Chapter 266 Concubine Xiao’s Extraordinary Abilities
Qin Xiya was smart enough not to ask what would happen if the handwriting was different, but instead said, "I used to learn calligraphy from my father and brother at home, and I'm pretty good at it."
As she spoke, she picked up the pen and wrote a line of words in the handwriting of Concubine Li.
Concubine Li took a closer look and found that her handwriting was almost exactly the same as her own, and it was difficult to tell the difference.
Concubine Li was overjoyed and immediately agreed to Qin Xiya's suggestion to help copy the books.
With Qin Xiya's help, Concubine Li's progress in copying books was much faster.
After two days, they finally finished copying the Lotus Sutra a hundred times.
Concubine Li ran to Minguang Palace and gave the copied scriptures to the prince for inspection.
The prince was busy with official business and had no time to pay attention to her. After she put down the scriptures, he let her go.
Because of the friendship of helping to copy books, Concubine Li had a much better impression of Qin Xiya and was willing to tell her some things about the Eastern Palace.
The people that Concubine Li talked about the most were Concubine Bai and Concubine Xiao.
"Concubine Bai is a white lotus. She looks weak and harmless, but she is actually very scheming. She likes to pretend to be sick and weak so that His Royal Highness will feel pity for her and win his favor."
"Before Concubine Xiao came to the fore, Concubine Bai was the most scheming woman in the Eastern Palace. You must not underestimate her methods just because of her weak appearance."
"As for Concubine Xiao, she is even more scheming than Concubine Bai. If you can avoid provoking her, try not to provoke her."
Qin Xiya listened carefully and took all the words to heart.
Although she had not yet met Concubine Bai and Concubine Xiao, she had already regarded these two women as important enemies in her heart.
Now the positions of the four concubines have been filled. If Qin Xiya wants to take the position, she has to squeeze one of the four out.
As the saying goes, only by knowing both yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Before taking action, the first thing she needs to do is to collect intelligence, find out the opponent's background, and then make a precise attack, preferably hitting the target with one strike.
These are the household management skills she learned from her mother since she was a child.
The Qin family is wealthy and powerful, with many concubines in the harem, and the relationships between uncles and uncles in each branch are even more complicated.
Qin Xiya grew up in this environment, and naturally became more sophisticated than her peers. She knew that using beauty to please a man was not a long-term solution, and that only by securing the position of the legal wife could she gain the greatest benefit for herself and her family.
After Wanhe Palace, Xiyun Palace and Ningwu Garden were tidied up, Concubine Jing, Qin Liangdi and Duan Liangdi officially moved in.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs brought a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, and asked the three concubines to choose one by one.
The day after Concubine Jing moved into her new home, she and Didi Duan came to Qingge Palace to visit Concubine Xiao.
Since the beginning of autumn, the temperature has been getting lower and lower, and Xiao Xixi has been getting up later and later.
She wished she could stay in bed for twelve hours a day.
Today was no exception. She was just sleeping in bed when she heard Baoqin running in and saying.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan are here, please get up quickly."
Xiao Xixi sighed.
Why can't you just stay in your own palace in such a cold weather? Why do you have to run out and mess around? !
She kept tossing and struggling in the quilt.
Baoqin looked at her and said, "Madam, what are you doing? Why don't you get up?"
Xiao Xixi said aggrievedly: "It's not that I don't want to get up, it's just that this quilt is too tempting. It clings to me tightly and doesn't want me to get up. It's too much!"
Baoqin: “…”
She walked forward and cruelly pulled back the quilt.
Xiao Xixi finally couldn't stay in bed any longer.
With her long messy hair, she crawled up with a look of despair.
What is the happiest thing in the world?
Of course, I can sleep in every day!
What is the most painful thing in the world?
Of course, being forced out of bed in the freezing cold!
The destruction of the world is just like this!
The palace maids quickly helped her dress up.
Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan were waiting in the side hall.
After waiting for almost half an hour, Concubine Xiao still didn't come out.
Duan Liangdi couldn't sit still any longer, she muttered to herself.
"This Concubine Xiao is really arrogant. We came to visit her with good intentions, but she actually left us alone for such a long time. Is she deliberately trying to intimidate us?"
Concubine Jing said softly, "Speak less, don't let anyone hear it."
After her inquiries over the past few days, she found out that the most favored person in the Eastern Palace was Concubine Xiao.
What you hear is not as good as what you see.
She made a special trip to visit Concubine Xiao in order to test Concubine Xiao's background and see what kind of person she was.
They waited for more than half an hour, and the tea in front of them was changed several times.
Concubine Jing remained calm on the surface, but in her heart she had already labeled Concubine Xiao as "arrogant because of her favor."
If she wasn't spoiled and arrogant, how could she deliberately leave someone here for so long?
As expected, women who can become a favorite concubine are not simple characters and must be handled with caution.
It took a lot of effort to wait for Concubine Xiao to come out.
Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan stood up leisurely.
Duan Liangdi bowed and called out "sister".
Xiao Xixi said shyly, "I'm sorry, dressing up takes too much time. I kept you waiting for so long. It's my fault."
Concubine Jing smiled and said, "It does take a lot of time to dress up, we understand."
She looked at Concubine Xiao inconspicuously and found that she was indeed very beautiful. However, the thing that the harem was not short of was beauties.
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about Qin Liangdi who has just entered the palace.
Qin Liangdi was known as the most beautiful woman in Shengjing, and her appearance was much more beautiful than that of Concubine Xiao.
But Qin Liangdi had been in the palace for six days, but the prince had no intention of summoning her to sleep with him.
It seems that the reason why Concubine Xiao was favored was not because of her appearance, but because she had other outstanding qualities.
Concubine Jing began to inquire indirectly, wanting to know what was so special about Concubine Xiao that she could be liked by the prince.
"Sister Xiao, what are your hobbies?"
Xiao Xixi answered without hesitation: "I like to eat and sleep."
Concubine Jing: “…”
What kind of a hobby is this?!
Concubine Jing maintained a smile on her face thanks to her profound self-cultivation skills.
She continued, "Besides these, do you have any other hobbies?"
Xiao Xixi fell into deep thought.
She pondered for a cup of tea and was still thinking...
Duan Liangdi wanted to grab the other person and ask him, "I just asked you to tell me about your hobbies, why did you spend so much time thinking about it? Don't you have any other hobbies in your life besides eating and sleeping?"
Looking at Concubine Xiao's expression, Concubine Jing had to speak again, wondering how long it would take to come up with a result.
"Since my sister is from a military family, she must have read a lot of military books, right?"
(End of this chapter)
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