Chapter 298 Making Face
Shen Qing could see that Xuanyuan Ling was holding his breath.
So she hooked his with her index finger.
Xuanyuan Ling wanted to have a good talk with her, but he had already said this and she was not happy. Now she wanted him to explain, which made him embarrassed.
But she was staring at him eagerly. She couldn't get angry in the first place, but now she was helpless. He didn't need her to coax him anymore, she could get him with just a flick of her finger.
"Why do you have no confidence in yourself? Where has your former arrogance gone?"
Chen Qing lowered his head, then looked up and told him seriously: "Because the emperor's status is too high, you are the emperor. If you were an ordinary person, I would charm you so much that you would never remember to look for someone else. But you are the emperor, you can get whatever you want." He snorted a little when he said this.
Arrogant and yet well-behaved, Xuanyuan Ling shook his head upon hearing this.
Isn't he completely bewitched by her?
That's dizzying enough.
In the past, he couldn't even imagine that he would be so conflicted about visiting a concubine in the harem, and he had to think about a woman's feelings. But now he was obsessed with her and couldn't let her go. He didn't even want her to suffer any grievances. However, even though he couldn't bear to suffer any grievances, he still had to have two children.
In fact, he was still thinking that if Shen Qing was pregnant at this moment, it would be great if she could give birth to a prince.
Don't say it must be the prince. She hasn't gotten pregnant yet, and it's obviously not because he doesn't have his period often. If he told her, Shen Qing would be worried about not being able to have a baby, so she simply didn't tell her and let nature take its course.
He was looking forward to it, but she had noticed it last time. In this situation, he should not show it, otherwise she would feel pressured.
After all, it was still daytime, and he suddenly thought of having a good talk with her. It was still early: "I'll come to you after I finish dealing with government affairs."
Shen Qing looked so obedient when he nodded.
Xuanyuan Ling curled his lips, kissed her and then went out. When he went out, he saw Zhao Hai talking to Wang Lu, and they bowed when they saw him come out.
Zhao Hai just chatted with Wang Lu outside about what Concubine Xi had been doing in the past few days in order to avoid the Emperor asking again. Now seeing the Emperor coming out, he hurriedly followed him, feeling a little surprised. Actually, she didn't do anything?
Look, he has been worried and anxious for several days. He thought... ahem, he was wrong after all. The emperor is still very well-behaved, right?
After leaving Zhaohua Palace and returning to the Imperial Study, Xuanyuan Ling suddenly asked, "Have you found out? What has Concubine Xi been doing these past few days?"
Zhao Hai felt a little embarrassed. Well, the emperor knew what he was thinking, so he told Xuanyuan Ling everything he had just asked.
Xuanyuan Ling just listened to Shen Qing eating, reading storybooks, playing mahjong and cards these days...it sounded like he was living a pretty good life.
He gritted his teeth. Who on earth had he been so entangled about these past few days? What a heartless little thing!
He thought so, but after all, there was the premise that Shen Qing had instilled in him before that she would live her life well when he was not around, so he didn't think much about it for a while.
Instead, "Did Lady Ji pay her respects?"
Zhao Hai said: "Yes."
This beauty didn't do anything strange along the way. Now that she has returned to the palace and has been favored by the emperor, she even knows to go to Zhaohua Palace to pay her respects to Concubine Xi. That means she is well-behaved and shows respect for Concubine Xi.
It's funny to talk about it now. The Empress Dowager occupies the title of Empress Dowager, and the job of managing things is done by Concubine De, but Concubine Xi is the most favored. Originally, paying respects should not be done to the favored concubine, but Concubine De usually stays at home, and the Empress Dowager probably did it for the sake of face, so she claimed to be sick, so this beauty Ji rushed to pay respects to Concubine Xi.
Xuanyuan Ling curled his lips after hearing this and said, "Let's enjoy that beauty Ji." He paused and said, "The weather is going to get colder, pick out some good furs from the warehouse and send them to her."
Zhao Hai listened to the woman behind him, and she was not Concubine Ji. She also specifically asked the Emperor to think about the cold weather. Naturally, it was Concubine Xi. This couldn’t be a wrong gift. However, since the Emperor was trying to please Concubine Xi, the wind direction in the harem might change.
The reward was given only after so many days of her sleeping with the emperor, which shows that the emperor was not satisfied with Concubine Ji's sleeping with the emperor. The emperor rewarded Concubine Ji today because she went to visit Concubine Xi, and the two of them were rewarded together. Don't others think that Concubine Xi was generous and mentioned something good about Concubine Ji that made the emperor think of rewarding Concubine Ji?
Lady Ji indeed thought so when she received the reward. Now both sides have given her rewards, so it is obvious that this is the case.
She was also confused for a moment. She didn't feel anything when she went to pay her respects to Shen Qing a few days ago. But after what happened today, not only did Concubine Xi not mind that she was the first one to sleep with the emperor after he returned to the palace, but she also said good things about her?
"Could it be that Concubine Xi herself has difficulty getting pregnant, so she wants to..." the palace maid beside her whispered.
Lady Ji thought it was impossible: "I am not pregnant yet, and I don't know when the emperor will come next time. Could it be that Concubine Xi is planning to flatter me and ask me to have my child after I am pregnant? The emperor has already issued an imperial decree. Is he going to break his own decree for Concubine Xi?"
The emperor had issued an imperial decree. Did he have to slap himself in the face and take it back? Even if he loved Concubine Xi very much, he would not do this, right?
But that's the truth.
But Concubine Ji couldn't understand why the emperor gave her this reward.
But I know it was a reward from Concubine Xi. I don’t know what Concubine Xi said, but I have to go there to see for sure.
So Lady Ji went to pay her respects to Chen Qing again.
Because the Emperor rarely showed special care to any of his concubines except for routine rewards during festivals, but now he suddenly rewarded Concubine Ji. Many people were watching her. Seeing that Concubine Ji had gone to pay her respects to Concubine Xi again, there were also concubines in the harem who sought favor from the emperor. Many people speculated that the reward to Concubine Ji was not given because of Concubine Xi.
The other concubines knew about it, including the Empress, Qin Bin, and De Fei. In fact, the news from the Empress was intercepted by Jinzhi, who knew that she did not dare to pass the news to the Empress. The Emperor had given away the power to assist in managing the six palaces for half a year, and the Empress was already unhappy about it. She felt even worse because the Fourth Prince looked stupid.
If she knew about this now, would she still feel good? Jinzhi felt uncomfortable when she heard this. Wasn't the emperor clearly asking all the concubines in the harem to respect Concubine Xi? Would she be favored by respecting Concubine Xi?
It's really ironic to think about it. The Queen Mother is of noble status, but she is not as good as a concubine. And yet, no one can touch her.
Jinzhi could only think about it. She really didn't believe that an emperor could pamper a concubine for a lifetime. There would always be a day when she would be ugly and not beautiful, but the Empress would always be the Empress.
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Compared to the Queen who didn't know about it because Jinzhi deliberately stopped her, Concubine Qin found out the news on her own.
Now that she knew this, what else could she do except get furious?
Things are different now.
On that day, the Queen didn't do anything to Shen Qing. Now, in this situation, the Queen can't touch Shen Qing, and she can't touch her either. She really can't make any mistakes. She didn't know that Shen Qing had told Xuanyuan Ling about the contraceptive pills. Now she thought that the Emperor didn't know that Shen Qing had taken the contraceptive pills. She clearly had Shen Qing's handle but couldn't touch her. She had to watch Xuanyuan Ling treat her well, which made her feel uncomfortable.
"Has there been any movement since Noble Yi returned?"
Wan Zhao was afraid when he first passed on the news. What he feared was bound to come true. He felt bad when Concubine Qin suddenly mentioned Concubine Xi in front of Concubine Yi that day. Now it was even more so. He couldn't help but say cautiously: "Your Majesty, isn't trying to win over Concubine Yi? Since you want to win her over..." After all, it was not necessary for Concubine Yi and Concubine Xi to become enemies.
"Isn't this palace trying to win her over?" Concubine Qin looked at him expressionlessly. "If there wasn't someone she had to deal with and she felt she couldn't bring her down, why would she lean on this palace?"
Wan Zhao couldn't help but persuade her again: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is childless after all. Even if she is favored, she is childless. The most important thing for you now is to have a child and be on good terms with Concubine Yi. When she has a child, she will help her father and brothers. She will naturally remember your kindness. In the future, as long as your mother's family gets closer to Concubine Yi's mother's family, things may not be impossible."
After all, for two people to have a good relationship, it doesn't mean they have to deal with the same person.
Moreover: "If Noble Lady Yi faces Concubine Xi, I'm afraid it will... not work out." To say that failure is all good is actually courting death.
In fact, he had also heard what Concubine Qin said to Concubine Yi. Regardless of whether it was luck or trickery, he always believed that Concubine Xi was not easy to move now, and the Queen could not do anything to her. Now, wasn't the Emperor sidelining her? She was just the Queen in name only. What good would it do to compete with Concubine Xi?
Qinpin knew that Wan Zhao was right, but she was unwilling to accept it: "Is there no one in the palace who can deal with Concubine Xi?"
Wan Zhao sighed in his heart, wondering why the Queen couldn't get over the hurdle of Concubine Xi.
He didn't care about the irregularities at this moment, and advised: "As long as Concubine Xi never has children, let her be. It is more important to support the prince. By then, when the prince ascends the throne, what good will a favorite concubine like Concubine Xi do?"
Qinpin knew this but said: "It's been too long."
She fell out of favor and lost the Second Prince. Besides hating the Queen, she also hated Chen Qing. She was happy to see the Queen in this state now, but Chen Qing was getting better step by step. Every time she heard good news about Shen Qing, she got angry and she wished she would die immediately.
"Ten years is not too late, Madam. The most important thing is to protect yourself and the Third Princess."
Qinpin asked Wan Zhao to persuade her to come down again. It was true, but: "You should ask someone to keep an eye on Concubine Yi, so that she can help if she needs anything."
Wan Zhao felt much better after hearing this. Even though Concubine Qin brought up the matter of Concubine Yi's miscarriage that day, almost everyone was dead. It was just a suspicion. It was impossible for Concubine Yi to hate Concubine Xi so much that she would fight to the death with her, right?
So now we should keep an eye on it and help as much as we can. We should be quiet and wait for Concubine Yi to have a child, hopefully it will be a prince.
To be honest, it doesn't necessarily have to be Concubine Yi. Just wait and see. Whoever gets pregnant in the future, you should make friends with her. She will always be useful. Your Majesty, you were too favored in the past and didn't care about the future. It's also good for people in the palace to help each other.
Wan Zhao was right. Chu Linglong really wanted to know if there was any hidden reason behind what happened to Lady Wang, but now that everyone was dead, what else could she do? Doubts were just doubts. She couldn't convict anyone, nor could she hate anyone because of this.
Hearing the news that Xuanyuan Ling gave Shen Qing a face, she just pursed her lips and said nothing.
In the harem, some were watching and waiting because of this matter, while others had other thoughts. However, Shen Qing herself did not care much about it. It did not matter whether Xuanyuan Ling saved her face or not. Anyway, she had already attracted enough hatred, so she did not care if there was one more thing.
On the contrary, she thought twice about Xuanyuan Ling's suggestion of having two children and loving only one of them.
After thinking about it twice, I stopped thinking about it. When it comes to emotional matters, the more you think about them, the more wrong they seem. If you think too much, your brain circuitry will become abnormal for some things, and it will be easy to imagine things that don't exist. So, thinking about it twice is enough.
Of course she was not indifferent. Nonsense, Xuanyuan Ling's words were heartfelt. An emperor took the initiative to ask for exclusive favor. If she was indifferent, would she still be a human being? She would not be indifferent in the first place. She even lost her temper and asked too much, didn't she? He was the person she had the most contact with and was closest to in this era.
But in the end, the first thing to do is to follow your heart. You have to know, deep down, whether you resist this thing or like it and are willing to accept it or want to try it.
What was Shen Qing’s first reaction?
The first reaction was disbelief.
After thinking about it twice more, her reaction was, can he really do it? Then let's talk about it after he does it. After all, she won't hate him because he is nice to her.
If he treats her well, she will also treat him well, but it is a bit unrealistic for her to open her heart and accept him completely and really treat him as her husband without assuming that he is the emperor.
This is a world where the emperor is respected. How can we ignore the major premise?
Still, let's give ourselves a way out.
But her mind wandered for a moment. If she and Xuanyuan Ling had met in modern times... Well, and she found out at the first moment that he had a wife, she would immediately discourage him, and there was no more.
Shen Qing's mouth twitched when he thought of this, and he slapped his own face with a claw. Is it poisonous?
Xuanyuan Ling had already given out the rewards and didn't care what the concubines in the harem were thinking. Now that he had figured it out, he had no bottom line towards Shen Qing in this matter. He was so conflicted that he could still figure it out and had made the decision, so what bottom line did he need?
ps: The new one is to make up for the one I didn’t send yesterday.
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