Chapter 52 Late Night Visitor
This palace is quite unique, with many flowers and plants but few big trees. In spring, summer and autumn, it becomes a beautiful scene.
This is worthy of the name of Yongning. Originally, it was inhabited by the favorite concubine of the previous emperor, and now it is the turn of Zhenfei.
Princess Jiayin Yuanqiong was still young and was held by her wet nurse.
Yuan Qiong has two older brothers, the eighth prince Yuan You and the ninth prince Yuan Hu, twin brothers and the children of Concubine Shu.
Younger than Yuan Qiong is the eleventh prince Yuan Yi, the child of Concubine He.
Even though it's small, it's only a few days.
Zhen Fei was beautiful with raised eyebrows and eyes, and she was also well-known in the harem, but she had a bad temper since childhood. After giving birth to a child, she showed more maternal love and at least would not lose her temper in front of her own daughters.
"Take Jiayin away." Zhenfei patiently kissed Jiayin and said to the wet nurse.
Seeing that Concubine Zhen looked unhappy, the wet nurse quickly took the princess away.
As soon as the child left, Zhen Fei seemed to have nothing to worry about.
He simply waved his hand and flipped the teacup on the table to the ground, breaking it into pieces.
Porcelain debris was scattered everywhere, and tea soup and tea leaves were all over the floor.
Cuizhi knelt on the ground immediately: "Your Majesty, please calm down!"
"How dare Yun Zhuan ruin my good deeds!" Concubine Zhen still felt that she had not vented her anger enough. The sound of the hairpins on her head colliding showed her impatience.
Cuizhi winked and asked the people below to clean up: "Madam, we have to think about it carefully!"
"Consider the long term? How can I let you consider the long term?!" Concubine Zhen slammed the table, her chest heaving and she spoke in a loud voice.
Jiuxue came from outside: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rong is here."
"Huh, what is she doing here? Isn't she still under house arrest? How dare she ignore the palace rules?" Wasn't Zhenfei also under house arrest?
"Forget it, let her in!" Zhenfei asked the palace maid to clean the place just now, and asked Jiuxue to serve tea again.
Concubine Rong is indeed resourceful and was able to sneak out of the palace which was heavily guarded by spies.
I guess he was really suppressed these days and had no choice but to come here to find her.
Concubine Zhen had no influence on Concubine Rong. The Shen family and the Zheng family had no origin and were no longer on the same level.
"Sister Zhenfei."
Rongfei and Zhenfei were of equal rank and were about the same age, except that Zhenfei was pregnant later. Both of them had hypocritical smiles on their faces.
Soon, the two of them sat down.
"Sister, the tea in your palace is indeed very fragrant." Concubine Rong took a sip, "It looks like this year's new tea, right?"
Concubine Zhen smiled and said, "How can it compare to what's in the palace of Concubine Rong?"
Both of them were the most beautiful women in the harem. In the past, I thought they were on opposite sides, but I never thought that one day they would be able to sit down and talk properly.
"I came here today because I still want to talk to you about the matter of Princess Yuling." Concubine Rong sighed, her face full of grievance and self-pity.
Concubine Zhen was interested. Concubine Rong was very smart and well-informed in the harem. So what was the harm in listening to a word or two from her?
"This Princess Yuling used to like our Shen Jue very much. You also know my nephew, he is handsome and talented. In the past, this princess was devoted to him, and our Shen Jue had no choice but to flatter the princess." Rong Fei sighed as she spoke, "But who would have thought that my nephew just did something wrong, and this princess was so unreasonable that she even cancelled the engagement arranged by the elders!"
Zhen Fei rolled her eyes. There was actually such a layer in this?
She had heard that Yun Zhuan'an was a mess when she was young, and the Marquis of Wu'an had to clean up a lot of messes behind her!
"Besides, you may not know that your brother's new concubine is a distant relative of our Shen family." Rong Fei took a sip of tea and said with a determined look, "I won't hide it from you. The Zheng family has been in close contact with the Shen family recently."
"Sister probably thinks it's nothing and thinks that Master Zheng can get away with it. Sister Zhenfei must know something about the fact that the entire Ye family was imprisoned for covering up for military supplies on the frontier."
Concubine Rong was very quiet and elegant, and seemed to be able to handle things with ease.
However, Zhen Fei tightly clenched her hand silk scarf in her hand. Shen Lanning was really good at this. She knew that her brother had a beautiful concubine, and her face was 70% similar to that of her sister-in-law.
She will always see how her brother and sister-in-law get through the difficult times.
But he didn't expect that the Shen family would take advantage of his brother's weakness and force the Zheng family to keep the line busy with the Shen family!
What kind of family is the Ye family? It is a family of integrity. Now all of them are imprisoned in the imperial prison, waiting to be executed in the autumn.
"Did Shen Huan tell you all these things?" Zhen Fei trembled as she spoke.
She could never have imagined that the Shen family was so cunning that they forced her into a dilemma and made it difficult for her to move forward in the palace!
Zheng Heluo is the elder brother and the head of the Zheng family, and she is the younger sister. Is there anything that cannot be told to her family?
Rong Fei looked at Zhen Fei's colorful face and thought that Zheng Heju had indeed never told Zheng Xuan a single thing about these things.
She is truly a sister whom I love and cherish like a treasure.
"What are you talking about, Sister Zhenfei?" Rong Fei smiled, covering her mouth. "The Shen family and the Zheng family are relatives. After all, the Ye family has been imprisoned. If you let the emperor speak again, and you change your confession after issuing the decree yourself, won't that be a slap in the emperor's face?"
"So, sister, you should take a good rest. You don't have a son, but I have a fifth prince, Yuansi. If my son ascends to that position in the future, wouldn't it be a blessing for both our families?"
Although Concubine Zhen was not very old, she was not young either, and she had only one child, Princess Jiayin.
If not for yourself, you should also think about Jiayin. You can't really let someone with a weak bloodline take your daughter as a marriage partner, right?
Zhen Fei felt mixed emotions and was also a little angry.
Rong Fei saw that today's excitement was almost enough, and then stood up and said goodbye: "I have said almost everything today. If you have made up your mind, wait for two days when you and I are released from the ban, and then we can talk together."
Until she left, Zhenfei didn't react at all. She held the handles of the chair tightly with tears streaming down her cheeks.
Brother, how could you do such a thing? Where does he put himself and Jiayin?
Jiuxue came up to comfort her young lady: "Miss, maybe the master has his own ideas?"
"Miss, don't be so busy crying. Why don't you try to see the adults first?"
Jiuxue was her dowry maid, and she was very thorough in her work on weekdays.
Concubine Zhen wiped her tears and said, yes, that’s right, we can’t just listen to Concubine Rong’s one-sided words!
"Yes, madam." Cuizhi helped to persuade her, "I have heard from other maids in the palace that this madam Rongfei is not easy to deal with. She has endless tricks. Even if madam is unwilling to be on her side, you must be careful that she will stab you in the back!"
Doesn't she know what kind of person Rong Fei is?
If they hadn't wanted to attack the Yun family, they would have been defeated by the princess in an instant. Even though they lost a lot of manpower, at least they weren't seriously hurt!
Concubine Zhen stood up and straightened her appearance: "Okay, I'll talk about other things after I see my brother."
In another month and a half, it will be her birthday, and my brother will definitely enter the palace then!
Zhuo, Concubine Zhen is not good at palace fighting.
(End of this chapter)