Time Travel: The actress's acting skills exploded, and she was favored by the harem

Chapter 174 Hu Cairen is on the rise

Queen Mother Zhao criticized Prince Rui for a few more times before she sat down with satisfaction.

Prince Rui knelt down and apologized: "It is my fault for not considering it carefully. I felt that the emperor was too tired, and now that the second prince was born, I wanted to give the emperor someone to serve and relieve his boredom. I should have shared more of my brother's worries."

"Well, your intention is good, but it's not appropriate at the right time." Queen Mother Zhao's expression softened a little. After all, things couldn't be too awkward. As long as the goal was achieved.

"Yes, I will pay attention to it in the future." Prince Rui added hurriedly.

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and motioned for him to sit back.

Prince Rui sat back with a frustrated look on his face, and took a big sip of wine. He looked at the officials sitting around him, all of whom had a look of dejected delight on their faces, and he couldn't help but get even angrier.

Prince Rui suddenly realized that the emperor had specially held a banquet to entertain him, probably just to let everyone see the style of the current emperor. He was being plotted against!

This is strange, this matter must be carefully investigated to find out who is behind this! Prince Rui thought viciously.

The scene became so chaotic that the banquet ended hastily.

Next, the emperor stayed in Concubine Hu's Zhengfu Palace for two consecutive days, and did not go to Fengyi Palace to pay his respects to the empress for three consecutive mornings. All of these were leave requests he had asked for at the last minute from the empress.

This left many concubines who disliked Concubine Hu with no room to make prepared jokes, and also caused Shen Zhiyao to miss out on a lot of good shows.

On the third day, this talented person still did not come to pay his respects.

Shen Zhiyao was chatting with the others when she saw a tall eunuch who was as thin as a stick trotting in. He knelt down with a smile and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress and all the masters. I am a servant of the Zhengfu Palace. I have come to ask for leave from the Empress on behalf of my master."

When everyone heard this, their expressions instantly became subtle.

It is not uncommon for the emperor to stay overnight in one person's palace. For example, Shen Zhiyao had experienced this before. But she was able to pay her respects to the empress on time. Why can't this Concubine Hu do the same?

Hu Cairen's behavior seemed to be showing everyone how much the emperor demanded from her, which was why she couldn't even pay her a greeting.

The Queen glanced at Jiu Ma calmly and said with a sweet smile, "It seems that Lady Hu is too weak. I will ask the imperial physician to go to Zhengfu Palace and give her a thorough treatment."

Jiu Ma was very proud when he heard this. His master was favored by the emperor, so even the queen had to take better care of him. He kowtowed and thanked her: "I would like to thank the queen on behalf of my master."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Wasn't it true that the Queen was too indulgent towards Concubine Hu?

Just as everyone was getting angry, the queen suddenly changed the subject: "Since you are not in good health, you should take good care of yourself these few days. I will tell your master that I will instruct the Ministry of Internal Affairs to temporarily remove her green card. When she recovers, she can serve you in the bedchamber again."

Shen Zhiyao couldn't help but laugh. The Queen was not someone who was easy to mess with. She just looked easy to talk to, but she was also vindictive. Since Concubine Hu didn't know what was good for her, the Queen would naturally not tolerate her.

The queen is just one step ahead. She can find such a plausible excuse to deal with someone. It really leaves us speechless.

When everyone heard this, they immediately began to gloat over the other person's misfortune. It was truly gratifying.

Jiu Ma's expression suddenly became extremely ugly, and he kowtowed and said, "Empress... this..."

"This is not your first day in the palace, but you don't know any rules. What? Do you have any objections to my arrangements?" The queen glared at you, looking intimidating without even getting angry.

"I dare not. I will go back and wait for the imperial physician..." Jiu Ma kowtowed again, fearing that he would really anger the Queen.

The queen was really annoyed and refused to say anything, but just waved her hand slightly.

Jiuma hurriedly bent his waist and walked away dejectedly.

After walking a long way out of Fengyi Palace, Jiu Ma stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and spat in the direction of Fengyi Palace in dissatisfaction.

"Bah..." My master is destined to be the only one favored. What does it matter if she has a high position? Isn't she still alone in the empty room? Besides, if she can be favored, her position will be raised sooner or later.

Jiu Ma has been serving in Zheng Fu Palace these days. Seeing the emperor's favor and indulgence towards Concubine Hu, he has naturally become bolder.

After this incident, the front hall of Fengyi Palace suddenly fell into silence.

Shen Zhiyao couldn't stand it and sneered, "This Hu Cairen has become much more arrogant after he was promoted two levels."

This immediately opened up everyone's conversation.

"The concubines who can jump two levels are indeed different. We can't compare with them." Concubine Zhang sneered.

"Look at her like this, it doesn't seem like she has much respect for the Queen." Concubine Zhao took the opportunity to step on her.

"Forget it, there is nothing important today, let's all go." The queen waved her hand.

Everyone stood up and left.

Cuiweixuan and Qingyuexuan were not far away. When going back, Lu Wanyi traveled with Shen Zhiyao as usual. Shen Zhiyao took care of her and did not ride in the sedan chair.

Now that she is one of the nine concubines, the empress specially replaced her with a higher-standard imperial sedan chair, which was much more grand.

"Sister Lu, it's time for you to work hard this year and be promoted to the rank of Concubine. If nothing else, at least you can ride in a sedan chair." Shen Zhiyao said, holding her hand.

Lu Wanyi knew that she was really doing this for her own good, so she smiled and said, "I don't care about these things. If I don't have a sedan chair, I'll just walk a little more and treat it as exercise."

"Sister is open-minded. However, the less you force things, the more hope there may be." Shen Zhiyao smiled.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. I heard that Concubine Zhuang is already arranging the second prince's full moon banquet." Lu Wanyi said seriously.

"Yes, this is the emperor's second prince. There is nothing wrong with holding a grand wedding ceremony." Shen Zhiyao said.

Of course, Lu Wanyi did not bring up this matter out of thin air. She had already learned from Bao Luan that Concubine Zhao was planning to plot against the Second Prince, and she was bound to frame him. She was intentionally reminding Shen Zhiyao to be careful.

After all, in the palace, Shen Zhiyao was the one who took the best care of her. She often shared rewards with her, which allowed her to live comfortably.

Some of the things Lu Wanyi got from Shen Zhiyao were even better than those from some favored concubines.

"This harem is like the water in this pond. It looks calm, but it's actually surging with undercurrents. The big and small fish in the lake are all chasing each other for food. The second prince of Concubine Zhuang is so favored by the emperor. You have to be more careful about anything involving Yongfu Palace, so as not to be implicated."

Lu Wanyi pointed to a lotus pond passing by and said meaningfully.

Shen Zhiyao naturally understood it and thought that she had received some information in advance.

"Sister Lu is absolutely right. When I go back I will tell the servants to stay away from Yongfu Palace recently. I will not let your efforts go to waste." Shen Zhiyao shook her hand and smiled happily.

"Well, think more about everything. It never hurts to be more cautious." Lu Wanyi smiled and reminded again.

Both of them were only concerned with guarding against Concubine Zhuang, but they didn't expect that the first to take action was from Prince Rui.