The emperor interrupted her: "You are becoming more and more outrageous."
The emperor rarely spoke to her like this. In the past, when she acted foolishly, her father would not say a word to her. But now it was all because of that Xu.
"Did she complain to Father?" Princess Minghua asked. "That vixen, those are the only despicable tactics she knows how to use."
The emperor has always known about Princess Minghua's pampering. Although he used to think it was not good, he only had this one daughter and was reluctant to say anything harsh to her.
"Mrs. Xu never said a bad word about you. On the contrary, she has always spoken for you. She is my woman, my concubine, and your elder. Even if you don't like her, you shouldn't speak about her like this behind her back."
When Princess Minghua heard this, her eyes instantly turned red.
"What kind of elder is she? She is younger than me. My father is old enough to be her father."
If she just disliked Xu Lingyi at the beginning, now she hated Xu Lingyi.
This bitch really has some skills. She can even seduce her father to come and teach her a lesson.
The Queen Mother quickly hugged Princess Minghua and said, "Emperor, Bao'er has finally come to the palace. Why do you have to quarrel over an outsider and hurt our Bao'er's heart?"
"Hurry up and sit down to eat. Don't talk about that Xu anymore, or it will affect your mood."
The Queen Mother spoke, and the topic was over.
During the meal, the emperor couldn't bear to see his daughter suffer, so he picked up some food for her and said, "This is what our Bao'er likes. Eat more."
Princess Minghua snorted lightly and said nothing.
The emperor laughed: "I have already bowed my head, and our princess is still angry? How can you be so angry? I wonder who you resemble."
"Just like the emperor," the Queen Mother said with a smile, "you and your daughter are cut from the same cloth, with the same bad temper."
In fact, Princess Minghua does not look particularly like His Majesty. She looks more like a royal concubine. But in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, all the good and bad things about Princess Minghua are like the emperor. She is the emperor's daughter.
The emperor picked up some food for Princess Minghua and said, "Don't get too angry and make yourself sick. You still have to enjoy your meal."
Princess Minghua then picked up her chopsticks and ate in silence.
After the meal, the emperor coaxed Princess Minghua for a while before she smiled.
"My daughter is going back to the princess's mansion."
The Queen Mother signed her hand, reluctant to let her go: "You should come to the palace more often. You can come here anytime, but you have been away all this time. When you are away, you should remember that your grandmother is thinking of you, and your father is thinking of you too, understand?"
Princess Minghua nodded obediently. Although she loved to have fun, she was still concerned about the Queen Mother.
People are all made of flesh and blood, and she could feel how kind they were to her.
After Princess Minghua left, the Empress Dowager kept the Emperor.
She had promised the princess.
"Your Majesty, you dote on Concubine Xu too much. When Concubine Xu first entered the palace, her rank was already high. Although she is a daughter of the Xu family, the rank of concubines in your harem is not high. A fourth-rank noble concubine is enough."
"Xu saved me, and she is also very much to my liking."
If Xu Lingyi had not saved her, or if she had not been so stunningly beautiful, he would have only given her the title of noble concubine.
"Then a third-rank Zhaoyi would be good enough." The empress dowager said. She knew that the emperor only valued Xu's beauty. There were indeed few men in the world who could control themselves against such a beauty.
"The Emperor wants to promote her, and I have no objection. However, her position in the palace is already high, and she is so favored. Don't the others in the harem feel resentful? The Emperor still needs to consider the overall situation first."
The emperor actually doesn't care about the people in the harem.
"Even if His Majesty doesn't care, the Imperial Concubine has contributed to giving birth and is the Princess's biological mother. She is only the Imperial Concubine, while Concubine Xu has never given birth, yet you directly make her the Virtuous Concubine. This is discouraging both the Imperial Concubine and the Princess. Furthermore, Concubine Xu is much younger than you. If you continue to favor only Concubine Xu, outsiders will only think that the Emperor is greedy for women, which will be detrimental to your reputation."
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