"There are a lot of trivial matters in the palace that I need to deal with recently. The Queen Mother will be back tomorrow. We must not neglect to welcome the Queen Mother's palace banquet. I will leave this matter to my beloved concubine!"
Baili Qingchen pushed her away without leaving a trace and directly assigned her a task. He said in a cold voice without any expression on his face.
"What are you saying, Your Majesty? These matters should have been handled by the concubines. The Empress is currently weak and basically doesn't care about the affairs of the harem.
I just want to go and see the Queen today!"
Concubine Lian retracted her hand in embarrassment. She knew that the man in front of her didn't like her touch but she didn't dare to go too far. If the Queen Mother hadn't been coming back soon, she wouldn't have dared to get along with this man head-on.
"If you can handle the affairs in the harem yourself, don't go to the Queen. The Queen was beaten and injured her head a few days ago and needs to rest.
You don’t need to discuss anything with her, just do whatever you want.”
Baili Qingchen didn't want Concubine Lian to disturb the queen. The reason why this woman has been so well-behaved these past two days is because no one in the harem supports her.
Now that the Queen Mother was about to come back, this woman's face changed. She actually came to look for him. Looking at her like this, she didn't look like she was passing by. The makeup on her face was all smudged. She must have been looking around here for a long time.
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There are many scheming women like Concubine Lian in the palace, and Baili Qingchen is naturally used to their routines.
"I obey your orders!"
Concubine Lian felt quite happy after hearing this. The emperor meant that she would be in charge of the harem from now on.
Even though the queen has come out now, it doesn't matter who is the queen in the harem. She didn't come out during this period, and she was always worried and afraid that the queen was a means. It seemed that the queen was just a puppet and of no use at all.
Baili Qingchen didn't pay attention to her. After speaking, he turned around and left. Facing such a person, he was disdainful and even felt that talking to him was a waste of time.
"Empress...Your Majesty, what does this mean?"
The little palace maid next to me came over and asked cautiously.
"Can't you hear this? It means that from now on, all big and small matters in the harem will no longer have to go through the Queen. I only need to make decisions alone. My aunt was too cautious before and insisted on messing with the Queen.
come out!
From my point of view, this is unnecessary, the emperor is not too interested in anyone now, and compared with those women, I am the most favored."
The pride and excitement on Concubine Lian's face was beyond words. She had received news from the Empress Dowager before that she had told him not to act rashly, which scared him so much that he had not dared to come out recently.
Instead, Concubine Shu stole the limelight. Now that the emperor has said so, Concubine Shu won't be able to dance around for a few more days.
"Yesterday, my slave saw the fragrant pear in Concubine Shu's palace. The girl was showing off to her in a arrogant manner, saying that their master went to visit the queen, and the queen was very polite to her master."
"Oriole, there is no need to argue with that kind of girl who can't stand up to the stage. Her master spent all his useless efforts trying to curry favor with an unfavored queen.
If you have that time, you might as well practice embroidery in the palace, maybe the emperor can look at him more!"
Concubine Lian twisted her body and straightened her hair with her fingers, speaking with disdain.
In fact, she didn't pay attention to any of the women in this palace. She had been a proud girl since she was a child, and she was raised according to the standards of a concubine.
The Wang family was particularly fond of this daughter, and she was sent to the palace at the tender age of her hair. The emperor also wanted to give her three points, but he did not dare to cause trouble with the Queen Mother.
She would listen to whatever the Queen Mother said. Concubine Lian hated this aunt very much and wished she would die soon so that she no longer had to be controlled and could do whatever she wanted.
"I know, but I think you should go and see the Queen. This will make her appear magnanimous!"
Oriole nodded lightly. Being favored by his master is equivalent to a person attaining enlightenment. Chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. The slaves in their palace can walk around in the harem from now on.
"Of course I want to go and have a look, but the emperor just said today that we can't go against the emperor's will. Let's go tomorrow.
We should go to Concubine Shu now. The emperor asked me to prepare the palace banquet alone. It is too tiring, so we must find a helper!"
Concubine Lian said and walked towards Concubine Shu's palace. Oriole walked forward with her face raised in the same manner as her master. The master and servant soon arrived at Concubine Shu's residence.
"Slave to see Concubine Lian"
When Xiangli saw these two uninvited guests, her face was full of unhappiness, but she still ran over to salute.
"Get up! Where is your master? Is he trying to curry favor with the queen again?"
Concubine Lian choked when she came up with a gun and a stick. Xiangli was stunned for a few seconds and quickly shook her head, "Back to Concubine Lian, our master is resting in the house. I will go and report it right now!"
"No need to bother, I'll just go in. Why are you sleeping at this time? Your master's body is getting more and more delicate!"
Concubine Lian rolled her eyes at the servant kneeling on the ground in displeasure, then walked around him and walked straight into the room.
At this time, Concubine Shu was concentrating on reading a book and didn't even notice anyone coming in.
"My sister is also reading this book? I don't know who wrote it, but the emotions are described quite delicately!"
Concubine Lian glanced at the cover of the book and found that it was the most popular book today. She didn't expect that everyone was of the same mind.
"Sister, when did you come? Please sit down. I got this book from those servants. It's really interesting.
The name of the book is also quite special. Queen Leng Gong is so lonely. If the Queen reads this book, she will definitely be angry to death, right?"
Concubine Shu calmly closed the book and asked someone to bring a cup of tea. The two of them sat face to face and smiled lightly.
"Maybe the Queen will like it. Who has a chance to become the heroine in it? All the men like him. There is only one man in our palace and he is the Emperor!"
Concubine Lian picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip. Then she said in a very pretentious manner, "Sister... the tea in your palace is not fresh. Didn't the family give it to you this year?"
But it’s true, after all, the Wei family’s situation is not very good this year. I heard that Mr. Wei was ill not long ago?”
Concubine Shu smiled awkwardly. Her family's condition was indeed not as good as this woman's, but it was not like what she said. She couldn't even afford a new cup of tea.
"My father is already well. Thank you for your concern, sister. I have a quirk. I don't like drinking new tea. I just feel that the tea has the flavor that the new tea doesn't have. Xiangli goes and makes a cup of new tea for the empress!"
Concubine Shu hated this pretentious woman very much, but after all, she was a visitor. This woman came to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. She must have come to say something that would make people very unhappy after hearing it.