Crazy Queen, Striving to Become the Most Beautiful Lady in the Harem

December

winter

The first snow fell in Kyoto. It was snowing heavily and the sky was full of snowflakes. At a glance, the red bricks and white snow were a beautiful sight.

It has been two months since returning from the royal hunting trip, which means that Xie Yu has ignored Lin Junxue for two months.

Last time, after he came out of Li Shiwen’s Chenxiang Pavilion, he did not go to Zhonghe Palace to find Lin Junxue, but returned to his own Taiwu Palace.

For a whole month, Xie Yu did not summon any concubines to sleep with him.

Li Shiwen, who was suddenly promoted to a noble concubine and given the character "Lan", became the target of public criticism in the harem.

However, because she was close to Lin Junxue, Xie Yu did not show any special favor to her after promoting her. In addition, Li Shiwen was cautious and careful, so nothing went wrong.

Chen Xier sent some supplements to Xie Yu every now and then, and also got two chances to serve him with writing brushes.

The other concubines in the harem didn't even see Xie Yu.

As the year draws to a close, the court is extremely busy.

The inner court was also busy, arranging the allocations for each palace, as well as various arrangements during the imperial festivals.

After all, Lin Junxue is the queen and has the responsibility of managing the harem, so she can't sit idle.

Apart from staying in her own Zhonghe Palace on a daily basis, she would summon Xiao Cheng to come over and arrange some matters related to the New Year. Her life was quite enjoyable.

During this period, the wind direction in the harem once again completely turned to Chen Xier.

After all, other concubines didn't have the chance to meet him, but Chen Xier was able to get the chance to serve Mo twice, which naturally made everyone look at her with higher regard.

Due to her busy schedule, and the fact that Lin Junxue herself had become lazy in the winter, she was too lazy to attend the daily morning meetings and deal with the concubines.

Therefore, Lin Junxue directly issued an order to exempt the concubines in the six palaces from paying respects.

Naturally, some concubines were happy about this. After all, it was winter and the roads were slippery, so accidents often happened.

But Chen Xier was unhappy. Without paying her respects, she naturally had no chance to show off to Lin Junxue the various rare treasures that Xie Yu had rewarded her with.

During this period, apart from Li Shiwen who came to Zhonghe Palace every now and then to pay respects and accompany Lin Junxue

Chen Mi would occasionally bring Sun Shunyi over to sit with him.

As for Sun Manrou, she has been thinking about how to stand out among the crowd at Xie Yu's birthday party in ten days.

Chen Xier has now returned to the position of favorite concubine, and Lin Junxue does not even leave Zhonghe Palace, so she can't plan for anything.

The Harem is Calm

Because Xie Yu did not enter the harem, even if the concubines had all kinds of tricks, they could not use them, and the harem was able to be peaceful for a while.

Zhonghe Palace

Qiao Xin was in the yard, instructing the eunuchs and palace maids to sweep away the snow that had fallen all night.

Danzhen walked into the hall carrying the milk porridge that had just been made in the kitchen.

"My lady, the milk soup that was just made in the kitchen is still hot. Drinking a bowl of it in the winter will make you feel most comfortable."

Lin Junxue was sitting on the chaise longue by the window. The chaise longue was the gift from Xie Yu last time.

Hall

The charcoal fire is burning

It was icy and snowy outside, but it was warm as spring inside the temple.

Lin Junxue was only wearing a thin light green palace dress and was reading a book.

Hearing Danzhen's words, she slowly put down the book and looked at the fresh milk custard. Her appetite was aroused and she tasted it slowly.

"good"

Danzhen saw that her queen was not worried at all, and the emperor would completely ignore Zhonghe Palace.

It has been two months since the Emperor came to Zhonghe Palace, even on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.

The Emperor doesn't come, and the Empress doesn't go, and the two of them have been so cold to each other. When will it end?

Guyu made up the bed and came over

"My lady, I have already made the bed and replaced the incense with new ones."

Lin Junxue nodded, turned around and looked at Danzhen who was standing there with a sad face.

She naturally knew what Danzhen was worried about.

Lin Junxue said softly, "Okay, I know what you are worried about, but didn't I say it? The time has not come yet, don't worry."

Lin Junxue had her reasons and plans for saying this.

Xie Yu treated her coldly for two months, all because she got angry with him that night.

But she did this intentionally, just to force Xie Yu to have a psychological change.

Only in this way can Xie Yu's favor gradually turn into true love and complete the leap from quantity to quality.

So don't say that Xie Yu ignored me for two months, even if it was three months or four months, I would still have to wait.

If she bows her head first, then no matter how much Xie Yu dotes on her in the future, she will not be able to accept his love.

But she estimated that it would be soon. Xie Yu’s birthday in ten days would be an opportunity.

If it takes longer, she might have other problems. She has already made plans.

Danzhen sighed when she heard Lin Junxue's words.

"Your Highness, I know you know what's going on, but I'm still worried. Your Highness is like before. If the Emperor says you'll be cold, you'll be cold. I feel bad for you on those days."

Lin Junxue chuckled

"The days before? Danzhen, do you think I haven't eaten well, drank well, or slept well recently? I eat well, drink well, and sleep well. Xiao Cheng is my man now, and the inner court dare not treat me harshly. So I am living a life like a god now. What's wrong with that?"

Danzhen thought so too.

If the emperor had treated the empress coldly in the past, she would have been unable to eat or sleep well for three days and would have become increasingly haggard.

But now the Emperor hasn't come to Zhonghe Palace for two months, and the Empress hasn't shown any abnormalities, and she's even a little fatter than before.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that she really had nothing to worry about.

Danzhen thought it through and nodded with a smile.

"Yes, your majesty is right. I was indeed overly worried."

Guyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Danzhen. We should believe that the Queen has her plans."

As they were talking, Qiao Xin came in with Xiao Cheng.

"This old servant pays respects to Her Majesty the Queen. May Her Majesty be blessed with good health."

Lin Junxue waved her hand

"Get up, Eunuch Xiao. It's snowing heavily today. Why bother you to go there in person?"

Xiao Cheng smiled

In front of Lin Junxue, he, who was always serious, also smiled a little.

After all, we are in the same camp, so our attitudes towards others are naturally different.

Xiao Cheng replied, "Empress, in ten days, it will be the Emperor's birthday. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arranged a banquet as you instructed. All arrangements for the new year have been made. The Emperor's birthday has been arranged as you instructed. I will be at ease only when I personally report this to you."

Lin Junxue stood up and smiled slightly

Xiao Cheng is indeed a veteran who has reached this position in the palace.

Since Zhang Fufa was beaten to death, the Ministry of Internal Affairs quickly returned to Xiao Cheng's hands.

In just a few months, Xiao Cheng regained power in the Imperial Household Department, and now everyone inside and outside the department is his.

All the people left behind by Zhang Fufa have been completely eliminated.

Now that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in Xiao Cheng's hands, Lin Junxue is still very relieved

Lin Junxue said politely, "Eunuch Xiao is very capable and I am always confident in him. Xiao Xiazi is also a very careful person. If Eunuch Xiao is not convenient next time, I will let Xiao Xiazi come. That's fine."