Chapter 36 Jin Ling 36
"It's not your turn to interfere in what I do!" The virtuous concubine stared at her coldly, as if she was going to choose someone to devour.
"Indeed, we are both concubines, and we are equals. It's natural that my sister cannot interfere with the affairs of your palace." Jin Ling sat leisurely in the guest seat, without any embarrassment of being unwelcome by the host. "However, Zhong Sizhi is a female official in the Shanggong Bureau, in charge of two chambers, and is subordinate to the Queen Mother. She is not someone you, a virtuous concubine, can punish casually."
As she spoke, she gestured to Qiuju to help Zhong Xuexia up, and asked the lady beside Zhong Xuexia to help her go back and treat her wound.
The virtuous concubine was about to stop her, but she was so shocked by Jin Ling's words that she felt dizzy.
"If you are truly dissatisfied with the Shang Gong Bureau, you can report it to the Queen Mother."
As Jin Ling lectured, she gave a sincere exhortation, showing a helpless tolerance for Concubine Xian's unreasonable behavior: "Your Majesty is currently busy with disaster relief and is exhausted. Sister, you should be more considerate of His Majesty."
"Enough!" Concubine Xian had lost her mind. Jin Ling's words sounded like a caring wife, admonishing a concubine. How could she tolerate this?
The usually dignified Concubine Xian was about to raise her hand to hit Jin Ling in the face, but was caught by her.
"Sister, why don't you learn your lesson?" Jin Ling couldn't help but smile sarcastically.
"You're just a lowly palace maid, and you really think you can be on equal footing with me? You're not worthy!" Concubine Xian refused to be outdone and poured out all her heart, crackling like a machine gun: "Even if a pheasant climbs up a parasol tree, it's still a pheasant, just like you may be the master on the surface, but you're still the slave behind the scenes!"
After saying this, she stared at Jin Ling with resentment, certain that these words could severely hurt the bitch in front of her.
Jin Ling suddenly burst into laughter, almost falling down on her chair. She only stopped when tears welled up in her eyes: "Xian Fei, Xian Fei, I can't bear to see you anymore."
"What do you mean?!" Wan Baoxian was flustered by her laughter, as it did not meet her expectations. She suddenly had a bad premonition and wanted to stop Jin Ling from saying the next word, but it was too late.
"Why do you think you were able to enter the palace?"
Jin Ling looked at her indifferently, tearing up the piece of paper she knew full well, and even trying to tear down the entire window: "You know, His Majesty doesn't want you as his concubine at all. The only reason you were able to enter the palace as a concubine is because your adoptive father specially found a captain father for me, and exchanged him with His Majesty for your position as a concubine."
"So what? His Majesty was simply bewitched by a palace maid like you..."
"Indeed." Jin Ling admitted without hesitation. She stood up from her chair, walked step by step to the front of Concubine Xian, and looked down at her condescendingly:
"Your position as a consort was earned by General Ma through threatening His Majesty with me. You said I was a pheasant, but what kind of person is it to climb to the top of a tree by relying on a pheasant?"
"What's even more ridiculous is that some of them can't see their own situation clearly. They are only focused on reaching the best and highest branches, and they can hardly even hold on to the branches below their feet."
Jin Ling looked at her meaningfully, as if she was saying grace, or something else.
Unfortunately, the current Concubine Xian did not understand the deeper meaning of her words, and only regarded the last sentence as a humiliation. She struggled to break free from Jin Ling's hand, but was pushed to the ground by Jin Ling.
"You! I'm going to ask my godfather to make the decision for me, just wait for me!"
The virtuous concubine ran away angrily, leaving only Qiu Ju and another female historian, Qian Feiyan, who was holding the pattern map.
Seeing Concubine Xian running out of the palace, Jin Ling sat back in her seat quite leisurely, and even picked up the tea to sip it carefully. She didn't look like she was going to be in trouble in a while.
Of course, she didn't care. Concubine Xian had been so busy battling her these days that she had forgotten that Ma Yuanwei was not in the capital. She probably had to call Sun Jiabi to make such a scene.
After finishing her tea, Jin Ling slowly stood up and prepared to leave: "Qiuju, wait here for Concubine Xian to come back. Tell her that I'm going to the Cining Palace to discuss the flower viewing banquet with the Empress Dowager."
After saying that, he really took Qian Feiyan to the Cining Palace.
"Greetings to the Queen Mother."
"Excuse me, why are you here at this time?"
The Queen Mother glanced behind her in surprise. "This one next to you... seems to be a female historian from the Shang Palace Bureau, right? Aren't Qiuju and Xiaoxiao following you?"
After Jin Ling finished her greetings, she took the pattern from Qian Feiyan and walked over to the Queen Mother to open it. "I'm here to discuss with her the tablecloths for the flower viewing banquet."
"Tablecloth? You can just discuss such a small matter with Concubine Xian. Why bother with this?" The Queen Mother was even more puzzled. These days, she had seen Concubine Zhao managing the palace affairs in an orderly manner. Even though she was still a little green, she was modest and cautious. When encountering problems, she could communicate with the Shanggong Bureau in time to solve them. Why did she come to her for these trivial matters now?
Jin Ling sighed softly, her expression filled with helplessness: "It is the Concubine Xian and I who have a disagreement on this matter. The Concubine Xian..."
"You are trying to confuse right and wrong and accuse me with the Queen Mother again!"
The virtuous concubine rushed in first and interrupted Jin Ling's words. Madam Wan and Wanhua followed closely behind her, all glaring at Jin Ling who was standing beside the empress dowager with an innocent look on her face.
"Xian Fei, you are becoming more and more unruly."
The Queen Mother looked past Concubine Xian and asked Madam Wan, who was also furious behind her, "Is this the family education in your family?"
"Empress Dowager, Concubine Xian has always been filial to you. It was Concubine Zhao who went too far by trespassing into the Cining Palace this time. Concubine Xian was just in a moment of desperation." Although Madam Wan was not convinced, she still took her daughter to apologize to the Empress Dowager.
Zheng finally calmed down a bit and called them up, "Alright, everyone's saying Concubine Zhao is being excessive. What did she do to provoke you all to chase her to the Cining Palace to question her?"
The Queen Mother's words clearly showed that she did not believe that the virtuous and generous Concubine Zhao would do something to bully Concubine Xian.
Jin Ling also spoke up generously: "Since my sister is afraid that I will confuse right and wrong, then my sister will speak first."
"Oh, do you think I wouldn't dare?" Seeing her still pretending, Concubine Xian sneered, "You pretended to be friendly and harmonious in front of the Empress Dowager that day, but as soon as the Empress Dowager gave up her power, you couldn't help but jump out."
"Empress Dowager, ever since you entrusted us with the Flower Viewing Banquet, almost every task I assigned to the palace has been rejected, big or small. Even this time, the curtains and tablecloths I ordered were changed without permission by Concubine Zhao. I simply asked Zhong Sizhi a few questions, but she actually barged into my Xianju Palace, called Zhong Sizhi away, and spoke rudely to me! She even pushed me!!"
As her words fell, the hall became silent.
"Ahem..." Jin Ling saw that everyone's attention was drawn to her, so she opened her lips slightly and said, "I did indeed trespass into the Xianfei's Immortal Residence."
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