The maidservant is too charming. I want to help her become the queen.

Chapter 149: Concubine Shu's Provocation

During this period, the emperor stayed in Shu Guiren's palace several times, but it was only because Lu Qingqing was pregnant and he could not sleep with her. He just went to Shu Guiren to relieve his sexual desire.

Shu Guiren naturally didn't know all these reasons. She only thought that the Emperor was becoming more and more friendly to her, and she became more and more proud and arrogant day by day.

It was no wonder that she was so proud. After being favored continuously, not only did the palace maids in the Imperial Household Department treat her favors in every way, but even the Empress Dowager would send some rewards to her palace from time to time.

Shu Guiren, who came from a humble family, had not received much favor after entering the palace. Suddenly, she was showered with favor. Her dressing standards improved, and her vanity swelled extremely.

Now Shu Guiren no longer wants to be friends with concubines who are not favored.

However, she was even less willing to treat with courtesy the concubines who were more favored than her.

Shu Guiren looked at Lu Qingqing, who was dressed in simple and elegant clothes, with a smile. She felt that if she continued to be favored like this, she would soon be able to be on par with Lu Qingqing, or even surpass her.

Lady Shu said maliciously:

"It's been a long time since we last met, Noble Lady Ming. I've been enjoying the Emperor's favor these days and I'm busy. I just heard that you opened a palace milk tea shop in the capital."

"What a joke! The people in the palace actually opened the palace outside the Forbidden City. Aren't you afraid that the emperor will punish you?"

Lu Qingqing felt a headache when she saw Shu Guiren's appearance.

This sister seems to be under some kind of spell. She always complains when she comes across me unexpectedly.

annoying!

Lu Qingqing had an impatient expression on her face and rolled her eyes at Shu Guiren.

"Lady Shu, if you haven't heard it, then just say you haven't heard it. What kind of excuse is that for sleeping with someone? Do you use your ears to sleep with someone?"

As soon as Lu Qingqing finished speaking, Erxi and Xiaotao beside her couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.

The young lady is really good at talking. "It's not like I'm going to sleep with my ears." It's amazing that the young lady can come up with such words!

Shu Guiren looked at the palace ladies opposite her who were laughing at her and hated herself for being so stupid in talking.

She pouted angrily, raised her right hand and pointed a finger at Lu Qingqing, shouting angrily:

"You, you, how dare you mock me! Aren't you afraid that I will report you if the emperor asks me to sleep with him again?"

Lu Qingqing raised her eyebrows and made an indifferent expression.

"Even if you go to the emperor and sue me, what can you do? I am pregnant with a dragon fetus. Can the emperor punish me?"

When Lu Qingqing mentioned her pregnancy, Shu Guiren was furious. She had been a concubine for much longer than Lu Qingqing, but even though she had served Lu Qingqing intermittently for such a long time, there was no movement in her belly.

She was indeed at a disadvantage in this matter.

Shu Guiren thought for a moment and changed the subject, directly attacking Lu Qingqing's milk tea shop, she raised her chin proudly.

"Hmph, Lady Ming, I won't talk to you about this. Just say you opened a milk tea shop outside the palace. I guess you did it to make money. Only people like you who were born as palace maids and have no family background need to make a living outside the palace."

"But I'm different. My father is at least a seventh-rank county magistrate. Our Shu family can afford my expenses in the palace, unlike you who have to earn money on your own."

The more Shu Guiren spoke, the more excited she became. But Xiao Cui, the maid beside her, lowered her head more and more, feeling very ashamed.

Xiao Cui repeatedly wanted to raise her hand to pull Shu Guiren's sleeve to ask her to stop talking. There were thousands of seventh-rank county magistrates in the Dasheng Dynasty, and no one knew who had given her young mistress the courage to show off.

Not only Xiao Cui, Lu Qingqing also looked confused.

Was she showing off by saying this just now?

A seventh-rank county magistrate is already worthy of showing off?

Lu Qingqing looked innocent and asked curiously:

"Lady Shu, is a seventh-rank county magistrate a very powerful official?"

Lu Qingqing's words inadvertently revealed the meaning of shrimp and pork heart.

Shu Guiren's face turned red with anger, and he felt a little embarrassed.

She knew that she was not of high birth and could not compare with other concubines in the palace. However, Lu Qingqing, who was born as a palace maid, acted so nonchalantly in front of her.

Shu Guiren angrily shook the silk handkerchief in her hand, frowned and shouted loudly.

"You've gone too far! How dare you look down on my father! I, I'm going to file a complaint!"

Shu Guiren was trembling with anger, and the tassels hanging on the hairpin on her head made crisp clash sounds. She snorted fiercely and went to complain without even turning back.

Lu Qingqing was left standing there, confused.

Does this Concubine Shu feel that the palace is too boring? Why do we always quarrel every time we meet her?

Divine gold!

Concubine Shu walked faster and faster with gritted teeth. She had to go to Concubine Xian to complain about Lu Qingqing!

The Queen is pregnant, and the affairs of the harem have been taken care of by Concubine Xian during this period.

At this time, Concubine Xian was sitting at her desk, carefully revising the palace rules.

Yuzhu was serving beside her. Seeing that her mistress had been working at her desk for a long time, she brought some oranges for her mistress to eat and take a break.

The bright yellow oranges placed in the jade-white, translucent bowls and plates look very beautiful.

Yuzhu said, "Madam, you have been working at your desk for almost two hours. Why don't you eat some fruit and take a break instead of working too hard?"

The virtuous concubine put down the brush in her hand, rubbed her sore wrist, picked up a peeled orange segment of Polygonatum odoratum and put it in her mouth.

The orange juice was sweet and sour, with a refreshing fruity aroma. Empress Xian enjoyed it very much, so she took the fruit plate and started eating. However, she did not take a complete rest, and her eyes were still fixed on the newly revised palace rules, fearing that there would be any mistakes.

"Yuzhu, I would like to take a break. But the atmosphere in the palace is too bad these days! We must revise the palace rules and rectify them severely!"

"The palace servants are lazy and gossip, which is really not conducive to management. Moreover, I heard that after the palace servants finished their night duty, a few young eunuchs gathered together to drink and gamble. It's simply outrageous!"

Yuzhu looked at Concubine Xian's tired eyes with pity, handed her a hot towel, and said distressedly:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for saying something presumptuous. These chores in the harem are the most exhausting and should be the responsibility of the Queen. Now you are doing it, and even if you do a good job, you will still have to take over the harem again after the Queen gives birth."

"You are working so hard now. I feel sorry for you. Aren't we making wedding clothes for the queen in vain?"

After Yuzhu finished speaking, she was already prepared to anger Concubine Xian and be punished.

However, Concubine Xian only smiled and did not blame her. She patted Yuzhu on the shoulder and comforted her:

"Yuzhu, I know you feel sorry for me. It's just that if I don't use this time to revise these palace rules, I can use it to read some books of sages. There is no difference between the two for me. I enjoy it."

Yuzhu nodded, but still felt a little dissatisfied.

Alas, my queen is simply obsessed with power! Once she has a little power in her hands, she is reluctant to give it up.

If she were a man, she would probably be able to dominate the court.