Want to win the palace fight? Better to be crazy than to be idiotic!

"Little fun,"

Qin Fengan called Xiao Lezi, who was checking Wu Jiayan's dance dress, over and instructed,

"When Qing'er was playing the flute just now, I heard that her breathing was unstable. I'm afraid she caught a cold. She is wearing thin clothes. Go and help her put on some more clothes. Then ask the food department to heat a pot of ginger soup for Concubine Xian..."

At this point, Qin Feng'an paused and gave another order: "Distribute a bowl to everyone present."

"Yes." Xiao Lezi received the order and walked away.

The emperor actually called Concubine Xian by her former nickname "Qing'er" in such an intimate tone. This was a treatment that neither Liu Ronghua, who was in favor for a while, nor Concubine Zeng, who had just become famous, had received.

Others were fine, they thought they were not outstanding enough, but Zeng Wenxin was inevitably a little unbalanced. But when she went to Zichen Palace to listen to storytelling, Lin Xiuqing treated her very well, and she could not vent her grievances, so she could only feel sad in secret.

She raised her head and drank the wine in the glass. The spicy taste rushed to her head, and she thought dazedly: "I think Liu Ronghua can understand my situation the most at this moment..."

Zeng Wenxin thought so and turned to look at Liu Ronghua's seat, hoping to make eye contact with her and find some empathy.

Unexpectedly, the opposite happened. She saw Liu Ronghua smiling as brightly as a spring flower, with stars twinkling in her eyes, and it seemed as if a puppy's tail had grown behind her, wagging hard. She looked many times more energetic than before.

"Ah?" Zeng Wenxin was stunned.

Is Liu Ronghua a fool? Will she fall out of favor if she doesn't realize that the emperor has a new lover?

"She must be forcing a smile..."

Zeng Wenxin's heart was suddenly filled with sympathy.

"I never thought that one day, the old tree would grow new branches, and the eternal night would look forward to the sunrise. When tonight is over, I will bring a pot of good wine to celebrate in my sister's palace."

Hua Tangdi and Xinye joked with each other, but they deliberately raised their voices so that everyone around them could hear them clearly.

No one dared to express their opinions, only Li Changsui said coldly: "Sister Shuo Fei is jealous, right? She doesn't even think before she speaks. I wonder if she was spoiled by her mother's family in the past."

Everyone could tell that Hua Tangdi was just pretending to flatter, but he compared Lin Xiuqing to an old tree and eternal night, implying a mockery of the fact that she had been in the palace for a long time and was old.

Li Changsui bluntly used his own methods to fight back. Although Hua Tangdi was the first of the four concubines to enter the palace, she was the youngest. Logically, Li Changsui should call her "sister". But what Li Changsui meant was that she had been in the palace for many years but still had no favor from the emperor. It was only because the emperor valued her connections with the Lin and Hua families that she was repeatedly promoted, but she herself was extremely useless.

"Empress Ning, no matter how bad Sister Hua's words are, they are not as harsh as what you say."

Wen Yue'er, who had been silent for a long time, spoke at this moment, surprising everyone.

"Empress Ning's words are biased. Do you think everyone in the back garden should learn to be sharp-tongued like you?"

Zeng Wenxin chuckled and said, "How could I not know when my sister and Empress Shuo became so close? You call me 'Sister Hua' so affectionately, but I don't see you two interacting with each other on weekdays. It doesn't matter how close your relationship is, but Sister Wen should not learn to make innuendos and pretend to obey but actually disobey."

Wen Yue'er was choked by Zeng Wenxin, and her hatred in her heart became even stronger. She wanted to retort, but she saw Qin Feng'an standing in the meeting hall with a gloomy face, so she quickly shut up and lowered her head to pretend to choose cakes.

——Ha, idiot.

Zeng Wenxin sneered. After Wen Yue'er returned to the table, she had been able to feel that Wen Yue'er had been staring at her and Su Feiran with unfriendly eyes. She didn't know where this malice came from, but now it seems that it might be related to Hua Tangdi.

Su Feiran was puzzled. She had thought that even if Hua Tangdi and Lin Xiuqing were not familiar with each other, they would not have an internal conflict. The Lin and Hua clans had been friends for generations, but most of the clan dividends were given to Hua Tangdi. Perhaps there was a deeper reason.

Today, Su Feiran finally saw the outspokenness of Ning Fei Li Changsui. Ning Fei was a woman from a military family, she was straightforward and never beat around the bush. On weekdays, she was rarely seen with other concubines, and she had little friendship with Lin Xiuqing, but today she spoke up for justice when she saw injustice, which added a bit of righteousness to her image.

Being straightforward is a taboo for concubines, but a virtue for military generals in the court.

There are rumors that Li Changsui was trained to be a general in the family, and they wanted her to serve as an official in the court and lead troops in the future, but for some reason she was sent to the harem to be a concubine of Qin Fengan. Now it seems that the rumors are groundless.

It is unknown whether the rumor is true or not. Even if it is false, given Li Changsui's personality, he would not bother to clarify it in a high-profile manner.

Fortunately, such a person also appreciates Lin Xiuqing's sincerity, otherwise he would not come forward to speak for her.

Wen Yue'er was humiliated by her gossip, and Su Feiran was secretly happy. His favorable impression of Zeng Wenxin and Li Changsui increased rapidly.

Qin Feng'an took Lin Xiuqing's hand and personally escorted Lin Xiuqing off the stage to change clothes. After Yu Liu consulted Qin Feng'an, he spoke for Lin Xiuqing:

"Your Majesty, you may not know that my queen has been busy practicing opera recently and has been physically exhausted, which is why she caught a slight cold. If Your Majesty loves her, could you allow her to return to the palace to rest and not rush back?"

Others might think that Yu Liu ruined his master's good deeds. Concubine Xian finally got the favor of the emperor, so of course she had to stay by his side and serve him to consolidate this hard-earned favor.

But Yu Liu was a blind man who rejected the emperor's request on behalf of Concubine Xian. He was extremely foolish.

Anyone who was a little smarter would understand it immediately - perhaps at this point, all of Concubine Xian's plans had come to an end.

Zeigarnik Memory Effect - People always find it harder to forget unfinished things than finished things. The other concubines would finish their performances, but Concubine Xian used her performance to stir the emperor's emotions, pulling him to the point where he was still not satisfied, and then quickly leaving, which made the emperor never forget it.

With her departure, I am afraid that the subsequent performances of Concubine Jia will be greatly discounted. No matter how brilliant Concubine Jia's performances are, the image of Lin Xiuqing playing the Hulusi always echoes in the emperor's mind, and Concubine Xian always occupies an unshakable position in the emperor's heart.

Just as people expected, Yu Liu and Lin Xiuqing went away, and Qin Fengan stood there and watched them until their figures disappeared.

"The emperor's love for Empress Xian is truly touching!" Su Feiran blushed as she exclaimed sincerely.

Concubine Jia had bullied Concubine Xian before, so this move by Concubine Xian can be considered a counterattack against Concubine Jia!

Others might misunderstand Su Feiran's words as jealousy, and would inevitably tease Su Feiran. However, these sour words were very funny to Qin Fengan.

Just now he watched Lin Xiuqing go away. Although what was reflected in his eyes was Lin Xiuqing's shadow, he secretly hoped that the figure belonged to another person.

Su Feiran.

He was the one who knew Su Feiran's feelings best. Her feelings were easy to understand, but they also made him feel very lonely.

What she meant was that she had no feelings for Qin Fengan at all.