vrcanaries Chapter 1213 She is simply sent by God to defeat her
Chapter 1213 She is simply sent by God to defeat her
Concubine Liang felt her vision suddenly go dark and her fingertips trembled uncontrollably.
The gentle smile she forced on herself was like porcelain cracked by the cold, cracking inch by inch on her face and almost unable to be maintained.
Concubine Liang's chest was filled with anger, humiliation, and embarrassment...
All the negative emotions that had been forcibly suppressed were completely ignited by the eldest princess's naive words, burning her internal organs as if they were displaced!
The eldest princess...was simply sent by God to bring bad luck to her!
Every time, she would use this purest and most innocent look to say the words that hurt her the most and made her feel hurt inside!
Concubine Liang took a deep, rapid breath, trembling imperceptibly. She used almost all her strength to suppress the surging blood and energy.
She raised her hand, but instead of touching the eldest princess, she pressed it hard on her own throbbing temple.
Concubine Liang closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the turbulent waves surging in her eyes had been forcibly suppressed by her, and only fatigue remained on her face.
\"...Yun'er, are you tired from playing?\"
Concubine Liang said with a forced smile: "Go and have a bowl of hot milk soup to warm yourself up."
She was afraid that if she looked at the eldest princess any longer, she would completely lose control.
The eldest princess did not notice Concubine Liang's ugly expression and her almost shattered calmness.
\"yes!\"
After receiving the order, she responded happily and skipped to the palace maid to ask for milk soup.
The curtains fell, blocking out the children's joyful laughter.
Concubine Liang maintained the posture of massaging her temples without moving.
The charcoal fire in the stove crackled and the sandalwood incense still lingered.
Only Concubine Liang's tightly pursed lips and her hands, pressed against her forehead with such force that her knuckles turned white, revealed her inner emotions.
After Concubine Liang was restored to the throne, her prestige in the harem increased slightly.
Although many people in the palace knew her true identity, there was still no shortage of low-ranking concubines who came to curry favor with her.
Concubine Liang is still very gentle to everyone.
The green smoke from the bronze crane incense burner curled around in the warm hall.
The faint fragrance of sunken water floats in the air, but it cannot suppress the silent undercurrent flowing in the hall.
Concubine Liang sat upright in the main seat, with a perfect smile on her lips, as gentle as the Bodhisattva with compassion for all living beings in the temple murals.
She twirled a plain gauze fan between her fingertips, and the oily sandalwood Buddhist beads on her wrist appeared and disappeared with her gentle movements.
There were strong ground heating coils burning in the four corners of the hall, which dispelled the biting cold that seeped in through the window lattices, leaving only a drowsy warmth.
"...A few days ago, I got a few ounces of the best Rain-Predawn Longjing tea."
Concubine Liang's voice was as gentle as a spring breeze blowing through the willows. Her eyes slowly swept over the lower-ranking concubines who had come to pay their respects. Finally, they landed on a noblewoman wearing a half-worn palace dress and looking reserved.
"I remember that Concubine Yang loves tea, so today is a good time to try it."
After she finished speaking, she turned her head slightly and glanced at Ruoli.
Ruoli understood what she meant and personally picked up a green jade lotus-petal teapot and poured the clear blue tea into a small Chengyao Doucai covered cup.
Then he walked steadily and lightly to present it to Yang Changzai.
Yang Changzai was flattered and stood up hurriedly. She took the expensive teacup with both hands, her fingertips trembling slightly.
She was of low rank and had never received such courtesy since entering the palace, let alone being personally given tea by the reinstated Concubine Liang.
The warmth of the cup smoothed over her palms. Yang Changzai lowered her head and said, "Thank you, thank you, Her Majesty Liangfei, for your grace! I... I am terrified."
Concubine Liang nodded with a smile, her eyes kind. "Today, we sisters are just chatting together to relieve the boredom of winter. No need to be polite."
Then, she turned to another maid, her tone still friendly: "Mrs. Zhang looks much better than before. I guess the tranquilizing soup is working?"
"If you need more, just ask the palace maid to go to the Imperial Hospital to get more."
Zhang Changzai thanked him repeatedly with a grateful smile on his face.
The atmosphere in the palace suddenly seemed quite harmonious, as if the days when Concubine Liang was neglected and shunned by everyone had never existed.
Those low-ranking palace concubines who had either been watching or had secretly stepped on her were now comforted by Concubine Liang's gentle words and received insignificant but very decent rewards.
Most of the uneasiness in their hearts quietly disappeared in this grace like a spring breeze.
Consort Liang was, after all, Consort Liang. One of the Four Consorts, the daughter of the Imperial Tutor!
Now that he has been restored to the throne, he has combined kindness and authority, and his prestige has quietly risen. Who would dare to look down on him again?
However, this prestige, compared to that of the Empress Chen Guifei who was at the peak of her career, was still as unattainable as a firefly compared to the bright moon.
The wind in the palace always finds a way to penetrate any gap.
The news that Concubine Liang had been restored to her position, regained her dignity, and even somewhat recovered some of her reputation for generosity and benevolence became known to everyone.
Even the sick concubine knew about it.
The Yikun Palace was filled with thick medicinal vapors that could not be dissolved, mixed with the warmth evaporating from the earth dragons, forming a suffocating and stuffy atmosphere.
The window frames were tightly closed, blocking out the howling north wind outside and the snowy scene of jade trees and beautiful branches.
Wangpin was half-leaning on a warm kang covered with a thick brocade mattress, a silver fox fur mattress draped over her body. Her face was the pale grey of a long illness, but her cheekbones were abnormally flushed from a low-grade fever.
She was taking the medicine bowl that Xiao Tianzi had carefully brought to her. The black medicine juice was swaying in the white jade bowl, reflecting her distorted reflection.
Xiao Tianzi observed Concubine Wang's expression and whispered back to the outside rumor: "...It is said that Concubine Yang, Concubine Qian and the others have been honored by Concubine Liang today. Even the tea was poured by Concubine Liang's maid, Miss Ruoli, herself."
"Everyone says that now that Concubine Liang has been reinstated, she's let bygones be bygones and has become even more magnanimous..."
Wang Pin's fingers, jagged and bony from the strain of exertion, were pale and bloodless, as if they were about to shatter the fragile white jade.
A surge of evil energy surged up from her chest, making her throat taste sweet and salty, and her vision went dark: "Huh... is she worthy?!"
"He's just a Yaksha ghost in the guise of a bodhisattva. Who are you pretending to be?!"
Concubine Wang thought of the loneliness of herself lying on her sickbed with no one caring about her.
Thinking of Concubine Chen's aloofness and indifference, she didn't even bother to look at her.
Then compare it to Concubine Liang's current glory of winning people's hearts...
The hatred almost suffocated the princess!
In her turmoil, it was as if an invisible hand was gripping her heart, and even her breathing became difficult and short.
Concubine Wang had to arch her back and breathe heavily, with fine beads of cold sweat oozing from her forehead.
The soup in the medicine bowl shook violently and almost spilled out.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, please calm down! Take care of yourself! It's important!"
Xiao Tianzi was so scared that he hurried forward to help her calm down.
Wangpin suddenly raised her hand to wave away Xiao Tianzi, and the movement affected her sick body, causing another heart-wrenching coughing fit.