Chapter 333: Becoming a Rent Collector in Infinite Weirdness 28
"ah?"
Taohong looked at Qiao Jinhuan with a puzzled face, "What good thing is this?"
"The Queen Mother sees that she is about to die soon, so she plans to make me her successor. From now on, your lady, I will take over all her power. Do you think this is a good thing?"
Qiao Jinhuan said with a smile on her lips but a cold look in her eyes.
"If that's the case, that's indeed a good thing."
Taohong responded happily, but Qiao Jinhuan was tired and wanted to go back and sleep again.
After she fell asleep, Taohong went out, and her first stop was at the house of Song Guiren who lived in Suiyuexuan. From a long distance away, she could hear the faint sound of the piano floating in the air.
"I have met Mr. Song."
Taohong bowed and looked at Guiren Song with a gentle smile on her face.
This noble man from the Song Dynasty had a considerable background. His father was a powerful general with an army of 200,000, which was powerful at the border.
Although she was a military general, she had a pretty face and a frown on her eyebrows that made her look like a girl. She was weak and quiet, and there was always a trace of melancholy between her eyebrows. If the emperor were a normal person, she would inevitably be beaten.
Favorite.
Taohong looks at Song Guiren, and Song Guiren also looks at Taohong.
Of course Song Guiren recognized her, Taohong, the eldest maid next to the imperial concubine.
Now there is only one high-ranking concubine in the palace. They are all under the control of the imperial concubine, so even if Taohong is just a maid, Song Guiren cannot act like a master.
"You're welcome, Miss Taohong. I'm here today, but what are your instructions?"
Song Guiren stopped playing the piano and asked softly.
Taohong looked at the people around her and smiled without saying a word.
Song Guirui understood clearly and immediately asked all those serving him to step back.
"I heard that before the noble man entered the palace, he had a childhood sweetheart whom he had known for a long time?"
Taohong still smiled, but her mouth was full of threats.
Song Guiren's face turned pale with fright, "No, it's nothing."
Regardless of whether the emperor is stupid or not, she is the emperor's woman when she enters the palace. If the fact that she had a childhood sweetheart really comes out, I'm afraid that both her family and that childhood sweetheart will be in trouble.
This is unacceptable!
"Since the noble man entered the palace, he has been playing the piano day and night, and the music is sad. Could it be that he is resenting the Queen Mother for choosing the noble man to enter the palace and forcibly breaking up a couple?"
Taohong didn't care about the pleading look on Song Guiren's face, and continued, "I heard that the young master named Wu fell seriously ill after learning that you entered the palace, and he has not recovered yet."
"What! Wu Lang...uh...I..."
After Song Guiren blurted out "Wu Lang", he realized something was wrong. His face became paler and paler, he was so panicked and at a loss what to do.
"Taohong, what does the imperial concubine mean?"
"My mother-in-law is kind-hearted and wants to make you and Mr. Wu a happy couple. It's a pity that now my mother-in-law can't make the decision..."
This meant that Song Guiren's rationality gradually returned.
She realized that the imperial concubine wanted her to do something for her.
But the imperial concubine is already the leader of the Sixth Palace in the palace and holds great power. How can she help?
"I am a stupid person, so please let me know clearly. If your concubine has anything to ask for, I will do my best to help you."
Song Guiren cautiously added, "I am alone and weak, so I'm afraid I won't be able to help the noble concubine much."
"How can a noble person be so weak?"
Taohong smiled softly, "I heard that General Weiyuan defeated the Tatars in the grassland a few days ago and is preparing to return to Beijing."
Got it.
This is for her father.
Song Guiren's eyes were full of worry. She didn't even know what the concubine wanted to do, but she had to agree first.
Otherwise, once the incident between her and Wu Lang is spread, the entire Song family will suffer.
Taohong saw that she had given in, so she gave her a hint, "Master doesn't need the Song family now, but it will be soon. General Weiyuan can just act according to the situation at that time. The slave thought that the noble man should also want to leave the palace and sympathize with the marriage."
Bar?"
Song Guiren nodded anxiously.
Taohong didn't say anything more, and turned around and entered the Wenning Palace next to Suiyuexuan. The noble Xue who lived there was the daughter of the current Taifu Xue. It would be the best thing if she could win her over.
In this way, Taohong chatted with several nobles in the palace before turning back to find Qiao Jinhuan.
Qiao Jinhuan had just woken up at that time, and the palace maid was dressing her up.
Taohong took the hand, picked a hairpin and inserted it into her black-black hair. She dismissed the other maids with one hand and whispered: "Song nobles, Mu nobles, and Cen nobles want to go to the palace."
"Although the other nobles have no great ambitions, they do not want to leave the palace. Especially Xue Guiren, she even wants her master to recommend her to the emperor. The others are also quite resentful of the emperor's delay in favoring them.
Complain."
oh?
Qiao Jinhuan raised her eyebrows slightly, "Do you have any complaints against the Emperor?"
"Where is the emperor?" Taohong said helplessly.
Those few clearly had grievances against Qiao Jinhuan, who refused to allow the emperor to favor them despite being pregnant, and the Queen Mother, who chose them to enter the palace but refused to let them be favored.
That's not a small amount of resentment.
"Really? In that case, the Imperial Palace will go and talk to the Queen Mother tomorrow. I just hope they won't regret it in the future."
A cold look flashed across Qiao Jinhuan's eyes.
"Why should I worry about these idiots who can't see the situation clearly? It's them who should cry when the time comes."
Taohong responded softly.
Qiao Jinhuan sneered and stroked his belly with his palm, "Later, you send a message to King Su, saying that the Queen Mother is keeping a close eye on me and telling him not to enter the palace in the near future. It will only be ten days at most, and ask him to be patient for a while.
"
"yes."
Taohong turned around and conveyed this message to the ears of the guard in front of her.
The guard was Chu Ji's man, and he also knew about Chu Ji and Qiao Jinhuan's affairs. He even opened the back door for Chu Ji sometimes when he was on the night shift.
So soon, the news reached Chu Ji's ears.
Chu Ji:......
When he heard the news, he was unhappy with his face.
But in the end, the overall situation was still the most important thing. He didn't think about going into the palace to cause trouble. He just scolded the old witch Queen Mother over and over in his heart dozens of times.
While scolding here, he had not forgotten to write a few letters and ask someone to send them to an old acquaintance in Qiongzhou, asking the other party to select some unripe mangoes and lychees for him and send them to the palace as quickly as possible.
In order to prevent the lovely lady in the palace from being unable to eat what she wants, she will look pitiful.
Then that afternoon, he went to Prime Minister Qiao's appointment, and the two had a "very happy chat." When he went to court the next day, he began to cooperate with Prime Minister Qiao to cause trouble for the Queen Mother.
Since the Queen Mother wouldn't let him enter the palace to see his sweetheart.
That's good.
No one should want to be happy.
Chu Ji's stroke of genius almost gave the Queen Mother a headache, and she couldn't help scolding him for a while in the palace.
"Is my brother crazy? Why is he hanging out with Chu Ji? Doesn't he know that Chu Ji is a wolf? If we accidentally lead a wolf into the house, all the efforts of our Qiao family for so many years may be in vain!"