Chapter 463 - Proper Palace Intrigue (2) (1/2)

Chapter 463 : Proper Palace Intrigue (2)

Shi Sheng only woke up after she’d finished going through the plot. She laid on a large bed with flowers carved into its posts. She could vaguely make out the figure of the palace maid waiting outside the draperies that separated the bed from her room.

Shi Sheng stared at the ceiling of the bed. ‘I don’t think I’ve arrived late in the novel…’

This should be after the FL had already transmigrated and spent some time at the cold palace. She should currently be planning to attract the ML’s attention.

This novel wasn’t one with pure leads. The ML had slept with quite a number of women, and the FL had been screwed by other people too.

To those readers who wanted a novel with pure leads, this type of novel was simply anathema.

“My Lady, are you awake?” A figure walked over to the draperies, her head lowered as she asked respectfully.

“En.” Shi Sheng answered.

“Shu Fei-niangniang has sent someone to invite you over to Snowfall Garden to admire the plum blossoms. My Lady, what do you think?”

‘Shu Fei? Admire plum blossoms?’

Shi Sheng swiftly went over the plot and soon got the answer she was looking for.

Shu Fei had always opposed Zhuang Qiong, and the invitation this time was no different. However, she didn’t benefit from this in the end either. Instead, she had unwittingly helped the FL by getting the ML to notice the latter.

“Sure, why not?” ‘How could I be absent from the leads’ meeting? I’m a professional spectator.’

Perhaps it was because the main battlefield of this novel was in the palace, hence it had been described very in-depth by the author, the surroundings looked very luxurious, simply comparable to that of those ones with special effects you’d see in televisions.

Shi Sheng only found out that it was snowing when she left her palace.

‘It always snows when admiring plum blossoms…’

Shi Sheng tightened the red fox fur coat around her as someone helped her onto the sedan.

Snowfall Garden was filled with red plum blossoms. It was currently coated in a layer of pure white snow. All the trees were in bloom, creating a fresh fragrance with a hint of coolness.

Every Emperor was certain to have a deceased Empress who was special to him.

The red plum blossoms in Snowfall Garden had been planted for the deceased Empress.

“Gui Fei-niangniang has arrived—”

As the high-pitched cry sounded out, concubines dressed in all manner of styles came flooding out from the pavilion in the distance. They curtsied slightly, hands placed to one side of their hips, heads lowered as they waited for Shi Sheng to approach.

Zhuang Qiong was quite reputable for being overbearing in the palace. Though she’d never killed anyone, Zhuang Qiong had learned quite thoroughly about all the necessary skills to torment these harem women.

Which was why these concubines were rather afraid of her.

Shi Sheng got off the sedan and walked over to them.

“Greetings and well wishes to you, Gui Fei-niangniang.”

“Rise.” Shi Sheng walked past them and into the pavilion. Most of these people were just background characters, so there was no need to pay too much attention to them.

Shu Fei looked stunning—giving one a very strong and lasting first impression.

She was the most favoured concubine of the Emperor after Zhuang Qiong.

“Jiejie doesn’t look too well today. Is it the cold?” Shu Fei smiled as she stepped forward to talk to Shi Sheng.

“It is quite chilly. Shu Fei, you wouldn’t mind giving that fox fur coat of yours to me(bg) so I(bg) can stay warm, do you?” Shi Sheng lifted her head to look at Shu Fei. Her gaze was calm, but contained a hint of frost.

There was a saying that went: Why must women trouble other women?

But if they didn’t, did you expect them to trouble men instead?

Apart from hoping that they’d catch the Emperor’s eye, the women in the palace didn’t have much else in the form of entertainment besides scheming against one another.

Shu Fei’s smile froze for a second before she laughed and spoke, “This one has already been used by me; how could I make Jiejie wear it? I’ll just get someone to fetch a new one.”

“I(bg) don’t mind.”