Chapter 12: Understanding Wang Nian Shilan
There was a lot of activity in the Yikun Palace. Nian Shilan had the green gauze cabinet in the inner hall dismantled.
That thing blocked the light. Nian Shilan knew that her favor began to decline after Zhen Huan and her companions entered the palace. She didn't want to kick the emperor out of reflex again and make him remember it for nothing.
"Your servant pays respects to Concubine Hua."
Nian Shilan walked out of the bedroom gracefully and glanced at Huang Guiquan lying on the ground. People in the former court and the harem kept saying that the Nian family had evil intentions. How could the Nian family have evil intentions?
This eunuch who was sent from afar was the cleanest in the entire palace.
Listen to this sound, how pure it is?
This is the attitude of the Nian family.
Alas, what a pity that the emperor has a pair of eyes but cannot understand.
Nian Shilan sat down, took out her handkerchief, and said, "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huang Guiquan got the permission and stood up. "Your Majesty, the Queen has prepared a palace for the new ladies to live in. I will read it to you. If you think it is inappropriate, please make changes."
I didn't realize it before, but I didn't expect the queen to be so considerate.
Read it to me and I can revise it.
Those comments were right, love-brain will only lower one's intelligence. Now that she no longer loves the emperor, even the empress begins to like him.
Nian Shilan had actually experienced it once herself and had been a spectator so many times, so she knew very well who lived where, but she had nothing to do and just let Huang Guiquan read beside her.
Listen to it.
With Huang Guiquan's standard eunuch voice as the background, Nian Shilan fiddled with the golden tortoise shell armor on her hand, and when she heard Zhen Huan, she couldn't help but think.
The empress was accustomed to trying to please the emperor. If the emperor gave her a compliment, she would rush to praise him.
He wanted her to be the only one to enjoy the emperor's love and care, so he sent her to Chengqian Palace.
But the queen didn't think about how much help the emperor could give at his age.
Give it to her, give it to her, so she doesn’t have to bother me.
"...Zhen, the commander of Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, always lives in Suiyuxuan."
"Wait a minute—"
Nian Shilan suspected that she had heard wrongly, "Is Concubine Zhen here?"
"Yes, she is the eldest daughter of Zhen Yuandao, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple."
"Isn't she always here?"
Huang Guiquan glanced at the book again, "It's Concubine Zhen, for sure. None of the ladies who entered the palace this time have a title."
"No title? Then who is Wan Changzai?"
Huang Guiquan took another look and said, "I am very worried. The young lady who entered the palace this time did not have Concubine Wan with her. Your Majesty may have been very busy recently, so... did she remember it wrongly?"
Nian Shilan had scolded Zhen Huan all her life, and there was no way she could have remembered the noble lady, Concubine Wan, wrongly.
"Where did you say she lived?"
"To answer your Majesty's question, it's at Suiyuxuan."
Huang Guiquan knew the temperament of Concubine Hua and was afraid that she would worry, so he deliberately said, "Suiyuxuan is remote and deep in Yu Garden. It is not a good place to go. Your Majesty does not need to worry."
Is this a good place to go? How could Nian Shilan not know?
"This was arranged by the Queen?"
In her previous life, the empress had never been to the Tiyuan Palace, but now, thanks to her own blessing, she was able to participate in the palace selection. She probably saw Zhen Huan with her own eyes and also saw the emperor's reaction, and felt the crisis, so she couldn't wait to take action against her.
"To answer your Majesty's question, the others were arranged by the Empress, but this Concubine Zhen was appointed by the Emperor himself."
"emperor?"
Nian Shilan felt that her brain was not enough. "The emperor arranged for Wan and Zhen Huan to live in Suiyuxuan?! Doesn't the emperor always ignore this?"
As expected, she is my sweetheart, so the treatment is different and I have to arrange it personally.
But why would the Emperor arrange for Zhen Huan to go to Sui Yu Xuan?
Huang Guiquan said: "The emperor said that Suiyuxuan is quiet and peaceful, which is very consistent with Miss Zhen's personality."
Although the emperor could hear what Nian Shilan said, he always felt that she was so stupid that she might not be able to see the whole picture with a pair of eyes, and what she saw in her past life might not be true.
So he believed it half and didn't believe it half.
He also felt almost instinctively sympathy for the woman who looked like Jun Yuan.
But thinking that she might bring trouble to the dynasty, he had to be on guard, so he threw the Broken Jade Pavilion far away.
"No one understands Zhen better than the emperor."
Nian Shilan took a sip of tea and understood.
Although Chengqian Palace is close, it is crowded and conspicuous; although Suiyuxuan is far away, it is secluded and quiet, which is the most suitable place for Zhen to accept the favor tactfully. Even if she makes a big noise, others will not hear it.
And the place is far away, so it can show how infatuated he is, right?
"snort."
Nian Shilan twitched the corner of her mouth, with a shrewd light in her eyes: It's all child's play, it can't escape my sharp eyes.
Huang Guiquan looked at the emperor's intention and said, "I heard that on the day when the residence was confirmed, the queen went to see the emperor on purpose."
Oh~
I understand better.
Or is it the Queen who is behind this?
She was still worried that if Junyuan No. 2 entered the palace, she would be favored by all the ladies and dominate the harem.
But what a fool she is, she doesn't know that Sui Yuxuan has the strongest support group for Zhen Huan.
This person cannot go to Suiyuxuan!
"Who will live in Chengqian Palace?"
"My lady, there is no arrangement yet."
"Go and clean up the mess and let Zhen move in."
Huang Guiquan suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, and he looked at Songzhi and found that Songzhi had the same confusion.
"Your Majesty, the Chengqian Palace is spacious and luxurious, and it's close to the Emperor's Yangxin Palace. Isn't it a big deal to let her live there?" Huang Guiquan pointed, gesturing at the orchid.
"It's to lift her up."
It would be best if the emperor and his favorite concubine were together every day, the evil concubine brought disaster to the country, the foolish emperor was licentious, and the government was corrupt, then let the Qing Dynasty be destroyed!
If you dare to kill my entire family, don’t even think about living!
Nian Shilan had a smug smile on her face that others couldn't understand. In fact, she knew in her heart that it was better to feed the baby directly than to keep him hungry.
Lao Deng can be such a jerk sometimes.
"By the way, where is that Sun family?"
Sun Miaoqing who stayed behind for unknown reasons.
Huang Guiquan was confused by Concubine Hua's abnormal behavior today. He was afraid of saying something wrong, so he opened the book again and took a look.
Sister of Sun Zhuhe, the Suzhou weaving maker.
I don't look outstanding, so why does the Empress look at me differently?
Huang Guiquan was just about to flatter her by saying that Miss Sun was just the daughter of a minor official, when he suddenly remembered that the Sun and Nian families were in-laws.
Fortunately, fortunately, I almost said the wrong thing.
"In reply to your Majesty," Huang Guiquan said respectfully, "Mrs. Sun was given the position of a concubine because of your Majesty, and the Empress arranged for her to live in the Yanxi Palace."
Yanxi Palace?
The person who had truly misbehaved in front of the palace and was never allowed to be selected as a concubine again replaced Xia Dongchun, became a concubine, and lived in the Yanxi Palace.
She was not appointed as Consort because of me.
The Jiangnan Weaving Master seemed to be a low-ranking official, in charge of the imperial merchants, which was equivalent to a courtier. However, her background made her an outstanding one among the concubines of this session.
Wait? What did Huang Guiquan say?
Nian Shilan frowned slightly, "You mean... because of me?"