Once the concubine had walked far away, Xia Zhi asked in confusion: "This concubine is really strange. She actually traveled thousands of li to find niangniang. It would be more convenient for her to find Lady Wen Yu. She holds half a set of Luan talismans and is also the head niangniang of Yuxiu Palace. It is natural for her to deal with the concubines of Yuxiu Palace.
Even though niangniang also has half a set of Luan talismans, in the end, this is not a matter of Shuangbo Palace. It would be unavoidable for niangniang to have the reputation of overstepping your bounds. Instead, it would make people suspect niangniang is taking the opportunity to hit Lady Wen Yu when she is down. "
Bai Suyan's expression also turned cold at this time, saying: "This concubine isn't just scheming. Think, which palace does she belong to?"
Xia Zhi answered: "Xuxiu Palace, Consort Mu. That's right, the concubine is under Consort Mu. She didn't run to tell Lady Wen Yu, nor did she go back to find Consort Mu. Instead, she purposely came to find niangniang. She clearly wants to use this to cause dissatisfaction between Lady Wen Yu and Consort Mu. If the two of them work together, how can niangniang have a foothold in this palace?"
The more she thought, the more frightened she became. Especially when she thought about how the concubine was only a young girl of marriageable age this year, she was even more frightened. She gritted her teeth and said: "So young, but so scheming!"
Bai Suyan also sighed, "That's right. She is only fifteen years old. Even though ben gong has taken precautions, but looking at her schemes and arrangements, if a few more years pass and her experience increases, ben gong will probably only be a chess piece in her hands without knowing it."
Green Waist said: "Since niangniang is like this, why don't we use the concubine to overthrow Consort Ying and borrow her hand to get the phoenix seal from the Empress Dowager."
Bai Suyan's Green Waist could see very clearly that the real difficult thing was not to overthrow Ying Concubine, but the Empress Dowager Wang behind her, the current birth mother. Therefore, Luoshuanga had been tolerating her time and time again, even if it went against his heart.
Although Bai Suyan didn't know what Lady Wen Yu had done in it, Lady Wen Yu's contribution to Concubine Wang's death couldn't go unnoticed. She was the one who had manipulated Concubine Wang behind the scenes. Luoshuanga just didn't want to confront his mother directly. If anyone hurt Empress Dowager Wang without his permission, they would have to bear his monstrous anger.
Therefore, she had never dared to kill Wang Pin and Ying Pin. If she wanted to touch these two, she more or less had to go through Empress Dowager Wang. Sometimes, the affairs of the world made people feel helpless.
There was a saying that what one feared would happen. Bai Suyan was already very careful, but the news that Concubine Wang had sided with her still spread like wildfire. In one night, everything that should be known was known.
When she paid her respects, Mu Fei looked at her with an intriguing gaze. Bai Suyan only smiled faintly, "How has Mu Fei's health been recently?"
Mu Fei only slightly nodded her increasingly small chin and replied, "Not bad." The two were silent for a moment before silently turning away.
Empress Dowager Wang slowly ordered: "Yao Ronghua's funeral is arranged like this. When you return, restrain the servants. Aijia doesn't want to hear any more rumors related to this!" The concubines bowed in acknowledgment.
In the end, as the empress of Resting Snow Palace, Mu Fei still asked about Zhang Liangdi. Empress Dowager Wang said: "This child, aijia saw that she was arrogant and too impudent. Aijia had her kneel here to recite and nurture her temper."
This was an excuse. With Zhang Liangdi's personality that was as timid as a mouse, how could she be arrogant and impudent? Mu Fei naturally replied politely: "It is chenqie's dereliction of duty. Empress Dowager, please punish."
Empress Dowager Wang said: "Previously, your health was not good. It is possible that you couldn't control your subordinates well. Now that your health is better, you should be alert. Aijia knows that Jin Yue jiejie came from a family. Her upbringing is not bad. I hope you will not disappoint Jin Yue jiejie and aijia."
"Chenqie will follow Empress Dowager's instructions."
"Yaohua, this time, among the concubines accompanying Qiu Mi, your position is the most respected. Although you don't need to worry about His Majesty's affairs on this trip, aijia doesn't want to ask too much about your daily actions. But this time, Qiu Mi's matter is related to the state. If you continue to be stubborn, even if His Majesty protects you, aijia will argue with you to the end!"
The list of concubines accompanying Qiu Mi had been passed down yesterday. As a result, Yaohua furen, guipin Shu, and concubine Zhao stepped out and kowtowed.
Outside Sleeping Moon Palace, when everyone dispersed, they saw Imperial Concubine Zhen, who rarely left the palace, standing there with a face full of anger. Everyone carefully peeked at Lady Wen Yu's expression, but her face still had that indifferent expression. She even took the lead to go forward and bow, "Chenqie pays respects to Imperial Concubine Zhen. Imperial Concubine Zhen seems to be well. In the future, you can come out more often."
Imperial Concubine Zhen swept a glance at the person behind her and said, "You, come with aijia!"
Lady Wen Yu lowered her head and played with the flower she had painted on her face, saying, "If Imperial Concubine Zhen is thanking me for helping Wen Lu shi, then forget it. We're family, there's no need to be so courteous."
"Reward? You call that a reward?" Imperial Concubine Zhen's temperament was weak. It could be seen that she was truly angry this time. But in the end, she knew that this was Sleeping Moon Palace and didn't dare speak loudly. She suppressed her anger, "Come with aijia to Ruyi Hall first. Could it be that aijia can no longer order you around?"
Lady Wen Yu had made up her mind not to go with her today, "Imperial Concubine Zhen, on what basis did you come to find ben gong today? Is it ben gong's maternal aunt or ben gong's husband's yiniang?" These words were too presumptuous. The surrounding concubines all took a deep breath. It wasn't that they didn't want to leave, but after the bow, Imperial Concubine Zhen forgot to send them away and started quarreling with Lady Wen Yu.
Imperial Concubine Zhen also noticed them and said with a frown, "All of you withdraw." Although they complied, they all subconsciously slowed down their steps. They wanted to hear what other shocking words Lady Wen Yu had to say.
Lady Wen Yu was disinclined to continue feigning civility with Imperial Concubine Zhen, saying, "Enough. Imperial Concubine Zhen, why don't you just say it directly? What benefit does this Wen Family have to ben gong? First of all, they don't have the ability to push ben gong to the Phoenix seat. Even if ben gong didn't rely on their Wen Family's ability, what use do you think Wen Family has to ben gong?
Useless things naturally have to be discarded like worn-out shoes. Imperial Concubine, don't you think ben gong is right? "
Imperial Concubine Zhen was truly scared out of her wits by her unbridled attitude, "You're impudent! Where do you think this is?"
Lady Wen Yu pretended to be puzzled and looked back, innocently saying, "Empress Dowager Wang's Sleeping Moon Palace ah. Could it be that grand concubine hasn't gone out for too long and doesn't recognize it?"
"You, how dare you …"
When the other imperial concubines who were at the end of the line heard Lady Wen Yu's words, they were all excited and panicked. They knew they couldn't stay any longer and quickly left in an orderly manner.
Lady Wen Yu was still in the mood to tease those people, saying, "Each and every one of you is truly adorable. Do you think you can pretend you didn't hear and not be discovered by others? Why do people like to deceive themselves?"
Imperial Concubine Zhen was so angry that she was on the verge of collapsing, "Preposterous reasoning, all preposterous reasoning!"
Lady Wen Yu stepped forward to support her and leaned close to her ear. The smile on her face was like a soul-stirring demonic flower that slowly bloomed, "Imperial Concubine Zhen, do you really not hate that Wen Family? You really don't hate the Wen Family who directly deprived you of your right to be the wife of the Wen Family and even denied you the right to give birth to children?
You have been living in fear for so many years, living in the shadow of Empress Dowager Wang. Who gave you the right to jump out to protect the Wen Family? I really don't understand you. What's so good about the Wen Family that you actually moved your honorable self and came to question me? I really don't understand! "
"Lady Wen Yu, the Empress Dowager wants to talk to the grand concubine. If you don't have anything else, please go back!"
Lady Wen Yu raised her eyes and glanced at Liusu, sneering, "Imperial Concubine Zhen, look, it was never Wen Family that came out to help you in the end."
When Imperial Concubine Zhen was released by her, she completely collapsed to the ground. The palace maid beside her didn't know what to do for a moment and just called for the grand concubine. Liusu also hurriedly came forward to check, "Imperial Concubine Zhen, do you want to call the imperial physician?"
Lady Wen Yu acted as if she didn't see the consequences of her actions. She tidied up her wrinkled wide sleeves and slowly walked out of the palace. At this moment, she was thinking: Well, I didn't have time to eat breakfast when I woke up early. Now I'm a little hungry.
When Bai Suyan returned to Liuying Hall, there was actually someone waiting for her. It was Noble Concubine Ning, who claimed to be sick and had avoided the world. After not seeing her for a long time, she became more and more haggard. There was only a thin layer of powder on her face, and her eyebrows were lightly swept. There was some rouge on her lips, which made her look a little better. She was originally born slender, but now she was even thinner.
When Noble Concubine Ning saw her return, she got up to greet her. Bai Suyan reached out to help her up, saying, "Noble Concubine Ning, why did you come? Are you in good spirits?"
Noble Concubine Ning said, "Thank you for your concern, and thank you for taking care of this concubine and not allowing others to disturb this concubine. It's just that this concubine has heard too many bad rumors about you in the past two days. Are you alright?" Even a patient like her, who was isolated from the world, had heard the rumors, so she came over because she was worried about her?
Bai Suyan ordered someone to bring tea, saying, "It's this concubine who didn't manage the servants well and let them disturb Noble Concubine Ning, causing Noble Concubine Ning to worry."
Noble Concubine Ning respectfully took the tea, "Even when this concubine was ill, this concubine heard. Niangniang's actual situation is probably worse than what concubine heard. But this concubine really doesn't understand why they would target niangniang. To say something that will make niangniang angry, niangniang is only the daughter of a criminal official. Even if you temporarily hold the power of the palace, how is it a hindrance to them?
His Majesty has allowed niangniang and Lady Wen Yu to hold the power of the palace. It's clear that he doesn't want either of them to rise to the top. Such an obvious trick, why did they turn a blind eye to it? "
Bai Suyan took a sip of the hot tea, replying: "Noble Concubine Ning, you are an outsider and naturally can see more clearly than others. Speaking of which, if it wasn't for your advice today, ben gong wouldn't understand why His Majesty picked ben gong to manage the palace."
"Pinqie has offended," Noble Concubine Ning folded her hands in front of her forehead and bowed in apology, "Niangniang is intelligent and doesn't need pinqie's advice. But pinqie is indebted to niangniang and pinqie should repay it. If niangniang has any use for pinqie, pinqie will do anything to help."
Bai Suyan saw that she was serious and hurriedly pushed back, saying: "What do you mean by doing anything to help? Ben gong is just doing what should be done. How is there any kindness to Noble Concubine Ning? Noble Concubine Ning is too polite."
Noble Concubine Ning smiled slightly, her face looking spirited, "Pinqie is incompetent and can't do much. I just hope that I won't be a burden to niangniang."
"Noble Concubine Ning is too modest. This clarity of mind is very rare." Bai Suyan took the opportunity to stop and change the topic. She found that although this Noble Concubine Ning's personality was cold, she was a person worth befriending. People always hoped to have like-minded friends while they were alive, even if it was just a short friendship.
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