kvmb Chapter 512: Concubine Chen was plotted against
Chapter 512: Concubine Chen was plotted against
Fei Wan is thinking about Xie Weizhou, and He Shuangying is thinking about Fei Wan's gem.
He kept muttering for half a day before washing up and going to bed.
The next day, all the other concubines went to pay their respects to Empress Yan. Since He Shuangying had no rank, she was exempted from this rule and was able to sleep until noon.
Concubine Chen came out from Fengming Palace to pay her respects and took a detour to He Shuangying.
He Shuangying received Concubine Chen in the inner room, asked her to sit in front of the dressing table, and got up herself.
Because of Concubine Chen's deliberate approach, the two had a close relationship, especially when Concubine Chen showed He Shuangying the fire avoidance map that Fei Wan gave her in private, without telling her that it came from Fei Wan. She only asked He Shuangying to imitate it so as to win the emperor's heart.
He Shuangying accepted it with a shy smile. The secrets between each other made the friendship even better.
At this time, He Shuangying did not shy away from dressing in front of Concubine Chen, who praised her slim figure and called her a beauty.
He Shuangying spat, "Sister, you're getting more and more talkative. You only know how to tease me. Isn't your figure slim? Why haven't I heard that His Majesty summoned you recently?"
Concubine Chen sighed, "How can I compare to you? You don't have a high position, but His Majesty cares about you. As for me, my position is neither high enough for His Majesty to value me, nor low enough for him to forget me. Back in the autumn, I tried to curry favor with Concubine Zhao, and I did gain His Majesty's favor a few times. But then His Majesty fell in love with someone else, and Concubine Zhao thought I was useless, so others came to step on me. Every day is a harsh day, and someone is always trying to trip me up and prevent me from seeing His Majesty. To be honest, I would rather be like you, secretly meeting His Majesty every now and then, so that His Majesty can always remember me, and there are some practical benefits."
As he spoke, he picked up the jade bracelet that He Shuangying had placed on the dressing table last night.
"Look at this! His Majesty is willing to give it to you. When I was serving him in the emperor's bedchamber, I only got a gold bracelet wrapped in silk, a common item. How can it compare to yours?"
These words brought a smile to He Shuangying's face.
It is bittersweet when you compare yourself with those above you, but it is refreshing when you compare yourself with those below you.
For a moment, she put aside her jealousy of Fei Wan's box of jewels and thought that the jade bracelet reward was also very glorious.
"If Sister Chen likes it, try it on your hand. This jade is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it feels very good."
Concubine Chen put it on her hand without hesitation, looked at it from left to right, and liked it very much. "Sister, if you give this to me, I will exchange it with you for three gold bracelets later, okay?"
He Shuangying walked forward and pulled the bracelet off Concubine Chen's wrist.
Half annoyed and half joking, she said, "Sister, you are a noble after all, yet you are trying to snatch things from me. With your talent, beauty and skills, you will be able to win the favor of His Majesty one day, and you will have any fine bracelet you want."
Concubine Chen pointed in the direction of Chunxi Palace: "With that person here, when can I ever get close to His Majesty?"
"Sister, did you have a grudge against Concubine Zhao?"
"It's not a grudge, I just accidentally offended her and was suppressed."
"With my sister's qualifications, how could she suppress me?"
"Didn't you also move out of Chunxi Palace? She can even suppress you, let alone me."
Concubine Chen was very angry.
She often made faces, which made He Shuangying feel that she was sincere and not trying to deceive her into getting close to her.
Seeing that she was angry again, He Shuangying tried to coax her.
"Don't be angry, Sister Chen. It's my fault for not being able to speak well that I've upset you. I've offended countless people with my mouth since I entered the palace, and only you are willing to be close to me. If you're angry with me too, I'll be so pitiful all alone."
Concubine Chen's anger turned into joy. She pinched He Shuangying's cheek and said, "Look, this little mouth is as sweet as honey. How could it offend anyone? My sister is just too proud and doesn't want to be false with those who have ulterior motives in the palace."
"Sister is a soulmate."
The two of them chatted happily and half a day passed in a flash.
Concubine Chen left before lunch: "The person serving food will come over and see me here with you, and try to stir up trouble."
He Shuangying handed Concubine Chen a red lacquer carved bead necklace.
"Your Majesty's jade bracelet cannot be given to you, sister. This is what I got when the Empress bestowed gifts upon the six palaces. I don't like to take her things, so you can keep it, sister. It's also a beautiful toy."
"Thank you, sister. I'll make you a silk ribbon as a token of my appreciation later."
Replace one bracelet with a new one?
He Shuangying curled her lips at Chen Guiren's back, disliking her for being poor.
But when he saw Concubine Chen wearing the lacquer-carved necklace on her hand and shaking her wrist while walking, as if she really liked it, he couldn't help but smile.
Lady Chen, it’s not that I want to plot against you, it’s just that my situation is worrying and I need to break the impasse.
Sister Chen, please help your younger sister.
……
"Your Majesty, is there anything strange about this bracelet? She is so stingy, and now she's suddenly so generous, which makes me feel very uneasy. Is it poisonous?"
Concubine Chen quietly went to Chunxi Palace that afternoon.
Show Fei Wan the red lacquer carved bead necklace given by He.
Fei Wan peeked into the tray and sniffed gently, sensing a faint, strange smell. It smelled like grass, but also like the wood itself; she couldn't quite place it.
He left Concubine Chen to talk and asked the palace maid to find the imperial physician Zheng Miao to identify whether there was any problem with the pearl string.
When Zheng Miao was serving the Queen Mother, he had often secretly hinted to Fei Wan about the Queen Mother's condition. Now that the Queen Mother had fallen, he tried even harder to curry favor with Fei Wan. He did all the work in Chunxi Palace most seriously.
So soon, the palace maid came back with the bracelet.
"Your Majesty, Miss Chen, the Imperial Physician says this lacquer carving string has been soaked in the juice of a wild grass called Lulu Grass. It's not toxic on its own, but if used with angelica, it can disrupt a woman's menstrual flow and cause her to have trouble stopping the bleeding. Over time, this can lead to her losing her chance of pregnancy."
Concubine Chen stood up in shock.
"What? How dare this damn He family harm me like this!"
Fei Wan told her not to be afraid: "Her target may not be you, most likely she is using you to harm others. You just said that she said this bracelet was given to her by the Empress when she was giving a grand prize to the six concubines?"
"Yes, the Empress went to the Buddhist temple to burn incense last month, and then sent incense-infused items to each palace and courtyard. Everyone in the palace got one, and I even got a cypress hairpin inlaid with gold thread. At that time, He still had a position, and although the Empress disliked her, she didn't treat her badly."
Concubine Chen was suddenly startled when she said this: "...Could it be that the Empress hates her, so...?"
"Does the Queen need to be so roundabout in order to punish her?"
This was the style of Queen Zheng, not the current queen.
Queen Yan likes to deal with people directly.
Fei Wan asked the palace maid to take out the items she had obtained at that time.
It is a high-quality pine soot ink stick.
After getting it, Fei Wan had someone put it in the study box and take it out when needed.
Therefore, Fei Wan has never met this Mo Tiao.
When I put it in front of me and took a look, I could also smell the faint strange scent from Chen Guiren's lacquer-carved beads.
Fei Wan raised her eyebrows slightly.