Chapter 443: Hatred
Lady Qiao was stunned by the news. At this moment, Jinse was serving her by her side, watching her in silence.
Soon, Lady Qiao burst into tears. At that moment, she quietly picked up the letter that was thrown on the ground, and put it in her sleeve. Soon, she destroyed the letter without leaving any trace.
The palace maid who had previously served Concubine Qiao felt resentful and just watched Concubine Qiao crying and wailing, thinking that Concubine Qiao was sad that her brother could not be saved in the end.
In the evening, she sighed with Jinse, "What a bad fate! If she had been favored, how could she have ended up like this?"
Jinse said: "Who says it's not true? But no matter what, it's fate."
The maid stopped sighing. That's right. It's fate. Once you enter the palace, whether you are favored or not is fate. Whether you can help your family depends on your own ability. This is indeed the case in the palace. What else can you do? She is not qualified to pity Lady Qiao. She is Lady Qiao's servant. Why should she pity her? It's better to pity herself for following such a master and seeing that there is no hope in this life.
"I have to keep watch today."
Jinse said, "Let me take your place. Didn't you say you were tired earlier?"
The maid was delighted and did not suspect anything: "Thank you, Jinse."
Jinse watched the man leave and turned back into the inner room to look at Lady Qiao. After Lady Qiao learned the bad news at home, she was heartbroken at first, and then silent and incredulous. She didn't expect it to be like this. She originally thought that it was possible that Shen Qing would not help, or that something would happen to her brother, and she would feel bad in her heart, but even if she really hoped for it, she would not be sentenced to death. As long as the person was still alive, there would always be a future.
But now the people are gone, everything is gone, nothing is left...
Jinse brought tea to Lady Qiao and said, "You are still in the palace and cannot mourn for your relatives. This is against the rules. I have something to say. Please don't show any inappropriate expression in front of the Concubine Xian because of this. The Concubine Xian is the most favored in the harem. If the Concubine Xian is disrespectful to her, I am afraid that you will have a hard time in the palace in the future. Please be patient, life must go on."
Lady Qiao was originally immersed in sorrow and couldn't extricate herself. When she heard this, she raised her head and looked at Jinse blankly: "What did you say?"
Jinse knelt down in front of her and said, "I am only thinking about you, my lady. I am afraid that you have offended the virtuous concubine. How will you live in the future?"
Lady Qiao looked at Jinse with red eyes. How could she listen to this now? She failed to ask for help and her family was destroyed because of Shen Zhizhuo. Now she had to try her best not to offend her. In the future, she would have to kowtow to Concubine Xian!
Lady Qiao thought about how Shen Qing had fallen out of favor, and how her whole family had died because of Shen Zhizhuo today. She actually smiled for a moment, but there was no smile in her eyes, only hatred.
Hasn't she thought about watching Shen Qing fall out of favor and laughing at her all these years? But Shen Qing has been favored for so many years, and now she has a child, everything is good for her! And her days seem to be able to see the end at a glance, nothing more than like now, unable to do anything, so humble.
Jinse looked at Concubine Qiao's expression and knew in her heart that it was almost time to push it to this point. Now it was the saddest time for her, the time when her heart was most hurt and full of hatred. All her grief had turned into hatred. Could she still get over it with Concubine Xian?
It was not that Shen Zhizhuo intervened in this matter, he just made some moves. The virtuous concubine refused to see her, and Shen Zhizhuo harmed her family again. Naturally, all her hatred was directed at Shen Qing. The whole family was gone, which could make people so cruel that they might not even take care of themselves. Especially now was the saddest and most impulsive time. Proper guidance could do a lot of things.
Just one last push would be enough, and at this moment, Jinse pursed her lips and had to wait.
Meanwhile, Chunhua received the news: "Lady Qiao received another letter from home. This time she stayed indoors in grief. Perhaps something happened to her brother."
Chunhua has seen Lady Qiao come many times. Originally, she didn't pay much attention to her, but now that Lady Qiao has come out several times, she must know what she wants, right?
It is difficult to inquire about things outside the palace, but the mouths of the palace maids around Concubine Qiao are not reliable. Now, we know why Concubine Qiao comes so many times.
Now I've got news that something has happened to Lady Qiao's brother. It's one thing that he won't come in the future, but I hope she won't bear a grudge against him.
As for the fact that Lady Qiao's entire family was gone, no one else knew about it except Lady Qiao herself and Jinse.
Chunhua finally told Shen Qing about this.
Shen Qing was silent for a moment. Well, he was going to be hated again.
"How many people in the harem do you think hate me?"
Shen Qing said this without waiting for Chunhua to say anything and held her forehead: "It's easy to think too much when you are pregnant."
I was really overthinking it. Her situation made her hateful anyway. Did Miss Qiao really like her in the past?
Lady Qiao is just one of them. She held a grudge in the past, but now the grudge is even deeper, right?
Seeing Chen Qing like this, Chunhua thought she was worried: "Don't worry, Madam. I think even if something really happens to her brother, she wouldn't dare to do anything."
After all, she is just a beauty and has no one available at hand. It is difficult to plot secretly with the status of Concubine Qiao in the palace, not to mention the tight defense of Zhaohua Palace. As for doing it openly, it is not like she is risking her life. Who can murder the Empress Xianfei openly?
Shen Qing knew what Chunhua meant. Normally, Lady Qiao would not dare to do that. Even though she lost her brother, she still had her relatives, right? If she targeted her now, it would mean she would disregard the lives of her entire family. Women in the harem would not live for themselves, but they could not implicate their families.
"Just watch." You don't have to worry about thieves stealing, you have to worry about thieves thinking about it. This is the harem. However, this matter is just an episode for Shen Qing. She is still pregnant. If someone is thinking about her, I'm afraid it's not just Lady Qiao. Does it mean that she can't sleep or eat well because others are thinking about her? Isn't it also an opportunity for her if others are thinking about her?
Shen Qing touched her belly which had not yet bulged: "Xiao Liu is a place where people cannot slack off."
Chunhua knew what Shen Qing meant, but she still didn’t want Shen Qing to worry about her pregnancy: “Don’t worry, Madam, I understand.”
The palace is on alert now, and the Sixth Prince is also on alert. If there is anyone who is so blind as to dare to cause trouble at this time, just wait and see.
Xuanyuan Ling brought her some fabric again. The weather was getting warmer, and it was time to make new clothes. Especially since her belly was getting bigger, could she wear the same clothes she had before? She always changed out her clothes, never repeated them.
Chunhua took the cloth and exchanged it in batches in front of Shen Qing. If Shen Qing liked the ones, she would ask someone to take them down and make them into clothes.
Shen Qing was just picking it up when Xuanyuan Ling arrived.
As soon as he entered, he saw Shen Qing lazily leaning on the couch. Not far away, the servants were showing the newly tributed materials. He saw a batch of orange-red ones, shining brightly: "This one must suit your skin color."
Shen Qing had good skin, which was delicate and white, and wearing brightly colored clothes made her skin look even whiter than snow.
Shen Qing said: "I was thinking they were all pretty good looking."
Xuanyuan Ling just took a look at it, and she smiled when she said this: "These are all given to you. I will make them into clothes for you. If they are not enough, you can buy new ones." She didn't even say that I gave you new ones, but directly asked her to give the orders herself.
Xuanyuan Ling’s reward was a reward, but if Shen Qing liked it, he didn’t have to go back to him to show it.
As far as raising Chen Qing so that she would not have to worry about food and clothing is concerned, these years have been aimed at dressing her up to look her best.
If Chen Qing is pretty, she will be in a good mood. Besides, it is not because Xuanyuan Ling feels good just because she looks pretty. It is better to say that if Chen Qing wears old clothes one day, Xuanyuan Ling will wonder if she has treated her badly.
But he did say it anyway, and pointed at the orange-red material and said, "Make it into a skirt."
Shen Qing felt that his straight male aesthetic had at least improved over the years.
She just said she wanted everything, and she didn't look at the materials anymore. She just let them go. Xuanyuan Ling also sat down beside the couch and touched her cheek with his hand: "The Dragon Boat Festival is coming in a few days. By then, your baby will be three months old. We won't avoid the heat this year, but you can't put too much ice in the palace."
If they wanted to escape the summer heat, they should have left last month, but Shen Qing's pregnancy was not stable, so Xuanyuan Ling did not plan to escape the summer heat this year to avoid any accidents.
Shen Qing listened to him nagging again. He really had to say it every year over the years. Didn’t they say that men don’t have menopause?
She just let it go in one ear and out the other.
Xuanyuan Ling was really sad when he saw her little appearance. He said his thing and she listened to her. Actually, it wasn't that she was hypocritical, but her attitude was not good. Didn't this make him worry every time that she would take advantage of him?
Xuanyuan Ling scratched her nose: "Very cunning, not obedient at all."
Shen Qing blinked twice and said obediently: "Then don't make trouble anymore in the future?"
Xuanyuan Ling looked at her unhappily: "I am happy with it."
Shen Qing laughed when he heard this.
Isn't it a matter of both parties willing to fight and be beaten?
The two of them joked for a while, and then said, "I originally thought that you would ask Shen Zhizhuo to come back after a while, but now his wife is pregnant, and I'm afraid he won't be willing to move in a year or two. He's doing very well in Jinzhou, so let's leave it like this for now, accumulate some political achievements and then return to Beijing, and I can give him a raise."
Shen Qing nodded. Xuanyuan Ling knew this kind of thing.
Xuanyuan Ling touched her belly and talked to her for a while, then Xiaoliu came over.
When Xiaoliu came over, the two of them naturally didn't get so close. After all, they were a little shy in front of the child. Xiaoliu often came to see Shen Qing recently. He was worried about Shen Qing after knowing that she had a child. At this moment, the belly couldn't be seen, but he felt that his brother or sister was in Shen Qing's belly anyway, so he acted like a big brother: "Is he well behaved?"
Shen Qing thought that he would not move, of course: "Very well behaved."
Xiao Liu expressed his satisfaction and touched Shen Qing's belly twice, which seemed like a reward for the baby in her belly.
Xuanyuan Ling found the interaction between mother and son funny and particularly heartwarming, as if he could see that if it was a younger sister, Xiaoliu would definitely be a good brother and pamper his sister, and if it was a younger brother, Xiaoliu would definitely take care of the child. In this way, Zhaohua Palace would be more lively, how great?
It's warm here, but it's like being in an icy cave over there with Miss Qiao.
Having wasted all these years in the palace, how could she not miss her family? But now she has nothing. It was because Concubine Xian didn't help and Shen Zhizhuo meddled in her affairs that her whole family died! Even though she knew that anyone who touched him would die, she still had the idea in mind. Jinse was not wrong about this.
Jinse got the meaning from Fengyi Palace and made some plans in her mind. Concubine Qiao was not a courageous person, but she had a bad temper and was willing to do anything if she really gritted her teeth. What Jinse wanted now was naturally that she could really pull down Concubine Xian even if she was not afraid of death.
Jinse spent more time serving Lady Qiao these days, and openly and covertly persuaded Lady Qiao to mourn and accept the change by using Concubine Xian's power. Then she sighed privately and said to Lady Qiao: "It is because Concubine Xian is too coquettish and domineering that she even bullied the emperor and prevented him from coming to the harem. If it were not for Concubine Xian, the emperor would not have neglected the harem like this. Lady Qiao has not even been able to see the emperor in these years. Otherwise, if she had a child, no one else would dare to act rashly."
New hatred, old grudges.
Life in the palace was hopeless. Not only was she childless, but all her most beloved relatives at home were gone overnight. She would be alone in the palace from now on, thinking that she would have to kowtow to Shen Qing. She also thought that Shen Qing also had the Sixth Prince. With the emperor's favor, who knows, the Sixth Prince might even become the Crown Prince?
She couldn't bear to see her being so good!
The Dragon Boat Festival is here in the blink of an eye.
Shen Qing is now three months into her pregnancy, and apart from being as sleepy and a little clingy as ever, her daily taste has not changed much.
Xuanyuan Ling did not attend court today, so the two of them got up together, had breakfast, and talked about the Dragon Boat Festival banquet today.
She didn't have to pay respects. She just played in the palace or went out for a walk. It was rare for her to meet anyone. She hadn't been seen for a long time.
Xuanyuan Ling had no intention of leaving, and thought they would go over together in a while.
In the afternoon, Chen Qing would dress up. At this time, she naturally had to dress up. Fortunately, the weather was cool and she was not wearing much. Chen Qing did not wear many jewelry at the moment, but not much did not mean shabby. Today, Chen Qing was wearing pearls, from her headdress to her earrings and accessories on her body, all of them were pearls of varying sizes. It is said that pearls have a calming effect and pregnant women can wear them to keep the fetus safe. This set was specially made and sent to her by Xuanyuan Ling after she became pregnant.
In fact, it is not uncommon to give jewelry as a gift. Chen Qing has a lot of jewelry. But now he is really attentive. He even has jewelry that Chen Qing doesn't know about, such as those that can calm the mind. He doesn't know where he saw them. Of course, most of them are jadeite, which are good things for nourishing people.
Shen Qing is naturally a little fatter now than before, and her rosy complexion complements the pearls perfectly.
Xuanyuan Ling also thought it was good: "Ask someone to make you another set with a different style."
When Chen Qing was almost dressed, Xuanyuan Ling had someone tidy up. After all, he didn't have to spend as much time as Chen Qing just combing his hair, so he could just be casual. When it was almost done and the banquet was set, they went.
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