OBS Chapter 632: The Orphan Girl Whose Husband Died Flying to a Branch 13
Chapter 632: The Orphan Girl Whose Husband Died Flying to a Branch 13
When Xu Ziyu heard that Xiao Luofeng didn't want to see her, a look of panic appeared on her pretty face.
She seemed to predict that she was about to fall from favor.
"Your Majesty, do you really not want to see me?"
The chief eunuch bowed respectfully towards Xu Ziyuan and said, "Your Majesty is busy, please go back, my beauty. When your Majesty is free in a few days, he will not forget me."
Will never forget?
Xu Ziyu didn't believe such polite words.
Thinking of Concubine Xu who was eyeing her covetously, she walked back to the palace in a somewhat uneasy mood.
The torture she suffered in her previous life is still vivid in her mind, and Xu Ziyu doesn't want to live the miserable life of her previous life again.
At the same time, her resentment towards Lin Ping'er grew deeper and deeper.
If an orphan girl can have such good luck, why can't I?
She must become the new queen.
Xu Ziyu gritted her teeth and began to think about how to win favor.
At night, Xiao Luofeng was walking on the way back to the palace. Unexpectedly, he saw someone dancing in the pavilion beside the lotus pond not far away.
Xiao Luofeng ordered expressionlessly, "Miss Yuan is still dancing outside at night. It seems that she really likes the night. Let her dance for an hour and then send her back. Oh, and have someone investigate why she is here."
In recent years, Xiao Luofeng hated it most when someone spied on his whereabouts, especially when someone was trying to win his favor.
Now Xu Ziyuan's behavior is just hitting his sore spot.
Let alone favoring her by Xiao Luofeng, when the life-saving grace became a thing of the past, Xu Ziyu's request for favor was tantamount to seeking death.
Xu Ziyu was still dancing in the pavilion, but after dancing for a long time she didn't see the person she wanted to attract appear.
At this moment, she caught a glimpse of the eunuch serving Xiao Luofeng, and she immediately became alert and danced even harder.
"Your Majesty orally."
Thinking that she had attracted Xiao Luofeng, Xu Ziyuan happily stopped and bowed.
"Your Majesty knows that Lady Yuan likes to dance, so he has specially sent a servant to watch her dance and send her back to the palace in an hour."
"what?"
Xu Ziyuan's eyes widened in disbelief, "Eunuch, did you say something wrong? Why would His Majesty not see me?"
"Don't worry, my beauty. It's true. These are His Majesty's original words. Please continue dancing. I am waiting for you. When the time is up, I will take you back."
Xu Ziyu had never been favored in her previous life, so she didn't understand Xiao Luofeng at all.
I don’t know that although Xiao Luofeng has been a prince since he was a child, his life has not been smooth sailing.
The previous emperor favored his concubine over his wife and almost deposed Xiao Luofeng for the sake of his favorite concubine.
If it weren't for his own hard work, he would not be able to sit on the throne now.
It is for this reason that Xiao Luofeng disdains to favor anyone alone.
Even though he doted on Xu Ziyuen some time ago, he still didn't forget the other women in the palace. Treating everyone equally is the key to balance.
An hour later, Xu Ziyuan and the palace maids returned tiredly to the palace.
As soon as I arrived at the palace gate, I saw Concubine Xu Shufei.
Concubine Xu Shufei was once favored, so naturally she was very beautiful.
She just looked at the embarrassed Xu Ziyuan and spoke with a gloating smile.
"You are really embarrassed. I thought you were so capable. You avoided the selection and saved His Majesty. You entered the palace for saving his life. You were promoted in just a few months. I thought His Majesty liked you very much. Tsk."
Concubine Xu Shufei and Xu Ziyuan did not get along.
Because Xu Ziyuan made things difficult for Concubine Xu's mother everywhere.
Many years ago, Shangshu Xu was still a poor scholar. He already had a woman he loved in his hometown, who was Concubine Xu's mother.
Minister Xu went to Beijing to take the imperial examination and never returned, so Concubine Xu was born in the countryside.
At that time, in order to prevent Concubine Xu from being looked down upon, her mother got married while she was pregnant.
Not long after her husband died, she lived a poor life with Concubine Xu.
Minister Xu, who was far away in the capital, married Xu Ziyuan's mother. Ten years later, Minister Xu's first wife died.
He thought of his first love who lived far away in the countryside, and brought Bai Yueguang to the capital at all costs.
Xu Ziyuan looked down on her stepmother and made things difficult for her and ridiculed her with words.
Concubine Xu Shufei quarreled with Xu Ziyu more than once for her mother, and this was the resentment between the two.
Xu Ziyu recalled the persecution she suffered from Concubine Xu Shufei in her previous life.
She couldn't help but sneered, "Sister, you've been in the palace for so many years and still have nothing in your belly. If it weren't for you, your younger sister..."
"Snapped!"
Before he could finish his words, the sound of slapping was heard.
Looking at the slap marks on Xu Ziyuan's face, Concubine Xu wiped her palm with a handkerchief and sneered, "I only tolerated you these days because His Majesty liked you."
"Now that His Majesty doesn't like you anymore, Xu Ziyuan, I should have someone teach you the rules."
She winked at the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid stepped forward and pushed away Xu Ziyu's personal maid.
The maid said to Xu Ziyuan with a cold face, "The beauty is a sixth-rank official, not the head of a palace. Now that you are in the palace, the beauty must abide by the rules."
"Your Highness is the head of the palace. When I see you, I must bow respectfully. If you don't know how to bow, I will demonstrate it to you now."
Seeing the palace maid kneeling on the ground and performing a proper kneeling salute to Concubine Xu, Xu Ziyu's face changed.
In the past, Xu Ziyu had never bowed to Concubine Xu and her stepmother at home.
Her mother was a noble lady in the capital, and even though she had passed away, she was still more noble than her stepmother.
Because of this, Xu Ziyuen made things difficult for her stepmother everywhere. She looked down on her stepmother who came from a humble background, and also looked down on Concubine Xu Shufei who came from the countryside.
Now she was asked to pay her respects to Concubine Xu, which made her so angry that her chest heaved.
Scenes of humiliation from my previous life emerged in my mind.
Seeing Xu Ziyuan standing there motionless, Concubine Xu narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "It seems that Concubine Xu still doesn't know what the rules are. Go up and teach Concubine Xu yourself."
"Yes."
The palace maid stepped forward, grabbed Xu Ziyu's arm, and tried to make her kneel down little by little with force.
But Xu Ziyu didn't react at all.
This made the palace maid subconsciously look at Concubine Xu Shufei.
When she saw the signal from Concubine Xu Shufei's eyes, she immediately put her knees on Xu Ziyu's legs, forcing her legs to go soft and kneel on the ground.
"My lady, please pay your respects."
Xu Ziyu saw the uppers of Concubine Xu's shoes, which were embroidered with lifelike peacocks, a symbol of status.
One was a concubine of the second rank, and the other was a beauty of the sixth rank.
No matter how unwilling she was in her heart, Xu Ziyuan still had her head pressed down and bowed deeply.
Concubine Xu Shu leaned over and chuckled, "Xu Ziyuan, you must always crawl at my feet like an ant."
"Don't think that just because you're His Majesty's woman, I won't dare to touch you. If you fall into my hands, I will definitely skin you alive and tear out your tendons."
Xu Ziyuen, who was lying on the ground, had hatred in her eyes, while Concubine Xu Shufei smiled and led her people back to the main hall.