Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Palace Maid Fifty Days
In Kunning Palace, Shen Qing, who was listening to what Ying Chun said, looked towards the Queen with a flash of eyes.
She didn't want the Queen to reappoint He Cairen. Even if He Cairen still treated the Queen the same as before, she would still hate her in her heart. Shen Qing was not interested in the world anymore, but she didn't want someone who hated her to be reappointed.
Ying Chun felt very embarrassed because the Queen asked some palace maids who were not close to her to leave and only left Shen Qing behind.
She also witnessed the whole process when her master was plotting against Shen Qing, and before coming here, He Cairen also kept calling Shen Qing a slave.
Previously, she was 90% sure that the Queen would agree to her master's proposal, but now that Shen Qing was here, she was not sure anymore.
However, the Queen's next words made Ying Chun's eyes light up. The Queen folded her hands in front of her, with Impatiens flowers on her long nails. She said, "I agree with He Cairen's proposal. Go back and tell He Cairen that I will protect her until she gives birth."
It is not allowed that a prince or princess is born but the mother dies.
She couldn't guarantee anything else. She was already disgusted by He Cairen, who was promoted by her but turned around to harm the eldest prince.
Regardless of whether He Cairen participated in the eldest prince's affairs intentionally or unintentionally, or whether Concubine Xian was behind it to make her and He Cairen completely alienated, the Queen did not want to investigate it in detail and dealt with it all as if it was done with bad intentions.
Besides, didn't He Cairen know that Shen Qing was taking care of the eldest prince? Framing Shen Qing would most likely involve the eldest prince.
Or do you know and don't care?
Yingchun didn't know what the queen meant, and was delighted when she heard it: "Your Majesty, I bow to you and thank you. May you be blessed with good health!"
After Ying Chun left, the Queen kept Shen Qing alone.
Without asking, the Queen immediately asked: "Do you know why I agreed to this?"
Shen Qing thought deeply and said, "What talent can be of use to the Empress?"
"If we only talk about usefulness or not, everyone in the palace is useful to me. The emperor has lost interest in He Cairen, and her future favor may not even be as good as Baolin's. She has a child, and she can still survive in this palace for the sake of this child. This is a very small step in my revenge on her. In the future, she will suffer, and the future is bright." There was no sadness or joy in the queen's eyes.
There are bound to be many princes in the palace. In this case, the Queen decided to take the initiative against He Cairen's unborn child.
Shen Qing was surprised but also felt it was normal. Given how much the queen valued the eldest prince, it wouldn't be an exaggeration for her to be crazy. She was just preparing to deal with a low-ranking concubine but hadn't taken any action yet. It was nothing for the queen, who was in such an honorable position.
It was just that the talented person treated her like this, because he looked down on her, so he acted recklessly, but karma has its own way of life, in this world, no one can escape being looked down upon by those in a higher position.
"Do you think I'm... vicious?" The queen's eyes fluctuated. Her gaze fixed on Shen Qing, and she moved away as if to appear indifferent. But in a moment, it moved back to Shen Qing's face, not missing any of the slightest changes in her expression.
Shen Qing chuckled, disapproving, and said in surprise: "Your Highness, why would you say such a thing? You have kept He Cairen and her child safe. This is simply a good deed that only a Bodhisattva would do. The child is He Cairen's hope, and a living person with hope is better than a walking corpse. There are many people worse than He Cairen in the late emperor's harem, and this is what He Cairen asked for. You can't let He Cairen get what she wants, which would be wrong."
Shen Qing was so sincere that the queen was easily convinced by her and her cheeks blushed slightly.
"But I always feel that the emperor's punishment of He Cairen this time is too much. The emperor is not the kind of person who does not value the biological mother of the crown prince." Suspicion rose in the queen's brows, and the more she spoke, the more she felt so.
[Otherwise, the emperor would not have agreed to my proposal to promote He Cairen twice. If he had agreed, he must have planned to raise the heir to the throne with his biological mother.]
Her words of apology yesterday were only to save the emperor's face at all times.
The Emperor is the Son of Heaven and can never be wrong.
The Queen's hesitant gaze fell on Shen Qing's face, and Shen Qing was confused: "Your Majesty?"
"Have you had any contact with Wang Jigui again?" asked the Queen.
Shen Qing nodded hesitantly. There had been some contact before yesterday, but from now on, whether for her or Wang Jigui, it would be better to reduce contact.
Otherwise, if the palace maid that the emperor is interested in has any connection with the eunuchs that he values, the emperor will not be able to sleep well.
She couldn't go to the Emperor to plead for Wang Jigui's deception yesterday, because that was not asking for forgiveness, but accelerating her downfall.
"Confused!" The queen shouted softly, startling Shen Qing. He looked at the queen with uneasiness but still confusion.
She said, why would the emperor punish He Cairen so severely? It turned out that Wang Jigui was manipulating for Shen Qing. The servants in the Ganqing Palace knew the emperor's mind best. With just a few embellishments in their words, they could make the emperor annoyed with someone without even leaving any trace.
When they wanted to help someone in front of the emperor, they could achieve their goal in a subtle way. There was no important official of the previous dynasty or favorite concubine of the harem who had not bribed them.
Of course, if someone is favored by you, it will be considered as yours. All gifts come at a price.
Fortunately, she is the queen. If she wants, she can easily help Shen Qing avoid it. Moreover, the emperor does not like eunuchs and palace maids being together. He cannot control those who are not in front of him, but he will not tolerate any grain of sand in the eyes of those who serve him.
"Did Wang Jigui give you anything, speak to you gently, know when to act, and help you solve problems?"
Shen Qing thought about it and it seemed to be true, so he nodded: "He gave me a box of gold ingots and a jade hairpin."
The gold ingot was given after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month last year, to make up for the food gift, and the jade hairpin was given on the Chinese Valentine's Day, because...
Chinese Valentine's Day!
There were many banquets in the palace, and it was not necessary to wait until the Qixi Festival to find an opportunity to meet her. However, Wang Jigui could not have been unaware of what Qixi Festival meant, but he met her alone and gave her a jade hairpin.
She always thought that Wang Jigui gave her the jade hairpin because he treated her as a junior and a younger sister, but she overlooked that the day was the Chinese Valentine's Day.
Now that I think about it, Wang Jigui’s intentions were so obvious. Seeing that she was slow to react, he didn’t point it out to her. He just smiled and accepted her worthless straw weaving.
And yesterday she used the jade hairpin given by Wang Jigui as an excuse to the emperor, but Wang Jigui helped her out at the risk of being punished.
Shen Qing said with a stiff face, "He gave me the jade hairpin on the last Chinese Valentine's Day... I didn't realize how special that day was. I seem to have let him down without realizing it."
She originally thought that she was just a little girl at the age of fifteen, but in the eyes of the ancients, she was old enough to get married.
The first time she realized it was when the emperor couldn't help himself and kissed her as if he wanted to swallow her up. The second time was now, and she realized it later.
If she had known that she would later become entangled with the Emperor, she would not have accepted the hairpin and brought trouble to Wang Jigui for no reason.
Shen Qing had a worried look on his face and wanted to reach out and grab some of his hair, but his fingers touched the bun and he let it go again.
The queen was surprised at first at what Shen Qing said. After all, Wang Jigui was a man who would not release his eagle until he got the rabbit. How could he be considerate to others if he didn't get the person in his hands? But when she saw Shen Qing's face again, which did not lose the beauty even when he was frowning, she thought it was normal.
Even though Wang Jigui is a eunuch, he is still a man.
Even though Qian Quanzhong and Qian Jishen are highly valued by the emperor now, Wang Jigui is hiding in the Qianqing Palace and his name is not as famous as the former. But when the emperor was still the prince, everyone knew him, Wang Jigui.
Wang Jigui gave his own name. When the emperor was still a child, he was selecting eunuchs and asked about the origin of Wang Jigui's name. Wang Jigui held his head high and said, "I gave it to myself." After hearing this, Ji Chen accepted him on the spot. What Ji Chen feared least was people's ambition.
Wang Jigui was also quite capable. He was called "Little Noble Son" and then became "Eunuch Wang", and then "Grand Eunuch Wang". He was a popular figure around the emperor. Later, when the emperor ascended the throne, he retreated to the Qianqing Palace and kept a low profile. He seldom accompanied the emperor to the harem, but once he was with the emperor, he would be asked to investigate if there was something. This shows how much the emperor relied on him.
"Find someone to send the things back, you don't have to show up." The queen thought for a long time and said so.
Anyway, Mr. Shen Qing is in Kunning Palace, so no matter how powerful Wang Jigui is, he can't break into Kunning Palace.
Shen Qing nodded: "But the jade hairpin he polished by himself is broken. Even if it is converted into gold, it can't match the heart. And he helped me yesterday, so should this gift be twice as much?"
If you don't make a decision when you should, you will suffer the consequences.
Seeing that Shen Qing understood the idea, the queen nodded and agreed.
In the afternoon, Shen Qing took out all the family assets and generously divided the gold and silver into two piles, one large and one small. The larger pile naturally belonged to Wang Jigui, and the smaller pile was left for herself. She was reluctant to part with it, but when she thought about how Wang Jigui first took the initiative to admit it to the emperor yesterday, and then helped her move the cinnabar that Nanny Zhang had placed in her room, she became determined again. This was what he deserved!
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On the other hand, even after eating the food, Wang Jigui still did not show the slightest sign of impatience.
Wasn't yesterday's active exposure a retreat to advance? If he waited for the emperor to free up his hands to deal with him, he would be courting death.
The emperor should have noticed what he had done. The only thing he shouldn't have done was not reporting the matter to the emperor in advance. He originally thought that it was just He Cairen who contacted Nanny Zhang to frame Shen Qing. A concubine attacking a palace maid was really a trivial matter in the palace and there was no need to report it. But he was not the only one who noticed the cuteness of the little palace maid. The emperor also cared about Shen Qing.
Wang Jigui had no way of finding out when it all started, but the emperor's estrangement from him some time ago already provided the answer.
The only thing he could do was to treat Shen Qing as his sister.
It's normal for a eunuch like him to have a cute sister, right?
Although Wang Jigui knew clearly what choice would be beneficial to him, he could not help feeling regretful.
And when he received the box of gold and silver treasures sent by Shen Qing, the pretty little face that was panic-stricken and reluctant seemed to appear in front of him. He had waited for Shen Qing to truly come to his senses, so he was not stupid.
Wang Jigui called Wang Ding over and kicked him. There was no trace of gloom on his face, and his voice was even cheerful: "What are you standing there for? Return the things to our sister."
Wang Ding really couldn't figure out what his godfather was thinking, so he could only agree, "Yes, godfather!"
When Wang Ding walked to the door with the box in his arms, Wang Jigui stopped him again: "Forget it, the box is so light, put some more things in it."
Wang Ding: “???” He watched Wang Jigui put several more large gold bars into the box.
No, why did my godfather give me such vulgar gifts? Just like he did back then.
At first glance, Shen Qing is a woman who likes elegance, and has a delicate temperament.
Wang Jigui affirmed: "She definitely likes it."
Wang Ding suspected that he was being treated like a donkey in the Qianqing Palace, but his increasingly refined aesthetic taste had problems.
But the golden color is indeed attractive.
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