The emperor had a gloomy face and stared at A Tao as if he was staring at a dead person.
His voice was icy cold: "Why don't you lead the way?"
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The queen's face was abnormally flushed and covered with fine beads of sweat.
The emperor strode into Kunning Palace with a look of anger on his face.
The palace was filled with the aroma of mugwort, and the imperial physician was treating the queen.
"Your Highness." The imperial physician knelt down.
"How is the Queen?"
Seeing that the queen was really ill this time and not lying as before, the emperor's displeasure was mostly gone.
"Your Majesty, the Empress has developed a sudden high fever due to shock. The condition is very severe and dangerous."
"I have already prescribed the medicine. Please wait for Your Majesty to take it and observe the effects."
After all, she was his good friend's sister. Now she was lying on the bed in a daze. The emperor felt a little regretful and wondered if today's punishment was too severe.
The Queen was a lady from a noble family and had never seen such a bloody scene before. She must have been terrified today.
The queen on the bed suddenly started talking nonsense and kept calling for the emperor.
The Emperor walked over and saw that the Empress had not woken up. He said to Ah Xiang, who was guarding the bedside, "Take good care of the Empress. When she wakes up, tell her that I am no longer angry and that her house arrest order has been lifted."
"As long as she doesn't do it again in the future, I won't care about what she did before."
Ah Xiang knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy."
He had wanted to order someone to drag Ah Tao, who had disturbed his interest, down and chop her off, but now he didn't care about it anymore.
The emperor stayed here until late at night, sitting in the outer room, and only left after the queen's temperature subsided.
The emperor had originally promised Xu Jinyi that he would come and see her for a while and then go back. However, worried that Xu Jinyi would be unhappy, the emperor returned to Siyu Palace.
"Where is the nobleman?"
Xia Qing, who was standing guard outside, said, "Your Majesty, the noble has gone to bed."
The emperor was stunned. He quietly opened the door and walked in. He glanced at the bed and laughed out loud.
It feels very novel.
In the past, under such circumstances, every concubine would wait for him, even until dawn.
However, the emperor was not angry at all. If he came back and saw Xu Jinyi still waiting, he would probably feel distressed.
Sitting beside the bed, he looked carefully at the beautiful bride who was sleeping soundly.
The emperor gazed at Xu Jinyi's face greedily, and reached out to caress her fair face inch by inch.
My heart was beating uncontrollably.
In the end, he was reluctant to leave. Even though he had to go to court in two hours, the emperor took off his shoes and socks and lay down quietly beside Xu Jinyi.
He reached out and held the person in his arms, and then the emperor fell into a deep sleep.
With the beauty in his arms, the emperor slept very soundly that night.
The sky was turning slightly brighter, and outside, Eunuch Youfu was staring at the silent room.
I don’t know whether I should ask the emperor to prepare for court.
"Miss Xia Qing, what time does your nobleman usually get up?"
Eunuch Youfu prayed in his heart that Xu Jinyi would wake up quickly, otherwise he would not dare to disturb her.
In the past, when the emperor stayed in the palaces of other concubines, the concubines would get up to change his clothes and see him off when he went to court.
This is Concubine Xu's first time sleeping with the emperor, so she probably doesn't know yet.
"My nobleman likes to sleep in lately, and it's uncertain when he will wake up."
In fact, Xia Qing was also a little confused. In the past, when she prayed in the temple, her daughter always got up very early.
After coming down the mountain, she fell in love with sleeping in, so she couldn't help Grandpa Youfu.
Grandpa Youfu looked depressed.
Inside, the emperor had slowly woken up. Looking at Xu Jinyi sleeping like a cat in his arms, he couldn't bear to wake her up.
He gently kissed Xu Jinyi on the face, then stood up, picked up his clothes and started to put them on.
Seeing the emperor open the door and walk out, Eunuch Youfu breathed a sigh of relief.
After the Queen's fever subsided, she felt a little tired, but she was in good spirits, so the daily greetings were not cancelled.
Xu Jinyi naturally wanted to go too. After getting up and washing up, she saw Xia Qing holding a peach pink dress.
He said lazily, "Change into something plainer, something more elegant."
Xia Qing didn't understand why, but she still changed into a lavender dress.
The weather was very hot and humid. Xu Jinyi was sweating a little after changing clothes. He looked at the two buckets of ice in the room, which had now melted into water.
No wonder it's so hot.
She is a noble person now, and the amount of ice she can get a day is two buckets, no more.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has ordered that you don't have to pay your respects to the Kunning Palace today. Why?"
Xu Jinyi put on a white magnolia hairpin, took a look and stood up after making sure there was nothing wrong.
"Since you are a concubine in the harem, you should follow the rules and don't let anyone catch you."
"Let's go."
Along the way, Xu Jinyi met many concubines in the harem.
Everyone stared at Xu Jinyi's stunning appearance, shocked.
I am more worried about my future.
In the palace, if you have no children and even lose the emperor's favor, you can imagine what your life will be like for the rest of your life.
The servants in this palace are all cunning. If the master is not in power, the servants will neglect you.
Siyu Palace is obviously not far from the Queen's Palace, but walking step by step, it seems very far away.
In the harem, only those who can use sedan chairs are concubines or above.
The women in the harem do not have high positions. Apart from the queen, only the imperial concubine can use a sedan chair.
When I arrived at Kunning Palace, I heard a woman's voice before I entered.
It sounds like there are quite a lot of people.
Inside the palace, the queen sat at the head of the group, staring at the concubines who were talking to each other, and she understood what was going on.
I'm afraid all of them are here to watch the fun. Normally, you wouldn't see so many people coming together to pay their respects.
Even the concubines who usually preferred to claim sickness and not come came.
Indeed, there have been no newcomers in the palace for so many years, and everyone is curious about what these three newcomers look like.
Everyone has heard about what happened in the harem yesterday, and everyone wants to see who Xu Jinyi is.
She could even make the emperor risk his life to protect her.
When he saw Xu Jinyi, who was dressed in a simple and elegant yet noble and generous outfit, slowly approaching.
Everyone gasped.
Just now, Qiao Da Ying and An Meiren were both of superb appearance, but now after seeing Xu Jinyi, these concubines finally understood what is beyond compare beauty.
Even though she was dressed simply, with a little makeup on her face and only a white jade hairpin in her hair, it could not hide her beautiful face.
Almost all eyes fell on Xu Jinyi, and some of them were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Qiao Shengnuan pinched her fingertips until they turned white, and she knew it.
Xu Jinyi would be her biggest rival, she was so outstanding in appearance.
Wherever she is, no one will notice her.
Staring at Xu Jinyi's face, Qiao Shengnuan's eyes flashed with jealousy and hatred.
Last night, although the emperor was called away by the queen, he stayed in Xu Jinyi's palace in the second half of the night. This news spread throughout the harem early in the morning.
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