Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1109 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 35

Concubine Wan talked to Huanbi, and all of Huanbi's previous intentional betrayal was exposed. Cui Jinxi felt a little resentful towards Huanbi. According to her, someone like Huanbi must not be kept by her side. Even if she was not sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, she should be sent back to the Zhen family and replaced by someone else.

But Wan Guiren is the master, and since she still trusts Huanbi as always, she, as the later comer, can only follow her master's ideas.

Since then, Huanbi has been deliberately avoiding Concubine Cao. Even when Concubine Nian sent someone to trick her, she didn't move at all. This made Concubine Nian, who was ready to watch the show but failed at the last minute, so angry that she called Concubine Cao over to make trouble again.

Concubine Cao was so angry that she cried. She wished she could pull out the hairpin on her head and stab the shameless master and servant, Nian Shilan and Song Zhi, to death with it. Unfortunately, she valued her life and was reluctant to leave Princess Wen Yi, so she could only use her brain to think of a solution.

After much thought, Concubine Cao's thoughts still fell on the Zhen family outside. "My queen, the concubines in the harem are most taboo to push their confidants onto the dragon bed. Logically speaking, Huanbi is just a dowry maid beside Concubine Wan. Since Concubine Wan is sure that Huanbi has developed ulterior motives, why does she keep Huanbi by her side? And the two of them don't look like they have any grudges against each other."

Concubine Nian was too lazy to think and directly scolded: "Just explain what you mean, don't pretend to be a hermit all day long!"

Songzhi also agreed, "Court Lady Cao is not thinking of leaving our Yikun Palace, right? Otherwise, why have you been more and more perfunctory towards the Queen since Concubine Li was sent to the cold palace!"

Concubine Nian gave her a sharp glare, as if she would punish Concubine Cao if she showed any bad intentions.

Concubine Cao could only force herself to swallow her sorrow, grievance and resentment, and quickly knelt down to express her sincerity, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I always remember that it was with your support that I was able to give birth to Princess Wen Yi. It's just that my wisdom is limited. After the purge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the concubines in the palace suffered heavy losses, so I couldn't think of a better way!"

Concubine Nian is not a considerate person, especially since she has long regarded Concubine Cao as a lackey who is even worse than the former Concubine Li. She will be even less likely to take her situation into consideration. For example, at this moment, even if what Concubine Cao said was the truth, she did not show the slightest sign of sympathy.

Songzhi was Concubine Nian's confidant. When Concubine Nian didn't say anything, she stood up and rebuked Concubine Cao, saying, "In my opinion, Concubine Cao, even if you have no second thoughts about the Empress, you have been quite lazy. I advise you to think it over carefully. Princess Wen Yi is still with the Empress."

Since Princess Wen Yi was involved, Concubine Cao didn't dare to beat around the bush and said directly, "Your Majesty, I still suspect that Huanbi's background is not simple. If you used to think that my guess was groundless, then I would admit it. But I found that Concubine Wan actually gave all the floating brocade awarded by the emperor to Huanbi. Do you still think that Huanbi's background is really flawless?"

Songzhi was the first to believe it. Facing Concubine Nian's inquiring gaze, she reported, "Your Majesty, as far as I know, the Emperor only gave us the floating brocade. The Empress and Concubine Wan didn't give it to Concubine Fucha and Concubine Guaerjia, who were also pregnant."

Concubine Cao echoed Song Zhi and said, "The floating brocade is as thin as a cicada's wing, smooth and beautiful, and not easily wetted by water. It is the top-quality brocade provided by the Jiangning Weaving House in the late years of the late emperor. It is extremely rare and priceless. From the late emperor to the present dynasty, the number of concubines who have been rewarded with floating brocade is less than the number on the palm of your hand!"

Songzhi was directly misled by Concubine Cao's words, and she actually smiled and complimented Concubine Nian, "You see, your Majesty, the emperor has come to see you less often recently, but after receiving this priceless floating brocade, he has not forgotten your Majesty."

Concubine Nian couldn't help but put on a shy smile, but when she thought about how Concubine Wan had given the floating brocade to her servants, she immediately stopped smiling and shouted to Zhou Ninghai at the door, "Zhou Ninghai, go and take off the clothes of that servant for me!"

"What kind of person is she? She actually dares to let Fu Guang Jin possess her!"

"Songzhi, go tell the Queen that I don't dare wear this floating brocade anymore!"

Zhou Ninghai and Songzhi quickly split up to act, while Concubine Nian looked at Concubine Cao, who was still kneeling on the ground in a mess, and waved her hand unhappily to send her away.

After Concubine Cao came out, she passed by the lotus pond and looked at the graceful lotus flowers. She only thought of lotus seeds, so she said to Yinxiu, "Yinxiu, go to the kitchen to see if there are any lotus seeds. If there are, bring some fresh lotus seeds to me. Don't be stingy with the money."

Yinxiu didn't ask any questions and just took the order and left.

Zhou Ninghai was a man who knew how to get things done. He deliberately lagged behind Songzhi and went to the Bitong Library where Concubine Wan lived. Songzhi also followed Concubine Nian's temperament in her daily work and was unwilling to bend her back at all, but this was not limited to Jiang Xinxin now.

Jiang Xinxin was quite surprised to hear the servants report that Songzhi, who was in front of Concubine Nian, wanted to see her. Jianqiu pouted unhappily and guessed, "Maybe he has set his sights on Concubine Wan again and is looking to find fault with you, Your Majesty."

Jiang Xinxin was bored, so she let Songzhi in. Sure enough, after Songzhi bowed, she said directly: "Queen, please allow me to report. Our queen was fortunate enough to get some floating brocade a few days ago. She was so happy that she made clothes immediately and was thinking of finding a suitable day to wear them. But today, Concubine Cao came to report that the floating brocade in front of Concubine Wan was actually worn by a palace maid. When our queen heard this, she thought that you, Queen, had also got floating brocade, so she specially sent this servant to report it."

Jiang Xinxin didn't expect this to happen. She nodded to show that she understood and sent Songzhi away. She turned around and asked Jianqiu, "Do we still have Fuguangjin here?"

Jian Qiu smiled and said, "Yes, it is said that the emperor only gave two pieces to Concubine Nian and Concubine Wan respectively, and the rest are all here with us. When Su Peisheng sent it to me before, you disliked that the Fuguangjin was not worthy of its name and felt too stiff. You also said that it could only be used to paste windows. Because it was precious, you gave up the idea."

After hearing this, Jiang Xinxin also remembered that she had indeed said that floating light brocade was more suitable for pasting windows in summer. It allows air to pass through and light to pass through but does not let in heat. It is simply a must-have in summer.

However, this thing is truly priceless, and although Jiang Xinxin has no cultivation at all, her soul will always subtly improve this body. So even if she doesn't think that using Floating Light Brocade to paste windows is a luxury, and she has no intention of making it conspicuous, Floating Light Brocade has become a hidden treasure.

Zhou Ninghai rushed directly into the Bitong Library. Facing Cui Jinxi and Huanbi who were helping Concubine Wan come out to check the situation, Zhou Ninghai looked at Huanbi with a grim smile and said to Concubine Wan, "How are you, Concubine Wan? Concubine Nian was informed by her subordinates that Miss Huanbi, who was beside Concubine Wan, was wearing a gorgeous dress made of floating luster brocade, so she specially asked me to come and verify the truth."

Concubine Wan looked at Huanbi who looked guilty. Her clothes today were made of floating luster brocade.