The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 208: The Rogue Cat

"You know whether there is one or not." Wen Cairen was waiting outside with a lunch box in his hand for Zhu Wanxi to come out.

The weather in early October was extremely comfortable standing under the sun, making one feel lazy. However, there were too many women in the imperial study, so it was impossible for them to be lazy.

Liu Yiyi shed tears, looking like she was being bullied. "This is a matter between the emperor and I. How can you say it out so easily, sister?"

This means that Wen Cairen is shameless and thick-skinned.

Wen Cairen heard the hidden meaning in her tone and thought that she was mocking her for being unpopular with the emperor. She stared with her eyes wide open and wanted to kill someone.

"You are thin-skinned. If you are thin-skinned, you will pretend in front of the emperor!"

Liu Yiyi said, "I am serving the Emperor. I can't control myself when I am overwhelmed by my emotions. How can you say that I am pretending?"

Wen Cairen was really tempted to hit someone. She pretended to be weak, but judging from her tone, she was no meaner than anyone else present.

When Zhu Wanxi came out of the imperial study, he saw such a noisy scene.

They closed the door and came out with frowns on their brows. They were so noisy, but when they appeared in front of the emperor, they were more quiet than each other.

But the emperor was not there.

When Zhu Wanxi came out, everyone fell silent for a moment and hurried to meet him.

"Eunuch Zhu, how about it? Will the emperor let me in?"

Zhu Wanxi explained with a look of regret and apology, "The Emperor is currently handling important state affairs and cannot meet with you all. The Emperor asked me to accept it first and pass it on later."

Everyone sighed, feeling a little regretful, thinking that the emperor must not summon them because there were too many people.

So for a moment, everyone looked at each other with even more annoyance.

After collecting the food boxes of several concubines and taking them to the side hall, Zhu Wanxi counted them and shook his head.

In fact, he didn't even need to report to Emperor Yongjia and just sent these women away.

Emperor Yongjia was not in a good mood these days. Others could not see it, but Zhu Wanxi saw it clearly.

It had been two or three days and Emperor Yongjia hadn't turned over a card.

If he didn't have this kind of foresight, Zhu Wanxi wouldn't have had to stay with Emperor Yongjia for so long.

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But back to Qin Liuse, he was living a life where he could be as strong as he wanted and the breeze was blowing across the hills.

She just turned a deaf ear to what people outside said.

Since ancient times, there are few people who help others in times of need, but there is no shortage of people who take advantage of others' misfortunes. She naturally would not let these external things or other people's words drain her emotions.

After the Qianqiu Banquet, the next important festive period is the end of the year affairs and preparations.

However, there was more than a month in between, so Qin Liuse was quite leisurely during these days, only taking care of some trivial matters in the harem.

Besides, she had other important things to do.

Qin Liuse touched the newly painted pink on her nails, took some and smeared it on her nails, and asked Aunt Mingyue, "Have you hidden everything?"

Aunt Mingyue glanced at the maids who were cleaning the room and whispered, "Reply to Zhaoyi, everything has been put away."

Qin Liuse nodded, then stood up and led the maids to Concubine Xiao De's palace.

When people start to have bad luck, it is often easier to see who is sincere and who is not among the people around them.

For example, when Qin Liuse fell out of favor, Concubine Xiao De, who usually didn't talk much, began to care about her.

Concubine Xiao De didn't say anything in the past two days. Maybe because it didn't happen that long, she didn't take it seriously.

But for several days in a row, Emperor Yongjia did not summon anyone to sleep with him, and coupled with the rumors in the harem, people had more or less known about Qin Liuse's situation.

However, Concubine Xiao De was not the kind of person who would pry into other people's private affairs. She just sipped her tea and advised her lightly, "The emperor's heart is hard to predict. The emperor's temper may change one day. Don't take it to heart."

Qin Liuse found her tone funny. It sounded more like an elder comforting a younger person, rather than a concubine comforting another concubine.

But there was nothing that could be done about it. How could Qin Liuse know that Concubine Xiao De and Emperor Yongjia were not actually husband and wife?

Concubine Xiao De comforted people without saying much. She only said a few words and then stopped.

The two of them sat in the main hall drinking tea. After a while, someone came to call Concubine Xiao De to count the items sent by the Shanggong Bureau.

Concubine Xiao De asked Qin Liuse to sit down and eat by herself, and then went to the yard.

Qin Liuse was leisurely drinking tea and eating snacks. At some point, she saw a furry creature moving around at her feet.

She looked closely and saw that it was the cat raised by Concubine Xiao De, "Iron Ball~"

Qin Liuse bent down to tease the iron ball. The iron ball curled up its limbs and rolled around on its belly beside Qin Liuse's feet. It loved playing with Qin Liuse.

While playing, Tieqiu turned over and stood up, and like playing hide-and-seek with Qin Liuse, he ran into the side room.

That was Concubine Xiao Defei's study. Qin Liuse stood up and shouted "iron ball" to get it out.

At this moment, there was a "clang" sound in the study, and something fell down.

Qin Liuse shook his head helplessly, "You rascal."

I was afraid that the iron ball was crushed by something, so I went in to take a look.

Upon closer inspection, it was found that the iron ball hit a wooden box that fell from the bookshelf.

Inside was a small portrait and a jade plaque.

What’s even more terrible is that the portrait shows a man.

The worst thing is that this man is not Emperor Yongjia.

For a moment, Qin Liuse was at a loss, thinking about just quietly leaving and pretending nothing had happened.

But when he turned around, he saw Concubine Xiao De had already walked in. Perhaps she had heard the noise here and came over. She was now standing in the side aisle.