Chapter 245: Winning over and weighing each other’s interests
On this day, Concubine Li had just finished putting on her morning makeup when the eunuch who served as messenger came in with a smile on his face and said: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Zhang from Yangze Palace has sent something."
"Is this Zhang Ze, Eunuch Zhang?" Li Fei asked.
"Exactly."
"Then please invite him in. I happen to have something to say to him." Li Fei raised her hand and stroked her temples. The tassels on her red jade steps were rustling, as if her closest friend was whispering to her. This is her favorite gemstone, but she can only wear it when she is sitting on the concubine's throne.
During these days of being a noble, she really hated those opals, they were shining like thieves and always seemed to be peeping.
"Cuiqiao, please divide all the jewelry I had when I was a nobleman!" Liguiren looked at her soft and boneless jade hands.
"Divided? Who will the empress give it to?" Cui Qiao asked.
"Of course it's you people," Li Guiren twisted her neck slightly, "If you can't take it out, just keep it at the bottom of the box. It will also be good for retirement capital in the future."
As soon as he finished speaking, Eunuch Zhang walked in, paid his respects to Concubine Li according to the ceremony, and said: "Your Majesty sent his servants to bring some blood swallows and purple ginseng tonic to the empress. Please take a look at it."
"What's there to see? If you take too many supplements this season, you'll get angry?" Li Fei smiled softly, "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law."
"Don't dare, don't dare, this is what a slave should do, and it's not worthy of being praised by a queen." Zhang Ze said quickly.
"I have been ill for the past two days and have not had time to thank you in person." Li Fei said, "You were the first to arrive at Qifengtai that night. If you had gone up and pulled me off at that time, I would not be able to live there again now."
This is Tamamogu Shrine.
What's more, when Shang Qiyan tried to stop me later, you persuaded him. These two crucial moments are all thanks to you."
"My servant is short-sighted and has no special intention to protect you, the empress." Zhang Ze always refused to take credit.
"Eunuch Zhang said this, which makes me look at you differently." Li Fei nodded, appreciating, "Anyway, you did do something beneficial to me.
I am a person who always repays kindness, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will never treat you badly."
Then he asked people around him to reward Zhang Ze with money. Eunuch Zhang repeatedly declined, but he couldn't refuse, so he accepted it and thanked Concubine Li again.
After he left, Li Fei said to her two confidants: "Zhang Ze is a good person, he has a clear mind and is considerate in his work.
As far as I know, he has not taken refuge with any concubine yet.
I used to be arrogant and arrogant, and I never thought about winning over the people around the emperor. Now it seems that it is impossible. At some point, I will have to be carried in a sedan chair."
"What you said makes sense, and we have learned a lot from it.
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on the sky and the earth. Now that the empress has finally turned over, she must make good plans for the future." Cui Qiao said.
"If you don't take care of yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth." Li Fei smiled, "I don't want to block the knife for others anymore."
"Empress, Concubine Xian sent someone to bring you your favorite dried fruits. She also asked how you are now. After half a day of work, Concubine Xian will come to visit you in person." The palace who delivered the message.
People came in again to reply.
"It's true that when you are poor in the busy city and no one cares about you, but when you are rich in the mountains you have distant relatives!" Li Fei smiled coldly and said, "Thank you for the generous gift from Concubine Xian. I am not feeling well now. I told her not to come, so as not to worry about it."
Give her the sickness."
During the days when Concubine Li was ill, Concubine Xian came to visit her more than once, but Concubine Li did not see her for various reasons.
"Mother, it's not good for us to keep losing face over there." Yinye advised in a low voice, "No matter what, we can't break up now. If she feels that we are about to break up, she will inevitably take action against us.
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"That's right, I've thought of this too, but you know my temper. If I greet you with a smile as if nothing happened, it will make her even more suspicious." Li Fei flicked her nails and said,
"Let her wait for a few days before we talk."
Jiaolan Palace.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Li still refuses to see you." Kang Guang said cautiously.
"She is still so angry." Concubine Xian shook her head helplessly.
"Your Majesty, I'm a little worried. Concubine Li is so heartless. Doesn't she want to break up with us?" Kang Guang asked.
"It's not that bad." Concubine Xian also considered this point over and over for a long time. "If she doesn't join me, it will only make her even more alone in the palace.
She has nothing to rely on. A concubine without a son is nothing in the palace. Will she turn around and seek refuge with the queen? Or is she a lucky concubine?
At most there is some minor friction between us, but not between her and those two. You don’t have to worry, she will make her money back in a few days."
"If that's the case, that's okay. But it's strange to say that no one can figure out how this Concubine Li was able to divine that there would be stars falling that night? Could it be that she really has psychic powers?" Kang Guang
I have been thinking about this question over and over in my mind these days.
"Why don't I find it strange? Concubine Li and the people around her have absolutely no such ability." Concubine Xian shook her head, looking hesitant, "Even that person didn't know about Xingyun, otherwise he would have been there long ago.
You informed me, where will it be her turn?"
"When Concubine Li changes her mind, I might as well ask her." Kang Guang said, "If he tells her directly, it means that she and we are still of the same mind. If she hides it and refuses to say it, the empress will have to be wary of her.
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"You are right, I also plan to use this to test her!" Concubine Xian said, "Okay, let's not worry about things here for now. It's time to go to the Queen's side and see if there is anything we need to do.
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"Your Majesty, please stand up slowly, I will support you." Kang Guang said, raising his hand and letting Concubine Xian hold it.
In Yangze Palace, the emperor and Qingque sit across from each other.
"It's been three days, why haven't the Imperial Masters told me the good or bad omen of the last starfall?" The emperor couldn't help but ask.
Qingque still looked calm and unconcerned, and said: "Your Majesty, do you think it is good or bad?"
"I don't know." The emperor shook his head, "I am not a perfect person. I have done wrong things and done right things. I don't know what God is showing me this time."
"I can tell your majesty that this starfall is a disaster." Although Qingque said it was a knot, the expression on his face did not change at all, which made the emperor less nervous.
"Is this disaster over?" the emperor asked.
"Anyone who wants to achieve enlightenment will have to endure calamity." Qingque smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, just treat him with a normal heart."
"If the Imperial Master said this, then I can feel relieved." The emperor said, "That concubine prayed for me at that time, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"No problem." Qingque has never been alarmist. This is the most different thing between him and the previous Taoist priests.
The more he behaves like this, the more the emperor trusts him.