nycdaug Chapter 231: Flirting
Chapter 231: Flirting
She was so angry that her teeth were itching, and she looked at Lin Yan with a look that seemed like she wanted to tear her to pieces.
His Majesty had previously punished her by assigning her two teaching maids to teach her the rules. She was quite nervous... but the teaching maids said that among all the newcomers, she was the only one who could have this honor.
Your Majesty, this is not a punishment for her, but a demolition in public and a promotion in private. This is to honor her... and to value her performance.
Gao Wen was very happy to hear that.
Who knew that as soon as she woke up in the morning, she heard Lin Yan singing to seduce His Majesty last night.
She came to Yuanchen Palace with a lot of anger.
Now seeing Lin Yan's coquettish look, she naturally couldn't help the anger boiling in her heart.
Lin Yan didn't want to be so high-profile, but she didn't know who spread the news of last night's incident, so she couldn't keep a low profile even if she wanted to.
She was afraid of offending Zhou Lingge, so as soon as her butt touched the bench, she immediately bent her knees and knelt on the ground again when she heard Gao Wen say that.
"Last night, I was simply moved by a whim. I couldn't help myself and sang a ballad I often hummed at home. I never expected... that it would reach your Majesty's ears."
"Noble Lady...I didn't mean to seduce Your Majesty...Could you...could you please stop speaking so harshly?"
Gao Wen's eyes were filled with resentment, and she couldn't suppress the anger in her heart no matter what. "Why is it unpleasant? What I said is not the truth?"
"Why are you still awake in the middle of the night, howling like a ghost? You like singing so much, fine, why don't you sing for us right in front of us? Let's see how you flirted and used your seductive tricks to attract His Majesty's favor?"
Lin Yan's eyes suddenly turned red. Asking her to sing in front of these concubines, isn't this a public humiliation to her?
It was already painful enough that she failed to enter the emperor's bed last night, and now she was subjected to such harassment and humiliation by the noble lady. She couldn't help crying immediately.
"I have no personal grudge against the noble lady, so why is the noble lady so aggressive?"
Gao Wen sneered, "How am I being aggressive? The Imperial Concubine is probably curious too, right?"
"You can sing for His Majesty, so why can't you sing for the Imperial Concubine?"
Lin Yan couldn't help but let out tears from the corners of her eyes.
With so many concubines looking at her, she felt ashamed.
"If the Imperial Concubine wants to hear it, I can sing it for her in private... But Your Majesty, you are asking me to embarrass myself in front of so many people. Aren't you deliberately humiliating me, Your Majesty?"
Li Kui couldn't stand it anymore and immediately came to Lin Yan's aid.
"Noble Lady... Concubine Lin has always been shy and timid, so please don't make things difficult for her. What happened last night must have been a coincidence... She's not the kind of person who would scheme."
Gao Wen's eyes were full of sarcasm as she looked at Li Kui coldly.
"Thin-skinned, timid? No scheming? Ha, Li Changzai, are you kidding me? Every woman who enters the palace doesn't want to compete for favor..."
Lin Yan has a gentle personality and a good temper, so she is quite popular when she first enters the palace.
Even the concubine who was on good terms with Lin Yan couldn't stand it any more... and tried to persuade him.
"Last night was an accident. Concubine Lin didn't mean to attract His Majesty's attention. Why did the noble lady have to be so aggressive and bully Concubine Lin like this..."
Gao Wen was completely furious. She grabbed the teacup in her hand and smashed it hard at the people who were talking.
"Why are you pretending to be kind and friendly in front of me? Didn't you come to the palace to win favor? Are you here to make friends?"
"I just can't stand your hypocritical faces. Even though you're speaking for Consort Lin, I don't know how envious and jealous you are of her."
"Oh, His Majesty might even favor Consort Lin tonight. When she receives His Majesty's favor... everyone will be gnashing their teeth in secret, secretly calling her a vixen."
When Gao Wen got angry, all the concubines of lower rank were frightened and dared not speak anymore.
Her aura is more like that of a concubine than Zhou Lingge!
Zhou Lingge narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Gao Wen with a smile... No matter how fearless she was, she would not act like this.
Are there such stupid people in the world?
The entire hall was silent.
Lin Yan's aggrieved sobs slowly rang out.
She cried so hard that she was about to collapse and looked so weak that it seemed as if she would fall to the ground and faint at the next moment.
Suddenly, a palace attendant shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived..."
Just as these words fell, before anyone could stand up, there was a loud bang, and Lin Yan fell weakly to the ground, unconscious.
Everyone was shocked, their eyes filled with astonishment.
Gao Wen was almost mad with anger.
This bitch...did she do it on purpose?
When Qin Feiling stepped into the inner hall, she saw concubines all over the hall, all with strange expressions on their faces.
His brows couldn't help but furrow.
"Why are they all in Yuanchen Palace?"
"Who is this, fallen to the ground?"
All the concubines immediately knelt on the ground and paid their respects to Qin Feiling.
Gao Wen's face turned pale and she knelt down tremblingly. Only now did she feel a little panicked.
The bitch Lin Yan fainted!
Could it be that I want to blame it on her?
She just said a few words to her, and she fainted like that?
Li Kui's eyes flushed red as he quickly choked back his words, "Your Majesty, this is Consort Lin... She was already weak and caught a cold last night. She forced herself to come pay her respects to the Imperial Concubine, only to be met with such harsh words and humiliation from the noble lady. Consort Lin may have fainted from a fit of rage..."
Qin Keqing, who has always had a low sense of presence, immediately responded to Li Kui's words.
"Mrs. Lin is truly pitiful. Your Majesty, please ask an imperial physician to come and check her pulse."
Qin Feiling glanced at Lin Yan who was lying on the ground, and then he remembered that she was the person who sang in the Imperial Garden last night.
He thought of the surprise he had prepared for the imperial concubine and he must not let it go to waste.
So he asked Eunuch Liu to invite the imperial physician.
Zhou Lingge watched this drama with great interest... Gao Wen was very powerful, and Lin Yan was not a pushover either. When she suddenly fainted, she directly lifted Gao Wen up.
Gao Wen knelt on the ground with a pale face, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I did not humiliate Concubine Lin... It was Concubine Lin who saw Your Majesty coming, and she took the opportunity to flatter me, and use Your Majesty to turn the tables on me."
"Don't underestimate her because she looks so weak. In fact, she is the most scheming and resourceful. Your Majesty, please don't be deceived by her..."
As Gao Wen spoke, she couldn't help crying.
The arrogance she had just displayed was completely annihilated after she saw Qin Feiling.
She was crying more aggrieved and pitiful than anyone else.
Qin Feiling's head ached from her crying. He rubbed his brows and said, "Shut up! If you keep crying, I'll pull out your tongue."
Gao Wen's body trembled, her eyes were full of fear, and she immediately stopped crying.
The hall suddenly fell silent.
Not to mention crying, even the breathing was almost light.
Only then did Qin Feiling feel his ears were a little quieter.
He looked at the shattered teacup on the ground and asked word by word, "Who smashed this? Who in the Imperial Concubine's Palace dares to be so arrogant?"