The most beautiful lady in the harem

Chapter 117 No Sense of Crisis

Qingzhu looked down on Qingcao's behavior from the bottom of his heart. He said this because he thought he was trying to make her smarter and remind her to set her sights higher, so he said this.

Qingcao heard it, but didn't take it seriously.

She said calmly, "I have never thought about these things. I am already satisfied with what I have achieved today and have become the Emperor's maid. I dare not think of going beyond this."

What Qingcao said was true. Although they were real servants in the palace, if they were released when they reached a certain age, they would not have trouble finding a husband or wife if they were able to become the superiors among the servants in the palace.

Moreover, some families like to invite maids from the palace to be tutors for their daughters. This is also a very honorable job.

It's just like a teacher among men, except that what men learn is different from what girls learn.

After all, Qingcao feels that she has reached her current position and is very content and satisfied.

The thoughts of these two people are not on the same level and they are thinking in completely different directions.

Therefore, Qingzhu didn't believe what Qingcao said at all.

She just didn't believe that there would be someone in this world who didn't want to be the emperor's woman, didn't want to get rid of the shabby smell of a servant, and didn't want to satisfy the urge to order others around.

Qingcao shook her head in her heart. As the saying goes, there is no point in talking to someone who is not on the same page. No matter how much she said, Qingzhu was determined to throw herself at him. If he succeeded, he might come back to laugh at her and blame her for not believing in him.

God knows Qingcao didn't dislike her, he just didn't want to see the girl he had been with for almost ten years step into the muddy water of the harem.

Qingzhu only saw the successful Concubine Zhang, but how could she know how many people as lucky as Concubine Zhang there are in the world?

Qingcao also heard from the maidservants that Qin Zhaoyi helped a lot in the successful birth of the prince by Concubine Zhang.

Moreover, Qingcao has never heard of the current emperor having sex with any palace maid.

That Concubine Zhang was originally recommended by her master himself, and Emperor Yongjia accepted her reluctantly.

In the one or two years since he ascended the throne, he did not favor beautiful palace maids whenever he saw them. Moreover, Qingcao could be honest and say that Qingzhu was not a very beautiful person.

This point alone made Emperor Yongjia very different from the emperors of previous dynasties.

Qingcao knew that the late emperor really liked to attack the palace maids around him, but what if she was favored?

Those palace maids had no roots or foundation and could only be at the mercy of others in the harem. If they were favored and could give birth to a son or daughter, it would be good. If not, the late emperor would forget about them and they would only become low-ranking concubines that the late emperor would long for.

Moreover, if a woman of such low status gave birth to a child, her status would not be able to be raised, and the child would most likely have to be given to concubines of higher status to raise.

There are so many things going on, so the grass has never had this thought.

But Qingzhu seemed unable to understand this logic. In that case, Qingcao was too lazy to persuade him anymore.

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Qin Liuse found a break from her busy schedule and went to the Empress Dowager Cixi's Yongshou Palace.

In the harem, when you are flirting with those women, each of them has their own hidden intentions. But when you arrive at Yongshou Palace, the atmosphere is completely different.

It was also during the Chinese New Year period that I stayed in Yongshou Palace for so long that I developed feelings for him.

Now, when the Empress Dowager Cixi saw her, she treated her like a younger member of her own family. She talked and laughed with her, was very affectionate, and asked Qin Liuse questions like whether she had adapted to managing the harem these days and whether she could get along well with Concubine Li.

After talking for a while, he changed the subject and chatted with her about some trivial family matters.

The atmosphere in the Empress Dowager West's palace is completely different from that in the Empress Dowager East's palace.

In the Eastern Empress Dowager's palace, the hierarchy between masters and servants was very clear, but the Western Empress Dowager was low-key, humble and kind, just like the ancestor in her own family.

She liked watching young people having fun and doting on her maids. Therefore, when Zhucui and the others were in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi and there were no outsiders around, they looked very harmonious.

Ever since she saved Zhucui's life last time, Rujin Zhucui almost treated Qin Liuse as her own sister.

She specially asked Qin Liuse to come up with a bowl of bird's nest and said to her with a smile, "It is more difficult to see our Zhaoyi now than to see the emperor."

Zhu Cui was teasing Qin Liuse on purpose.

Qin Liuse held her hand to prevent her from leaving. She smiled and half-pouted, feeling a little aggrieved. "I would like to come to the Empress Dowager's Yongshou Palace every day to accompany you, just like we did before."

"They say that even dogs get tired of being the boss for three years. I'm not the boss, so why does it seem like Miss Zhu Cui is already starting to dislike me?"

Zhu Cui was amused by Qin Liuse and burst out laughing.

"During this period, the harem has been very lively. Even though we were accompanying the Empress Dowager, we heard a lot in Yongshou Palace."

Qin Liuse naturally knew what they were talking about. Of course, they were about the new concubines and the newly returned Xin Zhaoyuan.

She was just about to tell Zhucui how much she longed for the Yongshou Palace and how much she wanted to stay away from that group of women.

The Empress Dowager also smiled and said, "I don't want to see this girl come to my place. She is so young, why does she always come to an old man like me? She has to go to the front. There are so many new people here, but I don't see this girl have any sense of crisis."