Sheng Xiyan lowered her eyes and smiled - Xuan Ling's move first let Concubine Gao raise Yu Mo, ending the Queen Mother's thoughts, and then let Concubine Liang raise Le Yun, perfectly balancing the forces in the court.
In Liuyun Palace.
Concubine Shu was wiping Yu Mo's tears with a silk handkerchief, and she coaxed him softly, "Don't be afraid, Your Highness. I will be here for you in the future..."
Liang Fei leaned against the door and said sarcastically, "Sister Shu Fei is very attentive, but I'm afraid the emperor's will is not what you want. Later... Sister, please don't cry."
Before he finished speaking, Hongxiu rushed in with a grim expression, "Your Highness! The Emperor... The Emperor has handed His Highness over to Concubine Gao to raise!"
"What?!" Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang changed color at the same time.
"Concubine Gao? Where are you from Concubine Gao?"
"That's Miss Gao. She was promoted to Consort Gao because of Master Gao's meritorious service."
Concubine Shu and Concubine Liang were extremely disappointed.
Immediately afterwards, Concubine Liang's maid ran over and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor has entrusted Princess Le Yun to you for upbringing!"
Concubine Liang was stunned for a moment, then she was delighted. Then she glanced at Concubine Shu and sneered, "Oh, Qi Yan is fighting for his life on the frontier, but your sister got nothing? How pitiful..."
Concubine Shu stumbled back, fell into a chair, and burst into tears: "Your Majesty...you don't care about me at all?"
She clutched her sleeves tightly and choked with sobs, "Ayan, this is the result of your loyalty to the emperor..."
Concubine Liang was about to leave in triumph, when she suddenly saw the eunuch in front of the emperor stepping into Liuyun Palace holding an imperial edict, and she hurriedly stopped.
"Empress Shufei, please accept the order—"
Concubine Shu was heartbroken and knelt on the ground in silence.
The eunuch read aloud: "...Qi Yan has made outstanding contributions in defending the border. She is promoted from Consort Shu to Noble Consort. This is decreed!"
Hongxiu cried with joy: "Your Majesty! The Emperor has appointed you as a noble concubine!"
Concubine Shu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyes and took the imperial edict with trembling hands: "Your Majesty... thank you for your grace! Long live the emperor. Your Majesty, you have not forgotten me..."
Concubine Shu cried with joy and then burst into laughter.
Concubine Liang's face turned pale and she stamped her feet fiercely: "She entered the palace together and became a noble concubine?!"
Concubine Shu slowly stood up, stroked the golden hairpin in her hair, and smiled sweetly: "Sister Concubine Liang, why don't you bow to me?"
She sat down lazily, her fingertips tapping the armrests: "If you are not polite... I don't mind teaching you the palace rules."
Concubine Liang gritted her teeth, suppressed her anger, and bowed: "Greetings to Her Majesty the Imperial Concubine..."
Concubine Shu chuckled: "Alas, I can now wear a seven-tailed phoenix hairpin, but my sister... can only wear a five-tailed one. What a pity."
Her eyes suddenly turned cold, "——Return."
A higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official, and there is a clear distinction between superiors and inferiors.
Concubine Liang dug her fingernails into her palms, but she could only kneel down slowly and perform a standard salute.
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