At noon, the sun was quite scorching. Tuoba Min stood outside the Yangju Palace and stomped his feet in hatred.
She personally made the soup and sent it to Fu Yuheng, but she didn't expect to be stopped outside the door by Eunuch Sun as soon as she arrived.
"Oh, isn't this Concubine Min?" Li Jieyu saw this scene from afar, and walked over with her sleeves swaying and her waist swaying, but her tone was sarcastic, "What's the matter? Why are you standing outside the door of the emperor's bedroom? Did you throw yourself into his arms but got rejected?" After saying this, she smiled with her hands covering her lips with a hint of sarcasm.
As a result, she was already angry and it became even more difficult to suppress her anger. She took a few steps forward with the soup, but when she got in front of Li Jieyu, her body suddenly tilted and the whole bowl of soup spilled on Li Jieyu.
"Ah!" A scream suddenly rang out.
Fu Yuheng was resting inside at the time. Suddenly he heard a scream outside. He woke up immediately and asked Eunuch Sun to go and see what happened.
"Oh my, two young ladies, what happened?" Sun Ning saw the two ladies standing there in a daze, and he slapped his thigh and shouted.
"How can you be like this, sister? This is the soup I worked so hard to make!" When Tuoba Min saw Sun Ning coming out, her face changed instantly and tears fell down.
Li Jieyu obviously hadn't come back to her senses yet, staring blankly at her clothes, but when she looked up again, the person standing in front of her had already run away crying. She opened her mouth, but couldn't explain anything clearly.
"Alas... Madam Concubine, take care of yourself!" Sun Ning sighed faintly. They were not easy to deal with. After that, he ignored her and went back to the palace to find Fu Yuheng to report.
"It's just some tricks." He put his hands behind his head, glanced out the door, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He turned his eyes to Sun Ning standing beside him, "Anyway, it's time for my virtuous concubine to come back, right?" As he said this, a smile appeared in his eyes. When he thought of that person, he felt much happier.
"Yes." Sun Ning, who was waiting beside him, smiled secretly, perhaps because he missed her after not seeing her for a few days.
"If not, I will send someone to call the Empress Consort back home?" He asked, but he had already made plans to leave.
As expected, Fu Yuheng's eyes lit up when he heard that, "Well, it's time to bring her back. Send someone to prepare. Make sure she is brought back safely before tonight." He forced himself to suppress the impulse in his heart. After being out for such a long time, it's time to focus and come back, right
Sun Ning received the order and went out to prepare.
Hua Xiangwei also guessed that Shen Qingwan might be back soon, so she tried even harder to please Fu Yuheng.
"Where are you going, Eunuch Sun?" Just when he was about to go to Fu Yuheng's place to check, he bumped into Sun Ning, who had just come out, and asked in confusion. Normally, he should be serving him at this time, but he must have something to do if he came out at this time.
"Your servant greets the Concubine Zhaoyi." Eunuch Sun knew that Shen Qingwan was away these days, and Hua Xiangwei was the most favored person in front of the emperor, so his tone was also very respectful, "The emperor asked the servant to do something, Concubine Zhaoyi, I am planning to go..."
Hearing him say this, she knew that she probably wouldn't be able to get anything out of him. "I was thinking of going to the Emperor to take a look."
"The Emperor may have gone to bed by now, so please go back, Empress Zhaoyi!" Fu Yuheng had just ordered him to pick up Shen Qingwan and bring her back to the palace, so how could he be asleep now? Thinking of his appearance just now, she was afraid that even if she went, she would just be turned away. But it was not easy to say these things directly, so she could only say that he had gone to bed.
As expected, upon hearing this, the smile on Hua Xiangwei's face disappeared all of a sudden. Her face became a little stiff, and she twitched her lips with a forced smile. "In that case, I'll go later!" After saying that, she turned and left, but the handkerchief that she was tightly clenched in her hand had already had several wrinkles from being held too tightly.
"Oh..." Sun Ning sighed and left.
"Hua Zhaoyi, do you have something to report?" Nanny Gui saw her coming from afar, so she took a step forward and bowed.
"Is the Queen here?" Hua Xiangwei looked into the inner room, but because the door was still closed, she couldn't see what was inside.
"To answer the question of Consort Zhaoyi, the Empress is here, but does Consort Zhaoyi have anything to report?" Seeing that she did not answer, Nanny Gui became more impatient. She was just a little Consort Zhaoyi who was trying to curry favor with the Empress. She had relied on her favor these days and was probably forgetting her status.
But at this moment, Hua Xiangwei naturally didn't care about the obvious sarcasm on Nanny Gui's face. She was anxious to find Xiao Shushen to discuss something.
"Then please trouble Hua Zhaoyi to wait here. I will go in and report immediately." Nanny Gui lowered her head and left her alone outside the door.
After waiting for a long time, the door finally opened.
"Come in, Hua Zhaoyi." Nanny Gui's voice came from the inner room.
Hua Xiangwei couldn't wait any longer and rushed in in two steps. As a result, she accidentally tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.
"Hey, what's wrong with sister Zhaoyi? Why are there such generous gifts as soon as you come in?" Xiao Shushen was sitting in front of the dressing table, handing the hairpin in her hand to Madam Gui, who happened to see this scene and spoke with some surprise.
She knew she had lost face, but she could only get up and brush off the dust on her body. "Sister, I was really anxious and confused. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made a fool of myself in front of the Queen." The hairpin on her head was a little crooked because of the fall just now, but now she could only adjust it slightly.
"Oh? What's happened that makes my sister so anxious?" Xiao Shushen was a little surprised. She didn't know what had happened that made her so panic-stricken.
"I'm afraid the virtuous concubine has to return to the palace." There was obvious disgust in her eyes, but her face had just the right amount of sadness.
She finally got closer to Fu Yuheng. If Shen Qingwan came back at this time, he would definitely look at her with new eyes. Where would she stand at that time? This was why she hurried to find Xiao Shushen.
"Is the news true?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Shushen also frowned. She was indeed a major stumbling block for her. If she was not removed as soon as possible, things would probably become more and more unimaginable.
When he raised his eyes, a hint of viciousness flashed across them.
"Sister, do you have any good ideas?" She waved her hand and asked the palace maids serving around to retreat first.