Ch 291: Imperial Concubine in the Cold Palace 5
The Imperial Household Department also acted very quickly, and soon provided her with the treatment a Talented Woman should have, first of all, three serving Maidservant, and then two Eunuch.
“Talented Woman Lin, this place is too barren, it is really not suitable for people to live in, why don’t this servant help you choose a new palace?”
Lin Lang also felt that this place was too barren, but she still rejected the Eunuch’s suggestion, “There are few people here, it’s quiet, and this Talented Woman is already used to it, so I won’t move around, so as not to cause trouble to the palace.”
The Head Steward Eunuch didn’t really take Lin Lang seriously, just a small Talented Woman, even if she accidentally gained the Emperor’s favor, so what? This little Talented Woman has already offended Consort Gao, it is estimated that she will never be able to turn over in this lifetime, the sentence just said was just a formality.
As a result, before the Head of the Imperial Household Department could leave, the Chief Eunuch serving by the Emperor’s side hurriedly walked over, with a smile on his face.
“Congratulations, Talented Woman, the Emperor will come here for dinner tonight, I hope you can prepare as soon as possible.”
The Head Steward Eunuch was stunned there, now he couldn’t leave or stay, but he reacted quickly, “Congratulations, Talented Woman, this servant will send someone to arrange it.”
I thought it was just a whim of the Emperor, but I didn’t expect that this Talented Woman really caught the Emperor’s eye, the Head Steward Eunuch didn’t dare to delay, and immediately found someone to clean the yard.
Lin Lang watched those people prepare to touch the vegetables she planted, and quickly stopped them.
“Stop it, these are all grown by me with hard work, and I will show them to the Emperor later.” Lin Lang prepared to establish a persona of a farming novel heroine in front of the Emperor, and said that her Chinese cabbages grew so well, so watery and fairy-like, it looked like a good cabbage, it would be a pity to pull them out.
The Eunuch didn’t dare to do anything, so they could only clean up the dirty things one by one, and at the same time clean up the room, and replenish some things, but because the palace was still dilapidated, it seemed a bit deserted.
Lin Lang was not idle either, she greeted people to help wash the Apricots she picked today, and put them in the sun to dry after removing the pits.
The remaining greener Apricots were washed clean, and arranged according to a layer of rock sugar and a layer of Apricots, and finally put into a sealed jar, quietly waiting for fermentation.
When Zhao Yan came to Lin Lang’s palace, he was really taken aback. Compared with the exquisite palaces of other Imperial Concubine, such a residence seemed a bit rough, especially the vegetables planted at the corners, which had a different kind of experience.
Zhao Yan didn’t go in either, but looked at the cowpeas planted at the corners, and those small green vegetables, feeling novel, and even reached out and poked them gently.
Lin Lang respectfully performed a half-bow, “I made the Emperor laugh.”
Zhao Yan looked up, just looking at Lin Lang like this, the fine light in his eyes seemed to twinkle like thousands of stars.
“My beloved Imperial Concubine has lived in the Cold Palace for so long, you must have suffered a lot.” Zhao Yan gently gathered Lin Lang’s hand, as if protecting the most precious treasure in the world.
Lin Lang lowered her eyes, “The Emperor is joking, this Pin is just doing what I should do.”
“The wife of the Yellow Emperor also cultivated the land herself. This Pin, as the Emperor’s Imperial Concubine, it is a pity that I can’t share the burden for the Emperor. The only thing I can do is to cultivate some vegetables, experience the difficulty of farmers, and convey the Emperor’s benevolence.”
Zhao Yan smiled, and felt that this woman was getting more and more interesting. He took the other’s hand and entered the palace. Naturally, he noticed that the layout inside was out of tune with the palace, but he didn’t say anything. Both sides tacitly did not mention Consort Gao.
Because the Emperor also came to dine, Lin Lang also ate a big meal, so she was satisfied. Although she had suffered for more than a year, at least the hard times were over.
The next morning, the imperial decree to confer her as a Beauty came, and she was also given an Imperial Title.
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Lin Lang: “Luo?”
This word describes a person with a strong character, and at the same time, Luo also has the meaning of tassels, which also implies a graceful and luxurious meaning. It is an excellent word.
Lin Lang’s brows gradually relaxed, “It is indeed a good word, the Emperor is so considerate.”
Of course, I don’t know if this “Luo” is homophonic with the “Luo” of the mother snail, but she is the wife of the Yellow Emperor among the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and she is just a small Imperial Concubine, there is no comparison at all.
Lin Lang can be regarded as riding on the bandwagon, rising two levels in one day, to be precise, it is rising three levels, because the Imperial Title is also considered one level, and it can be regarded as flying to the branch and turning into a phoenix.
Seeing that it was not early, Lin Lang didn’t dare to delay, packed up and went to pay her respects to the Empress. Since today was not the day to pay respects, there were very few Imperial Concubine who went, and after Lin Lang drank two cups of tea there, she finally saw the Empress who came late.
Lin Lang respectfully bowed and specially thanked the Empress for taking care of her when she was moved into the Cold Palace, because her words were earnest and her attitude was sincere, she was even praised by the Empress as a person who was not arrogant or impetuous.
When Lin Lang was leaving, the Empress stuffed her with a lot of things, including some food and utensils, the most precious of which was a whole set of headdresses made of tourmaline, which was radiant and dazzling.
Although the Empress doesn’t like those favored Imperial Concubine, because once she sees them, it means that her husband has been snatched away by them.
But the Empress is also happy to see them compete with Consort Gao, anyway, no matter who loses or wins, she is still the Empress, but the harem can have favored Imperial Concubine, but absolutely does not allow one family to dominate.
After Consort Gao learned that the Emperor had favored another Imperial Concubine, she was so angry that she almost threw all the teacups in her palace, but after all, she was persuaded by the Old Wet Nurse.
“It’s just a favored plaything, why should Consort Gao bother with her.
I heard that this Imperial Concubine just got lucky, and happened to meet the Emperor when she was picking Apricots, and she also planted some vegetables in her palace, so the Emperor thought it was interesting, so he favored her, but in fact, he just regarded her as a plaything.”
Consort Gao naturally understood this, but the heart of jealousy surged endlessly, especially after learning that the Imperial Concubine had been praised by the Emperor, she was so angry that tears fell down in big drops.
“Isn’t it enough for the Emperor to have me alone? Why do you want to favor other Imperial Concubine, isn’t this Palace beautiful enough?” Consort Gao cried and sobbed, “If this Palace and the Emperor were just an ordinary couple, perhaps we wouldn’t have to face so many Imperial Concubine, and there wouldn’t be so many Little Bitch rushing to compete for favor.”
The Old Wet Nurse lowered her head, if Consort Gao was just an ordinary woman, it is estimated that she would not be able to marry the Emperor in this lifetime.
Of course, if the Emperor and Consort Gao were ordinary people, perhaps the two of them would not be as loving as they imagined, because poor couples are sad in everything, and the taste of having no money is too uncomfortable.
Consort Gao didn’t know these things, her whole heart was twisted like a knife. When those Imperial Concubine Candidate entered the palace before, Consort Gao could comfort herself that those women were just used by the Emperor as shields, but now she has no way to comfort herself anymore. The Emperor has already favored those women, although those Imperial Concubine Candidate have low status, but they are ultimately favored, and one of them is even pregnant.
“Your Majesty, you have changed your heart after all.” Consort Gao said such a sentence while crying, but the Old Wet Nurse next to her was frightened, my Imperial Concubine, how dare you accuse the Emperor, aren’t you afraid of losing your head?
