Chapter 269 It's His

In the blink of an eye, he had been in Yuzhou for seventeen days. Chen Qing hadn't seen Xuanyuan Ling for a few days. Today, the palace held a banquet, but it was not Xuanyuan Ling who entertained the ministers, but the ministers who came to pay their respects to the emperor.

When she first came, Chen Qing and other concubines did not attend the banquet, but they had to go this time. So today, Chen Qing sat in front of the dressing table and let Chunhua dress her up. For a banquet, she couldn't dress like she did in the room, especially when she was going out. If she dressed poorly, it would be a loss of face for Luo Xuanyuan Ling.

Shen Qing was not dressed luxuriously. For such occasions, she should be simple and elegant, but she didn't have to be too dignified either, as she was not the queen.

She was naturally good-looking, and she rarely used makeup. Now she put on some makeup to enhance her facial features. Chunhua couldn't help but sigh when she saw her, "I have never seen anyone prettier than the queen."

Chen Qing is nineteen this year, which is the best age. For example, she was a little immature when she first entered the palace. Now Chen Qing has shed the petty-mindedness that she deliberately pretended to have when she first pretended to be a grandson, and has largely regained her demeanor as a daughter of a wealthy family. That is a temperament different from all women of this era.

She is calm yet reserved, delicate yet bright, proud yet indifferent, all three of these qualities combined together create a mysterious beauty.

She is more beautiful.

The beauty brought by facial features and figure can make a person attractive outwardly, but the longer you spend time with someone, the less you will be fooled by these external appearances. But today, she is stunningly beautiful.

"Let's go."

Everyone was going to the banquet, so naturally they met other people. Concubine Zhou, Chu Linglong, and Concubine Ji all saw Chen Qing, and their reactions were all very consistent. Their first reaction when they saw Chen Qing was to be stunned for a moment.

She was really stunned for a moment. Shen Qing usually dressed up slightly in the palace, but after all, the queen was still there, and Shen Qing always dressed low-key, but her low-key dress was enough. Now she was dressed up carefully, and the three women couldn't hide their amazement.

What a natural beauty.

The three of them saluted Shen Qing, and after Shen Qing called them up, they went to the banquet together.

Chen Qing is a concubine, and now she is sitting closer to Xuanyuan Ling's main seat. Xuanyuan Ling saw her at first sight when he came.

He was not so stunned as he still managed some facial expression, but after sitting down he couldn't help but look at her openly. At this moment no one should think it was wrong for the emperor to look at a woman like this. The other ministers sitting below didn't dare to look at her, but after one look they knew it was all in vain.

When ministers hold banquets, their subordinates naturally prepare beautiful women. This is an old custom. Emperors of every dynasty would not bring back every woman during their tours, but they would try some new ones.

But now that Shen Qing came out, everyone saw that Concubine Xi was so beautiful. Look at the way the emperor was staring at her. Who else could he look at? Aren't all the people below made to look like mediocre women?

The ministers are all self-aware, and in fact this is indeed the case.

Xuanyuan Ling had seen Chen Qing dressed in various styles, but this was the first time he had seen her dressed so exquisitely. Her every move was regal, and he even felt that, let alone in front of the ministers, she would be worthy of being asked to stand beside them and accept the people's worship.

For a moment, she realized that she had strayed from the right track again, so she looked away. Of course, she could not accept the people's worship with him, as that was a treatment only for the queen.

As he was distracted by this, the beautiful woman who was carefully arranged came on stage, danced, finished dancing, and then left. Xuanyuan Ling didn't even look at her.

After the banquet, Xuanyuan Ling naturally joined Chen Qing in the company, obviously intending to have Chen Qing sleep with him tonight.

After all, Chu Linglong and the other three were heading in the same direction as Shen Qing, and at this moment they were watching Shen Qing and Xuanyuan Ling from a distance.

The three people watching that scene had their own thoughts.

Suddenly, Xuanyuan Ling said something to Shen Qing, and they couldn't hear it clearly. They saw Xuanyuan Ling reached out and pulled Shen Qing after he finished speaking.

Since they entered the palace, they have never been held like this by Xuanyuan Ling, let alone being held like this normally.

The scene seemed a little mysterious, because they had never felt such grace before, and the three of them felt like bystanders, seemingly out of place.

Concubine Zhou and Concubine Ji looked incredulous. After all, they had no direct relationship with Shen Qing. They knew that Shen Qing was favored when they entered the palace, and they just lamented that Concubine Xi was too loved by the emperor.

But Chu Linglong is different. She feels complicated when facing Shen Qing.

That child was a deep wound in her heart. Even though she didn't mention it now and things seemed to have returned to normal, she still couldn't get over it.

The death of her child was related to Shen Qing. She knew that Shen Qing was also a victim. She knew that Shen Qing could not be blamed for this matter, but she caused Shen Qing to be implicated and lose her child. The emperor also wanted to save face for Shen Qing. Her promotion to this position was also due to Shen Qing.

It wasn't even just because she lost her child that she was promoted. Even the comfort she received was because of other people.

Is she really so dispensable?

Is there any reason for such partiality? Is it because she is not favored enough? That is why she is not valued?

Chu Linglong knew that the answer was yes.

She looked at the two people not far away, her eyes fixed on Xuanyuan Ling.

In fact, she doesn't have to be an ordinary person.

Chu Linglong was a smart woman. She knew that she had already asked the emperor to remember it. Even if it was because of the loss of the child, she must have asked the emperor to remember it. She knew without Concubine Zhou reminding her that if the emperor remembered it, there would be a future. She knew that she still had a future, but she was depressed because of the child's matter and did not think much about it.

Now I don’t know why, I start to think too much.

If there really is a future, she might even have a child, because she was not favored. At first, she wanted the emperor to protect the baby in her belly, but the emperor did not agree and just did his job. Would things be different after she was favored?

Her appearance was not as charming as Shen Qing's, but she had a different style from Shen Qing. She was also beautiful, and she had lost her child, so the emperor felt sorry for her.

So if she treats the emperor with sincerity, will things be different in the future?

This was the first time since Chu Linglong entered the palace that she truly had the idea of ​​vying for favor. All smart women knew that women in the harem had to be dealt with, but women were inferior to her. In this palace, the most important thing was to capture the emperor's heart.

Chen Qing asked Xuanyuan Ling to lead her into the inner room by hand. Xuanyuan Ling looked at her unscrupulously at this moment, much more unscrupulously than at the banquet just now.

Shen Qing called him this look and said, “It’s not like I haven’t seen it before.”

"You're so well dressed that others will see you."

Shen Qing smiled and said, "Who here, except the emperor, dares to look at me?"

Even though the ministers saw it at first, they all lowered their heads later. Who would be so brave as to look at the emperor's woman in front of him? Are they trying to kill themselves?

Xuanyuan Ling knew that he felt uncomfortable when Bai Longyu was seen by others when she was dressed in the costume. Now, he not only felt uncomfortable, but also wanted others to see that she was his woman. It was a meaningless thing, but he felt that he should let everyone know that she was his.

P.S. I'm stuck so it's so late and I only have one photo. Sorry, I'll make up for it.