C37

In the Qi Nation, Su Rushuang lazily stuffed a rose cake into her mouth, half-squinting her eyes, "Chen Xiang, is this the new concubine the Emperor just accepted?"

The two concubines in front of her worriedly kneeled down. "Lucky the Noble Consort Empress."

Su Rushuang looked at the blue clothed concubine on the left, and asked with a gaze as gentle as knives, "You are General Luo's younger sister, Luo Ninghai?"

Luo Ninghai lowered her head and said, "The Noble Consort Empress has a good memory."

Su Rushuang smiled, "The valiant and formidable General Luo is known to the world. What is my little sister doing with her head lowered? Why don't you allow me to take a good look at my little sister's beautiful appearance?"

Luo Ninghai slowly raised her head and lowered her eyelids.

A trace of a sinister smile appeared on Su Rushuang's lips. "Luo Ninghai is indeed the same as General Luo, she has a good set of skin."

Luo Ninghai timidly said, "The Queen of Noble Consort's beauty is such a shame that I dare not accept her as my concubine."

"Since we're already in the palace, let's not talk about whether you dare to or not. Stand up."

The two concubines heaved a sigh of relief and stood up, waiting for the Noble Consort Ru to continue speaking.

"Sister, you're so pretty now?"

"To accept the kindness of the Empress is to accept the position of the Emperor."

"Does the Emperor have a title?"

"The Emperor bestowed upon concubines the title of 'graceful'."

Su Rushuang smiled lightly, "This is great, when I first entered the palace, I did not have such good fortune as Worthy Lady Shen did."

Luo Ninghai was afraid that she would anger the Noble Consort Ru again, hence she hurriedly said. "I am indebted to Your Majesty for your love, to make this concubine feel fear."

Su Rushuang no longer paid any attention to her, and in a blink of an eye, she looked towards another concubine who was dressed in aqua palace attire.

"Many thanks to the Noble Consort Empress and my concubine, Talented Lady Zhou."

Su Rushuang received the fragrant tea and laughed: "Younger sister is very beautiful. In the future, there will be a lot of life, and I can still sit on equal footing with Worthy Lady Shen."

Talented Lady Zhou said happily: "Thank you for your blessings, Queen of Noble Consort."

"Alright," Su Rushuang yawned tiredly. "It's getting late, I'm about to have my afternoon nap, you guys can go down first."

Luo Ninghai's worried heart finally settled down.

"Thank you, senior apprentice-sister."

After the two new consort s left, Chen Xiang came over to help Su Rushuang massage her back, and snickered: "Why is there such a huge difference in status between the concubines chosen by the Emperor this year, Worthy Lady Shen is like a crescent moon-shaped flower, Talented Lady Zhou is extremely beautiful and average in looks, but look at that water green outfit that you're wearing, it's not even comparable to a palace maid."

Su Rushuang said complacently: "The Talented Lady Zhou was randomly brought in by the Emperor for the sake of the Emperor to show her her kindness, and it was only for her maternal family to see. The Worthy Lady Shen's maternal family are very smooth, and all of them look top-notch, no wonder she is so beautiful."

Chen Xiang tactfully replied, "No matter how beautiful she is, she's still inferior to the Empress's natural beauty."

Su Rushuang laughed with satisfaction, "Although Talented Lady Zhou is lacking in looks, it's a good thing that she's innocent."

"What does the Empress mean?"

"There are too few concubines in the palace, to have Talented Lady Zhou as a companion is already a miracle. The Jade Maiden Palace has been completely burnt down, where does Consort Xian live now?"

"The Consort Xian has gone to live in the Zhongcui Palace," Chen Xiang added. "They are very close to the Emperor's Bedchamber."

Su Rushuang's face darkened, and her fingernails dug deep into the meat. Consort Xian usually looks at him silently. To be able to confuse Her Majesty in this area is one in a million. "

Chen Xiang smiled to herself. "The more adept a dog is at biting, the more it won't bark."

"It's hard to avoid loneliness in Consort Xian's Zhongcui Palace, so I asked Talented Lady Zhou to stay there and accompany her."

Chen Xiang understood. "The Worthy Lady Shen is more difficult to deal with than the Talented Lady Zhou, why don't we get him over there?"

Su Rushuang laughed coldly again and again: "Worthy Lady Shen is General Luo's sister by blood, I will definitely be of use to her in the future."

Luo Ninghai raised her head, the golden sunlight shone down on the plaque and shined a circle of golden light, it was piercing to the eyes. The Donghua Palace was clearly the palace that was the newest building in the palace, but it gave birth to a feeling of vicissitudes, as if there were many stories buried within the palace.

Pingyi, the palace maid who was standing beside her, said in a low voice, "Little master, quickly go in. All of the new concubines need to go in to pay their respects."

Luo Ninghai asked, "Isn't the Emperor staying in the palace? Why are there people waiting for him?"

Pingyi shushed him gently. "Young master, you don't have to ask. Just go in and pay your respects."

Luo Ninghai insisted: "I don't even know who these people are, how can I just muddle along and go in to pay my respects."

Ping Yi saw that Worthy Lady Shen really could not persuade her, but she was afraid of disturbing others, so she could only tell him: "Inside, it is for Empress Mu."

Luo Ninghai was shocked, Mu Langhua? Wasn't she having an affair with an outsider? Wasn't the empress being executed by the emperor in a mess? How could such a sinful woman stay within the palace?

"Why did the Emperor place Mu Langhua's memorial tablet here?"

Pingyi revealed an awkward expression, "This servant doesn't know. Little master, it's better if you go in quickly. It's not good for Eunuch Chen to find out. He's someone who serves before the imperial palace."

Curious, Luo Ninghai walked into the hall. There was smoke curling around, and on the altar, which was covered with bright yellow silk, there was a memorial tablet.

When she looked carefully, wasn't that Mu Langhua's memorial tablet?

How could a vile, sinful woman have a tablet, and stand within a Donghua Palace? Luo Ninghai looked around, only to see that Talented Lady Zhou, who had just finished bowing to the former Empress, was walking towards him.

Talented Lady Zhou bowed so hard that her knees did not even bend. Greetings Worthy Lady Shen. "

Luo Ninghai did not want to waste time on these red tape, so she nodded her head to show her respect.

The Talented Lady Zhou was in high spirits, "Is elder sister still living in the storage palace?"

Luo Ninghai knew that she had brought out her Zhongcui Palace to show off to him, "Un, it's the same as when we first arrived."

Talented Lady Zhou covered her mouth and snickered, "Please forgive me elder sister. I had thought that everyone could move into the place closest to the Emperor's Bedchamber like me."

Luo Ninghai said indifferently: "A talented person's fortune is not something everyone can have, little sister still has words to say, if not, then I will pay my respects to the previous empress."

"Sooner or later, I will have to pay my respects. Elder sister, don't be anxious." Talented Lady Zhou suddenly stopped her.

Luo Ninghai smiled slightly, "What does a talented person do? We can't underestimate the previous empress."

Talented Lady Zhou said coldly, "What does it have to do with you and me that a slut of a filthy harem would look down on herself?"

Luo Ninghai was really puzzled. How could such a person who spoke words and deeds without restraint be conferred the title of a genius? We are standing in front of the memorial tablet of the great Empress before the Great Qi, so people will definitely lose if we are to be careful of what we say. "

The Talented Lady Zhou smiled contemptuously. "Why are you being so aggressive? Do you want to complete the Emperor's mission and please the Emperor? I'm afraid the Emperor doesn't even want to move the long road of the Palace of Storage and Excellence."

"Since your Zhongcui Palace is so good, then you should head back first. Don't block my way anymore." Luo Ninghai pushed past the Talented Lady Zhou and was about to step forward, when she heard a heavy and steady voice sound out from behind him.

"Talented Lady Zhou seems to be very enthusiastic about the former empress." Chen Wanqian walked over with a smile.

Luo Ninghai saw the cold glint that flashed past Eunuch Chen's eyes, and her body shivered uncontrollably.

Talented Lady Zhou didn't even realize that the person in front of her was the emperor's personal eunuch as she asked tenderly, "Who are you? Why are you so concerned about me, the former Empress?"

Chen Wanqian smiled indifferently, "This servant not only needs to care about whether the talented person is enthusiastic the previous empress, I also need to care about whether the talented person can sleep with me tonight."

When Talented Lady Zhou saw Luo Ninghai's panicked expression, her face instantly turned pale.

Chen Wanqian laughed: "Although this servant cares about my talents, it isn't even one thousandth of what the emperor cares about. How about this servant bring my talents to see the emperor, my talents will know."

Su Rushuang was still sitting in her Huayang Palace, leisurely sipping on her newly paid melon fruit, not knowing what had happened that morning at all.

"Empress, today is that day." Chen Xiang whispered.

Su Rushuang's eyes were filled with disgust, "I am now a Noble Consort, I do not wish to go worship that evil woman."

Chen Xiang hurriedly said, "Talented Lady Zhou was disrespectful to you at Donghua Palace in the morning, and directly demoted to Picking Girl, and will never be able to meet with the Emperor."

Su Rushuang was so shocked that she almost threw the teacup in her hand, "I was still thinking of using Talented Lady Zhou's hands to get rid of the Consort Xian, how did I get demoted to Picking Girl?"

Chen Xiang said anxiously, "Empress, go quickly. It's already afternoon, and when the emperor blames you, it won't be good."

"Since I said I won't go, then I won't," Su Rushuang said as she gnashed her teeth and her entire face became twisted, "It's up to him if she wants to kill me."

Chen Xiang was so anxious that tears were about to fall. "Empress, you've just ascended to Noble Consort. Be careful that the emperor might get angry …"

Su Rushuang was infuriated. "He owes this position of Noble Consort to me, and the slut who has already been executed has even placed in the Donghua Palace to be greeted by all the consorts, am I afraid Meng Qianzhong has gone crazy!?"

Chen Xiang hurriedly covered her mouth, "You must be careful,'s words are the origin of all the troubles that came out of your mouth this morning."

Su Rushuang said fiercely: "I am afraid that I do not have a good maternal family supporting me from behind, I will end up with the fate of having to pay my respects to the evil woman every year."

Chen Xiang remained silent. Wasn't the Mu Estate, which had an inexhaustible glory back then, the best source of support for the Noble Consort Ru when they first entered the palace?

"Then will the Empress still be going to the Donghua Palace?"

Su Rushuang's gaze turned cold and terrifying, "Of course I'm going, just like how I would burn the Jadefallen Palace in Consort Xian, I want to burn Donghua Palace."

Chen Xiang was astonished and quickly kneeled down. "Empress, be careful. Burning Donghua Palace is no small matter. Your Majesty …"

"If I burn my Donghua Palace to a crisp," Su Rushuang's lips curled up into a bone-piercing smile of despair, "will Meng Qianzhong really forget about Mu Langhua?"

Chen Xiang immediately advised: "Empress, think about it, Mu Langhua has already turned into a pile of dirt and the one standing in front of the emperor is the Empress, no matter who the emperor was thinking about before, he only has the Empress in his eyes right now."

Su Rushuang stared at Chen Xiang blankly, as if he had heard her words.

Seeing that it worked, Chen Xiang continued: "Empress, don't be angry anymore, Picking Girl Zhou is no longer useful. Worthy Lady Shen is still around, Consort Xian is still around, and there are still many concubines in the harem.

Su Rushuang said with tears in her eyes: "Indeed, especially that Consort Xian, she was close to Mu Langhua in the past, and I cannot let her get away easily."

"Empress, get up and change your clothes first. Going to the Donghua Palace is one thing, and what you're saying in front of Mu Langhua's tablet is another. Empress, you better not see the Sin Emperor just because you're acting fast."

Hearing the three words Donghua Palace caused Su Rushuang's head to ache, "Worthy Lady Shen has seen it?"

"Picking Girl Zhou entered from behind."

Su Rushuang felt strange in her heart, "Was the matter of Picking Girl disrespect related to her?"

"I don't think so. Picking Girl Zhou was brought out by the Eunuch Chen."

Su Rushuang chuckled, "Chen Wanqian's martial arts is getting better and better every day."

Chen Xiang smiled. "He's just a eunuch serving in front of the imperial palace. Empress, don't worry. He's someone who can't even think of anything."

"Alright," Su Rushuang sighed, and finally calmed down, "Help me change my clothes."