Chapter 198 Another New Mission

Xu Lanshan lowered her head to look at her abdomen. Her delicate, jade-white hands gently stroked her slightly bulging belly. She smiled faintly and sighed, "I don't want any birthday celebrations. It's enough for the Emperor to come and accompany me that day. As for gifts, I have everything I need now. If I asked for anything more, it would be a bit greedy..."

Emperor Yuan Yong heard something unusual in her words and asked with a smile, "I won't feel greedy no matter what Lan'er wants. Just tell me what you want. I'll listen."

Xu Lanshan didn't expect him to be so perceptive. She wanted to say something, after all, that rubbish palace fighting system that was not in her favor at all had given her another unreliable task - after the draft was over, find a way to make the emperor refuse to accept any newcomers into the palace.

It’s so special that there is no end to it, only worse ones!

The beauty pageant is just around the corner. Although the emperor seems to be uninterested and doesn't seem to care much, since the beauty pageant is being held with such grand fanfare, how could there not be a new person entering the harem?

Why would he agree to this? How could I be so shameless as to ask him to agree to this?

Not to mention that the harem is now empty, I'm afraid it will take a lot of new people to be added...

Xu Lanshan really couldn't think of how to prevent new people from entering the harem.

It's too difficult...

She couldn't say this at the moment, not even to test the waters. She could only wait and see what happened next!

Emperor Yuan Yong urged her, and Xu Lanshan couldn't keep silent, so she smiled softly: "I hope Your Majesty will always be so kind to me. Your Majesty, am I being greedy? But I can't control my heart!"

Emperor Yuan Yong was stunned. He really didn't expect Xu Lanshan to say that.

Looking at this stunning face and the charming smile on it, my heart softened and I sighed helplessly, "Why are you being so silly? I've said it before, Lan'er is different from others. As long as Lan'er doesn't change, my treatment of Lan'er will naturally remain the same. After we have a child, Lan'er will be even more different from others! Don't say such silly things again."

"Yes," Xu Lanshan said with a smile, "Then I will take it as your Majesty's agreement! I don't care what the future holds, as long as I am happy now! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

What I mean is, even if you change your mind in the future, that's a matter of the future, and I won't blame you. Anyway, just be happy now.

Emperor Yuan Yong smiled and gently pinched her face, "Of course I agree to your request!"

It's no wonder that Lan'er doesn't seem to believe him.

No problem, just wait and see...

On Xu Lanshan's birthday, Emperor Yuan Yong followed her wishes and did not hold a celebration in the palace. He just had a meal with her and rewarded her with many precious things.

Afterwards, Emperor Yuan Yong let someone leak the news.

Although he was very low-key in rewarding Xu Lanshan, the palace was so small that it was impossible for others not to know about it. If they knew about it, they would inevitably feel jealous and think that he was rewarding Concubine Chen for no reason.

If it's for a birthday, others won't be able to say anything.

When the queen learned about it, she sent a gift to Lianyi Palace to make up for it.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu and others had no choice but to do as they were told.

On the sixth day of March, the concubines finally entered the palace.

After the first and second rounds of screening, a total of 110 people moved into Chuxiu Palace.

After half a month, the palace selection would take place, with the emperor and empress selecting the best candidates together. Sometimes, the emperor would show favor to his subjects by marrying the best among them to the sons of the royal family or trusted ministers.

The ladies who moved into the Chuxiu Palace this time were a mix of noble ladies from the capital and outstanding daughters from other places. They were all young girls between the ages of fifteen and seventeen. Each one was bright and lively, as beautiful as a newly bloomed flower, making people forget the world at first sight.

Chuxiu Palace suddenly became lively, and the entire palace seemed to be lively, and the whole atmosphere became different from before.

Xu Lanshan has been pregnant for almost five months, and her bulging belly is becoming more and more obvious.

After the first three months, everyone in Lianli Palace and she herself breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Lanshan no longer stayed indoors all day long. She began to go to Fengwu Palace to pay her respects to the queen.

The fresh, young and beautiful young beauties are about to enter the palace in groups, dressed up in fancy clothes. They are not coming to the palace to play, but to compete for favor. Compared with the old ones, although they have a lower status, they are younger and more beautiful. The emperor will feel more fresh when looking at them, which is an advantage that the old ones do not have. So it is half and half. Which concubine in the palace is not nervous now?

As the most favored concubine, Xu Lanshan should naturally be the most nervous one!

It would be very abnormal if she was not anxious at all at this time and could live a peaceful life behind closed doors.

This is not how a favorite concubine should behave.

When Xu Lanshan appeared in Fengwu Palace that day, the concubines looked at each other, all showing an expression of understanding.

Yes, now that things are like this, even if Concubine Chen is in favor, she will definitely not be able to sit still! It would be abnormal if she didn't come.

No matter what they thought in their hearts, things were different now. The concubines did not dare to disrespect Xu Lanshan. They greeted her politely with sweet smiles.

Xu Lanshan responded with a smile and sat in the first seat under the Queen's Phoenix Throne.

When Concubine Shu came in, she was stunned when she saw her.

Sitting opposite Xu Lanshan, Concubine Shu felt even more unhappy.

Although the two sat opposite each other, the left was the honorific, and Concubine Shu sat on the right.

Xu Lanshan is now the number one person in the harem after the queen.

Her gaze fell silently on Xu Lanshan's obviously bulging belly, which made her even more displeased.

"Noble Concubine Chen is pregnant. I haven't seen her for a long time, but she looks even more radiant. I can't wait to see her!"

It would be foolish of Xu Lanshan to take her words seriously. She immediately said with a good-natured smile, "Shufei is such a joke. I've gained a lot of weight while pregnant. How can I say I look radiant? It's truly shameful! If I were to look radiant, there will be a new person entering the palace soon. That's what truly looks radiant!"

Xu Lanshan's words made everyone look a little unhappy.

This is what everyone fears.

Concubine Mo took the opportunity to laugh and said, "How old are those new talents? Even if they have some talents, it's nothing special. How could the Emperor look down on them? They are ignorant and can't serve others! They are just naughty! With Concubine Chen here, they will probably feel ashamed when they see them."

Concubine Lin pursed her lips and smiled: "I heard that there are two or three very beautiful women among the concubines this year, who are outstanding!"

Xu Lanshan smiled: "The world is so big, there are countless beautiful women with outstanding talents. The most outstanding ones should naturally be sent to the palace to serve the emperor! It's normal to have a few like that."