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Chapter 187 - Bad omens

Qin Luofei blocked her way, but the Concubine Qin did not care about obstructing her. If it wasn't inappropriate to reveal her martial arts, Qin Luofei really wanted to properly deal with this woman's tyrannical and unreasonable treatment.

Concubine Qin immediately bypassed her and walked into the courtyard.

"Concubine Qin!" Qin Luofei said in a cold voice.

In desperation, Qin Luofei walked over and grabbed Concubine Qin's wrist.

"What is it? Don't tell me you want to hit me? " Concubine Qin sneered, and grabbed Qin Luofei's wrist instead, shaking her off with force.

The Concubine Qin was higher ranked than her, infuriated Qin Luofei, but there was nothing she could do.

In the end, she was still unable to stop the Concubine Qin and allowed her to walk through.

The few steel trees in the courtyard were simply too eye-catching. Concubine Qin was stunned when she saw them.

"An iron tree blooming is not a good omen."

"Concubine Qin, please do not speak carelessly. Who told you that the blooming of an iron tree is an ominous sign?" Although Qin Luofei understood in her heart that the rumors were ominous, she had nothing else to say besides this.

"Concubine Qin, no wonder you were so secretive earlier. Concubine Qin sneered.

Seeing Concubine Qin's expression, it was fated that she would use this matter to spread the news. It wasn't a blessing or a curse, but a curse. Qin Luofei could only take one step at a time.

"Concubine Qin, you are overthinking it. It's just an iron tree blooming, what is there to hide?"

"Is that so? "Looks like I really didn't come at the right time today. I'll be leaving first." Concubine Qin had already grasped onto the weakness of this good sister, so he naturally would not stay for long.

"Miss, what should we do? If the Concubine Qin were to spread this news, it would be even worse for your reputation. " Daffodil Daydream said worriedly.

"I don't have a good reputation in the palace. Let her say what she likes." Thinking too much about others only made him more distressed.

Sure enough, a few hours after the Concubine Qin left the Huishang Hall, the matter of the blossoming of the steel tree had already spread throughout the Imperial Palace. After hearing this news, the first thing Imperial Consort Yu did was come to find Qin Luofei.

When she saw these blossoming cycad trees, she was stupefied.

"How can this blossom?"

"I also found it strange. These cycad trees bloomed flowers overnight." Qin Luofei did not cut down the cycad tree. When Concubine Qin found out about this matter, Qin Luofei already knew that it was impossible to hide it from him.

"Then what should we do now?" Imperial Consort Yu asked worriedly.

"Just leave it as it is. I don't believe that there will be any unlucky omens." Qin Luofei did not believe in this evil.

Imperial Consort Yu shook her head. "But many people in the palace are spreading the news right now. It wouldn't be good if the emperor found out one day."

"Do you want to kill me?"

"That's not necessary, Emperor Ming wouldn't kill people because of this Steel Tree, right?" Imperial Consort Yu was worried for Qin Luofei.

"I don't know. How could I have guessed the Emperor's intentions?" Qin Luofei said.

In the Jin Se Palace, the Imperial Consort Leng was elated, the steel tree was in bloom, and seeing how this woman was going to escape, she could not believe, that she would always be able to escape such good luck.

"Yun Er, let's take over the Cool Hall."

"Yes, Empress." Yun Er got up and supported Imperial Consort Leng.

He believed that all the people in the palace knew about this, but it was possible that no one dared to report to the Emperor Ming, so he had no choice but to personally go. Now that his stomach was getting bigger day by day, he had to walk carefully.

When Imperial Consort Leng arrived at the Cool Hall, he was drinking tea alone in the backyard. Seeing the Imperial Consort Leng coming with her stomach full, she did not even have to bow.

"Why did the Love Consort come here instead of resting?"

"Your consort has not seen the emperor for a long time and is very concerned about him. It's rare for the emperor to have time to rest today, so he came to take a look."

"Are you all right?" Emperor Ming's gaze moved to Imperial Consort Leng's stomach, his eyes filled with gentleness. Seeing Imperial Consort Leng's stomach thinking of the Princess Tranquil, there was a bit more sadness in her gentleness.

"The imperial physician said it was very good, but there have been many strange happenings in the imperial harem recently that have worried chenqie day and night."

"Strange? What is the Love Consort trying to do? "

"The steel tree in the Huishang Hall has blossomed!"

"What is it? The blooming of an iron tree? " Emperor Ming frowned, his face becoming gloomy.

"That's right, it's still lying there. Concubine Qin hasn't dealt with it. It's not that chenqie is blabbermouth, but hearing that the blooming of an iron tree is a bad omen, I wonder if this will bring about any misfortune to the palace? "

Imperial Consort Leng stared at Emperor Ming after she finished speaking, it seemed that he was very concerned about this matter. Now that there was an iron tree blooming once more, how could the Emperor Ming, who had lost his throne once before, not be worried?

"I would like to see what this metal tree is capable of blooming with flowers."

Emperor Ming immediately took off to head to Huishang Hall. The Imperial Consort Leng followed closely behind.

What was coming was finally coming. When Qin Luofei heard the emperor's arrival from outside, she took a deep breath. Other than stepping into the Huishang Hall, he wouldn't come here for no reason. Even though he hated the fact that he couldn't do anything, he had no choice but to go out and greet him.

"Concubine Qin, what's with the blossoming of the steel tree?" Emperor Ming stood beside the cycad tree and asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, chenqie doesn't know." Qin Luofei knelt the entire time, it seemed that Emperor Ming did not intend to let her get up.

"Don't know? Don't you know it's a bad omen? "Why do you want to keep it?"

"It's merely a few steel trees. Why would the emperor care so much about them? Moreover, these trees grew up in chenqie's palace, so even if there's a bad omen, chenqie will still be in trouble."

"What a good saying, a few mere metal trees. It's all because of these few trees that even Imperial Consort Leng can't sleep at ease because of this bad omen."

"You can't sleep and eat? Imperial Consort Leng, you are overthinking things. It has already been three days since then, and there is no one left in the imperial harem to take care of you. " These words from Qin Luofei actually made Imperial Consort Leng speechless.

"Today, we must take care of these few cycad trees." Although the Emperor Ming was angry, he could not find a reason to deal with his.

"Your Majesty, please be at ease. Chenqie will definitely be taken away and destroyed by someone today."

The depths of Emperor Ming's eyes were bottomless, and only Qin Luofei could not guess what he was thinking at the moment. However, the only thing she did not need to worry about was that he could not find a reason to kill her.

Qin Luofei had lost her Princess Tranquil and was now blooming from an iron tree. This series of ominous omens made Emperor Ming think that it was really a type of omen, but when he was serious, this woman was already an ominous person.

The reason why he kept them here was to lure the Emperor Yun, but after such a long time, the Emperor Yun had yet to appear. However, he didn't know that all of this was caused by the woman beside him.

"Concubine Qin, you have to completely destroy the Steel Tree." Imperial Consort Leng did not forget to remind him before she left.

"Chenqie understands." Qin Luofei lifted her head coldly.

After they left, Qin Luofei was finally able to get up.

"The emperor is suspecting himself more and more." Qin Luofei clenched her teeth, but at least he had a bit of conscience, and did not believe the words of the Imperial Consort Leng.

Imperial Consort Leng who was following behind Emperor Ming had a face full of dissatisfaction. Dealing with her in such a manner would not be good for her.

"Your majesty, isn't it a bit too hasty to deal with the matter of the Iron Tree Blooming just like that?" The Imperial Consort Leng inched closer to the Emperor Ming, relying on the fact that she was pregnant, she spoke without restraint.

"Could it be that you think that I have handled this inappropriately?" Emperor Ming's cold eyes fell on Imperial Consort Leng.

Imperial Consort Leng lowered her head. She realized that she had said the wrong thing, causing the Emperor to be unhappy.

"Chenqie doesn't dare."

"If you don't dare, then shut up." Emperor Ming was inexplicably angry, because when he saw this woman, he would think of her. This series of experiences would always make Emperor Ming think of the Empress Leng that had accompanied him for so many years.

Imperial Consort Leng bit her lips. Accompanying Jun like a tiger, following Emperor Ming for so many years still couldn't figure out this man's heart.

Imperial Consort Leng, who had returned to the Jin Se Palace, became angry.

"Why did you let her go?"

The tea set on the table had been broken by her.

"Imperial Concubine, please calm your anger. Don't affect your womb."

Imperial Consort Leng really could not understand, this was clearly a bad omen, but the Emperor still took this matter so lightly. If it was someone else who didn't know if his attitude was like this, he would clearly show pity towards this woman. Where did that ruthless Emperor Ming go?

"What's she got to pity?" Why did he not have this kind of sympathy for Empress Leng before this? Was it because he changed, or because he had a different feeling towards that person?

"Imperial Consort, this woman is a fiend now. Why do you have to go against her?" Yun Er advised.

"This matter can't end like this!" Imperial Consort Leng's eyes shot out a cold ray of light, her mind was filled with jealousy.

Qin Luofei was finally relieved, Emperor Ming's way of handling this was beyond her expectations.

"Daffodil Dayflower, has the cycad tree been moved out yet?"

"We moved it to the backyard, but we haven't cut it down yet."

"It's good that it's hidden. Just let it fend for itself." Although Qin Luofei did not believe this ominous sign, she knew that if she destroyed the ominous object, it would be even worse. In the end, she would still leave the iron tree behind.

"Fortunately, the emperor was generous and didn't punish Miss. If we had a seal attached to it, that would be a life worse than death."

"It's too early to be happy. It seems like I've become a thorn in her side in the harem." Qin Luofei sighed.

"Miss, it's getting late, let's rest early."

Qin Luofei nodded. She didn't know what she was going to face tomorrow. She didn't fight with anyone in the imperial harem, but she was still unable to find peace. She couldn't bear to be framed again and again.

In the morning, the Huishang Hall regained its usual tranquility. Daihua opened the door and went out to get food for the Young Miss. As soon as she stepped out of the door, several of the palace maids looked at her strangely. They even gathered together and whispered to each other.

"I heard that the Princess Tranquil's soul had returned, that's why such a voice came out. Did you hear when you passed by last night? "

"Yes, I heard it too. I'm afraid this is also related to the blooming of trees. "

"This Concubine Qin might not be a good person. She might even be the incarnation of a monster."

As the palace maids spoke, they trembled in fear. The more they spoke, the more terrifying they felt.

As Daihua walked along, she saw that her palace maids and eunuchs were all avoiding her.

"What happened today? Do I smell bad? " Daizhuang sniffed his clothes and mumbled to himself, but he didn't smell anything weird.