Chapter 13: His Majesty's Favor
Fortunately, the meatballs fell into the bowl and did not roll onto the table.
Jun Li Luo caught a glimpse of Song Yunchu's movements from the corner of his eyes and raised the corner of his lips, "Yunchu, you don't have to be too grateful to me. You have devoted your life to me. The mandarin duck jade pendant is a rare treasure. If it were someone else, I would not be willing to give it away. Now I give it to you and Miss Jiang. It is my blessing to the two of you."
Song Yunchu: “…”
[I am not grateful to you, is that a blessing? You are clearly looking for trouble for me. Jun Tianyi, that bastard, was reluctant to part with Jiang Rumin in the first place, and you gave us such a jade pendant and asked us to wear it with us, which makes us look like a perfect match, right? The bastard will definitely be shocked when he sees it. ]
[You dog emperor, I work overtime after court hours and on holidays. It's fine if you don't give me a day off, but now you're trying to stir up a conflict between me and that dog scumbag. I'm so unlucky to have a boss like you. If you have a problem with your brain, call a doctor to treat it.]
Even though Jun Liluo was used to being called "Dog Emperor" by Song Yunchu, he still felt unhappy when he heard Song Yunchu cursing him so harshly in his heart.
What? You are allowed to interfere in my love affairs, but I am not allowed to use you to deal with my uncle?
Can't you predict the future? You know the fate of everyone, so you can avoid many risks in advance.
Don't you hate the Emperor's uncle? Scolding him is worse than scolding me. Now you are not unable to beat the Emperor's uncle, so are you still afraid of him causing trouble?
The two looked at each other in silence. Although Song Yunchu was angry, he still maintained his rationality and forced a smile towards the emperor: "Your Majesty has given me such rare treasures, and I am naturally grateful. However, this mandarin duck jade pendant is really precious and has a very good meaning. Your Majesty should keep it for yourself and wear it with the Queen when she chooses a queen in the future."
Now Jun Li Luo treats all the women in the harem equally. The four concubines have the same status. The families behind them want to compete with each other, so they incite their own forces to propose to establish a queen as soon as possible in the court. Jun Li Luo turned a deaf ear to them and just said that it would not be too late to discuss the position of queen after which concubine gave birth to a prince first.
Song Yunchu naturally understood that he was lying with open eyes.
He doesn't even touch women now, let alone get a prince. It's hard for his concubines to get pregnant. Even if they do, it's unknown whether the baby can be born safely. Don't think that there are only four women in the harem. Excluding the spy Concubine Shu, the remaining three can also fight in the palace.
In the original novel, the dog emperor did not establish a queen. His original intention was to balance the relationship between the court and the central government. He thought that there was no need to promote a certain force at the moment. Later, he wanted to leave the queen position to Jiang Rumin. In addition to selfishness, it was also because Jiang Rumin had the name of a phoenix girl, which could be a good omen.
It’s a pity that the dog emperor never saw Jiang Rumin wearing the queen’s phoenix robe until his death.
"There is no rush to establish a queen. I still have many government affairs to attend to. There are few people in the harem now. They just need to take care of their own territories. Yunchu, you don't have to worry about my affairs. Worry more about your own marriage. You are not allowed to refuse the mandarin duck jade pendants I give you."
Song Yunchu couldn't refuse, so he could only agree: "Then I would like to thank your majesty for his kindness."
In the afternoon, Song Yunchu left the imperial study and felt that the air outside was refreshing.
When you get along with the dog emperor, you always have endless words to curse at him.
Passing by the Imperial Garden on the way out of the palace, Song Yunchu heard the eunuch who followed him say, "Sir, the flowers in the Imperial Garden are so beautiful at this time of year. When His Majesty gets tired of reading memorials, he often goes to the Imperial Garden to relax. He says that smelling the flowers can make people feel good. Would you like to go and enjoy the flowers too?"
Song Yunchu heard this and said, "Okay."
Entering the Imperial Garden, there was indeed a refreshing fragrance that was refreshing. Song Yunchu looked at the colorful flowers all around and suddenly heard a woman's sweet laughter not far away.
After the laughter, the people on that side vaguely started arguing.
She took a few steps towards the source of the sound, and across the rockery she heard a voice as sweet as a yellow warbler uttering sarcastic words -
"Sister, you have been in the kitchen all day to please His Majesty. I can smell the fumes when I get close to you. Do you think that you can get His Majesty's mercy just because you hurt your hand? In my opinion, His Majesty has seen through your hypocritical tricks, so he is too lazy to comfort you and just sent you away with two boxes of jewelry."
Song Yunchu's eyebrows moved slightly. There could be no one else but Concubine Zhen who could say such unpleasant things.
Zhenfei's arrogance was well-founded. Her father was a first-rank military commander in the court and had made many achievements. As the daughter of the Grand Tutor, Li Fei was of the same rank as Zhenfei, but her family's power and reputation were not as good as Zhenfei's. Naturally, Zhenfei dared to ridicule her without restraint.
"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, so I am satisfied with the two boxes of jewelry he gave me as a token of consolation. If Your Majesty really thought I was hypocritical, why would he eat the imperial meal I made and order Li Zongguan to visit me? Sister Zhenfei felt that she smelled of oil smoke when she was close to me, but wasn't it you who took the initiative to come close to me? I didn't intend to chat with you."
Song Yunchu listened to Concubine Li's calm response and thought to himself: Well done. To be a good wife to the dog emperor, you can't be at a disadvantage in an argument.
In the pavilion on the other side of the rockery, Concubine Zhen was annoyed by what she said and scolded, "What are you so proud of? Isn't it just two boxes of jewelry? It would be considered capable if you could be invited to sleep with Concubine Shu."
When Song Yunchu heard this, he felt that Concubine Zhen's words were intended to stir up conflict between Concubine Li and Concubine Shu. As a spy, Concubine Shu was naturally not afraid of the means used in the harem, after all, the master behind her was the emperor. But Concubine Li... there was no guarantee that she would not be instigated, after all, in the original book, she really liked the dog emperor.
Thinking of this, Song Yunchu walked out from behind the rockery and said in a deep voice: "Empress Zhen, please be careful with your words."
Her sudden voice startled Concubine Zhen.
"I had lunch with Your Majesty at noon, and Your Majesty personally praised Concubine Li's cooking skills. Concubine Zhen, if you have time to embarrass Concubine Li here, you might as well cultivate yourself. If those words just now were to reach Your Majesty's ears, it would be bad for you."
"you……!"
Zhen Fei's face turned pale as she listened to this scolding. She pointed her round fan at Song Yunchu and wanted to scold him. The personal maid beside her quickly pulled her sleeve and whispered in her ear, "Your Majesty, you can't offend Prime Minister Song."
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