After hearing what her master said, Biyun complained in her heart: I understand now that you say that.
That jade hairpin was one that the eldest daughter loved very much. Its origin was unknown, but it was very delicate and beautiful. Later, her daughter liked it and asked the eldest daughter for it.
The eldest daughter refused to give it to her, so her younger sister snatched it away. After a bit of a tantrum, the eldest daughter gave up on taking it back.
However, the owner of the jade hairpin didn't like it and threw it aside a few days after he got it. Why did he suddenly want to look for it today?
Biyun couldn't figure it out, but the lady told her to do so, so she could only agree: "Yes, I will find it when I get back."
"Yeah." Concubine Lan responded nonchalantly.
After returning to the bedroom, Biyun immediately went to look for the jade hairpin. Soon she presented it to Concubine Lan: "Master, I found it."
Concubine Lan took the jade hairpin and smiled with an ambiguous meaning.
Two days later, this afternoon, Ning Yuxi had just taken the newly developed fragrant dew to sit with the Queen Mother. On the way back to the palace, she saw someone blocking the road not far ahead.
Ruyi said, "Master, the people in front are Concubine Jing and Wei Da Ying."
Ning Yuxi nodded, but she was curious about how the two of them got together. Ever since Wei agreed to climb into bed with her, there had been a rift between them, and Concubine Jing really disliked Wei's agreement.
After Wei agreed to please Jing Fei many times without success, she stopped bothering her and kept a low profile afterwards. How come the two of them bumped into each other again now?
She was wondering when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure behind a hidden rockery, staring furtively at Jing Fei and Wei Da Ying in front of her.
Ning Yuxi took a closer look and saw that it seemed to be the palace maid beside Concubine Lan. What was she doing here in a sneaky way?
Before she could figure it out, the two people in front of her parted unhappily. Ning Yuxi saw Concubine Jing turned around and left with an unhappy look on her face.
Looking at Concubine Jing's back as she turned away with a serious face, Wei Da Ying, who stayed where she was, couldn't help but frown.
At this time, the palace maid beside Wei Ying asked in confusion, "Didn't Concubine Lan invite you here? Why didn't you see Concubine Lan but met Concubine Jing instead?"
Wei agreed but was also puzzled. In the afternoon, Concubine Lan sent someone to tell her that she had invited her here to enjoy the scenery together in the afternoon. She didn't want to come at first, but she thought about how she refused the last time she was invited, and it would not be nice to refuse again this time, so she had to come to the appointment.
Unexpectedly, when she came here, she didn't see Concubine Lan, but met Concubine Jing who was also here to enjoy the scenery. She knew that Concubine Jing didn't like her, and every time she saw her, she would think of the incident of her climbing into bed.
She was wrong in this matter. When she was a maid beside Concubine Jing, Concubine Jing trusted her so much, but she took advantage of the emperor's drunkenness to climb into bed with him. She was sorry to Concubine Jing.
But she did not regret it. She was unwilling to be a lowly palace maid who was trampled on by others all her life, bullied at will, and no one would know even if she died. If she had the chance again, she would still do the same, so she was destined to let Concubine Jing down.
Watching Concubine Jing leave, Wei agreed and her thoughts raced. After waiting for a while and still not seeing Concubine Lan, she could only say calmly, "Let's go. Concubine Lan probably won't come."
"Yes." The maid responded, helped Wei and left.
At this time, the palace maid who was hiding behind the rockery also secretly left.
Seeing this, Ruyi was puzzled: "Isn't that sneaky maid the one who works for Concubine Lan? What is she doing here so secretly?"
"Who knows? Maybe something happened to Concubine Lan." Ning Yuxi said casually.
After everyone had left, Ruyi supported Ning Yuxi and walked towards Shuqing Palace. A quarter of an hour later, they passed by the Imperial Garden and saw from afar the familiar scene of the concubines "accidentally encountering" the emperor.
Ning Yuxi raised her eyebrows. Why did she run into him every time?
This was the only way for her to return to the palace, otherwise she would have to take a detour. She didn't take a sedan chair today, and she would be exhausted if she took a detour, so Ning Yuxi planned to wait until the people in front of her left before going over.
Ning Yuxi began to admire the interaction between the two people in front of her, and saw that not far ahead, Concubine Lan was looking at the emperor who suddenly appeared with a look of surprise: "Ah, why is the emperor here? Your concubine greets the emperor."
Gu Qilan looked at her expressionlessly and said lightly, "Get up." As he said that, he was about to leave and had no intention of staying any longer.
Seeing this, Concubine Lan hurriedly called out to him: "Your Majesty..."
"What else?" Gu Qilan asked patiently, considering that she was Concubine Jing's sister.
"I haven't seen Your Majesty for a long time and I miss you very much..." Before Concubine Lan could finish her words, Gu Qilan frowned, obviously very impatient.
Seeing this, Concubine Lan slightly tilted her body, revealing a white magnolia hairpin worn on the side of her bun, and then said, "I have just written a poem. I wonder if Your Majesty would appreciate some of my comments?"
After hearing her words, Gu Qilan was about to refuse, but his eyes suddenly fell on the white magnolia hairpin on her bun. He frowned slightly and said, "This hairpin of yours looks very familiar."
Concubine Lan took off the hairpin and presented it to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this jade hairpin was given to me by my elder sister a while ago."
Gu Qilan took the jade hairpin and examined it carefully for a moment. It was indeed the jade hairpin he had given to Concubine Jing. "You just said it was given to you by Concubine Jing?"
"Your Majesty, yes."
Gu Qilan stared at the hairpin for a long time, and then said, "This hairpin looks quite nice to me. My beloved concubine, are you willing to part with it?"
When Concubine Lan heard the Emperor call her his beloved concubine, her face flushed red. She didn't care what the Emperor said and just nodded and said, "If Your Majesty likes it, please take it. What belongs to me is yours."
"Yeah." Gu Qilan nodded, and then said: "It's getting late, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
After saying that, Gu Qilan turned around and strode away with the hairpin.
It was not until the emperor's back disappeared that Concubine Lan came back to her senses from her shyness. Looking at the direction the emperor left, which was exactly the direction of Concubine Jing's Yunqing Palace, Concubine Lan curled her lips and smiled, knowing that she would soon be favored again.
Gu Qilan held the white magnolia hairpin and walked towards Yunqing Palace with mixed feelings. Thinking of Concubine Jing's attitude towards him in the past few months, he couldn't help but pause and hesitate. Looking at the hairpin in his hand, he still walked towards Yunqing Palace.
At this time, Concubine Jing was in a bad mood because of her encounter with Wei Da Ru just now. She had just returned to the bedroom and was sitting in a daze when suddenly a palace maid came to report with a happy face that the emperor had arrived.
Concubine Jing's eyes paused for a moment, then her expression turned cold again.
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