Chapter 371 Yixiu 49
"What do you think Nala is trying to do to me?"
In the side room east of the main hall of Laiyi Hall, Nian Shilan walked in hurriedly and waved her hand. Songzhi understood and took out a small cloisonné box. She gently opened the buckle, and a faint fragrance slowly emanated.
Songzhi bent over and held the bowl in front of Nian Shilan with both hands. She picked up the small golden spoon that came with it and scooped two spoonfuls into a large three-legged incense burner with animal ears placed there.
In a short moment the room was filled with a rich, fragrant aroma, reminiscent of flowers in bloom in spring.
Nian Shilan then slowly let out a breath of air from her chest, slowly sat down on the kang, and waved her hand, motioning the person in front of her to sit down as well.
Cao, who had been following her all the time, smiled and half-sat down opposite her. She started by tickling Nian's itch: "This Huan Yi incense is indeed worthy of being blended by the prince himself for you. I've smelled it so many times thanks to you, but I can never get enough of it. The prince's care for you is just like this Huan Yi incense, truly one-of-a-kind."
Nian Shilan's eyes and eyebrows curled up with a hint of pride, which made her look even more cheerful. "Okay, why are you saying all this? I didn't call you here today to talk about this."
Having said that, compared to her blunt and harsh tone when she first entered the room, her tone was obviously much gentler now.
"You're right. Look at my temper. I'm so grateful that you don't despise me." Cao Qinmo finished her compliments and turned to her work. "As for Concubine Nara, I've only been in the mansion for a short time and don't know her very well, but I've seen her manage the mansion and keep the prince satisfied over the years. I think there must be other reasons for asking Niuhulu to give in this time."
Nian Shilan showed impatience: "Do you need to tell me this? I guessed it, so tell me something useful."
"……yes."
Cao Qinmo's face twisted for a moment, but she quickly calmed down and said more respectfully, "What I mean is, think about it, who is most likely responsible for Concubine Nara's miscarriage this time?"
Nian Shilan rolled her eyes and said, "Nonsense, don't you know whether I did it or not?"
Then he looked at the smile on Cao Qinmo's face and realized, "You mean...it's Fu Jin this time?"
"Of course I don't know. But there are only a few people in the mansion who are capable of causing Concubine Jin to suffer such a great loss. If it's not you, then it must be someone else. It can't be an accident. Even if it is an accident, I'm afraid Concubine Jin won't believe it."
Cao Qinmo smiled and said, "Look at Niuhulu's attitude. She doesn't try to trip you up at all, and she helps you wholeheartedly. If you don't know her, you might think she's your daughter-in-law."
"People say there's no gain without pain. If she's flattering me like this, I think it's a gesture of goodwill, unless she has some ulterior motive."
"It seems that Concubine Nara also knows who is the enemy and who is the friend now."
Nian Shilan's eyes brightened as she heard her words, but she didn't let them fool her. "Are you sure? Nara and Fu Jin are sisters. Who knows if her miscarriage was orchestrated by Fu Jin?"
"Putting aside other things, wasn't it you who told me about the grudge between Consort Nara and Consort Fujin back then? Are you sure they were so close that they could plot against you together?"
What Cao Qinmo was talking about was that Yinzhen was crazy about love. When Rouze visited her pregnant sister Yixiu, he fell in love with her at first sight. He forced the Ulanara family to cancel the engagement with Rouze and married Rouze as his concubine.
Naturally, this matter spread in the capital for a while back then. Although the emperor, Ulanara and the Uya family suppressed it, if you were willing to investigate, you would always find out something.
The Nian family had prospered early, so it wasn't difficult for them to investigate these matters in the capital. Nian Shilan hadn't considered this before, but after witnessing the prince's special affection for his wife, she naturally became concerned and asked her mother's family to secretly investigate many past events.
Naturally, she had revealed all of this to Cao Qinmo to a greater or lesser extent. After all, this was her external brain. If she wanted to use it to deal with Fu Jin and Nara Concubine, she couldn't just stand there without saying anything.
"Even if it's a setup, so what? You've already got the power of stewardship. Besides, it won't be long before Fu Jin won't have the time to plot anything else."
Cao Qin looked at the falling apricot blossoms outside with a pointed look. Nian Shilan felt relieved after hearing this, and smiled brightly. "You're right. No matter what they planned, it's too late now. If Nara can really behave herself in the future, I don't mind letting her continue to be my concubine."
She spoke as if she had become the prince's new wife, and began to arrange the fate of others.
Cao Qinmo followed her to support her. Seeing her like this, she felt that she was terribly stupid, and was a little afraid of her ruthless killing intention. At the same time, she was dazzled by the fact that her casual idea could kill the highest-ranking concubine in the palace except for the prince.
The brightly lit Laiyi Hall has always been the most magnificent place in the palace, and this moment is no exception.
In a side room, a dozen or so high-quality white candles were burning, lighting up the entire room as bright as day.
But when the candlelight occasionally flickered, it made people wonder whether the suddenly distorted shadow in the room was a ghost running out from there.
In just one month, the original rules gradually changed.
Because Yinzhen took Honghui to Changchun Garden with the emperor, the palace was truly ruled by the Nian family.
She still remembered Yinzhen's advice before he left. As long as the people in Zhixinzhai stayed obediently, she would at most cause some minor troubles to make things difficult for them. But the rest of the people were like walnuts to be squeezed out of their shells. Anyone who dared to show her any thorns would be squeezed into her hands and squeezed smooth and smooth. It was like she was crying out to heaven and earth for help but no one would help her.
It was better for people like Niuhulu and Kangjia, who were more discerning and found excuses to hand over power as soon as the prince and Honghui left. (The main reason was that Nian Shilan couldn't really punish these two.)
Those people in the harem had a hard time. Although she was a concubine and could not ask people to pay their respects to her every day, she used the excuse that the mansion had been abandoned for many years and asked people to go to the outside of Rouze's Ninghua Hall to pay their respects every morning. Then she deliberately found some trouble.
Whoever is not polite, who is late, or who has a disrespectful expression, in short, they can always find a pretext to accuse someone.
In just half a month, even Li and Geng, who had previously disobeyed her, fell silent, not to mention others.
In high spirits, she not only established her authority in front of these concubines, but also changed many of the old rules in the mansion that were set by the wife.
He also did not forget to secretly put down Fu Jin's old rules: "They are outdated and no longer applicable in the mansion."
Otherwise, she would secretly diss her two previous housekeepers: "The concubine has been recuperating for many years and is not aware of external affairs. Concubine Nara is conservative and stubborn. Although she is not wrong, she has lost the status of the royal palace."
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