C123 (1/2)
Imperial Lower Consort Zheng was scolded by the Emperor at Kunning Palace and came out crying.
The news travelled faster than the wind, and the people here were still wondering how the Imperial Lower Consort Zheng was scolded by the emperor just because someone was the last consort to go to the Kunning Palace first. In a while, Zhang Cheng arrived with his Majesty's imperial edict.
His concubine looked at the embryonic Kunning Palace schedule after a long argument, and said with a sigh, ”This is useless work.”
”Why is His Majesty so angry?” Some people were puzzled.
”The empress does not like the smell of spices, especially the rich fragrance. It would be strange if His Majesty did not lose his temper from the smell of the fragrance that the Imperial Lower Consort Zheng is emitting today.” Imperial Lower Consort Liu and Imperial Lower Consort Yang had left long ago if they did not participate in this kind of discussion. Here, only Imperial Noble Lady Yu could figure it out in the blink of an eye.
”empress doesn't like the smell of spices?” His concubines who had entered the palace this year were listening attentively. They had just entered the palace, so they were still clueless about the empress's preferences.
The Imperial Lower Consort Lan stood up and said, ”Since Your Majesty has already made his decision, then let's disperse. Even the Imperial Lower Consort Zheng has been scolded by her majesty. I don't dare to go and touch her forehead with my Kunning Palace. ”
When the Imperial Lower Consort Lan took the lead and left, the rest of the people also dispersed. Their hearts were still beating with excitement, but when they returned to the palace, they would send the palace maid out to investigate. All sorts of inquiries, including empress's preferences, disgusted her.
When Imperial Lower Consort Zheng returned to the palace, she was still absent-minded. palace maid helped her change her clothes and said with extreme worry, ”Empress.”
”Go, call the Imperial Noble Lady Yu over.” The Imperial Lower Consort Zheng said.
Zhou Yuting hurried over, ”Why has the Empress called me here?”
”You don't know what happened to me?” Imperial Lower Consort Zheng asked.
Zhou Yuting paused for a moment, ”I only know that the Empress will be returning to the palace soon after she stays at the Kunning Palace.”
”empress doesn't like incense, do you know that?” Imperial Lower Consort Zheng asked.
Zhou Yuting still nodded hesitantly, ”However, Empress never cared whether we smoked or not. ”Sometimes, the Empress would also praise the scent of the empress's wife for being so fragrant.”
”Did empress say anything about the incense on the Empress's body?” Zhou Yuting asked as if she didn't know anything.
The Imperial Lower Consort Zheng shook his head, ”Your Majesty has come. If you want to get along with empress, I'll have to come back first.”
”Empress, how much longer does Your Majesty want to stay at Kunning Palace?” Zhou Yuting asked tentatively.
”How would I know that His Majesty would speak to me in front of the empress?” Imperial Lower Consort Zheng said, ”Tell me about whatever other pleasures empress has.”
”empress is a very easy person to get along with.” Zhou Yuting said, ”We have never forced her personal likes and dislikes onto us, so we do not have much consideration for the empress, and are not sensitive to the's likes and dislikes. It's just that we cannot take the Empress's bottom line, but we can only take one path.
”As for the other concubines, their preferences will depend on how sensitive they are.”
”Speaking of which, we don't have much of a chance to get along with empress. We only have to pay our respects for a short period of time every day because empress still has to rush to the Tzu'an Palace to pay our respects. We can't even say a few words.”
”The Empress usually sets up small banquets, but during the banquets, the Empress only watches songs and dances, and does not chat with us often.” Zhou Yuting said, ”If you were to talk about empress, other than Imperial Lower Consort Liu and Imperial Lower Consort Lan, she is the only one who knows about it.”
”Beauty Wang?” The Imperial Lower Consort Zheng asked, ”Speaking of which, it's strange, the Beauty Wang is much more beautiful than the empress. For the same period of time, why did the Emperor choose the Empress as his successor while the Beauty Wang is just a beauty?”
”How could we have guessed what His Majesty was thinking?” Zhou Yuting said, ”During the early stages of the talent competition, the Beauty Wang gave out more information than the Queen, it's just that after the Beauty Wang heard the fake news that the Imperial Consort Guo sent people to spread, gave out dance during the banquet, and dressed up as a Persian, provoking the reprimand from the Emperor.
”In that period of time, Imperial Consort Candidate was the first to serve him. In Gonghou Garden, the emperor carried her back to Chuxiu Palace and set up Beauty Wang. At that time, everyone guessed that His Majesty liked the Beauty Wang. ”
”However, after he passed away from Beauty Wang's favor, everyone came back to their senses. I'm afraid that when he used his Gonghou Garden, Beauty Wang used some method to make her Majesty favor her. That's why her Majesty is so disgusted with him.” Zhou Yuting said.
”This Empress is currently in the middle of the palace, and she didn't even mention giving her sister points?” The Imperial Lower Consort Zheng asked, ”A beauty is really a little low.”
”This Beauty Wang is the Empress's little sister, but she's actually half a father and half a mother.” Zhou Yuting said, ”So that's why the Empress did not mention the position of Beauty Wang. Everyone understood that the Empress died young, and had a stepmother since she was young. Just like how once there was a rumor that the Beauty Wang was as beautiful as a fairy and that the Empress had no salt, and that the empress was not as beautiful as the Beauty Wang, how could there be no salt at all?