After hearing what Concubine Lan said, Concubine Jing curled the corners of her lips slightly, then returned to her usual style and did not continue speaking.
However, Concubine Jing, who had just been released, couldn't help but roll her eyes and said sarcastically, "Lady Lan is really nosy. Since you are so kind and persuaded the Emperor to forgive Concubine Jing, why don't you see the Emperor go to Concubine Jing? Instead, he goes to you every day."
Hearing this, Concubine Lan frowned slightly. "This... Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven. I can only try my best to comfort him. Where the Emperor goes is his business. How can I decide? Your Majesty comes to me every day and I can't do anything about it."
After hearing what she said, Jingpin's eyes almost rolled to the sky. She advised herself to be patient. After all, it was because of the conflict with Lan Guiren that the emperor punished her last time, but she really couldn't control her temper.
"Don't act like a spoiled brat here. Everyone can see what you're thinking. Why are you pretending? Who hasn't been favored before?"
When Concubine Jing said this, Concubine Lan was originally very angry, but when she heard the second half of her sentence, she suddenly suppressed her anger and said with a smile: "Yes, Concubine Jing was also favored, but now the emperor has been coming to my sister's place these days,
I'm afraid it's been a while since I last visited my sister, so it's normal for her to be jealous and say something offensive. I won't do the same as her."
After hearing this, Ning Yuxi sighed that Concubine Lan really became arrogant when she gained power, and was very good at acting like a white lotus to irritate people. It would be better if she could continue to be favored, otherwise her end would definitely be miserable.
She spoke like this to show off her favor, and at the same time to make others angry so that they could not help but conflict with her and do something excessive. Then she could play the role of pitiful and let the emperor punish the other party on her behalf.
Jingpin suffered this loss last time, but she still hasn't learned her lesson and can't help but confront her.
Sure enough, Concubine Jing suddenly stood up and pointed at her, angrily saying, "Who do you think you are? You're just a conceited villain. You weren't even in the palace when I was favored. How can you be so pretentious here?"
At this time, the Queen had already walked to the door, and her voice full of warning rang out: "Princess Jing."
At this time, the eunuch guarding the gate also shouted: "The Queen has arrived!"
Jingpin didn't bother to scold Concubine Lan anymore. She followed the others in paying respects to the Empress. The Empress slowly walked into the main hall. When she passed Concubine Lan, she paused slightly and said in a tone that didn't reveal her emotions: "Concubine Lan has regained the emperor's favor recently. She looks better."
Concubine Lan was startled and said hurriedly, "I dare not, I dare not. How can I compare to the Empress? The Empress is pregnant, and the Emperor is always thinking about her."
Last time she had a conflict with Concubine Jing, she didn't expect that Concubine Jing was on the Queen's side. Later, the Emperor was also a little annoyed with the Queen because of this.
She had offended the Queen, but now she was pregnant. Even if she was not pregnant, she could not afford to offend her. Naturally, she had to try her best to say nice things at this moment.
"Oh? You mean the emperor is thinking about me because I'm pregnant?" But the queen didn't appreciate her kindness.
Although Lady Lan did think so in her heart, she did not dare to say it out loud. She only regretted that she had said such a thing in a moment of haste, and hurriedly tried to make amends:
"How could that be? What I meant was that the Emperor is even more concerned about you now that you're pregnant. He's worried about how hard it will be for you during your pregnancy. Yesterday, the Emperor even mentioned this to me, saying he wanted the Imperial Kitchen to take good care of your health."
The Queen couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard this. Although she was a little skeptical about the truth of what Concubine Lan said about the Emperor mentioning her yesterday, this resonated with her, and she felt a little happier. She didn't bother to argue with her anymore and asked casually, "Really?"
Concubine Lan hurriedly said, "Of course, how dare I deceive Your Majesty."
The queen withdrew her gaze, smiled, walked to the seat of honor and sat down, then raised her hand to ask all the concubines to stand up as well.
Seeing Jingpin's still somewhat indignant expression, the Queen spoke, "Jingpin, we are all the Emperor's concubines, so we should get along harmoniously. It's normal for Concubine Lan to be inconsiderate at times since she's young. Please don't take it personally."
When Concubine Jing heard this, although she was still a little angry, she was able to listen to the Queen's words and stopped talking.
After the meeting, the Queen kept Concubine Jing.
Seeing that Concubine Jing still had no smile on her face, he said sternly, "Concubine Jing, you should avoid conflicts with Concubine Nalan in the future."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Jing could no longer hold back, thinking that the Queen had actually sided with the other party, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Lan..."
Before she could finish, the Queen frowned and interrupted her: "Why are you so anxious? I haven't finished what I want to say yet. Lady Lan has regained her favor, and the Emperor has summoned her to his bed for several days.
She is in favor now. If you go against her, you will be the only one who will suffer. Have you forgotten the consequences of your confrontation with her last time?"
Jingpin thought about how not only she, but even the Queen was reprimanded by the Emperor last time, and her expression immediately fell a little: "How could the Emperor like her like this!"
The Queen glanced at Concubine Jing and said, "What do you think of her like this? If the Emperor likes her, then you should give in to her. When she falls out of favor, you can do whatever you want with her. Why bother to cause trouble for her now?"
Upon hearing this, Concubine Jing knew that the Queen was on the same side with her, and she immediately became happy. However, when she thought about Concubine Lan's favor, her mood collapsed again.
"That's what you say, but how long will it take for her to fall out of favor? It looked like she was about to fall out of favor a while ago, but now she's back in favor again."
After hearing what Concubine Jing said, the Queen pondered for a moment and said, "I see that the Emperor favors her because of Concubine Jing, but he doesn't really dote on her. If this is the case, her favor won't last long. Just be patient and wait. What can be achieved by being so impatient?"
Jingpin felt relieved after hearing this and complimented the Queen again: "Yes, I will listen to the Queen. Now that the Queen is pregnant, you can give birth to a prince next year.
The Emperor will certainly value Your Majesty even more. By then, the harem will be entirely yours, Your Majesty, and no one else will have a say."
The Queen liked what she heard, and seeing that Concubine Jing had listened to her, she stopped talking to her and the two of them talked about other things that made the host and the guest happy.
This time, Concubine Lan regained favor but did not fall out of favor as quickly as she did last time. This time, the Emperor showed her a lot of favor on and off until the twelfth month.
In the past one or two months, apart from visiting the Queen and Ning Yuxi, the Emperor spent most of his time visiting Concubine Lan and Concubine Lian, and only visited other concubines a few times.
Today is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. It is not convenient to go out for a walk in winter, so Ning Yuxi stayed in her palace for the winter. However, she was really bored, so she thought of cooking Laba porridge in the small kitchen today.
She had never cooked before coming here. In her previous life, her cooking skills were average, but making porridge was no problem. Thinking that her children had never tasted her cooking skills, she became interested in making Laba porridge for them.
Luoying helped her prepare the ingredients. Just as she was about to start cooking, Ruyi suddenly came in and reported to her, "Master, I heard that the eldest prince is ill."
After hearing Ruyi's words, Ning Yuxi raised her head and looked at her: "What's going on? What's wrong?"
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