Chapter 4 — The Emperor's Stupid Orchid

People have to calculate for themselves. But then the grandmother investigated clearly and discovered that the maid was only pushed by others to be the scapegoat. Thinking about today's events, I felt that the palace maid was probably pushed by someone else to be the scapegoat. The queen doesn't like me, she is the queen's person, of course she has to look at the queen's face to act. I told my thoughts to my mother. Mom rubbed my head and said: "Our girl has grown up. But this is the end of this matter. Don't mention it again in the future, okay?" I nodded. Just because of mom's words "grown up" makes me happy. 7. It is rare that Your Majesty does not dine with me. It seemed that you were very late in dealing with official matters, and there were two gentlemen who hurriedly came to see you. They talked for a long time, then the two gentlemen left. As they left, they looked at me deeply. That look absolutely cannot be called love. That night I slept restlessly, constantly waking up startled. I remember very clearly, when it was almost dawn, His Majesty climbed into bed, hugged me, and gently comforted me: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." I went back to sleep with peace of mind. I think His Majesty is not as scary as father and everyone said. Being next to him, I feel comfortable and happy. I started every day waiting for him to come back after court to dine with me, tell me interesting things, and soothe me to sleep at night. But he only returned later and later. Even many times, I didn't see his face at all. Mom said that His Majesty must care about the country's great affairs and cannot forever be immersed in the harem. I must understand him. That day, I really wanted to meet you. We waited until morning before he returned. Seeing me sitting on the bed waiting for him, he was surprised, walked over to hug me and asked: "Lan Concubine, why aren't you sleeping yet?" His body was very cold, making me shiver. But he hugged me very tightly. After a while, I softly reminded: "Your Majesty, I can't breathe." "I will relax." I curled up in his arms, there were many things I wanted to say. But his arms were so warm that I suddenly felt sleepy. When I woke up, the sky was already bright. Hi Cong Cong stood next to me, wanting to talk but then stopped. I felt that something might have happened, so I carefully asked: "Dear Duke, has something happened?" "Your Majesty, your majesty said that your health has almost recovered and told you to move back to the palace today. Your Majesty has changed you to a new palace in the east, a bit far from here. In a moment, this old servant will arrange a tureen to bring you here." "Why did you suddenly ask me to leave? He didn't say anything last night." Faced with the sentence. To my sudden question, Hi Cong Cong did not answer, just stood next to me with an attitude that was neither arrogant nor submissive. Mama walked over and pulled me. Obviously now is not the right time for me to question him. No matter what your Majesty does, there are reasons for it. She called out in a serious voice: "Your Highness!" "Mom, pack your things." I bowed my head, hiding the tears at the corner of my eyes. I must not cry. I remember the letter my mother asked someone to send me before. In the letter, it is said that His Majesty is the emperor of the world, and also the husband of all the ladies in the harem. It's not good for me to monopolize you like that. But thinking about this, I feel a little sorry for myself. Except for eating meals with me and hugging me to sleep at night, Your Majesty has never done to me the things that the teacher of etiquette taught me. But I don't know how to say something like this, and I don't dare to ask Your Majesty. The people Hi Cong Cong came to treated me extremely well. They took me to the new palace, and also arranged for me two maids and two little eunuchs, saying they were to serve me. I silently thought, I didn't know what to tell them to do, I just told them from time to time

Get the food you like. My new temple is called Lan Phuong Palace, quite similar to my name. There are many orchids planted around, which I heard were specially arranged for me. I'm a bit skeptical. About my love of orchids, who else knows besides my family members? The little eunuch and the palace maid didn't know either, so I didn't ask anymore. 8. After I moved to Lan Phuong Palace, His Majesty did not come again. Except for my tears, which are still the same as before, everything else has become extremely cold. We begin to often lose sleep. Before my eyes, the fierce face of that palace maid continuously appeared. She bared her fangs and claws, saying she wanted to strangle me, making me so scared that I didn't dare sleep for a while. Mom was heartbroken, so she went to the doctor to get some medicine powder. She always avoided me, but even though she reacted slowly, I still discovered the wound on her body. I grabbed her hand and asked: "Who hit?" "Niang Niang, this slave has thick skin and hard flesh, it's not a problem." Mom quickly pulled my hand. But I couldn't hear it anymore. We clearly live such private lives, yet we are still bullied. We hold tightly to the devil, rarely showing strength: "Who hit?"