Chapter 719: Out of Court
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Gu Chaoyan and the Queen exchanged a look among themselves and said nothing.
A while later.
Honored Princess Jing came in. She had just walked into the inner chamber and frowned, as if feeling displeased by the scent of medicine inside the room. She looked at the Queen and did not approach. Instead, she just stood outside.
The Queen did not need to greet Honored Princess Jing, since she was the Queen.
Gu Chaoyan greeted her, but Gu Chaoyan was the future Princess Consort of Lord Huai, so she greeted her briefly.
Honored Princess Jing said disdainfully after Gu Chaoyan finished her greeting, “Queen, you have been sick for a while, and the scent of medicine inside the room is too strong for the King to spend the night. You are the Queen, but you are still the King’s woman, you need to watch out for this when the King visits you in the future.”
Honored Princess Jing said this as she frowned. Honored Princess Jing was very satisfied by the fact that the King spent a brief period of time here and returned to the Qianqing Palace later. It was great that the King did not stay.
The Queen frowned, but said nothing to counter Honored Princess Jing.
Since Zhou Sheng had no feelings for her, she would have no intention of saying in the court any more. Therefore, she had no point in countering or arguing.
Seeing that the Queen said nothing, Honored Princess Jing felt slightly more comfortable, then she said in a commanding view, “I am here to give you a present for the New Year. The present could have been delivered by my servants, but you are the Queen, so I thought I should do the delivery myself.
“You have not been doing well and you aren’t able to go outside, so there are less daily things delivered to your palace this year, so I got some coal ready for you so that you don’t have to suffer from the cold.
“That is all for my visit. I will be in charge of the New Year’s Eve event, so you don’t have to worry about anything,” the Honored Princess said happily, then she looked at the Queen.
When the Queen was in charge previously, she had been arranging the errands to every other princess in this way. Honored Princess Jing had been thinking that one day, she would look down at the Queen in the same way, just to see how she would react. However, Honored Princess Jing was disappointed.
The Queen did not show any expression and continued to drink a cup of tea, as if she did not care about a thing.
Honored Princess Jing had a terrible look on her face.
She took a step forward as a voice arose. “The Empress Dowager is here.”
The Empress Dowager?
The Empress Dowager was surprised too. She had been wondering what Honored Princess Jing was doing here, when she came around.
She threw a look at Honored Princess Jing, but said nothing more. Then she looked at the gifts in the enunch’s arms and said to the Queen. “I am here because the imperial doctor says that you have been sick for more than a month, which will not work. People in the court should not get sick or spread the disease to others. It is not a good omen.
“And it is not auspicious either. I believe that you can move out to the town and return when you are cured. If not, just stay in the town for rest.”
That was what the Empress Dowager said after Honored Princess Jing told her what happened. The King had fallen for this woman, so she had to do something about it.
“What do you think?” The Empress Dowager asked with a serious tone.
“Mom!” the King hurried in, looking anxious.
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