Chapter 300: Responding with innuendo and laughter
It rained all night, and at dawn the birds called out for the clear sky.
After the queen had breakfast, the concubines and concubines came to pay their respects and then left.
The eunuchs, eunuchs, and maids in charge of several places went back and forth to report matters, and it was almost an hour before they were all dealt with.
"Empress, the daughter of the Jin family whom you announced is already waiting outside, can you ask her to come in?" the messenger lady came in and asked.
"Didn't you see that my queen was resting?" Xue Ge looked at the palace maid coldly and said, "I haven't had much time to do since I got up early. After finally being quiet for a while, you came running in again."
The palace maid was so frightened that she lowered her head and did not dare to speak again.
"What's wrong with asking her to wait for a while? It's not too late to ask her to come in after the queen has rested." Xue Ge said, raising her chin.
At this time, Jin Lingyi had been waiting outside for more than half an hour.
After the palace maid came out, she said to her: "Miss Jin, my queen is not free at the moment. Please be patient and wait a little longer."
After hearing this, Jin Lingyi quickly replied: "Thank you, sister. I'll just wait here."
The queen took a nap, and when she woke up, she asked, "What time is it?"
"It's three o'clock, Your Majesty." The maid serving next to you brought tea. "I'll invite you to have tea. The people from the royal kitchen will come over and ask for instructions on what to eat for lunch."
"It should be lighter, not sweet," the queen said, "let Du Juan explain it to them in detail."
"This tea is good today," the queen said after taking a sip. "What kind of water did you use?"
"I'm telling you, it's the snow water on the plum blossoms that was collected last winter. It was said that it can't be opened until the ninth day of April." Huamei said with a smile, "Today is the first time. Is it really good for your Majesty to taste it?"
"It's very good," the queen said with a slight smile, "remember that the emperor will also use this to make tea when he comes."
The people below agreed, and the queen slowly finished a cup of tea before saying, "Why do I seem to remember summoning someone else in a daze?"
"If your Majesty doesn't say anything, this slave will forget that there is a young lady from the Jin family waiting outside." Xue Ge said.
"Well, then let her come in." the queen said.
At this time, Jin Lingyi had been waiting outside for almost two hours. The ground was damp and the sun had risen very high.
The place where she stood was originally shaded, but as the sun rose, her whole body was exposed to the sun.
Although the weather isn't hot yet, it's hard to be under the sun all the time.
Jin Lingyi felt that her exposed hands and face were swollen from the sun, and she was afraid that the skin would peel off.
Although her family's family background is not very high, she has been pampered since she was a child and has never suffered such hardship.
"Miss Jin, the Empress announces that you should come in." It's the same maid who delivered the message before.
Jin Lingyi quickly agreed, sighed secretly, and followed the palace maid slowly in.
When she entered the palace in the past, she always followed the rules and came to the Queen's palace first to pay her respects, but nine and a half times out of ten she was not seen.
So every time I just bowed outside the palace and went to Concubine Fu's side.
"My daughter, Jin Lingyi, would like to send my greetings to the Empress. May your Majesty be blessed." Jin Lingyi greeted the Empress calmly and generously.
"No gift," the queen said very kindly, "I will give you a seat."
"Thank you so much, Queen." Jin Lingyi thanked her and just turned sideways, sitting only half of the chair to show respect.
"Show tea to Miss Jin." The queen said, "How are your parents at home?"
"I have a question," Jin Lingyi just sat down and then stood up to answer, "My father and mother are all well."
"Sit down and talk. You don't have to be so polite." The Queen said, "How old are you this year?"
"My daughter is seventeen this year," Jin Lingyi replied.
"You are exactly the same age as Hua'er." The queen smiled, "You and the fifth prince's concubine are indeed cousins. Just looking at it, there is indeed some similarity."
"Your Majesty, you are so honored. My daughter is no match for my cousin," Jin Lingyi said.
"Do you like reading on weekdays?" the queen asked.
"I just recognize a few words, I'm not blind. In fact, I'm not afraid of the queen's jokes. My daughter has fallen asleep when she was reading since she was a child, so she really has a muddy head." Jin Lingyi said.
At this time, the palace maid brought tea to Jin Lingyi. When Jin Lingyi reached out to pick it up, he accidentally missed it and the tea cup fell to the ground.
The tea cup was smashed to pieces and the tea flowed all over the floor.
"It was my rudeness that shocked the empress." Jin Lingyi quickly knelt on the ground to plead guilty.
"Get up quickly, it's just a tea cup, what does it mean?" the queen said, "It's all because they were careless, how can they blame you?"
"It's all your fault, Miss Jin, get up quickly!" Xue Ge apologized and helped Jin Lingyi up.
Then someone came up to clean it up, and a palace maid made tea for Jin Lingyi again and brought it to her.
"Would you like to try the taste of this tea? When I was young, I liked drinking tea with a light taste like this." The Queen said, "Now that I am getting older, I like tea with a stronger taste."
"The empress has a face as beautiful as jade, and she is eternally youthful. I guess she is working hard on the affairs of the Sixth Palace, so her tea taste is a bit heavier." Jin Lingyi said with a smile.
From beginning to end, the queen never said anything bad to her, or even made insinuations.
Jin Lingyi was also generous and decent, neither humble nor overbearing.
Until a palace maid came in and said that lunch was ready, Jin Lingyi stood up and left.
The queen said, "You are a very good child, and I like it very much. I don't have anything good to give you, so I will give you this string of gold beads!"
Jin Lingyi thanked him and accepted the queen's reward.
The Queen then said, "It's been a while since you entered the palace, but you haven't gone to Concubine Fu to pay her regards, have you?"
"I will not go to Concubine Fu today. I will go to concubine Fu to pay her respects another day." Jin Lingyi said, "I have harassed the Queen for a long time. I hope you will forgive me."
Jin Lingyi left Ronghua Palace, walked out of the palace gate, and got into his carriage. Only then did his smiling face show a look of pain.
"Girl, how are you?" the maid who followed asked hurriedly.
"When I knelt down in Ronghua Palace, broken pieces of porcelain stuck into my flesh." Jin Lingyi lifted up her skirt, and her moon-white panties were soaked with blood. "Thanks to the crimson red skirt I was wearing.
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"Oh," the maid screamed, "it's so deep that it can't be taken out with bare hands. Go back and ask a doctor to deal with it."
"You can't let your family know." Jin Lingyi shook his head, "Find a secluded medical clinic, pack up and go home."
"This queen is really hiding her smile. She first let us dry out in the sun, and then asked us to go in. She also asked you to kneel down and break the porcelain pieces. I don't believe that the person in front of her can't even serve a cup of tea." The maid couldn't help complaining.
"These are all trivial matters, not worth mentioning." Jin Lingyi smiled.
Jin Lingyi knew very well why the queen announced her entry into the palace.
The queen just wanted her to know that it was not easy to manipulate anyone as a country.
And Jin Lingyi must be prepared to suffer the consequences of being dumb in front of her at any time.