Chapter 47 Jin Ling 47
The Queen Mother fell ill.
In reality, the Empress Dowager's health had long been damaged by the abuse she endured under Empress Dowager Guo. While she had regained some energy due to Li Yi's ascension to the throne, the underlying issues remained. Events in the palace, one after another, finally brought the underlying issues to a head.
Jin Ling became the undisputed number one in the harem.
However, she was pregnant, and both palaces were worried that she would be overworked. Jin Ling took the opportunity to promote Xiao Li and Fei Yan, two of her close friends, to become ladies-in-waiting in her own palace.
Smile was, needless to say, steady and loyal to her. Her help was worth half my own. As for Feiyan, although she was vain and liked to bully the weak, she had her own control and the competition of Smile, so she was relatively honest.
The Shanggong Bureau was her base, and she could give orders as easily as waving one arm, which made those who had originally doubted whether this imperial concubine who was born a palace maid could manage the harem shut up. For a while, everyone in the palace was praising her.
Jin Ling was neither humble nor arrogant. She just focused on doing her own thing and did not forget to serve the empress dowager often, which made the empress dowager very happy and her health gradually improved.
Jin Ling lived a busy and fulfilling life like a hardworking little bee every day and almost forgot about the mother and daughter. Suddenly, she heard Xiao Xiao tell the virtuous concubine that he wanted to see her, and she was stunned for a moment.
"Xianfei? She hasn't left yet?" Jin Ling asked subconsciously, and then she saw the smile in front of her turned awkward but polite:
"Your Majesty, I have specially permitted Madam Wan to take her own box and cage with her. She can leave the palace to practice cultivation on an auspicious day ten days from now. This is a special favor from you."
"Haha, really? I forgot."
Jin Ling spread her hands, looking rather proud of her memory: "Well, since you and Feiyan are here to remind me, why should I bother worrying about these related matters?"
Feiyan, who was just leading Sanhao in, agreed immediately upon hearing what she said, "Your Majesty is right. Xiaolie and I will take care of these trivial matters. Your Majesty, just focus on taking care of your pregnancy."
Seeing that the master and servant were getting along well, Sanhao also joined in the fun: "Yes, and our Shanggong Bureau serves the queen, and the queen should just enjoy herself."
Seeing Jin Ling's increasingly smug smile, Xiao Xiao said to the two of them helplessly, "You two should both stop it. The Empress has been spoiled by you. She has become more and more lazy and doesn't like to worry about anything."
"This just proves that Your Majesty is a blessed person." Sanhao said, handing the pattern in his hand to Jinling: "This is the summer decoration pattern prepared by the Treasure House for Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please take a look and see if there is anything wrong with it."
Jin Ling only opened it and glanced at it twice before returning it to her: "I trust Sanhao's craftsmanship the most. Sanhao, just do it according to your own ideas."
Then he took her hand and whispered, "You and Guard Gao..."
As he spoke, he made faces.
"We, we are just like that..."
Sanhao felt quite embarrassed.
"Oh, you blockhead." Jin Ling touched her belly. "Now you are my child's godmother. When can I become one too?"
"We don't plan to get married yet."
"You're not getting married yet?! Didn't we rescue Old Man Gao? You're both not young anymore. If you delay any longer, it might be dangerous to have children in the future!" Jin Ling touched her belly again. "Besides, you were poisoned by a snake a few days ago. Although Guard Gao arrived in time, there's no guarantee you'll be safe."
"...He doesn't want to take responsibility, does he?!"
Jin Ling said that wind is rain, and was about to drag Sanhao to argue with Gao Xianyang. She was coaxed and persuaded by the three people before she stopped.
"I've noticed that you've become more childish since you became a mother." Sanhao's face flushed with anxiety, fearing that she would really go and argue with him. But he was also concerned about Jinling's pregnancy and didn't dare to use any force. He was sweating with anxiety, and now he poked the other person's forehead in annoyance.
"Now Liu Sizhen knows why I advised you not to spoil the Empress too much." He smiled at the two of them with a gloating smile and brought over the heated pregnancy-maintaining medicine. Jin Ling's face immediately fell.
But this time, no one present planned to save her.
"Alas, those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few." Jin Ling took the medicine and drank it all in one gulp, her facial features wrinkled with bitterness.
Sanhao was amused at first when she sighed like this, but then, thinking of the fate of Concubine Xian and Madam Wan, he couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, those who are righteous have many supporters, while those who are unrighteous have few. Madam Wan and Xian... and Wan Baoxian are just two examples of those who are unrighteous and have few supporters."
"They are not like that. Our queen is here to plead for them." He smiled and pouted at Sanhao.
"If you ask me, Your Majesty shouldn't have said that. I think both the mother and daughter are ungrateful." Feiyan smiled and stood on the same front, which was rare.
Jin Ling waved her hand, signaling them to stop talking. "It's a done deal. They're just reaping what they sow. I'm only acting out of my own conscience, and I don't expect anything in return."
"That Wan Baoxian said he wanted to meet the Empress..."
"Hmm... it's fine to meet once. I'm pretty free lately anyway." Jin Ling thought for a moment and said, "Why not meet now? I'll probably forget about it in a few days."
Seeing this, Sanhao felt it was inconvenient to stay any longer, so he left with Feiyan who had gone to inform Wanhua.
Seeing Wanhua outside the door no longer dressed as brightly as before, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Jin Ling didn't have to wait for a moment before Feiyan came in with Concubine Xian.
She now looks a bit like the white lotus in the second half of the story. Her expression has become calm and peaceful, and her clothes have become simple and elegant.
"I, a humble nun, pay my respects to the Imperial Concubine." Although she had not yet become a nun, Wan Baoxian still paid her respects to her as a monk.
"Get up." Jin Ling glanced at her with some curiosity, feeling that the plot wasn't wrong. Wan Baoxian might indeed have a connection with Buddhism. Not only had he been involved with Buddhist scriptures in two lifetimes, but he had also simply become a monk in this one.
"I heard Xiaoxiao say you wanted to see me, what's going on?"
"I have come to apologize to the Empress." Xianfei sat there, holding a string of eighteen beads in her hand, her eyes serene with regret. "All that has happened in the past is due to my greed and anger, leading to all sorts of sins. Therefore, I have come to apologize to the Empress."
"Really? I received your apology. It's okay, you can leave." Jin Ling lazily lay on the chaise longue, pretending to see a guest off.
Sure enough, Wan Baoxian's originally calm face showed a hint of anxiety.
"One more thing... My mother is old, I..."
"If you come to plead for your mother, then there is no need to say anything more."
"No! I'm willing to take my mother's place. Even if it means exiling her three thousand miles, or five thousand miles, I'm willing to go in her place. Besides, everything my mother did was for me. I'm the main culprit!"
Wan Baoxian could no longer hold on and fell to her knees. She had heard her godfather talk about her mother's miserable life in prison, the bitter cold at the border, and the countless starving people. How could her mother, at her age, possibly endure this?
"Oh, of course I know you are the main culprit." Jin Ling suddenly smiled coldly. She had never shown such an expression before. It was like a beautiful female ghost disguised as a human, finally revealing her hideous face to people.
[How is the system? Does it look like a villain?]
[Like, like, like, you are the villain of our faction!] The system was frightened by her voice and got goose bumps. Oh, it is a system without skin, so it’s okay.
"That's why I have to punish your mother." Seeing her look of disbelief, Jin Ling suddenly understood why the villain had to reveal his ingenious plan to the protagonist in the end.
Doing bad things but not telling anyone is like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes.
I am such a bad woman.
Jin Ling looked at her trembling appearance and felt even more excited: "I know, I know everything. Our Concubine Xian is the most filial woman."
"You are in pain now."
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