C11

The first thing that Lin Shuqian wanted to do was to change out her autumn appearance.

Who was Qiu Rong? It was one of the personal palace maids that had been by her side ever since she entered the palace, as well as a spy placed by the late emperor's imperial concubine.

Imperial Concubine Jia was the imperial concubine who had stayed by the late emperor's side the longest. She had endured until four empress dowager deaths to command power within the palace. She was also a capable person.

Imperial Concubine Jia had originally thought that she would be able to ascend to the throne, but who would have thought that she would be intercepted by a silly little girl like Lin Shu Qian?

Imperial Concubine Jia had caused trouble twice before she went to Murong Ping, but she was no longer young. Murong Ping saw the old and lustful Imperial Concubine Jia and immediately sent her away.

Imperial Concubine Jia knew the Emperor's temper well, so she didn't dare to cause any more trouble. She could only hide her eyes next to Lin Shushang, waiting for her to make a mistake and get her out of that position.

But even after Murong Ping passed away, Imperial Concubine Jia was still unable to find any information on Lin Shu Qian. She had no choice but to follow the other Imperial Concubines to the Imperial Taoist temple.

The current Empress Jia Xinxin was Imperial Concubine Jia's niece, so Jia Xinxin accepted all of her aunt's powers.

Right now, the real master of Qiu Rong was the empress.

Lin Shu Qian already knew of Qiu Rong's background, but she was too lazy to move. In any case, she was still one of them.

After all, she had only been in the palace for three years. She didn't have the qualifications to fight with Imperial Concubine Jia, who had been managing the palace for more than forty years.

Recently, however, Qiu Rong had grown bolder and started to meddle in Lin Shushang's affairs.

Lin Shushuang wanted to go out, but Qiu Rong stopped her. If she wanted to read, Qiu Rong would hurt her eyes and refuse to see. The little palace maid would tell Lin Shushang about what had happened outside, and the next day, she would be transferred away by Qiu Rong.

Although he knew that this was an order from the empress, Lin Shu Qian was still very unhappy.

"..."

Lin Shushang woke up early in the morning and lay on his bed, unwilling to get out of bed, tears in his eyes.

"Esteemed empress dowager, esteemed empress brought Princess Xiu Ning to pay respects for you." Qiu Rong pulled up the curtain and prepared to serve Lin Shuqian.

Lin Shu weakly waved her hand, "Let them go back. I'm not feeling well today, so I won't see them anymore."

Qiu Rong jumped in fright. "Esteemed Empress, you haven't seen the empress in three days."

The imperial physician came to see her every day, promising that the empress dowager's health would be alright. Yet Lin Shushang just happened to be sick like this every day.

"I dreamt of the late emperor, and I also dreamt of my family. My heart is in pain …"

His tone was very aggrieved, as if he would cry at any moment.

Qiu Rong couldn't force Lin Shuqian to get out of bed. "Since esteemed wangfei isn't feeling well, this servant will go tell esteemed empress about it."

With that said, Qiu Rong closed the curtain and left the chamber.

Everyone knew that Her Majesty liked peace and quiet, and that she did not like to be attended to while she slept. Thus, the palace maids stood guard at the door, leaving her alone in the room.

Actually, Lin Shuqiang did not like the peace and quiet. It was just that she did not want to sleep with someone glaring at her like a tiger eyeing its prey.

If someone were to accidentally say something in their sleep that was out of the ordinary, it would be a disaster.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Lin Shushuang crossed her legs and lay down on the bed.

What's the matter with this queen? Isn't that the most filial act? Why didn't he take the initiative to share his worries after feigning illness for three days?

Lin Shushang, the empress dowager without any real authority, found it difficult to even get her own mother to enter the palace. Even if she wanted to, she had to do so through the empress.

In fact, the empress had been busy the past few days. First, Murong Jie had taken in someone of noble Chen, which angered her to death. The next day, noble Chen committed suicide and she dealt with him for a long time. Next, he had to invite the princess of Border Town into the palace so that Xiuning could meet up with Qi Mingxuan.

Since the Empress did not want to see her, she was happy to be free.

On the other hand, Xiuning was unhappy. She tugged at the empress's sleeve, "Imperial Mother, are you willing to plead on my behalf? Look at my wrist, it's so swollen that I've only copied it three times. How long do you think I'll have to copy it a hundred times?! "

Because of what Lin Shushang had said previously, she had been busy reciting the scriptures in the palace every day and did not attend the Windy Feast at all.

"Isn't the Queen Mother busy recently?" The empress rubbed Xiuning's head, feeling that there was nothing she could do about it. "It's fine if she doesn't want to see us now. I'll come back later."

"Humph!" That Lin Shu Qian is the only one who has so much to do! " Xianning rubbed his wrist in dissatisfaction.

The Queen was shocked by XiuNing's words and quickly grabbed her.

"Don't say any more! And don't call her by her name! " The empress was extremely nervous. Right now, she was busy arranging a marriage for Xiuning. If there were any rumors offending the empress dowager, it would not be good.