Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Palace Maid Seventeen Days
Xuancao wiped her tears and said, "My dear sister, go back to the Siguozhai now and pack your things. I will tell the queen later and bring people from the Sibo Division to transfer you to Jingren Palace. No one will bully you under the queen's nose."
It just so happened that there was a long-vacant vacant position for a second-class palace maid near Her Majesty. I believed that if she went and told Her Majesty about it, Her Majesty would definitely not refuse.
Who was Du Baolin? When he was in power, he had to be respectful and submissive in front of the second concubine. Now that she was in the wrong first, it was right for the queen to be angry, not to mention such a small matter as transferring the suffering palace maid away first.
Shen Qingqing handed the jade pendant to Xuancao and said, "Return the jade pendant to the queen."
She is still crying and choking with sobs.
Since Xuancao would help her, the jade pendant could be considered used. If it was kept by her, it would inevitably imply that she was continuing to owe her a favor. It would be better to return it now to at least prove that she was a person with a clear mind.
Xuancao thought about it and decided to take the jade pendant. She could mobilize the palace maids and report the matter to the empress, but some things, such as this jade pendant, still depended on the empress's opinion.
Shen Qingqing burst into laughter, with a sincere and gentle smile, and looked at Xuancao hopefully: "Sister Xuancao, I will go back to Siguozhai first."
Du Baolin will not be back until after the dinner, and the banquet has not started yet. She left early purely to prepare for the dance.
If Xuancao handled it quickly enough, according to what she said, she should have transferred her to Jingren Palace before Du Baolin came back, so that she would not have to confront Du Baolin head-on.
Otherwise, when Du Baolin gets angry, her temper will become extremely treacherous. Whenever they meet, she is the master and Shen Qingqing is the palace maid, and the only one who suffers is the servant.
I think Hemerocallis took this into consideration and made such arrangements.
Xuancao stood up and took Shen Qingqing with her. She put her clothes in order, tucked her hair behind her forehead, looked into her red eyes and promised, "Don't worry, I will take care of this matter and give you an explanation."
Even though she was a palace maid and could not do anything to Du Baolin, she could still exaggerate the matter and report it to the empress.
Shen Qingqing nodded and separated from Hemerocallis.
Where Shen Qingqing couldn't see, Xuancao took a deep breath and went to find Concubine Xian with resentment.
In order not to scare Shen Qing, she completely suppressed her emotions.
Just like the Empress never brought bad moods to the palace maids, thinking of this, Xuancao respected the Empress even more, and because of Shen Qing's attitude of complete trust, she actually felt extremely proud and warm in her heart, and the feeling was quite wonderful.
Here, Shen Qingqing walked along the path towards Siguozhai. This palace road usually had few people, and there were not many more today, because it was a long way from here to the concubines' palace and the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived.
She deliberately took a detour to avoid running into any important person.
After all, she had just completed the uterus adjustment, and she didn't want any complications, so she walked with her head down, except that she was so happy that she couldn't suppress the smile in her eyes, and she walked with the wind.
Suddenly, Shen Qingqing's eyes swept across the bright yellow gorgeous sedan chair at the corner. Several eunuchs in the imperial court were carrying it in another direction. Because it was moving too fast, she bowed and avoided it. Then she glanced up curiously and found that the sedan chair was empty and no one was sitting on it.
Yes, there are only a few powerful eunuchs, and the two senior eunuchs in front of the emperor are not here. At this time, we can only go and pick them up.
Shen Qingqing thought about it and that direction seemed to be leading to Huting. The emperor was not in the Qianqing Palace, but in Huting?
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At this time, in the lake pavilion, the afternoon sun fell on the lake surface forming a colorful light film. A handful of fish food was thrown out by the emperor standing by the railing of the pavilion. Suddenly, the lake water boiled, and the koi carps as big as an adult's arm opened their mouths wide to compete for food.
The beautiful lady who accompanied the emperor watched this scene, her eyes not even paying attention to the lake, but only focused on the person in front of her. Her expression was cold, as if she was born unable to smile or talk, but it didn't matter, she was beautiful, cold and elegant, and she looked good even without smiling.
"Does the emperor still remember Du Baolin?" she asked tentatively.
Ji Chen, who was standing beside her feeding her, was naturally calm and not affected by Lady Gao's temperament at all. He did not even look at her: "Why are you mentioning Lady Du to me today? Did she do something stupid again?"
This was a very common question, which made Lady Gao relax her guard. She blurted out without thinking too much: "Du Baolin killed two palace maids. I only mentioned this to the emperor out of emotion."
Ji Chen didn't say anything.
Lady Gao could feel her own heartbeat. Although bringing up the matter again would make the Emperor unhappy, she had to find out the Emperor's attitude towards Du Baolin before she could take the next step.
The emperor didn't care about Mrs. Du. Even though she performed a careful dance, she couldn't win the emperor's sympathy.
But if the emperor still cares about Du and is just deliberately giving her the cold shoulder, she must ruin Du's plan for today and make her look bad in public.
In short, never give Du a chance to make a comeback.
Concubine Gao carefully observed the emperor. He was unprepared. Was he unhappy that she mentioned Mrs. Du, or that she brought up Du Baolin's mistakes?
When she thought of the latter possibility, Gao Meiren slowly increased the strength with which she pinched her palm.
There was silence in the pavilion for a moment.
Ji Chen clapped his hands, looked at Gao Meiren, reached out and held Gao Meiren's clenched hand, slowly pried it open, looked at the palm of her hand with a crescent mark, and said with sympathy: "Don't hurt yourself."
Lady Gao's earlobes blushed, and she said lovingly, "Your Majesty."
"I will go back to the Qianqing Palace first. If you want to stay, you can stay here for a while. I will send the imperial physician to the lake pavilion to check your hand."
Lady Gao lowered her head and said, "It's just a minor injury, there's no need to call the imperial physician."
Ji Chen smiled, but there was no deep affection in his eyes: "If it falls on my beloved concubine, even the smallest injury is a big deal to me."
Gao Meiren couldn't refuse anymore, the corners of her lips curled up, and her heart was filled with sweetness.
Seeing this, Ji Chen turned away.
He quickly left the lake pavilion and boarded the imperial carriage. The powerful eunuch lifted the carriage and moved it steadily towards the Qianqing Palace. The palace servants who had been waiting in the lake pavilion walked on both sides of the imperial carriage.
Suddenly, a voice came from the imperial carriage: "How did Gao know that I was in Huting?"
It is forbidden in the palace to inquire about the whereabouts of the emperor. When the late emperor was alive, because of this taboo, he would prepare multiple palanquins to confuse the public.
After Ji Chen ascended the throne, the concubines in the harem also swarmed around him wherever they didn't like him, but perhaps because they had just entered the palace and did not have deep roots in the palace, he forgot to warn them about this.
Regardless of whether it was an accident today or not, he was still unhappy in his heart.
Qian Quanzhong was following the emperor. He said, "A maidservant in the imperial court passed a message to Concubine Gao, who came here in a hurry. I have already punished this person and expelled him from the Qianqing Palace. I have also asked people to keep a close eye on her."
As for where they will go after being driven out of the Qianqing Palace, although it is not stated, it is clear that there is no good place to go.
"I have not been strict in my administration, Your Majesty, please punish me."
Ji Chen said calmly: "Fine him one month's salary, inform Wang Jigui and ask him to clean up the palace. I don't want this to happen again next time."
Qian Quanzhong said yes. Although he knew that Concubine Gao could not interfere with the Palace of Heavenly Purity and that there were other people behind the young palace maid, Qian Quanzhong still disliked Concubine Gao.
His Majesty had finally put aside state affairs and gone out to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to relax, but Concubine Gao ruined his mood.
If the emperor is unhappy, the people serving him will be walking on thin ice.
This is also why some eunuchs in the imperial court would try to please the favorite concubine.
In the pavilion by the lake, Concubine Gao had not left yet. The emperor's procession had left, and the wind-blocking curtains were also removed. The cool breeze from the lakeside made the emperor feel refreshed.
But she couldn't leave, she had to wait for the imperial physician sent by the emperor.
It was extremely hot in July and she was wearing thin clothes, but it was cool here in Duhu Pavilion in the palace.
She didn't feel it when the emperor was around, but now that only she and her maids were left, the loneliness of Hu Ting became apparent.
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Not long after Shen Qingqing returned to Siguozhai, Xuancao personally brought people here and specially added a palace maid to Du Baolin.
The palace maid was very beautiful. Although not as beautiful as Du Baolin's Gao Meiren, she was also of superior appearance. However, the arrogance and resentment in her eyes could not be suppressed.
Shen Qingqing noticed something strange, but she didn't know what to say. It was not until she followed Xuancao out of the Siguozhai that she asked, "Sister Xuancao, is there anything special about that palace maid?"
Xuancao raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "That person is a famous person in the Sibo Department. He has been in the Sibo Department for a long time but has not been arranged to work in the palaces. The queen was worried about this. Now it is just right for Du Baolin to accept him."
Shen Qingqing didn't understand and there was still confusion in her eyes.
She continued to explain, "She was originally a concubine during the election. Her family had married your majesty when he was still the crown prince. She was of the right age during the election and wanted to enter the palace to be a concubine, but she fell ill on the eve of the palace election and missed the opportunity. But I heard that she was deeply in love with the emperor and didn't want to remarry or wait another three years, so she entered the palace directly as a maid. Her family made great arrangements for her. But you know, your majesty is in charge of the Shanggong Bureau. No matter which palace she is assigned to, it will cause trouble for the master of that palace. Your majesty doesn't like to make people unhappy, so she can only keep her."
"Can't we go directly to the Imperial Palace?"
Xuancao: "She would like to go, but the selection of palace maids in front of the emperor is very strict. Several times, the eunuchs in front of the emperor personally screened out the candidates."
Shen Qingqing thought that Xuancao was probably talking about Wang Jigui.
So he asked clearly, "Did she offend Eunuch Wang?"
Xuancao was not very clear about this matter, and said vaguely: "Maybe, or maybe the eunuch Wang does not want to have a concubine who was born in the imperial court."
Wang Jigui's methods were definitely not lenient. If he invited someone to the imperial court and caused resentment, then that person's promotion would not be worth the loss. But if he asked him to please a palace maid in front of the imperial court in advance, that would be even more unrealistic.
Just cut off this trouble directly.
When Shen Qingqing and Xuancao arrived at Jingren Palace, Concubine Xian was dressing up. She followed Xuancao in and knelt down to pay respect: "Your servant Shen Qing pays respect to the queen. May the queen be blessed with good health!"
"Stand up and come closer."
Shen Qingqing stood up and walked to the side of Concubine Xian.
Xianfei held her hand and gently folded her sleeves up. After seeing the tragic scars, she couldn't bear it: "Poor child, I know everything. I have sent a female doctor for you. She will be here in a moment. Let her take a good look at you. Don't leave any scars."
Perhaps it was because Concubine Xian was too gentle. Although she was only four or five years older than her, she made her feel the care from a mother.
Her gentleness is in her nature and can never be acted out.
Shen Qingqing's nose felt sore for no reason: "My lady, you are so gentle."
She spoke directly from her heart.
The virtuous concubine was stunned, with a smile on her lips: "Then you will put on my makeup today, okay?"
The palace maid who was putting on makeup handed the tools to Shen Qing.
【The little mouth is so sweet.】
[Let Shen Qing get along with the other palace maids as soon as possible. All I can do is to use her first and let the palace maids understand my intentions.]
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Shen Qingqing's pupils trembled and she looked shocked.
The unspoken Concubine tilted her head slightly and said with a gentle and amiable smile: "Hmm?"
The palace maids didn't know that she could hear Concubine Xian's thoughts. They just thought that she was shocked by Concubine Xian's behavior and looked at her in a friendly manner.
Shen Qingqing took the tools, her palms sweating, and said respectfully, "I obey your command."
She must be a virtuous concubine to amaze the whole audience!
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