Chapter 206 Sisters Meet
Yunshan thought for a moment and said, "He Changzai was originally arranged to live with Ru in Zhongcui Palace. If it weren't for what happened tonight, Ru would have been promoted to concubine tomorrow and become the head of Zhongcui Palace. Naturally, she would have been superior to He Changzai. I think He Changzai did this on purpose to set a trap for Ru."
Song Zhaoqing smiled coldly and said nothing.
I just thought in my heart:
I don’t know how many of these new beauties in the palace are easy to deal with.
Naren is tough but dull, while He Changzai is like a needle in a cotton ball.
As for Li Changzai, she is the younger sister of the former noble lady Li. The sisters are from the same family and have learned the same thoughts. I am afraid she is not someone who can be a relief.
But no matter how they make a fuss,
In Song Zhao's eyes, these were nothing more than children's fights, and he just watched them for fun.
The letter that Song Zhao had asked Yunshan to send to Rongyue earlier did not express his eagerness to meet Rongyue.
Anyway, the person has entered the palace and there is still a long time to go, so there is no need to rush.
The letter only stated one thing, which was to ask Rong Yue to cooperate with her in putting on a good show, first suppressing Runaren, the most valued among the group of concubines, and making her suffer a setback.
This afternoon, after Yunshan went to Jiangxuexuan to present Jasmine to the ladies, he never left Jiangxuexuan again.
She has been hiding in Rongyue's room.
When it was night,
Yunshan pretended to be Rongyue, deliberately wanting Runaren to see her limping out of the palace.
With Runaren’s personality, she would definitely make a scene.
When the commotion got louder, the people who came to see were all present in Jiangxuexuan, including the master and servants.
Then she will be the only one who suffers the most in the end.
The next day, the newcomer’s enthronement ceremony must be completed in the Queen’s palace.
Although the Queen no longer has real power, as long as Xiao Jingheng does not depose her, she will still be the Empress and all the concubines must be treated with courtesy.
Song Zhao hadn't seen her for some time.
Today, when she faced the newcomers, she was still the same as when Song Zhao first met her in the palace.
She was so kind and dignified, and her every move showed her motherly demeanor.
Who would have thought that such a person could have a heart more poisonous than snakes and scorpions?
After paying respects and settling the new concubines into the palace, you can go and pay a visit to the concubines of higher rank in the palace.
Rong Yue and Li Changzai both lived in Huipin's Zhaochun Palace, so the two of them came together to pay their respects to Song Zhao.
When Song Zhao saw them, he only said some superficial polite words.
After Rong Yue had completed the formalities, she sat quietly. However, Li Changzai was very attentive and flattered Song Zhao.
"My eldest sister often mentioned in her letters that you, the queen, entered the palace with her and were the most beautiful among the selected ladies. But if I were to ask you, how could it be just the few selected ladies? Your majesty, the concubine Yi, is so beautiful that even if you look across the entire capital, I'm afraid you won't find anyone more beautiful than you."
Her mouth was as sweet as honey, and she tried every way to please Song Zhao, just to surrender to him.
Song Zhao saw through her thoughts, so he looked at her with a smile.
"Your elder sister has so many flattering words for me in private? No wonder I entered the palace with her that day. She always targeted me in everything and made many obstacles for me, both openly and covertly."
She stroked her cheek and joked, "Now that I think about it, sometimes being beautiful isn't always a good thing."
Li Changzai immediately became uneasy after hearing this.
"My elder sister is ignorant. If she has offended Your Majesty in any way, I will apologize to Your Majesty on her behalf."
After she finished speaking, she was about to stand up and bow, but Song Zhao pressed his hand and motioned for her to sit down.
"Your elder sister was ignorant, so she was sentenced to death by the emperor. I think you are very sensible, and I believe you will have a good future in the palace."
Song Zhao's few casual words made Li Changzai break out in a cold sweat.
She had originally been trying to curry favor with Song Zhao with a flattering smile, but now she didn't even dare to look at her bright smiling eyes. She could only sit in her seat submissively and behave herself.
After chatting for a while, Song Zhao said, "Well, it's getting late, and you still have to go and pay your respects to Concubine Yao. I won't keep you any longer."
Li Changzai was the first to stand up, hurriedly bowed to Song Zhaofu and tried to escape.
When she and Rong Yue walked to the door, they happened to see Yunshan coming in with a box of dark ink.
The three of them met each other, and Li Changzai was unable to dodge and bumped into Yunshan, causing the ink in her hand to fall to the ground.
Yunshan looked at the ink on the ground and said angrily, "Why are the two young ladies in such a hurry? This is the finest Hui ink, which was just ground by the Empress to be sent to the Emperor. You have ruined the best intention."
Upon hearing this, Li Changzai immediately distanced himself from the matter.
"Your Highness, please understand. I did not bump into her. It was... Concubine Tong who bumped into her accidentally."
Rong Yue did not explain, and bowed and said, "It was an unintentional mistake, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Li Changzai saw Rong Yue admitted it immediately and thought she was someone who was easy to bully, so she immediately started to act pretentiously.
"You have to ruin the good intentions of the queen, and you want to brush it off by saying it was an unintentional mistake?"
But Song Zhao did not blame him.
"It's okay. The ink and inkstone are still there. I can just grind them again."
Rong Yue said, "It is my fault, and I shall make amends for it. If Your Majesty does not mind, then I will stay here to grind ink for Your Majesty, okay?"
Song Zhao was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Since you are interested, then stay."
Hearing this, Li Changzai glanced at Rong Yue with a sly smile, then turned to Song Zhao and said:
"Then I will take my leave first."
She thought Rong Yue had offended Song Zhao the first time she paid her respects to him, and thought she had witnessed a joke.
Little did she know that as soon as she left, Song Zhao ordered Yunshan to close the palace gate and invited Rong Yue to sit next to her in a very intimate manner.
The two held hands, their eyes smiling with tears in them.
"Sister Rong, I haven't seen you for many years. Are you okay?"
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