0p0 Chapter 158 Closed door
Chapter 158 Closed door
This matter soon spread throughout the entire palace, and everyone more or less guessed the Queen's attitude towards Shen Zhiyao's jealousy. The Queen still tended to support Concubine Jin.
In Cuiwei Pavilion, Shen Zhiyao was warming herself by the fire, eating melon seeds, and laughing loudly as she listened to Chu'an's story about how Hu Baolin went to pay his respects to the Queen but was turned away.
"Hu Baolin is really cunning. He relies on his family's power and is very bold. He just entered the palace and hasn't even established himself yet, but he wants to cling to the Queen's thighs? The Queen's thighs are "thick enough", but not everyone can get them. I also put in a lot of effort."
"Master is right. In my opinion, the Queen is the one who will fall for your tricks."
Qiuyue sighed. Others didn't know, but she had seen it all along the way. Not every concubine would dare to learn the "tricks" that her master used on the queen. Even if they tried to learn them reluctantly, it would be of no avail.
"I haven't officially made a move yet. Hu Baolin's better behave himself and stop provoking me. Otherwise, I'm not willing to suffer any loss." Shen Zhiyao smiled disdainfully.
"However, I think Hu Baolin is not an easy person to deal with. If she can show her kindness to you, you don't have to make an enemy of her, right?" Qiuyue bit her lip. She felt that she had been worried since she followed her master into the palace.
"What? You are still so naive! You don't really think there can be true friendship in this harem? Does she really want to be nice to me?"
Shen Zhiyao smiled and patted Qiuyue's head. Fortunately, this girl was not a concubine, otherwise, she would have been killed countless times.
Qiuyue smiled embarrassedly, and thought that what her master said was right. They were all trying to win the emperor's favor, so how could they have any good intentions?
In order to put on a full show, Shen Zhiyao simply asked the Queen for leave for the next two days and hid in Cuiweixuan to study makeup and historical books.
It is quite pleasant to ignore the disturbances in the palace.
During this period, Hu Baolin actually paid a visit to Shen Zhiyao, claiming that he was concerned about her recovery.
Shen Zhiyao smiled when she heard this, and replied to Qiuyue calmly, "No."
When Qiuyue replied to Hu Baolin very tactfully with "no see", Hu Baolin seemed quite calm. He stuffed the gift he brought to Qiuyue before leaving with a smile.
In Yuquan Palace, several concubines who were close to Concubine Zhao were sitting in the hall around the warm stove, eating from the hot pot and drinking osmanthus wine. They did not forget to make fun of Hu Baolin's successive setbacks.
"This Hu Baolin, how shameless! She just hit a wall with the Queen, but she still refuses to give up. She went to Cuiweixuan again but was turned away. Can't she see that the whole group doesn't like her?" Zhang Wanyi laughed loudly.
"I feel that Concubine Jin's jealousy is very appropriate. It saves us from having to take action and we can just watch these two fight in peace." Concubine Zhao took a bite of the food and was in a very good mood.
"When other concubines were favored, she didn't react so strongly. But she just couldn't stand Hu Baolin. Now, it will affect the relationship between the Shen and Hu families sooner or later. It's so cool!" Zhu Baolin agreed.
"It's obvious that they don't allow Hu Baolin to take the lead, or they don't allow Hu Baolin to suppress them. This will make the feud even bigger." Although Lu Shurong didn't agree with them in her heart, she agreed with them out loud.
Lu Shurong saw it clearly and felt that Shen Zhiyao's refusal to make friends with Hu Baolin was a very smart move.
The emperor is already wary of the Shen family. If Shen Zhiyao gets close to Hu Baolin, and if the prime minister gets close to a military general, can it be a good thing for the royal family?
The Emperor would probably be happy to see Shen Zhiyao and Hu Baolin fighting!
Lu Shurong looked at these "fools" who were eating the pot and thought they were really short-sighted. In this harem, Shen Zhiyao only needed to hold on to the two towering trees, the emperor and the queen. Why did she need anyone else?
The more Lu Shurong thought about it, the more regretful she felt. If she had not been possessed by the devil and tried to harm the emperor's "favorite" Qin Man, how could she have been coerced by Concubine Zhao?
Two days later, Shen Zhiyao began to pay her respects to the Fengyi Palace as usual. Bo Muxi estimated that she should be well by then.
In the past two days, Bo Muxi was busy with state affairs. He only went to Yongfu Palace twice to see Concubine Zhuang, but did not ask anyone else to sleep with him. He felt that Shen Zhiyao should be satisfied.
But the emperor was too proud to admit his shame, so that night he only ordered Lin En to go to Cuiweixuan to call Shen Zhiyao to accompany him to Changde Palace.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, Lin En came back with a sad face to report.
"Your Majesty... Concubine Jin did meet me and gave me some reward money, but..." Lin En hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Bo Muxi took the letter and asked with raised eyebrows.
"Empress Jin said that it's so cold, and she has just recovered from her illness, and she can't stand any hardship... The Empress refused to come, and I have tried my best to persuade her but failed..." Lin'en's eyebrows were drawn into a frown, for fear that the Emperor would vent his anger on him.
This is really amazing! If it were other concubines, they would have come eagerly, but this Concubine Jin dared to refuse!
"Oh? This is really..." After being rejected, Bo Muxi became more interested: "Let's go and see how she is doing."
Shen Zhiyao did not turn the emperor away this time, but she did not go to the door of Cuiweixuan to greet him in person, which surprised Bo Muxi.
He just felt that this little concubine acted eccentrically and he couldn't understand her at all!
Bo Muxi looked at Shen Zhiyao, who was standing in front of him with her head lowered and her face submissive, and his temper suddenly disappeared. Although she was still as beautiful as ever, she looked much more haggard.
"My beloved concubine, your temper is becoming more and more difficult to appease. I didn't even realize that you could be so stubborn when you get angry." Although it was a reproach, Bo Muxi said it very gently, which made people unpredictable.
"I am not feeling well, so Your Majesty can just call Hu Baolin to serve me, right?" Shen Zhiyao's words were gentle, but they were sharp.
"If I really ask her to serve me, wouldn't my beloved concubine be even more angry?" Bo Muxi was so angry that he laughed.
Shen Zhiyao still didn't say anything and had no interest in arguing with him.
"Okay, stop being so petty. If you really don't like me pampering her, you might as well beg me nicely and make me happy. How can I not agree?" Bo Muxi smiled very proudly.
"That's not necessary. If the emperor really likes her, I can give her more opportunities. Anyway, the emperor thinks that I have a bad temper. I can't coax or beg the emperor as well as she can, and I can't make the emperor happy as well as she can." Shen Zhiyao sneered.
Seeing her being so unreasonable, Bo Muxi was a little angry at first, but after hearing what happened next, he actually felt a sense of satisfaction. Isn't this really jealousy?
"Have you made up your mind? You really don't want to beg me?" Bo Muxi smiled.
Shen Zhiyao said nothing and refused to look at him.
Bo Muxi wanted to tease her, so he stood up and asked, "Am I really leaving?"