Chapter 16: Concubine Hua won’t

Songzhi replied, "It is hard to guarantee that a new bride will not be favored in the future. The Queen will try to stop her, and we cannot show weakness. Your Majesty, don't you think so?"

Pull it?

Nian Shilan thought of what Xia Dongchun said in her previous life: No matter how well Concubine Hua is rewarded, she is not as good as the Empress.

Although she cannot enter the palace now, what she said may not be the voice of others.

Nian Shilan sneered, "If she is my person, she will come here by herself without any help. If she is not my person, she will not come here even if I open my heart to her. This is called, what is yours cannot escape, and what is not yours cannot be snatched away."

"Even if you don't pull them, give them a warning to show your dignity."

All this money and these items were earned by my brother in the battlefield. Are they given to them as a reward to show off his power?

It would be more appropriate to give them a slap in the face.

After her rebirth, Nian Shilan wanted to emulate the queen, to be a sinister villain who appeared gentle on the outside and was not afraid of insults, but she couldn't help herself.

She couldn't help but say in disdain: "I am now the Concubine Hua, and my status is second only to that of the Empress. I don't need to show off, and they dare not neglect me."

Songzhi was speechless, "But the Queen will definitely give rewards, so won't these people all become the Queen's people?"

What queen's people? Aren't they all dead in the end?

Nian Shilan smiled and did not comment.

"We can keep the things for ourselves. You and Zhou Ninghai can each make a new set of clothes and pick out a box of things you like. The palace will give each of you some bonus money, and the rest can be put in the warehouse."

Rather than giving advantage to those ungrateful people, it is better to protect your own people.

Jingren Palace.

Nian Shilan was not as diligent as last time, and the matter of the new bride entering the palace still fell on Jingren Palace. The ladies of each palace returned to their own palaces to rest, and the empress finally had some free time.

"Your Majesty, you have been tired for a long time today. Have some of the newly offered tangerines."

Huichun brought another plate of tangerines, and Jianqiu immediately picked up one and peeled it for the empress.

"It's been a long time since I've worked so hard." The Queen sighed.

"Empress Hua has been given the power to manage the six palaces, but now she is becoming more and more lazy and doesn't help you do anything." Huichun said dissatisfiedly, "She doesn't do anything, but she still wants to pick the best food."

"Your Majesty, look at these tangerines. There were originally the best pomeloes, but they were picked by Song Zhi from Concubine Hua's palace."

Seeing that the empress didn't care, Jianqiu asked, "Your Majesty is the mother of the country, would you bother with her?"

The queen reached out and picked up the book on the table, flipping through it casually. "These are just trivial matters."

When he looked up and saw the tangerines, he remembered that Concubine Hua seemed to have thought about this before, so he said, "Send the remaining tangerines to Concubine Hua as well."

Huichun was shocked: "My Lady..."

Jianqiu also didn't quite understand the empress anymore.

The queen had no intention of explaining anything to the servants. "Have all the rewards for the palaces been delivered?"

"In reply to your Majesty, they have all been sent." Jianqiu replied, "I have already notified them to come to Jingren Palace to see you in three days."

The Queen turned a page of the book. "What are the reactions?"

"Your Majesty, Auntie Xi has taught us well. The new ladies who have entered the palace are very respectful and dare not neglect them in the slightest."

"Did Concubine Hua send any gifts to the palaces?"

Jianqiu hesitated a little, "I guess Concubine Hua wants to see what the Queen has given her?"

"Oh?" How to say?

The Queen looked up with interest.

"Hua Fei always likes to put Her Majesty first. She must want to see what rewards Her Majesty will give to the ladies in the palaces, so she deliberately hasn't given any rewards until now."

The Queen smiled faintly and said gently but firmly, "She doesn't have this idea. She simply doesn't want to send him away."

Jianqiu summoned up her courage and said, "After the Emperor ascended the throne and Your Majesty entered the palace, he seemed to be particularly fond of Your Majesty Hua, but she has always been disrespectful to you..." There was really no need to be nice to her.

Huichun agreed: "Yes, how can Your Majesty be sure that Concubine Hua has no bad intentions?"

She was unwilling to provide subsidies even for the emperor's selection of beauties, so how could she be reluctant to give money to these new rivals who entered the palace?

The Queen smiled even more: I just know it.

Huichun thought that the queen must have discovered something, so she didn't continue to argue. "But each palace will give gifts to the new ladies who enter the palace. Isn't it too rude of the queen to do this?"

"How is this lack of etiquette?" Compared with her usual arrogance, this was simply being well-behaved.

Jianqiu's eyes rolled, "It's better if she does this. It will save Madam Majesty a lot of trouble."

"Who says it's not?"

Jianqiu meant that the less polite Concubine Hua was, the more prestige the Empress would gain, and she was courting death.

But the Queen may not mean that.

"Oh, yes." The Queen remembered something, "that Concubine Sun."

Jianqiu said: "The relatives of the Nian family, I am afraid that Sun Changzai will enter the palace to join forces with Concubine Hua to deal with the queen?"

The Queen is not afraid of Nian Shilan going against her now, but if Concubine Hua and Sun Miaoqing join forces, it will indeed be troublesome.

She recalled that on the day of the palace selection, Concubine Hua seemed to be absent-minded, and Sun was selected.

It's a pity that I was so focused on listening to the nonsense in her heart that I forgot to pay attention to Sun Miaoqing.

I only remember her saying: Those who should have been kept were not kept, and those who should not have been kept were kept, which shows that Sun Miaoqing was not chosen in her previous life.

Concubine Hua didn't want to change anything, but Sun Miaoqing's life was changed because of this. What is the hidden story behind this?

In the previous life, Suzhou weaving offered tribute at a time when it was not the time to offer tribute, which was an abnormal act. But now it is not offering tribute, which is normal. The Queen did not have a previous life, so naturally she did not know about this strange part.

But if someone who shouldn't be there has a hidden secret, then Concubine Hua's advantage will be gone.

If Concubine Hua loses her advantage, this palace will lose her advantage.

The Queen had to be alert and take precautions in advance, "Ask someone to keep an eye on this Concubine Sun, and inform me if there is anything unusual."

Jianqiu felt relieved: this is her own queen.

"Yes, Madam, I will definitely do it."

Three days later, the palace was closed for audience.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to Jingren Palace. We can't be late tonight." Zhou Ninghai urged, looking at the time.

"It can't be too late, it can't be too late for this time~"

Nian Shilan looked at herself in the bronze mirror and touched the kingfisher feathers on her head: I am indeed the most beautiful woman in the Qing Dynasty. It is really unfair for me to be paired with that old man.

Songzhi praised her lavishly, and Nian Shilan was delighted to hear that: Women are all about exaggeration.

"Let's go." It's time to meet my old rival.

She stood up gracefully, left the palace and got on the sedan chair.