Concubine Shen Shu was about to explain, but Empress Hua seemed unwilling to give her a chance. She just smiled lightly and said: "Concubine Shen Shu probably forgot about this incident. After all, the harem is busy with affairs, so it doesn't matter if she forgets it for a while.
I have some free time today. If Concubine Shen Shu has some free time, she can send over the Queen's Seal within today."
Concubine Shen Shu looked a little ugly and did not say anything for a while. Xia Huanyu frowned and said coldly: "There is no need to stay today. I see that she is quite leisurely now, so I will go to Shuya Palace now."
Get the Lieutenant General’s seal.”
As soon as Xia Huanyu finished speaking, Concubine Shen Shu's expression turned even uglier. She finally gritted her teeth and bowed to Xia Huanyu: "I will obey the imperial edict." After saying that, she slowly withdrew.
The long-awaited showdown between Concubine Shen Shu and the new queen, which the concubines in the palace had long awaited, had not yet begun, but Concubine Shen Shu had completely lost. It was not that she was inferior in skill, but she had lost due to Xia Huanyu's favoritism.
After leaving Weiyang Palace, Concubine Shen Shu raised her foot and kicked the corner, then closed her eyes again. After a while, she slowly calmed down the anger in her heart. She walked to Buhu and said softly: "Let's go back.
Shuya Palace."
Lu Ya, who was following Concubine Shen Shu, helped Concubine Shen Shu up the steps, and then lowered her voice and said: "This Empress Hua is really too arrogant. It's just because His Majesty is facing her now that she thinks this harem is her world."
You don't even understand the situation in the palace clearly, so you come to find fault with the master, which is really overestimating your capabilities."
Concubine Shen Shu laughed coldly, with a hint of tiredness in her eyes, "She is not overestimating her abilities. She is clearly targeting me deliberately. I am now the highest-ranking person in this palace except for her, and I have been in control before."
She is a smart person who holds the power in the harem. She knows that as long as I call her this minister, she will have a firm place in the harem. You see, after today, there will definitely be many concubines in the palace.
Take refuge in her. She is now His Majesty's favorite, but I only have the title of concubine in name, but in fact, I have nothing."
When Lu Ya heard Concubine Shen Shu say this, she also lowered her head, with a somewhat gloomy look on her face, "The empress has been living in the harem for so many years, so let her be like this..."
Concubine Shen Shu sneered, and then said after a while: "Floating, this word is used well. I have been in the palace for twenty years, and I have been tricked by palace servants and stayed in the cold palace. Step by step, I have reached where I am now.
, to achieve the current status. Naturally, I am not a person who waits for death. If she wants the Queen's seal, I will give it to her. However, it depends on whether she can bear it."
Concubine Shen Shu returned to Shuya Palace without any delay. She just took the Queen's seal and then walked towards Weiyang Palace.
When they returned to the Weiyang Palace, Xia Huanyu was no longer in the Weiyang Palace. The Weiyang Palace was in a happy mood. Queen Hua, who was sitting on the main seat, was also talking to a concubine with a gentle smile.
Concubine Shen Shu walked in and saw that the person talking to the queen was the Oriole Concubine from Jingyang Palace.
"When you came to Weiyang Palace yesterday to ask for an audience, I was taking a nap, but the guards refused. Now that I have seen you, I feel a little bit reluctant to meet you too late..." Queen Hua got excited and walked away from her wrist.
He took off the white jade bracelet he was wearing and handed it to the Oriole Concubine, "This was a gift from Your Majesty when I first returned to the palace some time ago. Today, I and you have hit it off as old friends, so I will give you this bracelet."
Concubine Li was flattered, so she quickly took it over and thanked her with sincerity. As soon as she stood up, she saw Concubine Shen Shu standing at the door. Concubine Li was startled and thought to herself that Concubine Shen Shu must have seen the scene just now.
I'm afraid that she has already been classified into Queen Hua's camp.
She was naturally frightened by Concubine Shen Shu's methods. But...
Concubine Li raised her eyes and looked at Empress Hua, who was sitting quietly on the throne, and thought about it secretly in her heart. Concubine Shen Shu might have good skills, but just looking at the first confrontation between Concubine Shen Shu and the Empress, Empress Hua calmly
Concubine Shen Shu was so stuck that she didn't dare to say a word, so she must be a very clever person.
Queen Qihua still has His Majesty's favor. His Majesty's favor is the most attractive to the concubines in the palace no matter when and where.
Libi thought to herself, then she lowered her head and looked at the bracelet in her hand with a smile, and said happily: "This bracelet is warm and transparent, it must be of the highest quality. I have once again thanked the empress for the reward."
Concubine Shen Shu saw it, but her expression was not moved at all. Her eyes swept over the concubines in the palace, and almost all of them received some rewards. Concubine Shen Shu secretly sneered, Queen Hua's method of winning over people's hearts was not bad.
"The Queen, I have brought the Queen's seal." Concubine Shen Shu slowly walked up to the Queen and bowed, took the Queen's seal from Lu Ya's hand, and handed it over with a smile.
Empress Hua only glanced at the seal lightly, and then whispered to Qian Zui who was standing beside her: "Qian Zui, put the seal in the bedroom."
Qian Zui agreed, took the seal and entered the bedroom.
Empress Hua smiled softly, helped Concubine Shen Shu up, and said softly: "Concubine Shen Shu, thank you for your hard work."
As he spoke, he took a bamboo-shaped hairpin made of red coral from the plate on the side, smiled and said to Concubine Shen Shu: "This hairpin was given by His Majesty some time ago. The color of this coral hairpin is very bright.
, it is a rare and exquisite piece, and the carving is also very good, but I don’t know if it might catch the eye of our concubine Shu."
Concubine Shen Shu did not dare to refuse, so she quickly took it respectfully and said with a smile: "The queen is still favored by your majesty. I have been in the palace for so many years, but I have never seen such a beautiful hairpin.
"
Empress Hua burst out laughing when she heard this, and said with a smile: "No wonder His Majesty said Concubine Shen Shu is his right-hand assistant. She has such a sweet mouth, it really makes people feel like they have fallen into a honey jar."
The concubines chatted leisurely for a while, and then Empress Hua smiled and said: "I'm asking you all to come here just because I want to get to know you guys. I'm old. I've been tired all the way and need to rest."
I still feel that my body is unbearable these days. Today I saw that all the concubines in our palace are getting along harmoniously, and all of them are beautiful and well-informed, so I feel relieved. I am not in good health, and I am also relieved.
I don’t have much energy to manage such a large harem, but I also believe that everyone can do their part. This harem is your majesty’s home. Home, just make peace, and everything will be fine with the family. I am new here.
Yes, I hope you will take good care of me."
Everyone kept saying: "I don't dare, I don't dare."
There was a hint of temptation in his eyes, and he secretly speculated on the meaning of Queen Hua's words.
"I would like to select four people from all of you here to lead the harem and assist me in handling harem affairs. There should be four concubines, noble Shu Dexian, but now there is only one concubine Shu, and there are still three opportunities.
Everyone can recommend themselves. That’s it for today. If you have any ideas, just come and find me privately.”
Empress Hua's smile seemed very sincere, her eyes swept over everyone with a smile, and then she slowly stood up and walked into the bedroom.
There was a faint noise outside, so Qian Zhi closed the door behind her, walked to Queen Hua, poured a cup of tea, and then said softly: "Is the empress really going to find the fourth concubine to handle government affairs?"
Empress Hua smiled and said softly to Qian Zui: "After sitting like that for so long, my whole body is sore. Come and give me a squeeze."
Qian Zhi quickly put down the teapot, walked behind Empress Hua and helped Empress Hua squeeze her shoulders. Empress Hua curled her lips and closed her eyes, breathing a sigh of relief, seemingly a little tired.
"Living like this in this harem every day, it's better to go to the battlefield with a sword and kill three to five hundred people. Oh, it's so frustrating." Empress Hua sighed softly.
Qian Zui couldn't help but laugh and said softly: "The Queen is somewhat similar to my Crown Princess in temperament. Although the Crown Princess grew up in the palace, she is also very tired of the intrigues in the palace. The servants looked at,
His Highness the Crown Prince probably likes going to the battlefield more than staying here in Jincheng."
Empress Hua also laughed, but she just smiled, and her smile became much lighter: "Although your two masters may not like this intrigue, they are by nature the people who should live in the palace. And even though they are the ones who should live in the palace.
If they don't like it, they have no choice now. With the prince's current status and means, it is only a matter of time before he ascends the throne. After ascending the throne, Princess Huiguo will become the queen. The emperor and the queen are destined to be locked here for the rest of their lives.
In the Nine Layers of Deep Palace."
Qian Zhu bit his lip and then said softly: "Fortunately, His Highness the Crown Prince has said that he will only marry the Crown Princess. If there are more women, there will be more calculations. If His Highness the Crown Prince only marries the Crown Princess, I will feel that no matter where I am,
Wherever they are, at least they are both very happy."
When Queen Hua heard this, the smile on her face gradually faded, and finally disappeared without a trace, "I hope so."
After rubbing her shoulders for a while, Empress Hua asked Qianzui to stop. She walked to the bookshelf and wanted to pick up a book to read. Then she saw the queen's seal that Qianzui had just put on the bookshelf.
Empress Hua smiled and picked up the queen's seal, turned her head and looked at Qian Zui, "This is something that everyone in the harem wants. If you just put it away like this, you will cry if it disappears."
After Qian Zui heard the words, he quickly walked to Queen Hua and responded softly: "I don't know where to put it. I searched for a long time and couldn't find a more secluded place."
Empress Hua turned the seal over and said with a smile: "At least find a box to put it in. This thing should have had a box before." Her eyes fell on the seal, but she suddenly paused.
Qianzuo quickly found a rosewood box from the dressing table. As soon as she walked up to Queen Hua, she heard Queen Hua's voice with a hint of trance: "This Queen's seal is fake." (To be continued)
