Chapter 84 084 Six Palaces
Chapter 84
Ying Ji was stunned, looking at the aloof Queen Mother Xue in disbelief. Shouldn't someone like her have the final say?
"Oh, I remember now." Queen Mother Xue said calmly, "Please wait a little longer. Opening the Samsara Well is something so important that it's never opened for just one person."
When Yingji heard what Queen Mother Xue said, she felt relieved but also had great doubts. She did not show it on her face, but secretly looked at Queen Mother Xue's expression.
"Thank you for your hard work accompanying His Majesty this long time. You've done a great job." Empress Dowager Xue raised her eyes and looked at Kong Fan who walked in from outside, with a smile that was not a smile. "Since you like Aying so much, it's time to promote her. However, you should discuss the details with the Empress. You've been away from the palace for so long, and it's been a long time since you last visited the Empress."
Kong Fan looked at Queen Mother Xue in confusion, and after a moment of reaction, he vaguely understood what promotion meant.
Yingji lowered her eyes for a moment, then quickly raised them to look at Empress Dowager Xue. "Then I'll wait for good news from the Empress Dowager. You and His Majesty have not seen each other for a long time, so you must have a lot to talk about. Yingji will not disturb you from catching up with His Majesty. I'll take my leave."
She turned and walked out. When she passed by Kong Fan, she bowed politely but didn't even look at him and walked straight out.
Kong Fan frowned.
Yingji followed the maid who led the way to Xingji Palace, where she had stayed when she first came to Chao Xishi. Back then, Bajiao had followed her everywhere, but this time, she was alone.
The feeling of change lasted only a moment. Yingji pushed the useless emotion away and carefully recalled Empress Dowager Xue's reaction today. She was not one to easily trust others, and it was clear that she already had some doubts about Empress Dowager Xue.
Time flowed like running water. Yingji looked up inadvertently and suddenly found that it was dark outside the window.
In the darkness of the night, Kong Fan stood outside the window, looking at her.
Two people looked at each other through the window.
Yingji curled her lips and asked, "Why doesn't Your Majesty come in?"
Hearing her address, Kong Fan frowned. He stared into Ying Ji's eyes, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Yingji chuckled and said, "Just kidding."
She stood up, poked her head out from the open window, approached Kong Fan, and whispered, "You don't need to explain your harem to me, let alone the promotion the Queen Mother mentioned. There's no need to talk about this between us. We just have to put on an act in front of others."
At this moment, Yingji clearly realized that Kongfan had broken his vows for her, and she also made an exception for Kongfan. She, who never trusted others, now had complete trust in Kongfan.
She tilted her head slightly upwards, her long eyelashes almost brushing Kong Fan's cheek. She looked closely at Kong Fan's profile, and sighed in her heart: He is so handsome.
"Then do you know about the deal between your mother and me?" Yingji asked. She thought, he must know, right? Even if no one told him, he would guess it.
"My mother must have promised you something." Kong Fan said.
"And then?" Ying Ji stepped back slightly, but then faced him again, looking into his eyes.
Kong Fan's eyes were still as clear as ever. He smiled at Ying Ji without showing any concern.
Yingji sighed softly, a soft sigh that melted into the night, adding a touch of gentle charm to her voice. She retreated back to the bed, frowned helplessly at Kongfan, and asked, "Monk, can't you say a few more words?"
"Okay." Kong Fan nodded slightly and said, "There's no need to talk about this between us."
He was replying to her with what she had just said to him.
Yingji was slightly startled, and slowly pursed her lips into a soft smile that showed a tacit understanding.
"I just came to see you and then I'll be leaving." Kong Fan paused. "I just got back and have a lot to do."
"You miss me after such a short time apart? Do you miss your Buddha?"
Kong Fan shook his head helplessly. Without saying a word, he turned and walked into the night.
Yingji watched Kongfan's back fade away into the night. The faint smile between her eyebrows slowly faded. With Kongfan's departure, her good mood was only a flash in the pan, and now her heart was once again trapped in the darkness.
After a while, Yingji breathed a sigh of relief.
Her life was short, and she didn't have time to lament the passing of time. Since Hibiscus and Basho had already come to this, instead of reminiscing about the past, it would be better to take them with her and stride forward.
Yingji closed the window, relit the candle, and flipped through the ancient book again under the lamplight, trying to find details that she had overlooked and hoping to gain more.
Kong Fan had just returned to the palace and was very busy. He had little time to visit Ying Ji, and Ying Ji stayed indoors, studying demon refining and talisman techniques in Xingji Palace, occasionally checking if Jian Feng had contacted her.
On the evening of the third day, a palace maid arrived with a message: Empress Dowager Xue's birthday was in a few days, and the Empress was hosting a palace banquet. Since this was the Empress Dowager's birthday celebration, the six palaces naturally had to prepare gifts. The Empress invited Yingji to come over and discuss the banquet.
Yingji was a little surprised that the queen would look for her.
She was reluctant to waste time on these trivial matters, but after thinking it over, she followed the maid to the Chenfeng Palace where the queen lived.
Ying Ji followed the palace maid into the gate of Chenfeng Palace and was dazzled for a moment.
Rumor has it that in order to force Kong Fan to return to secular life, Empress Dowager Xue searched for beauties and filled the six palaces with them.
The hall is full of beauties and fragrance.
And now, all the beauties in the six palaces turned their heads to look at her. Being stared at by so many beauties in the palace, Ying Ji subconsciously stopped.
"Before you came, the whole garden was full of flowers competing for beauty. Now that you are here, we are all just like green leaves." A cute voice said with a smile.
There were so many beauties in the palace that Yingji tried to follow the voice, but before she could find anyone, someone else spoke up. They chatted back and forth without stopping. Yingji couldn't even tell who was speaking, let alone respond.
Yingji was feeling dizzy when her hand was suddenly grabbed.
She looked back warily and met a gentle girl with eyebrows as graceful as spring willows and eyes as bright as spring water.
"Don't stand, sit down and talk." She pulled Yingji to sit down.
"Aying." The queen sitting at the top finally spoke.
Yingji turned around immediately. She was so confused by all these beauties that she couldn't tell who was who, but she had carefully examined the queen since she came in.
She was a beauty who perfectly combined dignity and grace with beauty that captivated all beings.
"I won't introduce you to everyone one by one, and I don't know when I'll finish. We can get to know each other slowly in the future," the queen said. "You left the palace shortly after entering, so you didn't have the chance to get together with us. So we can just say we've gotten to know each other today."
Yingji gradually understood that the Queen wasn't here to discuss the birthday banquet. It was just a small gathering of the harem, and since she was there, she had invited her.
The difficulties she had expected before coming here did not arise. These beauties gathered together, drinking tea and eating snacks, chatting about their makeup and praising their dresses.
Yingji was born in the palace and had seen a lot of intrigues in the harem. She was quite surprised and uncomfortable with the current atmosphere.
"Sister Ying!"
Yingji looked back in the direction of the sound and saw a beautiful girl with a round face and almond eyes.
Her eyebrows fell, and she clasped her hands together and begged, "You have a good relationship with His Majesty, so please persuade him not to drive me away. I just want to stay in the palace and eat and wait for death!"
Many concubines around laughed.
The queen, who was sitting at the head of the table, smiled indulgently, "As long as you memorize the Buddhist scriptures well, His Majesty will not drive you away."
She smiled and explained to Yingji: "Don't pay attention to her, she is only fifteen, she is still a child."
Only then did Yingji realize that this little girl was also a mortal.
A cold and beautiful woman sitting on the other side suddenly said speechlessly: "Why doesn't His Majesty stay out there doing good deeds and educating others? He will teach us a lesson as soon as he comes back!"
"Aw, no more pretty dresses!"
"It's okay if I don't wear a skirt, but please don't try to persuade me to become a nun!"
Suddenly, cries of grief were heard from all around.
Yingji listened, imagining Kongfan preaching, and a soft smile slowly appeared on her lips.
The voice transmission talisman on the waist suddenly made a sound.
"Aying!"
Hearing the slightly hurried sound of the stream wind, Yingji stood up suddenly.
The Queen looked over and said, "If you have..."
Before the Queen could finish her words, Yingji had already run out like a gust of wind. The Queen coughed lightly, picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip elegantly.
"Aying, I, I've gotten rid of the nightmare. I'll come find you right away!"
"Where are you? I'll pick you up!"
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