After losing memory, one feels lost and helpless, but once one adjusts, one becomes full of curiosity and inquiry about the outside world.
When Xiaotao and Xiaocui helped me stroll around the palace, I would occasionally see some maids or concubines. After greeting them, I would curiously ask Xiaocui and Xiaotao whether we had any connection before and what our relationship was.
I can even guess our relationship based on the way they greet me, and then let Xiaotao and Xiaocui reveal the answer, which is quite fun.
Speaking of concubines in the harem, although I am one of them, I always occasionally feel resistance to the so-called "three thousand concubines in the harem". When the thought comes up, I even wonder if I am jealous, but I remain firm.
Then I gradually got to know about the harem. Firstly, Song Heng had been on the throne for more than two years but had not held a beauty contest, so there were not many concubines. Secondly, I seemed to have become the "favored concubine" I had seen in the storybooks, and it was not too much to shamelessly say that I was "the only one favored and the best in the harem"... Although on the one hand I was wondering if I was being regarded as a "beauty who brings disaster", on the other hand I felt happy.
This kind of contradictory little thought would grow in my heart from time to time.
Fortunately, the court has been busy recently, and Song Heng can still use the fact that state affairs are still unsettled to stall those ministers who are urging me to take concubines and have children; I also have the support of the Mu family, so they don't dare to make any accusations against me. I am really grateful to my father.
Today, when I was taking a walk by Taiqing Lake, I saw a woman in light green clothes standing in the hexagonal pavilion beside the lake. There was also a young maid standing next to her, so she should be a concubine.
The maid noticed me first and bowed respectfully, "Greetings, Consort Mu."
I nodded and motioned for her to stand up. The slender woman also turned around and said in a voice as soft as the breeze: "Hello, Sister Mu."
Xiao Tao secretly told me that this was Consort Wang, and I smiled and said, "Sister, you are so polite."
She had just been leaning against the railing of the hexagonal pavilion, looking at the vast lake with ripples. I also looked at the lake. There were one or two water birds flapping their wings and playing in the middle of the lake, but other than that, there was nothing else to see.
Lady Wang asked me softly, "Is your sister feeling better?"
"Yeah, except for some things I can't remember, everything else is fine." I guess everyone in the palace knows about my amnesia, so I don't need to hide anything.
"I believe that good fortune will come to you, sister." Lady Wang replied respectfully, "If you are alright, I will go home first."
Wang Cairen isn't aggressive at all, but when I interact with her, I always feel like there's an invisible barrier between us. I certainly won't force any friendship. "Yeah."
Before leaving, the young maid beside her, who also had a delicate and graceful temperament, looked at me with concern, and I subconsciously smiled at her.
After everyone left, I started to speculate about the relationship between Wang Cairen and me: "Well... we used to be the kind of people who kept to ourselves."
Xiao Tao nodded, then shook her head gently: "My young master once saved Wang Cairen's life."
I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered that when Song Heng recalled the past to me, he said that I jumped into the pool to save someone. It turned out to be Concubine Wang!
I nodded: "I understand. Is there any other relationship?"
Xiao Tao raised her head and thought for a moment: "Concubine Wang doesn't talk much with anyone in the palace, and her personality is rather aloof..."
I can see it.
I nodded in agreement, then immediately thought of the maid's look and asked, "Do I know the maid next to her? She seemed to be looking at me the whole time."
"Well, that's Xiaofeng," Xiaotao seemed to have something to say now. "She once helped you go to the Cining Palace to testify and uncovered a very hateful maid..."
She stopped short just as she was speaking.
This was something I had never heard of before, and it seemed like a grand affair of revenge. I immediately became interested: "What? Testify? So abominable? Tell me now!"
"Well..." Xiao Tao glanced away: "There was a maid in the palace who bullied the servants before, and it was you, my lady, who exposed her to the Queen Mother..."
This highlight moment sounds so righteous, but Song Heng never told me about it.
I looked at Xiaotao, and she was also looking at me, seeming very nervous and worried.
"Xiao Tao, what are you doing?" I smiled and waved in front of her. She quickly said, "Nothing, nothing."
"How can you make it sound like I'm going to die heroically?" I laughed and teased her, "That was also because of that maid who helped me. Why do I feel like her benefactor..."
"Well, because that maidservant beat her before," Xiao Tao explained, then quickly looked towards the lake: "Hey, isn't that His Majesty?"
In the distance, on the gravel road, Song Heng was seen wearing a golden dragon robe, and next to him was a minister who was talking incessantly. Song Heng just nodded a few times, but in the end he still smiled, and then the minister took his leave.
Song Heng seemed to have seen me a long time ago. He was not surprised when we looked at each other, but continued to walk towards me. Behind him, a large group of servants also marched towards this peaceful lake.
"Long live Your Majesty." Xiao Tao stepped forward and saluted, and I also saluted respectfully.
Song Heng looked very pleasing to the eye in the dragon robe. He looked awe-inspiring without being angry, like an emperor.
But the look he gave me was exceptionally gentle, like water and jade.
I smiled back at him sweetly, and he smiled back and walked closer to me: "Come to the lake to see the water birds?"
I replied, "I was just taking a casual stroll and happened to come here."
He nodded and looked at the lake. "These are water birds brought from Beiling. They are strong and harmless. If you like, you can feed them."
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