SFS Chapter 240 Who doesn't want to be in power?
Chapter 240 Who doesn't want to be in power?
But look at this Concubine Hua, she bought more than five new clothes this spring and even made six sets of gold headwear.
I checked and found that these were not expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Where did Concubine Hua get so much money?
In the past, Hua Fei relied on her status to get extra expenses from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and she could occasionally mention it to the emperor, but now...
The money that Concubine Hua got was not legitimate. Unfortunately, Ling Xiang was only a second-class maid in Concubine Hua's palace before. The Queen did not dare to conclude whether the money that Concubine Hua got was subsidized by Nian Gengyao.
Thinking that the cashier accounts of Yikun Palace might be double-dipping accounts and the Queen couldn't find any evidence, her head started to hurt again.
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The next morning, the emperor took Su Peisheng out of the palace. Since it was not a major event like offering sacrifices to ancestors or heaven, but a trip to Henan to understand the people's sentiments, the emperor took a few trusted ministers and left the capital.
The concubines do not need to see you off.
When the concubines were paying their respects in Jingren Palace, they all looked at Hua Fei's empty seat with a hint of envy.
There are 365 days in a year, and everyone would hurry up early to pay respects to the Queen. Everyone would want to take a break.
Moreover, life in the harem was extremely difficult. Concubines were not allowed to have breakfast before paying their respects. They could only eat a little to fill their stomachs. After paying their respects in Jingren Palace, they returned to their respective palaces. The food sent by the imperial kitchen had already gone cold, but concubines of lower ranks had to eat it, otherwise they would go hungry.
However, the concubines in the palace would still comfort themselves that fortunately the emperor was in a clear mind. If there were really three thousand beauties in the harem as described in history books, with a large number of court ladies, maids, and maids, there might not even be enough rooms for them to live in, and they would probably have to sleep on large bunk beds.
Humans are comparative animals. After this comparison, the half-warm and half-cold breakfast is not so difficult to accept.
Xin Chang had also lived such a life before, so when she defected to Concubine Hua, she discovered that it was not unreasonable for the women in the harem to struggle, win favor, and ascend to the top.
Who wouldn't want to be in a position where there's a small kitchen serving you twelve hours a day?
Hua Fei: I haven't seen you work hard to get to the top~
Xin Changzai: I just need to follow the steps of the Empress.
But the days of getting up early and going hungry every day were only slightly relieved a few days ago due to the epidemic lockdown.
Now that the daily ritual of greeting has been resumed, I felt a little uncomfortable at first.
Since Concubine Hua was not around, there was no troublemaker. After the concubines and ladies bowed respectfully and greeted each other, the Queen let them go.
But before leaving, the Queen specifically reminded Ling Xiang that among all the pregnant concubines in the palace, she was the only one without a small kitchen, so she should tell the kitchen whatever she wanted to eat.
It was clearly a caring word, but it made one feel uncomfortable. In addition to Concubine Wan and Noble Lady Fucha, Concubine Li was also unhappy. After all, she was a concubine in Qixiang Palace, and she didn't have a small kitchen like Concubine Wan.
The Queen warned Ling Xiang not to talk too much, but Lipin felt like she was being slapped in the face.
Noble Lady Fucha now keeps silent about everything as protecting the fetus is her top priority, and Zhen Huan is not someone who would care about these trivial matters.
The Queen is used to speaking in a very witty way. Now that she can't find a way to do it to herself, it's good for her to vent her anger through words.
The days of paying respects were as dull as flowing water, but after the Queen spoke, Ling Xiang felt as if she had been granted an imperial sword.
Today I want to eat tender stewed eggs, tomorrow I want to eat vegetables boiled in chicken soup, and the day after tomorrow I want to drink Si Shen Bird’s Nest stewed duck soup.
But when she wanted to eat these things, it was always late at night, which made the servants in the imperial kitchen very upset. After all, it was the Queen's own order, and they must not treat Ling Da Ying and the prince in her belly unfairly.
Even though he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, Chef Jin from the imperial kitchen had to get up and make duck soup for Ling Xiang.
If Ling Xiang had woken you up in the middle of the night and made some food for you, it would have been fine if you had just eaten it, but Ling Da Ying had a very picky stomach. As soon as the food entered her mouth, she vomited it all out after just three uses of her chopsticks.
The vomiting was so violent, as if he had eaten something disgusting and was vomiting out his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys.
Ling Xiang's morning sickness was so loud that it even alarmed the Queen, who went to the East Hall of Qixiang Palace to visit Ling Xiang in person.
The Queen saw that the East Side Hall was simply furnished and poorly lit, and that Ling Xiang's pregnancy environment was not very good. She knew at a glance that it was Li Concubine's doing. She angrily scolded Li Concubine in her heart for being useless, and for wasting her time on such a useless thing, which would only give people a reason to criticize her.
The Queen immediately became angry and ordered people to clean up the west wing where Concubine Xiang used to live. No taboo or ominous thing was as important as giving Ling Xiang a comfortable environment for pregnancy and childbirth.
By the way, the Queen also angrily criticized the imperial kitchen for not doing its job well and not being able to prepare even a decent meal. She immediately ordered that all the palace maids in the imperial kitchen be beaten with twenty strokes of the cane.
Ling Xiang's sallow little face felt a little better as she listened to the Queen complaining about her.
Finally, I can move away from this place without sunlight. Even though the Queen treated me coldly before, I can't blame her for being angry. It was indeed my impulse and rashness in attacking Linglong, but the Queen is still on my side after all.
The servants in the imperial kitchen were indeed not doing their job well. Ling Xiang had just pretended to vomit to vent her anger by making trouble for the imperial kitchen a few times, but she didn't expect that she would never stop vomiting.
More was vomited out than eaten. It must be that the people in the imperial kitchen did not do their job well because of their status. They deserve a severe beating.
Ling Xiang felt that twenty lashes of cane was too little. In addition, they had treated her favorably before and only gave her greasy food, so she deserved twenty more lashes of cane.
Ling Xiang suffered from severe morning sickness, and the news that the palace maids in the imperial kitchen were punished spread throughout the six palaces overnight.
Naturally, these words also reached Hua Fei's ears.
As Songzhi spoke, she uttered a series of disdainful "snorts" from her nose.
"This Ling Xiang is used to using chicken feathers as a token of authority to bully others. The Queen was just being polite, but she really treated the Imperial Kitchen as a small kitchen."
"I heard that Ling Xiang vomited all the food made with such good ingredients after only taking two bites. Chef Jin from the imperial kitchen and all the palace servants were punished."
"The Queen has been pampering Ling Xiang like this. If you were to come out and clean up the palace now, you would surely be loved by the people below."
Songzhi was peeling an apple for Concubine Hua and giving her some advice.
Chef Jin from the imperial kitchen had a good relationship with Lingzhi, and Lingzhi often fed Songzhi delicious food.
When Lingzhi heard that her confidant had been convicted and the culprit was the little bitch Lingxiang, she was so angry that she chopped the meat filling for dumplings twenty-five times with a meat-cutting knife in the small kitchen.