Xiang Yini sat on the bed, raised her hand and slowly lifted the hijab.
Huan Pei frowned and stopped him: "Empress, you have to wait until Your Highness comes before you can lift your hijab!"
Xiang Yini showed a faint smile and said: "Your Highness is not coming, so there is no need to wait. Just turn off the lights."
Huan Pei pursed her lips and said, "But, maybe Your Highness..."
Xiang Yini raised her eyebrows slightly and said: "Have you seen His Highness's attitude today? His love and indulgence towards Chu Jiaoli has no bottom line at all. Didn't you find out just now? His Highness stayed in Biluo Palace, wouldn't he?
I have planned to come here, and Bai Yueying should have gone to bed long ago, so why should we wait? I am tired and want to go to bed."
Hearing this, Huanpei sighed softly and said: "Yes..."
"Knock, buckle, buckle." Hearing a rapid knock on the door, Huanpei, who was about to blow out the lamp, paused slightly, looked out the door, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then whispered happily to Xiang Yini: "Mother,
Is Your Highness here?"
Xiang Yini frowned slightly and said, "If you are Your Highness, why bother knocking on the door?"
"That's true..."
Hearing the increasingly urgent knock on the door, she pursed her lips and said, "Huan Pei, please open the door."
"Yes."
"Creak!" With a sound, the door was opened from the inside, and immediately a red figure jumped in, knocking Huan Pei to the ground.
The man turned around and closed the door tightly, then ran to Xiang Yini.
Xiang Yini raised her eyes and looked a little complicated. She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Concubine Bai, what are you doing here?"
Bai Yueying gritted her teeth and knelt down in front of her with a "pop" sound.
Xiang Yini was slightly surprised and said: "What are you..."
"Princess Princess, please help me escape from this prince's mansion!" Bai Yueying begged with tears in her eyes.
As soon as these words came out, Xiang Yi was stunned for a moment, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. She would actually beg her?
She raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Why did you ask me for help?"
Bai Yueying sniffed and said: "If I hadn't told the maids in the Duke's Mansion that I was jealous and wanted to cause trouble for you, Princess, they wouldn't have let me out. It would be good for you to help me.
Yes, please..."
Hearing this, Xiang Yini was silent for a moment, then showed a faint smile and said: "I'm sorry, helping you doesn't do me any good."
Bai Yueying frowned, looked at the life-saving straw in front of her, and said eagerly: "Why? There is one less concubine in the house competing for your favor. What's wrong with this?"
Xiang Yini glanced at her casually and said: "It is not my fault to be jealous. Your Highness is the one who achieves great things. Having a group of wives and concubines is a common thing, and your existence is related to whether His Highness's position in the court is stable.
For His Highness’s consideration, why should I help you?”
"You!" Bai Yueying was furious. She never thought that this beautiful thing was not as complicated as a woman competing for favor, and her thoughts were so far-reaching...
After thinking about this, she stood up and said sarcastically to her with shame: "Then I wish your highness to ascend the throne as soon as possible and make you the queen!"
Xiang Yini showed a faint smile and said: "Thank you."
"Humph." Bai Yueying snorted coldly, then threw up her sleeves and left.
The next day, the servants in the mansion looked at the two concubines who came to Biluo Hall to serve tea to the Crown Princess. They couldn't help talking about it, hiding their faces and snickering.
Xiang Yini slowly lowered her head. Could it be...that because Beigong Tengxiao didn't come last night and left her alone in the empty room, was she laughed at?
After thinking about it, she bit her lip and clenched the fist in her sleeve.
Bai Yueying felt uncomfortable being laughed at like this. She frowned and turned her head and said, "Cornus, what are they laughing at?"
The maid Zhuyu behind Bai Yueying had a complicated expression. She leaned into her ear and whispered: "My Lady, you went to Concubine Xiang's room last night. Everyone knows."
Bai Yueying paused and said, "What do you know?"
"They all said that on a night of flowers and candles in the cave, the two empresses actually met in secret behind His Highness's back and lifted each other's headscarves. It might be like polishing a mirror..."
"Absurd!" Bai Yueying turned pale with fright. Although her secret was not leaked, this rumor not only slandered her character, but also put a strange cuckold on Bei Gong Tengxiao!
She immediately stood farther away from Xiang Yini beside her.
The ring on Xiang Yini's side also explained the situation to her. Xiang Yini frowned slightly in discomfort and said, "Who spread this outrageous rumor?"
Huanpei shook his head and said, "I don't know."
Inside the house, Zi Lin was also reporting the matter to Chu Jiaoli.
Chu Jiaoli covered her face and chuckled, saying: "Wouldn't this drive those two people crazy?"
Zi Lin couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is what His Highness ordered Jing to spread. The two concubines were jealous as soon as they entered the palace. Concubine Bai went to make trouble for Concubine Xiang. When word spreads, Your Highness
I couldn’t save face, so I simply distorted the facts..."
Chu Jiaoli sighed softly and whispered to Zi Lin: "Is it possible that His Highness is concerned about such rumors? He is really willful, and I don't want to discuss such a big matter with this palace."
"If I tell my concubine first, will she agree? Just think of it as His Highness venting your anger on you." Zi Lin advised her.
Chu Jiaoli looked a little helpless and said: "Well, there is another advantage to this. At least they don't dare to have close contact and work together to do bad things."
"It would be great if the empress can think like this."
Chu Jiaoli raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Have you known about this for a long time? Have you been hiding it from me?"
Zi Lin pouted softly and said: "His Highness said that I can only say it after Your Highness leaves the house. I also listen to Your Highness. Don't blame me, Your Majesty..."
"Why is he afraid of my training?" Chu Jiaoli joked leisurely.
The two concubines stepped into the Biluo Palace with heavy thoughts, and saw Chu Jiaoli, who was wearing luxurious clothes, lying lazily on the imperial concubine's couch, joking with Zi Lin next to her, not at all displeased by her husband.
I feel depressed after having a concubine.
The two concubines bowed to Chu Jiaoli and said, "Yoni (Yueying), please give my regards to the empress."
"Get up."
"Thank you, empress."
Chu Jiaoli sat up, took the tea cup from Zi Lin, took a sip of tea, and said: "I have something to tell you. Your Highness received an urgent report this morning that the Dongling Kingdom sneaked into the north.
There is a shortage of food at the border of Hades. His Highness was ordered to transport military rations to the border. The round trip will take more than ten days. During the period of His Highness's absence, you should keep your duties in the palace and do not cause more troubles and upset His Highness."
The two of them were stunned for a moment, then lowered their heads and said, "I would like to follow your mother's teachings."
Although they appear to be submissive, the two of them also have hidden agendas.
Xiang Yini slowly clenched the fist in her sleeve. She just got married yesterday, and the next day Beigong Tengxiao left for a long trip. She actually asked Chu Jiaoli to tell her that once upon a time, she no longer had that high and noble status.
Now that she was being ignored like this, she felt that she had suffered huge humiliation in her heart.
