For a moment, the room fell silent, with only Aruhan's suppressed sobs remaining.
Su Peisheng almost tucked his head into his neck. At this moment, he only hated himself for having such ears and for still being alive and standing here.
He shouldn't be able to hear anything!
But strangely enough, he could still hear it.
He heard Aruhan sobbing as she whispered, "The Imperial Noble Consort said... that His Majesty's harem is empty, and I... no, I, this concubine, this servant, am the kind of person His Majesty likes, so... so she had this servant wait here to please His Majesty..."
Upon hearing this, Su Peisheng couldn't help but look up at the Mongolian princess.
It must be said that this woman, with her delicate and charming appearance, though raised on the grasslands, inexplicably possesses a gentle and refined air reminiscent of those from the water towns. Moreover, she is usually quiet and reserved, truly...
No, no, what is he thinking!
How could the Imperial Noble Consort do such a thing!
Su Peisheng quickly lowered his head again. At this moment, he could still feel the oppressive atmosphere emanating from the Emperor.
The Emperor is angry...
Su Peisheng sighed inwardly, but then heard the Emperor ask in a deep voice, "Is there anything else?"
"What else...?" Aruhan asked timidly.
Su Peisheng was also puzzled, but then he heard the Emperor laugh. Instantly, he felt even more terrified and subconsciously called out, "Your Majesty..."
"I hereby bestow upon Aruhan the title of Noble Lady Ru, and she shall reside in Suicheng Palace." Yinzhen finished speaking coldly, and without lingering any longer, he turned and left.
Su Peisheng wiped the sweat from his brow, agreed, and hurriedly followed Yinzhen's footsteps. He also needed to send someone to inform the various palaces of the Emperor's intentions, and at the same time, he had to order people to prepare the Suicheng Hall behind Songhezhai to facilitate Consort Ru's move...
And most importantly, where is the Imperial Noble Consort? We need to find her quickly!
Yinzhen was seething with anger and didn't return to the banquet. He just walked towards the main palace with his head down. On the way, he ran into the people who had just gone to Yanbo Zhishuang Palace to look for the Imperial Noble Consort. They all came to report that they had not seen the Imperial Noble Consort.
Where exactly is the Imperial Noble Consort?
Heading north from Yuntian Shengjing, in the opposite direction of Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, Qian Shengyan, who had been inexplicably brought here, sent people to search for Aruhan for a long time but couldn't find her. Just as she was hesitating whether to search in the lake, the palace maid who had initially looked for her suddenly ran over with a smile: "Thank you, Your Highness, the Princess has been found!"
"Where is it?" Qingxue asked quickly.
The palace maid smiled and said, "The princess drank too much and rested behind a rockery for a while. None of us saw her. Now that the princess has rested enough, she came out on her own."
"That's good." Qian Shengyan breathed a sigh of relief. She was tired from standing for so long. Seeing that it was getting late, she was about to go back to rest when she heard the palace maid say shyly, "Your Highness is quite lucky. You actually met the Emperor at the rockery. Your Highness and the Emperor had a very pleasant conversation. Now you are Consort Ru."
"What?" Even before Qian Shengyan could speak, Green Willow beside her couldn't help but ask in surprise.
The palace maid seemed startled, and her voice weakened: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Consort Ru?" Qian Shengyan paused for a moment, smiled slightly, and said nothing more, only taking Qingxue's hand and leaving.
She asked Green Willow to tell the banquet that the Imperial Noble Consort had returned first due to being unable to hold her liquor, and then she walked towards the Yanbo Zhishuang Palace.
While she remained calm, the palace maids around her gritted their teeth in anger.
Without overthinking it, just looking at the result and the half hour spent running around looking for someone, you know it's a trap.
What do you mean by having a pleasant conversation with the Emperor? Others might not know, but as palace maids serving the Imperial Noble Consort, how could they not know? Besides their mistress, who else could have such a pleasant conversation with the Emperor!
However, it cannot be denied that a faint sense of panic still rose in the hearts of several palace maids. They walked quietly beside Qian Shengyan, and couldn't help but wonder what would happen if someone really gained the emperor's favor.
It's alright, it's alright, they still have the Fourth Prince, the Princess, and the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Princes...
Hmm, thinking about it that way, the panic has subsided a lot.
Qian Shengyan didn't know what others were thinking, but she herself... didn't think about anything at all.
Returning to the empty and somewhat bewildered Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, Qian Shengyan didn't do much. She was just too tired to speak. After being helped to wash up, she changed into her nightgown and lay down.
She didn't ask where the Emperor was at the moment, nor did she want to know where he would sleep tonight. The night was just beginning to fall, the moon was shining brightly, so she decided to turn off the lights and go to sleep as soon as possible.
In the west warm pavilion of Danbo Jingcheng Hall, Yinzhen put down the memorial in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Su Peisheng with no expression, and said: "Say it again."
Su Peisheng trembled with fear, not daring to wipe the cold sweat from his back: "The lights in the back bedroom have already been turned off."
"Heh." Yinzhen chuckled, but his expression grew colder. He slammed the memorial to the ground, then stood up a moment later. "Go to Suicheng Hall."
"Your Majesty!" Su Peisheng exclaimed in disbelief, then realized he was being absurd—what right did he have to question where the Emperor wanted to rest?
Moreover, who decided that the emperor could only seek out the Imperial Noble Consort?
Honestly, even Su Peisheng felt a little angry, let alone the Emperor. What was going on with that Mongolian princess? How did she end up there, wearing clothes that only a Noble Consort would wear? Didn't the Noble Consort come to explain?
No one knows where the Imperial Noble Consort has been for so long. Could it be that she really made time specifically for the Emperor to accomplish something good?
Or, even the simplest thing, would be to ask where the Emperor is.
But there was nothing there. The people the Emperor sent to find the Imperial Noble Consort searched the entire garden and found her in the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall. They asked around and learned that the Imperial Noble Consort had already gone back and was resting.
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