Chapter 61: Descended to Become a Good Man
If we were to ask who in the harem is looking forward to being favored, there is no one who does not want to be favored. However, if we were to ask who is looking forward to being favored the most, it would have to be Noble Lady Lin and Noble Lady Shen.
Ever since Concubine Shen's plot against Concubine Yu was exposed in public, the other concubines in the harem felt that she was dirty whenever they saw her. Although Concubine Yu scared Xuanyuan Ling so much that he withdrew his plot, and she herself was not as favored as before, she had a child after all.
As long as she has a child, she is honorable, and the people below her will naturally be happy to do things for her. Even if it is not the Queen's order, those who intend to seek credit in front of the Queen will naturally criticize Concubine Shen.
Concubine Shen's life is not worse than when Concubine Yu targeted her, but it is definitely not much better.
She wanted to be favored, but she also knew that the deadlock could not be broken in a short time.
She wanted to have a child, but she didn't know when the emperor would forget her previous plot against Concubine Yu. If this continued, she would have to make other plans.
For example, Your Majesty, aren’t you short of a child?
But will she really not be exterminated and the child left? Concubine Shen wants to live, she wants to live in this harem.
And Concubine Lin had repeatedly asked Shen Qing to rebuke her, and she had been holding back her anger for a day, her mind full of thoughts of being favored, being favored, and having no way out if she was not favored.
So if we talk about who made the biggest noise, it has to be Concubine Lin.
Concubine Lin's way of gaining favor was very simple and crude, which was to create chance encounters.
Thinking that the emperor was slow to turn over the card, she was afraid that there were too many people in the harem and the emperor had forgotten about her. She could only hope that the emperor would see her and think of her.
So Concubine Lin started to take walks in the palace at a fixed time. She would go wherever the emperor was. She did this for a few days, but she never really met the emperor. After all, it was not that easy. At most, when the emperor came by in person, she would see him from afar. She did see Xuanyuan Ling, but he didn't notice her at all.
Concubine Lin did not hide this chance encounter, nor could she hide it, so everyone in the harem was watching.
He kept watching like this for a few days, and finally, one day, news came out that the emperor had flipped the name card and picked Concubine Lin.
This scene shocked the other people who were watching the joke.
Some people even regretted why they couldn't bring themselves to do that.
Even the Queen would never have thought of this, so who in the harem could have thought of this? Did the Emperor actually see Concubine Lin's poor skills in courting favor?
And the emperor actually turned over her card?
It must be said that Zhao Hai and Wang De were both a little surprised by this sign.
Zhao Hai thought that Concubine Lin's lack of tact also left a deep impression on him.
Zhao Hai didn’t say that he completely understood Xuanyuan Ling, but he thought, the emperor still remembered someone like Concubine Lin, so he couldn’t favor her again, right?
However, when the Jingshifang saw that Xuanyuan Ling had turned over the card, they also did their job honestly.
Someone immediately went to inform Concubine Lin. Concubine Lin had been trying to make her presence felt for so many days, and she was very excited when her name was called.
Just like that, Concubine Lin was sent to Qianyuan Palace, and she waited for Xuanyuan Ling to come with shyness in her heart.
Xuanyuan Ling didn't go back at all. He was still reviewing memorials. After a while, he ordered: "Lady Lin will be demoted to a good lady and confined to her house for half a year."
Zhao Hai heard this and thought, this, this wasn't brought here specially to punish Concubine Lin, right? It's true that Concubine Lin didn't have good sense last time, but this punishment is a bit heavy.
He only knew that Concubine Lin was not tactful, but he didn't know that Shen Qing had put on eye drops in front of Xuanyuan Ling with a slap in the face.
Although Zhao Hai was surprised that the emperor had imposed such a severe punishment, he did not dare to delay: "I will go and give the order right away."
Concubine Lin had been waiting for a long time, but she only got asked to leave by someone, and Zhao Hai said, "The Emperor has decreed that Concubine Lin will be demoted to a good lady and confined to her home for half a year. Send her back."
Concubine Lin's expression was frozen on her face. She couldn't believe it at all, her mouth opened wide. How could she be demoted to a concubine? She hadn't even served the emperor yet, so it couldn't be said that she was demoted because she didn't serve him well. Moreover, she looked down on concubines the most. Concubines were the lowest-ranking in the palace. Now she herself became a concubine?
Seeing her like that, Zhao Hai signaled to his attendants to take her away and tell them not to make any more trouble. He was afraid that she would suddenly shout for mercy, and if the emperor heard it, he would blame him for his incompetence.
So he asked someone to take Concubine Lin away with great disgust.
This incident caused a big uproar. The Queen was the first to get the news. It was rare that the Queen smiled sincerely when she heard it. It was really ridiculous. Really, how could the Emperor tolerate such a thing?
Even if he turned over the card, I'm afraid he was disgusted by what he had heard about Concubine Lin's behavior in recent days and was just looking for an excuse to deal with her.
Meanwhile, Concubine Yu in the harem has been feeling disgusted for days because of Concubine Lin's encounter with the Emperor. Shen Qing is annoying, but isn't this person who is trying to curry favor with her even more disgusting?
Concubine Yu reacted, afraid that the emperor was still angry about asking Mr. Shen to slap him, and couldn't bear to see someone in the harem jumping around like that at this time, so she curled her lips and felt better.
Therefore, Concubine Lin's action made both the Queen and Concubine Yu happy for once, which could be considered a great deed.
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