Chapter 132: Face the reality
Concubine Liang thought that since Jiang Xinyue had lost favor, everyone in the harem would have a chance again. In the end, she failed to serve the emperor in bed, and instead angered the emperor several times because of her inappropriate words, which made her very embarrassed.
Fortunately, she was not the only one who was embarrassed. During this period, Concubine Ye, Zhang Wanrong, and even Empress Zhu were reprimanded by the emperor, so she was not considered to be a fool.
The worst thing was that a young lady who entered the palace at the same time as Jiang Xinyue, was favored by the emperor once and then forgotten, and did not even have a promotion. After encountering the emperor in the garden again, she only said one sentence: Concubine Zhen is arrogant...
Before she could finish her words, she was banished to the cold palace by the emperor.
No wonder she forgot about this person after being favored once. It's really a case of bringing up all kinds of things.
Didn't she think that she would stand out by speaking for the emperor and criticizing Concubine Zhen?
Idiot!
No one in the palace dared to mention Concubine Zhen at all, but she was smart enough to seek a sense of existence in front of the emperor.
Concubine Liang saw clearly that it was not the emperor who ignored Concubine Zhen and punished her.
It was obvious that the emperor had done something to annoy Concubine Zhen, and Concubine Zhen was unwilling to pay attention to him and closed the palace door herself.
Once she realized the truth, Concubine Liang felt even more resentful. She cried and said to Empress Zhu, "I have the last bottle of stain remover in my hand. The emperor borrowed it to give to her. It's so infuriating! So bullying! Your Majesty, are we just going to watch the emperor leave the six palaces to waste for her?"
The emperor hasn't favored any concubine in the harem for a month. He just stands at the door of Hexi Palace every now and then. If Concubine Zhen doesn't open the door, he goes back to Chengqian Palace by himself, as if to show his loyalty.
What?
These beautiful concubines don't have any appeal to the emperor?
In the final analysis, the emperor feels that if he favors them at this time, Jiang Xinyue will be even more angry, so he is unwilling... and dares not.
Dare not?
Empress Zhu was shocked by her own thoughts.
How could the emperor put all the concubines in the palace in an awkward situation just because he was afraid of offending one concubine?
In the past, even if Concubine Shu was someone the emperor protected, and Concubine Li Gui was a favorite concubine of the emperor, this had never happened.
She shook her head: "Why are you so anxious? We shouldn't be the most anxious ones. The one in Xihe Palace is more anxious than us!"
Liang Fei's tears stopped falling suddenly: "Your Majesty, are you talking about... Li Guipin?"
Liang Fei, who had figured it out, was happy again: "Yes! Why didn't I think of it? Li Guipin just lost favor, and relied on her pretended strength to make the emperor feel fresh for a few days. It seemed that she was only one chance away from reconciliation with the emperor. But at this time, Zhenpin and the emperor were having a quarrel, occupying all the emperor's mind. If it's two more months, the emperor probably won't even remember Li Guipin."
This is why Pei Zhongshu was in a hurry to send Pei Wu into the palace.
The beauty was still young, but the favor was cut off. She sat leaning against the incense burner until dawn. This was too cruel for Li Guipin.
Without the favor, there would be no hope
for the future. Defei pondered for a moment: "Did she do it on purpose? Because she didn't want Li Guipin to be favored again, so she did this on purpose?"
When this question came out, Empress Zhu and Liang Fei were silent.
Since Jiang Xinyue entered the palace, their first impression of this person was that she was a beautiful vase with little scheming, but not much, and she was always calculated by others.
Later, after getting to know her for a long time, they felt that although this person was not very smart, she was kind-hearted and had her own merits.
Later, as those who calculated her fell into trouble, even Li Guipin and Shufei combined were not her opponents, they realized that this person was playing the pig to eat the tiger, which was terrible.
Now... now they can no longer see through Jiang Xinyue, and don't know what she is thinking? Why did she take this step?
It's very simple, this is a high-end game, and Jiang Xinyue is not going to play with them.
"Your Majesty, it's time to turn over the cards."
Li Zhong, the chief eunuch of the Jingshifang, glanced at the limping Wang Dequan, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He was also very scared!
In the past, those ladies always gave him silver and flattered him, just to put their green cards in the most conspicuous position where the emperor could see them most easily.
Now those ladies still give him silver, just to hide their green cards and put them in a place where the emperor can't see them.
Or simply claim to be sick, saying that they are afraid of passing the disease to the emperor, and wait until they recover.
When is this "recovery"?
Li Zhong thinks that it will probably be the day when Concubine Zhen and the emperor reconcile.
There were only three or two green cards on the tray. Emperor Xuanwu asked casually and found out that the other concubines were either sick, uncomfortable, or had their periods. In short, they all had their own inconveniences.
Only the Empress Dowager, Concubine Li, and Concubine De could serve the emperor in bed.
Even Concubine Ye and Concubine Liang said that their day was coming and they would remove the green cards first.
These two were the most jealous people besides Concubine Li. Even they were unwilling to serve the emperor in bed, which showed how much complaints there were in the harem during this period.
Emperor Xuanwu's hand paused on Concubine Li's green card for a moment, and he recalled Jiang Xinyue's accusation that his love changed from one day to the next. Sometimes he loved Concubine Shu, and sometimes he loved Concubine Li...
His fingers seemed to have touched a hot potato and immediately retracted.
No!
He was not the kind of person who was fickle and indecisive.
"Everyone, leave! I won't turn over the cards today."
Wang Dequan and Li Zhong looked at each other, and finally Wang Dequan shook his head. Li Zhong could only do what he did and return to the Jingshifang.
The people had already gone far away, and Emperor Xuanwu began to sigh again, thinking that coaxing Concubine Zhen was more difficult than handling state affairs: "Wang Dequan, you said that I had already given Concubine Zhen the steps, why is she still angry with me? Didn't the servants in Hexi Palace tell Concubine Zhen that I had been there?"
Wang Dequan still said something fair: "It shouldn't be the case. Didn't Li Ma say that? Concubine Zhen said that the reason why love is love is because it can only be promised to one person. If it is given to many people, it is not love, but indulgence. I think that Concubine Zhen probably meant that if Your Majesty loves too many people and she is just one of them, then you'd better not have it!"
Concubine Zhen wanted not only great favor, but also exclusive favor.
She could accept that the emperor's body belonged to many women, because he was the emperor, and he had no choice.
But she couldn't accept that the emperor also had many women in his heart, because this was something the emperor could control himself, and no one could influence a person's heart.
The court officials couldn't, and the country couldn't.
Only the emperor himself, whoever he wanted to love, was in his heart.
Emperor Xuanwu was silent for a long time, sorted out his tangled emotional lines, and finally looked at Wang Dequan firmly: "But I really only have her in my heart."
Li Guipin and Shufei, that's all in the past, everyone has a past.
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