"Wanwan——" Helian Qi called her.
Ning Wanyin still maintained the posture of bowing, as if she was enduring all the grievances, lowered her eyes with tears in her eyes, and said, "Your Majesty has ordered."
Helian Qi stood up from the dragon chair, walked straight to her, and reached out to help her up:
"Wanwan has been wronged, I understand..."
"Your Majesty has dealt with her on my behalf. I don't feel wronged. But I can only live in peace with her. Please don't force me to accept her apology." Ning Wanyin looked up at the man in front of her, her tears sparkling and falling.
It was not the first time that Helian Qi saw a woman cry, and it was certainly not the first time that he saw Ning Wanyin cry.
But he didn't want to see her cry at this moment.
"I won't force you. You don't have to pay attention to her, just be happy." Helian Qi lowered his eyes to look at her and comforted her:
"You can throw it away if you want to in the future. Don't think too much about it. It's not a big deal. You don't have to take care of everything for me."
Ning Wanyin looked at Helian Qi with tears in her eyes, three parts resentment and three parts joy, "If your majesty treats me badly, I will naturally not be attentive in everything. But you love me so much, how can I let you down?"
Every word she said touched his soft heart.
How could he have shown her great love? Yet he made her devote herself to his work, go through fire and water, willingly and without regrets.
He wanted to be nicer to her.
Helian Qi did not let Ning Wanyin go back. He kept her by his side to serve him with writing materials and let her stay overnight in Ganxin Palace.
The next day, Ning Wanyin returned to Lingxue Pavilion.
Early in the morning, Wang Degui led a group of eunuchs from the palace to pay their respects.
"Your servant pays his respects to Concubine Ning! Congratulations to Concubine Ning! His Majesty has ordered the construction of a warm pavilion in Lingxue Pavilion." Wang Degui's face was full of surprise and he congratulated.
The capital city is located in the north and is extremely cold in winter.
Therefore, the main hall of the imperial palace was equipped with a warm room that used ground fire for heating. It was smokeless, dust-free, and as warm as spring.
But there is naturally no side hall.
Concubines of lower rank could only keep warm with charcoal fires.
This is the treatment only available to high-ranking concubines above the rank of imperial concubine.
Your Majesty has never done anything so outrageous since you ascended the throne!
I have never been so partial to a concubine.
"Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your kindness!" Ning Wanyin was slightly stunned, and quickly recalled in her mind that this was not against the rules, so she bowed and expressed her gratitude.
Palace rules only state that concubines of lower rank cannot live in the main palace.
It didn't say that a warm room couldn't be built in the side hall. Maybe when our ancestors formulated the palace rules, they didn't expect to meet an emperor who loved to build palaces for his concubines.
This is true, as long as the emperor really wants to treat you well, no matter what your position is, he can make you live a good life!
"Ning Jieyu, winter is coming next month, and His Majesty really thinks of you everywhere. This is a unique favor!" Wang Degui flattered. He couldn't remember how many times he had said unique, but His Majesty really was unique in treating Ning Jieyu well!
In summer, I dug a lotus pond for her and in winter, I built a warm house for her.
In this former dynasty and the harem, who would not marvel at the emperor's extraordinary favor for this most favored concubine in the harem?
"I will go to Ganxin Palace to express my gratitude in a while." Ning Wanyin said sincerely.
She was quite satisfied with the warm room, and the emperor still sent her gifts as usual.
Winter is coming.
Who doesn't want a warm house?
Soon, boxes of utensils such as Ru kiln vases, Shu embroidery screens, and pearwood chairs were carried into Lingxue Pavilion.
These were all rewards from the emperor.
Since ordinary concubines did not have their own warm rooms, they naturally had no share in the furnishings of warm rooms.
The utensils bestowed by the emperor were all of the best quality. They were displayed in an array and were even more magnificent than the warm rooms in the palaces of ordinary concubines.
As usual, Ning Wanyin rewarded the people in Lingxue Pavilion and the eunuchs who came to work.
Lingxue Pavilion was busy early in the morning.
…
Half of the Yonghe Palace is bustling with activity, while the other half is deserted.
Song Qingzhi listened to the noise next door, looked at Xiao Dongzi and asked:
"Did something happen in Lingxue Pavilion?"
Shi'er was beaten with twenty boards and had to lie down in the house to recuperate. Now she only had a little boy to serve her.
"I heard that His Majesty is willing to build a warm room for Concubine Ning..." Xiao Dongzi replied.
Upon hearing this, Song Qingzhi coughed several times in anger, "Your Majesty's treatment of her is really... ahem... extraordinary..."
"Master, please calm down. You are not in good health. The imperial physician said that you should not get angry..." Xiao Dongzi deliberately advised:
"Your Majesty, come to Yonghe Palace often. This is a good thing for you... You will have more opportunities in the future..."
"Haha, do I still have to rely on Ning Wanyin to have a chance?" Song Qingzhi became even angrier.
Although everyone could see that she lived in Yonghe Palace just to take advantage of Ning Wanyin's favor...
But Song Qingzhi did such a thing, but she didn't want to hear others say that about her.
Song Qingzhi looked in the direction of the next room with cold eyes.
Ning Wanyin, just wait.
You won't be in glory for long.
…
Three days later.
Helian Qi prepared to attend the morning court.
Just walked out of the door of Yonghe Palace.
Song Qingzhi knelt in front of him and bowed, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. May your Majesty be well!"
"Get up." Helian Qi waved his hand.
He did not return the apology gift Song Qingzhi sent him, which meant he did not bother with her.
After all, she is the daughter of his important minister, so he can spare her life.
But he would never favor such a stupid and vicious person again.
"I have something to report--" Song Qingzhi said anxiously.
Helian Qi frowned, "What's the matter?"
"I want to report that Ning Wanyin and my brother have an affair!" Song Qingzhi clenched her fists in her sleeves and spoke word by word.
Helian Qi's eyes were shocked, and he looked at her in disbelief, "What did you say?"
"Some time ago, I was not feeling well, so my brother wrote me a letter and gave me some things." Song Qingzhi's eyes flashed with hesitation, but she became more and more determined as she spoke:
"In the letter, my brother scolded me and asked me to give the inkstone he sent to Concubine Ning as an apology."
"I know I was wrong and I regret it very much. I think what my brother said makes sense, so I picked out some precious things and gave them to Concubine Ning together with the inkstone!"
"But I didn't expect that in the past two days, I accidentally discovered that Concubine Ning often held my brother's inkstone and shed tears, and even recited love poems about missing you but not seeing you... I realized something was wrong."
"I hesitated again and again. I cannot hide it for my brother. If the royal bloodline is confused in the future, I will not be able to face Your Majesty!"
What she meant was that she was worried that her brother and Ning Wanyin would have a child in the future...so for the sake of His Majesty, she had to report her own brother.
"This is my brother's letter. Your Majesty, please take a look." Song Qingzhi took out the letter that she had prepared long ago and handed it to Helian Qi.
Shi'er, who was accompanying him, also knelt down and said, "Ning Jieyu is shameless. She actually had sex with her lover behind your majesty's back! I heard it too. Ning Jieyu's words were very explicit, very obscene, and unbearable to hear..."
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