bookrandom Chapter 259 Everyone Warns Consort Lan
Chapter 259 Everyone Warns Consort Lan
But when she hugged the other person's legs, she saw a pair of embroidered shoes with gold-painted peonies and a vermilion skirt with gold trim.
She suddenly realized that the person who had arrived was not the emperor, but...
She looked up and saw that the Empress's usually dignified face had become quite ferocious.
Startled, she shrank back and asked in terror:
"What...what are you going to do?"
After gesturing for the maid to leave and closing the door, the Empress walked step by step toward Ling Lanhua.
"What are you trying to do? If you dare to lay a finger on me, the Emperor will not let you off the hook."
After the Empress approached her, she knelt down directly and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"I won't lay a finger on you. I'm just here to tell you that you can't win the Emperor's heart with your body. You're still too young. To survive in this harem, you need a family background. Oh, by the way, if you could give the Emperor a son, you might be able to raise your status. It's just a pity!"
"You did it, didn't you? You killed my child, didn't you?"
"Hahaha!"
The Empress gave a disdainful smile.
"Let alone your child, even you, if I wanted to lay a hand on you, it would be as easy as crushing an ant. Ling Lanhua, I must remind you to be more careful in your conduct and actions in the future. Don't think that just because you have gained the Emperor's favor, you can act lawlessly in the harem."
After saying this, she gave her a disdainful smile, slowly stood up, turned gracefully, and left.
When the door slammed shut again, Ling Lanhua was filled with extreme fear.
She has been imprisoned here for a long time, but the Emperor still hasn't come to find her. Has the Emperor forgotten about her?
She lay on the ground in agony, letting the coldness of the ground wash over her entire body, completely oblivious to it.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, Consort Zhen arrived, and her words were even more vicious than those of the Empress.
Immediately afterwards, Consort Liang, Consort Duan, and Consort Jiang arrived, but they all reminded her that if she dared to monopolize the Emperor again, it wouldn't be the unborn child in her womb that would lose its life.
Moreover, they warned her that they were not afraid even if she complained to the Emperor. They did not believe that the Emperor would banish all the women in the harem to the Cold Palace because of Ling Lanhua alone. Besides, their families were not ordinary people, and the Emperor could not and dared not do such a thing.
That night, the women seemed to have planned it all out, taking turns to attack her, but they only threatened her verbally and gave her various warnings; none of them laid a finger on her.
Even so, their words had already caused her mental state to collapse to the extreme.
She spent the night in a daze in that dark and damp room, and was not sent back to Zhenlan Garden until the next morning.
However, she had long lost her previous arrogant and domineering attitude, which had led her to seek the emperor's help. Instead, she lay blankly on the bed, as if she had become a different person overnight.
May 18
Before they knew it, it was Lin Yuwei's wedding day. A few days ago, Wei Jianning had said that Lan Zhi would accompany her to the Imperial Censor's Mansion to deliver congratulatory gifts, and then to the Prince Xun's Mansion to attend the wedding banquet.
After all, Lin Xingliang had helped him a lot during this time, and since it was his daughter's wedding, he should personally visit to deliver a generous gift.
Therefore, Lan Zhi dressed up early, took her three children and Zhu Fangfei, and went to the Imperial Censor's Mansion with Wei Jianning.
Wei Jianning originally didn't want to bring Zhu Fangfei, but Zhu Fangfei kept begging Lan Zhi, saying that she had never seen anyone get married or eaten a wedding banquet.
Helpless, Lan Zhi had to persuade Wei Jianning with kind words before he reluctantly agreed to take her along.
However, she was given orders not to talk nonsense or publicize her identity.
Zhu Fangfei readily agreed, and she was as happy as a child, vying with the three children to get into the same carriage.
Sitting in the carriage, Lan Zhi looked at her playful and adorable appearance, lowered the curtain, and said helplessly to Wei Jianning:
"Husband, don't you think Zhu Fangfei has many adorable qualities?"
Wei Jianning frowned and nodded.
"Hmm, if she hadn't insisted on marrying into the Crown Prince's household, I might have found her adorable."
"But even after she married into the family, she never made any unreasonable demands on you. Moreover, she has been living a very peaceful life in the Crown Prince's residence, and she has been having a great time playing with the children these past few days."
"But her identity is something I find objectionable."
“Husband, I think she only married you on a whim. She might get bored one day and leave on her own. Look at her, she’s just like a child, so carefree.”
"No matter what, she is Zhu Kui's daughter. Even if she is innocent and kind, her father is not. Don't be fooled by her appearance."
Although Wei Jianning's reminder was not without reason, Lan Zhi still felt that Zhu Fangfei's personality could not be faked.
When their carriage stopped at the Imperial Censor's residence, Lin Xingliang and his wife rushed over to greet them. Originally, Madam Lin was busy inside the residence, but when she learned that Lan Zhi was coming, she also ran to the gate to welcome her.
Seeing Wei Jianning and Lan Zhi alight from the carriage, Lin Xingliang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, saying:
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is six months pregnant, yet she still came to see my daughter off. I am truly grateful, deeply grateful!"
Wei Jianning quickly clasped his hands in return and said:
"Lord Lin, you're too kind. If it weren't for your help these past few days, I would have been completely overwhelmed. Your daughter's wedding is such a big event, so my wife and I had to come."
At this point, he waved his hand and said:
"Boss Yuan, quickly order someone to carry the gifts inside."
Old Master Yuan hurriedly instructed everyone to carry the several large gifts into the Lin residence.
The Crown Prince and his wife personally came to deliver gifts, which gave Lin Xingliang a lot of face and made him extremely happy.
Madam Lin hurried forward, smiling as she looked at Lan Zhi.
"Your Highness, your belly is so round, you're sure to give birth to a son."
Although Zhu Fangfei's marriage into the Crown Prince's residence has not caused her much trouble so far, Lan Zhi finds the instigator of this matter, Madam Lin, to be extremely disgusting.
She nodded politely.
"Daughters and sons are the same..."
"That's right, that's right, daughters are even better. Daughters are a mother's warm little cotton-padded jacket. By the way, are you tired? Come in and rest for a while."
As she spoke, Madam Lin prepared to step forward to help her, but Lan Zhi quickly put her hand on A Qi's hand, avoiding her support, and without giving her another glance, followed Wei Jianning toward the Imperial Censor's residence.
Although Mrs. Lin was a little disappointed, she could only smile and follow after him, remembering what she had done.
After arriving at the Imperial Censor's residence, Zhu Fangfei and her three children secretly went to play in the back garden.
Wei Jianning and Lan Zhi were seated in the main hall. There weren't many people there now, as most people had rushed to the Prince Xun's residence after delivering their gifts.
Although Wei Jianxun didn't have much real power in the court, he was still a prince, and people had to give him some face out of respect for the emperor. Besides, he was marrying the eldest daughter of the Lin family.
Seeing that Madam Lin was still standing there watching Lan Zhi, Lin Xingliang couldn't help but remind her:
"Madam, Prince Xun's bridal sedan chair is about to arrive. Go and see how Yuwei's preparations are going?"