My Lady is well

Chapter 183 Succeed

Lady Meng looked at her with regret and sighed.

"Since you left, Sister Shen, it's been very difficult to get a table together. But, Sister Shen, you're too good. I'm a little afraid to play with you."

Shen Yueyao said modestly.

"What you said is true. I was just lucky that day."

Lady Meng suddenly realized something, her eyes lit up, and she rubbed her hands.

"Sister Shen asked us to come over. Could it be that she is... itching to play? She wants us to accompany her and play a few rounds. We are more than happy to do so."

Lady Shu was more interested in listening to gossip than playing mahjong, so she quickly interrupted.

"There's no rush to play mahjong. Madam Chen Fei, what happened during the days when you were kidnapped by assassins? How did you escape from the clutches of those assassins? The process must have been very thrilling, right? Please tell us the legendary story behind it."

After hearing what she said, Lady Meng also became interested, and the two of them stared at her.

Shen Yueyao coughed tactically.

"That assassin... wanted to kill the emperor, not me. He... was reasonable."

Lady Shu said "Ah?" with a strange look on her face. She had thought there would be a drama of Concubine Chen outsmarting the assassin, but she didn't expect the story to be so dull.

She secretly cursed the assassin for his lack of manners and asked what kind of reason he had as an assassin.

He should have captured Concubine Chen and forced her to find a way to escape, and then staged a scene where she ran away and he chased her and they secretly fell in love.

Assassins and concubines, it’s exciting just to think about it.

She could tell people this story in different ways for a year.

Shen Yueyao saw that she was in a daze and pondered in her heart.

Is this person not making up something in his mind?

Lady Meng said something pertinent.

"That assassin is not an unforgivable lunatic."

Shen Yueyao nodded without comment. Lady Meng turned her thoughts back to the mahjong game and asked.

"Sister Shen asked us to come here. Do you want to play mahjong?"

Shen Yueyao saw her anxious look, raised her hand to cover her lips and smiled.

"Don't worry, Sister Meng. I just thought of a way to let you play Mahjong every day in the future."

Lady Meng and Lady Shu looked at each other in surprise.

"And... such a good thing? I have tried so hard but failed to make Ma Diao popular in the palace. I really want to know what method Sister Shen has."

Shen Yueyao coughed twice, straightened up, looked at her and said.

"You're not using your strength in the right way. Think about it, why do common women like to imitate the clothes and makeup of the imperial concubines?"

Lady Meng raised her hand to support her chin as she thought, and Lady Shu smiled and said.

"Of course it's because the clothes and makeup of the queen in the palace are beautiful."

Shen Yueyao raised the corners of her mouth slightly and shook her head.

"Have they ever seen the Empress in the palace?"

"this......"

Lady Meng said, "Because they believe that those who can enter the palace to become queens have noble status, and those who can be favored must be extremely beautiful and have outstanding looks."

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "You are half right. Those who can lead the fashion trend must be people with a certain influence. Identity is naturally the most important factor."

Lady Meng and Lady Meng didn't quite understand what she said. They stared at her with confused looks.

Shen Yueyao frowned and changed her statement to a simpler one.

"What I mean is, if you want to make playing mahjong a fashion... and popular in the harem, you have to teach the person with the highest status in the harem first. As long as she wants to play, the people below will definitely follow suit."

After hearing this, Lady Meng understood immediately, but she immediately looked embarrassed.

"Sister Shen, are you talking about my aunt?"

Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Is there anyone in the harem with a higher status than the Queen Mother?"

"Hey, you don't know, she is the one who is most against me playing Mahjong, how can she be willing to learn it?"

"The Queen Mother has always loved you. As long as you go to Shou'an Palace more often, it's not impossible for the Queen Mother to take time out to play with you once or twice. You know, playing mahjong is an addiction that requires a little skill."

Lady Meng thought carefully about what she said, and it made sense.

She had thought about teaching the empress dowager how to play before, but she was scolded every time she went to Shou'an Palace. As time went by, she no longer dared to mention the word "Majiao" in front of her.

In order to promote Ma Diao in the harem, she decided to give it a try.

As expected, after Concubine Meng returned, she went to Shou'an Palace to pay her respects, but the empress dowager was so focused on her little grandson that she had no time to pay attention to her and told her to go and play.

Seeing that she was completely uninterested, Concubine Meng thought that the empress dowager was now enjoying herself with her grandson and had no interest in other things, so she decided to wait for two days until her excitement wore off before making any plans.

She went again two days later and saw that the empress dowager looked tired, so she took the opportunity to offer to teach her how to play mahjong.

The Queen Mother refused at first, but she could not stand the girl pestering her every day. She didn't know what was wrong with this girl lately, but she insisted on teaching her how to play Mahjong.

Seeing that she had been very well behaved these days, and unable to bear to refuse her all the time, he nodded.

When Concubine Meng heard that she had agreed, she immediately invited Concubine Shu and Concubine Zheng to accompany her to Shou'an Palace.

The Queen Mother originally just wanted to take some time to play with her for an hour, but she refused.

When Lady Meng saw that she was really interested, she took the opportunity to say it deliberately.

"Aunt, you said we would only play for one hour."

The Queen Mother glared at her unhappily.

"You're going back to play, so why don't you stay here and play with me for a while? Xifeng!"

Lady Shu laughed and said embarrassedly.

"What a fool."

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Why are you talking nonsense again? Come again, come again."

"..."

Shen Yueyao sat in front of the window, counting on her fingers, and figured out that she would be out of confinement tomorrow.

Jin'er was making clothes for Shi Mian on the side. Shen Yueyao took a piece of silk cloth from the small table. It had a Kylin auspicious beast embroidered on it. The stitching was delicate and the Kylin looked lifelike.

Shen Yueyao naturally didn't know how to do these delicate tasks, she smiled sweetly.

"Good girl, you can do it. You have such skills?"

Jin'er stared at her with wide eyes, blinked rapidly a few times, and smiled awkwardly.

"Um, Master, this was not embroidered by me."

"Not you? Who is that?"

"Qiuju, Qiuju's embroidery skills are very good. I asked Qiuju to help me embroider it."

Shen Yueyao nodded, and the palace maid came in and bowed.

"Empress Chen, the Queen Mother has sent the Second Prince back."

"Oh?"

Shen Yueyao hurriedly said, "Why don't you report it quickly?"

She and Jin'er smiled at each other. Shen Yueyao rolled her eyes and raised her eyebrows at her proudly.

Jin'er cooperated and gave her a thumbs up.

When Jing Ruzhang returned to Zelu Palace, it was already time to light the lamps.

He walked into the hall under the moonlight, with some dew between his eyebrows.

When Shen Yueyao saw him come in, she bowed and said.

"I have met the emperor."

He stared at her for a few seconds, raised his thin lips slightly, and spoke softly.

"Tomorrow the palace will hold a full moon banquet for Zheng Yao. I will give you a surprise."