Chapter 33 Born to Be Mine
After thinking for a moment, Yang Manyan took a deep breath, carefully stretched out his arms, wrapped them around the man's neck, and snuggled in his arms.
She thought that instead of living such an endless life day after day, it would be better to pretend to be submissive and see if she could find a breakthrough.
"What's wrong?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked down at her.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to lock me up here forever?" The girl's eyes were red and her almond-shaped eyes were sparkling, looking pitiful.
The emperor's wrath will leave millions of dead and blood flowing for thousands of miles. This sentence was always engraved in Yang Manyan's mind, making her nervous.
Xiao Ke's heart was slightly moved, "I said, if you behave yourself, I will give you a status in a few years, and then you can return to the palace."
"So, how many years is a few years later?"
"Look at you. If you perform well, I will take you back to the palace next year." The emperor's Adam's apple rolled.
"What does it mean to perform well?" Yang Manyan asked tentatively.
The man smiled and said in a hoarse voice: "If you bear me a child, I will make you an imperial concubine."
Yang Manyan's breathing stagnated, his head was buzzing, and his whole face suddenly turned red.
Then, she seemed to react in a split second and realized what he meant by the Imperial Noble Consort.
The title of Imperial Noble Consort was a unique rank among concubines in this dynasty, second only to the Empress. It was created by Emperor Wen for his favorite concubine and cousin, Tang.
And that Imperial Noble Consort Tang was the adoptive mother of the current emperor.
Before she could come to her senses, the emperor had already carried her out of the bath.
He lowered his eyes to look at the beautiful and plump girl in his arms, and couldn't help but sigh: "My daughter is so beautiful, she was born to be mine."
The prince called her "Yuanyuan", and the emperor didn't want to parrot her, so he called her "Yuan'er" on his own.
He had actually been to the battlefield, and before he inherited the throne, he had lived in the military camp under an assumed name. Years of practicing martial arts had given him a muscular body and made him strong and powerful.
Yang Manyan saw this and his face became even redder.
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The next day, the morning court session ended.
Chang Ying asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, today is the 18th day again. Are you going to spend the night at Xuanguang Pavilion or go back to the West Garden tonight?"
On the 18th of every month, the emperor would dismiss his attendants and go alone to Xuanguang Pavilion, his former residence, to stay alone for the night.
Yang Manyan encountered this twice in just half a year.
After a long pause, the emperor said in a deep voice, "Return to the West Garden."
"Yes, I understand. It's getting colder today. I'll have someone send more red charcoal to Yingtai to prevent the girl from catching a cold." Chang Ying smiled flatteringly.
The emperor hummed and focused all his attention on the mountain of memorials.
At the same time, outside Qingning Palace.
It was already noon, the sky was still gray, the north wind was howling, and it seemed that a snowstorm was coming.
Xiao Yan personally rode out of the city to the Imperial Temple on Yuquan Mountain last night, and after returning he did not sleep all night.
But Yang Manyan was not there at all.
The abbot and the head monk kept saying that Yang Shangyi was fasting and eating vegetarian food in the temple to pray for the people affected by the disaster, but the people he brought searched the entire imperial temple and did not see anyone at all.
After returning to the palace, he went straight to Qingning Palace, the residence of his biological mother, Concubine Wei Shufei, and stood outside the palace gate motionless until dawn.
Concubine Wei Shu had just stood up when she heard the news that the prince wanted to see her, and a faint light flashed across her eyes.
When the person came in, she hurriedly greeted him warmly and said with a gentle smile, "What good day is today? Why is the prince here?"
Xiao Yan bowed and saluted, "Madam Shufei, I heard that on the 17th of last month you went to the East Palace to invite Yang Shangyi to go to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers the next night. Is that true?"
Concubine Wei Shu's face was full of apology. "Yes, I did invite Yang Shangyi, but I suddenly felt unwell the next day, so I missed the appointment. I also troubled Yang Shangyi's maid to call the imperial physician for me."
That night, Dangui, who was beside Yang Manyan, did come to Qingning Palace. It seemed that Concubine Wei Shu was suffering from abdominal pain but the imperial physician could not be summoned for a long time. Dangui had to volunteer to go to the Imperial Hospital again.
Concubine Wei Shu smiled again and said, "The next day, I heard that Yang Shangyi went to the Western Suburbs Imperial Temple to pray for the disaster victims. She is really a kind-hearted child."
The senior palace maid Luxia beside her looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. "That night, I clearly..."
Concubine Wei Shu seemed startled and hurriedly frowned and interrupted, "Shut up."
Xiao Yan's eyes moved slightly. How could he not see the harmony between the master and servant?
"Empress Shufei, please let Aunt Luxia speak." He said in a gentle voice.
Concubine Wei Shu was helpless, her eyes were slightly wet, and she looked at a loss.
Luxia said indignantly: "That night, Dangui, who was beside Yang Shangyi, helped to find the imperial physician, and I went to the Imperial Garden to pass on a message to Yang Shangyi. Who knew that I saw..."
"Luxia, stop talking!" Concubine Wei Shu interrupted her in a panic, then looked at her son with a wry smile, "Don't listen to her, Prince. She's just talking nonsense."
Xiao Yan motioned for Luxia to continue, but she seemed to be having difficulty speaking and said, "I saw Yang Shangyi having a secret meeting with a tall and burly foreign man in the Imperial Garden..."
"How dare you slander the first-rank lady of the dynasty." Xiao Yan's expression suddenly changed.
Luxia was so frightened that her knees went weak and she fell to her knees.
Xiao Yan knew that he couldn't get any useful information here, so he bowed and left immediately.
Before leaving, he added, "Please, Madam Shufei, keep your mouth shut."
After saying that, he walked away.
Concubine Wei Shu was really stunned this time. She didn't expect her son to react like this. She originally thought...
As Xiao Qing had just left Qingning Palace, he ran into a dozen eunuchs from the inner court who were transporting red charcoal. Seeing them walking towards the Xihua Gate, he couldn't help but frown.
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