I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

royal palace.

Concubine Xiang has been in a particularly good mood these days.

Why?

Because her son Prince Jing and his party have recently completely crushed the prince's party in the court, arresting and imprisoning several heavyweight officials around the prince!

The prince is almost suffocating!

In addition, scandals frequently broke out in Empress Gao's family, causing a sensation in the city.

Although Emperor Jingde did not condemn Empress Gao, his dissatisfaction with her was fully revealed in his disdainful eyes.

Moreover, his disgust grew day by day. He no longer stayed overnight in Empress Gao's Fengzao Palace, and almost never set foot there during the day.

Do you think Concubine Xiang is in a good mood?

It is said that on this afternoon, Concubine Xiang was strolling in the Imperial Garden wearing a white fox fur cloak. She saw a large area of ​​bright red peonies and couldn't help but think of the sickly queen in Fengzao Palace.

Concubine Xiang casually picked a red peony, lowered her head and sniffed it, while asking the head maid behind her: "I heard that Empress Gao's migraine has recurred?"

The senior maid smiled and said:

"That's right. I heard that ever since Madam Gao (Fu Yuzheng) fell ill last time, the Imperial Guards snatched six imperial physicians from the Queen. The Queen was so angry that she had a headache for a whole day and night, and her migraine started to recur intermittently..."

"Every time a scandal about her niece's family was reported from outside the palace, the Empress would suffer from a migraine attack, which would last for at least one or two hours each time."

As the master and servant were talking, suddenly a young eunuch rushed across the imperial garden and headed towards Empress Gao's Fengzao Palace.

Concubine Xiang glanced at the young eunuch.

The head maid also took a glance and immediately recognized that it was from the Queen's palace. She hurriedly said, "My Lady, I'm afraid that Gao Shu outside the palace has caused a new round of scandal."

Hearing this, Concubine Xiang smiled and said, "What are you waiting for? Intercept that young eunuch and bring him here to question him."

After saying that, Concubine Xiang turned around, twisted her slender waist, walked into the pavilion not far away, and sat down at the stone table.

After a while, the little eunuch came trembling with fear.

"I, I pay my respects to Her Majesty Xiang. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health." The young eunuch was so frightened that he lost his balance and almost fell on the stone steps.

Why, what is he so scared of?

Could it be that Concubine Xiang is a tigress and can eat him?

Uh, she's really a tigress.

You have to know that Concubine Xiang now dominates the entire harem. She dares to slap any concubine she doesn't like at any time, and she is even ruthless to the servants under them.

Just two days ago, he randomly caught a young maid in Empress Gao's palace making a mistake and ordered her tongue to be pulled out.

It can be said to be extremely arrogant.

But Empress Gao didn't even dare to fart and just hid in her headache, pretending to be ignorant.

Against such a backdrop, how could the servants in Empress Gao's palace not be afraid of Concubine Xiang?

Xiang Guifei saw the timidity of the young eunuch and was very proud of herself. She smiled faintly and said, "What kind of trouble has happened in the Queen's family again? Tell me about it."

How could the little eunuch dare to hide it?

He immediately stammered back, "Replying to Concubine Xiang, just now, the Prince of Zhenbian refused Shen Yixiao's request to marry Gao Shu. He said that she must either be carried into the palace as a concubine in a sedan chair, or be compensated with 100,000 taels. You can only choose one of the two."

Concubine Xiang: ???

First he was startled.

When she realized how insulting this "choice between two" was, Concubine Xiang covered her mouth with a white handkerchief and laughed out loud.

It's really funny. In my whole life, this is the first time I heard that the daughter of a Duke's mansion lost her virginity, but couldn't marry that man as his wife, and could only be a concubine at most.

This is really unheard of.

Unexpectedly, when Concubine Xiang was laughing, a shout suddenly came from behind the rockery not far away:

"Empress, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Don't scare me..."

Concubine Xiang was stunned, and looked back, only to see that Empress Gao had appeared nearby at some point. It was obvious that she had overheard the conversation just now. She was now so excited that her face turned pale and she fell against the rock wall.

He was gasping for breath violently, as if he couldn't breathe.

When Xiang Guifei saw this, she became even happier. She twisted her waist, swung her handkerchief, and walked straight to Empress Gao, smiling:

"Oh, isn't this the Queen? Look at you, your face is so pale with anger."

"In my opinion, don't be angry anymore. Your niece from your mother's family should not marry into the Southwest Shen family as a... lowly concubine. Just take the 100,000 taels of 'first night compensation silver' and marry an honest husband."

Compensation for first night?

Listening to the wording, it was so ironic that Empress Gao was so angry that her temples throbbed, her face turned paler, and her skin twitched slightly.

At this moment, another young eunuch rushed over and reported to Empress Gao: "Your Majesty, Miss Gao Shu is here, and she is clamoring to come to the palace to visit you."

visit?

When Empress Gao heard the name "Gao Shu", she couldn't help rolling her eyes. He was still visiting her, but it was almost like he was here to force her to death.

"No, tell her to go back to the mansion immediately and reflect on her mistakes in front of the wall in the ancestral hall." Empress Gao said almost gritting her teeth.

Unexpectedly, Concubine Xiang interrupted with a smile:

"No, Queen Sister, your precious niece is not easy to deal with. You chased her away without even meeting her. Aren't you afraid that Gao Shu will find a random young man to sleep with in a fit of rage? She has turned herself into a prostitute, just to piss you off?"

Listen to this, what kind of vicious words are these?

Empress Gao had been the queen mother for nearly twenty years, but she was mocked in front of a concubine. How could she bear it?

At this moment, she hated Gao Shu so much.