To Be a Mighty Empress, Or Not to Be - C102
“Who cares? It’s just some cheap stuff, why don’t you just give it to me for free!” The one who had spoken was none other than Li Ruoxue, Imperial Noble Consort Lan’s younger sister. The moment she said those words, all the Consort Candidate present were stunned.
Shi Anran’s gaze swept across the jewelry bestowed to her by the Emperor, and then, her lips curled up slightly, and said: “Chen mama said before, a disaster would come from the mouth, so it’s best for this little sister to restrain herself. “These things were all bestowed by the Emperor himself, but they were completely worthless in his sister’s mouth. If the Emperor were to find out, who knows what would happen?”
Hearing that, Li Ruoxue puffed up her cheeks in anger, and thought: You are just a little daughter who only received a reward and then died, my sister is the most favored Imperial Noble Consort Lan, if you offend me, I will let you have enough of the suffering in the future.
Thinking about it this way, Li Ruoxue did not seem to be angry anymore. She walked over, fiddled with the jewelry, and casually picked an agate hairpin, raising the corner of her mouth, and said with a smile that was not a smile: “Big sister is truly good at talking.”
After that, a few Consort Candidate s took the items they liked as well. After thanking her, they all went back to their own rooms, and it was obvious that they were very afraid of Li Ruoxue, as she had Li Ruolan’s backing, and couldn’t afford to offend them.
Shi Anran did not intentionally provoke her, she naturally knew that it was best to take things step by step, but if she let Li Ruoxue trample on her head today, the other Consort Candidate s in the future would think that she was easy to bully, and become even more unscrupulous. After what happened today, everyone knew that she wasn’t someone to be trifled with and that she saved a lot of trouble.
When it was time for dinner, Shi Anran opened her food box, but discovered that there were only leftovers. She slightly raised her gaze and saw that all the Consort Candidate s were eating with their heads lowered, and not a single one of them dared to say a word. Xiu Er was already used to these little lords’ methods in the palace, so she immediately said: “Master, let’s go back, this servant will go to the kitchen to bring Master some food to eat.”
“Yo, where is big sister going? I’m afraid it’s not too good to leave without permission during dinner time, is it? ” Without waiting for Shi Anran’s reply, Li Ruoxue pursed her lips and smiled, looking at her with extreme pride.
After Shi Anran heard this, her eyebrows slightly swayed as she said: “Xiu Er, let’s go.”
After she turned around, Li Ruoxue slammed the table and stood up: “Shi Anran, how dare you, say you’ve come and gone!”
In her previous life, Li Ruoxue had slapped her right here, so Shi Anran wasn’t angry at her. Instead, she just stood there, waiting for her to come over, the corner of her mouth still carrying a thirty percent gentleness. Her gaze swept over the little eunuch who had a face full of smiles as she lightly said: “Anran just wanted to ask Momo if the imperial kitchen was full of leftovers for the new Consort Candidate, or if it was because Anran was different. Anran just wanted Senior Sister to come out and preside over the justice. ”
As expected, the young eunuch’s face paled as she subconsciously looked towards Li Ruoxue. Li Ruoxue rolled his eyes and walked towards Shi Anran in large strides, raising her hand to stop him.
In that moment, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the two, but Shi Anran seemed to have already expected that she would make such a move, she quickly grabbed her wrist, and used her strength secretly.
You still want to hit her? In this life, she would live well and see the miserable fates of these people.
A faintly discernable coldness flashed past the corner of Shi Anran’s lips as she thought about it.
“What are you doing?” After sweeping a glance at the two of them, she understood what had happened. She said in a deep voice, “In this storage palace, this old servant doesn’t care what kind of status the young lords have, but from now on, the ones who walk out from here might be the emperor’s favorite concubines or concubines. It wouldn’t be good to offend anyone.”
Li Ruoxue snorted lightly and retracted her hand. She glared at Shi Anran fiercely, as if to say: Just you wait!
After re-arranging the meals, Shi Anran sat down and started to eat. Her actions were still graceful and dignified, neither fast nor slow.
After Li Ruoxue left, Hong Ling came close to him and said in a low voice: “Big sister Anran, I heard that Li Ruoxue is the blood sister of Imperial Noble Consort Lan, you have to be careful big sister Anran …”
Careful? Shi Anran carelessly walked side by side on the way back, but it was hard to tell what she was thinking. After a long while, Shi Anran finally asked: “Hong Ling, what do you want to get?”
“Me? “Of course I wanted to ask for the emperor’s favor. At that time I was selected to be the Consort Candidate, but I didn’t expect that I would still enter the palace by mistake, so I wanted to risk it all for myself.” She said confidently.
Shi Anran saw that she did not seem to be lying, but she muttered in her heart: When she was selected to enter Consort Candidate in her previous life, Hong Ling did not appear to be by her side.
Hearing her words, it was rather ordinary. However, one’s goal was too simple, making it seem that they couldn’t understand it. Naturally, she would not completely trust Hong Ling’s words.
Looking at the half-opened door, Shi Anran acted as if she did not know anything. She secretly took off an earring and held it in her hand, then turned to Xiu Er and said: “Aiya, one of my earrings seems to be in the kitchen. I have to go back and find it.”
Xiu Er was startled, then nodded: “This servant will go with master.”
Just as she turned around to walk a few steps, she heard Hong Ling scream in pain. She turned around and saw that her entire body was drenched in the dirty water. Flour covered her face, making her look neither human nor ghost.
Sure enough, it was this move again. Shi Anran slightly curved her lips into a dazzling smile. When the Consort Candidate saw Hong Ling’s miserable state, one by one, he covered her mouth and laughed, and some of them came over to send towels to Hong Ling. When she looked at Li Ruoxue again, she saw that she was still standing beside the two Consort Candidate s watching the show.
Li Ruoxue looked at Shi An and saw a leisurely expression that didn’t seem like a smile. Since childhood, she had always been a spoiled child, so how could she be looked down upon like this? Her resentment towards Shi Ran deepened.
Walking in the courtyard, Xiu Er asked in a low voice: “How did Master know that someone was playing with you?”
“Did I tell you?” Shi Anran asked.
Xiu Er immediately lowered her head, “This servant spoke too much.”
Shi Anran had a very deep impression of Li Ruoxue and Li Ruolan. There was still a long way to go, so if they wanted to play, they had to accompany them.
At night, Shi Anran was reading books under the lamp while Xiu Er was grinding ink at the side. Suddenly, he seemed to have seen something that was full of fear. There’s a snake on the windowsill! ”
Snake? She still remembered that in his previous life, Shi Anran had almost lost his life because of this poisonous snake. Unexpectedly, everything happened just like in his previous life.
Xiu Er did not dare to stop for a moment, she immediately grabbed one and threw it over. The poisonous snake immediately shrank its neck, and then quickly slid down, but in truth, Shi Anran was also nervous. When she went to look at the window, she saw that the poisonous snake was crawling towards the house opposite him.
“Young master, luckily, you had your servant bring some lime back, otherwise …” Saying that, Xiu Er looked up in surprise, how did Master know that there would be snakes, and had already prepared some lime?
Shi Anran pointed to the dust that had fallen from the wall at the corner of the wall. “It’s just that I saw the dust on the wall early in the morning, so I wanted to find some lime to mend it.”
So that was the case, Xiu Er heaved a sigh of relief. If Master knew about this in advance, then it would be too scary! Even if a person did not have the ability to predict the future, to be able to foresee these things, he must have very meticulous thoughts and observations.