bookbashuk Chapter 181 Discussion
Chapter 181 Discussion
Mao Qian ordered: "Come here, beat him up!"
Several eunuchs agreed and immediately beat Ling Yunche with their fists and feet.
Mao Qian watched at ease, feeling relaxed all over. "I have harmed you like this? If you didn't have such dirty thoughts, you would still be serving as your imperial guard in the Yangxin Palace!"
"Ling Yunche, Ling Yunche, you have been working in the palace for so many years, but I haven't seen you make many achievements, nor have you been promoted or made rich. But your courage is growing day by day!"
"Since you had such thoughts, you should have known what the outcome would be!"
Mao Qian waved her hand and the eunuchs stopped and helped Ling Yunche, who was beaten black and blue, to kneel again.
"Aunt Li, why does Xiao Lingzi in your flower room seem so undisciplined?"
Aunt Li hurriedly said to Mao Qian, "Excuse me, Aunt Mao Qian. This little Lingzi has only been working in the flower room for a short time and doesn't know the rules here. Don't worry, Aunt Mao Qian, I will definitely teach him well and make him never dare to talk back to you again!"
Aunt Li turned around and slapped Ling Yunche in the face, cursing, "You little Lingzi, you didn't say a word when Master Jinzhong sent you here, and I thought you were a man who knew the rules."
"I didn't expect that you still haven't recognized your own identity. You dare to show off in front of Aunt Maoqian and bring shame to our greenhouse! You better be careful next time, or you'll be in trouble!"
Mao Qian looked at Ling Yunche's expression of being angry but not saying anything, and said with a smile: "I didn't come here to cause trouble for you today. Yongshou Palace needs flowers for decoration. If you have anything good here, just bring them out for me to choose from."
Aunt Li said hurriedly, "We all know that Concubine Ling loves trumpet creepers the most, but it is still the coldest time of the year, not the season for trumpet creepers to bloom."
"There are many plum blossoms of good varieties in the greenhouse. I wonder if Aunt Maoqian would like to take a look?"
Maoqian nodded, and Aunt Li asked others to move all kinds of plum blossoms grown in the greenhouse to Maoqian.
Ling Yunche knew that Ruyi loved plum blossoms the most. When the emperor and Ruyi were in love, he specially asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make red plum blossom stationery for Yikun Palace, which was a first-of-its-kind treatment in the palace.
Aunt Li wants to present the plum blossoms to Yongshou Palace. Where does this put the Empress? !
Ling Yunche stopped him and said, "Plum blossoms are the Queen's favorite, so the plum blossoms in the palace are naturally supplied to the Yikun Palace. How can you pick plum blossoms and send them to the Yikun Palace without the Queen's permission?!"
Humph, Ling Yunche knows the Queen's preferences so clearly.
Ling Yunche was so excited just by looking at the plum blossoms. Who would believe that there is no affair between Ling Yunche and the Queen?
Mao Qian sneered, "There are so many plum blossoms in the palace. Can it be that we can't send them to other palaces besides Yikun Palace? When did the palace have such a rule?!"
Ling Yunche said: "Although there is no such rule in the palace, this is a sign of respect for the Queen!"
Mao Qian asked back, "Respect? Could it be that the Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation and the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Tranquility also not have plum blossoms?"
Ling Yunche didn't know how to refute for a moment and kept shouting that they were not allowed to send the plum blossoms to Yongshou Palace.
Mao Qian added: "Since you are so loyal to the Empress, and have worked in the Yangxin Palace for many years, you must know that the Emperor once made a pearl flower for a high-ranking concubine in the palace."
"Empress Xiaoxian is a Buddha's hand flower, the Empress is a rose, Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui is a hydrangea, Imperial Noble Consort Shu is a pearl orchid, and Imperial Noble Lady Yu is a rose. The Emperor never said that plum blossoms are exclusive to the Empress."
Ling Yunche said: "The Emperor later gave the Empress a pot of green plums, which represents the different feelings between the Emperor and the Empress. The plum blossoms blooming in the cold are the most noble, which naturally represents the noble character of the Empress. In short, you can't make the decision on your own!"
The plum blossom is indeed worthy of such praise, but let’s forget about Ruyi.
Are you bullying her because she just entered the palace and doesn't understand Ruyi's style of doing things?
Mao Qian sneered, "Don't look at me as someone who has just entered the palace and doesn't know anything. When the emperor made his first southern tour, Concubine Ling played a piece of music called "Three Variations on Plum Blossoms" at the banquet, and the emperor liked it very much."
"The Emperor also knew that Concubine Ling loved trumpet creeper flowers the most, so he specially ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a trumpet creeper pearl and a plum blossom pearl for Concubine Ling."
"According to your theory, both trumpet creeper and plum blossom represent the different feelings between the emperor and Concubine Ling. In this palace, Concubine Ling is the one who is most qualified to own plum blossoms!"
Ling Yunche knew that what Mao Qian said was true and he had no way to refute it.
Mao Qian added: "Putting all that aside, you are just a little eunuch, what right do you have to say no? I think you really have no rules at all!"
Aunt Li immediately assured: "Aunt Maoqian, don't listen to Xiao Lingzi's nonsense. I will definitely discipline him strictly!"
Some things don't need to be explained so clearly, as long as both parties know it clearly.
Mao Qian said, "Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Li. I think these plum blossoms are well cultivated. I'm sure the Imperial Concubine will like them. Please send someone to take good care of them. I'll go back to Yongshou Palace first."
Aunt Li hurriedly sent Maoqian away, "Don't worry, Aunt Maoqian, I will take good care of you!"
After Mao Qian left, Aunt Li's face immediately changed and she cursed Ling Yunche harshly.
"Who the hell are you? How dare you talk back to the head maid of Yongshou Palace? You are so worthless that you don't want to live anymore, so don't let us get in trouble!"
"I originally thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to be so sharp-tongued and even dare to talk about the Empress and Concubine Ling?!"
"Did you hear that? Aunt Maoqian said that Yongshou Palace needs the best plum blossoms. From today on, you must serve the plum blossoms well. If anything goes wrong with the plum blossoms, you must be careful!"
"Listen carefully, everyone. Little Lingzi is new here and doesn't know anything. To prevent him from committing suicide and getting us into trouble, you all need to keep an eye on him!"
Before getting married, Maoqian had stayed in the palace for many years, so she naturally knew how to survive in the palace and how to trip up her opponents.
Everyone in the flower room knew that Ling Yunche had offended Mao Qian, the head maid of Yongshou Palace, so naturally they would not look upon Ling Yunche with a good face.
The greenhouse is a place where a lot of physical work is required. With Aunt Li taking care of Ling Yunche, everyone naturally assigned all the dirty and tiring work to Ling Yunche.
How could Ling Yunche have done so much physical work? His injuries had not fully healed, and being scolded in the greenhouse was commonplace, and he often couldn't even eat a hot meal.
Ling Yunche suddenly remembered that Yan Wan had also worked in the greenhouse for three years, and they seemed to treat Yan Wan in the same way.
At that time, Ling Yunche always asked Yan Wan to be patient, but when she really experienced it herself, she realized how painful it was to be targeted everywhere!