The three consorts were all stunned, and Meng Qingyu was even more stunned!

What's wrong with Li Yunyan? She was supposed to embarrass herself!

Why did she not only avoid making a fool of herself, but also receive special treatment from His Majesty?

Is Li Yunyan not planning to leave the palace?

Meng Qingyu stared intently at Li Yunyan, completely disregarding her facial expressions, as if she wanted to bore a hole through her!

Li Yunyan felt her gaze, turned her head, and smiled brightly at her.

Not only is she no longer allowed to leave the palace, but Meng Qingyu, you're also not allowed to leave the palace!

As Li Yunyan expected, now that Chu Xingmo knew Wen Zi'an's ill intentions, he would definitely send someone to investigate him! Then his affair with Meng Qingyu would naturally be investigated as well!

As an emperor, Chu Xingmo's dignity cannot be challenged! Even if he dislikes Meng Qingyu, he will not grant their wish and release Meng Qingyu from the palace!

After a brief silence, Liu Yuan announced the imperial edict on the spot.

Li Yunyan was made a concubine, given the title "Zhao", and granted residence in Zhaohua Palace.

Besides her, Meng Qingyu and eight other candidates were granted the title of Consort, while the remaining ten were granted the title of Zhaoyi.

The once empty harem was suddenly filled!

Li Yunyan was the only one among this batch of imperial concubines to be granted the rank of Consort, and also the only one among the four Consorts to have an official title!

With neither an empress nor a concubine in the harem, Li Yunyan is now the boss of the harem!

She could walk sideways, stand upright, or roll around on the ground in the harem, and no one could stop her!

"Your Majesty, I thank you! Your Majesty the Empress Dowager!"

Li Yunyan happily changed her address, her bright eyes looking at Chu Xingmo with joy in them!

Chu Xingmo nodded with feigned modesty. If it weren't for his mother's persuasion that it was unreasonable, he would have directly given her the title of Empress!

"I'll come see you later!"

After saying this, Chu Xingmo left, surrounded by Liu Yuan and the others.

The crowd was left speechless.

The three concubines immediately snapped their fingernails! They guessed that with Li Yunyan's family background, her rank would definitely not be low, and the worst outcome would be that she would be directly made a concubine.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty not only made her a concubine, but also bestowed upon her a title, making her the head of the four concubines!

Not only that, His Majesty's attitude towards her is different from theirs; he even said just now that he would go see her tonight!

Could it be that His Majesty will favor her tonight?!

How is that possible?

Isn't His Majesty supposed to be celibate?

If the three concubines were caught up in jealousy, then Meng Qingyu was now experiencing a bolt from the blue!

Didn't Brother Zian tell her that His Majesty utterly dislikes chrysanthemums? Why was he able to keep her in the palace after she painted such a large chrysanthemum picture?

This news is completely wrong!

What should she do then?

She still wants to leave the palace and marry Brother Zian!

And another thing! Why is it that Li Yunyan can be made a concubine while she is only a low-ranking concubine?

She refused to accept it!

No matter how much they resented it, under the watchful eyes of so many people, they could do nothing and were led by the palace servants to their residence in the inner palace in a fit of anger.

Meng Qingyu, along with two other candidates, was assigned to Xiguang Pavilion.

The name "Xiguangxuan" sounds ominous. "Xiguang" is just "the light of the setting sun," which is an insinuation that she, a mere sunset, dares to compete with Zhaohua.

Now that staying in the palace was a done deal, Meng Qingyu accepted it quickly, thinking of His Majesty's face. So what if His Majesty wasn't interested in women? As long as she became Empress, nothing else mattered!

She gritted her teeth inwardly. From now on, what she had to do was find a way to win His Majesty's favor!

But now she is inferior to Li Yunyan in every way, so she cannot act rashly and needs to plan everything carefully.

Led by Liu Yi, Li Yunyan arrived at Zhaohua Palace.

Interestingly, Zhaohua Palace is not far from Feihong Pavilion, and they are on the same central line. It is unknown whether this was Chu Xingmo's intentional arrangement or a coincidence.

When Li Yunyan arrived at Zhaohua Palace, she was surprised to find Ziyu waiting for her at the palace gate!

"This servant greets Consort Zhao!"

"Ziyu! What brings you here?"

After bowing to Li Yunyan, Ziyu hurried forward, took Li Yunyan's arm as before, and said with a smile, "Master and Madam were worried that the Lady was being mistreated in the palace, so they specially sent me in to continue serving Miss!"

Mentioning her parents softened Li Yunyan's heart, and she asked with concern, "How are Father and Mother?"

"All is well! They told Your Highness not to worry about them while you are in the palace, and that there will be opportunities to meet again in the future!"

As she stepped into the palace, more than a dozen palace servants bowed to her. Li Yunyan memorized their faces and then dismissed them to their duties.

Zhaohua Palace is very large, with carved railings and jade steps, lakes, gardens, rockeries, streams, pavilions and towers.

Stepping into the main hall, the floor is paved with white jade, smooth and bright. The furniture, all made of rosewood, is elegant and refined. The intricately carved canopy bed is draped with golden gauze curtains, and a fish-mouth bronze incense burner emits a faint fragrance.

Everything inside was arranged according to her preferences in her boudoir, making it warm and comfortable. Li Yunyan felt like she was back home and had a sense of belonging to this Zhaohua Palace.

From now on, this will be her home!

With Ziyu's help, Li Yunyan took a bath and changed her clothes. Before dinner, Liuyi reminded Li Yunyan that His Majesty had arrived!

This was Chu Xingmo's first time stepping into the imperial harem since he grew up, and his emotions were somewhat complicated.

He was somewhat reluctant to enter the harem, but he longed to see her. As soon as he finished his business, he couldn't wait to set off for her.

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