Xuan Ling felt a sour taste in her chest. It turned out that tuberose was the fragrance of her and her ex-husband's inseparable love.
Concubine Shu saw a pattern embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief and said with a smile, "Concubine Sheng is very careful and capable, but her embroidery is not good. Your Majesty, look, what is this she embroidered?"
Xuan Ling was curious. Are there women who are bad at needlework? Isn't that a basic skill for women in the boudoir?
Taking the handkerchief, I found it was indeed embroidered crookedly. I tried to figure out what the pattern was, but after a while, I asked, "Tiger?"
Concubine Shu pretended to be enlightened and said, "That's right, Ah Yan's zodiac sign is the tiger."
Xuan Ling threw the handkerchief to the ground fiercely and said sinisterly, "What a deep and devoted love."
Concubine Shu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. It was my fault. I forgot that Xiyan had entered the palace and became your concubine. I thought she was my sister-in-law and Ayan's wife."
Xuan Ling said coldly, "Back off."
"I'll take my leave."
Concubine Shu hurriedly left the Yangxin Palace and showed an imperceptible faint smile at the door of the palace. Sheng Xiyan, you are still too young to compete with me for favor.
Eunuch Fu went in to serve him and saw that the emperor's face had turned colder than the ice at the bottom of a cold pond in the twelfth lunar month. What had happened? His mood suddenly changed.
"Your Majesty, where will you have your dinner?"
The emperor's cold and aloof eyes seemed unfocused, and his dark pupils seemed calm, yet they revealed a fierce and majestic air.
"go out!"
Eunuch Fu trotted out of the inner hall. No matter what, the emperor needed to calm down for a while.
At night, in the side hall of Chuxiu Palace, only the four corners were lit, and the quiet bluestone floor was illuminated by a faint light.
Jiangjiang has gradually adapted to this place. He falls asleep early at night and no longer cries.
When Sheng Xiyan has free time, she can sit in the yard and enjoy the night view.
There is a sense of satisfaction and security in the small square courtyard.
Qi Yan died on the battlefield, leaving only a cenotaph for his clothes and bones. Sheng Xiyan said sadly, "Yan Lang, it's so far from the northern border to the capital. How will you return to see your son?"
I became a ghost, floating around, afraid of sunlight, so I could only run at night. How long would it take to get back to the capital? One year, two years?
Hua Xia brought out some Artemisia annua tea and saw that her eyes were red, knowing that she was missing her old friend again.
"My dear, don't be sad, just forget it."
"Yes, life is pretty good now, I should be content."
Danpi Artemisia annua tea is a tea made with peony bark, Artemisia annua, rock sugar and green tea. It can be drunk before a woman's menstrual period. It has the effect of clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is suitable for early menstruation due to blood heat.
Hua Xia understood her and advised, "My lady, go and rest after drinking. You have to get up early tomorrow to pay your respects to the Jingren Palace. Your menstrual period will be very difficult these days, so you must stay alert."
Sheng Xiyan got up and returned to the inner hall. Every night she missed Qi Yan madly, worrying about how lonely he must be as a wandering ghost.
The next day, after noon, Concubine Liang went to visit Zhongcui Palace.
"Sister Shufei, the concubine Sheng you promoted has finally made a name for herself."
Concubine Shu smiled and asked her to sit down, guessing that everyone in the harem must have known about Sheng Xiyan's visit to the Yangxin Palace to accompany the emperor in the past few days.
"Sister Liang Fei, Concubine Sheng was not promoted by my younger sister. She was brought into the palace by the Emperor himself."
Concubine Liang knew she was being hypocritical and said with a smile, "No matter what, we are all from Prince E's Palace, so we are the same."
Concubine Shu pretended to be proud and said, "She is quite capable. In such a short time, she has impressed the Emperor. It is worth my trust in her."
However, Concubine Liang felt unhappy. In the past, Concubine Shu had always been looked at more often by the emperor, but why did she bring in a vixen, and the emperor liked her more?
While drinking tea, he said with a sour taste: "You have taken all the benefits. It's a pity that I am the only one sitting on the bench."
Normally, Concubine Shu was very cautious and never said anything arrogant, but today she broke with her usual behavior and chuckled, "It can't be helped. The Emperor likes it, right? Don't you agree, sister?"
Concubine Liang was so angry that she felt she was implying that she was incompetent and could not win the emperor's favor, so she left Zhongcui Palace without saying a few words.
After she left, Concubine Shu gently stroked the peony pattern on her nail polish with a faint smile on her lips.
He also instructed: "At dinner time, send two pieces of brocade to Concubine Sheng, and pass through the front hall on the way."
"Yes, my lady."
In every palace, the busiest time of the day is lunch and dinner. The palace maids bring meals from the imperial kitchen. Especially the ladies in the main palace have high food standards, so almost all the palace maids are busy in the palace.
In the main hall of Chuxiu Palace, a maidservant reported as she was fetching dishes: "Your Majesty, I just came back and saw people from Zhongcui Palace delivering something to the side hall."
Concubine Liang was furious when she thought about the humiliation she had endured today at Zhongcui Palace. "Concubine Shu, in order to win the emperor's favor, resorted to despicable means and allowed that vixen in the side palace to seduce the emperor. Was she giving that vixen a reward or was she deliberately trying to piss me off?"
The head maid consoled her, "Your Majesty, Concubine Sheng is currently in great favor. It would be inappropriate for you to take action. Otherwise, she might report it to the Emperor."
Concubine Liang thought while eating, "That's right. After a few days, when she has cooled down in the Emperor's place, I will deal with her properly. You all should keep an eye on her."
"Yes, my lady."
What Concubine Liang didn't expect was that this opportunity would come so soon.
At noon the next day, when Sheng Xiyan was about to go to the imperial kitchen, a palace maid suddenly came to tell her, "My Lady Sheng, the Emperor has ordered that you no longer need to go to the Yangxin Palace."
Hua Xia pressed on, "Eunuch, has something happened? Did the Emperor say anything?"
"We don't know that, and we dare not try to guess the Sacred Heart."
Sheng Xiyan was puzzled. After thinking about it, she thought that it must be the awkward encounter between the two of them at the bookshelf that day. No, that was clearly the day before.
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