"Why does Sister Zhuang Bin keep staring at the Queen?"

While Lu Wanning was thinking about it, the concubine across from him spoke in a strange and sinister tone.

Lu Wanning glanced at Xi Concubine, smiled lightly, and said, "Sister, I just think the Queen's complexion is particularly good, so I couldn't help but take a second look."

After saying that, Lu Wanning turned to the Queen and said, "Please forgive me for the offense."

The queen smiled and waved her hand, saying: "Concubine Zhuang, you don't have to be so careful. I am not such a narrow-minded person."

Lu Wanning smiled and said: "The Queen is naturally the most lenient and gentle."

Xi Bin saw that the queen not only did not attack Lu Wanning, but was also very happy because of Lu Wanning's words. She felt a little unwilling, but she could only shut up in frustration.

After greeting the Queen, Lu Wanning took Qingzhi and walked to Linglong Pavilion. Zhou Cai was of lower status, so he waited until the other high-ranking concubines had left before catching up with Lu Wanning from behind.

"Ms. Zhuang Bin, the weather is nice today. Would you like to sit in the imperial garden?"

Autumn has already entered, and the weather is getting colder every day. However, there is no wind today, so it is not very cold.

Lu Wanning smiled and said, "Then let's go sit together."

The two of them walked slowly towards the Imperial Garden, talking as they walked, mainly because Zhou Cairen said what Lu Wanning wanted to listen to.

"Your Majesty, you are now a concubine. It is probably not suitable for you to live in Linglong Pavilion anymore. Your Majesty will probably let you move to the palace soon, right?"

The concubine can already live in the main palace. Lu Sunning was promoted to Zhuang concubine, so there is no reason to still live in Linglong Pavilion.

Lu Wanning smiled and said: "Actually, Linglong Pavilion is quite good. I'm used to living there. I would be reluctant to move out if I really do."

"Although Linglong Pavilion is good, it is a bit small after all, and it is too far away from the Emperor's Jianzhang Palace." Zhou Cairen said.

Lu Wanning didn't say anything. Linglong Pavilion was a bit small, but she was the only master, so it was still open enough.

As for the fact that it was too far from Jianzhang Palace, Lu Wanning didn't think it was a big deal. If the emperor had the intention, then the distance would be nothing to the emperor. But if the emperor had no intention, even if she lived in front of the emperor, the emperor would be afraid.

Able to turn a blind eye.

However, Lu Wanning just thought that the palace must be moved, but he didn't know where the emperor would ask it to be moved.

There are currently four vacant palaces in the harem suitable for her status, namely Changxin Palace, Taikang Palace, Ruichang Palace and Biyun Palace.

Among them, although the Changxin Palace is large, its location is not very good. The two palaces, Ruichang Palace and Taikang Palace, are in similar positions. They are both very close to Jianzhang Palace, and they are also relatively in the middle of the entire palace.

However, Ruichang Palace is much larger than Taikang Palace, maybe as big as two Taikang Palaces.

The location of Biyun Palace is okay, and the area is not too big or too small.

Therefore, in comparison, Ruichang Palace is the best in all aspects, Taikang Palace and Changxin Palace have their own advantages and disadvantages, and Biyun Palace is neither outstanding nor too bad in all aspects.

If Lu Wanning had to choose, she felt that Biyun Palace was the most suitable palace for her now, and it was also the palace that the emperor was most likely to order her to move into.

Zhou Cairen also had her own selfish motives when she mentioned Lu Wanning's move to the palace. She wanted to move to the same palace as Lu Wanning.

Seeing that Lu Wanning did not speak after listening to her words, Zhou Cairen couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

But she didn't show it, and instead talked to Lu Wanning about the Queen's birthday.

"The Queen's birthday will be in a few days. What has the Queen prepared as a birthday gift for the Queen?" Zhou Cairen said with some sadness: "I originally wanted to embroider a Kang screen for the Queen. That Kang screen

My concubine has almost finished embroidering the screen, but later I heard that Du Cairen also embroidered the Kang screen to give to the Queen."

Du Cairen was a beautiful lady who entered the palace in the same batch as Lu Wanning more than two years ago. However, it seems that Du Cairen only slept with her once or twice after entering the palace, and she never caused any waves after that.

If Zhou Cairen hadn't mentioned it now, Lu Wanning would have forgotten about this person. However, she had never heard of Du Cairen's good embroidery skills before. It seemed that Zhou Cairen was more informed than she thought.

Some.

Zhou Cairen continued to say, "Du Cairen's embroidery skills are not even comparable to those of the embroiderers in the palace. Although my concubine's embroidery skills are good, but if compared with Du Cairen's,

That means there is no place to throw it away, so now I don’t know what to give to the Queen as a birthday gift.”

Lu Wanning smiled and said: "My female celebrities are not very good at getting rid of them, so I can only give them to the common people."

Lu Wanning chose a pair of plum vases painted with peonies to give to the Empress. The colors of these plum vases were very bright and they were rare treasures nowadays. It was a good idea to give them to the Empress as a birthday gift.

After Zhou Cairen heard this, he thought for a moment and said, "Then, when I return, I will go to the treasury to pick out two valuable items as birthday gifts for the Queen."

After saying this, Zhou Cairen remembered what happened when she just asked for greetings. She first looked around to see if there was no one else, and then asked Lu Wanning: "When you were staring at the Empress, did you also notice that the Empress had been recently?"

Are you extremely thin?"

Lu Wanning nodded and said, "Yes, the Queen seems to have lost so much weight, but her complexion is better than before."

Zhou Cairen lowered his voice and said to Lu Wanning: "I noticed it a few days ago. At that time, I was curious and asked people around me to inquire about it. The queen seems to have a bad appetite recently, and she can only eat every day.

I only use a few mouthfuls, but the Empress will insist on using a cup of blood bird's nest every day. This may be the reason why the Empress' face is getting better and better even though she has lost weight."

How could Lu Wanning not understand the meaning of Zhou Cairen's words? Zhou Cairen wanted to tell her that she suspected that there might be something wrong with the blood bird's nest that the Empress took every day.

But Lu Wanning didn't want to express her opinion on the matter, so she pretended not to hear the implication of Zhou Cairen's words and smiled, saying: "Maybe."

After Zhou Cairen heard Lu Wanning's somewhat perfunctory words, he stopped talking for a while.

She and Lu Wanning have known each other for such a long time. It can be said that she is the closest person to Lu Wanning in the palace. Seeing that Lu Wanning never pretends to be a doting concubine in front of her, she is willing to talk to her and give her the good things she has received.

Share it with her.

So she thought that Lu Wanning had regarded her as a sister she could talk to, but now she realized that Lu Wanning did not trust her as much as she thought.
Chapter completed!