They talked about all sorts of conspiracies, all believing that the Lin family and Lin Wanyue were nothing more than pawns in someone else's scheme, unable to cause any real trouble.
So the topic veered off course completely, with some people adding fuel to the fire by talking about how many palace maids and eunuchs around the emperor had been replaced.
"Speaking of this, it really makes me furious!" one of the concubines said angrily. "He insisted on replacing the palace maids and eunuchs around His Majesty, and so many people in the palace were replaced! Even the palace maids I've been using since I entered the palace were replaced by him! He said that once they turned twenty-five, they should be sent out of the palace to get married!"
"Those are all palace maids I'm used to. What kind of good life can they have outside? It's better for them to stay by my side. At least they won't lack food or drink and will have some dignity. Now that you've sent my people away all at once, how can the little palace maids and eunuchs below be as considerate? It makes me so angry."
After Qi Sichen returned, he first replaced all the palace maids and eunuchs around Qi Yuan. Later, he gradually adopted this as a rule and replaced all the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace.
This naturally also affected the imperial concubines who were kept in the Chunqiu Pavilion.
So these women started secretly cursing Qi Sichen for being brain-dead again. Just as they were chatting happily, Consort Xiao noticed that Liu Shuhua, who had been hiding in the shadows, stood up.
Then he walked out without saying a word.
Those people were talking happily and didn't pay much attention to Liu Shuhua's movements.
Anyway, she didn't like talking to them, and there was nothing gossip to talk about.
Following Consort Xiao's gaze, Consort Su looked towards the door and saw Liu Shuhua's skirt disappearing at the entrance. She said with some disdain, "Why bother with her, Sister Xiao? That's just her nature! She's always like this, leaving on time. Sister Xiao, tell me, those palace maids are all over twenty years old when they leave the palace. What good families can they marry into outside?"
"No matter who they marry, it's still better than suffering like us in this palace." A look of melancholy appeared on Consort Xiao's face.
Upon hearing this, Consort Su and the people around her completely lost their previous angry expressions.
In fact, they were not very old, only in their twenties or thirties, not much older than the older palace maids who were released, yet they could only spend their whole lives guarding these high palace walls.
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