Chapter 43 Threaten Again

On the other side, Lanying also returned to Kunning Palace.

The light in the palace had dimmed, and the empress moved to the big kang under the west window, still reading a book.

After she heard Lanying's words, she raised a faint smile and said, "According to what you said, she has a calm personality and knows how to act appropriately. She is indeed beautiful and intelligent."

After saying this, she looked out the window, as if it was normal, but also as if she was sighing: "She is indeed a woman that the emperor would like."

"Your Majesty, I think the Emperor may not be interested in her, otherwise why would she still be in Huipin's palace?" Lan Ying couldn't bear to see the Empress sad, and whispered again.

The queen withdrew her gaze and looked at the book in her hand again. "Whether it's intentional or not, it's up to him to decide. I'm just waiting to arrange a place for the newlyweds to live."

"Your Highness!" Lan Ying felt distressed when she saw her withered expression. "If Your Highness doesn't want to, just tell the Queen Mother. You are her niece. As long as Your Highness asks, the Queen Mother will definitely not let the Emperor promote a palace maid to be a concubine."

"Stop talking. The emperor is most concerned about my identity." The queen looked at her, her angry face becoming colder and more intimidating. "If I go to the queen mother and ruin his plans, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to stand in this palace."

After all, she was someone close to her, so the Queen Mother opened up the matter and said to her, "Besides, the Queen Mother naturally values ​​her own son more than a niece like me. Otherwise, how could the Emperor have such a temper? If I go and ask her rashly, even if the Queen Mother agrees to me, I will be branded as jealous, and the loss will be greater than the gain!"

"But, Madam, you are really wronged."

The queen chuckled when she heard this, her laughter was like melting ice and snow, plum blossoms blooming on branches, "It is the emperor who has pity on me. Not only did he give me this place to stay, he also gave me such a noble status. I have taken such a great advantage, why should I feel wronged?"

“My queen…”

"Why should I stop the emperor? With such a beauty, I'm afraid there are people who are more anxious than me. Whether she can come to me is another matter." The queen lowered her eyes again, and gently stroked the pages of the book with her fingertips. "Beauty is fleeting, new loves and old loves come and go, and the days in this palace can be predicted at a glance. Her coming is just one more miserable person."

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The tranquilizer was indeed very effective. Yunqin slept soundly that night and had no dreams at all.

When she was woken up by Ajing, she hadn't slept enough and felt a little lazy.

But the peaceful sleep seemed to take away all her fatigue of the past few days. She looked radiant, and her cold white skin shone with a soft light, which made Ajing unable to help but rub her face twice.

"Did the old immortal give you some magic medicine in your dream?"

Yunqin touched her sore face and was too lazy to pay attention to such childish remarks. She got up in a daze, washed herself, covered her lipstick out of habit, and went to the front hall with Ajing.

Not only Yunqin had a good rest, Huipin also had a very good rest. She almost had a miscarriage yesterday, but her complexion today was better than usual.

Of course it was because yesterday, Hawking Chi kept his promise and really stayed here with her for the whole afternoon.

He even had dinner with her in the evening before returning to his own bedroom.

But Huipin's good mood instantly fell when Yunqin appeared.

That face that could always be stunning was like a thorn in her side.

Huipin did not show anything, but after breakfast, she sent everyone away and left Yunqin alone in the palace.

The emperor might come again at any time, so she wanted to dress herself up. She took out the jewelry box and tried on each piece in front of the mirror.

Huipin used her fingers to play with the coral beads hanging from her swing and said in a calm voice, "With your intelligence, you should know why I left you alone, right?"

Yun Qin lowered her eyes, her attitude still neither humble nor arrogant, "I have never had any delusions, I just obeyed the majesty's orders. Whatever the majesty said, I will listen to it."

Huipin then looked at her with a scrutinizing look in her eyes. Not seeing that there was no reluctance on her face, she remembered how she had strongly resisted going to the front. If she hadn't brought up Ah Jing, she probably wouldn't have given in so easily.

Thinking of this, Huipin's face became better. "I knew you were the most loyal." She shook the Boudoir in her hand and then handed it to Yunqin. "I told you not to dress so plainly but you didn't listen. This Boudoir is a reward for you. At your age, you should dress brightly."

Yun Qin had long been accustomed to her mood swings and her temptations, and immediately leaned over and said, "My lady, there is no reward without merit. This is too expensive, I dare not accept it."

"Between you and me, master and servant, there is nothing we dare not do. Just take it if I give it to you." There was a hint of smile in Huipin's tone, but upon closer inspection, there was no smile in her eyes at all.

Yun Qin did not stand up, and said in a firm voice, "Your Highness has already given me many gifts, and I have never been able to repay you. If I accept anything more from you, I will feel guilty."

Seeing that she really didn't want to accept it, Huipin slowly put away her swing, a look of satisfaction on her face, and rummaged in the box with her fingertips twice, and took out a silver flat square, which was of old-fashioned style and had a "Fu" pattern engraved on it, making it look even heavier.

"You can't be without any jewelry. Since you like simple things, this pendant is for you."

Yun Qin looked at the plaque handed over by Huipin without moving her eyelids, and there was no emotion in her eyes. She still said, "No merit, no reward, this servant cannot accept it."

"Take it. If you don't accept it, I won't be at ease." Huipin pushed the plaster forward again.

Yun Qin then blinked slightly and took it with both hands, "Thank you, Madam."

"Since you're thanking me, you must wear it often." Huipin said with a smile.

"I understand."

"Get up."

Seeing her submissive attitude, Huipin felt a little better and continued to choose hairpins to try on her hair. However, when she looked at her sunken face in the mirror, she still felt uneasy.

"I think you and Rong Xin are both working too hard, so how about I promote Jing to a first-class maid to help you?"

Hearing her mention Ah Jing, Yun Qin's hands immediately clenched. The sharp edges of the flat side cut her skin, but she didn't notice it at all.

She tried to keep her voice steady, "Madam, Jing is still young and ignorant..."

Huipin interrupted her, "I remember that she is the same age as you, and she is not sensible at all. Don't you want her to serve me in the palace?"

"I dare not." Yun Qin could only say.

Huipin chuckled, "How can you not tolerate even your best sister? If you really don't want to, that's fine, but I'll have to trouble you to serve me well."

"I will do my best." There was no change on Yun Qin's face, but she clenched her hands so hard that her nails broke.

When she was trying to win the emperor's favor, she used Ajing to threaten me. Now she is afraid that I will show my face in front of the emperor, so she wants to threaten Ajing again!

Despicable and shameless!

Yun Qin bit the tip of her tongue to suppress the anger in her heart.

Huipin glanced at her and saw that her face was pale, no longer as rosy as before, and she looked frightened. She felt a little better and inserted a butterfly hairpin inlaid with pearls and kingfisher feathers into her bun. She looked at herself in the mirror and chuckled.

"Yunqin, how can people have such a thing as a soft spot? No matter how high you fly, you will be dragged down." She looked at Wen Shi and smiled again, "Isn't that right?"

Yun Qin lowered her head and said nothing.

Seeing her like this, Huipin was not angry and still smiled sweetly at the mirror.

It is normal to have resentment. If she could still smile at her, she would be afraid that Yun Qin is too scheming.