechanical work can easily make people addicted, and soon Jin Ling gradually immersed herself in it.
When Li Yi came in, he was wondering why there was no one in the main hall. Then he saw Xiaorong coming out from behind with an empty tea tray in his hand. When he saw him, he hurriedly knelt down to greet him.
Li Yi waved her hand and called her back: "Where is your Concubine Zhao?"
"Your Majesty, the Queen is embroidering in the back."
Li Yi frowned upon hearing this and walked towards the bedroom. As expected, she saw Jin Ling leaning over the embroidery stand without even looking up.
The gentle breeze occasionally brought the fragrance of golden osmanthus from outside the window. Under the window, a beautiful woman in lotus pink palace dress was doing embroidery gently and quietly, occasionally raising her hand to push her scattered hair behind her ears.
Li Yi stared blankly for a long time before being awakened by her soft cough. He hurried over and lowered the window.
"It's late autumn now, and the wind is strong in the afternoon. I don't know how to call someone to close the windows."
The man said words of blame, but he gently put his arms around Jin Ling's hands. He felt relieved when he saw her palms were warm.
"I forgot about the embroidery." Jin Ling didn't struggle, but instead grasped four of his fingers. "My legs are numb, Your Majesty, please help me."
Li Yi glared at her helplessly, and did not try to pull her. Instead, he broke free from her hand, picked her up and put her on the couch. He sat on a low stool beside her and helped her press her sore and numb thighs.
"Hiss... Gently, gently!" Jin Ling grabbed his arm, trying to resist stubbornly. Unfortunately, Li Yilang was as hard as steel. Not only did he not let go, he even rubbed the muscle that was most tired on her.
“Ahhhhhh—it hurts!”
Jin Ling felt so painful from his massage that tears welled up in her eyes instantly. However, he had transformed his body and had learned martial arts from Gao Xianyang, so no matter how she struggled, she could not escape his ruthless iron hand.
After howling for half an hour, Li Yi finally withdrew his hands. On the couch beside him, the once dignified and delicate concubine had her hair half disheveled and was panting slightly, wanting to have sex.
Who would have thought that the royal couple had just been enjoying some very chaste massage.
It's no wonder that the smile that came in to remind us it was time for dinner would slip away with a shaky step and a rosy face...
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