Chapter 715: Escape
Baoqin brought people to serve them tea and snacks. She appeared very respectful but was secretly anxious in her heart. She had to think of a way to get these women away.
If these women succeed in entangling the emperor in Yunxiu Palace, and other concubines follow suit, will Yunxiu Palace ever have a peaceful life? !
At this time, a eunuch hailed outside the door.
"The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"
Everyone stood up and saluted the imperial concubine.
Xiao Xixi sat down in the main seat.
Her eyes swept over these gorgeously dressed concubines one by one, and her smile was particularly sincere.
"I heard that you came to discuss the enthronement ceremony with me?"
Concubine Jing was stunned by her sincere smile.
Logically speaking, when the imperial concubine saw so many concubines coming to see her, shouldn't she be alert or inquire? Why was the imperial concubine still smiling so happily? !
Concubine Jing smiled and said, "Yes, your enthronement ceremony is of great importance. I dare not make decisions on many matters without authorization. I must ask you to make the decision."
Then she began to describe the process of the enthronement ceremony in detail, intending to discuss it with her slowly, one point at a time, and delay the time as much as possible, at least until the emperor came.
The other concubines had similar ideas and wanted to do their best to delay time.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Jing was interrupted by Concubine Gui just when she started talking.
Xiao Xixi said with a smile.
“We can talk about these things later.
I just got some oranges, they were just picked from the trees and are very fresh.
Drizzle, share with everyone.
Remember, everyone gets their share, and no one is left behind."
Xiyu responded obediently. She took out oranges from the basket and distributed them to the concubines present one by one, so that each person could get two.
Concubine Jing: "Thank you for the gift, Your Majesty."
The other concubines also followed suit and expressed their gratitude.
Xiao Xixi said generously: "We are all sisters, no need to be polite, you guys eat quickly, if it's not enough, I will ask someone to pick more."
Seeing that the imperial concubine was so polite, everyone couldn't refuse and peeled the oranges and tasted them.
Take a bite.
The sour taste spread between the lips and tongue, almost making the teeth sour!
Concubine Jing couldn't eat sour food and almost vomited it out. Fortunately, her reason stopped her in time.
She forced herself to swallow it, enduring the sour taste.
The reactions of the others were not much better than hers. They all felt their scalps tingling with jealousy.
Seeing this, Xiao Xixi felt a little uneasy.
But in order not to waste food, she continued against her conscience.
"This orange may be a little sour, but sourness has its own flavor, don't you think?"
Everyone thought, how can it be so sour?
But they could only put on a forced smile.
"Yes, what the Imperial Concubine said is absolutely right."
Xiao Xixi urged, "Don't just stand there, keep eating."
Concubine Jing couldn't stand the sour taste that hit her soul, so she smiled bitterly and said, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I have a bad tooth recently and can't eat anything too sour."
Upon hearing this, the other concubines hurriedly made excuses for themselves and did not want to eat the sour oranges.
Xiao Xixi put away the smile on her face.
"You guys don't want to give me face? In that case, I won't make it difficult for you. Come, take the oranges away, and don't come to Yunxiu Palace again. Baoqin, show us away!"
Everyone quickly stood up and apologized.
Concubine Jing took the lead and said, "Don't be angry, Your Majesty, I definitely don't mean to disrespect you."
Xiao Xixi looked at her expressionlessly.
Concubine Jing said angrily, "I will eat the orange right now, right now."
She suppressed her resistance to the sour orange and broke off a piece of orange flesh and put it in her mouth.
The sour smell came over me again.
Seeing this, the others had no choice but to continue eating oranges.
This orange tastes very sour at first, and it's so sour with a hint of bitterness later on.
There is a hint of bitterness in the sourness, and a hint of sourness in the bitterness.
This taste is simply intoxicating!
Before she finished eating an orange, Concubine Jing couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly asked for her leave.
"I suddenly remembered that there are still some things that have not been dealt with in Yingfu Palace. I must go back and deal with them immediately. I hope that the noble concubine will forgive me."
Xiao Xixi pointed to the oranges on the table.
Concubine Jing quickly picked up the uneaten orange on the table, bowed to the imperial concubine again, and walked out quickly.
The other concubines followed suit, each finding excuses to flee with the uneaten sour oranges in their pockets.
In a blink of an eye, silence returned to the side hall.
Baoqin was stunned.
The imperial concubine's method is so powerful!
It didn't take any effort to drive away all the women who tried to harass the emperor!
The point is that others can't find any fault with the imperial concubine.
Not only her, Zhezhi and Xiyu were also convinced by the imperial concubine's methods.
Xiao Xixi was also very satisfied with the result.
All the sour oranges were given away, not a single one was left, perfect!
She thought of the many sour oranges in the orchard, and immediately gave instructions to Baoqin, Zhezhi and Xiyu.
"If there are concubines coming to visit Yunxiu Palace in the future, treat them with oranges."
There are so many oranges, we can’t waste them!
Baoqin, Zhezhi and Xiyu agreed while holding back their laughter.
"Yes."
Although Yunxiu Palace is far from Weiyang Palace, Luo Qinghan still insists on going to Yunxiu Palace to have lunch with Xixi every day.
On his way to Yunxiu Palace, he had already heard from Eunuch Chang about how the imperial concubine had used sour oranges to scare away a group of concubines, and he couldn't help but smile.
Xiao Xixi took a group of people out to welcome the emperor.
"I respectfully welcome His Majesty."
Luo Qinghan stepped forward to help her up, held her hand and walked into the house, asking.
"I heard that the oranges in Yunxiu Palace are ripe. Can you give me some?"
Xiao Xixi said hurriedly: "Those oranges are very sour and not tasty."
Luo Qinghan: "I'm not eating it myself, I'm planning to give it to someone else. The sourer the better, it would be best if it's so sour that people can't speak."
Xiao Xixi: "That's no problem, I promise you'll be satisfied!"
On the next morning, at the court session, another civil servant, on the grounds that the harem could not be without a queen, requested the emperor to appoint a queen as soon as possible.
Previously, there was a censor who angered the emperor over the issue of enthroning the empress, and was exiled to the border to open up wasteland. However, he became famous because of this and gained a reputation for being daring to speak out and not fearing the imperial power. Many literati and poets praised his virtues.
As a result, many people followed suit, hoping to gain a good reputation for being brave enough to speak out.
Recently, the emperor has received many memorials requesting the enthronement of the empress, but he threw them aside without even looking at them.
As soon as the morning court session started today, a stubborn civil official stood up and once again requested the enthronement of the Queen. His words were very excited, as if they were going to kill themselves in the court if the Emperor did not agree.
Luo Qinghan just sat there quietly, waiting for the man to finish speaking, and then he spoke slowly and unhurriedly.
"I know your good intentions and understand your painstaking efforts, but appointing a queen is no small matter and requires careful consideration."
The civil official was about to speak again, but was interrupted by the emperor before he could open his mouth.
Luo Qinghan: "Don't be anxious, my dear. You just said so much, I'm afraid you must be thirsty. Why don't you eat some oranges to quench your thirst?"
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Good night everyone~
Luo Qinghan: My dear, would you like some oranges?
Civil official: Your Majesty, would you like to go hiking together?
……
I want a monthly ticket~
(End of this chapter)
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