Chapter 784 Sudden Change
With only their trusted servants left in the hall, Mada Jingrou pretended to ntion it inadvertently, but her aning was obvious.
Lin ngya pricked up her ears and ca to Mada Jingrou’s side ekly as the background.
“Yes, Li’er is young, but he is Eldest Brother’s son after all. Besides, he is endowed with intelligence, and I can’t compare with him.” Xin Luan praised his nephew sincerely.
“Li’er is quite talented, but he is also a little impetuous and far less suitable for the position than you. I’m not sure if his succeeding to the position of the High Priest will be a blessing or a curse,” Mada Jingrou said.
After that, the two of them sank into silence.
After a long while, Xin Luan finally let out a long sigh and seed to have let his guard down.
“Fortunately, you escaped from the Xin Family back then. Otherwise, you would have been plunged into the abyss of misery like . Sis, since you’ve given up your place in the Xin Family, you should avoid getting involved in the affairs of the Xin Family. The current Xin Family has been different from what it used to be. If possible, I want to get away from there as you did,” Xin Luan said helplessly.
It seed that he envied and tried to warn Mada Jingrou at the sa ti.
“Of course I know that. I gave up the position of the chosen witch, which ans that I have nothing to do with the Xin Family. Nevertheless, you should know Xin Li and Eldest Brother’s intention better than I do. They are so ambitious that they may ruin the whole Xin Family,” Mada Jingrou said with emotion.
Lin ngya raised her eyes to look at them.
Mada Jingrou was rarely overco with emotion. Her eyes were even filled with tears. It seed that she was not completely indifferent to the Xin Family.
After all, it was her family where she was born and brought up. It was reasonable for her to have such concern.
“Alas, Eldest Brother and Li’er are too ambitious. Neither you nor I can persuade them to drop their idea. Sis, we can only leave this to be settled by His Majesty and Yu’er,” Xin Luan said.
Did this an that he refused to cooperate with Mada Jingrou?
Lin ngya, who was keenly aware of the purpose of Mada Jingrou’s coming here today, was slightly surprised.
Mada Jingrou ca to visit her cousin, and more importantly, to sound out his position.
However, the High Priest showed no flaw in his words. Lin ngya believed that even Mada Jingrou was at her wits’ end with him at the mont.
Nevertheless, Lin ngya had an intuition that Xin Luan was not as free of desire as he said.
After getting out of the Xiannan Hall, Mada Jingrou walked in a hurry with a grave expression, preoccupied by trouble.
Lin ngya had thought Xin Luan, the legendary High Priest from the Xin Family, was a formidable man who was ambitious and resourceful.
Unexpectedly, he turned out to be such a cultured and sincere man filled with nostalgia for the old days.
Although Xin Luan did not seem to have revealed any useful information in his conversation with Mada Jingrou, Lin ngya, who was very sensitive, still managed to get so information.
Xin Luan was on bad terms with Xin Li, but it was reasonable given that Xin Luan was in an awkward position at the mont.
Xin Luan was in his pri, but the Xin Family had chosen such an outstanding successor. Despite all his hard work over the years, he still lost to Xin Li, a young man from the Xin Family.
Moreover, Xin Luan definitely had a relationship with the Emperor.
Although there was no conclusive evidence, when they got into the Xiannan Hall just now, the piles of books they saw did not seem to be prepared for soone who was going to stay there for only one or two days.
Unless he intended to make a long stay here, it was impossible for him and his servant to carry these books here.
If Xin Luan had a relationship with soone else, he would definitely not live in the imperial palace.
Lin ngya was even more certain of her guess.
When she returned from her deep thought, she saw Mada Jingrou stop in front of her.
Ningqiu had moved forward. Glancing at the crossroads and then at Mada Jingrou, she asked, “Mada, are you going to the Linqiu Pavilion?”
At the crossroads, one road led to the Fengyu Court, and the other one led to the Linqiu Pavilion.
The Empress had recovered for a few days, and Mada Jingrou was supposed to visit her.
But they were keenly aware that the Empress was difficult to deal with, so she would probably pick on Mada Jingrou again this ti.
Lowering her eyes, Mada Jingrou suppressed her expression. No one knew what she was thinking.
After a while, she raised her head, but Lin ngya felt that she seed to be different from before.
“Let’s go to the Linqiu Pavilion,” Mada Jingrou said decisively in a soft voice.
Although Lin ngya could not tell what exactly Mada Jingrou had changed, Mada Jingrou appeared to be more composed and peaceful than before.
That was weird. Why did Mada Jingrou make such a change after going to the Xiannan Hall to et Xin Luan?
“Helan, co here.” Hearing herself called, Lin ngya hurried to Mada Jingrou’s side and stood respectfully with hands down.
“Follow there and act according to circumstances, got it?” Mada Jingrou said.
What did that an? Lin ngya raised her head and stared at Mada Jingrou for a few seconds before nodding.
Mada Jingrou seed to have made up her mind. Even Lin ngya was inexplicably reassured to see Mada Jingrou act like this.
Despite the doubt in her eyes, Lin ngya was sure of one thing: they might not allow themselves to be bullied like before during this visit to the Linqiu Pavilion.
The Linqiu Pavilion, where the Empress lived, was as richly ornanted and extrely bustling as before.
Perhaps because the Empress had just recovered from a serious illness, plenty of imperial concubines, who had been on good terms with her all this ti, eagerly brought all kinds of tonics to her chamber.
Lin ngya and Mada Jingrou happened to arrive when a certain imperial concubine told a joke which made all the people in the chamber burst into laughter.
Mada Jingrou adjusted her expression and walked into the chamber with her usual gentle smile.
“Your Grace, I co at the wrong ti, unaware that you and the other sisters are joking here. You won’t bla for coming uninvited, right?” She said with no hostility in her gentle voice.
Lin ngya turned to look at Mada Jingrou, who was standing in front of her.
It turned out that Mada Jingrou had gained the fighting spirit.
With her smile fading, Lin ngya thought it would be a piece of cake for soone as wise as Madam Jingrou to defeat these small potatoes in the imperial palace.
Nevertheless, she was very curious about what made Mada Jingrou change so greatly.
“Humph, since there are a lot of uninvited guests, I don’t mind your coming uninvited.” On the bed, the Empress, who had been obviously in a good mood just now, said bluntly with her face darkening at the sight of Mada Jingrou.
The atmosphere suddenly beca awkward.
However, Mada Jingrou did not imdiately admit her error and ask for punishnt like before.
Instead, she walked leisurely up to the Empress and said with a gentle smile, “Well, since you don’t mind, I’ll disturb your gathering.”
The surrounding imperial concubines looked as if they had seen a ghost.
Seeing Mada Jingrou sit in the chair closest to the Empress, they failed to accept this kind of change at once.
“What are you here for?” The Empress was as shocked as the other imperial concubines, but she didn’t fly into a rage and just asked in confusion.
“I’m here to check on your health condition. I was panicked by your sickness this ti. Although there are lots of affairs needing to be handled in the imperial palace, you’d better take care of yourself. From now on, don’t bother Her Grace with those insignificant things, got it?” Mada Jingrou said.
The last sentence was ant for the palace servants.
Mada Jingrou had been in charge of the imperial harem in na over the years.
However, relying on her status, the Empress had intervened in many things.
Mada Jingrou couldn’t argue with the Empress, so she could only let it be.
But now, hearing Mada Jingrou softly say those words that carried a sting, those palace servants, who attached themselves to the Empress, felt a little uneasy.
What made Mada Jingrou dare to treat the Empress like this today?
“How dare you! Co on, seize her!” The Empress, who had lain in bed with an extrely delicate look just now, shouted in rage and opened her pretty eyes wide as if intending to eat Mada Jingrou.
Everyone was shocked, but no one dared to move, because Mada Jingrou stood up and glanced lightly at them with her usually gentle eyes. Intimidated by her gaze, the palace servants, who were ready to seize her, stopped in their tracks.
“Sister, what are you talking about? In terms of rank, I’m a first-rank noble mada, what rank do you hold? Besides, His Majesty has long issued an imperial decree to empower to take charge of the affairs of the imperial harem. You were kind and reluctant to see occupied with work, so you helped run things. Unexpectedly, you worked yourself sick. From now on, I’ll handle everything by myself so that I don’t have to bother you and you can take a rest and nourishnt to regain your health,” Mada Jingrou said.
Her words not only enraged the Empress, but also astonished Lin ngya.
Lin ngya had considered Mada Jingrou as a gentle and agreeable woman. Who would’ve thought that every word she spoke would be as sharp as a knife and hit the nail on the head!
All the people in the chamber froze.
All of them were stunned. No one expected that Mada Jingrou, who usually didn’t even dare to speak a single word in retort, would actually say such harsh words that touched the Empress on the raw.
Sohow, no one dared to refute it.
They acted as if the gentle woman standing by the bed was the woman of the highest status in the imperial palace.
“Sister, you look pale. You’d better have more ginsengs and birds’ nests to nourish yourself so that all of us, especially those priests implicated by you, don’t have to worry about you,” Mada Jingrou added.
All the others gasped in horror. It should be noted that this was the Empress’s biggest sore spot at present.
Yesterday, the Empress caught a palace maid gossiping about this, then the palace maid was dragged out and almost beaten to death.
Mada Jingrou, who said that without hesitation now, was really going to fall out with the Empress.
“Serve your master properly, and feel free to go to my place to get anything you need,” Mada Jingrou said in a domineering and composed tone, as if she were the head of the imperial harem.
All the others could only lower their heads and listen to her. She glanced around the chamber, but fixed her eyes on no one. But they felt as if she had cast an indifferent glance at each of them.
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