If we were to say who is the most jealous and envious person in the palace, it would undoubtedly be Concubine Wang.
Before Si Chao left the palace, the place he visited most often was her palace.
It only took her five years to rise from a concubine to a concubine.
Although five years seems like a long time, it is already a fast speed for Si Chao, who is stingy with positions.
Before Si Chao's southern tour, she always felt that she was the most favored among the six palaces and that it was just a matter of time before she became a concubine.
Even the position of concubine is not impossible as long as she gives birth to a son or daughter.
Who knew that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
She had never seen the emperor look so gentle towards her before. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was as gentle as water.
The treatments Tu Qingyu received, which she had never dared to imagine before, made her feel that her being the most favored in the harem was a joke.
Looking back now, His Majesty didn't really love her, he just treated her as a pet for fun.
Seeing that more people were about to speak, Concubine De quickly stopped them, "Alright, she was born the daughter of a county magistrate, but she saved the emperor from danger twice. She deserves the title of Zhaoyi."
Her beautiful eyes swept over everyone and said, "You should all return to your palaces quickly and not cause any more trouble outside."
After saying this, he walked past everyone and quickly left this place of trouble.
Deng Chongrong also left quickly. She never participated in these struggles.
Only Zhao Xiuyi, Ran Chongyi and Wang Jieyu were left to stab each other.
Finally, the three of them looked towards the Purple Palace together, and when they looked at each other, they seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.
Zhao Xiuyi smiled and said, "Would you two sisters like to come to my palace and sit for a while?"
"Great! It's blooming season now, and the crabapple trees in my sister's palace should be in full bloom."
Deng Chongrong, who had followed Concubine De, looked at her expression and couldn't help but say, "Sister Xue, His Majesty seems to really like that Concubine Tu."
"Yeah, I see."
"Then you..." Deng Caiwei looked at Xue Zhiyao with some concern, and hesitated to speak.
"If I like you, then I like you." Xue Zhiyao stopped and rubbed Deng Chongrong's head with a smile. "I'm fine, don't worry about me."
She doesn't care what the emperor likes, since she doesn't like him anyway.
If it's easy to get along with Tu Zhaoyi, then we can get along well with her. If not, then we should just stay out of each other's way.
Deng Caiwei felt relieved when she saw that she really didn't look sad at all.
"When my sister is happy, I am happy."
"How silly." She took the girl's hand and said, "Come on, I asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks. It's your favorite lotus cake."
"Okay, sister is the best."
When going to bed at night, Si Chao consciously gave the big bed in the main hall to Tu Qingyu and went to sleep in the side hall.
The palace maid's hands were shaking when she was making the bed.
After a good night's sleep, Si Chao went to deal with state affairs early the next day.
It was a busy day for several days, and there was no queen or queen mother in the palace, and no one wanted to pay respects.
Tu Qingyu lived a very leisurely life every day. The Xingqing Palace and Daming Palace were very big, and she had not finished touring them even after several days.
Half a month later, Si Chao finally finished dealing with the backlog of state affairs and had some free time to accompany Tu Qingyu.
That day he brought two imperial edicts and asked, "Take a look at this. Is this okay?"
"What?" She took it and looked at it. It turned out to be an imperial decree granting marriage. "Marriage?"
"Well, I see your sister really likes that scholar, and I plan to help her."
Helping others achieve their goals?
If Tu Qingyu wasn't still angry, she would have wanted to laugh.
Si Chao looked at her reaction and asked, "Are you happy that I'm arranging a marriage for your sister?"
She pursed her lips and nodded slowly, "Happy."
"As long as you are happy." He smiled and put another imperial edict into her hands, "Take a look at this."
"This is..." She opened it, and after seeing it clearly, she exclaimed in surprise, "Madam of the Imperial Court?"
"Yes, you are now a second-rank concubine, so it's just right to confer the title of third-rank concubine on your mother."
"But……"
"No buts, this matter is settled." He made the final decision and then held her hand. "Okay, let's have dinner first."
Tu Qingyu lowered his eyes to look at his hand, and he immediately let go with a wry smile.
A month and a half later, the Tu family in Dingzhou Prefecture received the imperial edict and were half happy and half sad.
The one who was happy was naturally Tu Wangshi who received the imperial decree. This not only showed that Tu Qingyu was deeply favored, but also showed that the emperor had no grudges about what happened more than ten years ago.
What I am worried about is Tu Qingxue's marriage.
Since the emperor returned to Beijing, Tu Qingxue was released and she thought the matter was over.
Unexpectedly, today, she received the imperial decree granting her marriage.
The family respectfully sent the eunuch who announced the imperial edict away. Tu Wangshi held the imperial edict in her hand and asked, "What should we do?"
"What else can I do?" Tu Zhao sighed deeply. "Prepare well. Zhang Jianren is my student. He's a good student. He might pass the imperial examination someday."
Having said that, he actually had no idea.
His eldest daughter has obviously offended the emperor. In the future, no matter whether Zhang Jianren has the talent or not, she will probably not be valued.
"No, I don't want to!" Tu Qingxue finally woke up from her dream. She struggled to get up from the ground and grabbed Tu Wangshi's arm, "Mother, I don't want to marry him!"
"Qingxue, the imperial decree has been issued. It's not a matter of whether you want to get married or not."
"I don't want it. You can't be so partial. My sister can't be the queen in the palace, while I can only marry a poor scholar!"
"Is this a matter of favoritism for the mother?"
"Yes." Tu Qingxue let go of her crying, "It's not a matter of your partiality, it's all because of that little bitch Tu Qingyu, it's all because of her..."
"Come here." Tu Zhao saw that she was speaking rudely and quickly called for help, "Take the young lady back to her own courtyard."
"yes!"
Another half month later, Fengyi Palace was finally cleaned up.
In the two months since returning to the palace, there has been no progress in the relationship between Si Chao and Tu Qingyu.
No matter what Si Chao wanted to do, her attitude was always indifferent.
He was also afraid that if he used force, he would push people further away.
I can only try it little by little. In the beginning, I was not allowed to hold hands. After repeated attempts, now I finally let her hold my hand.
He has always been concerned about Tu Qingyu's food, clothing, housing and transportation, no matter how big or small.
On this point, even the aunt in charge of the Purple Palace and the chief eunuch had to stand aside.
The palace was renovated, but Si Chao didn't really want Tu Qingyu to move.
After all, their relationship had finally made some progress, and he was afraid that if he moved, they would go back to the way they were before.
But Tu Qingyu insisted on moving, so he had no choice but to send more people to take care of them.
Including the four personal maids she brought with her, Matron Li, the head matron in the Purple Palace, and the second- and third-class palace maids, there were a total of thirty or forty people.
On the third day after moving there, someone came to report, "Your Majesty, Princess Ran Chongyi is vomiting and having diarrhea. She says it's your fault. Concubine De wants you to go to the Pearl Mirror Palace."
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