The most beautiful lady in the harem

Qin Liuse received this post at the gate of Yongshou Palace.

When Concubine Xiao De came out of Yongshou Palace with her, she also saw Concubine Li Xian's people coming to deliver things.

Although Concubine Xiao De did not compete for favor, nor did she try to make her presence felt in the harem, she rarely participated in tea parties with her sisters in the harem.

In such a huge palace, the only person who walked around from time to time was the Empress Dowager Cixi in Yongshou Palace.

When Qin Liuse first knew about it, she was a little surprised, because it was not so easy to enter the Yongshou Palace of the Empress Dowager Cixi. It took her a lot of effort to win the favor of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Many concubines wanted to visit, but the Empress Dowager Cixi said she preferred quietness and refused to see them.

Unexpectedly, I had such an intersection with Concubine Xiao Defei.

After several attempts, Qin Liuse found out that when Concubine Xiao De was a maid in the harem, she had served the Empress Dowager Cixi.

This way, it makes sense.

Qin Liuse knew that Concubine Xiao De was a maid in the palace of the previous dynasty, but she didn't know that she had such a connection with the Empress Dowager Cixi.

It is no wonder that Concubine Xiao De would come to the Empress Dowager Cixi's place from time to time to walk around and sit for a while.

However, it is not easy for a maid to reach the position of Concubine De.

But for some reason, Concubine Xiao De does not fight or compete for it now, and seems to not care about the favor of Emperor Yongjia at all.

Logically speaking, people who have risen to this level will be more ambitious.

Qin Liuse took the letter handed to her by the eunuch and opened it in front of Concubine Xiao De without hiding it from her.

Qingqing knew that her master liked Concubine Xiao De and had a good relationship with her, so she did not hide too much in front of Concubine Xiao De.

She muttered, "She doesn't want to offend anyone, but she wants to throw such a hot potato to us. She doesn't want to be a bad person, so she lets others do it."

"This matter was originally assigned to me, so it can't be said that her handing it to me like this is groundless." Qin Liuse glanced at the post and said lightly, then folded the post back and put it away.

"But she can push it too." Qin Liuse sneered.

If Concubine Li really wanted to help Concubine Wen, in fact, this matter would only take a word from her.

Although the seat is under the management of Qin Liuse, she is just an assistant. Could her words carry as much weight as hers as the virtuous concubine?

It can be seen that she actually doesn't want to pay any attention to Lady Wen at all.

With this comparison, Qin Liuse knew that Concubine Li and Concubine Wen were probably not on good terms with each other.

Although they are all Queen Mother Dong's followers, they are not united at all.

When Concubine Xiao De heard Qin Liuse and Qingqing, the master and servant, talking, she also interrupted Qin Liuse unexpectedly.

"Lady Wen has only been favored by the Emperor for a short time. How could she become like this and go back to her old self?"

Concubine Xiao De said this very tactfully, meaning that Concubine Wen had just been restored to favor, and had become as domineering and lawless as before.

"This time Concubine Ning can't go. Maybe she is thinking of this and wants to take over the magpie's nest." Qin Liuse said.

In addition, her father was currently being highly valued by the emperor in the previous dynasty, and once a person was favored, it was easy for him to become complacent.

"If you really can't make up your mind, you might as well ask the emperor." Concubine Xiao De gave Qin Liuse some advice.

"The emperor has always disliked mixing the affairs of the harem and the previous dynasty. If her wish is fulfilled, she will only become more and more demanding in the future." Qin Liuse said lightly.

Although Emperor Yongjia would consider the relationship between concubines for the sake of their families' reputations, this does not mean that concubines can take advantage of their families' situation in the previous dynasty and have the harem follow suit.

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao De smiled and said, "It's great that you think this way. When a steward works for the emperor, he must use both soft and hard tactics, but he can't just let it go and let others have the opportunity to manipulate him."

Qin Liuse heard this and nodded.

This was actually just a small matter, but Concubine Wen was upset, so she sent the invitation to Concubine Li. Such a small matter, after being handled by so many people, seemed like a big deal.

"If she is really determined, she can go and ask for the emperor's grace." If Emperor Yongjia is willing to pamper her like this, she will immediately change her seat to a front row seat.

Concubine Xiao De heard that Qin Liuse had her own plan in mind, so she didn't say anything more. When she reached the fork in the road, she said goodbye to Qin Liuse and returned to her palace.

Qin Liuse's guess was absolutely correct. Even if she didn't give Concubine Wen face and arranged things according to her own wishes, Concubine Wen would not dare to make a big deal out of it.

Lady Wen knew in her heart that she was not in the right.

He was just bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and wanted to take advantage of others. So when the servant came back to convey Qin Liuse's message, Lady Wen was completely furious.

"What did you say?" Lady Wen seemed a little bit unconvinced of what she heard.

The maid knelt in front of Lady Wen, trembling with fear.

She was a third-rank maid under Concubine Wen. She had just run into Concubine Qin on the palace road. She didn't know how Concubine Qin recognized her, so she asked her to come back and pass on a message.

Although these words did not come from her, she was just conveying them on behalf of others, but they were really offensive.

The maid knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Qin Zhaoyi asked me to bring this note back to you, the beauty."

"What else did she say?" Lady Wen knew it wasn't over yet when she saw her like this.

The maid swallowed fearfully, then continued, "Qin Zhaoyi said that we should follow the current arrangements. She also said that this position has already been given to the beauty as an exception, and if the beauty really doesn't like it, then we can follow the original arrangements."

Having said this, the maid could no longer continue.

Lady Wen clenched her fist and slammed the table heavily.

What Qin Liuse meant by this was to threaten her that if she did not accept her current arrangement, then the seats would be arranged according to the most traditional way.

By then, her position will be even more off-center.

But Lady Wen had no way to refute Qin Liuse's words, and she had no place to vent her resentment. For a moment, Lady Wen was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.

Xiao Baoer inquired about the situation here with Lady Wen, and returned to Shu Yuexuan at a quick pace to report to Qin Liuse.

Qin Liuse just wanted to laugh out loud after hearing this.

If I had known this would happen, why would I have gone through so much trouble?

Some people just keep pushing the envelope and are shameless even when given the chance.

Lady Wen has been in poverty for so long, yet she still thinks she is a wealthy and noble person. She keeps causing trouble for her because she thinks her position is not high enough and she is easy to manipulate.

Of course Qin Liuse would not do as she wished.

In the past two days, Qin Liuse had been troubled by Lady Wen's excessive demands, but now that he saw Lady Wen being humiliated, he felt extremely happy.

But right now, she didn't have time to think about these things.

Tonight, Emperor Yongjia turned over her card.

After Qin Liuse had dinner, she was served by her maid and dressed up to go to Chengqian Palace.

After Qin Liuse finished bathing, she went to the main hall of Chengqian Palace, where Emperor Yongjia just came out of the purification room.

She walked up to Emperor Yongjia, and he held her in his arms and walked towards the inner room.

Nowadays, the two of them get along just like an old married couple.

But sometimes Qin Liuse still felt a little unnatural when looking at Emperor Yongjia. She didn't know why, but she always felt that the way Emperor Yongjia looked at her was somewhat oppressive.

However, this feeling of oppression does not come from the king, but from the relationship between men and women, which is indescribable.

"I heard that you went to the Queen Mother's palace today. The Queen Mother likes quietness and she likes young people. If you have nothing to do, go and talk to her to relieve her boredom."

The person Emperor Yongjia was referring to was naturally the Empress Dowager Cixi in Yongshou Palace.

Qin Liuse nodded while complaining in her heart that he clearly knew her whereabouts, but he still asked her if she had been to Yongshou Palace.

It's really unnecessary.

However, this is how the emperor speaks, so Qin Liuse accepted it.

Emperor Yongjia wore a light nightgown with a white background and embroidered dragon patterns tonight, tied at the waist with a dark-patterned belt.

Because it was August and he was feeling hot, he didn't wear anything more than his underwear.

So Qin Liuse had nowhere to put her eyes, so she let him hug her and didn't look at him.

When I walked into the inner room, I saw a chessboard on the couch by the window.

Qin Liuse asked for the sake of conversation, "The emperor is playing chess."

Qin Liuse's question was not asked in vain. For ordinary people to play chess, they need two people to play against each other.

But a smart person like Emperor Yongjia sometimes likes to play chess with himself, playing on both sides.

Qin Liuse certainly knew that this was good for exercising the brain, but to someone like her whose brain wasn't very good, this was simply self-abuse.

Only someone like Emperor Yongjia would have such a preference.

Emperor Yongjia held her in his arms and sat down on the beauty couch by the window. "I would like to play chess. Why don't you play a game with me, my beloved concubine?"