"Lady Song, you should follow my emperor back to the palace instead of following us back to the Zhenguo Palace."
Song Qingxuan's face froze: "Xiao, I..."
As soon as she called herself "I", Su Chenyu interrupted her: "All the concubines in the palace, those with the rank of concubine or above, call themselves ministers and concubines, and those below the rank of concubine call themselves concubines. You are a noble lady, so you should call yourself concubines, not 'I'. I will mention this to the emperor and let the palace servants teach you the rules first."
"Xiao, I just want to go back to the country and take a look at the old lady first."
Su Chenyu knew Song Qingxuan too well, and she wanted to ask the old lady for help.
Seeing Song Qingxuan's pleading look, Su Chenyu said, "Lady Song, do you know what it means to be in a deep sea once you enter the palace?"
Song Qingxuan shook her head, and Su Chenyu explained, "Lady Song, concubines in the harem cannot return to their homes without permission. When you are conferred the title of concubine, the emperor will be so generous that his family can visit you in the palace. If you insist on returning to your home, you must also obtain the emperor's permission, and you must live in the villa built at home. It's difficult for you to even go home, so how can you go to the imperial palace to see an elder from another family?"
Song Qingxuan's eyes widened. She thought Su Chenyu was lying to her. Biyu and Biyue had already come over. They couldn't find Song Qingxuan just now and thought she was in trouble. "My dear, you are a concubine. How can you walk around as you please?"
As they were talking, they saw Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing and quickly bowed: "This servant greets you, Prince Consort."
Su Chenyu smiled and said, "It's nothing. Concubine Song has just entered the harem and doesn't know anything. You have to take good care of Concubine Song in the future and tell her the rules and regulations."
Biyu and Biyue looked at each other, knelt down and replied, "I understand."
After saying that, Biyu and Biyue held Song Qingxuan's arms from left and right. It was better to say that they clamped them, so Song Qingxuan couldn't break free at all: "You hurt me, let go."
"My dear, if the Emperor finds out about your leaving the carriage, I wonder what kind of punishment you will have to endure. You'd better behave yourself and go back with us."
Looking at Song Qingxuan being taken away by Biyu and Biyue, Su Chenyu did not have any sympathy in her eyes. She had given her a choice, but she refused to give up, so she would stay in the deep palace for the rest of her life.
"Let's go, let's go home." Bai Yanqing held Su Chenyu's hand and smiled at her tenderly.
Su Chenyu interlocked her fingers with his: "Hey, let's go back to our home."
At this moment, a large group of people had gathered at the gate of the Zhenguo Mansion. They looked at Old Madam Bai Li sitting on a chair at the gate with a serious expression, and wondered what the old lady wanted to do today.
Su Chenyu and Bai Yanqing walked through the crowd and came to the door. They looked at the old lady sitting at the door, as if they did not notice the gloomy expression on her face or the way the people around them looked at the show.
"Madam, have you come specially to take me and my husband back home? There's no need for such a grand gift. As long as you have the intention, it's fine." Su Chenyu spoke first.
The old lady looked behind the two of them and said, "Qi'er and Qingxuan followed you when you set out. Why are you the only ones back now?"
"Madam, you may have gotten old and forgotten what I said at that time. Anything could happen in the hunting grounds. I am busy taking care of myself, so how can I spare the time to take care of them?" Su Chenyu asked back, "What did you say at that time, Madam? You said that they don't need me to worry about them in the hunting grounds. Could it be that what you said at that time was just polite talk?"
The old lady slapped the armrest of the chair heavily and said, "Xiao, you have to give me an explanation about what happened between Qi'er and Qingxuan, right?"
Bai Yuyanqing stepped forward and said, "Old Madam, Bai Yuqi has become the future concubine of the prince, and Song Qingxuan has become the noble lady of the emperor. Isn't this a good fate? Ask the people here yourself. If their daughters can marry the prince and enter the harem, it will be a great joy.
These two great happy events happened to you, why are you not happy? Could it be that you feel that the emperor has wronged the daughter of a small official in the northwest, and that the prince is not worthy of marrying the daughter of the second wife of a wealthy family?"
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