The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 38

The next day was the day to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager Dong as usual. Qin Liuse's mind was full of serving Emperor Yongjia yesterday.

But I wasn't still thinking about those beautiful things. I was just venting my emotions last night and didn't think too much.

After getting up this morning and sending Emperor Yongjia away, she sat down alone and thought through the whole story.

Emperor Yongjia came from Yuxiu Palace. Although Li Chongyuan invited him, Emperor Yongjia did not stay there for long.

In the morning, Xiao Fuzi brought her information saying that the emperor did not have dinner at Li Chongyuan's house last night.

Qin Liuse was surprised, where else could it be?

Xiao Fuzi then made a face and said that they had dinner at Concubine Zhou's place. Originally, the people in Yuxiu Palace thought that Emperor Yongjia was going to stay overnight in Piaoxu Garden.

Who would have thought that after dinner, he didn't stay for long and went straight out.

The people in Yuxiu Palace thought that Emperor Yongjia was going back to take care of state affairs.

Who knew that he would turn around and go to Shu Yuexuan and Qin Jieyu's place.

No one could figure out the emperor's intention in all these twists and turns, but in the end, the benefits fell into Qin Jieyu's house, and everyone knew that Qin Jieyu was favored.

While the master was sleeping, the servants got up early and worked late to keep in touch with each other, so the news reached Xiao Fuzi's ears early in the morning.

However, originally these things would not have reached Qin Liuse's ears, but since the last incident with Zhang Baolin, Qin Liuse also understood one thing: he was really at a loss in the palace.

Without my own ears and eyes, I learned the news so late, so later I deliberately let Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Baozi move around the palace more often and interact with those people more.

So early in the morning, the news successfully reached Qin Liuse's ears.

After hearing this, Qin Liuse was not as complacent as Xiao Fuzi, but thought to herself that this dog emperor had offended two people at once.

He is such a good emperor to her.

Many concubines came to the Empress Dowager Dong's palace to pay their respects today, and there was bound to be some verbal disputes.

However, Qin Liuse has one advantage, which is that he is open-minded.

This is what people who are in favor are like: they have enemies everywhere.

Alas, there is no way.

There is no other way unless you look at it more positively.

Thinking of this, they had already arrived at the Empress Dowager Dong's palace. Qin Liuse straightened his expression and walked in.

As expected, the atmosphere in the palace was inexplicably strange. Even Concubine Ning Shu, who always loved to be lively and had a smile on her face, just sat upright, drinking tea with a teacup in her hand, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Concubine Dong Xian was sitting next to Concubine Ning Shu, also with an embarrassed expression on her face.

The other concubines were all quiet. Since the elder ones didn't speak, the younger ones didn't know what to say either.

Qin Liuse was a little scared for the harmony of the women in the harem.

What's going on? Why do they all feel like they're being strangled?

Could it be that the favor she enjoyed last night was so strong that all the concubines who came to pay their respects gave her a cold shoulder?

But, does she have such ability?

Qin Liuse was a little scared for a moment.

After paying his respects and looking up to see the person standing next to the Empress Dowager Dong, Qin Liuse felt that he seemed to be able to guess something.

The person standing next to the Queen Mother Dong was not a maid, but a beautiful woman so tender that she could be pinched to extract water.

No, it should be called little beauty.

It’s not that she is not beautiful enough, but because she is young, her beauty has a bit more purity and tenderness.

It is indeed something that the women in the harem do not have.

However, Qin Liuse didn't think that a mere beauty could silence people like Concubine Ning Shu and Concubine Dong Xian, who had seen big scenes.

Concubine Ning Shu has seen everything. Besides, she is a great beauty. If she was afraid of having beauties around the emperor, she would have been worried about it for so many years that her hair turned white.

Among the concubines sitting below, many had just entered the palace. They might be puzzled by the silence of several concubines with higher positions. In fact, people like Qin Liuse who entered the palace later did not quite understand it either.

But Qin Liuse knew why they all seemed to be thinking about something.

Because this beauty looks exactly like the queen when she was young!

I can't say they are 90% similar, but at least 80% similar.

When Qin Liuse was looking at Wei Lanxin, Wei Lanxin was also looking at Qin Liuse. Qin Liuse thought she was just taking a glance, but she didn't know that Wei Lanxin already knew her name.

The Empress Dowager Dong smiled and said, "This lovely girl is the daughter of the Wei family. She came to the capital to celebrate the New Year. Her grandmother and I are old acquaintances. Seeing that she is smart and cute, I kept her by my side for a while. It was a pleasure to see her."

All the concubines said in unison, "The Queen Mother is so kind."

Qin Liuse wondered in her heart, did he want her to stay for a while, or did he want her to live in the harem forever, in the emperor's Chengqian Palace?

Only they themselves know the answer.

No wonder Concubine Ning Shu and Concubine Dong Xian's faces turned green.

Not to mention that the Queen isn't dead yet, but she brought in someone who looks exactly like her to show off in front of the Emperor. This person looks even more beautiful than the Queen when she was young. How could they not feel upset?

If she really succeeds, the emperor will be so pleased that he will promote her to the position of concubine and make her equal to the others. From now on, every time I see her like that, I will be blocked.

"Your humble servant Wei Lanxin greets all the ladies."

Wei Lanxin was not only more beautiful than the Queen, but her voice was also more pleasant than the Queen's. Her voice was sweeter, softer, and more sticky-sweet, like a piece of candy that could not be melted.

Concubine Ning Shu smiled with a forced smile, thinking that he was just another pretentious person.

At her age, she has seen so many women that whether they are really cute or really pretentious cannot escape her eyes and ears.

Concubine Dong was still as virtuous as ever, and hurriedly asked Wei Lanxin where she lived, whether she was used to the place, and whether she needed to buy anything.

However, Empress Dowager Dong wanted her to live in her own palace and go out for a walk in the palace when she had nothing to do.

Qin Liuse was thinking in her heart that the Empress Dowager Dong was really worried about controlling the harem of Emperor Yongjia.

She is already this old, but instead of enjoying her old age, she insists on arguing with Emperor Yongjia. No wonder there are conflicts between mother and son. People should accept their age and abdicate when they are old, otherwise there will be contradictions.

Could a man as powerful as Emperor Yongjia be manipulated by her?

But then I thought, in the eyes of outsiders, am I not also the Queen Mother Dong's person?

Probably the same as Wei Lanxin.

Qin Liuse was speechless...

I immediately admired the Empress Dowager Cixi. She lived in the harem but she acted like a hermit. Since Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne, she had hardly ever shown up in the harem except for the coronation ceremony. If you didn't know, you would have thought that the Empress Dowager Cixi came to the harem to practice!

But I think she also understood the difficulties of her own son. Otherwise, when the two empresses dowagers from the harem traveled, there were two big Buddhas. She was probably worried that it would be difficult for Emperor Yongjia, so she chose to remain invisible.

This is the difference between a biological mother and a non-biological mother.

After introducing Wei Lanxin, they gradually started talking, several of them talking at once. Qin Liuse took a quick look and found that some people actually went over to talk to Wei Lanxin.

But they are all of low status, including Qin Huaijin.

Qin Liuse was talking to the person next to her when she was suddenly called by the Queen Mother Dong.

"Qin Jieyu, Li Chongyuan is not here today because she is taking care of Anle. Please wait a moment while I go over there and deliver a porcelain painting." As she spoke, the maid brought over the porcelain painting that the Empress Dowager Dong mentioned.

The picture above shows a mother knitting clothes for her child. What a touching scene it is if Qin Liuse didn't understand her other meaning.

Qin Liuse just wanted to roll her eyes and run away. It was bad enough that the Emperor offended people for her, but the Empress Dowager Dong also made her offend people.

Why did the Empress Dowager Dong force her to do such an unpleasant and offensive job?