Chapter 684: A Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves
A bite of cake, a sip of milk tea, a bite of fruit, and another sip of milk tea...
Before he knew it, Xiao Xixi had eaten everything on the table.
When Mo Hua brought people to clean up the cups and plates, Xiao Xixi finally realized that as a princess she shouldn't eat so much, right?
But I've already eaten it, I can't spit it out.
Xiao Xixi tried hard to keep her composure and pretend nothing had happened.
Fortunately, Mo Hua was sensible. He didn't ask any questions, packed up his things quickly and left.
…
When Concubine Jing learned that Princess Nanfeng had moved into the Weiyang Palace, she was almost furious.
The Weiyang Palace was the emperor's residence. Ordinary concubines had to get the emperor's permission before they could live there, even if they just wanted to sit there for a while.
Princess Nanfeng is just a princess from a remote small country. How could she be so worthy?!
Soon the news spread in the palace that Princess Nanfeng was deeply favored by the emperor, and there were even rumors that the emperor wanted to enthrone Princess Nanfeng as queen.
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
Concubine Lu was the first to become restless.
She hurried to Changle Palace to ask for an audience with the Empress Dowager.
Inside the palace.
Concubine Lu knelt on the cushion, fiddling with a handkerchief in her hands, and spoke aggrievedly.
"I have just entered the palace and have not yet received the emperor's favor, but now there is another Princess Nanfeng in the palace. In this case, will the emperor still remember me?"
The Grand Empress Dowager had also met Princess Nanfeng last night, so she could naturally see that Princess Nanfeng was somewhat similar to Concubine Xiao.
She probably understood the emperor's thoughts.
The person he liked is no longer with us, and now that he has met someone who looks similar, he can't help but love her as well.
But she couldn't tell these things to her niece, she comforted her.
"You don't need to be too nervous. I'm here and I won't let you suffer any loss in this harem."
With the promise from the Empress Dowager, Concubine Lu felt a little more relaxed.
She asked cautiously.
"What kind of status do you think the emperor will give to Princess Nanfeng?"
She actually wanted to ask whether the emperor would directly enthrone Princess Nanfeng as queen.
Concubine Lu came into the palace eagerly just for the position of empress, so she didn't care about anything else but the position of empress, which she attached great importance to.
In fact, the Empress Dowager had a similar idea. Sooner or later, someone would take the throne of Queen anyway. Rather than letting outsiders take advantage of her, it would be better to let someone from her family become Queen.
In this way, even if she is gone in the future, the Lu family will still be taken care of.
The Empress Dowager said calmly: "Although she is a princess of a country, Nanyue is just a remote small country, so there is no need to pay too much attention to her. If the Emperor likes her, at most he will give her the title of concubine, but the title of empress is absolutely impossible."
The queen of the Great Sheng Dynasty could never be a foreigner.
The Empress Dowager was well aware of this, and the Emperor must have been clear about this as well.
Concubine Lu felt relieved, but still felt sour.
"I am the legitimate daughter of the Lu family, but I can only be a seventh-rank imperial concubine. She is just a foreign girl, but she can be promoted to a second-rank concubine as soon as she enters the palace."
The Empress Dowager: "Take a long-term view. She entered the palace as a second-rank concubine, but she will only be a second-rank concubine for the rest of her life. You are different. Your future is much brighter than hers."
Lu Jieyu thought so too. What's the point of being glorious for a while? Whoever laughs last is the winner!
In the Weiyang Palace.
Xiao Xixi didn't know how many people outside were disturbed by her arrival.
She was curled up in the quilt and sleeping soundly at this moment.
When she was half asleep, she felt someone pinching her ears.
She impatiently opened the annoying hand, turned over and continued to sleep.
After a while, she felt someone tickling the sole of her foot.
Xiao Xixi:!!!
She felt as if an electric current had passed through her body and was instantly awakened from her sleep.
She jumped up with a somersault.
He glared at the mischievous person.
This glare directly hit Luo Qinghan's dark and deep eyes.
Xiao Xixi's whole body stiffened, and her aura instantly weakened.
she asked dryly.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Luo Qinghan didn't say anything, just looked at her calmly.
His eyes swept across her face inch by inch, as if he wanted to see through her skin and into her soul.
Xiao Xixi felt uncomfortable being stared at.
I want to say something, but I don't know what to say.
The atmosphere fell into silence.
In the end, it was Luo Qinghan who spoke and broke the silence.
"That mole on your ear is real."
There was no beginning or end to these words, but Xiao Xixi strangely understood them.
She subconsciously touched her earlobe and said, "Yeah, it's true."
Not to mention the mole, she is real from head to toe.
Luo Qinghan: "Can you show it to me again?"
Xiao Xixi didn't understand what was so good about a mole, but she still put her hand down and tilted her head slightly, revealing her right ear and the small red mole on the earlobe.
Luo Qinghan reached out, pinched her earlobe, and gently rubbed the mole with his fingertips.
Xiao Xixi involuntarily tensed her body.
Her ears are actually quite sensitive.
Luo Qinghan let go of her earlobe, and his fingertips slid down and touched her neck.
His fingertips were a little cold.
Xiao Xixi shrank back subconsciously.
Luo Qinghan: "Don't move."
Xiao Xixi had no choice but to stay still.
She was so nervous that her palms were sweating and her heart was pounding.
Luo Qinghan could clearly feel the regular beating of her neck.
Hot, alive, and vital.
He really wanted to ask, are you still alive or have you come back from the dead?
But when he saw her eyelashes trembling with nervousness, his heart softened and he couldn't ask anything.
He told himself again and again to be patient and not to rush things.
Luo Qinghan withdrew his hand and asked, "It's getting late, do you want to have dinner?"
Xiao Xixi nodded quickly: "Yes!"
Then she realized that she had answered too quickly, which was a bit of a letdown for her character.
She immediately added in a dissembling way, "I heard that the food at the Dasheng Palace is very good. I really want to try it."
Luo Qinghan did not express any doubt about her explanation of the three hundred taels of silver, and just responded indifferently.
"Um."
He stood up, his wide sleeves falling down as he moved.
"Change your clothes first. I'll wait for you outside."
As soon as he went out, two palace maids came in and helped Xiao Xixi change clothes.
Xiao Xixi didn't want Luo Qinghan to wait too long, so she spoke to the palace maids.
"Keep it simple, no need to make it complicated."
The two palace maids looked at each other.
They had originally intended to dress up Princess Nanfeng nicely.
Now everyone in the harem knows that this princess has been favored by the emperor and has a bright future.
The two palace maids wanted to curry favor with her and wanted to dress her up to be dazzling so as to impress the emperor. However, they did not expect that she only wanted a simple dress.
(End of this chapter)
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