novelden Chapter 169 She is worthy of my dressing up.
Chapter 169 She is worthy of my dressing up.
Chapter 169: She is worthy of my dressing up.
Before Baojuan arrived, An Lingrong was accompanying Noble Lady Fucha's sedan chair, while Baoque helped Sang'er, who was curled up in a corner, up and comforted him in a low voice.
Although Noble Lady Fucha would always be harsh with her in her words on normal days, when An Lingrong saw Noble Lady Fucha being thrown alone in the Imperial Garden, she always felt contempt in her heart but still stayed by her side quietly.
She is a good person and the emperor's concubine. If she were seen by someone with ulterior motives, no one knows what would happen.
If her reputation is damaged, Noble Lady Fucha's life will be ruined.
Before Baojuan came back, Noble Lady Fucha woke up.
"Sister Fucha, you're awake."
"An Changzai, there's a ghost! There really is a ghost!" Noble Lady Fucha no longer had her usual arrogance. When she opened her eyes and saw An Lingrong, she grabbed An Lingrong's sleeve and refused to let go.
"Sister Fucha, you must have seen it wrong. I have been here with you the whole time. How could there be a ghost?" An Lingrong squatted down and whispered to comfort her. "Sister, maybe you didn't sleep well last night and you are in a trance. You will be fine after you get back to the Yanxi Palace and have a good sleep."
"Okay, okay, don't go, let's go back to the palace together." Noble Lady Fucha was not sure whether she had seen it wrong or not.
Noble Lady Fucha held An Lingrong's hand tightly, and the servants who had run away also came back.
"You useless thing, it's just a gust of wind that blew up something, and you dogs and slaves were so scared that you even abandoned your master. When I return to the Queen tomorrow, I will definitely punish you."
This was the first time that An Lingrong scolded a servant in public. She usually didn't have a chance to teach a servant a lesson.
Now that she had a chance, she imitated Concubine Hua's style and gave him a severe scolding. It felt really refreshing.
"Sister Fucha, one of the servants must have made a mistake and scared the other servants into believing everything they heard. Now that everything is fine, let's go back to the palace." An Lingrong patted Noble Lady Fucha's hand to reassure her.
"Okay, go back to the palace, go back to the palace."
After An Lingrong and Noble Lady Fucha walked away, Zhu Xi helped the Queen Mother out from behind the rockery.
The Queen Mother always felt bored staying in Shoukang Palace, so she went out for a walk.
As soon as I reached the gate of the Imperial Garden, I saw several young eunuchs running around, shouting "ghost!"
The Queen Mother was a little dissatisfied with the Queen. She wondered how the Queen managed the harem, and now even a few servants were so unstable.
Just as the Queen Mother was about to go into the Imperial Garden to see what was going on, she saw An Lingrong calmly directing Baojuan to bring back all the young eunuchs.
The Queen Mother looked at An Lingrong's generous and calm demeanor and thought for a long time before she remembered that this was the girl who had been selected during the beauty pageant that day.
Ordinary people would cry when they were given a placard, but she was the only one who still respectfully wished herself good health.
Later, on his birthday, this woman gave him a picture of a hundred years of longevity embroidered by herself.
I didn't expect that An Changzai, who looked gentle and quiet on weekdays, could be so calm and magnanimous when encountering trouble and remained calm in the face of danger.
It's quite useful.
"Queen Mother, the wind is blowing, let's go back to the palace."
"Go back to the palace."
After coming out and breathing some fresh air, the Queen Mother felt much better.
But if I go back, I'm afraid it will be hard to endure again. My body is too old and useless.
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The main hall of Yikun Palace.
Songzhi was removing Hua Fei's makeup in front of the dressing table, and her eyes would always look at Hua Fei in the mirror from time to time.
"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. It makes me uncomfortable to see you hesitating."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, didn't you suppress the Queen too much today? She is the Queen after all. If she doesn't even put in some effort to show her respect, I'm afraid she will be criticized."
Songzhi felt that she shouldn't have dissuaded Concubine Hua, but thinking that the Queen had been keeping a low profile for the sake of the Nian family and had not shown off in public for a long time, it would be a loss if she criticized the Queen from beginning to end after listening to a play today.
Seeing Songzhi's heroic look as if she was about to be scolded, Concubine Hua laughed out loud. She had been holding it in all night. It turned out that she wanted to say something like this. In her previous life, Songzhi would sometimes advise her, but she simply could not listen at that time. If she could have listened to her at that time, she would not have been so tragic later.
"Songzhi, remember this. Since you know that someone won't tolerate you, you don't have to be so cautious and humble. Never compromise for someone who doesn't deserve it. Life is not easy. Only when you are happy can you be truly happy."
"Even though I am respectful to the Queen today, if the Nian family falls one day, the Queen will still deal with me immediately. At that time, the Queen will not be lenient just because I respect her."
"But Her Majesty usually..."
"I usually stay at home to make the emperor feel at ease, but now that the emperor has come to provoke me, I don't have to save face for them."
"Yes, I understand, slave."
In this life, Concubine Hua has always adhered to the principle that if no one offends me, I will not offend anyone. If you offend me, I will destroy your entire family.
Now the Queen is protected by the Queen Mother and he cannot do anything to the Queen. But can't he just say a few more words to vent his anger?
The closer we get to the end of the year, the faster the days go by.
The last thing to do before the New Year is for all the palace members to meet the Queen Mother and pay respects to her.
Concubine Hua deliberately picked out a plain dress to wear so that she would not stand out in front of the other concubines.
It was just a formality, and it would be over after they stood there and played Linglong's favorite game of statues.
If Concubine Hua hadn't been afraid that people would spread the news that the Nian family was disrespectful to the Empress Dowager, she would have simply pretended to be sick and not gone.
It is very tiring to kneel down and kowtow to the Queen Mother three times and nine times, and she also deserves me to wear bright clothes and dress up.
In her previous life, Concubine Hua treated the Queen Mother as her mother-in-law, but in this life, she was just an old hag.
"The concubines of each palace pay their respects to Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
The eunuch in charge of Shoukang Palace announced loudly that Hua Fei had to get up early in the morning, dress up, and stand in the courtyard of Shoukang Palace to set the rules. She experienced what it felt like to "go to work like going to a grave."
The Queen stood at the front with her concubines, and on both sides of her were Concubine Hua, Concubine Qi, Concubine Jing and Concubine Duan who had not appeared for a long time. Behind her was only Concubine Li, and behind them were Concubine Hui, Concubine Fucha and Zhen Huan. An Lingrong and others were at the end because of their status as maids.
The concubines in the harem only have an audience with the empress dowager once a year. At the end of last year, the empress dowager was exempted from the audience, so this year she will have to say a word or two to all the concubines as a courtesy.