It's almost time to wear it. The soft beauty relies on the child-bearing system to favor her

"Yuping." The queen called after returning to the bedroom.

Yu Ping came over and asked, "What do you want, Queen?"

The queen fiddled with the gilded phoenix-patterned armor, her lips curled slightly, "Send someone to deliver the acacia incense to Bai Lan, and tell her to let the imperial concubine act quickly."

Hearing this, Yu Ping lowered her head and said in a low voice:

"Your Highness, the Queen doesn't want to see the Imperial Concubine again? Well, it seems that the Imperial Concubine is not favored by the Emperor, and the Emperor doesn't seem to have any feelings for her. If we take action now, the Emperor will surely be angry, and the Imperial Concubine will surely die."

There was a look of indifference in the queen's eyebrows and eyes, as if a life meant nothing to her.

She chuckled, her voice cold and thin.

"She became arrogant after she was named Imperial Concubine and didn't take me seriously. It was just because her mother's family was strong while my mother's family was declining. She thought that since she was always summoned by the Emperor, she would be favored by him sooner or later and give birth to a prince. Then she would be able to take my place..."

The queen's eyes gradually turned colder, completely different from her usual gentle and dignified appearance, making people feel cold all over when they looked at her.

She said again,

"I thought she was so brave and difficult to deal with! I didn't expect that she was even worse than a straw bag. I just asked someone to trick her a few times and she took the bait. She was too greedy and didn't have the brains to distinguish between truth and falsehood. The imperial concubine is seeking her own death, so I will send her off."

Yuping stood aside solemnly and nodded silently.

Just like that, a few more days passed.

Su Wanti still insisted on delivering snacks to the Cining Palace.

And in the imperial concubine's palace, everything was still the same as before.

The imperial concubine either beat the palace maids or cursed Concubine Wan behind closed doors, but nothing serious happened.

Listening to Yuping's report, the Queen was puzzled. "Yuping, has the Hehuanxiang been given to Bailan?"

Yuping nodded.

"Then Bai Lan gave the Hehuanxiang to the imperial concubine?"

Yu Ping thought about it and nodded:

"When the imperial concubine gets angry, she always beats the palace maids. Bai Lan is the most popular maid around her, so she can't avoid being beaten and scolded by her. Before, Your Majesty, you asked me to check on Bai Lan more often, so I went to check on her and found that there were few healthy patches on her body."

"Last time, because of Concubine Wan's incident, the Imperial Concubine slapped Bai Lan in the face. Bai Lan was almost disfigured. It was only after I gave her the scar removal cream from our palace that the scar on her face faded."

"Because of these things, Bai Lan hates the Imperial Concubine to death. She hopes the Imperial Concubine will die more than we do."

"only……"

The Queen frowned, "Just what?"

Yuping took a step closer and whispered, "I went to see Bai Lan yesterday and asked her when she would start. Bai Lan said that the imperial concubine was overjoyed after getting the Hehuanxiang, but now the emperor does not go to the imperial concubine's palace at all, nor does he summon the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine went to the Qinzheng Palace, and the emperor was busy and had no time to see her."

"Now, the imperial concubine is extremely worried. She wants to find an opportunity to see the emperor and use the love incense, but there is no chance at all!"

"Huh——" The queen felt that this imperial concubine was too useless and was so angry that she laughed out loud.

"This imperial concubine is really empty-headed. She has used her needle-sized brain to frame the little palace maid."

The queen took a sip of tea leisurely, her beautiful eyes moving around, and a plan came to her mind.

"I have come up with an idea that will allow the imperial concubine to act and make that coquettish little maid a laughing stock in the palace."

She hooked her jade-white finger at Yuping, and Yuping moved closer.

The queen whispered in Yuping's ear, and Yuping frowned and nodded repeatedly.

----

The first day of December, Fengzao Palace.

Today is the day when the concubines in the harem pay their respects to the Queen.

After the concubines paid their respects to the queen in a polite manner, they took their seats according to their rank.

The empress sat at the top, followed by the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine Rong, the imperial concubine Wan, and then several talented ladies and maids.

The other concubines were all speaking politely to each other, but the imperial concubine remained silent.

Normally, the Imperial Concubine was the most arrogant, but she would say a few words, especially to the Empress or Rong Fei and Wan Fei. Today, she was quiet.

The queen smiled faintly and watched the concubine's performance.

"My dear sister." The Queen looked at her with a smile in her eyes. "Do you have time these days?"

When the imperial concubine heard the queen calling her, she raised her eyes quickly, and a flash of desire and uneasiness appeared in her eyes.

After meeting the Queen's gaze, she returned to her usual arrogant self, "I don't know what the Queen wants to do, but no matter what it is, I am busy."

The imperial concubine said with her neck stiff.

These days, she was thinking about how to trick the emperor into coming over, use the love fragrance, so that she could gain the emperor's favor and become a real imperial concubine.

I thought about it for several days but couldn't think of a suitable solution. I was worried about how I would have the time to take care of the queen.

Bai Lan, who was behind the imperial concubine, touched her imperceptibly.

Someone suddenly touched her lower back. The imperial concubine frowned and was about to turn around and scold Bai Lan when she suddenly remembered what Bai Lan said to her yesterday.

Now when the emperor comes to the harem, he only goes to Weiyang Palace. If he sends Concubine Wan away...

There was a gleam of light in the imperial concubine's eyes and her mind moved slightly.

She leaned forward, sat up straighter, then her beautiful eyes moved around, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she put on a smile.

"Oh, I was anxious just now. I wonder if the Queen asked me if I was free. Is there anything she wants to tell me?"

The queen seemed not to mind what she had said before. She looked good-tempered and smiled elegantly.

"It's the end of the year, and the palace is going to hold a ritual to exorcise evil spirits and usher in good fortune, and we need to copy scriptures. In the harem, besides me, the highest-ranking one is the Imperial Concubine. My sister Imperial Concubine was promoted directly from the position of Talented Lady to the position of Imperial Concubine. I heard that the Imperial Concubine's brothers-in-law are also gaining face in front of the Emperor. I think that my sister Imperial Concubine is a rare and blessed person. If the scriptures are copied by my sister Imperial Concubine, it will be more effective."

Hearing this, the imperial concubine's eyes turned and her red lips slightly opened.

"Your Majesty, I think that in this harem, Concubine Wan is the most blessed."

The imperial concubine's eyes were quite cold as they fell on Su Wanti. Su Wanti was not afraid. She put her hands in her pockets, met the imperial concubine's gaze, and looked back at her quite coldly.

The imperial concubine looked away and said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better to let Concubine Wan copy the scriptures. She is the most suitable."

"This..." The queen looked at Su Wanti with some embarrassment, but she was only embarrassed for a moment.

Before Su Wanti could answer, the Queen said:

"Your Highness is right. Concubine Wan is the most favored among all the concubines in the harem. She is naturally the most blessed. It is right for Concubine Wan to copy the scriptures. This is a merit to pray for the country. I think Concubine Wan will not refuse."

Su Wanti pursed her lips, looked at the Queen, then at the Imperial Concubine. Her intuition told her that something was going on. She wanted to see what these two were up to, so she took back her refusal and sat quietly without saying a word.

Seeing that she was just sitting there quietly and looking at her, the Queen thought that she agreed, so she said:

"Time is running out, so let's start copying from today. After the class is over, Concubine Wan will go to the Buddhist Incense Pavilion to copy the scriptures. There are quite a lot of them, so Concubine Wan must be prepared to copy for several days."

After she finished speaking, Su Wanti noticed that the queen glanced at the imperial concubine vaguely, and her doubts grew even stronger.