Queen is fearless

Chapter 149 Deadly Tenderness

"Holly." Wen Xiuyuan's voice sounded in Baihua Hall, as usual.

Hearing the voice, Dongqing, the little maid who was serving her, quickly responded and walked quickly to Wen Xiuyuan.

At this time, Wen Xiuyuan was holding a few pieces of rice paper with many words written on them. Seeing Dongqing approaching her, Wen Xiuyuan's tone became more gentle.

"Holly, since I entered the palace, you have been by my side to serve you. Speaking of which, I don't know much about you. Are you literate?"

None of the three concubines who entered the palace this time brought any useful people from home, so the people around them were all assigned from the palace.

"Returning to the empress, the servants know some words, but not too many." Responding in a respectful tone, Dongqing was a little unclear about Wen Xiuyuan's thoughts at this time.

Looking at the rice paper in her hand, for some reason, she felt a little uneasy.

"Literate? That's great. Here's it for you. You can take a good look at it." Pass one of the sheets to her, with the least number of characters on it.

Dongqing hesitated to take it with both hands, only glanced at it a few times, then her face changed suddenly, and she knelt down on the ground, "Please forgive me, Empress Xiuyuan!"

"Holly, how did I treat you?" Seeing her kneeling down, the smile on Wen Xiuyuan's face deepened.

Even so, looking at it still made people feel chills, Dongqing kowtowed at her, and then said, "Your Majesty treats Dongqing very well."

"That being the case, why did you betray Ben Gong? You know, what Ben Gong hates the most is being betrayed."

Restraining the smile on her face, Wen Xiuyuan stared at Dongqing. Although she had no useful people around her after entering the palace, it didn't mean she had nothing to do.

Since they are the people she uses by her side, she will naturally find a way to check their details.

These days, she is sometimes shrewd and sometimes reckless, in order to confuse others and make them unable to understand her temper. Only in this way, it is more convenient to do many things.

Facts have proved that she has done a good job and the effect is good. Neither the Empress nor Concubine Dong can figure out her true temperament.

However, the people around her are not wholeheartedly towards her. During these days, she has been quietly observing to see who she passes the news to. At the same time, she uses her relationship to help her find out Holly.

She was indeed a pawn placed by someone else, but unfortunately, she pretended well, so most of the news she sent was not true.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, this servant will never dare again, I beg your Majesty to forgive this servant!"

Kowtowing to Wen Xiuyuan continuously, Dongqing's body trembled violently.

"Come here." He ordered, and soon, someone came in from outside the hall and saluted Wen Xiuyuan.

It was a woman who was about the same size as Dongqing. Wen Xiuyuan looked at her and raised her eyebrows at Dongqing who was on the ground.

"From today onwards, you are Holly." She shifted her gaze from the holly on the ground to the woman in front of her.

"Yes." New Holly replied, looking at the fainted person on the ground.

"Let's deal with it." She would not stay if she betrayed herself. Anyway, in the palace, death is nothing.

After receiving the order, the new Dongqing lifted the original one from the ground and left the Baihua Palace where Wen Xiuyuan lived.

No one will notice what the palace people around a new Xiu Yuan look like. It can be said that everything is seamless.

The new Holly will properly 'place' the original one, and from now on, she is the only Holly.

Taking Qingluan with him, Gu Jinzhi walked towards the nearby lotus pond along the path of Yiyuan Hall.

The temperature in the palace is quite comfortable, the closer to the water, the cooler it is.

Anyway, idleness is idleness, and it is easy to think about some messy things when you are idle, for example, what kind of feelings does the emperor have for himself now?
Gu Jinzhi didn't want to think about these things. In order to get more sincerity from the emperor, she herself paid for it.

It's just that she doesn't know who pays more now, she or the emperor, she hopes that it's not her.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Dong is also here." When they got closer, Qingluan whispered to her side.

Gu Jinzhi came back to his senses, looked up, and indeed saw Concubine Dong standing by the pond.

At this moment, Concubine Dong also saw her, she seemed a little surprised, she didn't expect the queen to come out.

The news she got was that the emperor would appear here in half a quarter of an hour, so she came here specially, hoping to talk to the emperor.

Don't look at her on the surface as if she doesn't compete for favor, but in her heart, she still hopes that the emperor will think about the past affection and give her more affection.

Over the years, her status has not changed. In the past, Concubine Lin was in charge of the harem, but now there is an empress. She is not interested in those things. The only thing she wants is to be able to conceive the emperor's child.

But if the emperor doesn't visit her, the child will naturally not be conceived. It's not that he didn't think of using some means, but in front of the emperor, how can it be so easy?
Concubine Dong has resentment towards Gu Jinzhi, after all, after she enters the palace, the emperor will not go to the harem at all.

In the past, although it wasn't every day, there would be once or twice a month, that was her hope.

With the empress dominating the harem alone, let alone her, everyone is hopeless. She wished she could get rid of the empress, but she also knew that it would not be easy.

Therefore, she thought of many ways, hoping to make the queen infertile from then on.

It's a pity that the empress is too shrewd. After suffering a loss, Fengyang Palace is very tightly guarded by her. It is as difficult as climbing the sky if she wants to make a move.

This time I finally had a chance, but was destroyed by the emperor, and the empress lived in the Yiyuan Hall, how could she dare to let someone do it secretly?

"My concubine pays her respects to the empress." The arrival of the empress caused a chill to flash in her eyes very quickly, and she wished that she would leave as soon as possible so as not to delay herself.

If she was here, even if the emperor came, he might not be able to see him.

"Excuse me, Concubine Dong also likes lotus flowers?" Concubine Dong's residence is not too conveniently located from the lotus pond near Yiyuan Hall. If I remember correctly, there is also a lotus pond near her residence.

That being the case, it was obvious that she came here to admire the lotus for other purposes, and Gu Jinzhi didn't point it out, and asked with a smile.

"Returning to Niangniang, I also like lotus flowers. Although there are also places where I live, I always feel that it is not as good as the Yiyuan Palace. Probably, it is because there are dragons and phoenixes here."

Smiling and speaking, Concubine Dong's words were impeccable.

"I also like lotus very much. It happened that the emperor was not around, so I went out for a walk. If Concubine Dong doesn't mind, I can watch it with me."

She wanted to see, what kind of medicine was sold in Concubine Dong's gourd?

(End of this chapter)