Spoiled Wife - C95 Take the wrong medicine?
In the past few days, no matter how busy Prince Duanren was, he would always find time to eat with her and then chat with her. Because they were about to part, their relationship began to heat up at an extremely fast rate, and they cherished the time they spent together.
Time would not stop just because you cherished it. In the blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, so naturally, all of the families would enter the palace to enjoy the reunion festival. Shen Qi had also prepared well in advance.
There was a custom of paying respects to the moon in the middle of autumn, and especially the woman who wished to look like Chang’e and have the face of Haoyue, she was even more pious. This couldn’t help but remind Shen Qi of Cao Xueqin’s description of Jia Baoyu in “Dream of the Red Chamber”.
Mr. Cao’s description of Jia Baoyu’s appearance is as follows: “Face like the moon in the middle of autumn, color like the flower of spring dawn, hair like the blade, eyebrows like the ink painting, face like the peach petal, eyes like the autumn wave.” “Even though you are angry and have smiles on your face, you are angry and emotional.”
At that time, he also thought that Jia Baoyu was pretty good-looking, but later on, when he saw his actor, Ouyang Fenqiang, he realized that his face was big! Later on, he wondered if it was because of the “Mid Autumn Moon” that he chose a guy with a bigger face.
Later, when the new version of Jia Baoyu’s face appeared, it caused the netizens to curse, “Look at that small face. It’s obviously a poor guy!” Shen Qi thought that what she said made sense!
But we are thin to the point of being beautiful, they all came out in a weak, will-o ‘-the-wisp posture, if the wind blew down, then really match with a big round face good?
Thus, every time she looked at the devout Bai Yue, she would worry for them. What would happen if it really turned out to be true!? Of course, this was only her own little bad taste. In reality, it was rare to see a handsome boy like Jia Baoyu. So when Mr. Ouyang was playing Jia Baoyu, he had even specially cleaned up his face.
Purple Bamboo and the others did not just want Shen Qi to pay their respects to them, but they also wanted to have Shen Qi pay her respects as well. This year, they were going to the palace to enjoy the view of the moon.
Shen Qi felt that it would be good to take a look. As long as it did not involve him, Shen Fei would probably not cause any more trouble, right? She wasn’t sure.
Yue Yu came to visit the Empress Dowager. The first thing she did was to pay her respects to the Tzu Ning Palace, and when Shen Qi came over, there were already a few concubines inside, of course Yan Wan was one of them. After they greeted each other, the empress dowager unexpectedly waved towards Shen Qi with great enthusiasm.
“Come, come to This Dowager’s side. Let This Dowager have a good look and chat with This Dowager.” Her face was full of smiles, as if she really liked this Queen’s Consort.
This enthusiasm made Shen Qi couldn’t help but mutter to herself, Did the empress dowager eat the wrong medicine today? But on the surface, she didn’t show it. Smiling, she walked up to the empress dowager. Her attitude was intimate and natural, causing the empress dowager to nod inwardly.
At least this Queen’s Consort knew how to behave. No matter how hard you tried, he would always be able to take you down.
The other concubines did not know the truth and thought that the empress dowager and Shen Qi would usually get along like this. They were all envious of him in their hearts, this Queen’s Consort sure was a lucky man, the empress dowager thought so highly of him.
Yan Wan, who knew the truth, was a bit dumbfounded. When had her aunt been so good with the wangfei? Weren’t you always dissatisfied with her? When did it become like this?
Actually, this was what Shen Qi wanted to ask as well. She didn’t know what kind of provocation the empress dowager was going through to actually act so abnormal! Although the empress dowager didn’t really like her, this time Shen Qi felt that the empress dowager was happy to see him. She was really happy, and she felt that it must be her misconception.
Actually, the empress dowager was extremely annoyed as well. It was only the empress’s business for newbies to enter the palace, but Yan Wan was the empress’s niece, and Yan Wan was not a carefree person. Since the emperor wholeheartedly favored Qin Xiang, he would inevitably neglect his concubines by the side, and Yan Wan wouldn’t be able to take it anymore.
She felt exceptionally wronged, so she often came to the Tzu Ning Palace to complain to the empress dowager. At the beginning, the empress dowager felt that whether it was for her sake or because Yan Wan was the emperor’s own cousin, the emperor should take care of her a little more.
But the Emperor had his own considerations and ideas, and she could not interfere with his sleeping? Therefore, she advised Yan Wan to patiently wait. With her protection in the palace, no one would make things difficult for her, not to mention those rookies without any powerful backers. If she wasn’t favored by the palace, she would be worse off than a palace maid.
Yan Wan heard this and went back to wait patiently for a few days. In the end, when the emperor began to favor the other newbies, there was nothing for her to do, so she couldn’t sit still any longer and ran over to the empress dowager to complain about her grievances.
The empress dowager naturally comforted her and advised her to go back and wait. The emperor wasn’t too heartless, but when all the newbies were favored by the emperor, it was as if he’d forgotten someone like her. She couldn’t help but feel anxious.
Now, when she went out, she felt as if everyone was laughing at her. As the emperor’s cousin, she was being treated so coldly. It was obvious how much the emperor disliked her!
She began to grow impatient, impatient, sensitive, and suspicious. More and more times she came to bother the Empress Dowager, and she found her less agreeable than she had been before, and began to grow weary of her.
Therefore, when she saw Shen Qi, she suddenly realized that this daughter-in-law of hers was far better than Yan Wanli. At the very least, when had first entered the Duke’s Palace as a bride, he did not do this many things.
So no matter what he said or what he did, there must always be a contrast in order to know what was good, so Shen Qi was inexplicably compared to Yan Wan, and that made people like him, but what Shen Qi wanted to say was that she did not care at all.
The empress dowager had always been nose to nose and nose towards Shen Qi, it wasn’t an easy thing to change. Not to mention Shen Qi being unaccustomed to it, even the empress dowager herself felt it to be awkward, so it was rather unnatural when talking to Shen Qi.
Fortunately, this scene did not last long. When the banquet was about to begin, Shen Qi got up and left, and the empress dowager secretly heaved a sigh of relief. When Shen Qi saw this, she felt that it was extremely funny, seems like the empress dowager was still normal!
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were many kinds of fruits on the market, and also when the crabs were at their purest. There were many different types of fruits on the plates, and only two crabs were able to serve a plate, as well as a table full of mooncakes.
After the offering was done, it was time to enjoy the delicacies. Duke Xian pushed the grapes in front of Shen Qi, causing them to look full and filling up the entire palace, making people want to eat them just by looking at them. Shen Qi picked up a clean plate, washed her hands and started to peel the grapes.
Knowing that she liked egg yolks, he gave her the egg yolk first. After Shen Qi was done peeling the yolk off, she used the kernels to wipe her hands, then pushed the grapes between the two of them and started to eat them.
Jing Ze didn’t want to get close to her because he knew it was his fault. She was guilty but also felt wronged. If she didn’t fight, where else could they live? What was she fighting for? It was all so that the Crown Prince could sit firmly in his seat. It was all so that he could reach the end!
The emperor was purely here to watch the show. This wangfei was indeed not ordinary. To be able to make his younger brother, who always disdained things, understand gentleness, and even personally take care of her! How amazing!
From time to time, she would provoke and provoke Lifei with a few words. She did not forget that Lifei had schemed against her to offend Qin Xiang. Lifei had been smiling the entire time, as if he did not hear anything Shen Fei had said.
The Lifei had always been a smart person, she could see her own position clearly, unlike the Shen Fei who kept seeking death when he was still unconscious, the Lifei also knew the position of the Shen Fei, after fighting for so many years, who still did not know what the position was?
She knew that no matter how great Shen Fei’s words were, she would always be considered harmless in the palace. She was only addicted to the words, and was not able to do anything, and she also knew that it was precisely because of this that she often teased her, which also added to the joy of living alone in the palace.
At this time, the Tender Consort looked at the hazy moon and felt that it was only right to eat wine and recite poems during this kind of time. Thus, she suggested to the Queen, “It’s so boring sitting like this, how about we use the moon as the theme for the poem to liven things up?” As he spoke, his eyes lit up.
The empress had long understood her personality, so she was the only one in the palace who was in the mood to do anything. Every day, everything she saw was a scene, and she had to compose a poem, draw a picture, or play a zither to express her joy.
The empress had yet to say anything when the emperor spoke up. “The idea of loving your consort isn’t bad. This emperor thinks it’s feasible.”
Tender Consort was immediately overjoyed. Seeing the emperor’s eyes filled with gratitude and joy, the emperor couldn’t help but smile in his heart, she had been the same for so many years, the filth in the palace didn’t affect her in the slightest. Every time he saw her, he felt that there was still a pure land in the palace, a pure and fresh air.
He knew that because of her neither fighting nor snatching personality, the imperial concubines in the imperial harem wouldn’t go against her, so her life was still comfortable. However, if he showed himself openly pampering her, then he really couldn’t guarantee that the pure land would still exist.