"Miss, General Manager Xu Yunchuan is here!" Ruan Yumu tidied her hair.
"You may leave now, Ziling. I know you long to see him, but I have important business with him!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xu Yunchuan had been by Qi Jingxuan's side since he was a child. Seeing him now, Ruan Yumu felt very gratified. The boy from back then had long since grown into a handsome young man in the military camp.
His appearance had also become very handsome. After knowing him for so many years, Ruan Yu Mu naturally knew that this man was someone she could entrust her life to.
If I don't help Ziling make arrangements soon, her Yun Chuan brother might end up in someone else's arms.
"I have come to see you today because I want to ask you something."
Xu Yunchuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please speak!"
"You are not allowed to answer casually. I want to marry Zi Ling to you as my principal wife. What do you think?"
Xu Yunchuan was so overwhelmed by this unexpected good news that he didn't know how to respond for a moment.
"You haven't answered me for so long, is it because you're unwilling?"
"Your Majesty, this..." Xu Yunchuan was never one to express himself easily, and at this moment he appeared even more clumsy. "I'm afraid this is inappropriate."
Zi Ling, who had been listening outside, immediately rushed in, "Your Majesty, Zi Ling will not marry him! Zi Ling refuses!"
What's going on? This isn't how the story should be going! These two have been exchanging glances for two years, could I have been mistaken?
"No, you two? What's going on?"
Xu Yunchuan immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, Miss Ziling is Your Majesty's beloved daughter, but are you really willing to let her go? My family is poor, and I am afraid that Miss Ziling will suffer if she marries into your family. Therefore, I feel it is inappropriate."
"Girl, I don't want to marry him." Zi Ling didn't want to be rejected by him; she had to make it seem like she was the one who refused.
"Uh, okay then, if there's nothing else, you can go now!" Ruan Yumu was extremely embarrassed. What kind of situation was this?!
After Xu Yunchuan left, Ziling knelt at the palace gate, tears streaming down her face. "Miss, how could he do this? Look, he even gave me his jade pendant before he left, but he won't marry me. What's he doing? What a scumbag! He's a womanizer!"
Ruan Yu Mu knew about Xu Yun Chuan's family, which he had just mentioned. His mother had died early, and his father favored his concubine over his wife. His stepmother would never treat him well, and now he didn't even have a place to stay, so he had always stayed by Qi Jing Xuan's side.
He probably wants to work hard for a few more years.
"Ziling, he loves you. Don't say that. Time will tell."
This incident further convinced Ruan Yumu that Xu Yunchuan was a talent who could be fully utilized by her.
"Great joy, Your Highness!"
Yelü Yanyun sat in front of the mirror, fiddling with her hair. Looking at the disheveled and flustered palace maids, she felt uncomfortable.
"What is it? Look at you, you have no manners at all! Our maids from the Northern Frontier are much better."
The palace maid quickly knelt down and performed the proper greeting, saying, "Reporting to Your Highness, the Empress said that she was banished to the Cold Palace yesterday!"
Upon hearing this, Yelü Yanyun stopped what she was doing. "You may leave now. I understand."
Yun Que leaned down and whispered in Yelü Yanyun's ear, "Don't forget what Master instructed us to do. General Handan is still in Master's hands!"
Yelü Yanyun looked impatient. "I know, I won't let my brother down. So what if I give birth to a prince to compete for the throne? Right now, only the recently demoted Consort Zhao has two sons in the harem. Everyone is anxious, so there's no use in me being anxious!"
Speaking of this, Yelü Yanyun propped his head up and pondered again, "Yun Que, what's going on with this Consort Zhao? Logically speaking, she gave birth to the Third Prince and also has the Eldest Prince. She should be the most favored in the palace. How could she have been stripped of her second-rank concubine title?"
"I heard that I offended His Majesty and got into a conflict while trying to persuade him about Consort Jiang."
"Oh, so you're an old-fashioned woman. No wonder neither of your two sons could hold the Emperor's heart. If it were me, one child would suffice." Yelü Yanyun had no doubt about her charm. After all, none of those women were as beautiful as her. The only one, Qiao Siyu, couldn't even have children. It was truly hilarious.
Qi Jingxuan was drinking alone in the Imperial Garden, carrying a pot of wine; one can imagine how troubled he was.
He used to hate General Qi for drinking. Every time he returned from a victorious battle, he hoped that the general could spend time with him. But the general was always drinking and looking worried. At that time, he naively thought that General Qi no longer loved him. Now that he had become Qi Jingxuan, he realized how difficult it was for a man.
"Your Majesty, 'Drawing a sword to cut water only makes it flow more, raising a cup to drown sorrow only makes it more sorrowful.' Why don't we recite poetry and admire the moon?" The speaker was none other than Consort Wanrong, Li Qingzhou, from Yonghua Palace. Originally, she was just strolling around the palace because she couldn't sleep due to the summer heat, but she received an unexpected joy.
Li Qingzhou's father was a reclusive master who specialized in literary works. Many documents related to the founding of the Qi Dynasty were written by his father.
However, his family had fallen on hard times, and for several generations no one had served as an official in the court, which is why Li Qingzhou was released.
Her innate scholarly air set her apart from the women in the palace who loved to fight, and her appearance immediately caught Qi Jingxuan's eye.
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