It was obvious that the Queen wanted to promote Qin Xuezhen. If it was just a verbal order, outsiders would inevitably speculate, but if it was an imperial decree, her attitude would be different.

"Your Majesty, you're so generous! You're the one who controls whether I pass on the imperial edict or not?! Do you want me to give you the imperial seal so you can stamp it?!"

The empress was startled by the emperor's gloomy tone and knelt down quickly, "I dare not."

"Someone come! King Xuan Yu!" The emperor waved his hand and was too lazy to pay attention to the queen on the ground.

If I didn't want to keep the Queen around for the plot, I would have wanted to get rid of her long ago just because of her many little actions!

When the eldest prince came, he looked at Qin Xuezhen kneeling on the ground and couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart. This woman is really good at causing trouble!

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. I was not aware that you were not feeling well today. I apologize for disturbing you. Please forgive me."

The emperor cleared his throat and coughed before replying, "No need for such formalities. I summoned you here because I want you to bring a written order to the Qin family when you leave the palace. It simply states that Qin Xuezhen will remain in the palace as a beauty from today onwards."

The eldest prince was dumbfounded when he heard this. How could such a scourge be allowed to stay in the palace? Could it be that his father was stupid?

Fortunately, when the eldest prince looked up, he happened to see the emperor winking at him.

It’s a pity that the eldest prince didn’t understand the emperor’s meaning at all.

Instead, he frowned and asked, "Father, your eyesight is not good. Could it be that something dirty has fallen into your eyes? Should we ask the imperial physician to take a look?"

This sentence almost made the emperor vomit blood, and the imperial concubine beside him was also ashamed and almost laughed out loud.

Thinking that if the emperor died of anger at this moment, she would probably be in trouble too, the kind-hearted concubine spoke hurriedly.

"Since Your Majesty loves this woman, Your Highness Prince Yu should quickly convey the order. From today on, Qin Xuezhen will remain in the palace as Your Majesty's beauty."

What happened at this moment? The eldest prince looked puzzled.

Just when he was confused, he suddenly felt someone pulling his sleeve.

When he turned around, he saw Qin Xuezhen staring at him with pitiful eyes, and constantly mouthing: Save me!

Yao Guangyue didn't know what the emperor and the imperial concubine were thinking. She was just wondering how useless the eldest prince was and couldn't help but complain in her heart.

"I think you shouldn't call me King Yu anymore. You should just call me the Stupid King. Hurry up and reject the Emperor. No matter what, don't let her enter the palace. What good can this woman do if she enters the palace?"

Fortunately, at the critical moment, King Yu heard what Yao Guangyue was thinking. When he looked at the emperor again, he saw his father nodded to him helplessly.

Prince Yu finally understood the emperor's purpose for calling him in, and immediately said righteously, "I beg your Majesty to withdraw your order. I beg your pardon for not being able to deliver this message."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, but before he could say anything, the queen interrupted him.

"King Yu, this is your father's order, how dare you disobey?!"

King Yu's lips were pursed into a line, his mind racing as he thought of reasons to refuse.

But the eldest prince really couldn't figure it out for the time being.

The emperor thought that no matter how stupid he was, he could find any excuse to get away with it, even using the explanation of astronomical phenomena to trap him.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince opened his mouth and said, "Because the child fell in love with this girl at first sight and did not want to see him enter the palace as a concubine."

The emperor couldn't help but gasp and almost choked to death on his own saliva in the process.

"Ahem, you rebellious son, what are you talking about?"

Yao Guangyue also had a look of surprise on her face. Although she was still young, the expression on her face was very rich. Her mouth was slightly open and her eyes were wide open, which was almost scary.

[Oh my god, why did the plot go back? Didn't they say that the eldest prince didn't fall in love with Qin Xuezhen, which ruined the plot? Will they deduct my plot ruination points for this?]

Yao Guangyue was almost scared to death. If the eldest prince really fell in love with this woman, it would mean that the subsequent plot would be more or less pulled back.

Fortunately, the system spoke in time: [Host, rest assured, no plot collapse value has been detected, and your body has fully recovered.]

This is so confusing that even Yao Guangyue herself is confused.

"What's going on? My illness is cured, which means the plot is still going on, but the Honkai Value hasn't been reduced, so why did Big Brother say he likes this woman?"

After hearing what Yao Guangyue said, the emperor and the imperial concubine finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The eldest prince wiped the cold sweat from his head. The look in the emperor's eyes just now really showed that he wanted to kill him.

Qin Xuezhen, who was kneeling beside him, suddenly felt triumphant. She couldn't help but steal a glance at the eldest prince beside her with a shy look on her face.

Although this eldest prince is not very good, his vision is still good. I didn't expect that he actually likes me so much. However, he is still a little short of my ideal type, but it's not bad to keep him as a backup~

Just as Qin Xue was thinking this, the emperor's voice came from above her head.

"King Yu is becoming more and more absurd. This woman just collapsed on my bed in front of everyone. If your words were to get out, where would the royal family's reputation be?"

Although these words sounded harsh, the tone was not serious. The eldest prince knew that his father was playing a trick on him, so he took over the conversation.

"I don't care about this. If your Majesty really feels that this is a disgrace to the royal family, why not place this girl among the concubines and then give her to me as a concubine."

Qin Xue's mood was really like a roller coaster. One second she felt that she had a spare tire, and the next second the other party wanted to treat her as a concubine.

If I were really trapped in the palace and became a concubine, how could I achieve my future ambitions?

At this moment, she gnashed her teeth and muttered softly, "You bastard!"

The eldest prince didn't hear clearly what she said, but he guessed that she was scolding him.

Before he could ponder it carefully, he heard Qin Xuezhen hurriedly pleading with the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of betraying the grace of Heaven, nor am I devoted to the eldest prince. Therefore, I do not wish to enter the palace, let alone become a concubine."

The emperor sneered, unwilling to let down the grace of heaven, but he played his three sons around.

"Then according to what you said, why did you fall on my dragon bed just now? Wasn't it to enter the palace?"

Qin Xuezhen was forced to such a point that she finally gritted her teeth and betrayed the queen.

"In reply to your Majesty, Cheng Nu did not do this intentionally. She was pushed onto your couch by someone behind her."

Having said this, the emperor still had something he didn't understand, and his eyes were fixed on the palace maid next to the queen.

The palace maid was trembling with fear at this time. There were countless women in the harem, and one more or one less would not be a big deal.

How could she have imagined that the emperor would pursue the matter in this way? Obviously, the queen didn't expect it either.