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This is the first time I've ever been to a palace where the Emperor bestowed pear fragrance independence.
"Yo, isn't that Ni Chuxue?" A cold taunting voice sounded from the front.
I lowered my head and said, "Your servant greets Lady Lin."
"You're too polite. Big Sister Li Xiang and I are sisters. Logically speaking, we should still address you as a good big sister." Lin Jing was accompanied by a palace maid as she slowly walked over. Her face was full of smiles, as if she was meeting an old friend.
He didn't know what kind of agreement Pear Fragrance had reached with her, but there was no such thing as a 'peak' agreement.
However, I really don't like this kind of laughter. In the end, I can't let go of the shock of a family change.
She retreated to the side and lightly said, "This servant doesn't dare."
"Really? Why does it not look like that? Why are you being so courteous?" As she approached, the fragrant wind assaulted me and lifted me up with one hand.
The long nails dug deep into my hand and made me wince in pain.
She didn't have any intention of letting it go. Sigh, Lin Jingru, I can't let her go either. She couldn't let it go.
I could be angry, but I also had a reason to look for, and what about her? Didn't she become a beauty now? Isn't it glorious now? It was still because I didn't like it. Luckily, in front of an outsider, I pretended to be good with Pear Fragrance. It was as if I wanted to cover myself with a quilt.
I withdrew my hand, and the bead scraped against her fingernails.
A flash of light appeared in her eyes, and I changed my arms, allowing the sleeves to cover the Heavenly Jewels.
A palace maid with a Heavenly Jewel, how could anyone not guess?
I didn't want to cause trouble, "Your servant will take her leave first."
"It's really unfortunate, ah. I still have to pay respects to esteemed wangfei?" Otherwise, the three of us can compete again. "
"This servant dares not." He thought to himself, Is it tiring for me to go down there with the wind in the palace?
She was also a beautiful woman, but she was losing more and more of her splendor. She was always living in someone else's halo.
With the beauty of the pear fragrance, her makeup could also shine brightly. Consort Ning was elegant and beautiful, and the current her was clad in clean white clothes.
I withdrew myself. She didn't dare to make things difficult for me, probably because of Pear Blossom.
I could only see the consort from a distance, so I avoided the path in the depths of the flowers to avoid all the trouble.
When I arrived at the Pear Blossom Palace, it was said that the pear fragrance had not yet risen, so I gave all the flowers to the palace maid.
Who knew that she would throw it away? "Our Empress doesn't like flowers."
I was a little stunned. This palace maid is really bold. However, the clothes she wore was also several levels higher than the palace maid's. No wonder she was so unruly.
I bent down and picked it up. I felt my heart ache, I didn't like it, and I didn't need to be like this. Every flower, from the time it grew until now, was only there to show people this short period of beauty. This palace maid, if the people from the other palaces were to come, it would also be the same. Pear Fragrance had truly made quite a few enemies.
"What is the purpose of these flowers? They are not peonies, nor are they precious flowers." With the support of the palace maid, Riko walked out. He spoke softly.
I chuckled. "It's fine. I'll bring it back with me. No matter what look these flowers have, they are a type of beauty."
"Ni Chuxue, why did you greet me when you saw me? You don't even know how to be a palace maid anymore." Pear Fragrance sat up straight and drank her tea. She didn't even look at me.
I was a little odd, but I still bowed to her respectfully.
"Okay, okay. Don't think that just because you're my sister, you don't need anything. Get up."
Feeling somewhat sad in my heart, I still stood up.
"Peach, go get my sour plum."
The palace maid who had thrown my flower glanced at me and said sweetly, "Yes, Esteemed Empress Zhao. Peach also knows that the Empress wants more honey."
"Look, this palace maid of mine is very different from you."
When the peach had left, she sent the palace maid away.
He sighed heavily, looked at me and said, "Ni Chuxue, don't blame me for being cruel to you."
I shook my head. I never blamed her.
"That peach was pointed out to me by the empress. Whatever it is, I have to avoid it by a bit and do it out of face." She felt a little helpless. "There are some things, don't be petty."
I couldn't help but laugh. "Lixiang, are you doing well?"
She bit the corner of her lips as she looked at me in grief. "What's so good about that? Look at all the good things you've done. Now that Consort Ning's favored, the emperor isn't even coming to my place."
"Riko, do you hate me then?" I asked tentatively.
She glanced at me. "Why don't you hate me? I'm clearly the most favored one. Now that this has happened, I can't even see the shadow of the Emperor. Why can't you think about what you're doing first? Is it good for me?"
I didn't say anything. Sigh, can you blame me for these things?
If the Emperor liked it, whether it was the Cold Palace or a thousand miles away, the Emperor would personally find it. If the Emperor didn't like it, he would deliver it in front of him or wave his hand; there was nothing there.
Pear Blossom, why can't you understand it? These are not things that I can handle.
Riko seemed to be angry. She looked at me with slight anger. "Now, what do you think I should do?"
"Pear Blossom, I'm just a palace maid," I gently reminded her of my identity. What could I do?
"I know you are only a palace maid. Ni Chuxue, you know the Seventh Prince, you know the Crown Prince, don't you? "Don't tell me you don't understand." The way he looked at her from head to toe was really ambiguous.
This made me a little disappointed. Little Sister, in the end, you still didn't understand my point.
"They are masters. I am just a palace maid."
"Why are you pretending to be so stupid? Everyone says that you're the Crown Prince's woman, and everyone says that you're going to warm the bed of the seventh prince, isn't that right?"
I couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Pear Blossom, don't believe a single word you've heard about the rumors. You also know what your sister looks like."
"Maybe he is greedy for fresh food." she said coldly.
I shook my head. "Pear Blossom, you shouldn't have said that. I'm not that kind of person. The Crown Prince and Seventh Prince aren't people like that. Pear Fragrance, you've never even looked at me properly, how do you know what kind of person I am? "
She coldly snorted, "What are you trying to do?"
"That's true." He smiled wryly in his heart. There was no endless beauty, no peerless talent, and no status that was noble to the point of being worshipped by the people of the world. What was a person like me doing here?
I don't care. There are some things that would only make one's heart a little sad, so it's better to ignore them and pretend that nothing had happened. I don't like the fact that it is too cold.
"Then tell me, what should we do?"
"I have no other choice." I can't solve this problem for her.
She was so angry that her chest rose and fell as she hit the table heavily, "There's no other way. Do you want me to die? Isn't it? Right now, there is no one by my side who can be trusted. Every single concubine is trying their best to lower the others and climb up to the most glorious position. "
It made me sigh, but there was nothing I could do. "I've tried to persuade you."
The road she is walking, no matter how hard it is to walk, is still her path. I can't walk on it for her.
"Just this one sentence, Ni Chu Xue, you really are a good older sister. I feel extremely uncomfortable, and don't know how to comfort me." She rubbed her head with one hand.
I can't bear it. Although it's really unreasonable, I've always been fond of this little sister of mine since I was young.
How could the two sisters, who had experienced love for each other for so long, be forgotten?
"Pear Fragrance, your choice that day was like this. There are many things he had to think of. Just like this, when you're pampered like this, the other concubines are in the same mood as you. How long can you possibly love them like this?"
She bit her lips as her expression turned ugly.
Yes, that day, the Emperor could treat her like that. Today, of course, he could treat another girl the same way.
This was an unfair game of rules, and Riko had fallen into a trap of choice. No, it was a very, very long loneliness.
A moment of glory, losing a lifetime, I have never agreed.
In this world, there was no such thing as a medicine for regret, and it was impossible to turn back.
I couldn't bear to see her this upset, so I sighed softly. "Pear Blossom, if the emperor dotes on you, why should you be afraid?" Relying on the favor of the outside, there is always someone more beautiful than yourself. "
She looked at me helplessly. "Go and beg the Seventh Prince for him and the Emperor to pass by my side."
I shook my head. "I'm just a palace maid. Pear Blossom, master's matters and how you do it are not up to me to decide."
She lowered her eyes in defeat. "Now that I have the Emperor's bloodline, I am not afraid. No matter what, I will rely on this hope for the rest of my life."
But I wasn't optimistic. "Pear Fragrance, Consort Ning gave birth to seventeen princes, and she also stayed in the Cold Palace for a long time."
Her expression changed drastically. "Don't say those words to me."
"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't say anything. But you are my sister, Pear Fragrance. You have to protect yourself." "Don't be so arrogant."
Her eyes were blazing as she said while gritting her teeth, "Ni Chuxue, you're saying that I'm arrogant."
"Yes." I nodded.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Yes, if it wasn't for you, I would never have heard that. But, Ni Chuxue, I hate hearing those kinds of words. Don't tell me twice."
However, the current me cannot advance or retreat. There is no one who I can trust. I'm furious. Ni Chuxue, come to my Pear Blossom Palace.
"I won't change anything even if I come? Pear Fragrance, I am also standing at the heart of the wave. Some people, it's good as long as you don't submit. You have to have your own ideas, pear fragrance, you are a very smart person, your talent, your glory, will not drown you in the harem. "
People need to be encouraged in order to have a yearning, a hope.
I was not happy with her, always sighing and hanging my head.
"Empress, Mei Er is here." The palace maid had called for him from afar.
Upon entering, he saw that Pear Fragrance's expression wasn't good and frowned. "Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you? You don't feel well. Do you want Imperial Physician Xuan?" "Empress Dowager, you can't smell the flowers. Ni Chuxue, why are you still holding the flowers in your hands? Are you deliberately trying to harm our Empress?"