Chapter 25 Seeking Asylum
Shangguan Lie could only comfort Lin Qingluan with kind words for a while. He didn't mind being in front of others, after all, Lin Qingluan should have such a personality, regard him as his heaven, regard him as his respect, and think of everything for him.
He comforted his little concubine with satisfaction, and then looked at the queen and his newly acquired eldest son. He turned around and saw Concubine Xian who was still waiting aside. Shangguan Lie remembered something again: "The queen has just given birth and is weak, and Concubine Qin is pregnant."
She is pregnant, and the good concubine also has the princess to take care of her, so the virtuous concubine will take care of the palace affairs first, and you and the queen will discuss all matters in the harem."
"Yes, I obey." Concubine Xian did not expect to be able to pick up such a big leak after waiting all night. She was filled with joy and responded crisply.
Suddenly, Zhai Hanjing's venomous eyes moved from Lin Qingluan to Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian was not afraid at all and only smiled at her.
It doesn't matter if the Zhai family is the prime minister, the Hu family is not a vegetarian, and Prime Minister Zhai is old and about to retire, and Zhai's father is unable to succeed, so it is not necessarily who will ascend to the throne in the future.
The Concubine Xian bowed to Zhai Hanjing dignifiedly, and Zhai Hanjing was so angry that she started shaking again. However, no one was looking at her anymore. How old is the Queen Mother? After seeing that her grandson was fine, she went back to rest, and the Emperor also went to prepare for the morning court.
Lin Qingluan and Concubine Xian left Kunning Palace together.
"Congratulations to Sister Xianfei." Lin Qingluan smiled. She didn't care about palace power, but she also knew it was a good thing.
Concubine Xian smiled with her eyebrows curved: "Thanks to your Majesty," she said, lowering her voice again, "Can your Majesty cope with what happened today?"
Lin Qingluan lowered his eyes: "What's going on today? The emperor is happy to have Linzi. We should give gifts when we should. How else should we deal with it?"
Concubine Xian was startled, then laughed again: "The noble concubine is right, it was my concubine who made a mistake."
When they reached a fork in the road, the two separated amicably. After all this trouble, it was almost dawn by the time Lin Qingluan returned to Wan'an Palace.
She sat with him in the middle of the night, crying and begging to kowtow. Now she was sleepy and tired. After returning to the palace, she just ordered the gift list for Kunning Palace and then fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was already mid-afternoon.
"An Lan..." Lin Qingluan stood up to call someone. An Lan came in from outside, helped her up and said with a smile, "Master, are you hungry? You haven't eaten for two meals."
"Yeah, I'm so hungry." Lin Qingluan sat in front of the dressing table and paused for a moment, then went to look through the bottom drawer, and breathed a sigh of relief after a while.
The white jade peony hairpin is still there, so...it's really just a dream.
She thought someone really came while she was sleeping.
Lin Qingluan yawned and finished her meal, but still felt too lazy to move. She remembered what Concubine Xian said, and turned away everyone, only calling Mu Yun over: "How are Wei Mei and Wen Mei?"
"The slave has not yet had time to tell the queen," Mu Yun is still a slave who has not had sex before, and he is a little awkward when talking about it. "Before, before, the slave was grounded, and the slave could not go out. I didn't hear that I would come back."
I found out later, well..."
She nervously told how Wen Meiren and Wei Meiren had served the emperor those few nights together. She also said that because Chun Xie did not have to go to court, the emperor got up very late every day, and even breakfast was accompanied by two beauties.
Even though no one knew what he did, the fact that he kept asking for water every night was spread among the slaves.
"Just after returning to the palace yesterday, the emperor ordered Wen Meiren to move to Jianzhang Palace, while Feng Jieyu was transferred to Ganlu Palace. This morning, the Queen Mother's decree came that Jianzhang Palace has been closed and no one is allowed to go out."
Mu Yun finally finished speaking and breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Qingluan's fingers gently dug into the armrests of the chair. Over time, she dug a small hole into the wooden armrests of the recliner, which made it easier for her to dig in.
Mu Yun lowered his head and said nothing, waiting for her instructions.
"How's Concubine Yun?" Lin Qingluan asked again.
"It should have been confirmed that she is pregnant, but I don't know why Concubine Yun refuses to tell anyone." Mu Yun said.
Lin Qingluan didn't know either, but it's not like Yun Bin could only talk about this kind of thing.
After she got the news, if necessary, she could throw Yun Bin out as a cover, which might work wonders.
"Master, Fang Meiren would like to see you." Mu Tang stood outside the door and reported.
Lin Qingluan raised her eyebrows: "Fang Meiren?"
"The one who entered the palace with Wei Mei and Wen Mei." Mu Yun reminded softly.
Lin Qingluan nodded: "Ask her to come in."
He probably came here to ask about Jianzhang Palace.
Sure enough, Fang Meiren came in with a panic look on her face, knelt on the ground and started crying: "Empress, I really don't know what happened to me. Yesterday, when a literary beauty came back, she was told that she was going to move to the palace. After that, she was grounded. Concubine, I am.
concubine……"
"You don't know what the two of them did?" Lin Qingluan didn't believe that Fang Meiren was staying out of the matter. She smiled and said, "It was the Queen Mother's decree. Now it has been carried out. Since you have nothing to do, you don't have to worry about it.
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"Yes, yes." Fang Meiren was indeed frightened. She had heard it when she got up early in the morning, saying that the two sisters were an eyesore to the queen. The queen now had the emperor's eldest son. The tide was rising, and sooner or later the emperor could be coaxed to kill many people.
A new beauty.
She quietly wiped the sweat from her forehead and forced out a smile: "Thank you for your teaching. With your Majesty here, I feel much more at ease."
"I didn't teach you anything, go back." Lin Qingluan waved her slender fingers casually, not intending to get too involved with Fang Meiren.
However, Fang Meiren was shocked. She subconsciously looked around and saw that there was only one palace maid present. Thinking that this must be the confidant of the imperial concubine, she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the master said that if something happens in the harem, you can find someone to look for——"
"Shut up!" Lin Qingluan stood up suddenly and looked at Fang Meiren in disbelief, "Fang Meiren, what are you talking about? What kind of master? There is only one master in this harem and this world, and that is the emperor!"
Fang Meiren was frightened by her, and she leaned back and fell to the ground. Her eyes widened and she was a little at a loss: "Your Majesty..."
"I don't know where you heard this nonsense, but I have nothing to do with you." Lin Qingluan ruthlessly shattered Fang Meiren's fantasy. She waved her hand, "Mu Yun, see the guest off."
When Fang Meiren left Wan'an Palace, she still couldn't recover. She stood for a moment and then looked back, but thinking of the imperial concubine's attitude just now, she hesitated again.
It seems that the imperial concubine is not what the master said and is willing to protect them in the harem...
Fang Meiren walked away with her head lowered, while Lin Qingluan was rubbing her forehead.
She didn't need to think about it to know who Fang Mei's master was, but she had already made up her mind and did not want to be involved with Zhou Chumu anymore. At this time, she suddenly came to her door. It was really...
"What on earth did he think?" Lin Qingluan was confused. Does sleeping with him once mean that he wants to join forces?
If she remembered correctly, she agreed to let him have people in the harem just to compensate for that inexplicable forced upon him.
Now that the money and goods are settled, they should have nothing to do with each other anymore, but what did he think that he would say such words to Fang Meiren?
She was also slow. When the Japanese beauty asked her if she wanted to keep the emperor, she should have been alert.
These three people knew about her relationship with Zhou Chumu.
However, Lin Qingluan is no longer afraid. It has been a long time since the incident, and she has no clues to fall into Zhou Chumu's hands. Even if someone really reports it, it is not just a false accusation. Lin Qingluan is 80% sure.
It will make Shangguan suspicious.
Chapter completed!