The Favorite of the Court of Joy

"Sister Lu, don't cry, your makeup is all gone." Concubine Hua took her handkerchief to help her wipe away her tears.

Mrs. Lu cried even louder, and said, "Sister side concubine, you have to do it for me!"

"Okay, okay, I will give you an explanation. You go back and wash your face first. After I take a nap, I will go to Yimeiyuan to ask Mr. Qian for a question."

Mrs. Lu curled her lips and said, "Ah? My sister wants to go after a nap? Can't I go now?"

Concubine Hua kept a smile on her face, wishing to throw her out, didn't you see how tired she was now?

Fortunately, beside her was a clever maid Zijuan with eyes, she said: "Mrs. Lu, our side concubine just took an anti-fetal medicine, look..."

Mrs. Lu can naturally hear such a way of seeing off guests.Now Concubine Hua is carrying the prince's only child, which is very precious.She didn't dare to urge any more, anyway, she promised herself that she would give herself an explanation.So she saluted and left.

After Mrs. Lu left, Zijuan boldly said: "Your Majesty, if you want this maidservant to say that we will not rely on the plum garden, Concubine Lu's nose is a little bit ashamed, but she wants to push you to the front to face the wind and waves. She wants to do it well."

"I don't know what she's thinking. But I really should go meet that lowly darling and see if he sees me as a side concubine." Hua side concubine said, "Okay, Zicuckoo, help me to Bed rest."

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When she came to Yimei Garden with her maid, Zhang Xiaoqian was singing, and the melodious singing was really intoxicating. She and Zijuan just stood at the door and listened to the song.

After listening to it, Zijuan mocked: "The voice of the prodigal, the means of a slut."

"Okay, don't say it, let people listen to it, and think I taught you to say it." Concubine Hua said, "Why is there no one at the door to spread the word."

"Your Majesty, you are a side concubine. He is just a little male favorite. It is his favor that you are willing to enter his yard. Why do you need someone to pass the message? Let's just go in."

Concubine Hua thought the same, when she was about to enter the entrance of the courtyard, a cold wind suddenly appeared, blocked the way, and said to her: "Miss Concubine, the young master said that no one is allowed to enter without his consent."

After hearing this, Zijuan wanted to yell at her. It's really abominable for a lowly darling to make such a big deal.Her master is a side concubine after all, and she has to get permission to enter his yard.

Although Concubine Hua was annoyed, her face was calm and calm.She knew that Leng Feng was the powerful bodyguard by the prince's side, if she forced her way in today, the prince would know, why did she do something to anger the prince.What's more, if Zhang Xiaoqian didn't want to see her, she would have more reason to blame him in front of the prince. "Zicuckoo, ask if there is anyone inside."

Zijuan felt that her master's temper was too good, and such a person could be tolerated, but if it was her, she would be so angry that she would be scolded.Zijuan shouted loudly inside: "Flower side concubine asks to see Mr. Qian."

There was no movement inside, Zijuan slandered, this really didn't take our side concubine seriously.

"Shout again." Concubine Hua said.

Zijuan took a deep breath and shouted even more triumphantly: "Flower side concubine asks to see Mr. Qian."

"I'm coming……"

"Your servant sees Concubine Hua." Xiaoyue bowed to Concubine Hua and said, "Your Majesty, my son invites you to sit inside."

Xiaoyue led the way and led them into the house.

The ground dragon was burned in the house for warmth, and as soon as one entered, one felt very warm, so one took off the heavy cotton-padded jacket.

"Concubine Hua, please sit down." Zhang Xiaoqian said, "Xiaocheng is watching tea."

Concubine Hua saw the man sitting on the soft bed. He has delicate features, a handsome face, bright eyes and phoenix eyes, a firm nose, and delicate cherry lips. He is a person who will be tempted by both men and women. No wonder the prince loves him. After being obsessed with him for so long, if she hadn't had a hostile relationship with him, she really wanted to recognize him as her younger brother.Of course, she didn't ignore his protruding belly, which reminded her why she came today.

Concubine Hua sat on the other side of the slump, Xiao Ju handed her the stove to warm her hands, and Xiao Cheng brought hot tea to Concubine Hua.Concubine Hua said with a smile: "This concubine is pregnant and should not drink tea."

Zhang Xiaoqian knew that she was his child's biological mother in name, and now only being Hua's side concubine was to complete the "drama". "Xiaocheng, change to a cup of hot water."

"Yes, son."

Zhang Xiaoqian went straight to the point and said, "Did Concubine Hua come to accuse me of Mrs. Lu's slap?"

Concubine Hua didn't expect him to be so direct, she had prepared a lot of twists and turns in her heart to say, since he has already opened the door, she doesn't need to talk nonsense. "It's not that serious. Although sister Lu came to cry and complained that she was beaten by a maid at your place, as the only side concubine in the palace, other people have always respected me, so they told me about it. I should always ask Asking you what's the matter, you can't listen to Sister Lu's one-sided words, after all, you two have to have a result who is right and who is wrong, give each other an explanation, what do you say, Young Master Qian?"

Zhang Xiaoqian did not hide his feelings, immediately snorted softly and rolled his eyes.When Side Concubine Hua first came in, he thought she would be a good one, but he didn't expect that she was also a deep house woman like Mrs. Hua and Mrs. Lu, but she was even more profound than the previous ones.For example, when he rolled his eyes at her, she was not angry, she still kept smiling, drinking plain water quietly, with an elegant posture, who would have thought that this Concubine Hua was just a maid.

Concubine Hua's short sentence revealed many meanings.First of all, she mentioned that it was Mrs. Lu who said she was beaten, but she didn't believe it all, so she came to ask about the situation, which showed that she was right and wrong.Furthermore, she claimed to be the only side concubine in the palace, which was used to show her noble status in the palace; third, she said that others always respected her, and what she wanted was that Zhang Xiaoqian should also respect her like everyone else.

Zhang Xiaoqian hates this kind of hypocritical people the most. "Xiao Cheng was about to go out, and Mrs. Lu was about to come in, when the two ran into each other at the door. Xiao Cheng immediately knelt down and apologized to her, but Mrs. Lu insisted that it was Xiao Cheng who didn't have eyes to bump into her." , and immediately gave her a slap in the face. Xiaocheng did nothing wrong, she had already knelt down and apologized to her, but she still didn’t stop and hit someone. Did she hit my maid whenever she wanted? So I let Xiaocheng Call back, and if I don't call back, I won't let her serve by my side, so she waited for my order before hitting Madam Lu."

Concubine Hua raised her head and looked at Xiaocheng. She had seen this maid before. When the prince doted on someone, she was there to serve someone. This is not only because Zhang Xiaoqian is favored, but also because the prince thinks highly of this maid.She used to think that this maid would also become the prince's man, so she hated her very much.Now that she followed Zhang Xiaoqian, she hated her even more. "You are the little orange who beat Mrs. Lu. You look quite pretty. I have heard the prince mention you, saying that you are the best at serving people. I think the prince treats you differently." She said this When I was there, my eyes were not on Xiaocheng, but on Zhang Xiaoqian, intending to tell him that if you keep this beautiful little beauty, sooner or later she will share your favor and seduce the prince away.

Xiaocheng also realized the meaning of Concubine Hua's words, and immediately felt terrified, and quickly knelt down and said, "Your maidservant is just a maidservant, and it is the duty of a maidservant to serve your master with all your heart. The prince treats your slaves and maidservants the same as everyone else. There is absolutely no Treat him differently." Her words were to prove her innocence, and she was also telling Zhang Xiaoqian her thoughts.

Of course Zhang Xiaoqian knew that Xiaocheng was a good girl who didn't spend too much time thinking, and she understood Concubine Hua's intentions even better. Zhang Xiaoqian said bluntly: "Concubine Hua, can you be less obtrusive when you talk. I like to be straightforward and express my heart Don't you just want to say that Xiaocheng is so beautiful that she will seduce the prince? You just want me to hate her, scold her, or even beat her for it. Then I can tell you now that your idea will not come true If Xiaocheng has any extravagant thoughts, don't wait until she is serving me to seduce the prince, she would have done it long ago, and you don't have to sow discord here, your heart is not dirty, black or not!"

"Besides, I can decide who the lord wants to favor? Without Xiaocheng, there will be other people. Can I hate it? Why should I make things difficult for myself? Concubine Hua, you are already pregnant. Focus on raising your baby with peace of mind, and stop thinking about nasty things."

Then Zhang Xiaoqian said to Xiaocheng: "Get up, Xiaocheng, you have done nothing wrong, what are you kneeling for? Besides, the prince and I are your masters, if you want to kneel, you must kneel to us, you don't need to kneel for others."

"You...you..." The side concubine Hua couldn't bear it anymore, she smashed the teacup in an instant, and scolded angrily, "Zhang Xiaoqian, do you still see me as a side concubine?"

Zhang Xiaoqian really thought she was funny, and wanted to reply directly, but I didn’t see you in my eyes, so he changed the way he spoke, and said with a smile: “I’m a darling, I only have eyes for men, and that man is the prince.” .If you let the prince know that I have eyes for your concubine Hua, do you think the prince will kill you or me."

"You...you...unreasonable." Concubine Hua's chest heaved with anger, and she finally understood why Mrs. Hua, Mrs. Ning, and even Concubine Lin failed to please him. "Xiaocheng is a servant girl in the palace. No matter which master she faces, she is a servant girl. Mrs. Lu is the master, and she deserves to be slapped. There is no reason for a slave to beat a master. If my side concubine does not punish Xiao Cheng, don't all the maids dare to hit the master in the future?"

Zhang Xiaoqian replied to her sarcastically, saying: "It's no wonder that Concubine Hua has the idea that a slave should not beat her master. After all, Concubine Hua was born as a palace maid, isn't a palace maid a maid in the palace? Both you and Xiaocheng are Mei Xiang Who is more noble than the maid who worships the handle? Don't put on airs of the master, it makes people look disgusting."

"Zhang Xiaoqian!" Concubine Hua was completely irritated. She hated people mentioning her background the most. If she had a background like Lin Peiyao or Bu Shanglu, plus she was the prince's first woman, she must be the concubine. Very likely.Now as long as she gave birth to a son, the possibility of becoming a concubine still exists.

Concubine Hua didn't want to talk to Zhang Xiaoqian anymore, otherwise she would really be mad at herself.She directly ordered Xiaocheng, saying: "Xiaocheng, this concubine knows that you bumped into Mrs. Lu unintentionally, although you followed your master's order and slapped her back, but after all, you are a slave and she is the master. You are committing the following crimes, and this side concubine wants you to go to the Luzhu Hall to apologize to Madam Lu in person, and you have not been wronged even in a single sentence." Concubine Hua thinks that she has given Madam Lu an explanation for this. It also shows her tolerance as a side concubine.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaoqian still looked angry, Xiaocheng didn't dare to reply to Concubine Hua's words without authorization, and said, "Your servant listens to Mr. Qian."

Concubine Hua looked angry, feeling that Xiao Cheng was too ungrateful. "Young Master Qian, I didn't intend to punish Xiao Cheng, I just asked her to apologize, it's not too much."

"It's not too much." Zhang Xiaoqian said: "If Xiaocheng went to apologize, wouldn't it mean that she was wrong, to be more precise, I was wrong. Both of them bumped into each other unintentionally, and hit each other A slap, fair, very fair!"

"It seems that Mr. Qian is not going to let him go." Concubine Hua didn't want to waste words with him anymore, since she couldn't do whatever she said, she should use force. "Xiaocheng has no master, so the next crime is the next one. Zijuan will ask Steward Wu to send some people to take Xiaocheng down to fight thirty."

"Yes, side concubine empress, servant girl is going now." Zijuan felt so happy, not to mention how happy she was, it was time to cure the people who leaned on the plum garden, one by one, the maids were not like maids, they dared to ride on the master's head .

Zhang Xiaoqian didn't know Zijuan's inner thoughts, otherwise he would definitely call her slavish.

"Xiaoyue Xiaoju, stop her."

Xiaoyue Xiaoju immediately became Zicuckoo's way.

"Get out of the way, you dare to stop the concubine's order, and be careful to beat you for thirty or so."

There really is every kind of master and every kind of slave, Zhang Xiaoqian said: "Is there any place for you, a maid, to talk here? Believe it or not, I will let the cold wind throw you out."

Zijuan was silent like a cicada, and looked at Concubine Hua with aggrieved eyes.Concubine Hua was even more annoyed. Her majestic concubine, the woman with the highest status in the palace, which concubine dared to directly resist her, but it failed here. How could she bear this tone? If the news spread , How will she convince the public in the future.

"Okay, then my side concubine will go find someone in person, and see who of you dare to stop my side concubine."

"Okay, you go. So what if you just found someone?" Zhang Xiaoqian continued, "I tell you, the prince has already rewarded me with several of their maids. They are not the maids of the palace, they are my Zhang Xiaoqian's." Maid girl, no one can order them or punish them physically. This is the prince's promise to me, if you don't believe me, just wait for the prince to come back and ask yourself. After you ask clearly, think about whether you want to blame my maid."

Concubine Hua's heart sank, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.Is what Zhang Xiaoqian said true?If it is true, then she is really not good at blaming Xiaocheng, but what will Mrs. Lu say, can she say that she has nothing to do with Zhang Xiaoqian?She couldn't bear the convincing majesty established in the palace to be gone.

Just as she was thinking about it, Zhao Minghan's voice came from outside the door. "Who has something to ask the king?"