C16 This Group of Women Are Really Scary
"Zhi`er …" Why do I feel that everything has changed since you entered the palace? " King Qi was carefully inspecting her. He had hesitated for a long time before revealing his worries.
"How could that be?" Sou Sou wanted to escape, but looking at this prince's appearance, she did not have any intentions of letting him go.
"Originally, I couldn't bear to have you carry those things. However, I truly had no other choice. I also wanted to protect you properly." King Qi looked at her, his heart filled with mixed emotions.
She thought to herself, as expected, she is still a seed of infatuation. Even though her beloved woman has already entered the palace to become someone else's concubine, she still couldn't forget it in her heart.
"Since this matter has already become a foregone conclusion, then it's my choice over there. "You don't need to bear this grudge anymore. The most important thing now is to live a good life …" The first time she went over to pay her respects to Mme Jung, she was afraid she would be late.
"I still have to go and pay my respects to Mrs. Rongde. We'll talk next time." As she struggled to leave, King Qi saw that there were many people walking around in the imperial garden, so he couldn't force her to stay. If anyone saw him so close to a mere imperial prince and concubine, it would definitely lead to criticism.
She was afraid that if they continued to chat like this, they would expose themselves sooner or later. She had to be careful when she went out in the future. As long as she saw him in the direction, she would run away.
An Jian stared at the distant King Qi, who was standing there motionlessly. His eyes were filled with excitement.
By the time they arrived at Mrs. Rongde's De Xiang Hall, all the concubines were already there.
"Madam Rongde, thank you for coming." Just as the eunuch finished speaking, Xie Zhi walked in.
"Chenqie pays her respect to Madam Rongde and all the sisters." Su Su looked at the house full of birds. She was lying. Being an emperor was just too great. She was holding both sides of her body, and she had three thousand beauties in her arms.
Even though she was a woman, she couldn't help but be tempted when she saw the girl in the room, not to mention a big hoof.
"Yo, isn't this Honorable Master Xie? What a grand display. This is the first time I've come to pay my respects, and he actually wants all of us to wait here for you." Noble Li spoke with a sour tone.
"Little sister, don't say that. I'm greatly loved, so I'm naturally more valuable than you." A slightly taller woman next to Noble Li lazily said.
Elder sister Zheng Concubine's words are something I don't like to hear. If you're talking about someone with a higher status than us, that's true, but as a concubine, she's just a noble.
No matter what, Noble Li would not let go of any opportunity to fan the flames.
"That's hard to say. After all, the emperor's love is more important than anything. We can only watch from the sidelines."
"Elder sister Zheng Concubine is joking." She spoke modestly, but in her heart, she was thinking of how she would need to kneel for an incense stick of time. Why was it that this Madam Rongde still had no intention of calling her up?
"Honorable Xie is truly modest. I only heard that the Emperor bestowed many precious items today. It can be seen that Honorable Xie has a great deal of weight in the Emperor's heart." An unfamiliar lady beside him said.
Looking at her gentle appearance, he did not expect her words to be so insinuating.
"Big Sister Zhou is right. The imperial family appreciates that the Flowing Cloud Satin can be made into seven or eight sets of clothes. We can be envious of that kind of fortune." Noble Li said.
"Sister, I was thinking of embroidering a scented sachet a while ago, just in time to find a piece of Flowing Cloud Satin. However, this item is really too valuable, I don't know where to find it all at once. Today, I heard that Sister has a lot of Flowing Cloud Satin, and I can only hope that Sister can give some of the leftover cloth to sister when she makes clothes."
When she said these words, the other imperial concubines became somewhat indignant.
Everyone was serving the emperor together in the imperial palace, so why was there such a difference in treatment?
Madam, this is the first time that someone from noble clan Xie has come late to pay respects. It's clear that she doesn't place you and the rules of the palace in her eyes.
"..."
Sou Sou didn't know what she had done wrong. Looking at these women, she looked like she wanted to put her to death.
Although it had already been two incense sticks of time and no one had called her up yet, she still had some time to rest while kneeling on the ground. At the very least, she didn't have to look at their faces.
All they could hear was the women clamouring for her to be severely punished.
Madam Rong's clothes were expensive, and she looked extremely gentle.
"Sisters, please don't be angry. If Venerable One hasn't been here for long, you won't be able to understand the rules of the palace. Besides, thank you for attending to the emperor last night, it must have been hard on you today, so you were a bit late."
Sou Sou looked at Madam Rong with a warm and kind expression. Although her words sounded like she was helping him out, why did she feel that something was wrong?
Not long after entering the palace? However, he was already highly favored by the Emperor. This was clearly putting him at the heart of the struggle. Yesterday, he had served the Emperor … Just now, when she was walking from the Imperial Garden, she heard the servants in the palace say that the emperor originally wanted to go to Imperial Lord Li's palace, but he did not expect to go to the Tengge Temple midway.
Everyone else thought that she, Xie Zhi, had done something. She was truly more wronged than Dou Er.
"Thank you, noble lord, please get up." If not for the fact that she had to hold on to the wine, her legs would probably have gone limp and she would have fallen.
"Thank you very much, Mrs. Rond."
"Alright, we are all sisters. We will do our best to serve the emperor. Harmony between the harem and the harem is the most important thing." Madam Rong looked meaningfully at Xie Zhi. Her life was indeed not bad.
"If there's nothing else today, everyone can go back."
"Yes."
"Chenqie and the others will be leaving now."
Because she had knelt for such a long time, her legs were numb, so she waited for everyone to leave before she slowly returned.
He didn't want to follow these long-tongued women and get hurt by their insinuations.
However, she was the last to go out. She did not expect Noble Li and Zheng Xianzi to still be walking leisurely.
Unfortunately, the three of them lived in the same palace, which was truly unfortunate.
"Thank you, milord. Why are you leaving so late?" Noble Li said.
"It should be that I thank the noble for his great efforts yesterday to please the Emperor. Naturally, I wish to curry favor with Lady Rongde today."
"Oh, no." Noble Li pretended to be enlightened.