Chapter 292 Profit
Even though he looked at her with displeasure, it would not be appropriate to ask her to stand up in front of so many people. Xuanyuan Ling just quickly said "no need to be polite" and sat down before checking on the children one by one.
Chen Qing didn't pay attention to Xuanyuan Ling's intention at this moment. Her attention was on the concubines. After all, she was back in the palace.
Well, she has the highest status when she is away from home. Concubine Zhou and Chu Linglong are both well-behaved, not to mention Concubine Ji. She didn't seem to be in a good mood during the later period of her journey, but she came to pay her respects to Chen Qing, which was quite respectful. Therefore, she was well-behaved all the way here, but when she returned to the palace, it was different, wasn't it?
This palace banquet is called a palace banquet, but in fact all the beauties are hoping that the emperor will come back and turn over the cards. Logically, Xuanyuan Ling should turn over the cards when he comes back, but according to the rules, the Empress is in charge of the harem and Concubine De assists in managing the six palaces. When he comes back, he has to look for the Empress first and then Concubine De. But can Xuanyuan Ling look for the Empress or Concubine De?
The Queen herself couldn't sleep, and Concubine De had already avoided the favor and put her in front of Xuanyuan Ling.
Of course, it is normal for Xuanyuan Ling to visit each palace to check on the children.
Chen Qing looked at the current harem. Needless to say, the Queen and Concubine Qin were both determined to fight her to the death. In fact, it was obvious that they would not get along well with her. It was good that she had been on guard all the time, for fear that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear.
Of course, Shen Qing is not stupid after all. She knows the current situation in the harem.
She is now a concubine. Concubine De is on good terms with her, and Concubine Ru no longer hangs around her. No one else has a higher position than her. The only two people Xuanyuan Ling remembers are Concubine Zhou and Chu Linglong.
However, as they both lost their children, Xuanyuan Ling's impression of Chu Linglong was obviously deeper than that of Concubine Zhou.
Therefore, when it comes to the matter of being favored by the emperor, apart from Chen Qing herself, the next person in the harem should be Chu Linglong.
However, when Shen Qing glanced over, this person seemed to be really well-behaved. She had been well-behaved since entering the palace. This was different from the original novel. In the original novel, she was well-behaved at the beginning, but in the original novel, she was favored and had to participate in the palace fight out of helplessness. Now all that was gone, but like in the original novel, she was pregnant and had a miscarriage.
But in the original novel, she had a target to hate. In the original novel, she was against Concubine Yu, right? Although she fought, she failed, lost favor, and implicated her family, so she turned evil. But now her miscarriage became an accident, and she didn't have a target to hate, so she wouldn't fight. If she didn't fight, she would be content. She wouldn't fail and implicate her family, so she wouldn't turn evil?
If this matter is related to Shen Qing, it's not that Shen Qing has never thought that Chu Linglong will vent her anger, but when Shen Qing looked at Chu Linglong and Concubine Zhou, who were now deliberately dressing up to be unremarkable, she thought that the sisters who had both suffered miscarriages had come to terms with it and were obviously not competing for favor anymore.
It was really wise. Xuanyuan Ling didn't like competing for favor. He had already remembered both Concubine Zhou and Chu Linglong. As long as they were not the only ones favored, although Shen Qing took the majority, there were always a few times when Xuanyuan Ling looked for others.
They no longer expect to compete with her for favor; they are just thinking about favors other than her.
Being well behaved and not causing any trouble, as well as being nice and polite in front of Xuanyuan Ling are the basis for gaining his favor for a long time.
These two finally figured it out.
Of course, on the surface, the harem is still calm.
Everyone had their own thoughts at this palace banquet. After Chen Qing went back, he took a comfortable bath, while Chunhua and the entire Zhaohua Palace revealed the details of the assassination. The servants of Zhaohua Palace were all terrified. If they could encounter assassins when they followed the emperor out, there were so many hidden attacks in the harem, so they naturally had to be more on guard.
A hard knife is a hard knife, but the soft and dirty tricks in the harem are sometimes more difficult to guard against than the hard knife.
Life in the palace has now returned to normal for Shen Qing. She hasn't forgotten what life in the palace is like after being outside for five months.
It's time to pay respects. The Queen was obviously frightened after her secret attack, especially now that Xuanyuan Ling had been cleaned up in the court. She felt that Xuanyuan Ling's methods were indeed cruel, so she was very polite to Shen Qing.
As for Concubine Qin, she was not polite to Shen Qing, but her reasons for being content were the same as those of the Queen.
In the past, her family was prosperous and she felt that she had a high status. Apart from her status, she was no less than the queen in every aspect. Therefore, she did not restrain herself in front of the queen. But now it is very different. To use a modern term, it is because the political environment has changed.
The aristocratic families have been suppressed, and now no one dares to stand out. No matter how good your family background is in the harem, if something happens to you, your mother's family may be implicated. No one dares to make any big moves anymore. Things are not as good as before.
In this situation, it is obvious that the Queen has not had a child for so many years, so it is actually not a big deal that she is raising the Fourth Prince now, but Concubine Qin is under some pressure.
Wan Zhao received the letter from outside the palace but was actually a little hesitant to hand it to Concubine Qin. Two letters had been delivered from outside the palace when the emperor went out before, and the letters explicitly or implicitly asked Concubine Qin to make preparations and hope that she could conceive another prince.
The death of the Second Prince caused great harm to Concubine Qin, and the Qin family lost a prince they could support. Although the youngest Fourth Prince is only three years old now, the eldest prince is almost eleven years old, and Xuanyuan Ling will be thirty after the New Year. In another three to five years, the voices calling for the establishment of a crown prince will naturally come out in the court.
The Qin family naturally hopes that Concubine Qin can have another prince.
Sure enough, after receiving Wan Zhao's letter, Concubine Qin tore it up in annoyance after reading it.
Wan Zhao knew that today's letter was not a message of concern. It was probably because the emperor had returned and was urging Concubine Qin to have a child as soon as possible.
Qinpin thought to herself and gnashed her teeth: "If it weren't for that bitch Shen Qing, why wouldn't the emperor come."
This is all the same old tune, Wan Zhao is used to hearing it. Concubine Qin could never get over Concubine Xi. Concubine Xi had been on tour with the emperor for the past few months, and Concubine Qin had scolded her countless times. Later, when she learned that Concubine Xi was stabbed but was fine, she also had no idea how many times she had expressed regret.
Everyone understood that after the assassination attempt, Concubine Xi's position became more stable. In fact, Concubine Qin also understood this, but she was unwilling to accept it.
She watched Shen Qing being favored, and then step by step to where she is now. Concubine Xi's position is becoming more and more stable, but what about her? The Qin family is not as good as it used to be, and she is not as good as she used to be. She had a miscarriage, and the second prince was gone, leaving only a third princess.
The queen was really useless. She took action, but ended up causing Chu Linglong to lose her pregnancy.
Wait a minute, Chu Linglong.
"I am unable to give birth, but there may be women in the harem who are unable to give birth." Concubine Qin was silent for a long time and suddenly said this.
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