She didn't bow, and he didn't say anything either. He just smiled and ate the pastries Chen Wen brought out, exchanging pleasantries with Su Liye.
"Does Your Majesty have any instructions for this visit?"
Xiao Lin, unusually good-natured, asked, "What? Can't I come just because I have nothing else to do?"
He looked at Su Xin, who was as beautiful as a flower, and said, "Why don't I bestow upon Su Xin the title of Imperial Concubine? Then we will be family."
Xiao Lin has no empress. Su Xin has become a concubine and will soon ascend to the position of empress.
Before Su Xin and Chen Wen could be happy for long, Xiao Lin said again, "The eldest daughter of the Su family saved my life, so let's make her empress."
Su Qian looked at Xiao Lin in disbelief. Was he really going to marry her as his empress?
She never imagined that she would have such a day. Su Qian was overjoyed and completely failed to notice Xiao Lin's cold gaze and Su Xin's tightly clenched fist.
She walked up to Su Xin and said happily, "Little sister, I'm getting married."
She married into such a good family.
Su Xin forced a smile and said, "Congratulations, sister."
Seeing Su Xin's aggrieved expression, yet forced to smile and congratulate Su Qian, everyone felt a pang of sympathy.
Xiao Lin gave Su Qian a cold look and said, "Have you finished your housework?"
"I..." Su Qian was a little confused, "Aren't I the Empress? Why do I still have to do housework?"
Wasn't the Empress served by many people and held a high position?
Why does Xiao Lin still make her do housework?
Xiao Lin scoffed, "If you won't do it, am I supposed to?"
If he hadn't been searching for the eldest daughter of the Su family, he wouldn't have traveled all this way, nor would he have been chased and injured.
How could he find peace of mind when he recalled all those past events?
Su Qian felt wronged, but she had no choice but to obey Xiao Lin and obediently continue doing housework.
That night, when no one was paying attention to Su Qian, she secretly slipped out of the Su family home and knocked on the Shang family's door. Shang Tian opened the door and frowned when he saw her. "What do you want now?" he asked, his tone full of disdain. Su Qian gritted her teeth and said, "I'm getting married, and I wanted to tell my aunt."
Upon hearing this, Shang Tian did not stop her and let her in.
When Aunt Zhang saw that it was her, she sighed and didn't say anything. She first made her a bowl of noodles, saying, "Let's eat and talk."
Su Qian nodded, took the chopsticks, and began to eat.
Once she was pregnant, she spoke, "I am getting married. The Emperor said today that he wants to make me his Empress."
Hearing this, Shang Tian didn't believe it, but Aunt Zhang's eyes were unreadable. "What else did he say?"
"My younger sister is a Noble Consort."
Thinking that she could be with Su Xin again in the future, Su Qian felt indescribably happy.
Upon hearing the last sentence, Aunt Zhang's face instantly darkened. "If you truly consider me an elder, then listen to my advice: this man is not to be married."
Su Qian stood up abruptly, her eyes filled with grievance, and said, "I know my aunt wants to marry me off to Shang Tian, but that was just a joke my mother made. How could I take it seriously? Now that I have a good place to go, my aunt is not happy for me, but is even trying to stop me."
She turned and strode out, but stopped at the gate and said, "I don't care about Auntie's feelings. From now on, let's pretend we've never met."
Her words were like tearing Zhang Dashen's heart out.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang was crying so hard, Shang Tian quickly patted her back and said some nice words to comfort her.
Su Qian returned to the Su family home and went to sleep, completely unaware of what had happened in the front yard.
Xiao Lin looked at Su Xin with deep affection and said, "I'm sure you all know about the legend of the eldest daughter of the Su family."
Su Qian is that person, and before she becomes empress, you must protect her at all costs.
"Once she becomes a member of the Xiao family, I'll take care of things myself."
Hearing this, Su Xin asked with a hint of nervousness, "What does His Majesty intend to do to my sister?"
Xiao Lin smiled and said, "You go back and rest first. I will discuss the rest with my parents-in-law."
After Su Xin left, Su Liye asked with a hint of trepidation, "Your Majesty, Su Qian, she..."
“If it weren’t for the Imperial Advisor’s prophecy, how could I have kept such a vicious woman around for so long?” He said solemnly. “I know that Minister Su loves his daughter dearly, but keeping such a vicious woman around will only harm Xin’er.”
Su Xin knew what they were talking about, and she felt a mix of excitement and fear.
If Su Qian dies, she will be the only daughter of the Su family. Who will remember that she was born out of wedlock?
But as she watched Su Qian die, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. Remembering the look in Xiao Lin's eyes, she gritted her teeth and walked towards the backyard. She didn't care about the filth in the pigsty and went straight in.
"Sister, can you not marry His Majesty?"
Su Qian looked at Su Xin in disbelief, "Sister, what did you say? Wouldn't it be better if we, as sisters, both entered the palace as concubines?"
We can still have a good time together in the future.
Su Xin didn't know how to explain the reasons to Su Qian, so she only said, "I want to be with Your Majesty for life."
I just hope Su Qian isn't too stupid and jumps into the fire.
Su Qian stared at her for a long time before finally laughing coldly, "You really are my good sister. Since you came back home, I've given you everything, but now you want to steal my husband."
"Hasn't my sister ever considered why His Majesty chose you as Empress?"
Have you thought about it?
No, there really isn't.
But Su Qian didn't think that if Su Xin could become a concubine, what was wrong with her becoming empress, the one who saved Xiao Lin's life?
"Are you jealous?" she suddenly asked.
Su Xin was slightly taken aback. Jealousy, of course she was jealous, but she did this for Su Qian's own good. Although she was a bit foolish, she really couldn't accept that Su Qian would die because of her.
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