Chapter 321: Guar Jia Wen Yuan 5
Chapter 321: Guar Jia Wen Yuan 5
The next day, the morning light was just beginning to appear, and the golden sunlight filled the Forbidden City. Wen Yuan was tired from serving the emperor last night, and when she opened her eyes, she saw Yinzhen sitting beside the bed, looking at her affectionately.
"Your Majesty, why are you looking at me like this?" Wen Yuan stretched lazily, and the memories of last night came flooding back like a tide, and her cheeks couldn't help but blush.
"I was thinking that my Yuan'er is so beautiful even without makeup." Yinzhen said, gently stroking Wen Yuan's cheek with his slender fingers.
Wen Yuan was secretly happy. See, she was so beautiful that even the emperor couldn't control himself.
"The emperor always says nice things to make me happy." Wen Yuan said coquettishly, but she was very happy in her heart.
"Yuan'er, you worked hard last night. You don't have to pay your respects to Jingren Palace today." Yinzhen said gently, his eyes full of pampering.
“Your Majesty, there are many rules in this palace. I’m new here, so I should pay my respects to all the ladies to avoid gossip.” Wen Yuan’s eyes moved, and she seemed well-behaved and sensible, but in fact she was full of “ambitions”.
She wanted to let those "old women" in the harem see what it meant to "come from behind and win" and what it meant to "once you are favored, all the other beauties in the harem pale in comparison"!
Yinzhen looked at her impatient look, she was no longer as delicate as she was last night, she was clearly a cunning little fox. He felt amused, but he let her go.
"Yuan'er is right. I was negligent..." Yinzhen scratched Wen Yuan's nose lovingly.
"It's just that you have a fragile body, and last night..." He paused and lowered his voice ambiguously.
"After tossing and turning for most of the night, it's more important to have a good rest."
Wen Yuan shyly hit Yinzhen and said coquettishly, "Your Majesty is so bad!"
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more. I'll ask Su Peisheng to prepare some supplements for you. You must take good care of your body." Yinzhen said, and ordered Su Peisheng to do it.
Wen Yuan secretly laughed in her heart. This Yinzhen was really easy to deceive. He was fooled by just a few words. However, she didn't plan to really eat any supplements obediently. Now, her mind was full of the scene of "outshining all the beauties" in Jingren Palace later!
Wen Yuan went to Jingren Palace in a grand manner in the sedan chair given by Yinzhen. Along the way, Wen Yuan enjoyed the envious gazes of everyone and felt very proud.
She deliberately raised her head high, wishing that everyone could see the golden hairpin on her head, which was put on her by Yinzhen himself just now, and it was enough to prove her current "honor and favor".
The sedan chair landed steadily in front of Jingren Palace. Wen Yuan deliberately slowed down her movements and stepped down from the sedan chair gracefully under the envious gazes of the palace maids and eunuchs.
She was wearing a palace dress with a peony pattern today, and a golden hairpin on her head given by Yinzhen. It swayed gently with her movements, making her skin look even whiter than snow and more beautiful.
As soon as they entered Jingren Palace, the originally lively hall suddenly became quiet. The eyes of all the concubines fell on Wen Yuan, with surprise, jealousy, and more of undisguised disgust.
Queen Yixiu still looked dignified and virtuous, but there was a bit more inquiry and fear in the look she gave Wen Yuan.
Zhen Huan, who was sitting below, seemed a little absent-minded, as if she didn't care about Wen Yuan's arrival.
"Your servant pays her respects to the Empress. May the Empress be blessed with good health and long life." Wen Yuan walked straight to the Empress and performed a standard bow.
"Sister Lipin, please get up soon. I haven't seen you for a few days. You look more and more radiant than ever before." The Queen said with a smile, but there was a barely perceptible coldness in her smile.
Lipin? How could she be worthy of this title?
"Thank you for the compliment, Her Majesty. I am merely relying on the Emperor's help." Wen Yuan stood up and glanced at Zhen Huan out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that she still had no reaction, she felt secretly proud.
When the queen saw Wen Yuan sitting down, she began to introduce her to the concubines in the palace: "This is the new noble lady Qi, ah, now she is Concubine Li."
She paused, then looked at Wen Yuan, then looked at the people below and said, "Lipin has just entered the palace and doesn't know many rules yet. You are all sisters, so please take good care of her."
"Your Majesty, you are joking. Concubine Li doesn't need our care. Yesterday was her first day in the royal bedchamber and she didn't even come to pay her respects to the Empress. And today there is such a big scene. I, your concubine, dare not..." The sarcastic voice of Concubine Qi came from the crowd, and her tone was full of sourness.
Wen Yuan curled up the corner of her mouth in a sneer, and deliberately adjusted her gorgeous clothes slowly and leisurely, then raised her eyes to look at Concubine Qi, her eyes full of disdain.
"What Queen Concubine Qi said is true. I am now the Emperor's concubine, so the ceremony cannot be shabby, lest I lose face for the royal family." Wen Yuan responded bluntly, her tone extremely arrogant.
"You!" Concubine Qi was so angry at her words that her face turned blue, but she was speechless.
Upon seeing this, the other concubines all lowered their heads and whispered to each other, wondering what ability this new favorite had that could make the emperor love her so much.
Concubine Xin smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth, and there was a barely perceptible chill in her eyes: "Concubine Qi... no, Concubine Li has a beautiful face, but the corners of her eyes and eyebrows reveal a sense of..."
She deliberately prolonged her tone, looked around, and saw that everyone was listening attentively. Then she smiled and said, "It smells like calculation."
Wen Yuan's eyes opened wide, and anger almost burst out from those watery eyes.
The smile on Wen Yuan's face disappeared instantly. She stood up suddenly, pointed at Concubine Xin and said angrily: "Concubine Xin, please be more respectful when you speak! I am the Li Concubine appointed by the Emperor himself. Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you gossip in front of me!"
Concubine Xin was startled by Wen Yuan's sudden attack, but she quickly calmed down and smiled, "Oh, what are you talking about, Concubine Li? I was just telling you the truth, how come you are considered gossiping? You haven't even secured your position yet, and you're already putting on airs?"
"You!" Wen Yuan was so angry that she was shaking all over. She turned to look at the queen, but saw that the queen was just watching it all indifferently and had no intention of stopping it.
She took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, turned to look at Concubine Xin, and sneered: "Concubine Xin, instead of stirring up trouble here, you might as well think about how to please the emperor, so that you won't have anywhere to cry if you lose favor one day!"
Xin Guiren's face froze. Wen Yuan's words really hit a sore spot for her. Although she was one of the emperor's earliest concubines, she had not been favored for many years. Now seeing Wen Yuan, the new favorite in the harem, she was jealous and crazy.
"You..." Concubine Xin was so angry that she couldn't speak and could only glare at Wen Yuan fiercely.
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