Chapter 16: Disfigured Palace Maid vs. Cold-blooded Emperor
Fengyi Palace

Here, the Queen sent away the concubines who came to pay their respects and returned to the inner room. Ruonan brought tea to serve her.

The queen took the tea on the recliner and asked, "What do you think of today's events?"

Ruonan thought for a moment and said truthfully, "Your Majesty, I can't understand why Concubine Rou is not the emperor's true love? Even if Lin Cainu is favored, she can't compare to Concubine Rou. But Caiyue didn't go when she went to invite the emperor. It's really strange."

The matter of the hot spring pool had not been spread out, and the palace servants serving in front of the emperor kept their mouths shut and naturally did not dare to speak carelessly.

The Queen laughed, "This shows that the Emperor is beginning to get tired of Concubine Rou!"

"Tired of Concubine Rou?" Ruonan was stunned, with a look of disbelief.

Everyone in the harem can see how much the emperor cares about Concubine Rou.

When facing Concubine Rou, even the Empress Dowager and Concubine Zhao had to avoid her.

Even retreat.

The queen laughed, "A person's feelings will not last forever, let alone the emperor. Concubine Rou acted like that. When she got angry, she even dared to lose face for the emperor. What's more, she even dared not to let the emperor enter her Yongfu Palace."

Ruonan also smiled, "In the whole palace, only Concubine Rou dares to do this. Even Concubine Zhao has to be careful to please the emperor, but Concubine Rou is different."

The Queen stroked her hair and said with a smile: "Of course Concubine Rou is different. True love is always special. But once or twice is fun. If it happens too often, the Emperor will not be able to bear it. If there is another person who is pleasing to him around..."

The queen did not continue speaking, but Ruonan understood what she meant next.

"Your Majesty, Lin Cainu is the beloved person beside the Emperor..."

Ruonan looked at the queen with a worried look on her face.

The queen frowned, "I don't know if Lin Cainu is the one I love. She is indeed favored recently, but she also exudes a sense of weirdness."

"It's weird? What's weird about it?"

Ruonan looked at the queen, her expression confused.

The Queen looked at her and smiled. "If the Emperor really liked Lin Cainu, her position would not be so low. Even if Lin Cainu was born a palace maid, the Emperor would find a way to improve her status instead of letting her be bullied by all the women in the palace."

"You saw it this morning. Lin Cainu was speechless and in tears because of what happened last night, as she was scolded by all the concubines in the palace."

Ruonan also smiled, "It can be seen that too much favor is not a good thing."

As if he thought of something, he felt strange again, "Your Majesty, the emperor didn't seem to reward Lin Cainu this morning. Did he forget?"

In theory, even if the service was not good, as long as the concubine slept with the emperor, the emperor would reward her according to the rules.

As for the amount of the reward, it all depends on the emperor's wishes.

The Queen glanced at Ruonan and said, "Even if the Emperor forgot, Eunuch Fu would definitely not forget and would remind her. If there is no reward, it can only mean that Lin Cainu has displeased the Emperor and the Emperor does not want to reward her."

"Did the emperor dislike you?" Ruonan looked at the queen, "But what about Lin Cainu who stopped the emperor from going to Concubine Rou's place last night?"

"Maybe!" The Queen's tone was uncertain again.

But then she thought of something, and a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes again, "It can be seen that Concubine Rou is still different in the emperor's heart."

"My queen." Ruonan was a little worried.

The Queen waved her hands and said with a smile: "I entered the palace at the age of fifteen and married the Emperor. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, from Crown Princess to Queen. If I can't tolerate others, it would not be my turn to sit in this position!"

As the Queen spoke, she stood up and walked to the window, looking outside at the several new lotus pots that the palace servants had placed. It was early summer now, a perfect time to enjoy the lotus.

"This harem is like a garden, with all kinds of flowers blooming gorgeously and beautifully. However, no matter how beautiful the flowers are, they will eventually wither."

At this point, the queen smiled, saying that all those favors were false, only status was real.

No matter how favored they were, no matter how much the emperor loved those women, when they saw him, didn't they still have to bow properly and address him respectfully as "Empress?"

No matter it was the sacrificial ceremonies in the ancestral temple or the royal jade butterfly, she was the only one who was qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with the emperor. Even a hundred years later, she and the emperor were buried in the same tomb.

Her only regret was that she could not give birth to an heir for the emperor, and her position as queen was also not stable.

Even though she hadn't done anything wrong and the harem was well managed, as a queen, her biggest mistake was that she had no children in the harem. Yaohua Palace!
Green smoke was rising from the gilded incense burner in the hall. As soon as Jinse stepped in, she saw the smoke change direction and she subconsciously tightened her handkerchief.

The next moment, my forehead suddenly hurt, and there was a pile of broken teacups and vases on the ground.

"Bitch, all of them are bitches!"

Jinse endured the pain and knelt on the ground with a plop. She knelt squarely away from the debris on the ground and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"I really regret pushing that bitch Hongyu to the emperor. If I had known earlier, I would have let that bitch Yuyao be favored. At least that bitch's appearance is ruined, and the emperor will only be interested in her for a few times, but will not be as favored as Hongyu."

Concubine Zhao was so angry that she covered her chest and fell on the couch. It was obvious that Concubine Rou failed to invite the Emperor last night, and she was even more upset than Concubine Rou.

It was just because she was the one who pushed Hongyu away, and she couldn't tolerate a lowly maid climbing over her head.

She could understand why Concubine Rou was favored. It was the emperor's true love. The two of them had feelings for each other, so naturally it was different from others.

But what is ruby?
"Bitch...damn bitch!" Another extremely angry curse.

The whole hall was in silence, no one dared to respond.

……

As soon as Ye Beichen came out of the morning court, he asked Eunuch Fu to investigate Yu Yao's matter. His main purpose was to find out who had attacked her in the laundry department and who was behind it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Eunuch Fu responded respectfully and was about to leave.

Then Ye Beichen continued to ask: "How is Concubine Rou?"

Thinking about Concubine Rou's heartache last night, even though he knew nothing would happen, he still couldn't help but worry, and was now preparing to go over to check.

Eunuch Fu had already found out the news and had been waiting for the emperor to ask.

Of course, she would not hide it at this moment, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Concubine Rou did not sleep all night, and when she went to pay respects this morning, her eyes were swollen, which showed that she had been crying."

"I heard that he didn't even have breakfast, and sent everyone in Yongfu Palace away. He locked himself in his bedroom and didn't let anyone in."

Ye Beichen frowned fiercely, an inexplicable emotion began to surge in his body. Although he was a little dissatisfied with Concubine Rou for treating him like this, he couldn't help but walk towards Yongfu Palace.

Eunuch Fu naturally knew that the emperor was going to see Concubine Rou, and followed him immediately.

The emperor went to Yongfu Palace in a hurry, and soon everyone in the palace knew about it.

Some people were secretly cursing Concubine Rou, while others felt that Concubine Rou was indeed different in the emperor's heart. Although the emperor did not go there last night, he could not help but go to see her right after the morning court session.

Just when everyone in the palace thought that Concubine Rou was indeed different.

The emperor came out of Yongfu Palace in the blink of an eye, less than half an hour.

I heard that when the emperor left Yongfu Palace, his face looked extremely ugly, and his anger was so intense that even the palace servants could see it from a distance.

The various concubines also got the news soon, and as soon as they got the news, they sent people to inquire.

After inquiring, I found out that the emperor had left the morning court to visit Concubine Rou, but Concubine Rou was angry with the emperor again because of what happened last night.

In anger, Concubine Rou locked the emperor at the gate of Yongfu Palace and refused to let him in.

It is said that the emperor waited at the door for a long time, and no matter how Concubine Rou tried to persuade him, she would not allow her servants to open the door.

The emperor got angry and turned back to his study.

When the various palaces heard the news, they were also very shocked. Which concubine would not be very careful to please the emperor, for fear of angering him and causing his displeasure.

But Concubine Rou was so bad that not only did she not serve the emperor well, she even dared to lock him outside the palace. This was truly shocking and unbelievable.

But when I thought that the person was Concubine Rou, I felt it was very normal. Concubine Rou had done this kind of thing before, and the emperor forgave her in a blink of an eye.

Even so, private discussions are inevitable.

(End of this chapter)