Palace Intrigue?: I Make the Emperor Cry by Rewinding Time!-Chapter 112 - 103_3

"If you want this portion, you’ll just have to wait for a while. If you want it made separately, you’ll have to wait longer."

Faced with this differential treatment, the round-faced palace maid’s face alternated between green and white.

She held back her anger and brought the meal back, recounting the events to Concubine Lan. Upon hearing this, Concubine Lan was furious: "I am, after all, an imperial Concubine personally appointed by the Emperor, how dare they treat me like this!"

Among the concubines, there is a hierarchy of ranks; the Emperor’s favor is naturally a hard currency, but there is one thing that can be changed at one’s discretion, which is the Silver Tael. When Concubine Lan first arrived, she lived well for a while, but then she couldn’t meet the Emperor, and she was unwilling to use the Warm Stove Silver, so the food got worse and worse. Her palace maids also received poor treatment when fetching meals.

Eunuchs are rootless people and they particularly value possessions.

If you are unwilling to spend the Warm Stove Silver, you just have to eat cold meals.

"If it’s tainted with the taste of Concubine Xi’s lunch? I won’t eat it."

"Lady, please eat a little. Look, you’ve lost weight, your body won’t hold up."

The palace maid pleaded with a distressed expression.

Concubine Lan felt an overwhelming sense of regret.

"If only I hadn’t said those things to the Emperor back then... I wouldn’t have to endure the disdain of Concubine Xi’s palace maids now!" Concubine Lan bitterly lamented.

She heard that when Yun Jiao first entered the palace, she was merely a Servant Consort.

When I was first appointed, I was already titled. If I had actively sought favor back then, I surely would have been more favored than Yun Jiao. If I could do it all over again, I would hold onto the Emperor and let him know how good I am!

"It has the flavor of ’Forget-me-not’ on it, I can’t eat it."

Concubine Lan tried a piece of stir-fried shrimp, then her expression changed, spitting it onto a nearby plate, and the palace maid immediately assisted her in rinsing her mouth.

Actually, even if the stoves are adjacent to each other, they wouldn’t transmit strong odors.

It was only the injustice she felt that made Concubine Lan unable to swallow her meal.

At the same time in Xianfu Palace, Xue Ya mentioned this minor episode to Yun Jiao: "That palace maid glared at me like she was about to skin me alive. I didn’t dare to stay long."

Yun Jiao thought for a moment:

"Next time we see her, let’s just avoid her."

Such exotic beauties often have extraordinary means in palace drama stories.

That same day, Concubine Lan had her palace maid send a message to Qiankun Palace, saying she had matters to discuss with the Emperor, hoping he would graciously oblige.

The Emperor indeed obliged.

She claimed she had something to discuss, and the Emperor, treating it as proper business, immediately asked as soon as he took his seat: "Concubine Lan, what matters do you wish to discuss? Feel free to speak."

Feeling wronged, Concubine Lan glanced at the Emperor. She was not foolish enough to bring up Concubine Xi directly and instead stood up to apologize: "It was my fault for misspeaking before. Ever since coming to Yan Chi, I have been deeply attracted by Your Majesty’s grandeur. Every time I think of myself as the woman of such an outstanding man, I feel both excited and ashamed."

Her eyelashes fluttered, casting a shallow shadow below Concubine Lan’s eyes.

She looked up, her gaze emerging from under her lashes: "I ask only for the Emperor’s forgiveness for my ignorant words. I realize my mistake!"

"But,"

After a while, the Emperor’s voice, slightly puzzled, resounded: "I have not blamed you."

Concubine Lan looked up in surprise, wanting to rush into the Emperor’s embrace.

Yet he gently leaned aside, avoiding the passionately fragrant embrace, saying: "If you were unhappy with your father’s arrangements, you should have spoken up sooner. But the dance has been performed and you have entered the palace. I understand you don’t want to attend to me, and I am not lacking in attendants. You don’t need to ask for my forgiveness, causing undue trouble."

"Your Majesty, I, I wish to attend to you..."

Concubine Lan’s face flushed.

The Emperor responded with a simple "oh": "Then think about it yourself, I am not interested."

Being provided for at the rank of a concubine, yet expecting the Emperor to attend her, he was not inclined.

So Concubine Lan shifted to complaining about the grievances suffered in the Kitchen, and the Emperor did not console her either: "The Kitchen is fired up as one at meal times. If you are more sensitive to smells and want such considerations, just change your dining hour! Concubine Xi orders normally, there’s no blame on her."

Concubine Lan wept: "I know that my favor isn’t as much as Concubine Xi’s sister..."

Unexpectedly, the "dog" Emperor found this sensible and nodded: "Knowing you have less favor is just that; palace attendants sometimes show negligence. You said you used to not understand, so from now on, you need to understand. Don’t bring such small matters to me again!"

Disputes among the concubines are indeed very common.

As long as one of them abides by rules and understands, the situation will not escalate.

The Emperor did not expect Yun Jiao to be sensible, so when Concubine Lan approached him, he hoped she would understand a bit more.

The result was that Concubine Lan was left dumbfounded.