The Queen, Concubine Rong and others felt extremely jealous, and their eyes were filled with anger when they looked at Su Wanti.
But they knew that in the harem now, Su Wanti was the most important person in the hearts of the emperor and the empress dowager.
They dared not speak out but put on a smile and expressed their concern for Su Wanti by calling her "sister".
In fact, ever since Su Wanti became favored, some concubines could not suppress their jealousy and wanted to use some means to cut off her favor, or find her faults and report them to the empress dowager so that she would punish her.
However, before they could make their plans, Concubine Chun was confined to Yuqiong Palace for competing for favor with Su Wanti late at night. The palace gate was also demolished, and she has not been released yet.
Then, Su Wanti showed off her power in the Imperial Concubine's Palace again and sent someone to beat an experienced old nanny with dozens of slaps.
That day, the imperial concubine complained to the emperor about this matter, but the emperor didn't take it seriously at all. Not only did he not punish Su Wanti, he even doted on her even more...
Those concubines who had bad intentions towards Su Wanti had to suppress their thoughts.
While observing the peerless favorite concubine's every move with a cold eye, trying to find her fault.
They would wander around the Qinzheng Hall and Ganxiao Palace whenever they had nothing to do. They even dressed up like Su Wanti, hoping to catch the emperor's eye, gain his favor, and become his favorite concubine.
However, Su Wanti soon became pregnant. From then on, the emperor only had eyes for her and did not even look at the other concubines.
Although Leng Hong didn't take them seriously before, they had already gotten used to not seeing the emperor for ten days or half a month.
But it’s different now.
Now the emperor is with Su Wanti day and night, and even lets Su Wanti live in his bedroom...
Recently, the emperor accompanied Su Wanti for a walk every evening, and the palace people secretly spread the stories of their affectionate appearance, which really hurt their ears and hearts.
What worries them is not the lack of wealth but the inequality. Their jealousy towards Su Wanti deepened.
The Queen looked at Su Wanti's obviously bulging belly and smiled gently. Then, her eyes were as soft as water, and she said:
"I heard that Concubine Wan started preparing a birthday gift for Mother long ago, and it took her two months to get it ready. Concubine Wan is quite ingenious, and I wonder how exquisite and luxurious the gift is. I wonder if you sisters will have the honor of seeing it?"
An elegant and graceful smile appeared on her lips, and anyone who saw her would think that she was a dignified, virtuous, graceful and generous queen.
Su Wanti raised her eyes slightly and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, thank you for your kind words. The gift I prepared for the Empress Dowager is far inferior to the Empress's golden Maitreya Buddha statue or the coral ornaments given to Concubine Rong. However, this gift represents my filial piety. I hope the Empress Dowager will accept it with a smile. I hope you sisters will not laugh at me."
Seeing her humble demeanor in front of the Empress, the Queen Mother was very pleased. She patted her hand and smiled kindly, "Your pregnancy with the dragon fetus is the best gift for me. I will be satisfied with anything you give me."
As he was speaking, Ai Ye had already brought someone to deliver the gift, which was an exquisite and gorgeous screen with a picture of a hundred years of longevity.
The brocade in the middle of the screen was embroidered with the word "Shou" (longevity) in gold thread.
Among them, there are one hundred small longevity characters, written in several different ways, including regular script, official script, seal script, running script, and cursive script. Each character has a different style and its own merits.
At the very top is embroidered a large character for "Shou". This character is in regular script, but with some changes made to the font structure and stroke details, making this largest character appear to be in the shape of a longevity peach.
The Hundred Longevity Pictures also have embroidered patterns of butterflies and cats, which are lifelike, exquisite and lovely.
What made the empress dowager most happy was that two fair, chubby, and pink little dolls were embroidered at the bottom of the picture.
A boy doll and a girl doll.
The boy is holding a big pink peach in his arms, and the girl is carrying a golden ruyi on her shoulder.
The Queen Mother is now happy when she thinks of the little baby.
At this moment, when she saw the two babies on the screen with the picture of a hundred longevity statues, she felt as if she had seen her own grandchildren. She walked to the front of the screen with a smile and looked at them carefully.
"Good, very good. Your gift is the best for me. These two little dolls are especially good. I think the boy looks like the emperor, and the girl looks like you. They are both beautiful, hahahaha."
The Empress Dowager smiled happily, and even though the other concubines felt sad, they had to smile along and praise Concubine Wan.
At this moment, the queen glanced down calmly and gave her eyes to Qiu Cairen.
Qiu Cairen understood, covered his lips and smiled:
"With Concubine Wan's hand-embroidered Hundred Longevity screen in front of me, I don't even dare to show off the kneepads I made for the Empress Dowager. But I embroidered those kneepads myself day and night, tirelessly. Concubine Wan went to great lengths, went to the Clothing Bureau, changed three groups of people, and selected twenty embroiderers. It took two months to complete. Of course, the Hundred Longevity picture is incomparable."
There's something else behind his words.
The Queen Mother has always disliked arrogance and extravagance, and has never supported such lavish and wasteful activities.
Leng Hong glanced over indifferently, and Qiu Cairen shuddered and fell silent.
Su Wanti didn't care. After all, she was now a favored concubine, not a virtuous concubine. It was normal for people to accuse her of being arrogant and domineering.
She did not defend herself, but just raised the corners of her lips to look at the expressions of the concubines around her, and then looked at the reaction of the empress dowager.
Fortunately, she is pregnant now. In the eyes of the Queen Mother, she is not perfect, but she is not far from it.
The Empress Dowager's eyes were fixed on the baby on the screen depicting a hundred longevity pictures. How could she listen to other people's sarcastic remarks?
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