The next day, after Emperor Xuan Jing finished his court session, he kept thinking about whether to promote Bai Susu.
Considering Bai Susu's family background, the status of a noble person is not low.
But looking at the entire harem, the noble lady does not seem to be very impressive, after all, anyone can bully her.
Bai Susu's tears of grievance yesterday remained in his mind and could not be erased. Emperor Xuan Jing was extremely upset.
He crumpled up the rice paper he was writing on and threw it on the ground.
Wang Fuhai's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to hesitate whether to go and pick up the paper, he heard the emperor's low voice: "Is Concubine Bai's father from Jiangzhou?"
Wang Fuhai was shocked. Why did the emperor suddenly think of asking about Bai Guiren's father?
He collected his thoughts and replied with a smile, "Your Majesty has a very good memory. Lady Bai's father was the magistrate of Yuzhang County in Jiangzhou."
County Magistrate, an eighth-rank official. Emperor Xuan Jing sighed inwardly. Su Su had said before that her father was a Jinshi graduate and quite knowledgeable. How could he have ended up like this?
"Does she have any brothers or sisters?"
Wang Fuhai racked his brains and remembered that Bai Guiren seemed to have a younger brother, but he didn't know how old he was or what he was doing now.
He quickly told the information he knew, and finally said: "Your Majesty, please give me some time to find out the details. I will check it out."
Emperor Xuan Jing nodded, took out a new piece of paper, picked up the pen and wrote the word "王" first, and then wrote the left and right strokes, as if without thinking, the whole word was written very smoothly.
When the characters took shape, Emperor Xuan Jing looked at them with great satisfaction.
I thought, it doesn’t matter if I have a low official position, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and it is also a good idea to use the Mid-Autumn Festival to confer titles on the six palaces.
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and the imperial tea room and the imperial kitchen are busy making mooncakes. Bai Susu is not idle either. She asks Deng Sanguan to make snow skin mooncakes. They taste softer, sweeter and more delicious than modern ones. Bai Susu is very satisfied.
I heard that the palace will hold a Mid-Autumn Festival dinner and set off fireworks, and Bai Susu is really looking forward to it.
There is so little fun in the palace that Bai Susu is bored to death. She wishes the Mid-Autumn Festival would come in the blink of an eye.
However, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a major event happened: the Empress Dowager returned from Jing'an Temple.
Since Bai Susu entered the palace, she has never seen the Queen Mother, and Emperor Xuan Jing never mentioned her when he was with her.
Bai Susu was about to forget her.
It is said that the Queen Mother did not stay in the palace, but went to Jing'an Temple instead, all because she wanted to pray for a child for His Majesty.
The Emperor's childlessness had become a source of worry for the Empress Dowager, who had even been a vegetarian for over a decade in hopes of having a child.
Bai Susu was shocked when she heard the news.
It’s not because of the empress dowager’s motherly love, but because I always feel weird.
If you want the emperor to have a child, why don't you just pray quietly? Why make such a big fuss, going to Jing'an Temple and eating vegetarian food? Isn't this a blatant stab in the emperor's heart?
Or is it just for his own reputation? Forgive Bai Susu for not understanding.
Besides, being a vegetarian? What does that have to do with conceiving? Not only is it useless, it's more of a formality.
Sure enough, on the day the Queen Mother returned, Bai Susu looked at Emperor Xuan Jing without any joy.
Outside Shenwu Gate
The emperor stood tall and handsome, with the empress, wearing a phoenix robe, standing beside him.
Then came the concubines whose names could be called out, Concubine Hui, Concubine Jing, Concubine Ning...all of them were beautiful, some were tall and some were thin, and all were as pretty as jade, and none of them were absent.
Bai Susu hid in the back, watching such a grand scene, and was also looking forward to seeing what the Queen Mother looked like.
After a while, the sound of rolling wheels was heard in the distance.
Then a eunuch's shrill voice sang, "The Queen Mother has arrived."
Then the phoenix chariot and the ceremonial procession descended.
A palace maid in colorful brocade clothes walked out and then opened the curtain. The empress dowager, wearing a dark purple embroidered palace dress, slowly got out of the car with the help of the palace maid.
Emperor Xuan Jing and the Empress paid their respects: "Your son/your concubine pays respects to your mother, the Queen Mother."
Bai Susu knelt on the ground along with the other concubines: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother smiled slightly. Although she was over fifty, she had taken good care of herself and had not a single gray hair. She still looked like a woman in her forties. "Please get up."
The Queen rose and stepped forward to hold the Queen Mother's arm, smiling and saying, "Mother, you went to Jing'an Temple to pray for blessings. You must have been very tired from the journey."
The Queen Mother, with a kind expression, replied, "This is all for the sake of the country. For the Emperor, how can I say it's hard work?"
Emperor Xuan Jing stood there with his hands behind his back, looking lazy, but with a cold and distant expression, and he did not speak to the empress dowager.
The queen paused, then continued, "It's windy outside, let's go in quickly."
Bai Susu secretly glanced at the emperor and did not feel excited at all about meeting her mother.
Isn’t the Emperor happy that the Empress Dowager has returned to the palace?
When they arrived at the Cining Palace, this feeling became even stronger. It was because the Empress had been talking to the Empress Dowager the entire time, and the Emperor had not said a word except for the initial greetings.
Bai Susu suddenly became suspicious and she secretly looked at the empress dowager and the emperor. Although the empress dowager was wearing plain clothes, her temperament was elegant and noble, which could not be compared with others.
The emperor just held the tea bowl and drank tea, without any smile on his face, and even the corners of his lips did not move.
Concubine Hui also brought Princess Baohua with her when she came to pay her respects.
This was the first time Bai Susu met Princess Baohua.
The little girl was wearing a bright red silk dress with scattered flowers and silver piping, a hibiscus-colored skirt underneath, a red gold-wrapped necklace around her neck, and two buns on her head.
She squatted there and greeted the Queen Mother in a baby voice, she was so adorable looking.
But the Queen Mother only cried out, and then said with a sad face: "I see Princess Baohua happy, but I am also sad in my heart."
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