If not abolished

Chapter 173 Incident

"Crown Princess, Consort Qingluan is outside the palace asking for an audience."

"What is she doing here?" The Crown Princess thought about all the things that happened in the past few days, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Just say I'm not here."

"Yes."

"The Crown Princess doesn't want to see her?" Yun Jin asked.

"Why do you think she came here?"

"It's impossible that she came to pay her respects to you. Concubine Guo has caused Concubine Qingluan a lot of trouble in recent times. She is alone and weak. If she wants to survive in the East Palace, she must find a backer. Her only choice now is you, the Crown Princess, so she came to surrender today. Do you think what I said is right?" Yun Jin looked at the Crown Princess with an expression that showed that she was sure she had guessed right.

"You're so smart today. What you said is basically correct." The Crown Princess nodded.

"In that case, why doesn't the Crown Princess meet her? Wouldn't it be better for us to join forces with her to deal with Concubine Guo?" Yun Jin knew that the reason why the Crown Princess gave Qingluan the status was to compete with Concubine Guo, but now that the opportunity has come, why not seize it?

The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Even if she wasn't there, it would be easy for me to deal with Guo. Whether she surrenders or not is irrelevant to the overall situation. In this case, why should I meet her?"

Just as the Crown Princess finished her words, she heard the palace maid come to report, "Concubine Qingluan said she is waiting for the Crown Princess to come back outside the palace."

"Why is this guy still sticking with me?" Yun Jin said angrily.

"Let her wait if she wants to." The Crown Princess said indifferently.

"If she waits for a day, wouldn't it reveal that you are in the palace and deliberately not seeing her?" Yun Jin said with a frown.

"Do you think she doesn't know that I am deliberately not seeing her? From her behavior in the Crown Prince's Palace last time, I know that she is not a good person. Such a person is not suitable for me to win over."

Outside the temple

"Concubine, the Crown Princess is obviously in the palace, but she says she is not there. Will she come out if you wait like this?" The maid said, looking inside.

"The Crown Princess probably won't come out, but I don't understand. Her purpose before was so obvious, that she was against Concubine Guo, and now she is so obviously not accepting my surrender?" Qingluan was very puzzled, but continued: "But now it doesn't matter whether the Crown Princess comes out or not. Since the Crown Princess is unwilling to help, I have to find another way."

"Has the concubine thought of any solution?"

Qingluan stood outside the Crown Princess' Palace for most of the day without leaving.

"Crown Princess, they haven't left yet?" the palace maid reported.

"It seems that she failed to surrender, so she came up with a new idea." The Crown Princess said with narrowed eyes.

"What new method?"

"I don't know either. Is this a self-torture tactic? It's possible. Send someone to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't faint outside."

"The servant understands."

"Empress Concubine, you have been standing here for most of the day, shall we go back?" the maid persuaded.

Qing Luan looked at the palace servants whispering in the distance, and felt that it was almost time, "Okay, let's go back."

"Crown Princess, the person has returned." The palace maid came to report.

"Finally I'm back," Yun Jin turned to the Crown Princess and said, "Crown Princess, what do you think this concubine Qingluan is going to do? I haven't seen her, and she hasn't performed a self-torture trick outside our palace like you said, so what's the point of her doing this?"

"Who knows?" The Crown Princess didn't understand what she was doing. Forget it, who cares?

"Madam Concubine, I have something strange to tell you." Lanzhi hurried over and said, with an excited expression on her face.

"What's strange?" Concubine Guo was pruning branches.

"Just now, when I passed by the Crown Princess's palace, I saw Qingluan at the door."

"She is going to curry favor with the Crown Princess, right?" Concubine Guo said affirmatively. She knew that these two people were in the same group. When the time comes, she will report to His Highness, and then maybe His Highness will change his mind.

"I don't know about that. I heard that Qingluan waited outside the Crown Princess's palace for most of the day, but the Crown Princess didn't see her."

"I haven't seen her. You said that the Crown Princess hasn't seen her and just left her alone." When Concubine Guo heard this, she suddenly put down the scissors and seemed very happy.

"I asked specifically, and it is true. The Crown Princess has never shown up." Lanzhi nodded.

"So this means I don't have to worry about it?"

"What is your concern, Madam?"

"Although I have been very difficult with Qingluan before, the Crown Princess has always been able to do nothing to me. I am a little worried that Qingluan might be the Crown Princess's person, but from what you said, the Crown Princess doesn't even want to see her, which means that the Crown Princess has nothing to do with her. In this case, I will not be polite."

"What is your Majesty going to do?" Lanzhi asked.

The next day, Concubine Guo found a reason to ask Qingluan to come to her palace.

Qingluan naturally didn't dare to resist, even though she knew that the journey would be very dangerous, she had no choice but to take a gamble.

"Concubine, do you want to go? The concubine must want to... Is it okay not to go?" the maid asked crying.

"Okay, it's not the first time. She won't do anything. So, you stay here. If I haven't come back after half an hour, you can go and invite the Crown Princess for me." Although Qingluan said that nothing was wrong, she was still a little uneasy in her heart. She was afraid that today would not be as easy as before.

"But, when we went to ask for an audience before, the Crown Princess refused to see you. Will she come to save you then?" The maid said worriedly, thinking of the rejection they received outside the palace yesterday.

"Is it? This is the only way. Okay, I'm leaving. Remember this." Qingluan reminded again.

"Yes."

After a while, Qingluan came to Concubine Guo.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to Her Majesty the Concubine."

"It came quickly."

"I'm afraid your Majesty has forgotten that her residence is close to yours, so wouldn't it be quick for her to come?" Lanzhi echoed.

"You're right. This is very close and convenient."

"I wonder why the Queen called me here?" Qingluan asked when she saw that Concubine Guo didn't call her for a long time.

"Oh, how come I forgot to ask Concubine Qingluan to get up again? You didn't even remind me." Concubine Guo said as she asked her to get up: "Concubine Qingluan, get up quickly."

"Thank you, empress."

"I asked you to come here for nothing important. It's just that the bun you combed for me before was very good. After you left, their hands were so clumsy that they couldn't comb it properly. So, I specially asked you to come here to teach them and let them learn. What do you think?" Concubine Guo said with a smile.

"Easy to do."

"That's good. Then you can teach them on this lady's hair."

"My lady, this teaching can also be applied to other people."

"From now on, they will comb my hair. It will be more intuitive on my head. Besides, it is not in accordance with the rules to comb the concubine's hair on the palace maid's head. So, can they comb it on my head? What? Does Concubine Qingluan not want to?" Concubine Guo's tone obviously changed in the last sentence.

"I dare not." Since Concubine Guo said so, Qingluan naturally didn't know what to say. She could only tell herself that she must be extremely careful later. It is impossible for Concubine Guo to simply ask her to come over and comb her hair.

Qingluan stepped forward cautiously.

"Why are you so scared? Do you think I can eat you?" Concubine Guo said as she looked at her.

"No."

"The rest of you, please watch carefully and learn from me."

Qingluan first let Concubine Guo's hair loose, then picked up a comb to comb her hair.

Unexpectedly, the comb got stuck in the hair as soon as it was used, and Qingluan's hands were not paying attention.

"Hiss, what's going on? Why does it hurt so much? Did you do this on purpose?"

"I dare not." Qingluan wanted to take the comb out of her hair, but she couldn't get it out at all, and she pulled Concubine Guo's hair again.

"You still say you didn't mean it, do you want to hurt me to death?" Concubine Guo pushed her away and touched her hair.

Qingluan knelt on the ground and dared not speak.

"It hurts so much, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and take this comb down from me." Concubine Guo shouted.

"Yes Yes Yes."

The palace maids took a long time to finally take the comb off her. During this time, Concubine Guo's scalp was in pain from being pulled, and when she looked at the comb, she saw that there were still a lot of her hair on it.

He immediately slapped Qingluan, and half of Qingluan's face turned red.

"Bitch, you did this on purpose, didn't you? You're deliberately trying to hurt me. If you comb my hair a few more times, my hair will be gone." Concubine Guo was so angry that she said, "Someone, come and slap me in the face."

"Yes."

Immediately, there was a series of popping sounds.

On the other side, the maidservant didn't wait for Qingluan to come back, and guessed that something bad must have happened, so she hurried to the Crown Princess.

"Your Highness the Crown Princess, Your Highness the Crown Princess, please save our concubine." The maid immediately knelt down and cried.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Sister, please be kind and let me meet the Crown Princess, please?"

"It's not that I don't want you to see her, but the Crown Princess has gone to Yikun Palace and hasn't come back yet? What happened?"

"Concubine Guo called Concubine Qingluan over. It has been half an hour. There is no news at all. This servant has just..."

"But the Crown Princess is definitely not here. Wait a minute, I'll send someone to Yikun Palace to report the news."

"Does the Crown Princess not want to save the Concubine? Last time she said she wasn't there, and then made the Concubine wait for most of the day."

"Is it really not the case this time?" The maid quickly sent someone to report the news.

"What's true or false? We don't even know what happened to our concubine. How can the Crown Princess have the heart to..."

"What you said, you said that since your concubine arrived at the East Palace, Concubine Guo has caused trouble so many times, and the Crown Princess didn't care that time. The Crown Princess has been exhausted by these things during this period, and you still said such heartbreaking words. You are so heartless."

"What's going on?" A voice suddenly came.

"Your Highness, we pay our respects to Your Highness." The two men were so frightened that they stuttered.