Chapter 614: The Imperial Concubine's Things
"Concubine Ning?"
Aunt Tongyun asked in surprise, "Why did the Queen ask about her?"
Nan Yan thought for a moment and smiled, "Nothing much. I just feel like she's usually very quiet. It seems like no one in the harem has anything to do with her."
Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "Your Majesty is right."
“…”
"The servants often say this in private."
“…”
"I heard from the servants at the Yanxi Palace that although she and Concubine De lived together in the Yanxi Palace, the two of them didn't speak a word for ten days or half a month."
“…”
"Her Majesty Depin is the most humble person in the palace, and she is also very generous to her subordinates."
“…”
"Even she and Concubine Ning have nothing to say."
Nan Yan let out a soft "Oh".
"Come to think of it," Aunt Tongyun continued, "Didn't the Emperor bring her from Prince Yan's Mansion in Beiping? She was already Prince Yan's concubine before."
"oh……"
Nan Yan then remembered.
Yes, Qin Ruolan was the concubine of Prince Yan before, and she did not enter the harem after Zhu Feng ascended the throne.
Aunt Tongyun said, "If your Majesty wants to know about her, you'll probably have to ask the elders in Prince Yan's Mansion. We servants have all been serving in the Jinling Palace and don't know her well."
"Um."
Nan Yan nodded.
This person seems interesting.
She washed her face, wiped her hands, and handed the towel to Aunt Tongyun. Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "By the way, why is the queen suddenly interested in her?"
"Well, nothing."
Recalling the look she had given Zhu Chengxuan in Chengqian Palace just now.
It seems that she is not a truly cold-hearted person.
She murmured, "She is so beautiful, yet so cold... Perhaps there is some past that she cannot bear to look back on."
Aunt Tongyun turned around and looked at her.
After a while, he smiled and said, "The queen is also very beautiful."
When Nan Yan heard this, she blushed a little: "What nonsense are you talking about."
She was very clear about what she looked like. Maybe she wasn't ugly, but compared to Qin Ruolan's peerless beauty, she was far inferior.
Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "Really, Your Majesty and Concubine Ning, even their personalities are quite similar."
"I'm not as cold as she is."
"It's not indifference, but that kind of—that kind of spirit."
Aunt Tongyun smiled and said, "There are not many people in this palace who have such ambition."
“…”
Nan Yan listened and was a little dazed for a moment.
Spirit?
In fact, a large part of my self-confidence comes from the stubbornness I developed from hardships since childhood, and another part actually comes from Zhu Feng.
She could more or less understand that Zhu Feng treated her differently.
So, she dared to quarrel with him, argue with him, and even confront him face to face.
But what about Concubine Ning?
Where does her cold and lonely spirit come from?
As she thought about it, she slowly walked to the dressing table and sat down, staring at herself in the bronze mirror for a long time.
Are I really alike with her?
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Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, two days have passed.
Nan Yan held up a silk handkerchief she had embroidered, on which was a lifelike winter plum blossom. She looked from side to side, tied a knot with satisfaction, and bit it off with her teeth.
Nian Qiu, who was watching from the side, said softly, "The Queen is really amazing."
“…”
“So beautiful.”
Nan Yan herself was also very satisfied.
When she was a child in the Si family, she did a lot of this kind of work and she knew several embroidery techniques. She was no less skilled than those embroiderers in the embroidery room.
But this time, she didn't embroider anything too complicated.
It’s just a piece of silk handkerchief and a branch of winter plum.
Although this silk handkerchief is simple, the snow-white handkerchief against the bright red plum blossoms gives people a very elegant and aloof feeling.
Just like that beauty.
Nian Qiu whispered, "Is this for the Emperor?"
Nan Yan smiled and shook her head.
If it was for Zhu Feng, I wouldn't have embroidered the cold plum blossom.
It should be an embroidery of a tiger.
She couldn't help but smile. The thought of Zhu Feng using a handkerchief embroidered with a tiger seemed a bit funny.
Nian Qiu whispered again: "Then what is your Majesty doing——"
Nan Yan unfolded the handkerchief and said, "This is my birthday gift to Concubine Ning."
"Ah? This?"
"Um."
"This, is it too——"
Shabby?
It's indeed a bit shabby.
If a gift is not made of gold or jade, people would feel embarrassed to give it to the palace.
But Nan Yan felt that if she gave those things to Qin Ruolan, she would be embarrassed to show them.
She smiled and said, "The gift is small, but the thought is great."
Nian Qiu looked at the silk handkerchief, then at Nan Yan, and said softly, "This servant feels that the Empress seems to be particularly kind to Concubine Ning."
"ah?"
"Although it's Concubine Ning's birthday, I heard that no one in the palace went to celebrate."
“…”
“No one gave me any gifts either.”
“…”
"Only the Empress still remembers her."
“…”
Nan Yan also smiled.
For some reason, when Zhu Feng's concubines came to Jinling, the first person she saw was Qin Ruolan.
She is also the one who is most interested.
She just smiled and said, "We are all serving the emperor in the palace. We are sisters. It's okay for me to be nicer to her."
After saying that, he stood up, brushed off the loose threads on his body, and said, "Nianqiu, you stay here, I'm going out for a while."
"My Lady, don't you want me to serve you?"
"No need. I'll be back in a moment."
"oh."
Nian Qiu responded obediently.
Nan Yan left Yiku Palace alone.
It was just past three in the morning, and the weather was a bit hot. She had been sweating a lot as she walked along.
After much difficulty, we finally arrived outside the Yanxi Palace.
But she stopped.
Because she saw a somewhat familiar figure walking to the door of Yanxi Palace.
Nanny Su!
Nan Yan opened her eyes wide in surprise.
How did she get here?
Was he ordered to do something, or was he——
Just as I thought of this, I saw someone coming out from inside. It was none other than Concubine Ning Qin Ruolan herself.
She subconsciously dodged and hid aside.
The two people met and they were not strangers at all. Nanny Su bowed to Qin Ruolan and said, "Greetings to Concubine Ning."
"Mammy..."
Qin Ruolan's voice, unusually cold, seemed to have a touch of warmth as she said, "No need to be so polite."
“…”
"Why is Mammy here today?"
"I remember that today is your Majesty's birthday, so I came here to give you some gifts."
After saying that, he seemed to take out something.
There was a rustling sound for a while.
Qin Ruolan's voice fluctuated again, and he said softly: "These, these are-"
"These are the Imperial Concubine's things."
“……!”
Nan Yan's heart skipped a beat.
Imperial Concubine?
Are you talking about yourself?
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