Detective Ghost Empress

367 Nanny Gong’s desperate fight

” I hope you are well, your majesty?” Concubine Xin who was now sitting on the small chair that was brought inside by the maids, smiled at Liu Hui Ying who was looking at her while trying to deduce what exactly this woman wanted from her as far as she knew, the two of them have never met, this woman has never visited her courtyard to pay her respects and Liu Hui Ying did not even know that this woman was appointed as the concubine of the imperial harem.

But she still pursed her lips in a smile and then nodded before replying, ” I am in good health, concubine Xin.”

” Is that so, then I am glad,” Concubine Xin placed a hand on her chest as she heaved a sigh of relief, she then shook her head and then worriedly added, ” I was just thinking why was it that her majesty did not come to send me a gift after I joined the imperial family.”

Even if Liu Hui Ying was not as quick in cat fights she was able to pick up the scent of the gunpowder that was floating in the tent after Concubine Xin finished speaking.

Liu Hui Ying frowned as she turned to look at Nanny Gong who patted her chest and told Liu Hui Ying not to worry before she turned to look at Concubine Xin and stated in a firm voice, ” It has nothing to with the health of her majesty, your highness. Since you are yet to be legally listed under the imperial family, you are new here which is why you do not know that her majesty can only welcome a concubine after she is legally listed under the imperial family, and since Concubine Liu passed away just recently, it will be a bit too rude of her majesty to send you a gift when she is still in the mourning.”

Nanny Gong then opened her eyes and then smiled at the concubine who was trying to find fault with her mistress, though the elderly woman was smiling there was no warmth in her eyes. She then added, ” This is understandable though, after all, Concubine Xin is new in the imperial harem, or else she would have come to pay respects to her majesty every morning.”

Her words caused Concubine Xin’s smile to falter slightly but then the woman hitched her lips back up in a smile before she turned to look at Liu Hui Ying and then said, ” Your nanny is really amazing, your majesty, she is very knowledgeable.”

” Yes she is,” Liu Hui Ying could see that Concubine Xin was trying to taunt her but she did not play along with her rules instead she leaned on her chair and stared at Concubine Xin before asking, ” And you are here because?”

Concubine Xin came here because her father asked her to assert dominance in front of Liu Hui Ying, he said to her that she should try to make her presence known in front of the queen such that she will be able to become a threat to her majesty but as Concubine Xin sat in front of Liu Hui Ying, she could not help but feel that she was punching cotton, no matter how much she tried to say anything to irk the woman, Liu Hui Ying was like a statue of calmness,

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In the end, she could only tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear and then shyly say to Liu Hui Ying, ” Your majesty, I was wondering if I may … I wanted to ask you how do you keep his majesty enthralled?”

” I do what?” Liu Hui Ying questioned with a shocked look on her face as she heard Concubine Xin’s words.

” Keeping his majesty enthralled,” replied the woman with a smile as if she was not saying something that was going to piss Liu Hui Ying of very much. ” Everyone in the imperial palace knows that her majesty is very capable ——” she smiled with a hint of contempt in her eyes as she added, ” It is said that his majesty can forget any woman in the harem but he will never forget visiting her majesty.”

Nanny Gong trembled in anger when she heard the words of the obnoxious concubine, wasn’t she using her words to target the queen and mentioning ever so subtly that her majesty was actually blowing air on the pillow of his majesty to make it so that he will never visit any other Concubine?

Concubine Xin who saw that the maids who were working under the queen were now looking at her with unsightly expressions cheered inwardly feeling rather overjoyed that she has finally done something that caused these people to react.

Now all she needed was for her majesty to get angry with her and say some rude words, maybe it will be better if she slaps her in the face or something of the sort that way, she will be able to make use of her injuries to cuddle up to his majesty!

” She is taunting me is she not?” Liu Hui Ying asked Jia Li who has appeared out of her tablet in which she slept such that she will be able to see the drama, the second she got a whiff of a catfight going on.

” Oh she is,” Jia Li nodded as she and Witch Mao munched on the sunflower seeds that were sitting on the table next to Liu Hui Ying, she turned to look at Liu Hui Ying and then broke down the entire conversation in a manner that Liu Hui Ying will be able to understand and then said, ” She is basically calling you jealous and petty, a woman who cannot see her man with another woman even though you are the Empress. She is commenting on your selfishness and blaming you in an undertone for making the Emperor ignore the other concubines.”

Jia Li then paused and chewed on the sunflower seeds before saying, ” Basically she is trying to elicit a response from you. Such that she will be able to cry about it later on.”

Liu Hui Ying raised a brow as she turned to look at Concubine Xin who was still smiling and then a smile came to her lips as well.

‘ Oh she was trying to get a reaction out of me, then there is no way she will not get one.’

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