They are both beauties, and Bai Yuzhi even has an extra title than Beauty Jiang. Why should I go and see her?
"No."
Bai Yuzhi refused, but this Concubine Jiang was really restless and tried to cause trouble for Bai Yuzhi whenever she got the chance. No wonder Concubine Rong chose such a fool as a tool. Sometimes fools are really useful.
The palace maids waiting outside the palace were very angry when they heard the rejection and even started to shout loudly: "Concubine Heng, our beauty is pregnant now, so please condescend to come and see us. Otherwise, if our Concubine Jiang gets angry and gets sick, no one can bear the consequences!"
It is true that when one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit. A palace maid actually spoke so arrogantly to a beauty of the fifth rank.
"Go, Jintai, have someone drag this ignorant creature out. He actually cursed the dragon fetus in Lady Jiang's belly. He deserves death."
Jin Tai had been angry for a long time, and when he heard Bai Yuzhi's order, he immediately went to do it. The palace maid was dragged away and screamed, calling for Concubine Jiang to save her.
Such a big commotion had already reached the ears of Lady Jiang. She couldn't hold her temper and actually came to the door in person.
"Yinting, show Lady Jiang a seat."
Bai Yuzhi asked someone to take the tea away to prevent this idiot from saying that he was trying to murder her. Bai Yuzhi held his chin and looked at the angry Lady Jiang, as if he was watching a joke.
"Beauty Heng, you actually bypassed me and directly dealt with the palace maids in my palace. Isn't that a bit too presumptuous!"
"Lady Jiang, you're wrong. I was the one who cleared the house for you, yet that maidservant said that Lady Jiang's pregnancy was unstable. Doesn't she deserve death? Besides, you and I are both beauties. How can you say I'm presumptuous?"
Concubine Jiang has always been unable to win an argument with Bai Yuzhi, and what's more, what Bai Yuzhi said directly hit Concubine Jiang's sore spot. What Concubine Jiang hated most was not that she failed to move to the palace, but that she was unwilling to be on the same level as Bai Yuzhi even though she was pregnant.
"Beauty Heng! I am now pregnant with His Majesty's eldest son. My future is limitless. The position of beauty is only temporary. Are you really not afraid?!"
Bai Yuzhi thought, never mind that you are not pregnant at all, even if you are pregnant, what difference would it make? With the blessing of the good pregnancy system, it would not be a problem for her to give birth to a football team painlessly. What's more, there are some elixirs to bless her. As long as she is willing to spend points, every baby she gives birth to will be a little genius. Both quantity and quality are superior. Bai Yuzhi is not afraid of her at all.
She couldn't say it directly, but Bai Yuzhi was really annoyed. Her baby was almost three months old, and the baby in her belly was well-behaved, but she still felt that her temper seemed to have gotten worse. Every day she wondered what tricks Concubine Rong was trying to play, and she had to deal with Concubine Jiang and prepare birthday gifts for the Queen Mother. Her head was about to explode.
"Lady Jiang, I will take care of the future. As for you, if I didn't think you were too stupid, I wouldn't want to remind you. You've been so ostentatious lately, which is really harmful to your unborn child. Do you really think His Majesty is not promoting you because he plans to wait until the child is born to promote you directly? It's because His Majesty is dissatisfied with you for not considering the Dragonborn."
It must be said that although Bai Yuzhi's story was nonsense, it did touch upon some truth. Emperor Qin Huan was indeed dissatisfied with Concubine Jiang and even planned to give the child to her for raising.
It would be wrong to say that Concubine Jiang was stupid. She actually thought that what Bai Yuzhi said made sense. After all, she did hold banquets in the palace every day and chat with the other concubines who came to flatter her for an entire afternoon.
"Oh, you don't know what you're talking about!"
Concubine Jiang left a message and walked away, saying that next time she saw Emperor Qin Huan, she would report to him that Bai Yuzhi had interfered. Bai Yuzhi was too lazy to pay attention to her. She didn't really think that she could bypass her and see Emperor Qin Huan in the Yikun Palace. If she wanted to complain, she might as well go to the empress dowager.
After sending Concubine Jiang away, Bai Yuzhi ate the bird's nest slowly and then fell asleep. Concubine Jiang did not come again for the next few days, and the concubines who came to flatter her were also sent away. This peaceful life lasted until the day before the Da Qianqiu Banquet.
That day, Bai Yuzhi was about to open the system mall to see if there were any props that could be used. She always had an ominous premonition that Concubine Rong might cause trouble at tomorrow's birthday banquet.
However, Baoqin from the Queen's palace suddenly visited.
Ever since Concubine Jiang was diagnosed with pregnancy, the Empress and Concubine Rong had suddenly gone silent. Aside from her daily morning and evening visits, the Empress hadn't taken any action and had never summoned Bai Yuzhi. Bai Yuzhi had assumed that the Empress had become disheartened and indifferent to palace fighting after seeing Concubine Jiang pregnant, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
The Queen summoned her, and Bai Yuzhi had to go for both moral and logical reasons, so she got up, changed her clothes, and followed Baoqin to Kunning Palace without even taking the golden platform and silver pavilion with her.
On the way, Bai Yuzhi was still wondering what was going on. Why didn't she tell him what was going on after the morning and evening visits, but now he wanted to summon her in the afternoon?
The Queen in Kunning Palace had a solemn expression on her face. When she saw Bai Yuzhi coming in, she dismissed her attendants, even Baoqin, whom she had always trusted the most. Only the Queen, Bai Yuzhi, and a palace maid who looked somewhat familiar to Bai Yuzhi were left in the palace.
The Queen went straight to the point: "This person is a second-class maid in my palace. She has been with me since I entered the palace as Queen. Although she is not given a high position, she is honest and reliable. I called you here today because of a matter. Bixi, please tell Concubine Heng everything you have reported to me."
Bixi was trembling all over, and it was obvious that she was very uncalm, as if she had discovered some secret of the palace. It was not until the queen spoke that she tried hard to control her fear and began to speak.
"My dear Lady Heng, I was supposed to go to the Imperial Hospital today to get some medicinal food for the Empress. On the way, I passed by Shoukang Palace and unexpectedly... I actually saw Nanny Chen from the Empress Dowager's palace handing over something with Chu Yue from Concubine Rong's palace."
Seeing that Bixi had access to the Queen's food, Bai Yuzhi had some confidence that she was indeed the Queen's. Furthermore, the Queen Mother and Concubine Rong already had a good relationship, so this statement was also in line with reality.
Bixi continued, "I was curious, so I hid in the corner and listened for a while. But who would have thought that I would actually hear Chu Yue say that she would poison you, Concubine Heng, at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet!"
Bai Yuzhi's eyebrows twitched. She was not surprised that Concubine Rong wanted to harm her at the birthday banquet, but with Concubine Rong's personality, how could she show such a vicious nature in front of the Empress Dowager's confidant, Nanny Chen?
"Did you see the maid's face? It was indeed Chu Yue, right?"
Bixi hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "Although I didn't see her face, the maid was wearing an orchid hairpin on her head, exactly the same as the one on Chu Yue's head! That hairpin was given to Chu Yue by Concubine Rong. Chu Yue often showed it off among the palace maids. I was definitely not mistaken!"
A hairpin is not enough to confirm that the person is indeed Chu Yue. After all, if the concubines in the harem want such a precious hairpin, they can still imitate it. The white jade quality is still too good for Concubine Rong to make such a big mistake. The plan to murder her would actually be discovered by an unappreciated palace maid beside the queen.
But if not, then who wanted to harm her and frame Concubine Rong...
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