Chapter 840 The Gathering Held in the Pavilion
In the garden, all sorts of flowers were in bloom.
Of course, Mada Jingrou was not the only imperial concubine who ca to admire the beauty of flowers.
In the pavilion above the green lake, there were several forces gathering and seeming to be discussing sothing.
Lin ngya, certainly aware of Mada Jingrou’s intention, supported her and walked over slowly.
At present, the imperial concubines had sharply divided into different forces. Although Mada Jingrou had been considered as the head of the imperial harem in secret, unfortunately, she did not have a formal title.
Besides, she had submitted a written statent where she claid she did not intend to succeed to the position of the Empress. In this way, she managed to withdraw from the competition for the position of the Empress.
The current situation was a little ridiculous. In order to compete for the position of the Empress, other sdas took the initiative to be nice to Mada Jingrou.
They had excellent plans, believing as long as they got Mada Jingrou’s support, they could certainly gain the position of the Empress.
Lin ngya was aware of their plan, and so was Mada Jingrou.
Therefore, they decided to make use of this opportunity to turn the competition for the position of the Empress into a springboard for Mada Jingrou to dominate the imperial harem.
“My greetings of peace to you, sister. I think you must be tired after serving His Majesty these days,” before they arrived at the pavilion, a woman in a dark reddish purple palace costu ca up to them and said.
The woman was gorgeous and tender with an enthusiastic look, inevitably leaving a favorable impression on others.
At the sight of Mada Jingrou, she bowed and greeted her warmly and even took her hand, acting as if they were full sisters.
Lin ngya stepped back to follow Mada Jingrou quietly.
After a while, a few sdas cast glances at her and then looked away gently.
She certainly knew that others might be unaware of things about her, but these sdas were keenly aware of her.
Nevertheless, she was obviously not the protagonist today.
“Mada Xian, you must be joking. It’s the duty of all the mbers of the imperial harem to take care of His Majesty. You’ve also all put in a lot of effort. How can I take all the credit?” Mada Jingrou said tactfully with a modest smile.
It was a serious violation of rules for her to live in the Emperor’s resting palace.
In any case, she had made it clear that she would not participate in the competition for the position of the Empress. Otherwise, these sdas would definitely gang up on her.
Her words livened up the atmosphere, but sensing the undercurrent of tension, Lin ngya showed an imperceptible frown.
Today’s gathering was presumably targeted at Mada Jingrou.
“Mada Jingrou is wrong about this,” there ca another slightly cold voice from the pavilion.
Everyone paused for a mont, and even Mada Xian bowed her head and muttered, “Oh, no.”
Then, a woman who looked very arrogant ca out of the pavilion.
She looked as noble and unsullied as winter plum blossoms, but in Lin ngya’s view, a haughty woman was obviously a perfect description of her.
She was on bad terms with Yao Lu, but enjoyed a slightly different status because of her illustrious family and her twin sons.
But if she was really a cold and aloof person, why did she covet the position of the Empress?
Lin ngya had a strong aversion to this kind of person who pretended to be aloof from the pursuit of power but was actually more obsessed with the desire for gain than anyone else.
Co to think of it, she must be Mada Min, the birth mother of the Third and the Fourth Princes.
“Sister Min, you are indeed brilliant. It reminds of your two sons who have been sent to their fiefs because they are as upright and outspoken as you. Oh, no, I should describe them as obstinate and self-opinionated rather than upright and outspoken,” Mada Xian said.
She was the weakest among the forces. That was to say, she was the least likely to be the Empress.
However, she was rather strange. Although she did not co from a powerful family, she, who was outspoken, managed to win the support of a batch of imperial concubines who had either sons or daughters.
But more importantly, none of them had any backers or ca from a powerful family.
Nevertheless, they, who had children, would be able to rely on their children in the future.
For this reason, although Mada Xian usually spoke without reserve, very few people made a fuss about it.
Even if the Emperor did not care about them, it was impossible for him to neglect his children.
After glancing at Mada Xian coldly, Mada Min could only sit there indignantly, looking sullen.
“Please take a seat, sister Jingrou. In fact, I got work to do today. Unexpectedly, sister Min invited us here for a gathering. Without my presence, there will be less fun, don’t you think so?” Mada Xian pushed Mada Jingrou to sit down and said, giving quite a lot of information.
anwhile, there were quite a few secrets in her lively dark eyes.
But today, she was indeed here to spoil the gathering.
“I’m really at my wits’ end with your sharp tongue. Don’t listen to her nonsense, sisters. Sister Min and I just sincerely invited you all to admire the beauty of the peonies at the sight that they have blood in the garden these days. I sent soone to invite you first yesterday, but you put on airs and claid that you had no ti to join us. Now that you co uninvited, we should punish you,” there ca a gentle female voice that dispelled the embarrassnt among them without being noticed.
Even Mada Jingrou couldn’t help but smile, while glancing at the woman sitting in the pavilion with so fear.
Looking in the direction where Mada Jingrou looked, Lin ngya saw an extrely amiable face.
Although the woman was no longer young, she had a benevolent and kind countenance, dressed in steel gray clothes that was not sumptuous or complicated.
Her plain look made her different from the other sdas in front of her.
She was Mada Qinghua who was capable of dealing with several forces with ease when Yao Lu was the Empress.
Her title and rank were only inferior to those of Mada Jingrou and the Empress, while equal to those of Mada Jing’an.
However, she was a little old and had only a daughter.
She seed to have been a concubine of the Emperor before he ascended the throne.
She was born into a decent family and had almost no bad reputation.
Compared with Mada Min, who was cold and arrogant, and Mada Xian, who was shrewish, Mada Qinghua, who was a senior imperial concubine with sufficient experience, was a hot candidate for the position of the Empress this ti.
The imperial concubines other than the above three sdas did not show up in this gathering.
“Fine, it’s all my fault. I admit my mistake and will accept the punishnt. But I believe soone as magnanimous as sister Min won’t make a fuss about it. This is a rare opportunity for us to get together. Why don’t we talk about sothing pleasant and interesting? It’s boring to watch the flowers that look exactly the sa every year,” Mada Xian said.
The sdas took their seats. As Mada Jingrou’s attendant, Lin ngya could only stand behind her.
So people were still looking Lin ngya up and down. Lin ngya was aware that it would be mannerless for her to look up at them at this mont.
But when she cast a glance around her inadvertently, she found a palace maid standing next to Mada Xian was looking at her recklessly.
Normally speaking, most of the palace maids in the imperial palace knew her.
Besides, there was nothing strange about her today. What made the palace maid keep staring at her like that?
Apart from curiosity, there was a complicated look in the palace maid’s eyes.
After pondering for a mont, Lin ngya believed she did not offend anyone in the imperial palace.
The palace maid was quite interesting.
“Speaking of the flowers, they were the most beautiful two years ago. It’s a pity that they were withered by the frost. I feel sorry for the gardeners who had made painstaking efforts in cultivating the flowers over the years. It can be seen that both cold people and frozen flowers are boring. Don’t you think so, Madam Qinghua?” Mada Xian said with an implied aning in her words.
Lin ngya saw a flash of resentnt in Mada Min’s eyes.
However, Mada Xian did not care about it at all. It seed that she would only have fun by pissing off Mada Min.
Lin ngya recalled the information she got from Ningqiu and Baisu.
When Mada Xian first married into the imperial palace, she was close to Mada Min and not as shrewish as she was now.
However, no one knew what happened back then so that Mada Xian got very annoyed with Mada Min overnight.
After that, Mada Xian seized every chance to mock Mada Min.
Mada Min complained about it to the Emperor several tis.
But the Emperor didn’t take it seriously, considering it a quarrel between them.
Later, as Mada Min complained about it ti and again, the Emperor beca impatient and just settled the dispute between them by rebuking Mada Min.
From then on, Mada Xian beca increasingly reckless, and Mada Min certainly would not suppress her indignation.
Back then, they, suppressed by Yao Lu, could not make big trouble.
However, ever since Yao Lu left, the tension between the two of them had been escalating.
Lin ngya quietly sized up the two sdas, thinking Mada Xian could be used while Mada Min was an opponent.
“Well, stop talking about this. You always like making this kind of witty remark. I’m wondering if His Majesty will slap you if he learns your words. Sister Jingrou, how has His Majesty been doing these days?” Mada Qinghua said.
She was the earliest concubine of the Emperor and on friendly terms with these imperial concubines.
Since she ca forward to diate, the two of them had to show her so respect.
She turned to ask Mada Jingrou a question.
Fortunately, Mada Qinghua asked a question not difficult to answer in a very gentle and amiable manner.
Mada Jingrou smiled and said in a gentle voice, “His Majesty is in the pri of his life, but he has been occupied with governnt affairs these days. Even I haven’t t him for a few days. It can be seen that he had a hard ti.”
In fact, everyone knew that her words were true.
Although Mada Jingrou did live in the Emperor’s resting palace, the Emperor had slept in his study for more than half a month.
Mada Jingrou said that, certainly hoping the other sdas would not be jealous because of this.
In fact, she had made several attempts to convince the Emperor to let her go back to the Fengyu Court, but the Emperor disagreed no matter how hard she tried.
At the sight that Mada Jingrou was about to show a joyful smile, Lin ngya imdiately went forward to change the cup of cold tea in front of Mada Jingrou.
“Mada, let change your tea,” she said, trying to draw the attention of Mada Jingrou who was lost in happiness.
Mada Jingrou was surrounded by a batch of bitter won.
If Mada Jingrou really showed a joyful smile, she would probably arouse their hatred for her at once.
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