The next morning, Wushuang was woken up by the system waiter. She had to wake up earlier than the old emperor so that she could make some arrangements.
When Wushuang got up, the old emperor on the soft bed had not woken up yet. She looked at the dragon bed, thought for a while, took out a bottle of artificial blood and made her "bleed".
She stared at the old emperor, wanting to cut a wound on his body to collect some blood to fake bleeding.
But thinking about the old emperor's identity, if he had unexplained wounds on his body, it would be hard to explain.
What?
She cut the old emperor and then healed him?
Is she crazy to do such a unnecessary thing?
The old emperor was unaware when she cut him. Could he feel relieved?
She also had to heal the wound before he found out, leaving no scar or mark. So what was the point of making a cut?
Just for a little blood?
There is artificial blood in her space, so why does she need the old emperor's blood?
Wushuang cleaned up the fallen blood, moved the old emperor to the dragon bed, and then took out the heather perfume and sprayed it.
Isn’t it said that the scent of heather is very similar to that smell?
She had never thought that the heather perfume she made would have such an effect. It was really a very comprehensive preparation.
When the old emperor woke up and saw Wushuang, he was in a good mood.
The medicine given by Wushuang could make the old emperor have sweet dreams, so he really thought that he had a wonderful night with Wushuang.
The old emperor looked at Wushuang's face and said as the eunuchs and palace maids helped her dress, "Yuan Cainu is very good. She will be promoted to Baolin."
Wushuang, who was bored nearby, was speechless when he heard him say that.
Although it is great to be upgraded from an eighth-rank Cai Nu to a sixth-rank Bao Lin, isn’t this upgrade too slow?
She thought that with her beauty and the old emperor's sweet dream, she could be promoted to a beauty.
Of course, she had thought about being crowned a concubine overnight, but Wushuang was shocked that the old emperor was so stingy.
"Congratulations to Yuan Baolin, congratulations to Yuan Baolin."
Upon hearing the old emperor's words about Wushuang's promotion, the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs all congratulated her.
Although Wushuang was dissatisfied with being just a Baolin, she was also knowledgeable and tactful and did not show any dissatisfaction.
After all, she doesn't come from a prominent family, nor does she have wealthy parents to give her money, so she can only rely on her own abilities.
Wushuang thought of Queen Su Yunluan.
Back then, she was favored by the old emperor because of her beauty. Although the old emperor took her by force, he still gave her the position of queen because of her family background.
Otherwise, she would really end up like Yang Yuhuan, who took ten years to climb to the position of imperial concubine, and was not even a queen until her death.
When Wushuang returned to Yumao Palace, he happened to meet the main lady here, Concubine Lin.
"Hey, our Yuan Cainu is back?"
Seeing Wushuang coming back, Concubine Lin, who had been punished by the old emperor Zhou Guangye, couldn't help but be sarcastic.
She had been on guard for half a year, but still, this bitch danced in front of the old emperor and gained his favor.
Wushuang looked at Concubine Lin, who looked a little haggard today. She must have not slept well after being punished by the old emperor.
The maid standing behind Wushuang stepped forward to remind her, "Empress Consort, our master has been promoted to Baolin."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Lin looked at Wushuang in surprise.
She was not surprised that Wushuang was promoted. What surprised her was that Wushuang, with such good looks, was only promoted two levels.
"Bao Lin?" Concubine Lin looked at Wu Shuang with amusement and said, "I didn't expect that Sister Yuan, who is so beautiful, would only be promoted to Bao Lin?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, I thought you could be promoted to a beauty no matter how useless you are."
"It's such a pity for you, little sister." Lin Jieyu said with obvious sarcasm on her face, "But who can blame you for not having a prominent family background?"
"I heard that your father is only a county magistrate in Yunjiang County. With such a humble family background, even if His Majesty sees your stunningly beautiful face, he would be embarrassed to make you a concubine."
"What a pity." Lin Jieyu said it was a pity, but her face was full of sarcasm.
Wushuang said calmly, "Don't bother your Majesty, Concubine Jieyu, with that. I'm still young and will always be able to be promoted."
She touched her face and said, "With this face of mine, I believe that when I reach your age, Sister Lin, I will definitely be able to sit on the throne of the Nine Concubines."
"I don't want you, Sister Lin, to be in your twenties and almost thirty, and still lingering at the position of Concubine, with no hope of being promoted to one of the Nine Concubines."
"Oh, by the way, was Sister Lin punished by His Majesty? His Majesty must have a very bad impression of Sister Lin now, right?"
"Sister, do you think you still have hope of promotion? Will His Majesty demote your rank? It would be fun if you ended up being a Baolin like me now, or demoted to a Cainu." Wushuang said with a smile looking at Concubine Lin.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Lin glared at her fiercely and said, "Are you dreaming? One of the Nine Concubines? Are you worthy enough?"
"She's just the daughter of a lowly county magistrate. Do you think she's from a noble family?"
"Which one of the positions of empress, imperial concubine, and nine concubines is not a woman from aristocratic family? You are the daughter of a county magistrate? Are you worthy of coveting the position of one of the nine concubines?" Concubine Lin belittled Wushuang.
Yes, the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty is so realistic, and it still depends on whether the concubine’s family is qualified.
Su Yunluan became the queen not because she was the most beautiful at the time. Zhou Guangye liked her the most because she had the Su family supporting her.
Zhou Guangye had insisted on marrying Su Yunluan by force, and it was only after Su bargained for a long time that she secured the position of queen.
Otherwise, she might have just entered the palace as an ordinary concubine.
There are also Zhou Guangye’s concubines, who are concubines of the first rank. They are basically noble ladies from top families.
The nine concubines were similar, all of them were girls from aristocratic families.
Even Concubine Lin was from a noble family, but her family was not very prominent, and she was from a side branch, not a main branch.
So in Lin Jieyu's view, Wushuang's statement that she could be promoted to the positions of Zhaoyi, Zhaoyuan and other nine concubines was just a joke and a daydream.
Wushuang did not argue with Lin Jieyu about whether she could be promoted. Her goal was not just the position of concubine or imperial concubine, she also wanted to be the empress dowager.
Zhou Guangye is already 55 years old, so of course he cannot be childless. He now has five adult sons and three underage sons.
What?
Isn’t it too few for Zhou Guangye to have eight sons at such an old age?
Haha, it’s because he was wary of his sons when he got older, and then suppressed them in various ways, resulting in the death of the first batch of sons who reached adulthood.
The oldest of Zhou Guangye’s adult sons is only 26 years old, and he is not yet Zhou Guangye’s eldest son.
Those brothers who were older than him had long been killed by Zhou Guangye, the old emperor who was extremely suspicious.
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