I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 351 An Lingrong 07

If it was said that before, Noble Lady Fucha looked down on her as a concubine of low birth and was unwilling to pay attention to her.

Now whenever I see her I can't help but make some sarcastic remarks, and the words aren't very nice.

An Lingrong was not someone who would allow herself to be bullied. Every time Noble Lady Fucha criticized her, she would sneer back, leaving her speechless and unable to find any fault.

Gradually, Noble Lady Fucha realized that An Lingrong was not someone who could be easily bullied, so she stopped mocking her in person and returned to her previous attitude, simply ignoring her.

The Chinese New Year was just around the corner, and Shen Meizhuang, who had been locked up for reflection for three months, saw that the time was up, so she hurriedly reported to the Queen, wanting the eunuchs in the Jingshifang to hang up her nameplate.

The Queen did not suppress anything. After Shen Meizhuang reported back, she gave the order.

In the Queen's view, Shen Meizhuang has a good family background and has a big grudge against Concubine Hua. She thinks that once Shen Meizhuang gains favor, she will be able to fight against Concubine Hua and weaken her arrogance.

When the emperor was flipping through the cards, he also saw Shen Meizhuang's card. He thought that Shen Meizhuang's family background might be able to be used.

So the emperor turned over Shen Meizhuang's name card.

And he doted on her very much.

Although it was three months late, the emperor still changed the Changxi Hall where she lived into Cunju Hall, and also wanted her to learn how to handle palace affairs so that she could share the burden with the queen in the future.

Shen Meizhuang was of course very happy. With the power to manage the harem, she would be able to help Huan'er better.

Huan'er is sick now. She grew up with her and they have been good sisters since childhood. They must support and help each other in this palace.

The Queen soon found out about asking Shen Meizhuang to learn palace affairs. After being angry and furious at first, she understood what the Emperor meant.

This is what it means to let Shen Meizhuang fight against Concubine Hua.

Although the purpose of this matter is to let Shen Meizhuang fight against Concubine Hua and achieve a balance, it does not prevent the Queen from finding the right opportunity to trick Shen Meizhuang.

Although she understood the reason, she still felt unhappy.

Managing palace affairs is the exclusive right of the Queen. It’s okay for Concubine Hua, since she is a concubine after all. But who is Shen Meizhuang? She is just a noble lady.

Also trying to get involved in power.

She forced herself to hold back her anger. Now was not the time to deal with Shen Meiyu. She knew Concubine Hua, and she knew that Concubine Hua would never swallow this humiliation.

The enemy knows the enemy best.

She didn't even want to share the power in her hands, let alone the arrogant and domineering Concubine Hua.

As expected, Concubine Hua was rightfully angry.

It is not enough for Shen Meizhuang, a little noble, to compete with her for the emperor's favor, she also wants to snatch the power of managing the harem from her.

I want both and I’m not afraid of not having enough to eat.

"Songzhi, go and invite Concubine Shen to the Yikun Palace. Didn't the emperor ask her to learn how to manage the affairs of the harem? I will teach her personally."

When Shen Meizhuang heard such a summons, she felt it was full of malice. How could someone as arrogant and domineering as Concubine Hua teach her?

I'm afraid he wants to intimidate her.

But she didn't dare to refuse, so she had to go.

After Shen Meizhuang arrived at Yiku Palace, she was made to squat on the ground for more than half an hour on the pretext of testing whether she had learned the rules well in the past three months.

During this time, Shen Meizhuang fell to the ground several times because she couldn't bear it anymore, but Concubine Hua didn't say anything, so she could only continue. Shen Meizhuang only felt that time was passing very slowly, and she was suffering every minute and every second.

Finally, Concubine Hua asked her to get up, and it was Caiyue who helped her up. As soon as she stood up, Shen Meizhuang felt the belated soreness and numbness in her legs.

Seeing her like this, Concubine Hua sneered and said, "Lady Shen, you still have to learn these rules. How come you still can't do it after three months?"

"How about this, I will be merciful and teach you in person as long as I have time."

Shen Meizhuang clenched her handkerchief tightly. She dared not speak out against Concubine Hua, whose family background and status were higher than hers.

Concubine Hua knew that Shen Meizhuang must be very angry, but so what? She had to endure it.

"The emperor asked you to study, and I have no choice but to obey his orders. There is an account book from the early years on the eight-immortal table next to you. You can copy it and familiarize yourself with it first."

"Songzhi, I'm going to take a nap first, go and turn off the two lights."

Soon, the hall became much darker. Shen Meizhuang sat at the table copying the account book and could barely see the words on it.

An hour later, Shen Meizhuang finished copying. Concubine Hua took a look at it and judged it unsatisfactory, so she asked Shen Meizhuang to copy it again. This time, Concubine Hua had two lights turned off while she was copying.

Now Shen Meizhuang couldn't see clearly, but she had to copy.

While she was copying, Concubine Hua had already gone to the inner room and was served to sleep.

There was no intention of waiting for Shen Meizhuang to finish copying.

After Shen Meizhuang finished copying again, she was about to show it to Concubine Hua. Songzhi came over, holding the newly copied account book, without even looking at it, and said with a smile: "Concubine Shen, the queen said that your copying is not up to standard. It's late tonight, you should go back and rest first. The queen will find another time for you to come back to study."

After walking out of Yikun Palace, Shen Meizhuang felt as if the sky was falling. She felt that she would have no good time for the next period of time.

Shen Meizhuang was exhausted in Yiku Palace, so she hurried back to Xianfu Palace with a bitter face.

Because she went to bed late, Shen Meizhuang also got up late, but not too late. She hurried to Jingren Palace to pay her respects, but unexpectedly, a young eunuch splashed water on her on the way, and a large area of ​​her clothes was wet.

There was no choice but to go back and change her clothes.

With all this going back and forth, of course I was late for paying my respects.

Concubine Hua was not late today. Seeing Shen Meizhuang coming, she was the first to attack.

Shen Meizhuang couldn't argue and could only apologize. The Queen also wanted to suppress Shen Meizhuang, so she didn't object much to Concubine Hua's punishment of Shen Meizhuang.

But now it is almost the end of the year, and it would not be appropriate to punish them severely.

So after Concubine Hua proposed to deduct three months' salary, the Queen showed a look of pity and said that such a punishment was shameful.

So Shen Meizhuang only needs to copy one scripture.

An Lingrong sat aside and listened, and couldn't help laughing in her heart. These two were not very simple punishments.

Looking at the calmness on Shen Meizhuang's face and the bitterness flashing in her eyes, she felt as if she had eaten ice in the dog days of summer, and felt unusually comfortable.

She was very happy to see the protagonists in trouble.

In the following time, just as Shen Meizhuang had expected, she had to take time to copy scriptures during the day. At night, although not every night, but more often, she had to go to Yikun Palace to learn the rules under the pressure of Concubine Hua and copy the account books in a dim environment.

It was also because Shen Meizhuang was in favor at a bad time. As the year was coming to an end, the emperor was very busy and did not have much time to come to the harem. As a result, Concubine Hua had more private time, and she took advantage of Shen Meizhuang to make trouble.