Chapter 629 Fighting for favor
"This servant thinks that the Queen Mother suddenly shook hands with the girl to make peace. It was just a roundabout way. The girl must not lower her guard." Baozhu said softly, seeing that Qin Zhao was not that happy.
"Maybe it's because I can't have children that Queen Mother Guo decided to change her strategy." Qin Zhao responded quietly.
Perhaps even Empress Dowager Guo has understood that Qin Zhao cannot become a concubine in the harem and cannot conceive, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
For example, Concubine Wu once controlled the harem and covered the sky with one hand, but she could not give birth to a child. In the end, she only found Concubine Wu as her wife.
She is like Concubine Wu, who cannot give birth to children, and has no name or status in the harem. Just say that one day Xiao Ce dies, she will not even be able to become a concubine.
In this case, why should Queen Mother Guo spend more effort to deal with her, thus causing the mother-son separation between Queen Mother Guo and Xiao Ce?
Queen Mother Guo has used her ultimate move, and now she does not pose any threat to the harem.
The room suddenly became quiet.
Everyone felt very heavy. In this harem, a girl with no heirs and no status is really no threat in the harem, so the Queen Mother can tolerate the existence of girls.
But for the girl, staying in the palace like this without status, isn't this a humiliation?
Qin Zhao saw that everyone was mourning, and he joked in a brisk voice: "Your expressions are as heavy as if I am about to die."
Bao Zhu immediately answered: "Girl likes delicious food, why not instruct Bao Yu to make a dessert?"
Qin Zhao thought this was a good way to change his mood: "Baoyu, you will be of great use now. Come on, let's go to the kitchen."
Qin Zhao gave the order and everyone went to the small kitchen.
Baoyu now has experience in making desserts, and with a little guidance from Qin Zhao, she can make a pattern. This time she made a fruit chowder, and Qin Zhao's appetite suddenly increased when he saw the brightly colored fruits of all kinds.
She praised while eating: "The desserts made by Baoyu are getting more and more delicious. You should try it quickly. I think now, not having a status is not a problem. The point is that the palace has whatever it wants. I will just eat here."
Waiting to die is a beautiful thing."
"Bah, bah, bah, the girl always said some unlucky things. A woman as blessed as the girl will definitely be rich and powerful and live a long life in the future." Baozhu said hurriedly.
Qin Zhao didn't bother to pay attention to her, so he added a few bowls of desserts, one for each person, and she took two portions to her room to eat.
"Although the desserts are delicious, the girl still needs to exercise some restraint. I have noticed that the girl has gained weight recently." Baozhu followed Qin Zhao and reminded her.
Qin Zhao looked down at his waistline: "There is still room to gain weight, don't be afraid."
It's only because Baoyu's cooking skills have improved recently that she gained some weight. Fortunately, she has a good body. Although she eats a lot of high-calorie delicacies, she doesn't gain much weight.
Seeing what Qin Zhao said, Bao Zhu could only lament that his master was so arrogant.
Everyone was still feeling sad just now, but the girl was in a normal mood. A bowl of dessert made her put away her worries.
A woman like this girl has her own place in the harem, right?
Qin Zhao did not forget Xiao Ce when he had something good, and specially asked Baozhu to send a copy to the Yangxin Palace.
Zhang Jixiang was worrying about the food for Long Live Lord. When he saw Baozhu bringing a dessert, he immediately sent it to Xiao Ce attentively: "Your Majesty, this is the dessert that Miss Qin specially ordered Baozhu to send here. Do you want to try it?
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Xiao Ce heard the mention of Qin Zhao and turned to look.
Zhang Jixiang immediately sent the dessert to Xiao Ce and said, "Your Majesty, would you like to try it?"
Xiao Ce saw all kinds of brightly colored fruits and thought they looked good, so he took a bite.
Maybe it was because the desserts were delicious, or maybe it was because Qin Zhao's kindness made him happy, so the bowl of desserts quickly ran out.
"Is the orb still there?" Xiao Ce asked.
"Waiting outside." Zhang Jixiang immediately called Baozhu to the imperial court.
"What has Zhao Zhao done before? You might as well tell me." Xiao Ce asked seemingly casually.
Bao Zhu thought for a while and felt that there was nothing to say. The girl could only eat and drink. She couldn't talk to the emperor about the girl's worries.
"I have been researching new desserts before. The girl thought they were delicious, so she specially ordered the slaves to bring them over. Other than that, there is nothing special about them." Baozhu replied softly.
Xiao Ce's lips curved slightly: "Did she say she was boring?"
"As for your Majesty, I have not." Baozhu responded respectfully.
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Ce said, "Tell Zhao Zhao that today's dessert is wonderful."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Baozhu responded and retreated.
After returning to Jinyang Palace, Baozhu conveyed Xiao Ce's words. After hearing this, Qin Zhao smiled and said: "If the emperor says it is not delicious, then I will not give it to you in the future."
"When I went there, there was a lot of food on the royal table, but none of it was touched. But the emperor ate the dessert the girl gave me as soon as he saw it. It can be seen that the emperor liked the dessert the girl sent over very much." Baozhu said with a smile.
It is true that Baoyu is good at cooking, but it is still because this dessert is the girl's wish and the emperor likes it.
"It seems that I need to send more food to the Yangxin Hall in the future to prevent the emperor from sleeping and forgetting to eat because of political affairs. The emperor is a hard-working person. If I were the emperor, I would definitely..."
"Girl, please don't talk nonsense!" Bao Zhu interrupted Qin Zhao in a hurry.
"Don't worry, there is no one around who can't hear my treacherous assumptions." Qin Zhao saw Baozhu's nervous look and raised the corners of his lips.
She has a good ear. If someone comes to Jinyang Palace, she will know it immediately. After being immersed in the palace for two lives, does she still know that walls have ears?
"I'm afraid that someone has entered Jinyang Palace without knowing it. The most fortunate thing for me, slave, is that the emperor did not randomly place palace servants or servants who don't know the details of Jinyang Palace, otherwise it would be impossible to prevent them." Baozhu sighed.
Qin Zhao felt that Baozhu's words were reasonable, and the matter of sending sugar water to Yangxin Hall was revealed.
However, the next day passed, Empress Dowager Guo successively circulated edicts to all the concubines in the harem, and those with high status were all named.
Everyone went to Cihe Palace to pay their respects, and the only person left behind was Wu Xirou.
Two days later, Wu Xirou was a little frightened when she saw that Queen Mother Guo had not called her by name to see her.
She had also heard from other sisters before that Empress Dowager Guo came to see them to ask them to serve Xiao Ce well and strive to sleep with him as soon as possible. This was obviously to support their fight for favor.
Why did Queen Mother Guo leave her behind?
Could it be that Queen Mother Guo has a prejudice against her because of her aunt?
By mid-July, Queen Mother Guo seemed to have finally remembered that Wu Xirou was missing, so she called Wu Xirou to Cihe Palace again.
Wu Xirou felt a little uneasy.
Judging from what happened after Queen Mother Guo became the Queen Mother, Queen Mother Guo was a resourceful person. Before, Queen Mother Guo left her alone, could it be because she wanted to beat her?
(End of chapter)
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