Chapter 70: Promotion to Concubine
Lips and teeth touching.
Tightly entangled.
Pei Tingyue was very sincere this time, and she hooked her arms around his neck and kissed him for a long time.
When she pulled away again, her lips were slightly swollen and her voice was breathless: "Is this enough?"
Xie Chen looked at her pitiful little face so close to him, and his breathing stopped for a moment.
Thinking about where this place was, he suppressed the lust in his eyes with all his might before he said in a hoarse voice, "Enough."
Pei Tingyue asked expectantly, "What excuse has Your Majesty come up with for this concubine?"
"Just said he was walking too fast and twisted his ankle."
Pei Tingyue's face wrinkled into a ball.
Got fooled.
She could also come up with this lame excuse.
She questioned, "Will the Queen Mother believe it?"
Xie Chen said calmly: "I will believe it."
Pei Tingyue nodded, and after a moment she asked weakly, "Really?"
Xie Chen narrowed his eyes at her: "Don't you believe me?"
Pei Tingyue felt a chill on his back and shook his head violently.
Xie Chen was finally satisfied: "Don't worry, even if the Queen Mother can understand, she has not heard about the affairs of the harem for a long time. Even if it involves Concubine Qin, she will not ask too much."
"If she intervenes in this matter, she will only ask Concubine Qin to apologize to you."
Pei Tingyue covered her mouth and laughed: "Are you going to ask Concubine Qin to apologize to me?"
A smile flashed in Xie Chen's eyes: "You were so scared just now, but now you're happy again?"
Pei Tingyue said confidently, "The Emperor told me not to be afraid, so I am not afraid! As for being happy, of course I am happy! It was Concubine Qin who just called me a bitch. Shouldn't I apologize?"
Xie Chen's eyes turned cold for a moment.
Liang Yao didn't mention this in his report just now.
It seems that he really needs to teach his cousin a lesson about what it means to speak ill of others.
He suppressed his emotions and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"
Pei Tingyue shook his head.
After falling into the water, she took a bath, changed into new clothes and went to Chengming Palace. She had no time to eat.
Xie Chen had anticipated this and immediately ordered the imperial kitchen to prepare another breakfast and place it in the side hall.
Pei Tingyue hadn't had breakfast and was already very hungry. The food prepared in the imperial kitchen was very delicious, and she ate a little too much in one go.
After breakfast, she strolled around the side hall and the main hall to digest her food, and did not go to the imperial study to disturb the emperor.
While I was digesting my food, Liang Yao came in.
"My beauty, the Empress Dowager summons you to the Cining Palace."
Hearing this, Pei Tingyue turned around and went to the imperial study.
Looking at the figure behind the desk, she said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager wants to see me. I'm going to the Cining Palace."
Xie Chen raised his head, his brows gentle: "Don't be afraid, go ahead."
Pei Tingyue took a deep breath and walked away, looking back every few steps as if he was going to die.
After the others left, Xie Chen smiled faintly, shook his head and continued to handle state affairs.
Half an hour later.
Pei Tingyue came back with a smile on her face.
"I'm back!"
Xie Chen stopped writing and asked her, "Did Concubine Qin apologize to you?"
Pei Tingyue happily threw herself into his arms: "Yeah. As soon as I arrived at the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager didn't ask me anything. The first thing she did was to ask Concubine Qin to apologize to me. Then she took my hand, saying that I had been wronged, and rewarded me with a lot of things."
Xie Chen held her slender waist and said, "Is my guess correct?"
Pei Tingyue nodded with a smile, then came over and kissed him again.
"Even these rewards, I dare not accept them."
"Why don't you dare accept it?"
Pei Tingyue lowered her head and said, "I feel very guilty..."
"No need to feel guilty." Xie Chen said, "Since you have done it, don't feel guilty. Just enjoy the results boldly."
Pei Tingyue stared at him blankly.
Xie Chen looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I know that survival in the harem is not easy, so I can tolerate you using some tricks. But your mind and strategy are not yet mature. You must inform me before you take any action. Understand?"
Pei Tingyue was surprised and couldn't tell whether he was sincere or not, so she didn't dare to respond rashly.
"Your Majesty... your concubine..."
Xie Chen continued, "But I have a bottom line. Don't touch the children in the harem. They are still young and innocent."
Pei Tingyue didn't dare to respond anymore.
Xie Chen touched her little face, knowing that she couldn't react: "Stay in the imperial study today and think carefully about what I said."
The imperial study returned to silence.
Xie Chen was processing memorials behind the desk.
Pei Tingyue sat on the couch next to him, thinking about something.
After a long time, Xie Chen raised his head to rest his eyes and found that she had fallen asleep.
“…”
After feeling helpless, he stood up and carried the person to the bed in the bedroom. He smoothed the person's tightly furrowed brows and said softly, "Sleep well."
He sat on the bed for a long time before leaving.
Xie Chen returned to the study, picked up the memorial but couldn't see into his heart, so he simply put it down, frowned and thought about something.
Liang Yao came in quietly: "Your Majesty, please have some tea."
Xie Chen responded, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"What do you think about me promoting Concubine Pei to Concubine?"
Liang Yao was shocked.
After careful consideration, he replied, "That's absolutely not possible."
Xie Chen rubbed his brows and said, "Tell me in detail."
Liang Yao bowed and said, "Lady Pei has been promoted twice in just three months since she came here in March. With only a month left until she can be promoted to Lady, it's not appropriate for her to be promoted again."
"What's more, Concubine Pei is quite favored by you, which has already made the six concubines jealous. If she is promoted again, I am afraid that Concubine Pei will become more conspicuous and become the target of public criticism. What Concubine Shu did will be repeated frequently."
"That's right." Xie Chen's face was calm. "But if she doesn't get promoted, she will have to pay her respects to Concubine Qin when she sees her in the future."
Liang Yao hesitated: "This..."
He finally understood that the emperor was really in trouble, and he didn't want Concubine Pei to suffer any injustice.
Xie was silent for a moment, then said, "When Concubine Shu was pregnant, the Queen came to ask for the power of assisting Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian to manage the six palaces. Concubine Shu has tied herself up in knots, so there's no need to give her the power of assisting the six palaces. But Concubine Xian, who comes from a noble family and has given birth to a prince, might be given the power of assisting the six palaces."
Liang Yao understood what this meant.
Make a feint to the east and attack in the west.
But even so, it is still conspicuous.
Xie Chen added, “With the new concubine entering the palace, there must be a lot of complaints among the concubines in the harem.”
Liang Yao replied, "Yes, the two new concubines were immediately promoted to Concubine's Consorts. The old masters of the Eastern Palace, as well as the new masters who entered the palace last year, are all very jealous. Their positions have not been changed for a long time."
Xie Chen said, "Then let's move them up. The main concubines can't be promoted rashly, and the new concubines' positions don't need to be changed when they first enter the palace. Other than that, let's move up one rank for the others."
Liang Yao was secretly shocked.
This is to make Concubine Pei less conspicuous and to confer more titles on the harem.
For the first time since he ascended the throne, the power to assist in managing the six palaces was released, and the concubines in the harem were promoted. He went through so much trouble just for Concubine Pei not to greet Qin Jieyu when she saw her.
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