Chapter 222 Losing Two Eggs
The words of "admonition" just now were meant by Song Zhao on purpose for Concubine Chen to hear.
She knew that even if it was to establish her authority in front of Concubine Ying, Concubine Chen would go over to take a look.
But after hearing her praising Concubine Ru for her good looks, which might take away Xiao Jingheng's favor in the future, Concubine Chen immediately became jealous. Of course, she hoped that Concubine Ying would disfigure Concubine Ru directly, so she naturally would not care about this matter.
Song Zhao didn't want Concubine Chen to take care of this matter.
Because she already had a new plan in mind.
Song Zhao was crowned as a concubine on November 15, which is about a month away.
She can't be idle during this month.
Since she is soon to be one of the four concubines, it is time for her to gain some real power in her own hands.
For example, the power of assisting the six palaces in the hands of Concubine Ying is now
Yu Songzhao thought it was very good.
The Queen is now sidelined, and the affairs of the six palaces are managed by Concubine Chen, with Concubine Ying as her assistant.
But if Concubine Ying made a mistake and lost the power to assist in managing the six palaces, who would have this power?
Yesterday, Concubine Chen was officially canonized as a noble concubine. Now, apart from Song Zhao who will come in the future, there are only two concubines left, Concubine Ying and Concubine Yun.
It is naturally impossible for Yun Fei to do so.
Because of her betrayal to the Queen, Xiao Jingheng also started to dislike her.
So once Concubine Ying lost her power to assist in managing the six palaces,
Then this power will naturally fall into Song Zhao's hands.
After leaving Yonghe Palace, as soon as Song Zhaofang got into the sedan chair, he saw a cowhide water bag and a clean handkerchief on the seat.
Yunshan whispered beside the sedan window:
"My lady, please wipe off the honey and brown dust quickly. It's very uncomfortable to have them sticking to your body."
Song Zhao sat in the sedan chair, poured the warm water in the cowhide water bag onto the handkerchief, then lifted up his clothes to expose his lower abdomen and wiped it gently.
After a short while, the dense brown wavy lines on her lower abdomen disappeared, and even the wrinkles on her skin faded away, and she still looked as white and smooth as before.
Song Zhao was very careful during her pregnancy.
When she started to show her pregnancy at three months old, she had already started applying lotion on her belly.
In the later stages of her pregnancy, she was even more careful and only ate a little, for fear that her belly would become too big and leave stretch marks.
She has no stretch marks at all.
And the so-called stretch marks were just fake ones that she created by sticking honey to the skin and evenly applying brown soil ash into the wrinkles.
She did this specifically to let Concubine Chen see it, so that she would temporarily let down her guard against her.
After cleaning up the dirt on his lower abdomen, Song Zhao put on his clothes, opened the curtain of the sedan chair and said to Xiao Fuzi:
"You are fast, go back to the palace and help me roll two eggs."
Xiao Fuzi asked hurriedly, "Madam, are you going to visit Noble Ru?"
Song Zhao nodded lightly, and Xiao Fuzi immediately ordered the palace servants to carry the sedan chair to the corridor of Chenggan Palace Fu Jin, and then hurried back to the palace to prepare cooked eggs for Song Zhao.
When the sedan chair was carried to the corridor near Chenggan Palace,
Song Zhao saw from a distance that many palace servants were gathered in that area, whispering to each other and talking about something.
She ordered the sedan chair to stop, and with Yunshan's help, she slowly walked behind the palace maid.
“Ahem.”
Yunshan cleared his throat, attracting the attention of the palace people.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Song Zhao standing behind them. They were immediately frightened and pale-faced. They knelt on the ground as if their bones had gone weak to greet her.
Song Zhaoze didn't even look at them, but said in a solemn voice:
"Have you all finished your work? What are you doing here with nothing to do? If anyone is really free, I see that there is too much work to be done in Xinzheku, so it's just right for you to go there."
The palace servants immediately kowtowed and admitted their mistakes. After being scolded by Yunshan, they dispersed.
After everyone cleared away, Song Zhao saw that not far away, Concubine Ru was kneeling on the ground, being slapped continuously by Ana who was beside Concubine Ying.
When she passed by the two of them, she pretended to say something to Ana casually,
"You should know how to control your strength when you attack."
But Ana said fearlessly: "It was Concubine Ying who asked me to slap you a hundred times."
Song Zhao said, "I told you to hit her a hundred times, but I didn't tell you how hard to hit her. I saw you hit her cheeks so hard that they became red and swollen. If you really disfigure her, and the Emperor investigates, wouldn't it be you who harmed Concubine Ying?"
After hearing this, Ana looked confused. After a while, she bowed to Song Zhao.
"Thank you for your reminder, Madam Yipin. I understand now."
Later, Ana didn't hit him so hard.
After the fight was over, Ru Guiren was on her way back to the palace crying when she met Song Zhao again.
She wiped her tears and bowed to Song Zhaofu.
"Thank you very much, Madam Yipin, for rescuing me."
"Hurry up." Song Zhao helped her up and looked at her with heartache, "We are sisters. How can I bear to see you being beaten?"
Yunshan handed the peeled and chilled egg to Song Zhao, who took it and rolled it gently on Ru Guiren's cheek.
"I know your temper. You are not a bad person, but you always say some outrageous things and cause trouble. Don't take today's incident to heart. Concubine Ying has a similar temper to you, but she is doing it for your own good. Now that you have entered the palace, you should restrain your temper."
Ru Guiren cried and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know, ever since I lived with Concubine Ying, she has been giving me a cold shoulder every day, always using palace rules to make things difficult for me, and slapping me in the face one after another! My life is really hard. If I had known this, I should not have entered the palace..."
"Hush." Song Zhao placed his index finger between Ru Guiren's lips to stop her from continuing.
"Look, you're talking nonsense again, aren't you?"
If the noble man stopped talking, he would just cry even more aggrievedly.
Song Zhao patted her shoulder soothingly and sighed helplessly:
"I have worked my way up from the position of concubine. Which new concubine of low rank has not seen the face of the mistress of her own palace? Besides, Concubine Ying has the power to assist in managing the six palaces. If she wants to punish you, you have to bear it no matter what she does."
Ru Guiren clenched her fists and said angrily, "So can I just let her abuse me?"
Song Zhao pondered and said, "If Concubine Ying had made a big mistake that angered the emperor, she would not be as glorious as she is now, and she would not dare to do anything to you.
But Concubine Ying has been in the palace for many years and has served the emperor diligently without making any mistakes, so the emperor gave her the power to assist in managing the six palaces. In this case, how could she easily make mistakes? You should be more tolerant of her, and when you are favored in the future, I think she will not dare to treat you like this anymore. "
Grace?
Ru Guiren is now being suppressed by Concubine Ying. She hasn't even had a turn to sleep with Concubine Xian, let alone receive favor?
To put it another way, even if Xiao Jingheng turned over her card now, seeing her face so swollen, how could Xiao Jingheng have a good impression of her?
If the right path is blocked, even the nobles will be annoyed.
She was angry at Concubine Ying, but she always thought that what Song Zhao said made sense.
But instead of waiting for Concubine Ying to make mistakes herself, why not she take the initiative and create some mistakes for Concubine Ying?
Song Zhao looked at her secretly.
Seeing her eyes moving, there was a bit of sinisterness between her eyebrows.
He didn't say anything, but just advised softly:
"Alright, that's all I have to say. Go back and apologize to Concubine Ying, and we'll be done with it. Don't take it personally. After all, we are sisters. How can we hold grudges overnight?"
Later, on the way back to the palace, Yunshan whispered to Song Zhao, "Does your Majesty think that Noble Ru will target Concubine Ying this time?"
Song Zhao smiled and said, "She can do whatever she wants. It's her own idea and has nothing to do with us.
And it doesn’t matter if she does nothing. Anyway, my loss is only two eggs.”
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