Chapter 175 Huipin Living Together 1
Shuang Ruo was so frightened that she stood there, not daring to move, "This..."
She looked at the queen in dismay.
But the queen took the teacup and took a sip of water. After suppressing the nausea, she said calmly:
"Since it's from Concubine Chen's heart, just take it and light it."
Only then did Shuang Ruo muster up the courage, picked up the lantern tremblingly, and lit the candle wick with trembling hands.
This 'sheepskin' lantern is indeed light and transparent.
Not only does the lighting effect work very well, but the smoke coming out of the wick is also very refreshing and smells very good.
The concubines praised him one after another, and Song Zhao also said a few words along with everyone else.
However, her body was obviously tilted towards Concubine Yao beside her.
She felt nauseous and didn't want to smell that smell at all.
The Concubine Chen glanced at the Queen.
Her expression at this moment was just like someone who had eaten a dead fly and had to smack his lips and praise how delicious it tasted, which was very funny to watch.
So the concubine said proudly:
"As long as the Queen likes it, please enjoy it. I will take my leave now."
As soon as she left, the queen hurriedly ordered everyone to disperse.
Wouldn't she have to chase everyone away?
Otherwise, if she endured it a little longer, she would probably vomit like crazy in front of everyone.
No matter how the Concubine Chen and the Queen fought, Song Zhao just watched the fun.
She didn't take it to heart.
After returning to the palace, she personally fed Yunshan the medicine.
The weather has started to get hot and humid recently, and Song Zhao also divided half of the ice given to her by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and placed it in Yunshan's veranda.
When the sun sets in the evening, the courtyard is cool with breeze.
So Song Zhao helped Yunshan out and sat with her in the shade of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air.
Yunshan rested his chin on his hand and looked at the lush green leaves on the sycamore tree, and said with emotion:
"Your Highness, do you still remember the summers when you were a child? At that time, Sister Tong often came to stay in our house. Every evening, Your Highness would sit with Sister Tong under the big pine trees in the yard to enjoy the cool air. I would serve by your side, and I was also very happy to see you guys laughing and having fun."
What Yunshan said was one of the few happy times in Song Zhao’s childhood memories other than his biological mother.
She would miss him from time to time.
"Yes. I don't know how Sister Tong is doing now. Is she married to her ideal man? I remember that she was most looking forward to being together for the rest of her life. Her father never took a concubine in his life. She said that she envied her mother for finding such an ideal man."
Song Zhao mentioned Jin Lan, then thought about himself and sighed somewhat helplessly.
"I just hope that everything will be fine for her."
At this time, Xiao Fuzi came back from outside the palace, came up to Song Zhao and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, guess whose card the Emperor turned over tonight?"
Song Zhao said calmly, "Since you can ask this, it must not be Concubine Chen or Concubine Ying. Is it Concubine Yao?"
"No! The Emperor turned over Concubine Hui's name card today!"
"Huipin?" Song Zhao was a little surprised, but soon nodded and said, "She will be fourteen at the end of February. The emperor just picked her name card for the first time today, so it's not a surprise."
When a concubine serves the queen for the first time, she must pay her respects to the queen the next day.
So the next morning, all the concubines gathered in Kunning Palace again.
But Song Zhao looked at them and they all looked unhappy.
Too,
After all, from now on, there will be one more person in the harem who can compete with them for favor.
Apart from Song Zhao, who else could feel comfortable with such a thing?
It was already past midnight, but Huipin was still nowhere to be seen.
The Concubine Chen couldn't stand it any longer.
She thought Liu Yue's fanning was not strong enough, so she rolled her eyes at Liu Yue and snatched the fan away. While fanning her, she said uncomfortably:
"That little girl dared to be late for her first bed? Who is she trying to show off to?"
——“Woo woo woo~”
As soon as the Concubine Chen finished her words, the sound of a young girl sobbing was heard outside the palace door.
As everyone looked, it was Concubine Hui who walked in crying, wiping her tears.
She performed all the formalities to the Queen, but her crying voice was so heavy that her words could not be heard clearly.
The Queen hurriedly said, "Please sit down first. Others would be overjoyed the next day after their first night with the Queen, but why are you crying like a tearful person?"
Huipin sat down and continued to sob, "Empress...I am scared..."
She was crying so hard that she was out of breath and couldn't say anything.
The Queen then asked her personal maid, Rui'er,
"What happened to your master?"
Rui'er said, "My Queen, everything was fine when the master came back from serving the emperor yesterday. But as soon as she entered the palace gate, she saw a row of rats running through the courtyard. The master is most afraid of rats, and this season is the time when there are the most snakes, insects, rats and ants, so she was scared."
"Huh?" Concubine Ying sneered and said coldly, "A few mice can scare you like this? Concubine Hui is really delicate."
Concubine Yun also said sarcastically, "How can she not be pampered? Concubine Hui's mother's family is even more luxurious than this palace. She is so spoiled, how could she have seen such a dirty thing as a rat?"
Yaopin also said: "It is said that she has been in the palace for four years. It is not the first time she has seen a mouse. Why is she so hypocritical?"
When Huipin saw that everyone was criticizing her, she felt wronged and cried even harder.
Rui Er explained for her:
"When Concubine Hui entered the palace, she first lived with Concubine Yao. Later, she was given the title of mistress and moved to Zhaochun Palace. Not long after a newcomer entered the palace, Concubine Hui lived with Concubine Xiao and Concubine Liu.
At that time, the queen would be afraid of mice, but at least there was a master in the palace who could sleep with her, so she was not so afraid. But now Xiao Guiren has moved to the palace of the Concubine Chen, and Liu Changzai... my queen has to live alone, and she has to keep the lights on all night, so she is naturally afraid..."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Chen mocked:
"What's the matter? Does she need someone to hold her when she sleeps? Wasn't she hypocritical enough when she slept with the emperor yesterday? Do you still want us to see you pretending to be hypocritical today?"
Huipin cried even harder after hearing this.
She sat next to Song Zhao, who saw that she was crying so hard that her nose was bubbling, so he handed her a handkerchief.
"Don't cry yet, wipe your tears. If there are rats in your palace, ask the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to clean it up frequently. If the palace servants pay more attention on weekdays, it will always be clean."
Others were jealous of Huipin's favor and spoke to her in a sarcastic and veiled manner.
In the whole hall, only Song Zhao could talk to her properly.
Huipin was very grateful.
She suddenly took Song Zhao's hand and looked at her with tears in her eyes, "Sister Song, can I move in with you?"
"this......"
Song Zhao was a little embarrassed.
She and Huipin were both concubines and the masters of a palace.
Huipin moved in with her, so what was going on? Who would the main hall be given to?
The Queen also said: "You and Concubine Yi are both the head of the same palace, how can you live in the same palace?"
Unexpectedly, Huipin blurted out,
"Wow, then I don't want to be the mistress! I'll ask the emperor to demote me to a noble lady, anything is fine! Wow... I don't want to live alone!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall was in an uproar.
I've always seen people asking for promotion, but this is the first time I've seen someone asking for demotion?
Huipin ignored the surprised looks from others.
She just held Song Zhao's hand tightly and cried even harder.
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