Seeing that Gu Chengzuo looked troubled, the Queen Mother reminded him:
"If you want to continue to promote Concubine Su, I have no objection. Your Majesty, please don't offend me. After all, I already promised Concubine Jing today, and only later did I learn about your scolding of Prince Jing."
Since the Queen Mother said so, Gu Chengzuo had no choice but to agree. However, because of this incident, the Queen Mother and Gu Chengzuo regretted it very much.
The next day, while Gu Chengzuo was handling state affairs during the day, he was always paying attention to the news outside the door.
I don’t know if that woman will come to comfort me.
After all, although I went to see Rong Baolin halfway on the way to find her, she should have heard when she woke up this morning that not only did I not favor Rong Baolin but I also dealt with her.
Shouldn't she be touched and take the initiative to find me?
Zhao Quan walked in with a food box. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Gu Chengzuo's expectant eyes and asked him if Su Zhaoyi was still outside.
Zhao Quan wiped away the non-existent sweat.
"Your Majesty, this food box was sent by Consort Shu."
Gu Chengzuo put down the pen in his hand heavily and said coldly: "Since it is a gift from Concubine Shu, you can take it and eat it."
Zhao Quan felt the coldness coming from Gu Chengzuo and guessed what he was thinking. "How about I ask Consort Su to come over?"
Gu Chengzuo was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and said awkwardly:
"Why ask her? I don't want to see her."
Zhao Quan looked at his own emperor who was saying one thing and thinking another, and guessed in his heart that the emperor would go to find Su Zhaoyi within a day this time.
Unexpectedly, news suddenly came from the border that the Miao people had been making frequent movements recently and were taking advantage of the situation to rob the border areas.
Gu Chengzuo summoned ministers to the imperial study to discuss matters. He was busy for several days until late at night. When he arrived at Qingyi Palace, the woman had already fallen asleep. He looked at her messy sleeping posture and laughed. He covered her with a quilt before leaving.
Gu Chengzuo finally breathed a sigh of relief after catching the Miao spy hiding deep in the capital. All he had to do next was torture the spy and wait for the result.
It was time for the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. Dan Ruo had used an excuse to destroy the problematic palace dress sent by Concubine Shu in the past few days. Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu used the same trick again, and the palace dress sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the second time still had problems.
But this time it was a little more clever. Wine had to be spilled on the clothes to show the pattern on the clothes that belonged exclusively to the queen.
Danruo didn't expect Concubine Shu to be so persistent, so he could only wait and see.
After Gu Chengzuo and the Queen Mother appeared, the palace banquet officially began.
As the two people with higher positions in the harem, Concubine Shu and Concubine Su sat below Gu Chengzuo in that order.
But Concubine Shu felt like she was just a piece of air.
Whenever the emperor tasted something delicious, he would have someone send a portion to Su Zhaoyi. The eunuchs came and went between her and she felt that the eyes of the people around her were always on her, and everyone must be laughing at her.
Concubine Shu couldn't help but glare at Su Zhaoyi. It was really not acceptable for her to do such a seductive thing in such an occasion.
Dan Ruo exclaimed in surprise and covered her mouth: "Sister Shufei, when you turned your head and glared at me, I realized that your phoenix hairpin is actually from Jiuwei? Your Majesty, are you going to make Shufei the queen?"
The others saw it but didn't dare to say anything. What if the emperor was favoring Concubine Shu? If they said it, they would offend Concubine Shu.
Gu Chengzuo didn't pay close attention to Concubine Shu. The Empress Dowager and Concubine Jing were talking and didn't pay attention to Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu hurriedly took off the phoenix hairpin on her head. She was puzzled. She only had a five-tailed phoenix hairpin, so why was she wearing a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on her head?
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