Chapter 474: Scared

Chapter 474: Scared

"What's there to be dissatisfied about? I am a concubine and so is she. It's just that my enthronement ceremony was a little early. Can she be worse than me?" Shen Chuliu smiled and didn't care.

"That's true, but after all, she has two princes, so she might feel unfair." Yao Baolin said.

"We are both the same. Once we reach the position of concubine, we have reached the pinnacle. Although there are two more positions, namely, noble concubine and virtuous concubine, in the first-rank and fourth concubine rank, which is tempting to say, she would not be willing to move up if she is really asked to do so." Shen Chuliu said.

"Your Highness is indeed very insightful. Speaking of which, next year it's time for a newcomer to enter the palace. I don't know what will happen." Yao Baolin thought for a while and said, "A few days ago, when Your Highness was still in the north, I accidentally chatted with Concubine Rong. She said that the sister of the late Ying Xiurong might be selected for a beauty contest."

"Her sister?" Shen Chuliu frowned: "General Li has a daughter?"

"She is a concubine's daughter. Ying Xiurong is the only legitimate daughter, and these two are born to concubines. I don't know what she looks like. But the task of suppressing bandits in the southwest will not be completed in a short time. If she is really selected, she will definitely be able to come in. With the influence of General Li and Ying Xiurong's experience, she may have a good position. I just don't know what her temper is like."

"The temperament of a legitimate daughter is not very good, can a concubine's daughter be better? Who knows? No matter how much she is praised, she can't become one of the nine concubines as soon as she comes in. Take it slow. There are many capable people in the palace, so we are not afraid of them turning the tables." Shen Chuliu didn't care much.

"Your Majesty is right. This sister is not a sister at all. She is of no use. Concubine Yi was so favored back then, but after she passed away, my sister was not able to enter the palace," Yao Baolin said with a smile.

The Hu family, which was so arrogant back then, is no longer a household name now. Who in the imperial city still knows them? Shen Chuliu gently shook her hand: "Don't worry."

She thought that the advantage of going to a higher position was that she could sit back and watch the newcomers fight.

After all, she was still Baolin, and she couldn't compete with those who were concubines.

After Yao Baolin left, Yuan Xiao came in and said, "Master, the people from Yufu Palace want to see you."

"No, let Madam Zhang teach the palace maids, and you are the one teaching the eunuchs. They should serve wherever they are supposed to serve. As for today, just reward them. Anyway, there are no rules here. Just don't let me see anything dirty. Otherwise, wasn't there someone who was sent to the Internal Criminal Department before?" Shen Chuliu said indifferently.

She was too lazy to lecture in public, why bother? She was used to the ten or so people in front of her. As for the others, over time, those who could stand in front of her would always come over.

There are so many people in Yu Fu Palace, so it is inevitable that one or two people from other places will sneak in. It doesn’t matter, as long as they can’t get close to her.

Sure enough, Yuanxiao polished these words and told them to the people below, and no one dared to even whisper to each other.

Everyone in the palace knew how powerful Concubine Jing was.

Unless you are a newcomer who has come in within the past one or two years, you will be well-known.

In fact, if you want to say that Concubine Jing did something and punished a few eunuchs and palace maids, that’s not the case.

But she is too powerful and too direct, which scares many people.

In fact, the most feared thing for servants in the palace is a master without rules and without reason. This is the most feared type of master.

Because there are no rules, you don’t know what is right and what is wrong, and you don’t know what to do to make your master happy or what to do to make your master angry.

So at this time they were all very cautious. Since they couldn't ask their master to speak, they could only please the elders.

Fortunately, the elderly are well aware of the situation and are willing to give advice when necessary.

For example, the eunuchs gave Yuanxiao twenty taels of silver, and Yuanxiao accepted it with a smile, and did not hesitate to say: "Our queen is easy to serve, and she is loyal. I dare not say that there is a Buddha among you. If there is, then I advise you to hide it. As long as you don't show it for the rest of your life, you will be safe. If this is revealed. Hehe."

After he said this, everyone rushed to show their loyalty. In fact, their origins were easy to check, but they were all on the surface.

It’s hard to say what happens in secret.

The funniest thing was that that night, a young eunuch slipped and rolled down the stairs, injuring his arm and was unable to serve for a short time.

Shen Chuliu promptly gave him ten taels of silver and transferred him away, and was replaced by a person who had just been promoted from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This news reached the Taiji Palace, and Qi Yixiu laughed: "Did you check? Where?"

Chusi also wanted to laugh: "Your Majesty, it should be someone from Empress Ning Zhaorong's side."

"This Shen! She has this ability!" Qi Yixiu said with a smile.

He naturally knew that these concubines all had some tricks up their sleeves, so sending spies to each other was no big deal.

I thought Shen Chuliu was going to give her a good scolding, but I didn't expect that she was too lazy to even meet with me or say a word.

This happened to be the case, and it frightened the young eunuchs and palace maids out of their wits.

Before anything happened, he found an excuse to run away.

Shen Chuliu was also a little speechless.

"It seems that my image has been deeply rooted in people's hearts."

The girls all laughed.

"It's better this way, so they won't be dishonest." Chi Su said.

"Well, that's a relief." Shen Chuliu finished putting on her makeup and stood up: "Let's go and pay our respects."

She was wearing a cherry red skirt today. The temperature in the imperial city in March was suddenly hot and cold, and today was one of those sudden hot days.

So she wore less clothes today and had a simple bun on her hair, but the jewelry she wore was exquisite and beautiful. It was made of the finest white pearls that the emperor had given her a few days ago.

The tassels in her hair are thin silver threads with coral beads hanging on them, which make her look lively and pretty.

She lengthened her eyebrows, making them slender and slightly upturned, and also lengthened her almond-shaped eyes a little.

The small black spots that had not appeared for a long time appeared under her eyes again.

And between the eyebrows is a petal made of light pink rouge, which looks very private.

We arrived at Fengzao Palace neither early nor late.

More and more people had to pay their respects to her, but she only had to pay her respects to Concubine Qianshu and Concubine Kangde.

As for other concubines, she only needed to perform the ordinary etiquette, and for the rest, she just had to accept greetings from everyone.

Although it is cold at high places, it is still much more comfortable when you look down.

Some people said behind Concubine Jing's back that she would not come to pay her respects, but it was not appropriate to say that in front of her.

Concubine Jin was always talking nonsense, but Shen Chuliu was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Concubine Li didn't have much to say today. As for Ning Zhaorong, she looked at Shen Chuliu several times but didn't say anything.

Greetings early in the morning, and it ended successfully.

After the party, Concubine Mei went to Jiyunxuan where Yan Xiurong was staying.

The white peony gifted by the emperor was in bloom and looked very pretty. Yan Xiurong watered the flowers and said, "Sister, do you have anything to say?"

"Sister, you may not know, but yesterday a eunuch from Concubine Jing's place was injured and sent back."

(End of this chapter)

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