A moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold.

Even though he had sex with Fu Qianyu last night, Zhao Yuancheng still went to Taiji Hall to attend court early the next morning according to the schedule.

The first decree he issued was to appoint the Queen's legitimate son Zhao Jingheng as the Crown Prince, to be raised by him personally, and he selected the Right Secretary Ruan Sihong as the Grand Tutor to teach the Crown Prince together with the Emperor.

Such a thing may be considered as the highest honor in the eyes of others, but in Fu Qianyu's eyes it means separation of mother and child. However, she knows that if she wants to sit in that supreme position, she must give up something.

On this day, all the concubines went to Fengyi Palace to pay their respects to Fu Qianyu, and this day had been five days since the enthronement ceremony.

Things are different now. When Fu Qianyu was the Imperial Noble Consort, she also accepted greetings from the concubines, but now she is the Queen. Although there is only one word difference, a strange feeling still fills her heart.

Among the concubines, Shufei and Xifei are now the most respected. A few days ago, Fu Qianyu and Zhao Yuancheng discussed that it had been a long time since the palace had conferred titles on the six palaces, so they would take advantage of the happy event of the queen's coronation to promote the status of the concubines.

This is beneficial to the peace of the six palaces, and Zhao Yuancheng will certainly not have any objection. As for the others, there is no need to say anything. They will be promoted one level each. Hui Meiren was born a palace maid, so her position should not be too high.

However, because she gave birth to the royal heir and helped to take care of the affairs of the six palaces, even if she had no merit, she had worked hard, so Fu Qianyu asked for grace from the emperor and gave her the position of Jieyushi.

But as for the position of imperial concubine, Zhao Yuancheng unexpectedly promoted Concubine Xi.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the six palaces, especially Concubine Shu herself. She was born in a marquis's mansion and was appointed as a concubine as soon as she entered the palace. Now the emperor wanted to confer titles on the six palaces, and everyone would get a share, except her.

She had some resentment in her heart, so she claimed to be sick and did not come to pay her respects to Fu Qianyu today. Fu Qianyu did not care and talked to everyone with a smile. She also asked Peirong to deliver a lot of things.

Not long after, after the other concubines left, Concubine Lian and Concubine Hui stayed behind to chat. Thinking of what had happened in the past year, Concubine Lian couldn't help but sigh, "I never dreamed that this day would come."

Hui Jieyu agreed: "That's right, now that the harem has a mistress, the future will be smooth sailing."

Amidst the laughter, Concubine Hui brought up another matter, her expression darkening. "The Empress Dowager has been restless these past few days. I heard she's had a relapse of her old illness. I dare not disturb her rest. I wonder how she's doing now?"

In her early years, the Empress Dowager injured her knee while riding a horse with the late Emperor. Every winter, she would suffer from unbearable pain in her knee. This problem has not occurred for several years.

But because this winter was so cold, the Empress Dowager's leg injury recurred.

Fu Qianyu held the teacup and nodded slightly. "I went to see her yesterday. The imperial physician said there was nothing serious and just told her to take good care of herself. The empress dowager is in much better spirits now. You can go and pay your respects this afternoon."

The two nodded in agreement. Not long after, Duan Shu walked in, her hands red from playing in the snow. She threw herself into her mother's arms and held the object in her hand before her mother as if presenting a treasure. "Mother, look what I have found?"

Hui Jieyu took the thing from her daughter's hand and took a closer look. It was a wooden sign with some words engraved on it. Because it was covered in mud and water, it was difficult to see what was written on it.

But Hui Jieyu could still see the word "Yu" at the bottom clearly. Her heart was pounding and she hurriedly asked the wet nurse to take the child away and wash him.

When there was no one else in the room, Hui Jieyu knelt in front of Fu Qianyu. This action immediately stunned Fu Qianyu.

Not understanding why, he asked, "What's wrong? Why are you doing this for no reason?"

Concubine Hui looked unhappy. Concubine Lian reached out to help her up. Her eyes fell on the wooden sign in her hand and she felt something was wrong.

When he took it and took a look, he was immediately shocked.

Fu Qianyu noticed something and motioned Lingyun to bring the thing over, only to see that her birth date and name were engraved on the wooden plaque.

No wonder Concubine Hui knelt down to apologize, and no wonder Concubine Lian changed her expression in public. Fu Qianyu just smiled and threw the wooden sign into the brazier without any concern.

Concubine Hui felt sympathetic and asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, cursing is a capital offense. Aren't you going to investigate?"

Smiling and motioning them to sit down, Fu Qianyu said calmly, "You can see that the wooden plaque looks rotten, so it must not have appeared recently. Besides, curses are just relying on ghosts and gods, and I never believe in such things."

When they heard this, the two of them naturally thought of the Su family in the past.

Concubine Lian had never met Su, so she didn't know what kind of person this deposed queen was, but Concubine Lian still remembered Su clearly.

Even today, when she came to pay her respects to Fu Qianyu, she was so distracted that she mistook Fu Qianyu for the former Su Shi. She couldn't help but sigh, "When Su Shi was around, she knew that the harem was in turmoil, but she relied on the fact that she was married by the late emperor and gave birth to Crown Prince Dechen, and never cared about these things. I didn't expect that she would be afraid sometimes."

Concubine Lian sat quietly and did not speak. She had never met Su and naturally had no right to judge her character.

But things in the world are really coincidental. When people in the house were talking about Su's past, a palace maid came in and reported that Su in the cold palace had just died.

Upon hearing this, Concubine Hui remained silent. Fu Qianyu only asked the palace maid calmly whether the emperor knew about it. The palace maid said that he already knew, and Zhao Yuancheng also sent someone to tell her that the weather was cold and the Shanggong Bureau would take care of Su's funeral, so she didn't need to worry about it.

Fu Qianyu was naturally relieved and invited the two of them to have lunch together. However, Concubine Lian smiled and made excuses: "That won't work. The Emperor might summon His Majesty to the Purple Palace soon."

The two refused to stay, so Fu Qianyu smiled and told Lingyun to send them out. Peirong was about to tell the palace maids to prepare lunch when someone from Zichen Palace came to deliver a message.

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