Queen is fearless

Chapter 47
"This Shoukang Palace, has it been renovated?" Sitting on the soft couch, the Queen Mother looked around the palace and asked with a smile.

"Before I knew that the Queen Mother was coming back, the Emperor specially ordered his sons and ministers to tidy up the Shoukang Palace."

"My son knows that the queen mother doesn't like extravagance and waste, so I only made simple repairs, and I don't know if it suits the queen mother's wishes?"

Blessing the Queen Mother, Gu Jinzhi responded with a smile, and after hearing her finish, the Queen Mother nodded in satisfaction.

"You did a good job, Aijia is very satisfied." Everything in Shoukang Palace has not changed much from the past. It can be seen that the furnishings in the palace have been carefully arranged.

"Hearing what the mother said, the son will feel at ease." After being blessed again, Gu Jinzhi wanted to say something more, but heard the voice of the criminal concubine.

"The queen mother is really lucky. She has a beautiful daughter-in-law who knows how to read her mother-in-law's mind."

Concubine Xing sat aside, looking at Gu Jinzhi with a half-smile, "I wonder if I have such a blessing?"

"The concubine is too famous." Gu Jinzhi turned to her, and his attitude remained unchanged. Long ago, Jiang Xiuyi reminded her that the concubine Xing was not easy to deal with.

"The Ci'an Palace where the concubine lives, I also ordered people to make some repairs. When the concubine sees it, if there is any dissatisfaction, I will send the palace staff to Fengyang Palace to make a statement."

"Or wait for the concubine to rest, and after seeing the Ci'an Palace, tell me directly what you are dissatisfied with, so that I can order someone to make adjustments so that the concubine is satisfied."

As a queen, Gu Jinzhi can not only call herself "I" in front of the emperor, but also in front of the concubine.

As for facing the Queen Mother, she can call herself a 'son', not a 'concubine'.

"Queen, don't worry, Concubine Xing is the same as the Ai family, she is not picky, she likes to joke with people, you arranged this Shoukang Palace very well, presumably Ci'an Palace is also the same."

The Empress Dowager smiled and opened her mouth to help the Empress, "You, when you just saw the Empress, you just joked with her like this. If you frighten the daughter-in-law of the Ai family, the Ai family will have to settle accounts with you."

The Empress Dowager and Concubine Xing have known each other for many years, how could she not know that Concubine Xing is deliberately embarrassing the Queen?

Although she and Concubine Xing are kind on the surface, in fact, there are many open and secret fights between the two.

Not to mention what the queen is like, she is her daughter-in-law after all, even if she is not the emperor's biological mother, she is still a legitimate empress dowager.

How could her daughter-in-law tolerate others to make things difficult for her?

"Yes, my sister knows I'm wrong, please don't blame me." Just as the Queen Mother knew her thoughts, Concubine Xing also knew what the Queen Mother meant.

She smiled and said, as if she was really just joking with the queen just now.

"Empress, don't take it too seriously, I'm just joking with you!" Concubine Xing still had a smile on her face, and Gu Jinzhi couldn't help but praise, the women who came out of the harem were really not simple.

"Okay, the Ai family and Concubine Xing have been working hard all the way, and they are tired at the moment, you can step back, after the rest is over, the Ai family will send someone to find you, and accompany the Ai family to talk to Concubine Xing. "

The queen mother's face showed tiredness. After listening to her, Gu Jinzhi took all the concubines together to salute the queen mother and the criminal concubine before retreating.

The hall was quiet again, and Concubine Xing also stood up, "It's been a hard journey, and now I'm finally back in the palace. The queen mother has a good rest, and I'm leaving first."

"Sister, rest well, too." The Queen Mother replied, and watched Taifei Xing lead the people away.

"Queen Mother, the old slave ordered someone to prepare hot water, and I will clean it up later, would you like to rest first?"

Grandma Liu came to the Empress Dowager's side and kneaded her shoulders for her. The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand to rub the center of her eyebrows and sighed.

"It's better to be outside the palace!" Living in the palace, she and Concubine Xing lived alone, and they met occasionally, just chatting casually.

Now that she was back in the palace, she looked at Concubine Xing's mind and seemed to be active again.

"Empress Dowager, do you want to send someone to watch over the Ci'an Palace?" Nanny Liu is an old man next to the Empress Dowager, and she knows very well about the matter between the Empress Dowager and Concubine Xing.

"No, she's smart, even if you stare at her, she won't be able to see anything." After waving her hand, the Queen Mother frowned slightly, "What do you think of the Queen?"

"Please forgive me for being bold, now I only see one side, and the old slave can't tell the reason."

"However, the empress's appearance can bear the words "overwhelming country and overwhelming city". No wonder the emperor likes it."

Although outside the palace, there are still channels to know about the things inside the palace.

"It would not be easy for the emperor to favor him and manage the harem properly."

"Well, it's true that she is beautiful. I'm afraid that Concubine Xing was incomparable when she was young." After listening to Madam Liu, the Queen Mother thought for a while and said with a smile.

"After all, she is an empress, and some tricks are always good. Besides, there is no heir in the palace right now, and she is the new empress. Even if the emperor favors her, it's fine."

When the former emperor was still there, the queen mother was the queen, and she knew very well what it would be like if the queen was not favored and had no heirs.

Fortunately, she had an emperor later, otherwise, she might not live in the current Shoukang Palace by herself.

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Back in Fengyang Palace, Gu Jinzhi changed into clothes, and just sat down on the soft couch when he heard a report from a palace official outside the palace, saying that it was Jiang Xiuyi who had come.

She ordered someone to invite Jiang Xiuyi in.

"My concubine greets the empress." Entering the hall, Jiang Xiuyi saluted respectfully, and she also changed her clothes.

"Get up." With a wave of his hand, Gu Jinzhi gave orders to have some refreshments prepared.

"Today I'm in Shoukang Palace, I'm really sweating in my heart."

Everyone could see that Concubine Xing was making things difficult on purpose. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager helped her out.

"Thanks to your reminder before, I have prepared my heart." After Jiang Xiuyi finished speaking, Gu Jinzhi smiled and said.

Looking at it right now, the relationship between the Queen Mother and Concubine Xing is definitely not as peaceful as it seems on the surface.

This is also normal, after all, they all served the first emperor, and at that time, the first emperor favored the concubine Xing.

People's hearts are greedy, Concubine Xing must have thought about the position of queen.

It's just that she failed to succeed. It can be seen that the Queen Mother's methods, although I only got in touch with them for a while today, I can also see that the current Concubine Xing is suppressed by the Queen Mother.

"It's a concubine's honor to be able to serve the empress." If it wasn't for the queen, she wouldn't be like this now.

"I came to Fengyang Palace because I have something to report to my empress." Thinking of the purpose of her visit, Jiang Xiuyi spoke again.

"The empress must know that Yingchun by Lin Jieyu's side is gone. According to my concubine's knowledge, she did not commit suicide, but was murdered to death."

"Killed to death?" This point, Gu Jinzhi guessed before, who did it, she also guessed.

"Yes, that person not only killed Yingchun, but also wanted to send someone to attack Qiuyue. The Empress Dowager and Concubine Xing have just returned. If something really happens, it will be bad for the empress."

(End of this chapter)