The Emperor Chengyuan actually liked it very much. In his spare time, he took several concubines to stay there for a few times.
Both the scenery and the feng shui are excellent.
Shen Ze'an looked up at the emperor, "Your Majesty, didn't you ask me what kind of reward I would like?"
"this……"
The emperor did say so, but who could have thought that he would want Chengyuan? Now that he has said it, it is impossible to go back on his word and not give it to him.
"Since you like it, I will give it to you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Shen Zean had just returned from his errand and left after thanking him.
Not long after leaving the imperial study, Shen Ze'an met Rong Xi, who had just been called over by the palace maid.
The system screamed frantically, "Rong Xi, he is the target of the mission."
Rong Xi didn't pay much attention to this person at first. He only looked up after hearing what the system said, and the two of them looked at each other.
She did not avoid his gaze immediately, so she saw Shen Ze'an very clearly. His eyes were deep and gloomy, and his black flying fish suit made his skin look very white, so white that it looked a little sickly.
She was looking at the other person, and the other person was also looking at her.
Shen Zean had never seen this person before, but her eyebrows and eyes seemed familiar, and she still had that annoying look.
The young palace maid beside her quickly reminded Rong Xi, "Ninth Princess, that's the Supervisor of the Western Factory. It's best not to look directly at him."
"Um!"
After the two separated, Rong Xi was taken to the imperial study. Rong Xi did not expect that the emperor would come to see her first. It seemed that the fifth princess came a step late.
Before Rong Xi came, Xiao Dezi had already told the emperor about Rong Xi's life in the cold palace, so in the eyes of the emperor, Rong Xi was naturally a person who could be easily bullied.
"You are the Ninth Princess."
She was indeed good-looking, but definitely not as beautiful as the legends said by the palace ladies.
"Your Majesty, I am Jiang Rongxi."
The emperor didn't expect her to say that. Upon closer inspection, he found that she really looked a bit like her mother.
"You are a princess, how can you call yourself a slave?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know what to call myself. The palace maids and eunuchs have always said that the blood flowing in my body is that of inferior people."
The emperor slapped the desk and said, "Who is so audacious as to fabricate rumors about the princess?"
He was not angry because Jiang Rongxi was bullied, but because those people dared to say that she had the blood of inferior people flowing in her body. They were all descendants of the late emperor, so weren't they also talking about him?
"Come here, arrange for the Fifth Princess to stay in Jinghe Palace."
Before Jiang Rongxi came, he was indeed just curious about her appearance, but when he saw her in person, other thoughts came to the emperor's mind.
The political situation is unstable now, and he has few people he can trust. With Jiang Rongxi's looks, if she were to marry into a family as a princess, she could be of use.
The news that Rong Xi was placed in Jinghe Palace spread, and the emperor was even summoned to the Empress Dowager's palace.
Before the emperor could even open his mouth to speak, the empress dowager scolded him, "Emperor, what absurd thing are you planning to do? You should know your identity. You are just a lowly bitch. Don't lose your dignity."
The emperor knew at a glance that the empress dowager had misunderstood, and it was no wonder that the empress dowager thought so. They had the blood of the late emperor flowing in their bodies, and it was possible that they would do something out of the ordinary.
"Mother, you misunderstood. I don't have any other feelings for her."
"So what are you doing?"
"I think he's quite good-looking. If he obeys me and marries the person I choose, he'll be blessed with wealth and glory."
"You want to..."
"Mother, I only have Yu'er as my biological sister. If the situation really becomes desperate, I can let Jiang Rongxi take Yu'er's place."
The empress dowager understood what the emperor meant and finally felt relieved.
The late emperor was so absurd and disregarded etiquette and morality, so she naturally worried that his son would be as foolish as the late emperor.
.
Jinghe Palace!
Rong Xi brought Bao Huan here. Everything here was much better than the cold palace, but since no one had lived here for many years, there were still many things to clean up.
Baohuan took out a handkerchief and wiped the stool clean before helping Rong Xi sit down.
"Princess, please sit down for a moment. I will clean up."
Yes, the emperor only gave him a palace and did not arrange for any extra servants. Now, Baohuan is the only one by Rong Xi's side.
When Baohuan was in the cold palace, she thought she would stay there with her master for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect that she would be released from the cold palace in just two days.
Rong Xi didn't care about the expression on Baohuan's face, but asked the system for information about the task object.
From the moment she saw the target of the mission, she had a bad feeling in her heart. The flying fish suit the target of the mission was wearing looked like something a eunuch would wear.
"System, please tell me, what exactly is the situation with the mission object?"
The system was speechless, but after just a moment it began to introduce the situation of the task target to Rong Xi.
[Rong Xi, the target of the mission, Shen Ze'an, is... a eunuch.]
"What?! Are you kidding me? This isn't a child-bearing system. How come you upgraded and can get pregnant without even doing anything?"
The system cannot explain [Rong Xi, the brief introduction of the task object is as follows. ]
Rong Xi was so angry that he couldn't speak. After a while, he asked about the system situation again.
[The target of the mission, Shen Ze'an, is the Supervisor of the Western Factory. He was sent to the palace at a young age to be trained as... the late emperor's male concubine.]
"Cough, cough, cough, cough."
Rong Xi had just taken out a piece of cake from the spiritual space and had just taken a bite when he was choked by a word from the system and was speechless.
Baohuan, who was still packing up, came over and patted her for a long time, "Princess, eat slowly."
"It's okay, cough... just go about your business."
After Baohuan left, the system spoke again.
[In the past, the late emperor was absurd. He not only had concubines in his harem, but also male concubines. Although they were not officially canonized, they were given the proper treatment and were treated more favorably than others. It was not an exaggeration to call them favored concubines.]
"So does the mission target have..."
[No, he wasn't old enough when he entered the palace. By the time he reached that age, the late emperor's health had already failed. Add to that the various medications the concubines in the harem were taking, and he was no longer able to...]
"Go on."
[Although the target of the mission was trained as a male concubine, he was extremely intelligent and decisive, and was very much liked by the late emperor. He rose step by step from a young eunuch to his current position.
Although he already held a high position, his identity was known to the old ministers of the previous dynasty. They were afraid of him and despised him. Some censors even used his identity to belittle him.
His own circumstances also doomed him to a lonely death. As his power grew, the emperor's fear and suspicion became increasingly evident.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
