The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 340: Pouring Bitterness

So for a moment, Qin Liuse just puffed out his cheeks, circling his back with his fingers, and pondered what Emperor Yongjia said.

Of course you still have to learn, but you still have to complain.

Otherwise, what's the point of her serving Emperor Yongjia so hard?

Naturally, he had to comfort himself and let himself vent the pain that had been hidden in his heart for a month.

Qin Liuse was embarrassed to vent her suffering to others, and was also afraid that other concubines in the palace would think she was showing off.

Therefore, the best candidate would be Emperor Yongjia, who could tolerate and pamper him.

"I didn't know before that being a royal concubine would require me to learn so many things."

What Qin Liuse originally wanted to say was, "I didn't expect that to become a queen, I would have to learn so many things", but at the moment she was not sure that she was the queen, so it was really shameless to say that.

Although everyone knew it, she couldn't say it out loud in advance because it hadn't happened yet, so she changed her name to Imperial Noble Consort.

Emperor Yongjia drank a cup of tea and gently coaxed her, "Even if you are not a royal concubine, you will have to learn it sooner or later."

Emperor Yongjia's words set the tone for giving her this job.

Anyone who wants to sit on the throne of queen must know this.

Even if she is not the Queen, even those in high positions such as the Four Consorts who often have to deal with the noble ladies in the capital should know what is going on in the capital.

It’s just that Qin Liuse didn’t grow up in the capital, so the Empress Dowager came to teach her now. Even if there was no Empress Dowager, Emperor Yongjia would arrange for the old people in the palace to teach her sooner or later.

Seeing her frustrated look, Emperor Yongjia pinched her chin and asked, "What's wrong? Did the Imperial Grandmother make things difficult for you?"

Qin Liuse heard this and quickly shook her head, "No! The Empress Dowager and my old aunt both treated me very well and cooperated with me. They didn't make things difficult for me at all."

"It's just that the emperor is away these days, and I often wonder if that position is really suitable for me, and whether I can really sit in it?" While saying this, Qin Liuse rubbed his shoulder again.

Emperor Yongjia held her chin, gently rubbed the flesh on her cheek, and looked into her eyes, as if testing the truthfulness of her words.

Seeing the mist in Qin Liuse's eyes, he said softly, "You just need to do your best. I don't ask you for anything else. No matter what happens, I will be with you. Don't be afraid."

"Don't worry about what others say. If you feel tired and resist, just take a break. There's no rush. Take your time."

This was the first time that Emperor Yongjia said so many words to comfort someone, and this first time, he used them on Qin Liuse.

Qin Liuse had been dealing with him for such a long time, so of course she knew that Emperor Yongjia seldom comforted others in this way. She was moved for a moment, and looked at him with watery eyes, as if she was grateful, but also as if she felt a little helpless.

In fact, Qin Liuse doesn’t have so many helpless thoughts on weekdays.

However, today, he had the mentality to pour out his grievances in front of Emperor Yongjia, but who knew that as he was pouring out his grievances, he seemed to have revealed all the sufferings in his heart that he was not even aware of.

It was at this moment that Qin Liuse realized that she had some resistance in her heart. No wonder she missed her children so much every time she went back to Kangning Palace.

However, after Emperor Yongjia's gentle coaxing, all these resistance and helplessness were thrown out of the window.

I don’t know whether it’s Emperor Yongjia who is good at coaxing people, or whether Qin Liuse, after weighing the pros and cons in his heart, trusts Emperor Yongjia enough to support him, and believes enough in himself to walk this unknown road well.

In the end, we just kept going down.

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After Emperor Yongjia returned from this tour, in the blink of an eye, it was already the end of December, and it was New Year's Eve and Spring Festival again.

This year, because the Empress Dowager returned to the capital, various family banquets and the year-end banquets to entertain ministers and royal relatives were more grand than in previous years.

Firstly, it was the Emperor's intention to create some excitement for the Empress Dowager.

Secondly, the Empress Dowager herself had the same idea.

However, it was not for herself, but to gather everyone together so that Qin Liuse could greet them and at the same time get to know some people and deal with the noble women in the capital.

Therefore, Qin Liuse was extremely busy this year.

My previous busy work was to follow Concubine Xiao Defei to handle trivial matters and take care of everything in the harem.

Things are dead, people are alive.

Dealing with people is much more difficult than managing things.

Now that I am following the Empress Dowager, I can only live my life wearing a mask.

When dealing with the royal relatives, she had to be steady, which was not the case for her age, and at the same time, she had to be dignified and generous, and act like a queen in advance.

This was indeed a little difficult for Qin Liuse. After a whole day, she felt that the flesh on her face was stiff.

Because she dealt with the royal family, her status was higher than theirs, so she couldn't smile too brightly or too flatteringly, so as not to lose the face of the royal family.

But you can't be arrogant and have an icy face that keeps people at a distance.

If the queen was more willful, she would certainly behave like this.

But if that happened, and the news got out, the future empress's reputation would be bad, and it would also be bad for Emperor Yongjia's reputation, so the Empress Dowager asked her to show an appropriate and decent smile.

For Qin Liuse, who laughs whenever she wants, such a gentle smile, with perfect measure, as if it had been drawn in advance, and without revealing too many personal emotions, to her, it would be as stiff as wearing a mask.

After a whole day, it would be strange if your face didn’t feel sore.

Not only my face felt sore, but my waist and body also felt sore.

When dealing with people, you must be dignified and polite, and whenever you sit, you must sit upright.

She sat exactly as her aunt taught her, unlike before when she could move around freely when no one was paying attention.

She returned to Zhaoyang Palace at night. After Aunt Mingyue and Qingqing Zijin helped her take a bath, they let Qin Liuse lie on the beauty couch, and several people took turns to massage her legs and shoulders.

Qin Liuse sighed, thinking that she really didn’t know the benefits of confinement after childbirth before.

Lying motionless in the Zhaoyang Palace, she felt bored and always wanted to get up and walk around.

Now she doesn't want to move, but she has to move. It's really tiring.

It is said among the people that there are great conflicts and frictions between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

But Qin Liuse felt that the Empress Dowager seemed more like her own mother-in-law. It was not that there was any conflict between them, but that the Empress Dowager was more concerned about her and took her to social events.

However, from the mouth of Emperor Yongjia, he felt that the Empress Dowager was doing her a good deed by treating him this way.

Because the Empress Dowager was there to support her, the royal relatives had to be respectful and polite when they saw Qin Liuse.

Qin Liuse really couldn't refute this. It was all because of Emperor Yongjia's mouth. He was too good at talking. He could say good things as bad and bad things as good. She couldn't refute it.

In fact, Qin Liuse was grateful to the Queen Mother for thinking about her. But the more she thought about it, the more she worried that she would not be able to do it and disappoint others.

Aunt Mingyue rubbed Qin Liuse's waist and sighed, "Everyone says that it is best to stand beside the emperor and become the queen. But everyone only sees the infinite glory of the queen, but no one sees the difficulties behind it."

Qin Liuse closed his eyes, enjoying their service, and said in a muffled voice, "Fortunately, this year is finally over."

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is over, so isn’t this the end of the Chinese New Year?

However, although the New Year had passed, the civil and military officials outside the imperial city who had been on holiday for the New Year began to go to court one after another.

Qin Liuse usually did not get involved in the affairs of the previous dynasty. At most, he would occasionally take a look at the imperial reports to learn about some transfers in the prefecture.

She and Qin Boyuan are not real father and daughter. After all, there is a blood relationship between them. If anything happened in the previous dynasty, the Qin family would not tell her.

But there will always be people who are watching the affairs of the previous dynasty, and they will make her feel unhappy in a roundabout way.

It was the twentieth day of the first lunar month. Qin Liuse got up in the afternoon and was bored in Zhaoyang Palace. Seeing that the sun was shining brightly outside, she took her maid to the garden to appreciate some early spring flowers.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Concubine Xin Shufei who was also in the garden.

Concubine Xin Shu has always been polite and virtuous. When she saw Qin Liuse, she naturally bowed to her according to the rules and called her "Imperial Noble Concubine". She did not show any displeasure at being suppressed by a young man.

The two of them were admiring the flowers and chatting together. Concubine Xin Shu mentioned it to Qin Liuse as if by accident, "Don't take the things that happened yesterday to heart, Imperial Noble Concubine."

This was obviously an attempt to lure someone into a hole, but Qin Liuse also subconsciously replied, "Oh, what's the matter?"

It sounded like it had something to do with her, but Qin Liuse knew nothing about it.

Concubine Xin Shu said so much and laid the groundwork for so long, but she was just waiting for Qin Liuse to say this.

After Qin Liuse asked, Concubine Xin Shu said with a kind face, as if to comfort someone, "Don't worry about what those people say, Imperial Noble Concubine. You have the Emperor to back you up. Those old ministers are taking advantage of their seniority and saying that the Imperial Noble Concubine is not qualified to be the Queen. I think they are just talking nonsense!"