noffsinger Chapter 390 Who is Lady Gu
Chapter 390 Who is Lady Gu
After lunch, Shen Sui'an and Queen Ruan went to the Imperial Garden for a walk to digest the food.
The Imperial Garden in spring is full of colorful flowers, various exotic flowers and plants, and rocks piled up to form mountains. It is very pleasing to the eye to walk among them.
In front is a large patch of crabapple flowers. Everyone in the palace knows that the queen likes crabapple flowers, and the palace servants have taken great care of this patch of crabapple flowers.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting and laughing.
Suddenly it was interrupted by a loud noise.
"Stop! Who told you to pick crabapple flowers here?" the palace maid shouted.
"How dare you! Are you blind? Can't you recognize that this is Concubine Gu? Concubine Gu saw that the crabapple flowers were blooming well and picked a few to take back. Does she need your permission as a palace maid?"
Palace attendant: "Since you are Lady Gu, you should know that the crabapple flowers in the Imperial Garden were carefully planted by the Empress. How can you let anyone pick them casually?"
Then, another tender and gentle voice sounded, "I just saw that the crabapple flowers were blooming well, and I wanted to pick a few to give to the Imperial Concubine. Could it be that only the Queen can pick the flowers in the Imperial Garden, and not even the Imperial Concubine can pick them?"
"I think you, a cunning slave, are bullying others by taking advantage of your position as the queen and showing off your power outside."
"Come here, slap me."
Shen Shihao didn't expect to happen to run into a palace concubine showing off her power here. She glanced sideways at Queen Ruan.
They look like a few flowers, but every word uttered by Lady Gu shows that she does not take the Empress into account at all. It seems that only the Imperial Concubine is the most honorable one in the palace.
Queen Ruan was a little confused, so she turned around and asked Qingli, "Who is Lady Gu?"
Qing Li replied, "Your Majesty, it's Lady Gu from Concubine Liu's palace. She used to serve Concubine Liu."
It is obvious that this Lady Gu is Concubine Liu's person. Giving her a status can also help her consolidate her favor.
She is just a little beauty, but she dares to pick flowers in the Begonia Garden. This is a provocation to the Queen.
"A little beauty who has become arrogant because of her favor. Send her back to the Summer Palace and ask Concubine Liu to teach the people in her palace well." Queen Ruan raised her phoenix eyes slightly, with indescribable majesty and coldness.
A young woman in brightly colored palace clothes hurriedly appeared holding a large bouquet of crabapple flowers. When she saw Queen Ruan standing in front of her, she was frightened and quickly knelt down in front of her.
"Your servant pays homage to Her Majesty the Queen." Lady Gu's shoulders trembled unconsciously.
She didn't expect Queen Ruan to appear at this time. If she had known, she would not have dared to speak so much.
Queen Ruan seemed to be born with an air of superiority and arrogance. Although her voice was still gentle and cold, it exuded awe-inspiring dignity.
Shen Sui'an also discovered that when the Queen was with them, she was just a gentle and kind elder, and only when facing other people would she show her aura as the Queen.
She even saw a hint of the emperor's intimidation in the Queen.
Queen Ruan did not punish Concubine Gu, but Concubine Gu was so frightened that she turned pale and fled.
Shen Suian saw it all, and it was... hard to comment.
If you are so afraid of the Queen, why do you come to the Begonia Garden to provoke her?
Even if you want to please Concubine Liu, you don't have to work so hard.
"Mother, could it be that Concubine Liu deliberately allowed Concubine Gu to come here?" Shen Sui'an asked in a low voice.
She has never had any contact with Concubine Liu. Even when there is a banquet in the palace, as long as the Empress is present, Concubine Liu always stands far away and has almost no sense of presence.
It's... very different from the image of the imperial concubine who is the only favorite in the harem that Shen Sui'an imagined.
She originally thought that Concubine Liu would be like Concubine Yao.
Queen Ruan raised her lips and said, "I did do a lot of stupid things in the past, but I became more honest after being taught a lesson."
"..." Shen Sui'an was very curious about what kind of lesson could make a person behave himself for once.
"Actually, I don't really like this flower forest. I just paid a little more attention to it, so others thought it belonged exclusively to me." Queen Ruan sneered.
This is good, there will be more interesting things in the palace.
Otherwise, if everyone behaved well, her life would be boring.
"Spring is a good time to play polo." Queen Ruan suddenly asked, "Sui Sui, can you play polo?"
"I know a little bit." Shen Sui'an said modestly.
Polo is a very popular banquet entertainment game among noble ladies, and Shen Sui'an has played several games in Kyoto.
Although her horse riding and archery skills were not excellent, she was more than capable of playing polo.
Queen Ruan said, "I will give you a little red rabbit horse so that you can play polo with it."
Little Red Rabbit is a rare good horse. Shen Sui'an really needs a good horse. Upon hearing this, she bowed in gratitude and said, "Thank you, mother."
"In the past, every spring, the noble ladies in the capital would either hold banquets, do embroidery in the pavilion, or play chess for half a day. None of them were interesting."
"Later, I asked them all to play polo. Those who didn't know how to ride and shoot would learn after a little practice."
"Speaking of which, the popularity of polo among noble ladies originated from the Yong Dynasty."
Queen Ruan's eyes were filled with the brilliance of stars, and she recalled her free and easy girlhood.
"You will be in charge of organizing the polo match, and I will go too." Queen Ruan said suddenly.
As the Princess of Chen, Shen Sui'an now has a child. It is necessary for her to really start building connections in the royal capital. It starts with holding banquets and having more contact with the women of aristocratic families. This is the most basic thing.
"Yes, mother." Shen Sui'an knew that being a princess was different from being a hands-off young lady in the Lu family. She would definitely stabilize Fu Jinyuan's network of relationships.
She thought of Shen Jianglin who was still in the royal capital. When the time came, the three of them, father and son, would definitely be exposed.
Shen Suian told Queen Ruan about Shen Jianglin and the others.
"Mother, I will send them away as soon as possible." Shen Sui'an's face turned red. He felt really embarrassed when he mentioned Shen Jianglin.
Queen Ruan had known the Shen family before, and she said softly, "It's okay, your father just wants to seek refuge with Prince Chen, and it won't be difficult to arrange an official position for him so that he can settle down."
Shen Sui'an shook his head, "People are always greedy. I'm afraid if I give them an official position, they will want more."
She wouldn't give Shen Jianglin any hope.
Queen Ruan held Shen Sui'an's hand and said, "No matter what you do, your mother will support you."
Shen Sui'an was touched.
"Empress, Concubine Liu is here." Qingli suddenly said in a low voice.
On the other side of the Imperial Garden, the graceful figure of Concubine Liu walked over, followed by the pale-faced Concubine Gu.
Shen Sui'an narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Concubine Liu who was getting closer and closer.
Why do I feel like... I've seen this somewhere before?
Concubine Liu was wearing a magnolia-colored satin palace dress, which made her well-maintained face look even more charming. She looked a little nervous, with a look of defense and vigilance in her eyes.
"Your servant greets the Queen." Concubine Liu stopped about ten steps away and bowed to Queen Ruan.