I ran out of Panlong Palace like a wild beast. Xia Yan's wanton and seductive laughter followed me like a shadow. I was so scared that I had to speed up my pace and escape.
"Put yourself in the Xianfu Palace!"
"Your Majesty, it's still early, didn't you just go there at night?" Xiao Junzi asked puzzledly.
"What difference does it make if you go early or late?"
Xiao Junzi nodded and immediately ordered someone to carry him up. I strode up and walked for a while before the heat in my lower abdomen gradually subsided. I breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling like I was surviving a disaster.
When Concubine Xian heard that I was coming, she came out of the palace to greet me with great joy.
After losing her arrogant son, the concubine Xian led the palace servants to kneel down and say, "Welcome to you, your Majesty!"
"Get up!" I said calmly.
Concubine Xian stood up shyly and took my arm: "I didn't expect the king to come so early!"
"After finishing the things at hand, I came over to see if your hand is okay!" I couldn't help but ask when I saw the bandage in her sleeve.
"Your Majesty's skin is so delicate, how could it not hurt after being scratched? But Your Majesty didn't want the King to be upset when he saw it, so she ordered us slaves not to tell the King!" Ping'er, the palace maid next to her, said boldly.
Concubine Xian glared angrily: "Ping'er, I want you to talk too much!"
How could I not understand this intention? This palace maid obviously wanted to use this excuse to make me feel sorry for Concubine Xian, so I said it was okay.
Xianfu Palace is naturally not as luxurious and solemn as Panlong Palace, but in my opinion, it is also the best among the main palaces, and everything is well furnished.
Concubine Xian happened to be simmering lotus seed soup, and the whole room was filled with the fragrance of lotus seeds. I smelled it and it tasted great.
"Your Majesty, please have a taste!" It seemed that it was simmered, so Concubine Xian diligently served a bowl to me.
I wanted to pick it up, but suddenly I thought of the last time Rui Xueji drugged me, so I quickly retracted my hand and said, "Let it go for now!"
Concubine Xian was a little disappointed, but she still nodded with a strong smile: "It's okay to leave it alone, I'll wait until I'm done with it before I can serve the king!"
Sitting here, I feel uneasy. I just want to find a reason to go back quickly. I can't even talk to Concubine Xian absent-mindedly.
Concubine Xian bit her lower lip and said with great grievance: "Your Majesty, I know that I am old and beautiful, so you no longer love me!"
I was stunned: "Why do you have such an idea?"
Concubine Xian gave a wry smile. She was far less arrogant and domineering than before. She stood up and knelt at my feet. She looked at me with a pair of watery eyes and said, "Please forgive me for my faux pas. There are some things I really have to say!"
"Say it!" Perhaps because we are both women, I actually sympathized with her. After serving Xia Yan for so many years, in the end she was just a pawn to be used.
"Since Chang Ting came, you have not treated me as well as before. I know that jealousy of a palace concubine is a serious sin, but have you ever thought about my feelings? She is disrespectful to me. You always turn to her, but I can't do anything.
After punishing her for a little, the king became furious! How will I face the many sisters in the palace in the future? Now Changting is pregnant... I feel envious in my heart, but I also hate that I am useless and can't serve the king like Changting.
I am pregnant with a prince to please the king!"
When talking about the emotional part, Concubine Xian choked up many times and wiped her tears frequently. She looked so pitiful.
I sighed and reached out to hold her: "You are still young, why are you worried about not having children?"
"But your Majesty will always stay at Changting!" Concubine Xian said coquettishly, wiping away her tears.
"Because Changting was sick a few days ago!" I explained patiently.
