Chapter 104 No One Is Easy to Deal With
"Didn't Her Majesty say that the Ninth Princess should be confined to her room? It would be inappropriate for her to leave Changchun Palace before the time comes." said Concubine Xian.
Her voice is soft and melodious, and she speaks slowly, which is very pleasant to the ears.
Yun Lu replied respectfully: "I don't know about this. The Queen only asked me to invite the Ninth Princess."
"Okay, I understand." Concubine Xian said, and comforted Chu Pan'er softly: "Don't be afraid, Pan'er, the Queen is just asking questions, and your mother will go with you."
Yunlu stood with her head down, and did not stop Concubine Xian from following her to Jingren Palace. Her queen was in a bad mood, and if there were more people to go with her so that she could scold her and vent her anger, maybe she would feel better sooner.
I don't know what the Eighth Prince said to the Queen. She looked very happy when she saw Your Highness leaving the palace.
Xianfei brought Chu Pan'er and walked into Zijingren Palace holding a piece of paper: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Queen."
"Your son pays respects to your mother."
Queen Song, wearing a silver-white phoenix robe, leaned back in a chair and looked up at her lazily: "Xian Fei is quite free today."
Concubine Xian smiled gently: "The Queen is busy managing the harem every day, and I am stupid and can't help, so I will teach the Ninth Princess in the palace, hoping that she can be more sensible."
"Well, it's a good thing that Concubine Xian has this intention." Queen Song looked like she finally had some self-awareness and said, "Show me the palace rules you copied."
Chu Paner held the rice paper and walked forward carefully.
Queen Song took it and flipped through a few pages at random. She slammed the paper in her hand on the table and stared at Chu Pan'er coldly: "Chu Pan'er, I ordered you to copy the palace rules, and this is how you treat me perfunctorily?"
Chu Paner's body trembled like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.
Xian Fei showed a surprised look, and looked at Queen Song in confusion: "What do you mean, Your Majesty? Pan'er has been staying in her own palace these days and has been copying the palace rules carefully. I dare not be perfunctory to Your Majesty."
"Come, take a look for yourself." Queen Song shook the rice paper, making it rustle.
Concubine Xian stepped forward in confusion, took the paper and quickly flipped through a few pages. Her face suddenly changed and she knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down." Then she turned around and glared at Chu Pan'er: "You fool, why don't you kneel down."
Even when she was angry, there was a ripple in Concubine Xian's eyes, which looked more like a bit of coquettishness, and there was no momentum at all.
Chu Paner knelt down with a sad face.
Queen Song looked at Concubine Xian calmly and sneered, "Is this the result of your teaching your daughter? She asked someone to copy the palace rules for her, why didn't she ask someone to be the ninth princess for her?"
"Mother, please calm down. I know I was wrong." Chu Pan'er kowtowed to Queen Song and said, "I was just confused for a moment. Please forgive me, mother."
"If you don't repent, you will be punished by reciting the palace rules twenty more times and confined to your house for three months." Queen Song said, and then looked at Concubine Xian: "Concubine Xian has so much free time that she can't teach her daughter well. Come and copy the palace rules with me. If you don't finish reciting the palace rules forty times, you don't have to leave Changchun Palace."
The virtuous concubine's expression changed slightly, and she thought to herself that the queen was in a bad mood and was taking her out on her.
Although she thought so in her heart, Concubine Xian did not dare to show it on her face. She only responded respectfully and submissively: "I will obey the Queen's order."
"Leave." Queen Song waved her hand and said, "Reflect on yourself in the palace. You are no longer an ignorant three-year-old child. You need to use your brain before doing anything. Otherwise, when you get married, people will laugh at me for being an incompetent princess of the royal family."
These words were spoken to Chu Paner.
Chu Paner's face turned red after being scolded, but she didn't dare to refute a word and just responded in a hesitant manner.
"I will definitely teach the Ninth Princess well. I will take my leave now."
The virtuous concubine bowed respectfully and then told Chu Pan'er to leave.
Queen Song looked at Concubine Xian's departing back, her eyes narrowed slightly, as if thinking about something, and suddenly asked, "Shaohua, how old was the fifth prince when he was adopted by Concubine Xian?"
Shao Hua replied: "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince was adopted by Concubine Xian when he was seven years old, which was the year Your Majesty entered the palace."
"How is your relationship with Concubine Xian?" asked Queen Song.
Shao Hua said, "I often hear people say that the Fifth Prince is very filial to Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xian treats the Fifth Prince as if he were her own son, no worse than the Ninth Princess. However, Concubine Xian was canonized as a concubine not long after she adopted the Fifth Prince. It is also because of her son that she is honored as a mother, so it is only natural for her to be good to the Fifth Prince."
"Speaking of the three concubines, Concubine Shu is domineering, Concubine Yi is irritable, and only Concubine Xian has a gentle personality and a good reputation in the harem." Yun Lu interrupted, saying, "Why did the queen think of asking these questions today?"
In the past, the Empress was too lazy to meet these concubines unless it was necessary to pay her respects, let alone pay attention to whether they had a good relationship with her children.
"Anyone who can climb to the position of a concubine and stay there for many years is not a good person. Aren't there many people in the palace who are two-faced?" Queen Song said unhappily, "I just asked this question because I saw Concubine Xian."
She really wanted to catch Chu Jinyan and give him a beating.
This brat had a crush on anyone but Lu Xiang. She was so obsessed that she agreed to a one-year agreement. If Lu Xiang was willing to marry Chu Jinyan after a year, she would definitely not want Lu Xiang to suffer. She had to step into the muddy water of the crown prince competition even though she didn't want to. And during this year, she had to watch Chu Jinyan so that she wouldn't be easily killed by others. If they had more interactions, they would be considered as a party by default, and the Song family would be forced to stand behind Chu Jinyan...
When Queen Song thought of this, she couldn't help but feel so angry that her liver ached.
Given the emperor's love for Chu Jinyan, he will definitely not give birth to another legitimate son. She has no children, and no matter who ascends the throne in the future, they will have to respect her as the empress dowager. The Song family has a long history and a deep foundation, and even if the new emperor ascends the throne, they will not dare to move easily. That's why Queen Song doesn't care how the princes fight.
But now, because of her momentary impulse, she had to make some plans for that little bastard Chu Jinyan, and Queen Song suddenly felt that she couldn't even cry.
Are the peaceful days over?
If Chu Jinyan knew that Queen Song had thought so much after he left, she would probably reply to her coldly: You think too much, I just simply want to stop you from adopting Lu Xiang as your adopted daughter.
"Shaohua, send the gifts I prepared to the Lu Mansion, and ask Xiangxiang to come to the palace tomorrow. Yunlu, prepare more delicious food tomorrow." It was all Chu Jinyan's fault. He made her become a trustworthy villain. She didn't know how to comfort Xiangxiang's wounded heart tomorrow.
Shaohua and Yunlu looked at Queen Song, whose face was conflicted and her teeth were gnashing, and they looked at each other in confusion.
"Yes, madam."
My master, if you do this, it will be easy for people to misunderstand that you want to call the third young lady into the palace to bully her.
The next day, Lu Xiang entered the palace holding the pair of glass bottles he got from Qiao Jingru.
Under the warm sunlight, the girl's skin was as white as snow, with a hint of pink. Her bright eyes were slightly narrowed on her oval face. A emerald flower-branched gem hairpin was embedded in her waterfall-like black hair, its color as proud as winter plums and more beautiful than spring flowers.
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