Chapter 79: Sleeping with her but not touching her, is this humiliating her?
As soon as Song Yulan returned to the palace, Lu Yanshi found out.
He was a little surprised. Didn't she get permission to stay at her parents' home for a few days? Why did she return to the palace today?
After not seeing each other for a long time, he turned over Song Yulan's sign.
"Your Majesty, I am here to see you." When Song Yulan saw Lu Yan, a hint of joy flashed across her eyes.
As soon as she returned to the palace, the emperor turned over her name card. Doesn't this mean that the emperor still values her very much?
"Why didn't you stay at your mother's house for a few more days?" Lu Yanshi signaled her to stand up with his eyes.
When she heard him mention her mother's family, the smile on Song Yulan's face disappeared.
"After marrying into the royal family, I become the emperor's person. It would be enough for my family to meet me once, but it would be better for me to return to the palace as soon as possible to serve you." She lowered her head and answered softly.
She already knew that Xia Shuyi was going to be the empress. She remembered that Xia Shuyi had such a gentle personality, and she thought that the emperor must like gentle and obedient women.
She has to please him.
Only by pleasing the emperor can one be promoted to a higher official position.
"Thank you for your hard work, my beloved concubine." Lu Yanshi waved his hand, signaling the people in the palace to leave.
Seeing this, Song Yulan shyly said, "Your Majesty, it's late at night. Can I help you go to bed?"
Song Yulan originally thought she would have a wonderful night.
Unexpectedly, with such a soft and fragrant girl in his arms, Lu Yanshi said such cold words that she almost cried out.
"I have a new task for you. How is the new handwriting I asked you to imitate a month ago going?"
"Your Majesty, I have imitated you 80% of the time." Song Yulan's charming thoughts all disappeared, and she answered his questions honestly.
Afraid that he would not believe it, she quickly asked the palace maid to bring the four treasures of the study and wrote it out for him to see on the spot.
"Well, it's well written, but it's still a little lacking. Can you imitate it completely before Xiaojiu's birthday party?" Lu Yanshi said as he lit the paper and burned it to ashes.
Counting the days, it will be the Ninth Princess' birthday in twenty-one days.
Song Yulan quickly replied: "Yes."
"That's right. I will issue an edict tomorrow to promote you from a beauty to a noble concubine. And you can use the title Lan." Lu Yanshi was clear about rewards and punishments and he immediately fulfilled his promise.
"I will also arrange your father's official position."
"Your Majesty, can you change the reward?" Song Yulan asked hurriedly.
"I know that my father's ability is limited. Being a seventh-rank official is fine, but if he wants to take a step higher, I'm afraid he will disappoint the emperor's kindness."
She did not tell anyone about what happened today. After all, he was her father. If she directly stopped him, she would be accused of being unfilial.
She could only say it another way.
"You are really thinking about me." Lu Yanshi didn't expect her to be so aware.
"Then what do you want?" He looked at Song Yulan and his expression softened a lot.
"I cannot give you a promotion, after all, you are my hidden secret weapon. Whether Daxia can unify the remaining countries depends on you. As for the rest, I can give you anything you want."
After hearing this, Song Yulan, who was originally feeling aggrieved, suddenly felt relieved.
It's not that the emperor doesn't value her, but that he values her too much, so he gave her such an important task.
"I want to be a concubine. Only concubines above the rank of concubine can raise their own children." Song Yulan bravely spoke out what was in her heart.
"I agree." Lu Yanshi agreed immediately.
Isn't it just a promotion in status? Just do it.
But the child...
There is no need for that.
There are already enough children now, and too many children would be a problem. He was very disappointed with the matter of Lu Yan and Lu Yuan.
In addition, Xiaojiu's prediction that Daxia would be destroyed in two years made him even less willing to have children.
If the baby is pregnant now and born next year, it will be more than one year old when the country is destroyed. It is not convenient to send it away, and the probability of survival is too low.
It would be better to cultivate the few children you already have.
Song Yulan didn't know what Lu Yanshi was thinking. She thought she would soon have a child of her own, so she was very happy and pulled Lu Yanshi to bed.
"Go to sleep." Lu Yanshi didn't touch her, but simply lay on the bed with her.
Song Yulan:?
She just disguised herself as a man and went to the military camp for a few months. She didn't really become a man. Why did the emperor lose interest in her?
"Your Majesty~~~" she called tenderly and took the initiative to untie her clothes.
When Lu Yanshi thought that his daughter might use the melon-eating system to peek, he immediately held her hand.
"Don't take off your clothes, close your eyes, and have a good sleep."
Song Yulan's face was filled with shame and anger. Ahhhh, what on earth did the emperor mean by this? Sleeping with her but not touching her, was he humiliating her?
But the emperor's order cannot be disobeyed.
Song Yulan could only pull the quilt over him silently, close his eyes and go to sleep.
Only then did Lu Yanshi feel relieved.
Song Yulan slept until dawn, and when she woke up, Lu Yanshi had already gone to court.
As soon as she stood up, she received something sent by the emperor from the study.
"What did the emperor reward?" Song Yulan asked with some anticipation.
"Qingtan paper. This is the latest paper developed by the Ministry of Industry. It is very easy to use. The Emperor told you to use this to practice calligraphy, and you will get twice the result with half the effort." Liu Xu answered cautiously.
Song Yulan's face suddenly fell.
When she entered the palace as a concubine, no one told her to practice calligraphy every day.
"I understand. Put it aside. I will start practicing after paying my respects to the Empress." Song Yulan looked resentful.
She changed her clothes and went to the Weiyang Palace.
The imperial edict conferring honor upon Lu Yanshi also arrived.
She was promoted to Concubine Lan.
Everyone in the harem was a little surprised. This Concubine Song had not appeared since she was imprisoned by the emperor for her involvement with Xie Ruizhu.
She was selected by the Emperor yesterday and promoted to Concubine today, completing two consecutive jumps. This is too incredible.
"Congratulations, Concubine Lan."
No matter how many doubts they had in their hearts, no one was stupid enough to ask them out loud. They all smiled and congratulated Song Yulan.
Song Yulan responded to their congratulations with a smile.
[Oh, Miss Song is back. I almost forgot about her.]
A gurgling sound was heard, and Song Yulan's body trembled.
Who is it, who is speaking?
Also, she is no longer Lady Song, she has been promoted to Concubine Lan, okay!!!
【Father only gave me a promotion, he is really a thief.】
[Empress Shu was promoted to a general, but Concubine Song worked so hard but couldn't even get a high position. How miserable.]
The concubines bit their lips subconsciously to prevent themselves from screaming out in surprise.
What did the little princess say? Did Lady Song also help in the conquest of Beiyong? It seems that her help was not just a small one. No wonder she didn't show up during that time.
And Song Yulan finally locked onto the source of the sound.
Father, little baby voice.
The only person who would speak like this is the Ninth Princess.
But she had just clearly observed that the Ninth Princess did not speak, so what on earth did she hear?