Chapter 270: The Consecration is Postponed
"Of course I dare not, but if Master Baolin does something to me, it will be difficult to explain."
Chi Su's words were very hateful, as if she was expecting her to do something.
Shen Biyu was not a fool. She knew that this was difficult, but if she really dared to do anything to Jing Xiuyi's people, she would definitely not be in the right.
Although she was promoted by serving the emperor in the bedchamber, she knew that she could not compare to Shen Chuliu.
"Sister, why do you have to do this? Even if I get promoted, it won't threaten your position. There are so many people in the palace. We are sisters. Isn't it good for us to help each other?" Shen Baolin began to persuade her with emotion.
"Baolin, you'd better not waste time. It will take some time for you to walk to the theater from here. If you don't go back to change your clothes, it will be too late. Or, Baolin, you don't want to go?" Chi Su refused to listen.
"Sister, are you trying to make things difficult for me today?" Shen Biyu said angrily.
Chi Su and the two eunuchs remained silent, but refused to move away.
Zhijin said hurriedly: "Although Empress Jing Xiuyi is the Empress, our Baolin is also the master. You are just palace maids and eunuchs, how dare you stop us? If there is anything, it is our Baolin and Empress Jing Xiuyi's business. What do you mean by stopping us like this!"
"Please change your clothes, Baolin." After all the words, the letter only contained these words.
The stalemate continues.
Shen Baolin gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll change my clothes!"
She was not convinced. There was a queen in the harem. Could it be that she, Shen Chuliu, was the only one in power?
If she changed her clothes, she would definitely be late. Shen Biyu didn't have time to get angry when she returned to the pavilion. She hurriedly changed into a pink jacket and skirt.
When I came out again, those people were gone.
She carried the brocade and almost trotted to the theater.
At the theater, Shen Baolin was nowhere to be seen, and no one would wait for her.
The show has already begun in a lively manner.
The emperor sat in the middle, with the two empress dowagers on his left and the empress on his right. Behind him, in order of rank, were the concubines and the princes and princesses.
On the stage, the lively opening scene is the Flower-Fruit Mountain.
A group of monkeys came and went, which really pleased the old man.
Ning Chongyi drank tea and asked Shen Chuliu in a low voice: "Why don't you see Shen Baolin?"
"You ask an interesting question. Shen Baolin is favored, so she can come whenever she wants. I'm not that close to her, so I naturally don't know." Shen Chuliu snorted and started eating the fruit plate on the table.
Ning Chongyi did it on purpose, so he was not embarrassed. "After all, you can't write two Shen Lais with one stroke. If you have any doubts, you should ask Jing Xiuyi."
"What a coincidence. I'm also wondering. The show has already started, but the person is still nowhere to be seen. Is he here to pay his respects or not?" Shen Chuliu smiled.
Being late at a time like this, this isn't some other place, this is the Royal Family.
If she didn't come over to pay her respects, it would be rude. If she came over to pay her respects, everyone would see her eating.
No reason will do.
After another quarter of an hour, Shen Biyu and her maid were seen outside the theater.
Shen Biyu saw Jing Xiuyi sitting there from a distance. She was wearing a rose-red dress. How could she bump into the one she was wearing just now? She was so angry that her teeth itched. She stepped forward in small steps and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, and all the ladies."
"What is this?" Empress Dowager Feng looked at Shen Biyu and asked.
"Your Majesty, this is Shen Baolin, the younger sister of Majesty Jing Xiuyi." The maid replied.
"Don't you know the rules of the palace?" Empress Dowager Li said indifferently: "The show has been going on for a long time, and you just came here. Baolin is so unruly?"
Shen Baolin knelt down and said, "I know I was wrong, but after I left the house, I was stopped by the maid of Empress Jing Xiuyi. She insisted that my clothes bumped into those of Empress Jing Xiuyi and forced me to go back and change clothes, so I was late."
After these words were spoken, others were still skeptical, but Qi Yixiu believed it 100%.
Okay, Shen Chuliu has no chance of pulling off this dirty trick.
"Jing Xiuyi? Is this true?" asked the Queen.
Shen Chuliu stood up and said, "I deny your attack without any reason."
Shen Baolin never expected that Shen Chuliu would just deny himself like this?
She gritted her teeth and said, "Sister, why did you do such a thing behind my back and pretend to be virtuous in front of me?"
"Today is a good day for the Empress Dowagers to watch the show. It's not a big deal that Shen Baolin is late. The Empress Dowagers will just say a few words to you and that's it. Are you trying to make it difficult for the ladies to watch the show by refuting me like this?" Shen Chuliu said coldly.
"Okay, everyone sit down. Since Shen Baolin is late, he might as well go back." Qi Yixiu waved his hand: "We can talk about the rest tomorrow."
Shen Baolin opened his mouth wide, but looking at the emperor, he didn't dare to say another word, so he had to leave in grievance.
Everyone had a lot on their mind, but today was a good day and the Empress Dowagers were watching the show, so they didn't dare to make any noise.
Qi Yixiu was drinking tea and thinking, was Shen Chuliu determined not to let her sister take the lead? This was really a case of taking advantage of every opportunity.
While listening to the opera, he fiddled with the jade pendant on his waist, feeling a little amused.
Struggles in the harem usually involve killings without shedding blood.
He doesn't underestimate women's abilities.
Shen Chuliu's method of dealing with Shen Biyu was really simple and straightforward.
But no matter how simple it is, between Xiuyi and Baolin, the outcome is half decided.
What's more, telling him clearly that he was plotting against Shen Baolin, no, it wasn't even a plot.
This is blatant bullying.
As Shen Chuliu expected, for the emperor at this time, Shen Baolin was a diversion, and Jing Xiuyi was his favorite woman.
The outcome of this battle has been decided before it even started.
In other words, Shen Baolin at this moment is not qualified to really go to war with Shen Chuliu.
If the play is lively, it will naturally be lively outside the play as well.
After sitting for a whole day, even though Shen Chuliu was in good health, he was very tired.
As soon as I got back to Cuiyunxuan, I just wanted to lie down and didn’t even want to eat dinner.
The maids still persuaded her to get up and use some food. Chi Su replied and told them what happened in the morning.
"From what I can see, she is very angry."
Shen Chuliu smiled and continued eating.
Zi Rui said, "What if she complains to the emperor?"
"Go ahead and sue me. I don't plan to receive your presence this year." Shen Chuliu said indifferently.
Everyone smiled helplessly, the master was always like this, not caring about big things.
On that day, no one had the energy to care about this matter, but when people came to pay their respects the next morning, people from Taiji Palace arrived as soon as everyone had arrived.
It is Grain Rain that is coming.
Guyu came in and greeted the Empress and everyone else, then said, "The Emperor has a message."
The queen took the lead and stood up to listen.
"The Emperor said that Shen Baolin has not yet learned the rules well. If he doesn't learn the rules well, the canonization ceremony will be postponed. We can talk about it when he has learned it well."
The Queen bowed and said, "I accept your order."
Before Guyu left, everyone started laughing.
As soon as Guyu left, Concubine Jin couldn't hold back: "Oh, I've really learned a lot. There are very few things like this from ancient times to the present, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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